Chapter 123 Emergency

Naruto packed up and took Hinata with him. They both put on the clothes specially used by the Anbu and then hurried to the temporary base for this mission. Fortunately, Naruto had already made an agreement with Hiashi before, so it would not take too much time to go and call Hinata. Although the base was located in the Land of Fire, it still took a lot of time to get there, and the two had to stop and rest from time to time.

Hinata took out the dry food that had been prepared long ago and said, "Naruto, this is the dry food I prepared for you before we came out. You have been traveling for such a long time, you should eat some." Hinata's face had already started to turn red as she spoke. Naruto took the dry food from Hinata's hand. Although it looked a little strange, he found that it tasted OK after taking a bite. He also handed Hinata a portion and said, "Thank you, let's eat together." Hinata nodded, picked up the dry food and ate it politely. Seeing Hinata's appearance, Naruto felt that she exuded a kind of gentleness everywhere.

Since there was no emergency, Naruto arrived at the base at a leisurely pace. This was still the territory of the Land of Fire, and it was not considered a frontline. Only a four-man team was stationed here, and their strength was only at the Chunin level. They had already received news that Konoha would send the powerful Anbu commander "Black Thunder" here, and when they saw Naruto appear, they had already come out to greet him. After confirming his identity, the Chunin, who was the team leader, said: "Senior Black Thunder, I was the previous captain of this base, and my name is Hinata Miko. From now on, this place will be under your command."

Naruto noticed that this person was from the Hyuga branch family. If Hinata had not appeared as an Anbu, she would have known him. Hinata was wearing a mask, and everyone just looked at Naruto with admiration. Shizune had mentioned to Naruto before that Tsunade had sent a large number of people from the Hyuga branch family to prevent foreign invasions. There were people from almost every stronghold, and there might be more than one important stronghold.

After a careful observation of this base, I found that although it was used for support, it was also set up in a relatively concealed manner. The interior of the base was quite good, and a large amount of food and emergency supplies were stored inside. It seemed that not only this base was used by itself, but also might be transported to other bases. Since it was not on the front line, the environment inside was relatively good. Everyone could have their own room, and basically all the necessities of life were available. Naruto lived in one of the rooms, and Hinata lived in the room next to Naruto.

There was no news in the past few days. Naruto gave the task of guarding the base's communication equipment to the previous Chunin. They followed Naruto's orders without hesitation. Naruto took Hinata outside the base to guide her in training. In terms of strengthening her strength, Hinata was influenced by Naruto and worked very hard. This time, Naruto acted as her opponent. The two practiced physical skills in the woods not far from the base. Even without using the Sage Mode, Naruto's physical skills were not weak. The two fought back and forth, and the fight was very intense.

After all, Hinata is also the head of the Hyuga clan, so Naruto must be careful to deal with her if he only uses physical skills. From time to time, Naruto also uses shadow clones and practices with strong opponents, and Hinata's progress is also very fast. During the break, Naruto often gets some game, and Hinata is responsible for cooking it. In addition to the food in the base, it is rare to eat such delicious food during the mission.

It was always so easy to get along with Hinata. Several days had passed without him noticing. Naruto was very lucky and nothing had happened. But, this situation couldn't last too long. Hinata Kenko ran over and said, "Captain, there is a new situation. The enemy has been spotted at the base near the Land of Rice. Captain Asuma, who is in charge of guarding the base, can't hold on any longer. Please go and provide support immediately."

When Naruto heard the words "Land of Rice Fields", he immediately thought of Orochimaru. The only person who could put Asuma in trouble, apart from the ninjas from the great country, should be Orochimaru. Now the entire ninja world is in chaos, and it is possible that Orochimaru will take the opportunity to make trouble. Naruto took Hinata and immediately used Flying Thunder God to rush over. Before leaving, he did not forget to split two shadow clones to collect fairy chakra.

The two of them appeared directly in the base, using the marked kunai that had been sent over before. Naruto sensed a large number of enemies around him through the Sage Mode. In this base, Konoha only had four Jonins including Asuma, and sixteen Chunins. A team of twenty people was considered a good strength. But the number of enemies was definitely no less than fifty, and Naruto felt that their chakras were relatively strong. Hinata observed through her Byakugan and said with some surprise: "The enemy's physical signs are very strange. If I have to describe it, I can only say it is a monster."

Naruto immediately brought Hinata to the outside of the base. As expected, all the people he saw were strange, all with the characteristics of cursed seals. Asuma and several other jonin were organizing other chuunins to resist in an orderly manner, but the situation looked very dangerous. The one fighting Asuma was a very tall and thin monster with a pair of horns on his head and very obvious cursed seals on his body. He was waving a huge mace in his hand. Although he was so thin, his strength was terrifying. Every time he swung the mace, it made a big hole.

Asuma waved the two short swords in his hands. This special short sword can be attached to Asuma's chakra. The wind-attributed chakra flows on the short swords, and the blades are very sharp. The opponent's body movements are obviously not as flexible as Asuma's. Asuma went behind him and hit him in the back with a knife. However, the ideal one-stroke cut did not happen. The opponent's wound squirmed and turned into a liquid-like state, and recovered in an instant. Asuma's attack did not have much effect on him, and he turned around and launched a crazy attack on Asuma.

Facing such an enemy, Asuma was completely at a disadvantage, constantly dodging and looking for the enemy's weaknesses. The other three jonin were also fighting different monsters, and they couldn't get away for a while. The situation of the dozen or so chunins was even more critical. They were not strong to begin with, and had never seen such monsters. A dozen people gathered together, struggling to resist the monsters' attacks, and they could be killed at any time. Fortunately, the monsters besieging them were not particularly powerful, but there were too many of them.

Through Naruto's perception and Hinata's observation with her Byakugan, no other suspicious people were found around, and among these people there was not even a subordinate that Orochimaru valued, so it was very likely just a tentative attack.

(End of this chapter)