Chapter 126 The Targeted Jinchūriki

After these people found that they had gotten rid of the Konoha ninjas, they did not continue to move. Instead, they found a relatively hidden place to stop, took out the dry food they brought with them, and began to rest on the spot. Naruto's Wood Style clone was very good at hiding and was not discovered by them. Not long after, Naruto's real body also rushed over, using Wood Style and Earth Style to quietly approach these people.

Naruto could have dealt with these people right away, but he wanted to figure out their purpose, so he didn't take action for the time being. At this time, one of them said angrily: "Konoha is really troublesome. They set up so many bases for no reason. We have been very careful, but we didn't expect to be discovered." Another person said: "Konoha strengthened its guards because of the recent Ninja World War. It should be Konoha's Byakugan who discovered us. Our destination this time is Takigakure. Due to the terrain, we can't go directly there, so we have to go through the Land of Fire." Another person said: "In this situation, we have no way to get through!"

They looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while. After waiting for a long time, one of them sighed and said, "In this situation, we can only wait and see when Konoha will relax its vigilance, and then find a way to get there." Hearing this, Naruto basically knew the purpose of these people. It turned out that they were not here to cause trouble for Konoha, but their goal was Takigakure.

From the ninjutsu they used and their conversations, it can be basically judged that these people were sent by the Kusanagi. The question is, what is their purpose in going to Takigakure? As a small country, Takigakure is surrounded by waterfalls. There is basically no path to enter from other countries. The only path leads to the Land of Fire. Therefore, Takigakure has always been on good terms with the Land of Fire and has basically no contact with other countries. The only difference from other small countries, apart from the terrain, is the tailed beast. Naruto thought: The purpose of these Kusanagi is most likely the tailed beast of Takigakure.

With the strength of these people, Naruto thought it was too unlikely to capture the Jinchūriki. However, it seemed unnecessary to kill them now, and Naruto had his own plan. Naruto hid in the dark and waited until these people lay down to rest. At this time, they only left one person to keep watch. Naruto quietly went out, quickly touched the bodies of several sleeping people, and then immediately used Flying Thunder God to disappear.

The man on guard suddenly turned around and shouted, "Who!" Those people had just fallen asleep, and were immediately awakened by the shout. They were all well-trained ninjas, and they immediately entered combat readiness and began to look around. But after searching for a long time, they found nothing. One of them said, "Did you find anything just now?" The man on guard said, "I seemed to feel a figure suddenly appeared, but it disappeared when I turned around." Another person said, "But now, I haven't found anything after searching for so long." The man on guard also lost his confidence and said embarrassedly, "Maybe I saw it wrong." Another person said, "Just now I seemed to feel something touched me."

However, they searched around but didn't find anything unusual. Finally, they thought they were too nervous and went back to sleep. Naruto returned to the base. He had already done something to them during the contact. He installed a Wood Release tracker and marked them with Flying Thunder God. These people could no longer escape Naruto's control.

When they walked outside the base, Hinata and the others had already prepared dinner and were waiting for Naruto to come back. Naruto smiled and said, "I just encountered a little trouble and was delayed accidentally. I kept everyone waiting for a long time." Hinata immediately invited Naruto to sit down and said, "What are you talking about, sir? To be honest, it is thanks to you that we can taste the cooking skills of Sweetheart (Hinata's code name in the Anbu)." Naruto sat down without hesitation and could feel that Hinata's face was already red under the mask.

Everyone had a very happy dinner together. Although this mission was very troublesome, Naruto was still very pleased with what he had done. In this base, if nothing went wrong, it would not be considered tiring. Naruto could practice whenever he had time, and he could also help Hinata practice. Nothing went wrong for three days, and Naruto was happy to be free.

Naruto could sense that the Kusagakure ninja had been trying to sneak into Konoha, but they had not found an opportunity. Naruto wanted to create an opportunity to help them get through. Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone sent out another message for help. What surprised Naruto was that the one who sent out the message for help this time was actually the base that Jiraiya was responsible for guarding. The enemy who could make Jiraiya send out a call for help was definitely not an ordinary enemy.

Naruto brought Hinata and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to come to the base guarded by Jiraiya, which was the favorite haunt of the Land of Lightning. It was for this reason that the powerful Jiraiya was sent to be in charge of this place, and no less than ten jonin and three members of the Hyuga clan were also sent. However, when Naruto came, he did not find that there was a battle with the enemy here. However, Naruto's intuition told him that something unusual must have happened. With doubts, Naruto said to Jiraiya: "Senior Jiraiya, may I ask why you are requesting support?"

Jiraiya was observing the distance with a telescope, and there were several other ninjas observing with him. Hearing Naruto's words, Jiraiya put down the telescope and said, "Although there is no big war here now, there have been casualties here for several days in a row, and we have not yet had a direct confrontation with the enemy. So, under this situation, we request support." There were several jonins following behind Jiraiya, and one of them said, "We estimate that the one who can have such strength is most likely Kumogakure. However, I believe that with the help of the legendary Black Thunder, we can definitely defeat them."

These ninjas were very confident in Naruto's ability. However, Naruto knew very well that an enemy that Jiraiya could not handle was definitely not so easy to deal with. Perhaps, it was the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure who was causing trouble. This kind of task of guarding against the enemy was sometimes more troublesome than the task of destroying the enemy. Naruto asked a Hyuga clan ninja, "Excuse me, have you found anything?"

The Hyuga branch ninja said, "We only saw a person with a terrifying amount of chakra, but he was very fast, so we had no way to chase him. Moreover, our Byakugan has limited ability, and the distance we can see is not very far." Naruto also knew that Jiraiya had to use the Sage Mode, so he had to summon two Sages, and the enemy might have retreated. As for the other ninjas, even if they were fast enough, they would not be able to defeat the enemy if they caught up.

(End of this chapter)