Chapter 144: Land and Land

The sky is getting dark and the heavy rain is hazy, making it hard to see clearly.

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After Jiraiya's incident was over, he returned to the Land of Rain and continued to teach his three disciples. Ming Jing and Namikaze Minato also found Inuzuka Nami and Aburame Nami at Konoha's border stronghold.

They planned to rest here temporarily for one night before returning to the village.

Coincidentally, this stronghold happened to be the same stronghold that Ming Jing and his three men were originally stationed in along with Shirayun Tokishin and Inuzuka Palata.

"Speaking of which, when we were here, there were more than a hundred people. Unexpectedly, during the peace period after the war, the number of people in this entire stronghold was actually less than twenty."

Revisiting the old place, Inuzuka looked at the familiar scenery around him, and memories of the past could not help but come to his mind.

Namikaze Minato frowned slightly.

Logically speaking, even in peacetime, the garrison here should not be so weak.

"Actually, even in peacetime, our garrison strength here is close to thirty people."

A Konoha ninja with a thick mustache on his chin and dark skin sat next to Namikaze Minato and took out a lighter and a box of cigars from the small pocket of his green vest.

This is the third-in-command of the ninjas currently stationed in this stronghold, especially Jonin Atsuda Tsuchi, who is about thirty years old.

After taking a comfortable puff, the ninja looked at Namikaze Minato, Ming Jing and others.

Several people said that they did not have the habit of smoking and waved their hands repeatedly.

"Fine."

The Konoha ninja put the cigarette back into his small pocket.

He actually wanted to establish a relationship with these young ninjas with good backgrounds and see if he could be transferred back to the village.

During the war, those who stayed in such border areas and held certain positions had a good background, were safe, and as long as nothing unexpected happened, they could get some credit. Although they did not get as much credit as ninjas fighting on the front line, they at least had some credit. Life can use these merits.

But in peacetime, no one wants to do this kind of garrison mission. The conditions on the border are definitely incomparable to those in Konoha. Moreover, staying in Konoha not only provides better living conditions, but also makes it easier to earn money by completing tasks and improve your achievements. .

But places like the border are still very important. The ninjas stationed here must have some strength.

Only civilians like Tatsuki Tatsuchi, who are neither above nor below in terms of strength, nor in terms of age or seniority, and whose strength is not that of a jounin, but are pretty good, and have no background, will be placed in such a place.

"There are two main reasons why there are so few garrisoned ninjas here. One is that the Jonin Beiliuhu in the village defected some time ago. He passed by here and fled towards the Earth Kingdom. It was not easy for him to get some credit. Given the opportunity, our team leader Jonin went to help the team in the village perform the task of hunting down the traitorous ninja. As a result, two days ago, in the capital of the Tea Country, a pitifully small country between the Country of Rain and the Country of Wind. The people were slaughtered overnight, and as a result, another special jounin who was the second in command took some people there. "

Bingzu Tiantu sighed helplessly.

"So now, I am the only third-in-command left here."

For these ninjas who have to stay for several months or even a year and a half once they are stationed at the border, it is normal to find other jobs that can make money and earn credit. Even if the top management of Konoha knew about it, they would only Turn a blind eye.

"The people in the capital of a small country were massacred overnight...which force was responsible for this?"

Namikaze Minato was very curious about what Namikaze Dashi said.

"I don't know about this, but none of the wandering ninjas who were far away from the capital of the Kingdom of Tea left a body. They all disappeared without a trace. Some people speculate that this may be to use the bodies of ninjas to study some evil. Ninjutsu and so on, but who knows the specific situation? "

Hinashidazuchi smoked a cigarette without caring.

This kind of thing would only happen in a small country. If it were in a big country with a shadow-level powerhouse, few ninjas would have the courage to challenge a super ninja village.

The only opponents among the five great ninja villages are each other. Even the Amegakure Village, which has a strong man like Hanzo, cannot be on an equal footing with them.

"Okay, I guess your room has been tidied up by now, so I'll go about my own business first."

"Excuse me, Senior Bingzu."

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One night passed in a blink of an eye, and before it was completely bright the next day, the four-person team set off again on the road. After resting for one night in a town in the Land of Fire, they arrived in Konoha before sunset on the third day.

"Third-generation-sama, the Thunder God's Sword."

Ming Jing took the Thunder God's Sword from Inuzuka Yu's hand and gave it to the third generation.

"Um."

Sandai put down his pipe, took the Thunder God's Sword, and took the mission reports written by Ming Jing and Minato respectively, his eyes couldn't help but condense.

Ming Jing wrote about the process of his fight with Hanzo as plainly as possible. He only said that he met Hanzo's request to take his three swords head-on, successfully gained Hanzo's approval, eradicated Green Green Kwai, and brought back the Thunder God Sword. .

In the fight with Xuanyuan Zhong, there was a lot that could not be hidden, because after everyone learned about it, they could guess that it was Mingjing who forced Xuanyuan Zhong to the point of resorting to the method of common death.

In the report, Ming Jing could only omit his use of kaleidoscope eye skills, and try to describe Xuanyuan Zhong as weak as possible.

As an Uchiha, if you are really too strong, even if you have Tsunade and Kato Dan's protection, the third generation will most likely acquiesce to Danzo to deal with you.

But even so, it was enough to surprise Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Originally, his estimate of Mingjing's strength was similar to Danzo's.

Stronger than the average jonin, enough to be on par with many veteran jonin who have been promoted to jonin for many years, but still a little bit away from the elite jonin.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was not sure about the exact strength of this group of Xuanyuan people, they were able to break out of the underground world like that, and Mingjing could force them into a desperate situation. At least they had the combat power of the elite jonin level.

[At the age of fourteen, he can already perfectly exert the power of the three-magatama Sharingan. Has he reached this level... I wonder if this kid will open those eyes like Madara. 】

Sarutobi Hiruzen silently looked at and thought.

An Uchiha who has opened the Three-magatama Sharingan for many years, if he has practiced the use of the Three-magatama Sharingan to a high enough level, and has mastered the Uchiha clan's fire-style ninjutsu, and then practiced another type of chakra to a high enough level and made up for other shortcomings, he would be able to reach the level of an elite jonin.