This mission is different from the last one. The last time was to suppress bandits. The journey is actually not that troublesome. This time it's different. Escorting the caravan requires the entire convoy to keep up, so it takes a lot slower to catch up.
After registering out of the village, the caravan headed west all the way towards the Land of Earth.
"Qing, do you think there is anything different about the Land of Earth? Although last time we went out of the village together to perform a mission, it was only a hundred miles around Konoha, and we didn't even leave the hinterland of the Land of Fire. I don't know if we went out this time. Is there anything unusual in the Land of Earth?
Also, what is the giant wooden city we are going to look like this time?"
"If you ask me, I will ask who to go to, and I have read some special places in the book, and I haven't been there before."
Kiyoshi Uchiha rolled his eyes and said helplessly.
Perhaps it was because Naoki was talking too much along the way, so Kiyoshi Uchiha reminded him.
"However, although the escort mission is said to be very safe, we can't relax too much.
Various accidents are possible during the mission, so we can't lose our vigilance."
Hearing Uchiha Kiyoshi's words, Naoki wanted to say it again, but this Toki Sarutobi Sakuya interjected.
"That's right, Nakoki, rest and be vigilant. You can't relax during the mission. This is the basic quality of a ninja. Aren't you going to be Hokage? Could it be that you can't even do this?"
Sure enough, he was shocked by Sarutobi Saku , Naoki stopped talking, and began to guard the surroundings to prevent being attacked.
Orochimaru did not walk with them, but followed them secretly. It is also gratifying to see Naoki's transformation at this time. Finally, he has made progress. The ninja just needs to endure loneliness, but he can't always be so restless like before. Originally, he planned to tell Shengshu after returning this time, but he didn't expect the two teammates of Shengshu to speak first instead, which saved this kid from disaster.
"I originally wanted Tsunade to remind me, Naoki is really lucky."
Sheng Shu was on guard, and suddenly trembled all over, with a bad premonition, but then dissipated. Sheng Shu looked around suspiciously, but found nothing, but he also became vigilant.
"It seems that something bad is going to happen just now? Forget it, if you can't find it, don't look for it. Let's be vigilant first.
Eh? Someone was going to attack us just now, right? Then I saw that Naoki-sama was so vigilant. There is no hope, so I gave up?
Sure enough, what they said makes sense, and you just can't relax your vigilance during the mission."
"Shengshu, did you have something just now? What are you looking for?"
"Ah, no, it's nothing, I Just be on guard all the time."
The entire ninja world is actually not that big, and it takes only three days to walk from Konoha to Sand Hidden Village, which of course is the speed of a ninja. Converted to Konoha and Yanyin Village, the distance is four days, and the Giant Wood City is closer to Konoha in the land of earth, which is closer than Yanyin Village, which is three days.
However, this is based on the speed of the ninja, who can walk about 300 kilometers a day.
Jumu City is 900 kilometers away from Muye Village. Based on the team's ten kilometers per hour and ten hours a day, it will take about nine days to arrive.
These are only calculated straight-line distances. In fact, the total time required is about eleven or twelve days. Adding the time of purchase, this task will consume a total of one month.
However, the price-performance ratio is still good, the risk is small, and the income is not low. The two round trips are actually counted as two tasks.
Nine days later.
"We're about to enter the Kingdom of Grass, everyone, be careful.
Unlike the five major countries, the Ninja Village of the Ninja Country is not strong enough, bandits are rampant in the territory, and robberies often occur.
Moreover, the small Ninja Village is not strong enough, and the security is not very good. In the same way, in addition to bandits, there are also many casual ninjas or rebellious ninjas who will gather in these countries.
The country of grass is also like this."
Entering the land of Grass Country, Kiyoshi Uchiha reminded his two teammates. But it's not too much, it's not good to scare them, and then he explained and comforted him.
"But don't be afraid. We are Konoha ninjas. Generally, few people take the initiative to trouble us. As long as we don't provoke others, we will not be in danger."
Orochimaru is not in the clear, Ishimura Yukito has been staying in Uchi Kiyoshi and the others were beside them, and when they heard Kiyoshi Uchiha's words, they also said with a smile. "This little brother is right. The Country of Grass is indeed a more dangerous place in our group, but
with you Konoha ninjas around, few people will take the initiative to provoke you."
Few people provoke, but there are exceptions.
Yagi Nobuto, a lucky man who accidentally obtained a scroll that records the basic ninja techniques such as chakra extraction methods and three body techniques. Since he was ten years old, he has been practicing hard for more than 20 years. Unfortunately, he has no one to guide him and his talent is not enough, so now he has ordinary Chunin strength.
With poor talent and no systematic education, Nobuhito Yagi can only rely on resources to improve. As a casual cultivator, if he wants to obtain resources, he can only accept some missions issued by the black market, plus robbing caravans.
Naturally, it is not easy for one person to do it alone. No, the other three Ninja Loose Cultivators were assembled to form a gang, specializing in robbing caravans.
Originally, their targets were only those small caravans with weak defenses. Medium-sized caravans like Yukito Ishimura were escorted by Konoha ninjas, and they couldn't afford to rob them.
But this time, seeing that Yukito Ishimura's large caravan was escorted by only three little ghosts, Nobuto Yagi also set his sights on them.
"It's not a small caravan, just three ten-year-old kid escorts..."
Hearing Yagi Nobuto's murmur, several companions beside him also knew his thoughts, and one of the horse-faced ninjas worried.
"Boss, look at the forehead guards on their heads, those three are Konoha's ninjas, we can't afford to mess with them."
Yagi Nobuto's eyes were also flickering, struggling constantly. As if he had made up his mind, Yagi Nobuto's eyes became fierce.
"It's done, it's just three brats, can't we still deal with it? At most, we can hide for a while, judging by the size of the caravan, this ticket is settled, we don't have to worry about it for at least half a year."
Hearing what the boss said, the three next to him The younger brother also struggled a bit and decided to listen to the boss. They didn't dare to think about such a large caravan before, but this time they encountered such a "weak" protection force, so they naturally had to fight. As casual cultivators who lick blood on the edge of a knife, they are not good at it, so they dare to take risks.
Uchiha Kiyoshi, who was walking in front of the caravan, seemed to have noticed something.
"Stop! We seem to be being targeted."
Hearing Uchiha Kiyoshi's shout, Yukito Ishimura stopped the convoy even though he didn't notice anything.
Sheng Shu and Sakusa Sarutobi also became vigilant and kept fighting. Uchiha Kiyoshi's sense has always been keen, although they didn't feel anything was wrong, they still believed in Uchiha Kiyoshi's judgment immediately.
Uchiha Kiyoshi also put on a defensive posture while looking for possible enemies.
Just now he felt a trace of murderous aura, which was indescribable, but he was sure that it was murderous aura. Thanks to the strength of his soul, his senses have been a little keen since he was a child. After practicing the body cultivation technique, his body senses have improved further, and he is also more sensitive to the changes in the outside world.