For some reason, even though Pakura was alone, her invasion of the Land of Rain was quite flamboyant. After being surrounded by Amegakure ninjas, she didn't choose to retreat but instead fought back fiercely.
The reason for her actions was unknown. Common sense dictates that no matter how strong a ninja is, they shouldn't have such a strong desire to fight when invading a country. After all, such behavior is easily equated with suicide. Besides, Pakura wasn't that strong, was she?
Unless her mission was to attract as much attention from Amegakure as possible...
But in any case, her intrusion objectively provided a great convenience for Team Haori to leave the Land of Rain.
Along the way, the Amegakure reconnaissance teams that had been scattered were now concentrated. They were rapidly advancing towards the place where the war had broken out.
Pakura's invasion, coupled with Akatsuki's activities, had created quite a bit of chaos along the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire overnight.
But this was no longer relevant to Team Haori. The battlefield had long been left behind them. No matter how hard they tried to look or listen, they couldn't hear anything from that direction anymore.
In the darkness, the Splitting Dog resembled a large canine from the Carnivora order… Well, it was a large canine from the Carnivora order, carrying the four members of the team forward quickly.
The possibility of Team Haori encountering enemy groups organized as four-person squads had greatly decreased. The Amegakure ninjas had switched from a scattered net to a concentrated force. This effectively reduced their control area, which was advantageous for Team Haori, who were trying to escape the Land of Rain.
However, to prevent them from running headfirst into a medium-sized enemy force that had gathered, Haori was still quite vigilant.
But no matter what, after running at full speed for several hours, Team Haori had completely left the core control area of Amegakure. The likelihood of encountering danger was now almost nonexistent.
The Land of Fire was right in front of them.
"As far as the reconnaissance mission is concerned, our team has successfully completed it," Haori said, patting his chest. The intelligence map was hidden there.
Actually, even if they had lost the map, it wouldn't have mattered. Most of the information was stored in his brain.
"And the cost was within an acceptable range..."
Haori's words made Asuma, the half-disabled person, roll his eyes. He was the one who had paid the so-called acceptable cost.
Yūhi Kurenai and Yamanaka Aoba nodded in agreement. They agreed with Haori's assessment.
Initially, this infiltration mission was classified as B-rank in terms of difficulty. If they had simply infiltrated smoothly without encountering any enemies, B-rank would indeed represent the difficulty of the mission.
But considering that it was impossible for the actual mission execution to be so smooth, Team Haori first encountered the Fuma clan, then encountered a ninja like Pakura. As for Akatsuki, they didn't fight, so they weren't considered for now. Even so, this mission could actually be classified as A-rank.
So, it was a good deal to complete this mission with one member of the team sustaining minor injuries and breaking a few bones.
At least for their first major mission, Team Haori had no casualties.
"As for Pakura's purpose... we have no way of knowing now. When we report the mission, we just need to submit the information about her appearing on the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire."
Haori said. He couldn't, nor could he, give his own judgment about Pakura's purpose.
Without any basis, ninjas couldn't speculate about something. Judging Pakura's purpose was something for the higher-ups who had more information.
In fact, there was a more important reason why Haori no longer cared about Pakura. He suspected that she had been killed by Nagato and the others... if she had relied on her own strength and foolishly attacked the pacifists.
As for the encounter with Akatsuki, Haori could only report the surface-level information. He couldn't reveal any deeper intelligence, because he couldn't explain the source of the information.
If he reported those things, then the question would arise: How did he know so much information after just one encounter? Forget the rest, no one had mentioned the name of the organization Akatsuki. How did he know?
Was it simply because he had looked at them for a moment too long, and he couldn't forget their faces?
Tell the Konoha intelligence department that?
This was the middle of a world war. What kind of joke was he making... One wrong move and Haori would be treated as a spy.
So, Haori had to carefully consider which words he could say and which words he couldn't say.
But looking at their casual conversation, it was indeed possible to judge that the situation wasn't that dangerous.
Besides, Haori was still on guard. Theoretically, if a crisis arose, he would predict it.
Just theoretically...
The sky was starting to brighten. Through the gaps in the trees, they could see the light ahead.
"Attention, we'll be leaving the cover of the trees, and then in a few minutes, we'll be leaving the Land of Rain, crossing the border back to the Land of Fire..."
Before Haori could finish his sentence, the Splitting Dog beneath him came to a sudden stop, then uncontrollably flew out with a hard crash.
The entire forest was filled with the roars of its three heads and three mouths!
A silver-bright weapon, like a whip, or like a segmented animal, instantly bound the Splitting Dog, which was running at full speed.
The massive Splitting Dog, as if it were being grasped by a much larger hand, was first held, then thrown away.
The four people on the dog's back were also thrown away. With Haori's instant reaction and reflexes, he could take care of himself in the face of this sudden crisis.
He leaped into the air, curled up, adjusted his posture, and landed safely. At this time, he could still make a judgment. The enemy's attack had come from that direction, so he stared intently at that spot.
As for the other three, they had only been thrown. Asuma would probably suffer secondary damage... The enemy's main target was the Splitting Dog, this large summoning beast. And being able to prevent this creature, which followed its wild instincts, from reacting effectively, it was possible to imagine the unknown enemy's attack speed.
A low figure emerged from the forest and walked towards Haori, appearing in his field of vision.
At this moment, Haori instantly understood why a ninja like Pakura would leave the front lines and come to the Land of Rain during a great war.
It was naturally for a mission, and her target was now in front of Haori.
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