"A few days ago, we received news that a group of assassins from Sharen Village had sneaked into the Country of Fire and planned to assassinate the people in Daimyo's residence. Therefore, our mission is to protect Daimyo and his children!”
After receiving the mission, Pi set off with Orochimaru and the others. On the way, Orochimaru explained the main points of the mission one by one.
Ninja nodded in understanding. The way Shinobu Village did things was the same as pulling firewood from under the cauldron. As everyone knew, Shinobu Village and the country were dependent on each other. Ninjas protected the country, and the country would also provide financial assistance to Shinobu Village. Whenever war came, the country would provide material assistance for the war. For example, in the original novel, Kiha Village was destroyed many times, but it was only thanks to the aid from the Daming Prefecture that it was able to be quickly rebuilt.
According to the Thousand Hand Pillars, the country was the light, and Naruto was the shadow attached to the country. The leader of the ninjas who protected the Country of Fire in the shadow was called Naruto. As the saying went, light never left the shadow, and shadow never left the light. One could imagine how important the Daimyo House was to a Ninja Village.
The purpose of the Sunin Village was to assassinate the Fire Country's daimyo and his descendants, creating chaos and panic in the Fire Country. If that happened, Muye would definitely suffer a blow. At the very least, if the Fire Country's daimyo lost faith in his Ninja Village, Muye might not be able to get the Fire Country's aid once the war broke out. Just the resources and funds of Muye Village alone would not be enough to sustain a war.
After all, the ninja profession was very costly.
"Don't worry. I said that I'm asking you to follow me on the mission, but in fact, it's just to give you some experience. You don't have to worry too much! We'll take care of everything!" Seeing that Naru was silent, Okami thought that Naru was afraid and could not help but tease him.
Pi rolled his eyes. Which eye of yours saw me worrying?
However, he couldn't be bothered to argue with Okami about this kind of thing. If he didn't prove it with actual actions, it would be nothing more than saying nothing.
" Hey, you brat, don't be so unconvinced. You must listen to my commands later. This mission is just a protection mission on the surface, but it's actually very dangerous. You should know that the Fire Country's Daimyo Prefecture has twelve guardian ninjas, and each of them is a powerful Jounin. Even so, they still can't resist the enemy's assassination. I guess that the Shanin Village is ruthless this time. With your strength, it's already good enough that you can protect yourself!”Zilai also thought that Pi was throwing a tantrum and could not help but explain. He was really afraid that Pi would drop the ball at the critical moment because of anger.
"I know!" Pi glanced at Zi Lai Ye and said unhappily, Do I look like an impulsive idiot?
That's right. Naru was very confident in himself, but he was not a conceited person. He was different from others. Naru knew about the powerful existences like Bright Night Princess and Uchiha Ban. Even though it was shocking for him to have the strength of a chuunin at the age of six and a half, and his combat strength was comparable to that of a jounin, he still lived every day as if he was treading on thin ice. He was afraid that in the blink of an eye, the Infinite Lunar Blasphemy would be activated. Under such circumstances, how could he be conceited?
Therefore, after Orochimaru explained the mission situation, he immediately knew the danger. Even the 12 guardian ninjas could not protect the Daimyo Mansion. One could imagine how powerful the enemy was.
After a few hours of traveling at full speed, the four of them finally arrived in front of the Daming Mansion. Before they even entered, they could already feel a sense of death inside. The soldiers at the door were wearing mourning clothes. Something big must have happened.
"Who are you?" A guard stopped them and asked sternly.
"We are the ninjas of the wooden leaf village. This is a mission given by your great name!”Orochimaru handed the document with the seal of his name and the seal of the fire shadow to the guard.
Although they were wearing wooden leaves to protect their foreheads, this was only their external appearance. If the enemy also wore wooden leaves to protect their foreheads, would the guards let them in without asking? Therefore, this investigation was necessary.
After confirming the authenticity of the seal on the document, the guard's expression turned better. In the past few days, several majesties of the Daming Mansion had been assassinated. The entire mansion was in grief and panic. For ordinary people, the power of ninjas was too powerful and they could not resist at all.
Although there were 12 guardian ninjas, after a few assassinations, only three of them remained. Nine of them were sacrificed, and the other three were injured and could not continue the protection mission. Helplessly, the Fire Country's Daimyo could only entrust the Woodleaf Sect's ninjas to come over.
"Sorry, please go in. Your names are waiting for you!”The guard respectfully handed the document back to Orochimaru and said.
Orochimaru nodded and brought the others in.
"What's wrong with Mu Ye? He actually sent a brat over? What kind of combat power did this little brat have? Could he have been sent here to make up for the numbers?”After Pi and the others entered, one of the guards started to whisper to the person beside him.
"Shh, do you want to die? What if they hear us?" The rest of the guards hurriedly shouted in a low voice.
In fact, Pi and the others had already heard it. To be honest, Pi was a little speechless. These guards actually judged a book by its cover. However, he really couldn't do anything about this kind of thing. After all, he was indeed young!
"Aiyoyo, little brat, you've been underestimated. What should we do?”Okami said with a mocking expression.
Looking at Okami's annoying look, Nao was even more speechless. He couldn't beat Okami, and he couldn't scold him either. After all, Okami had taught him cultivation before and was considered half a master. Moreover, she was usually very good to him. As for her teasing, Nao really couldn't say anything and could only ignore it.
At this moment, Daimyo hurried over with a few retainers.
"Okami, stop talking!" When Orochimaru saw this, he quickly stopped Okami's teasing and walked towards Daimyo.
"You're finally here. Third generation Naruto told me that he would send his four disciples over. If I'm not wrong, you should be Orochimaru!”The daimyo seemed very enthusiastic and excited, which was normal. Orochimaru, Kuraiya, and Tsunei were very famous in the ninja realm, and they were powerful enough. The entire daimyo manor had been shrouded in the shadow of the assassination for the past few days, and they couldn't even sleep well. Now, their savior had finally arrived.
"Daimyo, I'm Orochimaru. These three are Yukiya, Tsunei, and Lord Naruto's recent disciple, Uchiha!”Orochimaru nodded and said.
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