Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 201 We Will Destroy This Place

To avoid being noticed by Ao's disapproving look, Kiichiro simply lingered far behind them.

Anyway, he didn't want to investigate the specific information about the Mist Ninja, he just wanted to confirm their general location to avoid not being able to find Itakura Ko.

During this time, the Cloud Ninja's pursuit force intercepted the Mist Ninja once, but was repelled by the Mist Ninja. Subsequently, the Mist Ninja retreated into the Land of Fire and also wiped out a patrol team of Konoha ninja.

Kiichiro stood before the corpses of the Konoha ninja, looking south with a gloating expression.

"Looks like these Mist Ninja are after Konoha. Alright, let's fight them to the death! Let the flames of war burn brightly, so I can make more money off my medicine!"

Following the ninja from the Mist into the Land of Fire, Kiichiro became even more cautious in his actions.

These Mist Ninjas, contrary to Kiichiro's expectations, acted very conspicuously.

Not only did they not hide their tracks, they even actively swept through Konoha's strongholds, attacked towns, and destroyed various facilities.

Although Itakura Ko was young, he knew the strength of the Konoha ninja. Seeing the Kirigakure ninja acting so recklessly, he took the opportunity to ask Terumi Mei.

"If we do this, we will soon attract the enemy's encirclement and suppression. Isn't that too dangerous?"

Mei Terumi knew the whole plan, but she couldn't reveal it to Ko Itakura. She could only comfort him, saying, "Don't worry, I will try my best to reduce your danger. You must also stay vigilant and don't trust anyone. Remember, don't trust anyone!"

At this point, Mei Terumi asked with concern, "How is your injury?"

Ko Itakura touched his waist and abdomen with his right hand and nodded slightly: "I'm much better now, it won't affect the battle."

Among this group, some people knew medical ninjutsu. Although their skills were average, they were quite effective in treating Ko Itakura's skin and flesh injuries.

On the first night after entering the Land of Fire, Ao gathered all the recruited ninjas, unfolded a map, and began assigning tasks.

“These bridges, warehouses, towns, weapons factories, and medicine workshops are our targets. Next, I will divide you into small teams to attack these targets together.”

A rogue ninja from the Mist Village glanced at the map, then stared intently at Ao.

"According to the agreement, as long as I complete this mission, the village will stop hunting me down, right?"

As a rogue ninja, being hunted down was extremely difficult; one wrong move and you could lose your life.

After all, only a few S-rank rogue ninjas are fearless in the face of pursuit; most rogue ninjas eventually die at the hands of pursuit teams or bounty hunters.

This rogue ninja was quite strong, but he also wanted to escape the life of a rogue ninja, which is why he was recruited by Ao.

Upon hearing this, everyone else turned their attention to Qing.

Some of them wanted to avoid being hunted down, some wanted to join the Mist Ninja, and some were after money.

Of course, some people were simply coerced, such as Ko Itakura.

Qing scanned everyone and calmly said, "Under normal circumstances, you would never have had this opportunity. We would hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"

Hearing Qing's blunt words, everyone remained calm and unfazed, taking it all for granted.

The Mist Village is one of the five great ninja villages, and its immense fighting power could easily crush them.

So they listened in silence to what Qing would say next.

Qing smiled slightly and said, "However, we are in a chaotic world now. We, the Mist Ninja, are constantly at war with the Leaf Village and the Cloud Ninja. We are in dire need of combat power, which is why we are giving you this opportunity."

Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly, believing it to some extent. The remaining seven points of doubt were the foundation of their survival and would not waver.

Qing, unconcerned about the audience's feelings, continued, "All actions are your own responsibility. We will not supervise the battle; we will only reward you according to your results. If you feel the enemy is too strong, you are free to retreat. The initiative is in your hands, so why worry?"

That's right, fight if you can, run if you can't, the danger is really not that great.

Thinking of this, some people who weren't very shrewd already showed joy on their faces.

Only Itakura Ko rubbed his forehead, unsure whether he should remind Ao that he didn't want any benefits and whether he could leave now.

After thinking it over, Itakura Ko abandoned this suicidal idea.

Having reached a consensus, Qing began to divide them into eight teams of three to five people each, based on their strength and personal wishes.

The people in the Blue Group are all quite strong. I wonder if it's because Mei Terumi took care of Ko Itakura.

At midnight, the various teams began heading to their destinations, leaving only the Qing team behind.

"What a bunch of pathetic bastards."

Hozuki Mangetsu let out a mocking laugh, but there was no disdain in his eyes, only a faint indifference.

This plan to attack the Land of Fire was devised by Ao and Kazuma together.

In other words, those recruited ninjas had already been betrayed before they were even recruited.

Even their every move was planned by the enemy.

This enemy is not just the Konoha ninja, but also the Kirigakure ninja who recruited them.

Their sole purpose is to act as bait to lure out a group of Konoha ninjas, helping Team Ao complete their mission.

Actually, it's not important.

Not a single word Qing said to them was true; it was all a lie.

After all, deceiving a group of dead people was no burden for Qing.

Witnessing all of this unfold, Hozuki Mangetsu felt a chill run through him.

Perhaps, I am a pitiful creature myself.

Doing things they have no interest in, fighting to the death for orders from others.

It's ridiculous.

Mei Terumi's expression was calm, with only a hint of worry in her eyes.

I don't know if he can understand what I'm saying.

Only Kisame Hoshigaki stood quietly, awaiting the next command.

Ao's expression remained calm as he knelt on one knee and took out his ninja tool pouch.

"Check your equipment and prepare for battle."

Under the vast night sky, dozens of Oni Ichiro's shadow clones formed a huge circular reconnaissance network, scattered around Ao.

Soon, some shadow clones discovered the Mist Ninja attacking in all directions and immediately sent the information back to their main bodies.

"Huh? These Mist Ninja are so fierce! A mere few dozen people dare to rampage around like this, as if they're about to cause a big trouble. Do they think the Konoha ninja are made of clay? They're really courting death!"

Kiichiro didn't care about the lives of the Kirigakure ninja; he just felt that things were getting worse and wanted to rescue Itakura Ko as soon as possible, lest he die in the battle between the Kirigakure ninja and Konoha, which would be too unjust.

Anyway, Ko Itakura and Mei Terumi have already made a start and completed their mission.

At this moment, Itakura Ko was very obedient, following the instructions of his two teammates in everything he did.

These two were quite strong, and Itakura Ko wasn't confident he could defeat them, so he could only go with the flow and wait for an opportunity to escape.

They ran for several hours and arrived at the outskirts of a village before dawn.

The village was built along the river, brightly lit, with faint sounds of shouts, blacksmithing, and livestock neighing drifting through the air.

Next to the river, there was a small dock with two cargo ships with their sails down, bobbing gently on the rippling water.

"This is it, Feichuan Village, the village that specializes in crafting blades. We're going to destroy it!"