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"Captain, do we still want to go deeper?"

A Hyuga ninja said to the leader, Hyuga Hiashi, with a hint of fatigue in his tone but a firm expression.

Hiashi stamped his feet and stepped on the soil under his feet. They had just dealt with a batch of enemy ninja corpses.

It was really considerate to kill and bury them. The ninjas of Konoha were particular about what they did.

The reason why the service was so thoughtful was of course to destroy the corpses and eliminate the traces. They didn't ask to completely cover up the traces, but it would be better to find them later.

Their mission this time was to block and investigate, and confidentiality should be kept as good as possible.

Moreover, they were already familiar with such things. They had encountered three waves of such enemies along the way, but they were all solved by them without any danger.

But they also paid a big price. One ninja had a broken arm, which was fixed with gauze at this time; the remaining two were also injured to varying degrees, but fortunately they were only slightly injured and not life-threatening.

"The border of the Land of Earth is ahead. We must go and have a look. We can't give up halfway now that we're here."

It's really hard to let them turn around and leave now that they've come here. The blocking mission is basically completed, but if there's a chance to expand the results, they must fight for it!

After hearing the order, none of them showed any dissatisfaction. They are all qualified ninjas. Obeying orders and following commands is the basic quality of ninjas.

"Let's take a break first! If the situation is not right, we can retreat as soon as possible."

The advantage of having the Byakugan is revealed. If they encounter someone they can't really defeat, they can retreat one kilometer away. It's not difficult to escape.

As he said that, Hizashi sat down on a stone and took out a military ration pill from his ninja bag. Although this thing doesn't taste very good, it can really fill your stomach and restore your physical strength.

After eating the military ration pill and drinking some water, they felt that the hunger from the weight was relieved. The other three also ate the rations they brought.

"Xiaoming, how is your injury?"

Hizashi looked at the most seriously injured ninja and asked with concern. As the captain, it was his duty to bring all the team members back intact.

"It's okay, but this hand is temporarily unusable. I'm holding the captain back!"

The Hyuga member named Xiaoming spoke reluctantly, with an apologetic smile on his face.

"Ah... Injury is inevitable. I don't blame you. Next, you follow me and I will protect you!"

Hizashi waved his hand and comforted Xiaoming. He also came this way. He couldn't treat his men as a burden just because they were injured and watch them die.

It was more than two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time, and this place was close to the Land of Earth. The trees became scarce, and they could only take a short rest in the shade under a big rock.

"Let's go, go a little deeper today. If everything goes well, we can return tomorrow!"

Hiashi stood up again and encouraged the team members. When they heard the captain's words, their eyes lit up and they cheered up again.

"Yes!"

They packed up their equipment, dealt with the traces and were ready to go. No news could make them more excited than going home. Soon they disappeared on the spot.

At the same time, at the forefront of the Land of Earth, the large force of the Hidden Rock Village was stationed at the junction of the Land of Earth, the Land of Grass and the Land of Taki.

"Ten teams sent out have not sent back any news. Either they were delayed or something went wrong!"

In the military tent, several elite ninjas of the Hidden Rock gathered together, including the son of the Rock Shadow, Huang Tu, Dong Si Ren, Suma Shi, Ma Zhi, Huo Guang and Da Shi.

The leader was Huang Tu, who was responsible for commanding and deploying the army, and the one who just reported the situation was Dong Si Ren, who was in charge of leading the team.

"The above are the routes of these teams."

As he spoke, Dong Siren spread a map on the table and marked several locations, and the route that Hyuga Hiashi was traveling on was listed.

However, in addition to their route, there was also another route where three teams lost contact, and the remaining routes had at most two teams lost contact.

Seeing this situation, the faces of the people in the tent were not very good. The map showed the locations where these teams last sent back messages.

Judging from the situation, they were at a disadvantage in their first confrontation. Perhaps the Konoha ninjas on the two routes will be in front of them soon.

"Have you found out who the enemies on these two routes are?"

Huang Tu asked with a gloomy face. Not only him, but the faces of the others were not very good.

"According to the report from the surviving scouts, there is a team led by Uchiha Fugaku, and the information of the other team is still unknown!"

Suma Shi hurriedly reported the collected intelligence. He was a special jonin of the Hidden Rock Village, responsible for collecting intelligence on the front line.Collective work.

"Damn Uchiha!"

"Could the other team be from the Hyuga clan?"

"I don't think so. Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, also came to the scene..."

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the tent. They really guessed it right. What they didn't expect was that Konoha actually sent out such a strong team right away.

Shouldn't they test each other first? To cheat and sneak attack their Iwagakure Village is unethical!

"Send more scouts on these two routes. We must not let them spread the battlefield to the Land of Earth!"

After a pause, Huang Tu continued:

"The other lines of defense also need to be taken seriously. We must show our strength and not let Konoha underestimate us!"

After receiving the order, Suma Shi quickly arranged it. One by one, the teams led by elite jonin rushed to different directions. Before that, Suma Shi had sent out several teams one after another, but it was obviously not taken seriously enough.

The war between the two countries will make the Grass Country and the Taki Country suffer. Weak countries have no human rights!

Whether it is the Second, Third or Fourth War, the battlefields chosen are all in the hinterland of these small countries. The major powers don't care about the life and death of these small countries.

Don't accept it? If you don't accept it, I don't mind cleaning up you little minions. If it weren't for the fact that some daimyo exist in these small countries, the other major powers wouldn't mind annexing them.

The reason why these countries are given a little living space is to give the major countries a buffer zone. They don't look down on this little territory, and it can be used as a battlefield when fighting.

To put it bluntly, it's still not strong enough. Look at Hanzo. The five major powers dare not underestimate this tiny country.

Mifune can also gain a foothold among the major powers with his swordsmanship. The major powers also give him some face when he proposes the resolution of a neutral country. Anyway, it doesn't involve their interests.

The location is not in the buffer zone between the major powers, and others won't care.

They look down on these places but there are others who do. At this time, Orochimaru was also rushing towards Taki Country. It was a rare opportunity for him to go out, so he planned to inspect the other small countries besides the five major countries.