Konoha: Otsutsuki from the Earth

On the outskirts of Konoha Village, Kaiban and his team came to the door of a farmer's house.

"Mr. Murano, we are the ninjas who are ready to help you solve your problem. Can you tell us the specific situation?" Kai knocked on the door politely and asked.

"Is that you? Great, please come with me."

After hearing Kai's words, a simple middle-aged man opened the door and enthusiastically led Kai and his group to the more remote depths of the countryside.

Along the way, they flew through several fields. The blue sky, clear streams, lush fields and villagers working in the fields formed a paradise scenery.

"It's so beautiful~" Feeling the beautiful scenery, I feel comfortable physically and mentally every day.

Although Konoha Village can be said to be a military base, and it usually relies on accepting commissions from various parties and financial support from the Fire Nation's daimyo to maintain its operation, it has never given up its most basic production functions.

On the outskirts of Konoha Village, there is a large lush field. There are also many tasks like weeding, sowing, and fertilizing in the usual genin tasks. Some ninjas even become ordinary farmers when they return home after completing their tasks.

Qi Fei also gave a rare compliment: "Indeed, it can be called a paradise."

Qi Fei came from the countryside in his previous life. Although the scenery and environment in his hometown were much better than where he later worked, they were far inferior to here. This is the kind of beautiful scenery that can only be seen in landscape paintings.

"Mr. Murano, what is our mission?" Xiao Li on the side asked curiously.

The second task Kaiban received during the task announcement was to deal with a problem encountered by a farmer on the outskirts of the village. The specific task content and requirements were not stated clearly, but it was mentioned that the Murano family's fields needed to be protected.

"Your mission is to protect my family's fields." Murano said as he walked, "The incident first happened a year ago..."

A year ago, Murano planted grains in his own fields as usual.

But when he went to check the fields a few days later, the entire field had been destroyed. The soil had been roughly turned over, and all the grain seeds had been eaten away.

After its investigation, it was discovered that it was a bird called the "antbird" that destroyed his farmland.

This is a small bird that looks like a sparrow and often comes out in groups to forage. Like locusts, they will sweep away all the fruits and grains that pass by.

Because they are smaller than sparrows and mainly black in appearance, they look like ants leaving the nest when they are in groups, so they are called "antbirds".

"My fields became victims of their passing last year," Murano said sadly.

"So our mission is to protect Mr. Murano's fields the next time the antbirds come?" Tiantian concluded.

Murano nodded and continued: "Last year's grains are all gone. If this year's grains are gone again, I will go bankrupt. I hope you can help me protect this field."

"Don't worry, leave it to us, we will protect this field for you." Xiao Li replied enthusiastically.

With that said, Kaiban was led by Murano to a remote field near the forest.

The fields of the Murano family were as lush and green as the fields they passed before. The only difference was that there were several worn-out scarecrows stuck crookedly on the fields.

Murano pointed to the scarecrow on the field and said: "This is my family's field. Have you seen those scarecrows? Although those antbirds only eat fruits and grains, they are also very aggressive. I hope you can pay attention to safety."

"Last year the fields were probably destroyed during this time period. This year the antbirds may also pass by during these two days. Please help me."

After Murano left, Kaiban discussed the next arrangements under the shade of a tree.

"First of all, according to Mr. Murano's request, we need to stay here for the next few days until the ants pass by. Is that okay?"

"No problem!" X3

"Very good!" Kai shouted enthusiastically, "Enjoy the first camping trip of the team's youth! If you go out of the village to perform tasks in the future, you will often encounter this kind of situation."

"And..." Tiantian quickly changed the subject, "Those antbirds can only be driven away by force. Look at those scarecrows, they are all destroyed like that."

"That means we need to prepare weapons, right?" Qi Fei answered, "Especially long-range weapons. After all, ants fly in the sky, and they can't do it without anti-aircraft means."

"Then let's put it together and take a look. What if we don't have enough weapons." Xiao Li took out the kunai and shuriken he carried from his bag.

Seeing this, everyone also took out the weapons and equipment they carried:

Tiantian: Kunai x20, shuriken x20.

Xiao Li: Kunai x10, shuriken x10.

Kai: Kunai x5, shuriken x10.

Qi Fei: Kunai x2, shuriken x0.

"Qi Fei, why don't you bring a shuriken? And why do you bring so few weapons?" Tiantian looked at Qi Fei's shabby look with some confusion.

[Of course the rich woman doesn’t understand the suffering of us poor people... If my salary hadn’t been paid yesterday, I might not even have a kunai. 】

Qi Fei replied with a serious face: "I think one kunai can be used, and a spare one is enough. For long-range purposes, I usually use Bagua Air Palm. If the air palm can't be solved, the shuriken is probably useless."

Tiantian and Xiao Li had expressions on their faces like "What you said makes sense, I'm speechless."

"But if this is the case now, there won't be enough weapons to deal with the antbirds." Tiantian complained helplessly, "You can't always use empty palms."

[It’s really good. After you all throw it away, I can still clap my hands happily. Chattanla, you are so confident.]

"So I have a suggestion. Before the ants come, we can cut some wood together to use. Otherwise, when there are more ants, we will not be able to carry enough weapons."

Qi Fei picked up a branch from his feet, used the kunai in his hand to cut it into a needle-like hidden weapon, and held it in front of Xiao Li and Tiantian.

"This is a good idea, but where are we going to find wood..." Tiantian said, holding his head with one hand.

"Konoha Great Cyclone!"

Along with several loud noises, several big trees not far away fell neatly.

Next to the fallen tree, there was a figure of Kai shining with praise: "How can the passion of youth be blocked by such a trivial matter!"

"Oh oh oh! It's indeed Teacher Kai!" Xiao Li's eyes lit up, "In that case, let's compete to see who can cut more thousand copies!"

"Not bad, Li!"

"Oh my god..." Tiantian said, covering his face with his hands.

Time passed during Kaiban's handicraft competition, and the sky gradually darkened.

Surrounded by the sounds of insects and frogs, Kaiban and his team were sitting in front of a fire, paying attention to how the fish they had just caught was being cooked. Behind everyone was a wooden structure made of various kinds of wood.

into a pyramid.

Xiao Li looked at the pyramid behind Qi Fei that was a head taller than the others, and said unwillingly: "It's a pity that we lost again..."

"Li..." Seeing the obviously depressed atmosphere over Xiao Li's side, Tiantian couldn't help but feel a little worried.

From the morning until the evening, everyone has been working hard on cutting thousands of copies.

At the beginning, Xiao Li was still far ahead with his passion and fighting spirit. But as time went by, under the double pressure of body and spirit, he gradually began to fail.

The first one to give up was Tiantian, then Xiao Li, and finally Kai. Qi Fei was cutting thousands of books slowly until dinner, and gradually surpassed everyone in the eyes of everyone in disbelief.

"Why is Qi Fei's physical strength and endurance so good?" Tiantian tried to change the subject, picked up the fish that was almost grilled, and asked while sipping the fish meat.

"Fortunately, I'm just better at saving energy. And I didn't think too much about it, so I just kept doing it until I couldn't do it anymore." Qi Fei said while holding a kunai and showing the movement of cutting wood, "I just took it as a

He is a ruthless wood chipper."

"Hahaha! Youth is about abandoning everything and moving forward courageously." Kai smiled and said to Li next to him, "Li, it seems that you haven't invested enough in your youthful passion."

"I understand Teacher Kai, I will definitely be more focused!" Xiao Li said with determination, "I will not let the so-called victory or defeat affect my heart anymore!"

"Well said, Li!" Kai enthusiastically praised Xiao Li.

"That's great." Tiantian was also happy that Xiao Li had regained his energy, and it was rare that he didn't complain about them.

"Qi Fei!" Xiao Li, who had regained his energy, once again issued a challenge to Qi Fei, "After the ant birds come, let's compete again. Let's see who can shoot down the most ant birds with thousands of books!"

"No problem." Qi Fei also picked up his grilled fish and started eating it.