rock ninja log

It’s been twenty-three days since Uehara and the others entered the forest, and they are still wandering in the woods, far from seeing the border of the forest, even though they have long known that crossing the jungle will be very time-consuming.

, but the journey back, which can take ten days by water, now takes so long, which Uehara did not expect. Now, Uehara finally understands what Samoto said about the dangers in the undeveloped jungle.

Some shrubs with thorns, if the skin is scratched, the whole wound will be extremely itchy, and then fester; there are natural traps formed for unknown reasons, which look like the ground covered with dead branches. If you are not prepared and step on it,

, will keep sinking, and without any help, it will sink into the mud and be unable to extricate itself; there are colorful spiders, colorful snakes, and colorful poisonous insects, which are the most threatening existence to everyone. One day

Not long ago, everyone buried a companion who died of poisoning due to improper treatment of the poison in time. The culprit was just a small spider the size of a fly. Everyone was in a bad mood. After fighting for so long, this was the first time.

Non-combat casualties.

There was no inscription or any mark on the burial place. We found the most conspicuous big tree among the countless big trees with scorch marks from lightning strikes, buried our companions under the tree, and continued on their way without looking back.

Uehara felt the most uncomfortable every time he left a companion. When he picked up his paintbrush and asked the sacrificed companion what he liked during his lifetime and what kind of painting he wanted to leave him, he asked many people, and then he discovered that the person named

Ando was not very familiar with Uehara, a boy who barely spoke a few words to, but he was actually the last person in his class.

Everyone's fighting methods have changed, and Uehara and the others no longer insist on ensuring the integrity of each squad. Ando just keeps to himself and does not form a team with anyone. He is just a taciturn man who has to rush for every investigation mission.

To do it, he had replaced a sick comrade three times in a row, and then the chakra was finally exhausted, leading to tragedy. For this reason, Uehara had to add Article 195 to the code of conduct - anyone

You are not allowed to take over the reconnaissance and surveillance tasks of other companions, even if both parties agree.

The existence of chakra has a certain resistance to various toxins. If Ando hadn't just completed a reconnaissance mission and completely exhausted his chakra, he probably wouldn't have died as a joke. Therefore, although he was in the forest

The speed of the shuttle was slow enough, but Uehara and the others had to slow down again to ensure that everyone retained at least a small amount of chakra at all times.

"Siben, why is there a creek again? Are we lost?" Uehara wiped the sweat from his head with a long knife and walked back. The vegetation became more and more lush. Now there are only one or two people responsible for opening the road. In addition to warning,

The reconnaissance squad, and now there are three squads responsible for opening roads, rotating in three shifts, are barely enough.

"I'm not lost." Siben explained to Yuan while adjusting his loose leggings. "It's normal for there to be streams in the forest."

Uehara put the long knife in the scabbard, sat down next to the priest, took the warm water with honey from the priest, and drank it in one gulp.

"Uehara." Seeing no one around, Samoto said cautiously, "Ando, ​​there are ghost heads, and other companions. Many classes have lost members, but our classes..."

Before he finished speaking, Uehara understood what he meant. The three people from the Spider class, Spider Maru, Yukino and Xi, Samoto, Fuuga and Yi from the Shiben class, as well as Uehara, Wutong and Sherosa from the Uehara class.

, not a single attrition was made.

"Tell me, Uehara, do we leaders subconsciously value the people in our own class more and try our best to protect the people in our class? The dangerous ones will be handed over to other colleagues. This will have a negative impact on other classes."

Isn’t it unfair for our companions..." Siben said, Feng Jia and the still weak and lazy Yi next to him both looked over, with inexplicable expressions on their faces.

"This question..." Samoto's sudden question stopped Uehara in his tracks. "As for what you said, whether you subconsciously protect the people in your class better, I don't know." Uehara said.

Spreading his hands, Uehara said, "But our classes are already the strongest. It's normal for us to have fewer casualties. Besides, who says we are safer than others." Uehara looked at the three of them, "I won't talk about you, Samoto."

, Yan is also very weak, and Fuga is in good condition. Other classes, Sasaki's class, have attrition, you may not know it well, Sasaki's class Xanthium is very familiar to us, and Sasaki and Natsuki even lost their arms.

Spider Maru still has waist problems, Rhino's legs are broken, and Yukino's face is disfigured. As for our class, if I hadn't been treated with medical ninjutsu by Iwakawa, I would have been in good condition during the battle with the Konoha ninjas.

He will definitely be more seriously injured."

The more Uehara talked, the clearer his idea became, "If we calculate based on this injury ratio, our casualties are much greater than those of an ordinary squad. When I encounter a danger that is difficult to handle, the first thing I think of is to bring my most familiar Shelley and

Fatty, let’s go with me, even though it’s very dangerous. Siben, I guess the same goes for you, right?”

Seeing Siben nod his head, looking relieved, Uehara patted him on the shoulder, "So, Siben, there is no need to worry about these things. We who have paid the most do not owe any of our companions!"

Uehara drank the rest of the tea and left. He used his knife to clear a path and chopped bushes all morning. Uehara's knife was already a bit curled. Sharpening a knife also requires skill. The one-armed Sasaki sharpened the knife faster than Uehara.

There are many, so it's perfect to go to Sasaki with a knife.

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In the evening, Tuya came back after being away for four days. As soon as he came back, he asked the fat man for a bunch of food and ate it hungrily.

"Toya..." Uehara opened his mouth and was about to ask something, but Toya stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"Let's talk after eating." Toya took the time to say this and stopped paying attention to Uehara who was standing beside him.

Looking at him like this, he must not have eaten well in the past few days.

When Toya finally finished eating, before Uehara could ask, Toya had already spoken: "The guys from Konoha are still chasing me, but they are just a bunch of brats."

Seeing Uehara's obviously relaxed expression, Toya deliberately hit Uehara, "There must be enemy jounin-level ninjas, but I didn't find them. It would be easy to detect them if they were too close." Looking at Uehara's serious look, Toya said

Ya nodded, "Although they are a group of brats, there are a lot of them. I made a rough calculation and found that there are at least two hundred people. I don't know if there are any follow-up troops behind."

Taking the tea handed over by Uehara, Toya drank it all in one gulp, "I have already dealt with their investigation team..."

"They haven't discovered us yet. Will doing this expose us?" Uehara frowned and expressed his doubts.

"Well, a big snake came out of the jungle, and then Hinata's kid was killed by the snake..."

"That's it..." Uehara nodded, "In that case, we can hide it from the enemy in a short time."

"Uehara can't hide it for too long, but according to my estimation, even if the enemy discovers us and pursues us with full force, it will take at least three days, but if it is a jounin, it will be much faster, so..." Toya said.

He yawned and prepared to get up and leave, "I will follow you and help you cover up the traces of your passing. I will have to stop my ninjutsu training from now on because there is too much movement. Moreover, you must learn to deal with the traces left by you during the journey that may be left by the enemy."

Flaws in clues.”

"This is simple. Let's leave it to Yamashima Shige. He is the best at tracking. Let's use his experience in tracking prey." Looking at the sleepy Toya, Uehara persuaded him again, "Toya,

Go and rest quickly and leave it to me."