The Kingdom of Ghosts, the western sea area.

Thick fog gathers on the vast sea, bringing an extremely cold chill.

The steel ship is like a black giant beast, breaking through layers of thick fog, sailing through the wind and waves in the sea covered by thick fog.

In the outpost waters about tens of kilometers in front of the steel ship, a famous Kirigakure ninja was divided into ten groups, put on a standard diving suit, restrained his body tightly, and then used water escape ninjutsu, one after another,

Dive into the sea water, blend into the sea water, hide your whereabouts, and swim forward quickly.

Just like the ninjas in Iwagakure Village, most of the ninjas in Kirigakure have practiced the water escape technique, and a considerable number of Kirigakure ninjas will be able to hold their breath in the water for a long time after performing the water escape technique.

ability.

If land is the area where Iwagakure ninjas excel, then the waters and oceans are the favorite battlefields of Kirigakure ninjas.

Ten groups, each with three people, a total of thirty elite Kirigakure ninjas, are scattered around. As reconnaissance scouts, they need to master the details of the ninja troops of the Demon Country before the war between Kirigakure and the Demon Country begins.

trend.

In this way, the large troops in the rear can push forward.

Due to the lessons learned by Konoha and Iwagakure, the attitude towards this war must be cautious and cautious, without any slack.

Therefore, each of the Kirigakure ninjas who came to conduct reconnaissance carried out a cautious and attentive attitude to complete this S-level mission personally assigned by their Lord Mizukage.

As the Kirigakure ninjas dived into the sea and continued to sink, the sounds in their ears became quieter and quieter. Occasionally, there was the sound of water flowing, and the surrounding light became darker and darker, as if they were about to

It was like being trapped in a world of silent darkness, with only a small area covered by the searchlight visible.

Some Kirigakure ninjas looked at their feet, and saw a deep and boundless curtain of darkness that was darker than the surroundings, making people feel infinitely depressed and cold.

Looking down, the Kirigakure ninja couldn't help but twitch his body, and his leg bones seemed to have softened a bit. This was an instinctive fear of the darkness.

Even though I have done this kind of diving work countless times and have considerable diving experience, I still feel my scalp numb every time I stare at the depths of the seabed.

Compared with land and sky, the deep sea is both mysterious and terrifying.

The Kirigakure ninja who knew all of this best was naturally full of awe for such an environment.

So, they didn't dare to look down, and they stopped at a distance where they could still hear the sound and vaguely see the light spots on the sea surface, and began to swim forward.

In the sea with a depth of more than 100 meters, it is difficult to transmit sound. The accompanying captain can only use hand signals to signal the team members to move forward quickly.

The water temperature of the sea in winter is extremely cold, and the silent darkness constantly challenges the psychological stress resistance of the Kirigakure ninjas. Under this double physical and mental torture, even the Kirigakure ninjas who have experienced hundreds of battles must tighten their grip.

Time to complete the task.

I don’t know how long has passed, maybe ten minutes, maybe half an hour, maybe a day has passed.

In such an oppressive, dim environment with no sound source, the Kirigakure ninjas gradually lost their concept of time.

At this moment, a huge spindle-shaped shadow vaguely appeared in front of their heads.

There were three Kirigakure reconnaissance teams nearby, and they discovered this huge shadow floating on the sea almost simultaneously.

Instead of provoking him, he wisely avoided it.

Just when they were about to do this, the water flowed rapidly and something rushed over.

Then there was a bang, exploding in the sea water, the water flow rolled faster, and a huge fishing net spread out, instantly surrounding a group of three Kirigakure ninjas and binding them tightly.

The three of them kept struggling in the fishing net and picked up kunai to cut the fishing net.

I don’t know what kind of material this fishing net is made of. It comes with a chakra kunai, and when I cut it, it couldn’t be cut at once.

The fishing net was pulled upwards, and the three Kirigakure ninjas suddenly panicked. They knew exactly what would happen if they were pulled up, and they struggled even harder in the fishing net.

The other two groups of Kirigakure ninjas also stepped forward to assist, picked up the kunai and began to cut the rope.

The sound of rolling water reached the ears, like a warning note, which shocked the two groups of Kirigakure ninjas who came to help.

boom!

Another fishing net is spread out in the sea.

The second group of Kirigakure ninjas were also successfully captured.

The Kirigakure ninjas in the third group quickly panicked, stopped rescuing their companions, and quickly swam backwards, trying to escape from the sea.

At this moment, a pair of huge red eyes lit up in the dark and deep depths of the ocean floor. A snake-shaped beast as huge as a hill swam up from the depths of the ocean floor, causing a surging movement and heading towards the escaping people.

The Kirigakure ninja tore open the bloody mouth.

…

"Lord Liuli, all thirty Kirigakure ninjas responsible for reconnaissance in this sea area have been captured."

In the command room, the Jonin from the Kingdom of Demons responsible for commanding the operation gave a work report to Liuli who walked in.

Liuli was not surprised. They had already understood all the movements of the Kirigakure reconnaissance team, and now it was just as easy as going out for a walk and catching these Kirigakure ninjas as fish in a fishing net.

"Keep moving forward. In addition, notify the fleets in Areas B and C that the nets can be collected there."

"yes!"

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The western sea area of ​​​​the Kingdom of Ghosts is an uninhabited desert island at the junction of the Kingdom of Ghosts and the waters of other countries.

At this moment, this desert island has been occupied by the Kirigakure ninjas, who have begun to build a camp on this desert island with no resources to harvest. Judging from the way they are working, it seems that they plan to stay here for a long time.

There are nearly five hundred ninjas in total, who are the vanguard troops dispatched by Kirigakure this time. One hundred of them are divided into camps, and four hundred are patrolling the border waters of the deserted island.

The person in charge of the scheduling work here is a middle-aged jounin from the Ghost Light Clan. He arranges his personal work here in an orderly manner without any panic and appears to be at ease.

The surrounding Kirigakure ninjas also respect and trust him very much.

As one of the few ninjas in Kirigakure Village who possesses secret techniques and has produced a Mizukage, he naturally has a pivotal position in Kirigakure Village.

Although due to the blood mist incident in the past, the Oni Tou clan was also strongly squeezed out by the Blood Mist sect and the situation became difficult. However, after the Fourth Mizukage came to power, the reputation of the Oni Tou clan and other ninja clans was greatly improved by the Fourth Mizukage.

Under the arrangement, his name was gradually rectified and he became an indispensable and important pillar of Kirigakure.

"Captain, there's a situation ahead!"

A Kirigakure ninja pointed to the sea ahead and shouted loudly to the jounin of the Oniden clan.

"Huh? What's going on!"

The Jonin of the Ghost Lantern clan leaped over and came to the position of the patrol unit. He raised his eyebrows and looked forward.

"I don't know, I just feel a huge chakra approaching here quickly!"

The Kirigakure ninja who was responsible for sensing couldn't help but shed cold sweat on his forehead. He had only felt this huge chakra in their Mizukage-sama, a chakra that surpassed the common sense of ninjas!

The sea area ahead was shrouded in thick white fog, and the visible range was very narrow.

In the depths of the white fog, I saw the dull sound of footsteps approaching, causing the thick white fog to be dyed with a huge shadow outline.

Boom!

Boom!

As the footsteps continued, the outline of the shadow appearing on the white mist became increasingly clear, and the dark red body began to loom in the thick mist that continued to roll.

I saw the 'giant' stretching out his dark red arm and gently sweeping it aside. White mist rolled around. The warrior's head, which was condensed with chakra, broke through the thick mist and poked his head out without any warning.

Come.

"This, this is-"

See the dark red warrior giant condensed from pure chakra, standing like a towering giant tree between heaven and earth.

Just by witnessing such a scene, the sight and spirit of the Kirigakure ninjas suffered an unprecedented double impact, their faces showed horror, and their minds went blank.

"Hurry up and get in touch with the headquarters and inform Mr. Mizukage——"

The Jonin of the Ghost Lantern clan was the first to react from the shock and realized something. No matter what, he had to send the information here.

This sea area is no longer safe.

However, the moment he finished shouting these words, a cold female voice rang across the sea.

"Thunder!"

In an instant, screams of pain came and went.

The sea and the land on the desert island were quickly covered by lightning nets. Endless thunder snakes entangled the bodies of Kirigakure ninjas, paralyzing their nervous systems and stinging their flesh and blood!

The Jōnin of the Oniden clan, who wanted to use the water transformation technique to escape the impact, also felt severe pain in his body. The terrifying thunder snake wrapped around his body, causing his body to feel paralyzed more severely than others.

"Oops, I'm not good at dealing with Lei Dun..."

The face of the Jonin of the Ghost Lantern clan was distorted, and he realized that the faster he became hydrated, the more intense the paralysis felt in his body.

However, he did not succumb to such lightning escape. With amazing willpower, he leaped into the air and rushed towards the contact point on the desert island.

It is no longer safe here, but before that, the most important thing is to transmit the information here and let the headquarters find a way to deal with it.

"Black Thunder!"

What moved faster than him was the cold voice from above.

The sound of the rolling waves and the screams in my ears were all lost in an instant.
To be continued...