The moon was as cold as water, and the shimmering stars dotted the night. I don't know if it was a psychological effect. Xixi, who was walking in the small courtyard, felt that the moon in the land of water was not as bright as in his hometown.
Xi doesn't like the climate of the Kingdom of Water. The fog that has shrouded the country for many years makes the cold feeling almost penetrate into people's bones. The clothes they wear are always wet, which makes people feel irritable.
He still prefers the high mountains and cloud peaks in his hometown of Thunder Country. The sunshine shining on his body during the day also makes people feel warm. The thunder echoing in the clouds during the summer is like the roar of gods, making him feel irritable.
Sometimes, Xi would roar loudly with the thunder in the valley, letting it dissipate with the thunder, swaying his energy wantonly and relaxing his nervous mood.
Completely opposite to the Land of Thunder, the island country shrouded in thick fog at this moment sometimes looks like a deserted ghost land, which makes people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
However, there is no room for failure in this mission. Before the trip, Lord Raikage personally talked to everyone. The elders who came to Kirigakure Village to negotiate on behalf of Raikage also repeatedly warned several Kumo ninjas, including Nozomi, that their purpose was
To form an alliance with Kirigakure Village, do not act recklessly unless required by the mission.
Karuyi (Ah Qing) has always disagreed with this. Although Xi and Darui (Alan) are not very old, they have always been the leaders of the younger generation in Yunyin Village. They have extraordinary potential and are relied on by Lei Ying as his right-hand man.
What's more, Samyi (Ahan), Omoyi (Azhong) and her own three-person team have joined. It can be said that most of the strongest and most promising group of people in Yunyin Village are already there.
The purpose of gathering here is to shock Kirigakure Village, so that they can clearly see the rising strength of Kumogakure Village, and no longer have illusions about other ninja villages, especially Konoha Village.
This is what Karuyi disapproves of. Since he has the idea of deterrence, as long as he does not cause trouble, why should he appear to be timid?
Of course, the clear-minded and quick-thinking Nozomi understands the concerns of the Raikage and the elders better than the impulsive and irritable Karui, who does not look like a girl at all. It is actually because of the few young ninjas from Cloud Hidden Village who came to the Kingdom of Water.
Although excellent, they all have their shortcomings.
Darui is the strongest and has the highest potential but lacks motivation; Omoi is thoughtful but always worrying; Karui is the opposite of Omoi, careless and bad-tempered; although Samui has an appearance that makes female ninjas envy,
He has a cold personality and sometimes even seems not to like communicating with others, making him a bit slow in dealing with others.
Nozomi still remembers what Raikage told him at that time. Among the few people, although Nozomi, as a perceptive ninja, is not the strongest, he is definitely the most mature and stable one.
Nozomi kicked the pebbles under his feet. As the Raikage said, there was no room for error in this mission. He had to keep an eye on his companions and not cause any trouble. He also had to pay attention to the actions of everyone in the Leaf Village, although he didn't know it.
How did Raikage know the itinerary of the team to Konoha Village before they set off - considering his character, he would not ask too many questions - but this has already caused the conflict between Kumoyin Village and Konoha Village.
In the competition, they had a considerable advantage. He, Jiraiya and others actually misunderstood the attitude of Kirigakure Village. The reason why there were Kumo ninjas in the team that greeted them was not the arrangement of Kirigakure Village, but actually Kumo ninjas.
Everyone had the information in advance and acted on their own initiative. Before Terumi Mei had time to arrange for a few people to leave, the situation was brought into the eyes of Konoha Village. It was difficult for her to explain, so she could only make mistakes.
Compared to Konoha, which has yet to make any progress, the negotiations between Kumogakure and Kirigakure have begun. This is a good start. Nozomi thought to herself that she would wait for a few people to find an opportunity to negotiate with several members of the Konoha team.
After the young ninjas fought and won, and exposed the fact that the powerful people outside Konoha Village were responsible, Kirigakure Village should also know who is the most suitable to cooperate with.
It's a pity that Konoha Village is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and they will not sit still and wait for death willingly. Xixi knows this, even if he had doubts before, he now believes it.
"Come out." Xi suddenly sneered, with a trace of disdain on his handsome face, and said to the dark corner of the small courtyard, where the moonlight could not shine in and was shrouded by a shadow: "How long are you going to hide?"
There was deathly silence in that dark corner, but Xi's perception clearly told him that there was a vigorous mass of chakra there, so he still sneered and looked in the direction of the chakra, seemingly unwavering.
After a while, the person hiding in the corner seemed to understand that his disguise was useless. The shadow covering the corner changed. A pair of eyes suddenly opened and seemed to appear out of thin air in the darkness. Then a figure slowly walked out of the corner,
Under the illumination of the moon, Xicai discovered that the other party's entire body, except for his eyes, was shrouded in a dark substance, hiding in the shadows and almost blending into the environment.
As the dark substance covering the whole body slowly disappeared, the appearance of the person hidden in the corner also fell into Xi's eyes. Xi frowned, combined the appearance of the other person, and a quick search in his mind, and said hesitantly
: "Nara Shikamaru!? What are you doing here!?"
The person in front of me looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he is wearing the standard leather armor that indicates that he is a chunin or jounin of Konoha Village. He has a braid on his head and a pair of Nara clan emblems on his sleeves.
He was carrying a short sword-like weapon on his waist. At this time, he appeared in the small courtyard where the Kumo ninja was staying. Except for Nara Shikamaru, who now serves as the leader of the Konoha diplomatic team as a jounin and thus entered Kirigakure Village, there was no one else.
Others fit these characteristics.
On the way here, Nozomi read the information of several ninjas in Konoha Village, including Shikamaru. This was the most important enemy of the Cloud Ninjas during this trip. In comparison, Jiraiya was not as powerful as Shikamaru.
Attention, Konoha Village regards Shikamaru as the trump card to intimidate Kirigakure Village, but Kumogakure Village also regards Shikamaru as the best target to suppress the arrogance of Konoha Village.
Darui was the genius chosen by Kumoyin Village to fight against Shikamaru, but Shikamaru suddenly sneaked into the small courtyard where Kumonin was staying alone, and Nozomi was not sure what his purpose was.
"Maybe this is a good opportunity?" Nozomi thought in her mind, "Why not take this opportunity to conflict with the Leaf Village, knock down Nara Shikamaru, who is known as the 'number one genius' of the Leaf Village, and wipe out the face of the Leaf Village.
"
Nozomi was still making calculations in her mind, but she didn't expect Shikamaru to be seen through. After walking out of the corner, he didn't answer the other party's interest at all. After seeing himself walking out of the shadow and appearing face to face in front of Nozomi, Nozomi subconsciously relaxed.
Many, he suddenly stepped forward. As he moved, the soft ground under his feet was torn apart by the burst of powerful chakra. Xi, who was not far away from him, even felt the ground beneath his feet trembling.
Three-pounder!
Shikamaru's fist was enveloped by a spiritual energy as dark as ink, like a cannonball being discharged from the barrel, and with a whistling wind, it crashed into Nozomi who was caught off guard.
Nozomi didn't expect Shikamaru to suddenly kill him, but he still took the initiative to attack in the small courtyard where the cloud ninja was staying. However, although he was a perceptive ninja, he was not weak in the face of Shikamaru's attack.
, the body had subconsciously retreated to dodge, and finally narrowly escaped Shikamaru's fist.
Unfortunately, it was difficult for Nakazuki to see clearly the cold smile on the corner of Shikamaru's mouth at night.
Whoosh!
"Black magic. Thousand illusions!" The spiritual energy covering Shikamaru's fist rapidly changed and condensed, forming a pitch black sword, which stabbed Nozomi who had retreated without stopping. If it was daytime at this time,
Or if there is enough light to illuminate her, Nozomi will naturally be able to detect the abnormality immediately and react in a certain way. Unfortunately, in the night, and Nozomi is already in a hurry, Shikamaru's simple two-stage attack successfully turned into Nozomi's death charm.
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laugh!
The tachi made of spiritual energy is as sharp as iron, and it is extremely sharp. Even if it is a ninja, the fragile body is still unable to withstand its edge. Nozomi opened his eyes wide and stared at Shikamaru in disbelief, and his pierced chest kept getting stabbed.
Blood seeped out, dyeing his clothes red in an instant. The damaged lungs made it difficult for him to breathe, and the involuntary tremors from his body deepened his pain.
Shikamaru watched calmly as Nozomi stretched out his hands to grab the tachi made of spiritual energy. When he noticed the movement coming from behind, he mercilessly twisted the tachi in front of him. This action made Nozomi's body almost
It was cut into two pieces, and there were even a few fingers mixed in with the rain of blood when the black sword was swung.
Whoosh!
Shikamaru's spiritual energy blade just happened to hold a fiercely slashed tachi. The owner of the tachi had dark skin and long fiery red hair, with a hint of wildness, and his pretty face was now destroyed.
Distorted by anger, his orange eyes stared at Shikamaru with a chill to his bones.
Unfortunately, Shikamaru's attention was not focused on the female ninja. While successfully blocking her attack, a figure also holding a sword had already flashed out from behind the female ninja, stabbing with tacit understanding at the exposed flaw.
Shikamaru.
After the man with short gray hair stepped out from behind the red-haired kunoichi, he stabbed Shikamaru with a knife, his expression focused and serious. It seemed that the killing of his companions could not affect his emotions. At this time, he was just different from normal.
The same as the training, be sure to complete an action repeated multiple times in a standard manner.
Shikamaru's eyes flashed when he saw this, and he quickly retreated. At the same time, balls of dark spiritual energy enveloped his whole body in the blink of an eye. He didn't even care about the four young Kumo ninja who appeared after being awakened by the battle.
They had already surrounded him, forming seals with their hands, and dark purple runes flashed across his body.
Black magic. False seal!
When Samui rushed towards Shikamaru holding a short sword, his figure had suddenly disappeared from the place along with the runes. Under the power of the sealing technique, it formed a black ball that was almost invisible to the naked eye, and was different from the surrounding night.
Integrated into one, except for perceptive ninjas, it would be difficult for ninjas to detect it even if they observe carefully. This is why Shikamaru wants to kill Nozomi first.
Shikamaru came alone with the purpose of killing the Kumo ninja, so he was naturally prepared. He was not worried that he was not strong enough, there was no one stronger than him, and even ninjas with overwhelming strength were in charge, and the number of them was not enough for him now.
It doesn't mean much, not to mention that there are only five Kumo ninjas, and one of them is a perceptual ninja who is not good at fighting.
As for the consequences of doing so to the Leaf Village... when Shikamaru decided to attack the Kumo ninja, he was no longer a ninja of the Leaf Village!