Li Chuan stood on the coastline, looking at the few people walking out of the forest path, a smile gradually appeared on his face.
"finally come!"
The man with white hair, a diagonal forehead protector covering one eye, and a half-masked face is the elite Jonin Kakashi. The old man in front of him should be Tatsuna, the bridge builder of the Land of Waves.
And surrounding Tazuna, there were three eleven or twelve-year-old children with black hair, yellow hair and pink hair in a standard ninja guard formation. They were obviously Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura.
"Who is it? Let me, Naruto-sama, deal with you this time!"
Seeing Li Chuan standing there, Naruto, who was walking at the front, immediately took out his kunai and assumed a fighting posture, and Sasuke and Sakura did the same.
Not long ago, they were attacked by two wandering ninjas.
"Don't be so nervous, they shouldn't be enemies!"
Kakashi quickly glanced at Li Chuan, grabbed Naruto from behind who was about to rush forward, and carried him back.
He sensed no hostility from Li Chuan, and he also recognized the symbol on Li Chuan's waist that was exclusive to the ninja monks of the Fire Temple.
"You are... the ninjas of Konoha Village?"
Li Chuan took a few steps forward, looked at Naruto's forehead protector, and pretended to be a little surprised.
"Yes, we are on a mission. Are you a ninja monk from the Fire Temple?"
Kakashi narrowed his dead fish eyes slightly.
Although the other party had the symbol of the Fire Temple on his body, he still had to confirm it.
"The young monk is indeed from the Temple of Fire. He is traveling now. He passed by here and wanted to go to the Kingdom of Waves in front of him, but he found that there was no boat on the shore that could send the young monk there. Do you know what is going on?"
Li Chuan nodded helplessly.
"Where is the Temple of Fire?"
Naruto next to him looked confused, obviously he had never heard of it.
Next to him, Sakura looked at his head and said:
"It's all written in the books when I was in school. The Fire Temple is the only ninja temple in the Land of Fire. There are many monks who practice ninjutsu and they are also our allies of Konoha."
Konoha's education system is complete, and it not only teaches basic ninjutsu and taijutsu, but Naruto, a scumbag, slept during cultural classes, so naturally he didn't know anything.
"The maritime traffic in the Kingdom of Waves has long been controlled by Cardo. Without his permission, no one can enter or leave the Kingdom of Waves."
At this time, Dazna stepped forward and explained.
"Cado, the boss of the shipping company, a world-famous rich man?"
Kakashi on the side had a surprised look on his face.
Dazna nodded and sighed slightly.
"Now that we've come this far, let me tell you the truth. Didn't you always want to ask me why I was attacked by wandering ninjas and who sent the people who attacked me?
I will tell you now, it is this Kado, because..."
Then Dazna told the whole story.
It turns out that Cardo indirectly controls the politics, wealth and people of the Country of Waves by controlling the shipping of the Country of Waves through violent means.
In order to save the people of the Country of Waves, Dazna wanted to build a cross-sea bridge so that the people of the Country of Waves could completely break away from Cardo's control and gain freedom.
Unfortunately, halfway through the construction of the bridge, he was threatened by Kado, and he had to go to Konoha to hire ninjas to protect him and continue to build the bridge.
But because I really didn’t have much money, I could only lie about the mission information and lower the mission level.
"If you cancel the mission now, I will definitely be killed before I get home. But it's okay. It's understandable. It's not your fault.
Even my eight-year-old granddaughter will be in tears all day long. My daughter will always hate the ninjas of Konoha and live alone.
Little monk, do you think what I said is right?"
After Dazna finished his performance, he specially clicked on Li Chuan, who looked very kind at first glance.
Li Chuan did not live up to his expectations and nodded angrily:
"There are such vicious people in this world!
Mr. Tatsuna, don't worry, even if several ninjas in Konoha are unwilling to take action due to the reward, although the monk is not strong, he is willing to use his life to protect your safety until the bridge is built."
Li Chuan's intention was the same as that of Dazna, so he naturally wanted to speak for him.
Kakashi and Naruto looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
At this time, they were going to follow normal procedures and cancel the mission because Dazna had lied about the mission information. It felt like he had done something heinous and bad, and he was full of guilt.
Dazuna did not expect Li Chuan to be so kind. He first thanked Li Chuan sincerely and then looked at Kakashi.
The meaning is obvious, look at others, then look at you.
Kakashi stretched out his hand to scratch his head, and finally looked at Naruto and the other three who were full of expectations, and nodded helplessly:
"Okay, then let's continue to protect you!"
It's not that he couldn't see Dazna's little scheming, he just wanted to use this opportunity to train his subordinates. Besides, most of Cardo's subordinates were wandering ninjas, so he didn't take it seriously.
As for the young monk who had just left the Temple of Fire and traveled around the temple, in his eyes he was a kind-hearted and unscheming little monk, but he was deceived by the acting skills of the old fox, Dazna.
But to be honest, he admired Dazna's risking his life to build the bridge, otherwise he would not have agreed so easily.
"I'm so grateful. I'll definitely ask my daughter to cook more delicious food for you when I get back at noon!"
After hearing Kakashi's promise, Dazuna finally relaxed.
Although the little monk is kind, his strength is definitely not as powerful as the famous Konoha ninja. If the Konoha ninja gives up his mission, he will have no choice but to wait for death.ωωw..net
"Just a moment."
Dazna took out a small whistle from his pocket, stood on the shore and blew it hard, and a very strange sound was heard far away.
About ten minutes later, a young man drove a boat and carefully passed through the thick fog and appeared on the coast.
"Mr. Dazna, get on the boat quickly and go back before the fog clears. Otherwise, you will be in trouble if you are discovered by Cardo's people."
So, Li Chuan got on the boat with Kakashi and others.
While crossing the sea, the four Kakashis were also on the boat with Li Chuan, introduced each other's names and chatted briefly.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were just chatting, but Kakashi was chatting, constantly testing Li Chuan, seeming to be further verifying his identity.
In fact, it is not a wise decision to suddenly join unfamiliar ninjas when performing a mission like this.
But Li Chuan's identity was a Ninja Monk of the Fire Temple, and since he had originally planned to travel to the Country of Waves, he was still offering help with good intentions, so he couldn't refuse.
How could Li Chuan not be aware of Kakashi's temptation? It's just that his identity is fine, so he is not afraid of Kakashi's temptation.