As the sun set, a carriage passed through a mountain road surrounded by woods.
The person driving the carriage at the front was Orochimaru in kimono.
At this time, he changed into a new kimono.
Uchiha Chen Chunin couldn't help but have a guess: Orochimaru must be a kimono lover, otherwise why would he like to wear kimonos so much.
He analyzed the mental illness Orochimaru in his mind.
Ninjas rarely wear kimonos, so the excellent Orochimaru has been single for so long, is it because no women around him wear kimonos?
So that in the end he slowly turned into a pervert, so he simply turned himself into a woman and then wore it for himself?
Thinking of this, Uchiha Chen suddenly shuddered. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense.
While Uchiha Chen was analyzing, Mikoto next to him was as silent as ever. She stared at Uchiha Chen quietly.
Sitting at the very back of the carriage was Nawaki, who had yellow hair and looked like an idiot.
Compared to the other three people in the carriage, Nawaki's appearance is a bit unremarkable.
He lowered the average appearance of the car.
At this time, he was sticking his butt out, blocking the view of the people in front of him, and counting his gold bars alone.
There are only a few gold bars in total, and Nawaki has turned them over and counted them several times.
After he finished counting, he stuffed it into his underwear. After hiding it, he returned to his usual liveliness.
"I can finally go back to Konoha!"
Nawaki said excitedly. In response to what Nawaki said, several people had smiles on their faces.
Uchiha Chen rolled over comfortably on the carriage.
After a few of them rested in Rogue Town for a night, they embarked on the journey back to Konoha.
Different from the rush when they came, everyone went back by carriage.
After all, all three of them actually had injuries, big and small.
As for Rogue Town, Konoha will send ninjas to take over in the future, and it has nothing to do with them.
"Everyone has worked hard these days."
Orochimaru smiled lightly and left Rogue Town, and his tense face gradually became relaxed.
The mission lasted for nearly a week for a group of four people from the moment they accepted this mission. Orochimaru must always pay attention to the safety of the three of them, so his nerves are also in a state of high tension.
"When I go back this time, I want to buy a hundred comic books about different types of professional women."
Nawaki rubbed his hands and became excited. Now that he has money again, he can buy many comics about love and action this time when he goes back.
In the past few years, the comic books he secretly bought and hid were all sold second-hand at low prices by his sister Tsunade.
"Nawaki, before you came to the mission, Teacher Tsunade made some conditions to you. Have you forgotten it?"
"I forgot all about it eight hundred years ago——"
"Then let me remind you, she said 70% of your mission reward will be given to her. She said she will save it for you and use it to provide for your retirement in the future."
"I'm only nine years old now, how can I support myself? If I give it to her for one night, I'll be gone."
Uchiha Chen shrugged helplessly. After all, there was nothing he could do to help. He still had to hand over 20% of the mission fee to Tsunade.
If you use Tsunade, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still a piece of meat.
After all, she already had a lot of debt from gambling.
So gambling kills people.
Orochimaru suddenly frowned, and he felt someone calling him.
"What's wrong, Teacher Orochimaru?" Uchiha Chen keenly felt the changes in front of Orochimaru.
"It should be that Konoha information has been sent back." Orochimaru said as he cut his thumb open and then Hand Seals on the carriage.
"Summoning Jutsu"
Then a small red snake was channeled.
The snake glanced at Orochimaru, and then protruded a slimy Scroll from its mouth.
"Uh..." Uchiha Chen couldn't control his stomach again.
He's been feeling like vomiting lately.
Only now did he understand that mysophobia was sometimes not his own problem, but could also be caused by the people around him.
Orochimaru doesn't care about the mucus on Scroll.
He picked up Scroll and wiped it on Nawaki's backpack, and then opened Scroll.
Nawaki: "..."
He asked someone to buy it for him from Land of Hot Water.
The postage is very expensive, so it was wasted like this.
Orochimaru silently looked at the latest information from Konoha.
The letter Orochimaru found in the cellar had been sent to Konoha by him.
The letter ordered the leader of Rogue Town to take away the collected property and immediately go to reinforce the border areas of Land of Fire and Land of Rain. A small Gold Mine was found there.
The signature is Hanzō the Salamander.
Uchiha Chen is skeptical about this.
After all, if a ninja would destroy such a secret message after reading it, how could it still remain in Secret Chamber.
Secondly, that Gold Mine is strictly in the territory of Land of Fire.
No matter how high Hanzō thinks of himself, he will not really think that he is God of Shinobi. He can fight ten of them!
Land of Fire is the most powerful country in Five Great Nations. Now the situation is so bad that Ninja World War will happen if you are not careful.
He went to flirt with Land of Grass, but Konoha was still able to restrain himself.
But does he really dare to provoke Konoha's sensitive nerves?
Unless he's crazy!
So is that ninja really Land of Rain? Are the contents of this letter true?
Uchiha Chen are all doubtful. He thinks this is a trap.
However, it is not up to him Uchiha Chen to decide whether it is a trap or not.
Konoha He is not in charge now. Although Third Hokage Tenten said that they were the successors of Hokage, after all, no ninja came to him to discuss the specific succession issue.
To put it bluntly, he is still a salty fish. A salty fish who is not even cannon fodder. These things are things that Konoha's big shots worry about and have nothing to do with him.
Orochimaru put away the letter and said nothing.
Uchiha Chen They won't stupidly ask about the contents of the letter.
The ninja regulations are clearly written. Don't ask casually about things you shouldn't ask.
After all, Orochimaru is Squad Leader Jonin. They are just students and are not qualified to ask for such confidential information.
Orochimaru If you want to say it, you will tell them naturally. If you don't, then it will be very simple.
They don't deserve to know yet.
Uchiha Chen turned over and found a comfortable position to lie down.
The car kept shaking on the road, which made him feel a little sleepy.
I really like the feeling of this car vibration!
Orochimaru turned his head, his golden eyes facing Uchiha Chen.
"Speaking of which, Chen, is your body really okay?"
Uchiha Chen's chest injury is still recovering. After all, he was injured, but judging from his appearance, he didn't seem to be in trouble.
Uchiha Chen smiled slightly and waved his right hand, indicating that he was completely fine.
"A man can't say no! This kind of injury is nothing to me."
"That's good." Orochimaru nodded with satisfaction.
Uchiha Chen is a little confused. What's going on with this sudden concern? No way should such a warm conversation appear in Orochimaru's mouth.
The carriage moved forward slowly, and a crossroads appeared not far away.
After turning right, walk straight down and you will reach Konoha.
Just as he was about to cross the intersection, Orochimaru turned slightly and turned to the left.
"..."
After a while, Uchiha Chen couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, are you going the wrong way? You are getting farther and farther away from Konoha now."
"That's right. We just received a new mission. Konoha sent us to investigate that small Gold Mine."
"But I'm hurt!"
"I just asked you if your injury is okay. I was still thinking that if you really can't do it, I will give up this mission."
"But you said you were completely fine."
"It hurts... My chest hurts so much, Teacher Orochimaru."
"..."
"It's okay, Tsunade team is also nearby. We are conducting a joint mission with them this time, and she can help you treat her."
"I remember that she has a very powerful Slug Insertion Technique. Do you want to give it a try? It's very cool!"