Color slowly descended on the mountains, darkness shrouded the woods, and the branches and leaves stretched out like a ferocious beast with teeth and claws.
As night fell, the trees gradually became quiet. Except for the sounds of fighting and the mercenaries keeping watch not far away, there was only the slight sound of animals moving.
In the quiet woods, two figures suddenly emerged, and then stopped in a spacious place. Under the moonlight, it was clear that they were Kimimaro and Sasuke.
"Huh..."
Heaving a heavy sigh of relief, Sasuke leaned softly against the tree next to him.
At this moment, after wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Kimimaro's whole body felt weak. The previous high-intensity battle really made him extremely tired.
After resting for a while, the two pairs of eyes suddenly looked at each other and smiled slightly at each other.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Sasuke Uchiha, the country I come from is Hidden Village!"
Sasuke was the first to speak.
"The country Hidden Village? Are you not from Land of Water?"
Hearing this, Kimimaro was stunned and said in confusion.
"No!"
Shaking his head, Sasuke directly denied it.
"Since you are not from Land of Water, then why do you know my name and help me save me?"
Staring at Sasuke, Kimimaro asked subconsciously.
Kimimaro originally wanted to ask this question the moment Sasuke called out his name, but the situation was urgent and Kimimaro finally held back.
It was really difficult for Sasuke to answer this question, so he chuckled and said, "Those are no longer important. You just need to understand that you are my companion now. No matter when, I will never let others hurt you again!"
"Companion?"
Hearing these two words, Kimimaro's heart was suddenly touched. From the time he was sensible until now, no one would call him a companion.
"Kimimaro, come with me to Hidden Village. There will be more companions who care about you there, and it will be your real home!"
Looking at Kimimaro in a daze, Sasuke continued to speak.
"Yeah!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Kimimaro immediately nodded in agreement.
He didn't expect that Kimimaro would agree to him so quickly. Sasuke was stunned and felt a little surprised.
"Sasuke-kun is my savior, so no matter where Sasuke-kun goes, I will follow him!"
Seeing the expression on Sasuke's face, Kimimaro smiled slightly and then explained.
He touched his nose and smiled. The purpose of Sasuke coming to Land of Water was to take away Kimimaro. Now that Kimimaro agreed to go to Hidden Village, he was naturally very happy.
After a brief self-introduction, Sasuke and Kimimaro sat down together and started chatting. They talked about everything, as if they had known each other for a long time.
However, their chat did not last long, because Itachi and Kisame found them soon.
"Brother, are you okay?"
Seeing that Itachi's clothes were already stained with blood, Sasuke asked with concern.
"With Itachi's ability, how can anything happen? Itachi is too strong. If he takes action, I won't be his opponent!"
After hearing Sasuke's question, Kisame answered.
I used to often hear how powerful Green Weasel was, and Kisame believed that I wanted to compete with Weasel in person. Now, after fighting together with Weasel and seeing Weasel's ability, Kisame finally realized how terrifying Weasel is.
"Of course, my brother is a super powerful ninja!"
Hearing this, Sasuke sighed proudly.
"It's getting late. Let's find a suitable place to rest. We'll set off back to the village early tomorrow morning."
After hearing the compliments of Sasuke and Kisame, Itachi helplessly shook his head and said calmly.
"Okay!"
Sasuke and the others had no objection, and then followed Weasel and slowly disappeared into the woods.
At night, under the moonlight, the entire Takigakure also became quiet and hazy.
"Hu~hu~"
However, in a dense forest next to Takigakure, there was suddenly an extremely fierce gasping sound. When the sight was zoomed in, a ten-year-old boy was seen in an open space in the forest, waving the Kunai in his hand for practice.
This boy's name is Shibuki. Although he is very old, all the villagers in Takigakure know him because his father She Yue is the village chief of Takigakure, and he will become the new leader of Takigakure in the future.
"Well, it's not bad..."
When Shibuki hit the target with Kunai, a voice came from the side. He quickly turned his head and saw She Yue in ordinary clothes, standing under a big tree. A smile appeared on his usually stern face at this moment.
"Dad."
Looking at She Yue standing next to the tree, Shibuki also shouted in surprise.
Shibuki did not expect that She Yue would come to check on his practice so late.
She Yue nodded, approached Shibuki, glanced up and down his body, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying, "Sweat can prove that you are working hard, which is good."
"Dad, I will continue to work hard."
Shibuki nodded and said with a smile.
"Ahem..."
After coughing a few times, She Yue sighed, "Alas! Actually, I don't want to put too much pressure on you, but my condition is getting worse and worse. For Takigakure's future, you must be capable!"
"Dad, I understand, I will definitely live up to your expectations of me!"
"As long as you understand!"
It was already very late. She Yue took one more look at Shibuki who was dripping with sweat, and suddenly said, "Let's stop practicing here today and practice again tomorrow."
"Yeah!"
Shibuki nodded, his body had indeed reached its limit, and continuing to practice would be bad for his health.
"Whoops!"
However, just as the father and son were about to leave, an extremely sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded, and more than a dozen sharp Kunai shot out from the tree like lightning, with cunning arcs, pointing directly at the vital points of their vests!
The sudden attack also made She Yue's complexion change slightly, and he turned his head hurriedly. Kunai was already so close in front of him that there was no way to dodge.
At the critical moment, She Yue was not at a loss, Hand Seals used his hands quickly!
"Water Release-water curtain!"
With a cold shout, a water column appeared in front of She Yue. As soon as the water column appeared, it condensed into a huge water curtain, and then wrapped She Yue and Shibuki inside.
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
After the water curtain was formed, those Kunai were also stabbed on the water curtain, but the force of the Kunai was neutralized, and finally they fell to the ground.
When Kunai's attack failed, several ninjas wearing Hidden Village Forehead Protector suddenly appeared in front of She Yue and Shibuki.
"Who are you?"
After the water curtain fell, She Yue stared at the ninjas in front of him and shouted coldly.
"We are the ninjas of Hidden Village. You actually helped Kirigakure fight against Hidden Village. Master Kage sent us to kill you!"
After She Yue's words fell, a man with purple hair among the Hidden Village ninjas said something low, and then rushed towards She Yue.