The Uchiha Clan, Wiped Out?

A few days later.

Evening.

Within the Land of Rice Fields.

Ebisu and Genma panted heavily, their foreheads covered in sweat.

"Hey! Guy! Slow down! Kurenai isn't going anywhere! We're about to drop dead!"

Guy laughed heartily without slowing his pace.

"You two have spent too long guarding the gates. Your bodies have gotten rusty. I'm helping you get back into shape!"

"Oh, give it a rest!"

Ebisu pushed up his sunglasses, which kept slipping from the sweat, and exposed him mercilessly.

"A five-day journey, and you forced us to run it in three days. And you're saying you don't miss Kurenai?"

Guy shrugged noncommittally.

Yet the corners of his mouth curled up despite himself.

The transfer order he had requested was for the Kannabi Bridge garrison.

It was not a large garrison.

Rather, it was a small outpost attached to Konoha's battlefield base in the Land of Grass.

Much like Outpost Eight, where the Uchiha clan had once been stationed in the Land of Rice Fields.

Kannabi Bridge was an important supply point and strategic passage for Iwagakure's attacks on Konoha.

It required highly mobile squads to conduct surveillance and reconnaissance.

A three-man squad like Guy's was highly mobile.

They were indeed well suited for the task.

However, before heading to Kannabi Bridge, they first had to go to the main garrison in the Land of Grass.

They needed to report to the garrison commander, Minato Namikaze, before proceeding to their specific assignment.

The Land of Rice Fields happened to be on the way.

Since they were passing through, it would have been hard to justify not seeing Kurenai and Aburame Shikuroo.

"Cheer up. We're almost there."

Guy slowed down a little and looked back at the two of them.

"We'll rest at the Land of Rice Fields garrison