Sure enough, in the distance, a squad of Cloud ninja watched Li Yi, so conspicuous among the merchant caravan, and fell silent.
There was no helping it. To Kumogakure, Li Yi was a painful subject. Their Third Raikage had gone after him twice, and both times Li Yi had escaped. Not only that, their village's experts, Kujokawa and Takahashi, had even been killed by him—and Takahashi had been the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki.
And now a man like that was guarding the caravan.
For them to take the supplies away was nothing but a pipe dream.
"Captain, what should we do? Should we go back and notify the Captain-Commander?" one of the Cloud ninja asked quietly.
Three squads of Cloud ninja had come this time to ensure the mission went off without a hitch. Yet Li Yi himself had come along for the mission.
According to the intelligence from their spies, Li Yi had disappeared for two years. Everyone had assumed he'd gone somewhere to train in seclusion, but after only two years, he'd shown up again.
"We can only notify Captain Kujo!" another Cloud ninja said with a sigh. A trace of worry flickered in his eyes. Kujo's clansman, Kujokawa, had been killed by Li Yi.
Leading the group this time was Kujo Satoru of the Kujo clan. He'd crossed paths with Li Yi once before—the man Li Yi had sent flying with a single punch. He possessed the Storm Style Kekkei Genkai.
After the Cloud ninja squad withdrew, the night passed without incident.
The Stone ninja following the caravan were getting a little frustrated. The delivery was almost complete, and the people from Kumogakure still weren't making a move?
They'd been trailing behind, hoping to take advantage of the situation. Was it really going to be this difficult?
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