Hidden Rain Ninja Are the Orioles?

Qian Yun did nothing in his room. To sensory ninjas, one door made no difference from ten.

He went to sleep.

Whatever they did had nothing to do with him.

Staying alive came first.

The sea was calm, and Qian Yun slept until the latter half of the night.

Hiss...

A strange sound suddenly came from the corridor, and Qian Yun's eyes snapped open.

After sensing it briefly, he realized someone had thrown a smoke bomb into the corridor. It was clearly poisonous.

Qian Yun immediately took an emergency antidote, covered his mouth and nose with a wet towel, then pretended to pass out.

He concealed his presence.

Three minutes later, fighting erupted in the corridor, followed by a clamor from the cargo hold below.

Ten minutes later, the fighting stopped, and Kado's door was kicked open.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

However, the person who kicked open the door triggered a trap. He was struck by a barrage of shuriken and died on the spot.

"Ha ha ha... You fools who don't know their place! You dared set your sights on me? You're truly courting death!

Men, throw them all into the sea to feed the fish!"

Just as Kado's men moved, someone threw more smoke bombs into the corridor. This time, they seemed to be sedatives.

In barely half a minute, all of Kado's subordinates collapsed.

A second round of slaughter began in the corridor. This time, the ninjas of the Five Great Nations were fighting one another.

Qian Yun was curious. Why hadn't the people who had gone to the cargo hold to rob supplies left yet? And why weren't they trying to seize Kado's safe?

Did they want to be the last oriole?

Unfortunately, those three happened to be staying directly above Qian Yun's room, presumably in Room 206.

Qian Yun had originally not intended to act, but those three slipped through the deck into Room 106.

Fine, then have a taste of the newly developed Flesh Release: Hemorrhoids.

The three did not realize Qian Yun was awake. They casually tossed several poisonous smoke bombs into the corridor, then shut the door and waited.

They put on protective suits and gas masks before swaggering out.

So they were Hidden Rain ninjas. They had thrown the first wave of poison gas bombs.

"Spare me... Take whatever you want... Please..."

Bang!

Qian Yun heard Kado begging for mercy, but he was promptly kicked, then coughed up blood and fainted.

The Hidden Rain ninjas immediately read his memories and opened the safe.

They moved quickly. After getting what they wanted, they burst into laughter and jumped from the ship.

Qian Yun opened his eyes.

The opportunity was right before him. If he did not act, it would make him seem like a coward.

He jumped off the ship without using chakra, then gathered chakra beneath his feet the instant he landed on the sea's surface.

This was a method Yagura Karatachi had recently taught him. It could avoid being tracked afterward through jutsu, or even having the ship's recorded images checked.

As long as he did not use chakra the entire time, there would be no trouble.

On the sea, Qian Yun followed the three Hidden Rain ninjas from afar. His sensory range had already reached thirty li.

It was just that the farther away they were, the blurrier his perception became.

The sky gradually lightened at the horizon. Qian Yun did not intend to wait any longer and immediately accelerated toward them.

Flesh Release: Hemorrhoids!

The three ahead gradually slowed down and kept scratching their butts.

The first generation of the Bacterial Cultivation Technique could only make people itch. The second generation could cause hemorrhoids to grow. Qian Yun had already conducted many experiments.

Ten minutes later, the three stopped and pulled open their protective suits to inspect themselves.

They knew something was wrong and planned to play dead to lure Qian Yun out.

However, Qian Yun continued activating Flesh Release: Hemorrhoids from afar. Unable to endure it any longer, the three tried to get up and flee, but it was already too late.

The chaotic chakra within their bodies had rendered them unable to stand on the water's surface.

Water Release: Ocean Shark.

The three were killed, and Qian Yun obtained three suitcases. Nearby fish quickly devoured the bodies.

Qian Yun scanned his surroundings. He remembered that, when facing the Land of Fire's coast, the sun should rise from the left. Yet now it was rising behind him.

Whatever. He would get ashore first.

After entering the forest and inspecting the scrolls in the suitcases one by one, Qian Yun trembled with excitement.

Three tons of gold coins, fifty million in banknotes, and a large quantity of daily necessities, mostly food.

Qian Yun calmed himself and guiltily sensed the surrounding area.

He had only been sensing casually, but he suddenly discovered a Hidden Sand ninja force.

This wasn't right!

Wasn't Konoha at war with Hidden Mist?

When had Hidden Sand joined in?

And even if that was the case, why was Hidden Sand attacking the Land of Fire from the sea?

Could they be Hidden Mist ninjas in disguise?

Qian Yun was full of question marks. He then found an exquisite scroll and sealed the three suitcases inside.

He did not feel safe keeping it in his ninja tool pouch, so he found a necklace and carefully hid the scroll inside it.

After testing it and confirming the scroll would not fall off, he quietly followed the Hidden Sand ninja force.

Half an hour later, the sounds of fighting came from ahead. Hidden Sand's opponents were indeed Konoha ninjas.

However, most of them were unfamiliar faces, and the Hidden Sand ninjas were indeed not Hidden Mist ninjas in disguise.

After thinking it over, Qian Yun decided he still had to return to his unit. No matter how well one got by in the ninja world, one needed an organization to rely on.

Otherwise, he would end up like Orochimaru, unable to get anything done and harassed by the Five Great Ninja Villages every few days.

Most importantly, he had to settle the score with that old hag Biwako.

She had sent a nobody ninja like him to the battlefield for no reason at all. She was clearly treating him as cannon fodder.

This grudge had to be repaid.

The first step was to make her family restless.

Just as Qian Yun was about to cross the battlefield and head for the Konoha camp, he suddenly saw Konoha's medical team rushing into the battlefield to carry away the wounded.

Seeing their medical uniforms, Qian Yun hurriedly dug out his own.

But when he put it on, he found that it had shrunk.

Whatever. He would rejoin them first.

As he ran, he checked the ninja tools in his pouch, then grinned.

It felt so good to be going home.

The battle ahead was intense, with waves of ninjutsu and shuriken filling the sky.

Qian Yun spotted a Konoha ninja on the verge of death and went over to carry him away.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two shuriken suddenly flew at him, and Qian Yun instinctively dodged backward.

Turning his head, he saw a red-haired girl wearing the light-green flak jacket that marked her as a chunin, with a medical armband tied around her arm.

Why did she seem to be hostile toward him?

When she did not speak, Qian Yun remembered that he was not wearing his forehead protector, so he hurriedly took it out and tied it on.

"I'm Qian Yun, the head nurse of the critical care ward. This is my letter of appointment!"

Qian Yun took out the note the man with the huge chin had given him. It bore a seal.

However, the red-haired girl did not look at it. She seemed ready to attack.

"Wait! I really am a Konoha ninja!

My name is Qian Yun. Captain Shinku Yuhi sent me here!

Tsume Inuzuka came with me, along with Hundred Herbs and Biwa Miko."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

While Qian Yun explained, several unfamiliar medical ninjas arrived around him. They all stared at Qian Yun with cold eyes.

Meanwhile, the ninja on the ground was already convulsing, seemingly about to go into shock.

The red-haired girl finally spoke. "We've never seen you before. Kill an enemy to prove you're a Konoha ninja!"

Qian Yun was stunned. "I'm only a special genin! I don't have any combat experience!"

The people around him frowned at the same time, and the red-haired girl added, "Then killing an enemy wounded soldier shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Qian Yun froze for a moment, then grinned. No matter how one looked at it, the smile was utterly sinister.

The red-haired girl intended to throw another shuriken, but Qian Yun had already charged toward the fiercest part of the battlefield.

Bang, bang, bang...

During his month on the nameless island, Qian Yun had done nothing but train and make smoke bombs.

He had always wondered how he should deal with assassins if he were ambushed in the wilderness again.

Flesh Release: Giant Hemorrhoids!

Qian Yun cast the technique as he ran. At first, the red-haired girl and the others ran while sensing Qian Yun's actions.

But as they ran, they stopped.

The Hidden Sand ninjas shrouded in Qian Yun's smoke bombs kept scratching their butts from time to time and could not focus on fighting at all.