"You are here."
Yahe Akamaru appeared from the thick fog and came to several people.
Akamaru rubbed Naruto's trouser legs affectionately and made a purring sound.
The arrival of the few people did not deliberately conceal their scent. Ya and Akamaru, who had a keen sense of smell, easily smelled the familiar smell and came to meet them specially.
"How is the situation now?"
Kakashi asked, his eyes sweeping over Ya's slightly tired face.
"Teacher Hong is injured."
Ya's expression was solemn.
"Fortunately Hinata has learned some Medical Ninjutsu over the years and took emergency measures in time.
But Teacher Hong said that she should not be able to fight within three days."
Ya Jiang briefly recounted the situation: including encountering a disguised assassin on the road, who was seen through by Akamaru's keen sense of smell; when facing Zabuza Momochi, everyone worked together to use a combination of tactics and barely repelled the opponent; Kurenai Yuhi was injured while protecting the client; and now the entire Team 8 is resting at the client Tazuna's home.
"That guy named Zabuza is very powerful."
Yaxin added with lingering fear, "But his Hidden Mist Technique happened to be restrained by us and could not sneak attack us, so he retreated."
Hidden Mist Technique can hide his figure, but the three people in the team are very good at detection, which makes Zabuza's sneak attack useless.
The detection of teeth and Akamaru mainly relies on the sense of smell, and the detection of Shino mainly relies on bugs. The Byakugan of Hinata can see the Chakra of Zabuza.
The interference effect of Hidden Mist Technique has no effect in front of Team 8.
In the end, a few people relied on Kurenai Yuhi's Genjutsu to make Zabuza afraid to retreat.
This surprised Naruto. After all, Kurenai Yuhi's performance in the plot is really not like Ninja, who is on the same level as Zabuza.
"Then, take us there quickly!"
Asuma was panting like an ox, and the long journey made him very tired, but he was relieved to hear that Hong's life was not in danger. After all, his opponent was Kirigakure's Demon Zabuza Momochi, so injuries were inevitable.
"Okay, come with me."
Ya led everyone through the path shrouded in thick fog and arrived at the home of Tazuna.
This is a simple wooden house, and the sea breeze penetrates through the gaps in the wall panels, bringing a damp and salty smell.
Tazuna saw Ya leading a group of people over and jumped up from his chair in fright.
He panicked and grabbed the wooden stick on the side, pointed it at everyone while trembling, and yelled with anger and anger, "Who are you? What are you planning to do!"
"They are reinforcements from our Konoha, old man!"
Akamaru bared his teeth and barked twice in response.
Danaz subconsciously covered his left arm, a look of fear flashed across his face.
After he concealed his mission level and caused Kurenai Yuhi to be injured, he was beaten up by an angry Kiba Inuzuka, and his left arm was bitten severely by Akamaru. The wound is still aching.
"It turns out these are some Ninja adults, please come in."
He quickly put down the stick and opened the door with a smile on his face. His movements were so big that he almost fell down.
Naruto noticed the bleeding bandage on the old man's arm, and looked at Ya Yu's still angry expression, and immediately understood something.
Sasuke, who also guessed what happened, glanced at Tazuna coldly, without concealing the disdain in his eyes.
Inside the house, Hinata is taking care of Kurenai Yuhi.
Shino stood quietly by the window, his eyes under the sunglasses scanning the window warily, with several Kikaichū looming on his sleeves.
Seeing Kakashi and others coming in, a happy smile appeared on the red and pale face, "I didn't expect that the reinforcements sent by Lord Third were you."
"Red."
Asuma came to Kurenai Yuhi in one stride, squatted down and held her hand tightly.
"I'm fine."
Seeing his lover's anxious look, Kurenai Yuhi stroked his neatly trimmed face and comforted him softly, "Asuma, don't let anger defeat your reason. Zabuza Momochi is a very strong opponent. You must be careful if you meet him."
"Well, I understand."
Asuma took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, but still did not let go of Hong's hand.
Seeing the two people's appearance, everyone left the room in tacit agreement, leaving space for the lovers.
Naruto walked to the door for them thoughtfully, and Sakura and Ino exchanged a knowing smile.
Shino quietly releases more bugs and lays a tight security net around the house.
Shikamaru leaned against the wooden wall and rubbed Temples: "It seems that this mission is more troublesome than imagined."
Kakashi looked at Kiba Inuzuka coldly, with unquestionable majesty in his one eye.
"Assaulting a client is against Ninja Regulations."
Ino was about to open his mouth to defend Ya, but his arm was gently pulled by Naruto.
Naruto shook his head at her, signaling to be patient.
"However, the situation this time is special."
Kakashi changed the subject, with a chill in his tone.
"When the hostile Ninja appeared, the client was no longer protected by Ninja Regulations because he concealed the mission level. Well done, Ya!"
His right eye narrowed and he glanced at Tazuna's horrified expression at the door. "Your escort mission has been completed, prepare to leave with us."
Ya was stunned for a moment, then showed a relieved expression.
Akamaru was also wagging its tail excitedly and growling at Tazuna's feet.
Tazuna showed a horrified look, he threw a standard Dogezа at everyone with a bang, and hit his forehead heavily on the wooden floor.
"Please save this country!"
When the old man raised his head, his cloudy eyes were already bloodshot.
In a trembling voice, he recounted the tragic current situation of Land of Waves - how he was oppressed by the bully Gato, the president of the shipping company, how all resistance activities were brutally suppressed, and how his son-in-law Kaiza was brutally murdered in public by Gato's men for organizing resistance.
"That bridge..."
Tazuna pointed to the unfinished building looming in the mist outside the window, "It is our only hope. As long as the bridge is completed, Land of Waves can get rid of Gato's economic blockade. But Gato hired Ninja like Zabuza just to prevent the completion of the bridge!"
His voice was filled with despair. "I know it was wrong of me to conceal the mission level, but I really can't make up the remuneration for an A-level mission... Please show mercy and help this country!"
The room fell into silence, with only the suppressed sobs of the old man echoing.
Just when everyone New Generation Ninja was sympathizing and Kakashi was looking up and down, Naruto spoke up.
"So, did you not have enough money to treat Ninja... or did you spend it all because someone was a drunkard?"
Naruto, who knew the inside story, had no sympathy for this old man.
His gaze was as sharp as a knife, pointing directly at the exquisite wine bottle on Tazuna's waist.
"The wine bottle on your waist is not cheap."
Naruto said coldly, "But you don't look like you can afford this kind of wine with your humble family.
Is it because everyone didn't have enough money, or was it because you were greedy and bought the wine you wanted to drink, and after the greed passed, you realized that you had almost spent all the money that everyone had finally raised?"
Naruto took a step forward, with suppressed anger in his voice:
"So you can only use the remaining money to issue C-level commissions to bet on the kindness of Ninja sent by Konoha? Bet that our Konoha's Ninja will still protect you desperately when facing a powerful enemy out of sympathy?"
Tazuna's face instantly turned pale as a sheet, and he subconsciously went to cover the bottle at his waist, but this action confirmed Naruto's accusation.
There was silence in the house.
Everyone looked at the old man kneeling on the ground.
There was no trace of the previous sympathy in his eyes, only the anger of being deceived.
This old guy doesn't take Konoha Ninja's life seriously at all!