Takigakure's Old Farmer

"Naturally, it's for the Seven-Tails, you idiot." A muscular, short-haired man with a lion-like nose and thick lips next to him spoke as if scolding someone.

"The Seven-Tails is in an awkward situation right now. It should just be a newborn infant, and Takigakure is a village with only a few ninja. That's probably why the captain wants to go there."

A pale-skinned young man with long black hair, who didn't look like an East Asian, fiddled with a strand of his hair, lost in thought. His features were sharp, his nose bridge high, and his eyes were blue, making him look like a mixed-race individual.

The others nodded. This simple fact was something only the young man standing on his shoulder didn't know.

In fact, everyone here was quite young and very professional, all dressed as ninja. Unlike Oguri Hayashi, whom they could tell was an outsider at a glance, these outsiders, despite having legitimate identities, revealed their outsider status through their words and actions. They were pure newcomers who hadn't adjusted their mindsets yet, thinking the battlefield world was nothing special.

However, this team had at least experienced three reincarnation battlefields. They already had the necessary experience. Wearing local attire could save them a lot of trouble, such as identifying friend from foe or confusing other reincarnation squads.

They were all elites and wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

And their captain, whom they respected and obeyed, was an extremely powerful individual who had survived six worlds. He was a formidable close-combat expert with Gourmet Cells and the Six Powers, who had already faintly touched the threshold of five stars – the renowned and formidable Kong Zhange.

The remaining members were by no means weak. Bai Chi, a Trainer with the Trainer bloodline and the Enslaved Mage profession, had cultivated several Pokémon to perfection. They had also undergone several modifications, making them extremely powerful.

Yun Duanyou, a calm psychic intellectual, and Wuying, a shadow assassin, were both men who had surpassed three battlefields in the Hall.

Even the weakest, Na Yuanliangtuo, was a survivor of two battlefields and could hold his own against a High Ninja.

They were all quite intelligent. After entering the world of the Naruto battlefield, they didn't rashly follow Konoha's orders to enter the Land of Rivers battlefield between Sand Shinobi and Konoha. Instead, they rushed to the Land of Waterfalls overnight before the war began.

For their strength, rushing to the Land of Waterfalls overnight was not a difficult task. They showed no fatigue after such a long journey and even felt a sense of impending fortune.

If they could reach Takigakure overnight and bring back the infant Seven-Tails, or Fuu in her infancy, they could at least obtain an intermediate energy crystal. Alternatively, they could directly pay some energy crystals to ask the Sovereign to seal the Seven-Tails into one of the team members.

These Tailed Beasts were relatively easy to trick. Once tricked, with the Tailed Beast's Chakra as a foundation, one could quickly achieve Kage-level or even higher strength by following the Naruto path.

Then, after mastering Ninjutsu, they could return in the next Naruto battlefield to acquire those secret techniques!

They thought gleefully.

As for Fuu's life or death?

What did it have to do with them? They weren't doing charity work. If they had to care about the lives of every plot character, who would be responsible for their own survival in the Infinite Hall?

In the end, it came down to self-preservation. They were very poor right now and desperately needed plot characters to "donate" their lives to them!

"We're almost at Takigakure, right? Bai Chi, send out your Pidgey to scout for people. Where there are people, that must be Takigakure."

Their moods were very relaxed. It was common for Reincarnators to kill plot characters who were at a higher level than them. Each of them had combat power equivalent to a High Ninja. Theoretically, they weren't afraid of Kage-level opponents, and their captain was a Kage-level expert who also had an advantage against Sand Shinobi. This time, they were going to take the heads of Sasori of the Red Sands and his family to help him reach the five-star level!

As for the Waterfall Ninja, their performance in the OVA was not something anyone paid much attention to. If they didn't have Fuu and the Seven-Tails, who would even care about them?

The Pidgey was merely the weakest link in their reconnaissance, essentially acting as a lookout.

Bai Chi nodded and patted the head of the Pidgey on his shoulder. The chubby Pidgey immediately flew out.

The Pidgey was definitely not slow. Its plumpness made it look somewhat harmless, but as a Flying-type Pokémon, it could not only learn Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Whirlwind, and Mimic, but it could also evolve into a Pidgeot in the future and fly through the sky at Mach 2. It could carry one or two adults and was an extremely good Pokémon. The most important point was its extremely low acquisition difficulty!

Bai Chi didn't encounter any significant danger with his first Pokémon in the first world, so he had captured six Pokémon. He sold three of them to get his first batch of funds to strengthen himself. The other three were carefully trained and modified by him. This Pidgey didn't have a strong bond with him, so he released it to cultivate their relationship.

The Pidgey was extremely fast, disappearing from sight in just a few breaths, making the others click their tongues. Training pets was a natural human instinct since ancient times, from cats, dogs, and horses to the more common eagles, falcons, tigers, and leopards today.

If the people present hadn't spent all their energy crystals to strengthen themselves, they would have probably bought a pet like this.

Regardless of anything else, the Pidgey could evolve into a Pidgeotto in the future and carry people, and it was an excellent helper in combat. It was also extremely convenient to keep in a Poké Ball during normal times. Who wouldn't like such a pet?

Just as they were clicking their tongues in envy, a sharp and urgent cry suddenly came from deep within the forest. Even if they hadn't spent time in a Pokémon world, they could understand that the Pidgey had encountered an insurmountable danger.

"Could it be the Seven-Tails?" Yun Duanyou asked in surprise, pinching his hair tip.

"My Pidgey!" Bai Chi ran forward anxiously, while the others could only follow, though with a bit of a spectator's mentality.

After running dozens of meters, they saw a dark-skinned old farmer in a short outfit, wearing a straw hat and cloak, with a stubbled face. A Takigakure symbol hung around his neck. He was holding the Pidgey in one hand, examining it closely.

"Ah, is this bird yours?" the old farmer asked in surprise, seeing the approaching group. "I thought no one wanted it."

"Let go of my Pidgey right now!" Bai Chi, seeing the Pidgey foaming at the mouth and its eyes rolling back from being squeezed, became anxious. He instantly whipped out his Whip of the Enslaved, which shot out like a venomous snake's tongue towards the old farmer's face.

If this whip landed squarely, the old farmer's face would likely be torn open and blooming with injuries.