I rely on myself

Chapter 119 Escape and Pursuit

Now that they had received the hint from the Anbu that the mission was completed, Lin Yuan and his companions no longer acted as bait.

In order to prevent any complications, Sarutobi Yuichi immediately changed the ship's route and headed towards the coordinates of the rendezvous point without even taking a break.

You must know that now, except for Lin Yuan, the combat effectiveness of everyone else on the ship has been greatly reduced. If they encounter the Kirigakure troops on the way, it will not be so easy to escape.

Yuichi Sarutobi was also very clear about this, but he knew even more that the best strategy was to meet up with the Anbu as soon as possible and then leave the Kirigakure's sphere of influence immediately.

You know, now that the Anbu has rescued the intelligence personnel, the Kirigakure must have known their plan.

Of course, some people might say that Kirigakure doesn't know that the spy has been rescued. Sarutobi Yuichi would never believe it. After all, the other party is one of the "Five Great Ninja Villages" like their Konoha. Isn't it underestimating themselves to underestimate the other party?

So Sarutobi Yuichi was sure that the other party already knew about the existence of the second team, so what would happen next was very simple and easy to understand. In order to prevent the information of his own village from leaking out, Kirigakure would definitely send a large number of manpower and elite troops to retrieve this information.

Although Lin Yuan and others are just bait troops, Kirigakure will definitely not let them go, and even want to use their lives as bargaining chips to regain the information.

In order to prevent this from happening, the best way is to reunite with the Anbu team as soon as possible, leave the Water Country, and return to Konoha.

Although the other members of the team did not think so far, they believed in the judgment of their captain, Yuichi Sarutobi, so although they felt uncomfortable with the forced journey, they did not raise any objections.

After their hard work, it only took them five hours to reach the meeting point.

The sky had just begun to brighten and the surroundings were still very dark. The meeting point was a small isolated island. Although it was very small, there was a forest where they could hide.

Approaching the island, Sarutobi Yuichi got off the boat, looked around, and found that the ANBU team was not here, and asked in confusion.

"Strange, could it be that we came too early, so the Anbu haven't arrived yet?"

"That shouldn't be possible. The Anbu wouldn't just randomly choose a place as the rendezvous point. They would definitely scout this place first before sending us intelligence and deciding this place as the rendezvous point."

The person who said this was Sosuke Aburame. Although his combat power was damaged due to the death of a large number of insects he carried, he himself was not hurt, so he got off the boat first and refuted after hearing Sarutobi Yuichi's words.

Just when the two were confused, a voice suddenly came.

"Just as the Aburame family said, if we hadn't already scouted this place, we wouldn't have chosen this place as the rendezvous point."

With a "whoosh" sound, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. It was a member of the Anbu team that had sneaked into the Water Country to rescue intelligence personnel.

His voice was still as cold as ever, but the torn clothes and bandaged wounds on his body showed that their rescue mission in the Land of Water was not smooth sailing. Seeing the ANBU members appear, Sarutobi Yuichi and Aburame Sosuke couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because their appearance showed that they were not in the wrong place, but at the same time they were confused as to why he was the only one to appear.

Perhaps seeing the confusion of the two people in front of him, the Anbu member explained: "The reason why we didn't show up when your ship arrived was to prevent the enemy from getting intelligence and pretending that you came here."

Both of them expressed their understanding of this. After all, the situation described by the other party was indeed possible. Now that their true identities have been confirmed, the best strategy would be to reunite as soon as possible and leave here, so Sarutobi Yuichi said.

"Then where are the other Anbu members and intelligence personnel? We need to leave here as soon as possible. After all, Kirigakure must have begun to send a large number of manpower and elites to look for us. We should leave here as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Aburame Sosuke nodded in agreement. After all, what his captain said was true.

The Anbu also agreed with the other party's opinion, so they replied: "I agree with your opinion, please wait a moment, I will go to inform the captain and his team, you guys should prepare first, so that the ship can set off as soon as possible."

After saying this, without waiting for the two people in front of him to reply, he disappeared again with a "whoosh". Seeing this, Sarutobi Yuichi and the other two had no choice but to return to the boat, tell the other three people the current situation, and begin preparations so that the ship could set off at any time.

Three minutes later, the boat was ready and could set off at any time, and the Anbu team also came out of the forest at this time, with one more person among them, who was the intelligence officer they wanted to rescue.

He is a very handsome young man, wearing a pair of round-framed black-rimmed glasses, which adds a scholarly air to him.

Although everyone in the team felt a little surprised that the intelligence officer lurking in the Water Country was such a handsome young man, they soon stopped taking it to heart. After all, since the Anbu brought him back, there must be no mistake.

But only Lin Yuan could not help but reveal a speechless expression after seeing the true face of the intelligence officer.

Although it was quickly put away and not seen by the Anbu team, it was seen by the intelligence officer, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, revealing a smile as if a prank had been successful.

Soon, the Anbu team and intelligence personnel boarded the boat and informed Lin Yuan and others that the fishing boat they had sneaked in on had been abandoned halfway in order to escape Kirigakure's tracking. But also because of this, they chose this small island as the rendezvous point.

After everyone was on board, they did not delay and immediately started the boat, wanting to leave the Water Country as soon as possible.

Along the way, no one wanted to talk because they were being hunted by Kirigakure and everyone was looking forward to leaving the Water Country as soon as possible.

As they continued sailing, the ship that Lin Yuan and others were on was getting closer and closer to the border of the Water Kingdom. Seeing that they were about to cross the border, everyone on the boat couldn't help but relax, because they would soon be out of danger.

But at this moment, accompanied by a thunderous sound, an extremely sharp sound of breaking through the air gradually became closer, and then with a bang, a huge splash of water exploded beside the boat of Lin Yuan and others.

With the impact of the waves, the boat of Lin Yuan and others began to sway. Seeing this scene, everyone in the boat couldn't help but frown, because this showed that the situation they least wanted to see had occurred, they were caught up by the Kirigakure troops.

(End of this chapter)