I rely on myself

Chapter 688 Arrival
In a forest in the Fire Country, a team is resting here.

The composition of the team is very interesting. It is obviously composed of two teams. One team belongs to the Konoha Ninja Village in the Land of Fire. They are a border guard force, but now they are responsible for guiding and monitoring ninjas from other countries who come to participate in the Chunin exam.

The other team is the so-called ninja from another country, that is, the team from the Snow Country. The composition of the team is very simple, consisting of one adult male and six minors. Needless to say, these six minors are the Genin who come to take the Chunin exam, and the adult males serve as guardians.

These six Genin were also divided into two teams with distinct appearances. One team consisted of two men and one woman, and all three wore armor that looked somewhat sci-fi. Although it did not cover the entire body, it had breastplate, shoulder armor, arm armor, leg armor and waist guard. It could be seen that this armor increased the armor coverage as much as possible without affecting body movement, thereby enhancing defense.

These three were specially selected from the Snow Country's Fatui Corps to take part in this Chunin Exam. Their names are Nobu, Mizuiro, and Chiyomi. Since they are all orphans, they don't have any surnames.

The other team is a more traditional ninja team. One of the three is wearing a standard Genin suit, while the other two have their own characteristics and have very eye-catching family emblems on their clothes, indicating that these two people are from the ninja clan. The three are Kitajō Hirokazu, Mizunotsuki Shun and Uchiha Rei.

Although the six people were divided into two teams, the atmosphere between them was not bad. The reason why they were separated by a certain distance was only so that when they were attacked, they could ensure that the team would not be easily broken up and could also fight back better.

"Ah - how boring! Although I was surprised to see the forest at first, it's just like that after seeing it for a while. How long do we have to walk before we can reach Konoha?"

Chiyomi from the Fatui team suddenly started to complain. Of course, she knew a little bit about human relations, so she didn't speak too loudly. She controlled the volume so that at most her companions from the Snow Country could hear it.

Upon hearing this, Xin and Shuise, who were in the same team, looked at each other helplessly. As teammates, they both naturally had some understanding of Chiyomi's character. Although she was not a reckless person and even had quick wits, it was difficult for her to handle herself.

They both had anticipated that Chiyomi would become impatient, and the fact that she had been able to endure until now was actually beyond their expectations.

"Okay, stop complaining. We're not here for a picnic. Be serious. After all, we are in another country now. Although there shouldn't be any accidents, it's better to be careful."

As the captain of the Fatui team, Shin warned Chiyomi earnestly, and Chiyomi was not someone who would not listen to advice, so she calmed down after being called out.

Looking at Chiyomi who had calmed down, Xin nodded with relief. In fact, he was very curious about what Chiyomi said. After all, they had been traveling for three days, and Xin really wanted to know how long it would take to reach Konoha, so he looked directly at the person in the other team who was most likely to know the answer, which was Uchiha Rei.

The others seemed to feel Xin's gaze and also looked at Lie. Lie, feeling everyone's gazes, knew that he couldn't remain silent. Although he was helpless, he still spoke.

"I don't know exactly how long it will take. After all, although I grew up in Konoha, it is impossible for me to leave the village. Not to mention that we were escaping that night. The route at that time was more secretive. But we can still guess some things. We have been traveling for three days. We should not be far from Konoha. We will arrive today or tomorrow morning, so let's try harder."

After hearing this, everyone tacitly did not continue asking questions, but started talking about other things, such as going for a walk after arriving in Konoha, or what kind of powerful enemies they might encounter in the upcoming Chunin exams.

As they were talking excitedly, a man from the Konoha team, who was serving as a guide and surveillance officer, stood up and walked towards them. The six people who noticed this quickly stopped talking and looked directly at each other, but the one who finally stepped forward to deal with the newcomer was the adult man who had remained silent standing aside.

This adult male named Jie is the temporary leader of the team from the Snow Country that is taking part in the Chunin Exam. Apart from being one of the few holders of the Divine Eyes in the Snow Country, he is also one of the rare ones who can use the Sage Mode by his own ability. It is for this reason that he has earned the title of 'Sage'.

'The Immortals'——This is a group with only a single digit number of people in the Snow Country and few people know about it.

Everyone inside not only possesses the Eye of God, but can also use the Sage Mode with their own abilities. Therefore, everyone is very powerful and has unique skills.

Jie was only able to join the team of immortals this year, but because of his strength he is among the best, and that is why he was appointed as the temporary leader of the team participating in the Chunin examination.

Looking at the approaching Konoha ninja, Jie also directly asked: "Excuse me, is there any problem?"

"Ah, no, it's just that it's almost time for a break, so may I ask if you can set off now?"

Faced with Jie's seemingly indifferent look, the approaching Konoha ninja was worthy of being pushed out for negotiation. Not only was he not affected, he even put on a warm and smiling look as usual and spoke.

To this, Jie did not respond immediately, but looked at Uchiha Rei and the other six people, obviously asking for their opinions.

Lie and the other six naturally said that they had rested enough and could continue on their journey. Seeing this, Jie turned back to look at the Konoha ninja who came to negotiate and replied that they could continue on their journey.

In this way, the team set off again. The journey was very smooth and no unexpected situations occurred.

In fact, this is the norm. After all, they are already in the heart of the Fire Country, very close to the Konoha Ninja Village. If they can encounter an accident even in such a situation, it means that there are serious problems with the border defense line of the Fire Country.

After two hours of traveling, a huge wall gradually emerged on the horizon. This was the protective wall of the Konoha Ninja Village.

Following the Konoha ninja who was in charge of giving guidance, everyone soon arrived at the gate of Konoha Village.

At this time, the Konoha ninja in charge of guiding suddenly turned around and said proudly to the people from the Snow Country, "Welcome everyone, just as you can see, this is the Konoha Ninja Village!!!"

(End of this chapter)