Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu

Still around the lumber mill in the town, Aries discovered the code, and this time the code no longer pointed to another town.

Inside the lumber mill, Nara Meika is currently working as a timber merchant.

Her performance was so excellent that the lumber mill owner had no doubt about her identity.

She was at the lumberyard, waiting for her goods to be loaded onto the truck.

However, her eyes kept glancing at a batch of goods next to her.

"Boss, is that top-quality Huangjian wood? Who has such a large amount of Huangjian wood?"

Huangjian wood is an excellent material for puppet shells; it is hard and highly malleable.

The lumber mill owner said:

"Huangjian wood is known as the nail nemesis; even small nails cannot be driven in."

"All the yellow oak trees near the town have been bought up by a big merchant. I heard that merchant has connections to Sunagakure."

Nara Baika obtained the information she wanted.

Key intelligence is often hidden in the details.

When Nara Meika first became a strategist at the Hokage Building, she analyzed an interesting piece of information.

If more rice balls are being transported to the Forest of Death, it proves that the Hidden Leaf Village's Anbu is about to make a big move.

When ANBU ninjas are at their base, they don't eat soldier rations, so rice balls filled with meat or fish slices become the best snack.

The more rice balls in the dark area, the more difficult the mission.

She also told the antler clan chief about this observation, who praised her but warned her that since it involved the Hidden Leaf Village's Dark Guard, she must not tell anyone.

Forced to flee the front lines and hide deep within the Land of Wind, Nara Meika saw two carts of yellow oak wood while fleeing. She then deduced that Sunagakure might be planning something big.

Someone is buying up large quantities of Huangjian wood.

For the Sand Ninja, the yellow wood has an important function: creating puppets.

The puppets of Sunagakure have steel frames and hardwood shells made of hardwoods such as yellow cypress.

Judging from the unusual sale of Huang Jianmu wood, Sunagakure Village may be organizing a military adventure, an adventure mainly involving puppeteers.

Nara Baika had many thoughts running through her mind, but she showed nothing on her face. She said:

"Huangjian wood is so expensive, I don't know when I will have the capital to participate in the Huangjian wood business."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sand on the ground suddenly broke open.

The rising sand obscured Nara Baika's eyes as a kunai with a purplish tip pierced her abdomen.

Nara Baika quickly jumped back, narrowly avoiding the attack of the poisoned kunai.

After landing, she immediately formed hand seals, preparing to use shadow techniques to control and track the Sand Ninja, and seize the opportunity to escape.

However, a whooshing sound came from behind.

Two snake-shaped puppets emerged from the pile of wood behind her.

A poisonous kunai emerged from the snake's mouth and lunged straight for Nara Baika's back.

Nara Meika turned her head, wanting her shadow to stab backward, controlling the shadow of the long snake puppet.

However, she was still too slow.

She only controlled one of the long snake puppets; the other long snake puppet was extremely fast and there was no way to avoid it. She watched helplessly as the kunai pierced her shoulder.

Ding!

After a crisp sound, Nara Umeka saw a large hand press on her shoulder.

The venomous kunai of the long snake puppet struck the large hand.

Before that copper-colored back of the hand, the tip of the kunai broke off.

"Bronze Fox?"

Unexpectedly, the antler chieftain actually sought out the bronze fox to rescue him.

Copper Fox is a rising star on the battlefield of the River Country, and his reputation is growing.

Ye Guang nudged Nara Meika's back and said, "Come with me."

Aries found the puppeteer hiding in the shadows and launched a fierce attack on the puppeteer to buy the others a chance to escape.

The people from Konoha fled quickly.

Nara Meika followed behind the bronze fox, thinking to herself that she was safe.

After escaping the town, Ye Guang said, "Let's go, Mei Xiang, let's return to the camp as soon as possible."

Nara Baika shook her head and said:

"No, there is something more important than our lives now."

The unusual market for Huangjian wood is related to the movements of the elite puppeteers of Sunagakure.

I suspect that Sunagakure might send a large number of elite puppeteers to launch a surprise attack on Konoha's frontline troops.

We must investigate Huang Jianmu's movements and determine intelligence on the elite puppeteers of Sunagakure, such as their gathering points and routes.

Most of the ninjas in Konoha have a strong spirit of martyrdom.

Faced with danger, their first thought was not to run away, but to die for Konoha.

Nara Meika's choice surprised Yoko, and greatly changed his impression of her.

He had previously thought Nara Meika was a pampered elite of the great ninja clan, but he never expected her to have such courage.

Where did she get the courage? Wait, could it be that she gave it to herself?

After a slight hesitation, Ye Guang said, "Okay, you develop the investigation plan, and we'll take care of protecting you."

He cannot defy Konoha's political correctness.

Nara Baika was quite certain that the Anbu would listen to her, and she wasn't surprised at all.

The group hid outside the town and waited for a long time until the camel caravan arrived.

More than twenty camels left the town, each camel with five heavy yellow oak logs tied to its sides.

After following the camel caravan for several days, Nara Baika said, "The camel caravan merchants have amazing stamina and don't seem like ordinary civilians at all. They are very likely ninjas in disguise."

The luminescence was used to estimate the time.

There's no village or shop in sight, and I can't waste my chance to win this month's prize. Who should I ask to participate?

Chapter 149 I'll Die With You

It's quite easy following Nara Baika; she takes care of everything.

The tracking of the camel caravan went very smoothly, and the caravan did not spot Ye Guang and the others.

Nara Meika kept glancing down, her expression growing increasingly serious.

"This direction... is the direction of Shapo Port."

Ye Guang asked, "Shapo Port? Wasn't Shapo Port destroyed? What's the purpose of sending puppet materials to Shapo Port?"

Nara Baika pondered for a moment and then said:

"We just won a great victory at Shapo Port. I heard that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind is furious. The Sand Ninja failed to protect his more than twenty large ships."

With the destruction of Shapo Port, Konoha will inevitably lower its guard in that direction.

If the Sand Ninja set sail from the direction of Sabo Port and travel upstream through the rivers of the Land of Rivers...

This is a highly successful ambush route.

With the Sand Ninja stalling from the front while their elite forces launch a sneak attack from behind, Konoha is likely to suffer a crushing defeat.

Everything is speculation right now. We need to follow up for at least another day and get accurate intelligence.

The following night, Ye Guang spotted a group of people in the distance through his telescope.

The line was long and disorganized, with most people carrying long strips wrapped in white cloth.

The white cloth, resembling a mummy, is made of puppets.

Some puppeteers also have three or five walking puppets beside them.

The puppets' joints were unusual, resembling human joints but not quite human, creating an uncanny valley effect similar to the phenomenon of transporting corpses.

I don't know how she compiled the statistics, but Nara Baika, after seeing hundreds of shadowy figures, said:

"Approximately 200 puppeteers are advancing towards Shapo Port!"

Leading the way is Camelthorn, the elite Jonin, son of Chiyo, the advisor from Sunagakure!

Chiyo's son, Sasori's parents. Yagami thought to himself, "It seems Sasori's parents are about to die."

Ye Guang thought for a moment. The full moon was coming soon. Did he die at the hands of Scorpion's parents?

He has absolutely no need for puppetry.

Ye Guang said, "Retreat. We have enough intelligence."

The group left quickly.

After getting away from the Sand Ninja Puppet Master, Yagami looked up at the moon.

The moon was already very bright, and it would be full in a day or two.

Walking on the sand, Ye Guang asked, "Jonin Mei Xiang, it seems you know a lot about puppetry."

"Before entering the battlefield of the Land of Rivers, I deliberately paid attention to information about puppetry."

"So, Jonin Meixiang, have you ever heard of using the Shadow Puppet Technique?"

Hatake Sakumo wouldn't let Shinmei's murder go unpunished so easily. Yoru asked casually, carefully observing Nara Meika's expression.

Nara Meika continued walking, her eyes flickering slightly, and said, "Never heard of it. Perhaps it's new information about Sand Ninja Puppet Techniques gathered by the Anbu."

Nara Meika wanted to turn her head, but suddenly found herself unable to move.

The curse mark had silently spread all over her body from the ground.

Nightlight stood still and gestured to Aries, signaling him and his team to stay at a distance and not approach him and Nara Umeka.

Aries and his companions instantly retreated, disappearing into the distance.

Aries thought to himself, "The Anbu really did give orders to kill Nara Baika."

What would it be like if the Dark Division, an assassination special forces unit, came to rescue people?

Aries thinks it's only natural to execute Nara Baika.

But what was the captain's secret technique? I'd never seen it before.

Ye Guang was prepared to die once to try his luck, so he didn't care about exposing his Karma Curse Seal. He carried a kunai and came to Nara Baixiang.

"Recently, there have been some unexpected deaths of ninjas on the front lines."

In the end, only one person from each squad escaped, and coincidentally, those who returned were all Nara ninjas from the squad.

Meika, as an elite member of the Nara clan, and with your exceptional skills in gathering and analyzing intelligence, I'm sure you know more than I do.

I've sent the team away; it's just the two of us here. I hope you can have an open and honest talk with me.

Looking closely at Nara Meika, there was no cold sweat on her forehead, her eyes were calm, and she didn't even exert any effort to resist the Self-Karmic Curse Seal of Nightlight.

Her eyes flickered slightly, and she instead asked:

"Is the Anbu investigating certain unnatural deaths involving Nara ninjas?"

But how do you possess such exquisite sealing techniques?

If I'm not mistaken, this is the secret technique of the annihilated Vortex Clan, the Self-Karmic Curse Seal.

This technique is only known to the elite members of the Senju clan and Princess Kushina Uzumaki in the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

How do you explain this? Whose side are you on?

Ye Guang knew Nara Baixiang was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect her to directly hit his weak spot. He said:

"You don't need to worry about my affairs, Meika. Let's talk about you first. You were forced into the Land of Wind, but you chose to stay in a respectable inn."