Uchiha's Counterattack

A week later, near the border of Konoha Village.

In the dense forest, there is a relatively wide and easy road, and a caravan is moving forward on the road. This caravan has a large number of people, roughly estimated to be about fifty or sixty people, escorting more than ten carriages.

The goods depart from New Konoha and are ready to be transported to surrounding towns for sale.

The caravan was accompanied by guards and ninjas, equipped with crossbows, arrows, swords and shields, and ninjas were hired from New Konoha at a high price. Although there was only one small team, it was already pretty good. After all, New Konoha adopted a policy of closing the village for construction.

It has been nearly two years or so, during which time the Konoha ninjas have been almost isolated from the rest of the world, and their presence in the Land of Fire is so rare that they can be compared to national treasures.

There was a middle-aged man riding a horse in the caravan. He was dressed in black and had a weathered face. He had no weapons around him. He was just temporarily accompanying the caravan on the way for safety.

And this man is naturally the trumpet played by Xia Nan, Tobei.

This place is far away from Konoha Village, and even a ninja would need several days to reach it on foot. In addition, it is remote and sparsely populated, so it is almost rare to see people in this forest. But it is just rare, not impossible.

Before the start of the second phase of the plan, the surrounding situation of New Konoha Village was mixed. During the period when the shadow of the underground world was closing in on New Konoha, it expanded rapidly within the Land of Fire to an alarming degree.

Why is this? The reason is naturally Xia Nan's early mission ban policy. The new Konoha shrinking forces gave up their missions and turned to building the village with all their strength. Then this period of time will naturally cause a window period for Konoha forces, and the underground world has spotted this opportunity.

, emerged from the ground insidiously and roamed everywhere in the Land of Fire.

There is an old man driving a carriage in the caravan. He is responsible for driving the carriage for his employer, but in fact he is also a hidden master of swordsmanship. When he joined the caravan halfway from Xia Nan, his eyes never left.

beside him.

The old man looked left and right and found that Xia Nan had neither chakra nor any murderous intent on his body. If it weren't for the calluses on his hands that he looked like a master with a knife, the old man even doubted whether the calm-looking man in front of him was a newbie.

The aura on his body was too bland, not to mention the murderous intention, there was no smell of blood at all, it was amazingly clean.

In fact, this is true. After all, Xia Nan's body was indeed "born" not long ago, only about a week and 23 hours?

"Young man, where do you plan to go?"

The old man was half leaning on the carriage, squinting at Xia Nan with an inquiring look. His right hand was holding the handle of the sword tightly. Although he felt that Xia Nan was not a threat, his keen sixth sense warned the old man that the person in front of him was probably nothing.

Kindness, at least, is by no means as simple as one feels.

"Go to the border, enter Kawa no Kuni from the border, circle around and then go to Ta no Kuni."

Xia Nan said calmly while riding the horse.

"Hahaha, then you are so brave. You dared to go on the road alone before meeting our caravan. Thank you for not meeting those wolf-hearted black dogs. Otherwise, with your current appearance showing off your money, I'm afraid

It’s hard to cross the border alive.”

Xia Nan cast a doubtful look at the old man.

The old man smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, black dogs refer to those beasts who kill people and steal goods and have no mercy. Ever since New Konoha chose to close the village and build its own village, the area around New Konoha has been relatively peaceful, but

The further you go, the more dangerous it becomes, and now the border is full of crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and life and death can happen in an instant."

"Sometimes, those of us who travel around will inevitably be mentally nervous. You should not take it too seriously."

Faced with the old man's tone that seemed to be warning and persuading, Xia Nan nodded and expressed no dissatisfaction. After all, the most important thing for people to do when walking outside is to be cautious. After all, nothing is more important than life.

Xia Nan said: "It's not easy for business groups to make money by traveling around. Especially since business groups often travel in the mountains and forests, encountering bandits and robbers is a common occurrence, so it's natural to be cautious."

"Thank you very much for your willingness to help me as a traveler, so that I would not have to walk alone at night."

The old man smiled and did not break the topic.

"On the other hand, old man, your business group is able to hire Konoha ninjas, which is really impressive. I remember that Konoha should have implemented a closed policy, and all ninjas are constructing in their villages."

"Hahaha, this is because you don't know something." The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, but his words were impeccable: "After all, trees have roots, people have human feelings, and there will always be a few special forces among various forces.

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It seemed that he answered Xia Nan's question, but actually he didn't say anything.

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Xia Nan was helpless, this old man was too defensive.

I probably pulled myself into the team because I saw him hanging around behind the business group, and I was worried that he was a bandit or a "stake" of a gang of robbers, so I deliberately pulled him in for surveillance.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he was dressed in a distinguished style, the old man would have killed Xia Nan on the spot and buried his body on the roadside. After all, killing people in this chaotic border area is no longer a crime, especially for large business groups.

Generally speaking, the value of goods is far more valuable than human life.

Sometimes Xia Nan stayed in New Konoha Village for so long that she almost forgot that there was still a world of cannibalism outside.

However, the old man's worries did not come to light.

It is true that the security of New Konoha Village has been improving steadily in the past two years, but the external environment has become increasingly bad.

The news about the underground world encroaching on the forces surrounding New Konoha was discovered as early as May last year. The Kurama clan, who was in charge of intelligence work at the time, had suggested sending ninja troops to clean it out to prevent excessive cannibalization from causing chaos around New Konoha.

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Xia Nan agreed at that time, and Konoha Village dispatched three groups of people to raid, but the effect was not ideal. First of all, there were only a few hundred ninjas in the entire New Konoha Village, and after deducting those who were indispensable for heavy industry work, there were only a hundred.

Many manpower can be freed up.

And the personnel sent out to sweep can often easily capture the stronghold. The rats in the dark world know how powerful New Konoha, especially the Uchiha, is. They will not resist you at all. As soon as New Konoha comes, they will directly abandon the stronghold and run away, etc.

People from Konoha will come back when they leave.

Maggots like tarsal bones were extremely disgusting. Although Xia Nan also hated these bugs, the more important thing at that time was the development of the village, so after several raids without results, New Konoha gave up this wasteful raid and instead

Comprehensive work to build a new Konoha.

Xia Nan's idea at the time was that they could just take over. Anyway, the foundation of New Konoha was still there and these things could be slapped to death at any time. After the construction of New Konoha was completed, he would have his hands free and personally go out to wipe out these underground bugs.

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Now that the construction of New Konoha is coming to an end, the second phase is about to begin.

At the high-level meeting about a week ago, Baiquan proposed to eliminate the dark forces and spy bases around New Konoha.

Due to the nearly 2-year window period around New Konoha, the living environment nearby has been harsh. In addition to the dark forces emerging underground, there are also spy bases from other major countries, almost densely scattered around New Konoha.

Because of New Konoha's ID policy, outside spies cannot come in at all. If they come in, they will be locked instantly. If there is any movement, they will be taken away directly by the military police who arrive. Therefore, when the inside can no longer get in, other countries

The spies can only cause trouble in the surrounding area.

These hateful bugs collude with underground forces and have been destroying the environment around New Konoha. They collude with mountain bandits and gangsters to burn, kill, loot, and sell nearby towns and villages, forcing innocent people to engage in illegal activities, such as selling goods.

x, gambling on x or even smuggling people, etc.

His crimes are so heinous that they are shocking. New Konoha Village can only guarantee the safety of towns within its own village, but when it comes to towns in other parts of the Land of Fire, New Konoha can only say that it can't help, and even if it can, it can't get over, and

They have too few ninjas. If they send too few people, they will just deliver food. If they send too many people, the construction speed of the village will slow down, which will cost them their lives.

Therefore, for a long time, the activities of spies, bandits, evil parties, and underground organizations around New Konoha have been very rampant, and New Konoha must first settle its domestic policy in order to resist foreign aggression, which also makes these evil forces think that New Konoha is weak and can be avoided.

Bullying, thus becoming more arrogant.

But what they don't know is that after the reorganization of New Konoha Village is completed, Xia Nan's first step is to kill them and bloodbath all surrounding reactionary forces to pave the way for the second phase of the plan.

Xia Nan left the shadow clone in the village to reorganize his manpower, and drove his trumpet to the border to explore the surrounding environment and hone his trumpet and new abilities. In order to avoid attracting attention,

Xia Nan didn't tell anyone about the trumpet, including Bai Quan and the others.

Xia Nan hopes that the "Toubei" number can maintain a certain degree of independence. After all, it might come in handy one day for a special purpose.

It was uneventful to follow the caravan all the way down.

When they got close to the border, Xia Nan took the initiative to leave the caravan.

Before leaving, the old man driving the car persuaded him not to seek death. This was Konoha's most chaotic border. If he insisted on leaving the team, there was a village 40 miles south. That village was built in a canyon trench and was relatively safe.

It's poor, but with a thin sliver of sky behind the mountains, the terrain is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it's just a bit more miserable and a bit poorer.

On weekdays, if they are not in too much of a hurry, the general business group will go to that village for a short rest and do some small business with the villagers there, exchanging some supplies and the like.

After talking all the way, the old man Xia Nan's sense of goodwill improved greatly, especially the insight he had about future business in his words, which made the old man feel that this person must have an extraordinary status, so he started to make friends. The most important thing for traveling all over the world is personal connections, the old man

This cannot be said to be a matter of adapting to the wind.

Unfortunately, Xia Nan's goal for this trip was destined to be bloody and cruel. He wanted to clean up his "home". This time, he went out to explore the way first and test the combat effectiveness of the spirit corpse.

Therefore, when the old man saw Xia Nan insisting on leaving the team, he had no choice but to advise him that if he had to leave anyway, he should go to "Kelan Village" to rest first. No matter what his purpose was, at least he could still survive in that village where all the villagers were martial arts.

It's somewhat safer.

The old man's kindness attracted Xia Nan's favor, and she nodded in agreement before leaving.

"Hey, then I wish you good luck, young man."

The old man waved his long whip and shouted "Drive!" to urge the horses to move.

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Xia Nan kept the old man's appearance and the business group named "Rose" in mind.

He knew they would meet again in the future.