"You all heard it, right? Keep alert. Reinforcements from the village will be arriving soon."
Hawkface glanced at the restless crowd around him and had no choice but to speak out to calm them. After all, although they were ANBU, they were all young people. The uncertainty of their companions' lives and the enemies lurking in the shadows made it difficult for them to calm down.
"Wind Style Vacuum Wave!"
A strong gust of wind blew out from the woods and rushed straight towards the alert people!
"Hide behind me! Water Style Water Formation Wall!"
Eagle Face suddenly rushed forward and completed the seal in the blink of an eye. A stream of water gushed out of his mouth, turning into a water wall to protect everyone behind him.
The wind hit the water wall, and after a moment of stalemate, both collapsed. Before everyone could come to their senses, the next wave of attack came.
"Water Style: Mist Hidden Technique!"
The mist in the open space suddenly became thicker, and everyone's vision was limited to three or four meters. Except for the companions around them, everywhere else was white.
"Strange, why is the enemy's fighting style so similar to our Kirigakure ninjas'?"
Shina asked the question, while the others remained silent. It was obvious that they also wanted to know the answer to this question. The other party avoided their two warning traps and used various ninjutsu that were exactly the same as theirs.
The other party can't be one of us, right? !
Before they had time to think about it, several sounds of breaking through the air were heard. The sharp-eyed Eagle Face quickly noticed the hidden weapon, dodged to the side and roared at the others.
"Get out of the way, detonating talisman!"
As they had been prepared, everyone left their original position. Only Shina, who was carrying Yoshino, was a step behind the others. A violent explosion was accompanied by a cry of pain. Hawkface didn't want to waste time and immediately returned to his original position. He saw Shina half-kneeling on the ground, her right back a bloody mess. Yoshino was lying flat in front of her. It seemed that his body was only covered with some dust besides the previous injuries. However, he had temporarily lost consciousness due to the impact.
"Ao, you shouldn't be like this!"
Eagle Face gritted his teeth and quickly took out a roll of bandage from his waist and threw it to Ao. He turned around and spoke in a deep voice while being alert.
"Take that guy into the cabin and don't cause us any more trouble."
"Excuse me, Captain!"
Shina looked at the other person's back with a hint of indifference on her face, but she quickly recovered, stood up, carried the unconscious Yoshino on her back and rushed into the wooden house.
After putting Yoshino down, Shina quickly grabbed the bandage handed to her by Eagle Face and began to bandage her wound. At the same time, she cast her gaze on a half-person-high pillar in the center of the wooden house. On it was a gray-looking oval jar covered with papers with black runes. However, Shina's gaze did not linger on it for too long. Instead, she turned and walked towards the door, opened it a crack, and began to observe the situation outside in real time.
Outside, Eagle-faced and his men had already started a standoff with the enemy in the fog. Looking at the enemy in front of them, who were dressed the same as themselves, Eagle-faced Anbu spoke while remaining vigilant.
"Who the hell are you? How dare you attempt to lay your hands on the tailed beasts? Do you think you've lived too long?"
"That's none of your business. Besides, you should worry more about yourselves now."
Ren sneered, raised his ninja sword and attacked the opponent. Hawkface was helpless, but he could only draw his ninja sword and lead the two remaining Anbu to meet Ren and start fighting...
On the other side, Ao continued to move forward in the jungle, his eyes fixed on the figure rushing left and right in front of him, with murderous intent in his eyes.
This guy, who was wearing the same Anbu uniform as himself, was slightly faster than him. No matter whether he used hidden weapons or ninjutsu to attack, he would just dodge and not fight back. He would turn back from time to time to provoke him, and seemed to want to lure him somewhere.
After Ao realized the enemy's intentions, he chose not to turn back. Instead, he followed to see what this guy was up to on their territory. With his strength as a jonin, he could escape unscathed even if he was defeated. As for the Three-Tails, the village must have received the news and sent support. There was no need for him to worry.
"See where you can run to!"
At this moment, Ao suddenly noticed another figure beside him. He widened his eyes and looked again, and found that there was indeed another person who appeared out of thin air, also wearing Kirigakure clothing. At this moment, Ao noticed a sound of breaking air next to him. He just turned around and prepared to launch an attack, but after seeing the other person's appearance, he stopped the attack in time and exclaimed.
"Senior Kawasaki!"
The other party glanced at him and then dragged him forward. Just when Ao was confused, Kawasaki's eyes were fixed on the two figures in front of him, and he said without turning his head.
"I was assigned by the Mizukage to secretly guard the Three-Tails' container, but the incident happened suddenly, so I asked Eagle and your subordinates to guard the Three-Tails while I chased after them and take a look. Also, don't be so impulsive next time."
"Yes, I'm sorry, Senior Kawasaki."
After reflecting on himself, Ao turned his gaze forward and asked in a low voice.
"Senior Kawasaki, they... huh?"
Before he could finish, the two people in front of him stopped on a tree and turned to look at them.
"What are they doing?"
Kawasaki's eyes darkened slightly as he carefully scanned his surroundings, searching for any possible traps or ambushes. Strangely, he found nothing special.
"Senior, look!"
Ao beside him whispered, and Kawasaki looked in the direction of the latter's finger, only to see a group of people slowly walking towards them from the east. After counting carefully, there were nine people in total, eight of whom were wearing the same Kirigakure Anbu uniforms as them, and the remaining one was dressed gorgeously and had a plump figure.
Everyone else was moving forward cautiously and steadily, but he was looking around like a tourist, with two ANBU guarding him closely. He looked exactly like the "daimyo's foolish son."
"This is..."
Kawasaki was also a little confused. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the two people opposite him both gave them a mischievous smile, then jumped onto two trees on the left and right to create distance, and began to make seals with their hands.
"careful!"
Kawasaki didn't care about that group of people anymore and hurriedly reminded Ao next to him to be careful. At the same time, Fujiwara Kozane and his group also came closer. The Anbu captain, who felt that the atmosphere around him was slightly wrong, immediately stopped the team.
"alert!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding environment began to change visibly. The mist that was already in the forest suddenly became thicker at an extremely fast speed, covering the entire area.
Looking at the people around him who were on guard, Fujiwara Kuzane's eyes flashed, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It's finally here.