Kisame looked at Sakura and the others, and suddenly said.
"Excuse me, when you issued the mission, did you apply strictly according to the specifications of the C-level mission?"
"Of course."
After being stunned for a moment, Sakura quickly replied with a lovely smile. But the experienced Kisame keenly noticed that her face was a little unnatural.
So he continued to ask:
"Do you or Snow Village have any enemies? If we are attacked by hostile ninjas on the way to escort, then this task is beyond our ability."
Hearing Kisame's question, a trace of panic flashed in Sakura's eyes, but she quickly replied:
"We are all ordinary villagers. How could we possibly provoke ninjas? You think too much."
After speaking, she took a step back, as if she was frightened by the aggressiveness of Kisame.
At this time, Ameyuri couldn't stand it any longer, and ran over to Kisame and said:
"Big bad guy, don't ask any more questions, even if we are attacked by ninjas, I promise to kill them all."
She heard that the scenary in the Snow Village was very beautiful, so she wanted to take a look, so for fear that Kisame would offend the employer and ruin the task, she came over.
Terumi Mei also stepped forward and said:
"Kisame, let's talk about it on the way if you have any problems. In case of an emergency, with the strength of the three of us, we must be able to deal with it. What do you think?"
She also felt that Kisame was too cautious and thought too much.
"You are the captain, I will listen to you."
Kisame nodded and said no more.
So, the group set off.
A few days later.
In the deep mountains in the northern part of the Land of Water, heavy snow rained down, and the cold wind was howling.
A small caravan of about ten people traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, and finally reached a forest in the evening, where they temporarily settled down to avoid the wind and snow.
In the past few days, Sakura, Terumi Mei and Ringo Ameyuri, became close while chatting and laughing along the way, and have become very good friends.
Only Kisame has been wandering outside the team, spending most of the time alone.
'Bristle.'
In the camp, flames rose from camp fire, and soon burned vigorously, driving away the cold.
Everyone sat around the campfire, took out food and, heated it by the flame, and enjoyed a steaming dinner.
Not far away, Kisame held his sword and leaned against the tree, keeping vigilance at all times to guard against possible dangers.
"Kisame-dono, come and have dinner with us."
At this time, Sakura trotted all the way over and invited Kisame with a smile on her face.
She is very concerned about Kisame, because from the appearance, Kisame is obviously the strongest in this ninja team, and he is the biggest guarantee for the safe return of the Snow Village Caravan.
"I already ate."
Kisame glanced at her and said calmly, "Please go back to my companions, they will protect you. Also, please don't get too close to me, I have no interest in making friends with my employer."
When Sakura heard these words, she was stunned for a moment, then she stopped talking, and turned away quitely.
Kisame raised his head and looked at the snowy night sky.
It is February now. It has been almost half a year since he came to this world.
Next month, Kisame will celebrate his 13th birthday.
While recalling the anime and sorting out clues in his mind, he took precautions and planned future actions.
The night was not disturbed by anything.
The next day, the snow stopped, and the warm winter sun shone on the earth.
Taking advantage of this good weather, the caravan set off early in the morning and climbed a large mountain.
From their departure from Kirigakure to the present, more than half of the journey has passed, and everything has been very smooth along the way, and almost no accidents have been encountered.
So everyone was talking and laughing and was very relaxed.
But at this moment, the accident happened.
When the group walked halfway up the mountain, suddenly there were several loud noises above their heads.
'Rumble.'
Several huge rolling stones fell from the cliff above and smashed towards at the caravan.
"Be careful!" Terumi Mei hurriedly reminded, and pulled Sakura to the side.
Kisame lifted a villager with one hand and led them to escape the falling rocks. Then he kicked a boulder with his foot, saving the lives of the other two.
"There are enemies!"
Ringo Ameyuri, who was in front of the team, suddenly shouted, but she was not afraid at all, on the contrary, she was very excited.
Sure enough, the two ninjas who were hiding on the side of the road rushed out, attacked without saying a word, and threw a large number of shuriken at the them.
Ameyuri picked up a kunai and knocked all the shuriken flying, and then launched a fierce attack on the enemy.
"Kisame, you protect these villagers."
Terumi Mei told Kisame, then quickly forming a seal, she summoned a water whip, and participated in the battle.
Kisame obeyed Terumi Mei's instructions, and while watching out for other enemies that might appear, he glanced at Sakura from the corner of his eye.
'Her expression is indeed wrong, it's as if she expected someone to attack.'
The encounter did not last long.
The two enemies who attacked the caravan were both Chunin, but for geniuses like Terumi Mei and Ringo Ameyuri, mere Chunin was naturally not a strong enemy.
'Snap!'
Terumi quickly seized the opportunity and whipped the enemy's weapon with a stream of water, entangling the opponent's body.
Water Release. Water Whip, is not only powerful, but also cable of restraining the enemy. It is a very comprehensive water Release advanced ninjutsu.
"Ameyuri!"
After Terumi Mei controlled the enemy, she gestured towards Ringo.
Ringo understood it, and immediately used the lighting ninjutsu, which she was good at, to transmit the dazzling electric light to the enemy along the water whip, causing him to die on the spot.
The other person saw that the situation was not good, turned around and tried to run away.
But he wasn't able to run after a few steps, as Ringo completed her seal, a thunderstorm fell from the sky and hit the man directly, causing him to fall off the cliff with a scream.
Terumi Mei and Ringo Ameyuri looked at each other and smiled after the two enemies were dealt with cleanly.
"Amazing."
When Sakura saw this scene, her eyes lit up, aa she looked at the two girls with admiration.
'If it were them, Snow Village might... be saved.'
She was looking forward to this in her heart, but suddenly she heard a question from Kisame.
"Did these two ninjas come for you? You should know that this is not the scope of a C-level mission."
His voice was cold, as he questioned Sakura.
"I... don't know them."
Sakura's face changed, subconsciously defending herself, and insisted that the other party was a bandit or an exiled ninja.
The Land of Water is always in civil turmoil, and there are indeed many ninjas wandering around, doing the activities of robbing families.
"It's really boring. These two enemies are too weak for me to fight."
Ringo came over at this time and showed off, looking like she was not enjoying it.
Terumi Mei heard the conversation between Kisame and Sakura.
She stared at Sakura, who gave her a look that asked for help.
Terumi Mei finally relented, and said to Kisame and Ringo:
"Although we encountered unexpected enemies, these villagers are simple and kind people. Let's send them home safely as agreed."
Although she also noticed something strange, she didn't want to give up this task easily.
After all, the deceased old village chief of Snow Village is an old friend of Elder Genji. Elder Genji deliberately entrusted this task to her, and Terumi Mei naturally wanted to do her best.
So, after a simple rest, everyone set off again.
On the way, Terumi Mei walked to Kisame and whispered to him:
"Sakura may be out of money and can't afford the B-level task, so she released the C-level task. But even if it's a B-level task, Ringo and I can do it, you don't have to worry."
"I hope so."
…
Another day passed.
"If we climb another mountain and we will arrive at Snow Village. There is a steaming hot spring in our village, where you can take a relaxing bath."
Sakura said to the three.
At this moment, the howling of wolves suddenly came from around.
"Oooow."
A group of skinny wolves rushed down from the mountain and surrounded the group.
"Sure enough, there are beasts that came down the mountain for food."
Terumi Mei looked at the wolves and flashed the water whip again. Without the help of ninjas, these ordinary villagers in Snow Village would definitely be buried in the belly of a wolf.
After a fierce and short battle.
Most of the hungry wolves were killed or injured, and those who survived tucked their tails and ran away.
However, just when everyone finally relaxed and prepared to take a break, a sudden change occurred.
'Shhhhhhhh!'
A rain of shuriken flew out from the woods in front of the sky and fell towards everyone.
In an instant, except for the three in the team and Sakura, who was better protected, none of the other villagers survived, they fell under the shuriken rain.
But the real crisis has just arrived.
'Crunch. crunch.'
A sound of foot stepping on the snow came from the woods.
"The two waste Chunin that were sent out really failed to complete the mission."
"In the end, it's still up to us two brothers to do it in person."
Under the gaze of Kisame and others, two figures talked and appeared from behind the tree.
Those were two tall men, the same height and size as Kisame. They have inch hair, bronze skin, and thin clothes, and they don't seem to be afraid of the cold at all.
Kisame noticed that although the two men did not wear forehead guards on their foreheads, the words "steel" and "iron" were tattooed on their right shoulders.
'Kumo Ninja?'
In an instant, he preliminarily determined the identity of the other party.
In Kumogakure, high-level ninjas usually have shoulder tattoos, such as "thunder", "gold", "silver", "iron", etc, which are a symbol of strength and status.