*Pa*
Fujita reached out to catch the scroll. In the darkness, Asahi could feel that he seemed to have wanted to make a slight move towards him, but didn't went on with it and just turned and left.
"Hu…" Seeing this, Asahi also secretly relaxed. To be fair, he really doesn't want to perish together with this guy called Fujita. Although this guy is a jonin or at least had jonin-level of strength, Asahi still felt like his life was worth more.
After the spy left, Asahi also left silently. Without the Byakugan's guidance, he could only proceed carefully, to prevent the sand patrols from finding him.
With just a feeling that the situation was slightly wrong, he would immediately use [Transformation Technique]. It took about half an hour for him to actually get back to the cave.
However, when he returned to the sand cave, he found that there was no one there. It seemed that Minato had completed the mission and left. Or maybe they had been exposed, so they had to shift their base.
It's just that he doesn't know if Minato was able to rescue Keita on time or not, but all of this could be understood after he returns to Konoha camp.
And obviously it was not the correct time to consider this kind of issues. Now that he was separated from Minato, how to escape the Land of Wind now was the biggest problem for him.
After drinking some water and a bit of dry food, Asahi left the cave under the cover of the night and started to move in the direction of the Land of Rain.
The current situation was very bad for him. Most of the land in the Land of Wind was desert, and there was no terrain that could be used to hide.
It was now night, and the situation was slightly better, but if it was during daylight, it's likely that even if the enemy were several hundred meters away, they could still find his trail. Without the assistance of the Byakugan, to want to escape this giant fields of sand during the day with just defense or hiding would simply be a dream.
So the hours before dawn were Asahi's last time to escape from the Land of Wind.
Asahi was not a sensory-type ninja, but he's still very alert. Perhaps because of the strength of his spiritual energy, he's often alerted before the enemy appears.
Discovering a patrol team from a distance, Asahi immediately used a [Transformation Technique] to hide. This method had been done many times by him. If the enemy doesn't know the information beforehand, the general ninja tends to carelessly ignore things that doesn't seem out of the ordinary.
"I heard that the village was attacked by a Konoha ninja today. I don't know if we have caught those Konoha ninjas already." An extremely short man said very uncomfortably, it's hard to believe that this man who looked in his middle twenties was less than 150 centimeters.
"Kuraki, don't underestimate that ninja. I got told that he is the disciple of one of the Sannin, Jiraiya, his name is Namikaze Minato. At his young age, he is already a well-known Jonin." Said one of the patrol members.
"Kuraki and Asai, you two should not underestimate that Namikaze Minato. Since he can sneak into the village by himself, and can escape smoothly. There must be something special about him. If we meet him, we must not fight hard, our priority would be to send out the information first." Another ninja said solemnly.
"Understood, Captain Yuki!" Kuraki and Asai replied in unison.
Asahi's decision to use the [Transformation Technique] was proving to be bad now, these people were getting closer and closer. If they get too close, even if Asahi's chakra control is very strong, it would be difficult to guarantee that he wouldn't be found out by some experienced ninjas.
In that case, if they really find him, he had nowhere to escape and would have no other way than to fight his way out. If they call for reinforcements, then, Asahi would only have one destiny, death.
'What should I do?'
Escape immediately or wait for them to approach and gamble on his luck?
'They're getting closer!'
The three sand ninjas walked past his side, Asahi tried his best to hide his chakra from being discovered. He's almost near the Land of Rain. As long as he gets another three hours, he would be safe. So he couldn't afford to be discovered by these unnamed chunin.
It was over three o'clock. If these sand ninjas hold him there and prevent him from leaving the Land of Wind before dawn, then he most probably would not get out of there alive.
Secretly glancing at the sand patrol team, Asahi suddenly saw the short ninja called Kuraki, exuding a faint chill seen only in wild beasts, which seemed horrifying in the dark.
'Such a chilling glare, have they found me?' He glanced at the other two ninjas, and found that Yuki looked at his side, but he couldn't figure whether it was intentionally or unintentionally.
Asahi clenched his teeth and decided to kill these three ninjas first.
If they already discovered him, Asahi should be the first to take a shot, and only then he would have a chance. If they didn't find him, but he suddenly launches a sneak attack, he still might not be without a chance to kill them.
He threw out four kunai. What kind of special method did he used for these four kunai? Nothing, this was just to attract the attention of the other side.
The opposite team avoided the kunai's trajectory. While dodging, Yuki also took a kunai to counterattack him.
'Sure enough, they found me.' Asahi felt cold in his heart. Fortunately, he attacked first. If he continued to hide, and they were the ones who attacked first, he would probably suffered.
Lifting his [Transformation Technique], he no longer hesitated, with a sprint he appeared in front of Kuraki's body, and the kunai in his hand pierced towards Kuraki's throat.
"It was just a little brat! Go to hell!" The ninja named Kuraki smiled and turned a blind eye towards Asahi's attack, while holding a kunai which directly moved towards Asahi's heart.
At the last moment, Kuraki leaned his head to a side slightly to avoid Asahi's attack, while his kunai went straight into Asahi's heart.
Strangely there was no fear in Asahi's eyes about getting stabbed.
*Shou*
*Shou*
*Shou*
Asai threw out a few kunai and stuck them on Asahi's back.
Asahi showed a sly smile, grabbed Kuraki's arm with both hands, and then his whole body slowly became mud.
It was an [Earth Clone]!
*Bang*
An explosive tag attached to the clone exploded and Kuraki fell to the ground with a serious injury.
Asahi now liked to use these explosive tags more and more. Although their price was slightly expensive, it's very easy to use. It could easily be attached to a clone and normally overlooked by others. An explosive tag also consumes very little chakra, which was very suitable for him, who had very low chakra reserves.
A fierce murderous aura cut through the night and locked onto Asahi's real body directly, a great sword moved towards him with a tumultuous force.
The one with the sword was the one called Yuki.
At the same time, he found that his feet had been caught, but Kuraki had been seriously injured by him. Yuki was the one holding the great sword, and Asai was still at the side. So who was this person underground?
He had miscalculated!
He suddenly felt bad.
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