Early in the morning, Orochimaru's team attacked the Kingdom of Gray. The accompanying guide was the father and daughter whom Ye Zi met last night, namely Jang and Merida . When the latter saw Ye Zi, his eyes flashed. The light of eagerness to try appeared again. If Jang hadn't been glaring at her with his eyes, maybe she would directly go to Ye Zi for a competition. She was simply a complete fighting madman.
Along the way, Merida kept looking at Ye Zi distractedly, with very eager eyes, but Ye Zi turned a blind eye to it. This strange behavior attracted the attention of Kushina and Ren, and they secretly observed Ye Zi and Merida. It has even been thought that the reason for this phenomenon is because of what happened to Ye Zi when he went out last night, and this is also true.
Faced with Merida's not-so-subtle provocation, Ye Zi ignored it and had no choice but to do anything. He was very confused. Even if Merida was a complete fighting maniac, she should have gone towards Kushina, who was also a woman, but now she kept staring at him.
"According to this speed, we should be able to reach the Gray Kingdom cordon at 10:00 today." Jang looked ahead and said to Orochimaru who was leaping simultaneously.
Orochimaru nodded slightly, and glanced at Merida from the corner of his eye, who was not serious about this mission at all. He clearly showed a trace of dissatisfaction, which Jang could easily detect.
Seeing this, Jang pulled out a faint wry smile. This mission is very important, and for Merida who has never been exposed to difficult tasks, it can be said to be a very important trial, enough to make her improve her attitude. However, he never expected that Merida would deliberately challenge Ye Zi on the eve of the mission. The challenge was ignored, but she didn't win completely.
As a fellow task executor, mistrust is an extremely terrifying destabilizing factor.
Orochimaru knows this. He agrees with Jang's strength, but does not agree with Merida who looks like she is just playing.
Jang also knew this, so while he smiled bitterly, he was already thinking about letting Orochimaru see the role of Merida as soon as possible in order to eliminate Orochimaru's distrust.
The trees on both sides of the field of vision quickly retreated, and Jang's eyes were slightly solemn as he looked ahead. He thought for a long time before deciding to let Merida take the lead and pull out the first batch of key secret whistles in the Kingdom of Gray.
The entire journey was silent, until night fell and the waning moon rose into the sky, Orochimaru's team arrived at the originally planned location, away from the dark sentries of the Land of Gray, and able to take a short rest.
Although this place is still quite far away from the dark sentries scattered throughout the Kingdom of Gray, it is still unwise to light a fire at night. Everyone found a place to sit, began to take a short rest, and ate dry food to replenish their supplies. A little energy.
Jang and Orochimaru used the weak moonlight to check a map of the distribution of dark sentries, and compared it with the terrain, they vaguely judged the approximate distribution points of the dark sentries. The accuracy of this intelligence map was not 100%, so it could only be used for reference. Among them There are still many hidden sentinel distribution points that are not marked.
"There are only 7 fixed secret posts that can be determined. The remaining secret posts have an uncertain range. The number of unidentified secret posts is about 30." Jang pointed to the 7 dots distinguished by colors.
Orochimaru stared at the simple terrain intelligence map carefully, his eyes especially wandering on the dotted lines between dots. After a long time, a light flashed in his eyes, pointing to the right side of the map where the secret sentries were densely distributed, and said in a deep voice: "Using this point as the breakthrough point, this is the weakest point connecting the fixed hidden sentry."
Jang was slightly startled. Looking at the map, that side was clearly the most difficult hole to break through, but he didn't understand why Orochimaru chose this place.
Ye Zi and others, who were almost rested, also came over at this time.
When Merida heard what Orochimaru said, he clenched his fists and said slightly excitedly: "This is interesting."
Orochimaru glanced at her coldly, then looked at his students. Several of them looked thoughtful, as if they had some realization.
If you observe carefully, the distribution points of hidden sentries on this simple topographic map are actually 7 fixed hidden sentries as the center points, connecting a warning network with very small gaps. This is something that can be seen from the intelligence map, but for There is no detailed knowledge of how long it takes for messages to be transmitted between secret whistles, so if you easily touch even a small point of this network, it is very likely that the whole body will be affected.
The reason why I chose the opening on the right that seems to be the most difficult to break through is because it is the farthest from the fixed secret sentry. However, regarding the assassination mission, before breaking through, I have to be mentally prepared to face many enemies after completing the mission. , this is inevitable.
The only difference is that if the secret whistle is unplugged and is discovered by the enemy for one second, it will have one more second to carry out the mission. This second can even play a role in retreating in time.
Jang was the first to wake up and nodded: "I understand."
To put it simply, going deep into the enemy's territory to assassinate the king is like a difficult and dangerous road from which there is no return. It is unrealistic to try to sneak in and simply kill the mission target. No matter what, you have to face the consequences after the mission is successful. Lots of enemies.
This is a one-shot mission.
The time gained in the first step is not to increase the probability of completing the task, but to increase the certainty of returning safely.
Even before the mission started, Orochimaru had a general understanding of Jang and Merida's strength. He looked at Jang and said calmly: "There happen to be people with strong investigative abilities in our team, and they will be responsible for detecting the hidden whistle. The position will be left to you later."
Jang nodded heavily, suddenly looked at Merida, and said seriously: "Merida is better at using poison to kill enemies silently than me."
There is no recommendation in the words, it seems to be just stating a fact.
Orochimaru unexpectedly glanced at the excited Merida, and couldn't help but groan. He really didn't have any trust in her, especially in Merida's state, it was difficult for people to have confidence in her.
"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Merida suddenly raised her hands when she heard this, with an excited look on her face, and seemed to be very confident.
"Can she do it?" Orochimaru did not look at Merida, but stared at Jang.
Before Jang could say anything, Merida had already looked at Orochimaru seriously and said angrily: "I can do it."
Jang rubbed his forehead in pain upon seeing this. At this moment, it was difficult for him to say that Merida could indeed take on this task.
"Orochimaru, maybe she can." Ye Zi suddenly said, and everyone else present looked at him in surprise.
Kushina and Ren looked at Ye Zi and then at Merida. In fact, they wanted to understand that they were more inclined to let Jang take on this task. After all, this was the most important step.
Ye Zi, who had just finished speaking, looked at Merida again, with sharp eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The time gained by quietly pulling out the secret whistle may be a barrier that allows us to retreat in time. If the mission fails, you will die.
When it comes to assassination, Ye Zi considers himself to be no worse than Merida, but if he wants to carry out a high-speed assassination, he will inevitably make some noise, especially when thunder and lightning is involved. Not to mention the sound, the thunder is simply a beacon in the darkness, so he cannot shoulder this crucial step.
The excitement on Merida's face slowly subsided, and she slowly looked at Ye Zi, her expression changing slightly. After a moment, she looked serious and said in a deep voice: "I understand, if the mission fails, I will not go back alive. ."
The silent Orochimaru curled his lips slightly when he heard this. The guarantee of her life was enough to give him initial trust in her.
Jang heard what his daughter said, but he was not worried at all. Apart from being a little helpless about Merida's behavior, he had full confidence in other aspects.
"She is the rising star of our grass ninjas. Just wait, one day..." Jang thought silently.