Chapter 169 respective preparations

"You can't go to Tiger Mountain Camp."

While everyone was silent, one person spoke.

His voice was dull, as if his mouth was covered by something.

This is indeed the case. The person who spoke was tall, wearing a red hat on his head, red armor on his body, and a red mask on his mouth.

It was this mask that made his voice sound unusually dull.

And this person was none other than the leader of this seven-member team, the elite jonin of the Iwagakure Village, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki known as the 'Steam Ninja' - Han.

After hearing Han's words, one of the team echoed, "It's true that we can't go to the Tiger Mountain Camp.

Not to mention that the place has been occupied by Konoha ninjas. If we go there, it will easily expose our whereabouts and cause unnecessary trouble. The destination alone was guessed by the people in the command center.

If these Konoha ninjas don't go there, then we've wasted our time."

"In that case, let's just go and block them on the road. Their direction of travel has been confirmed anyway, so we can take a shortcut and stop them in advance." said another person.

After hearing this, several people thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement.

"in addition."

However, one person added: "We need to notify the search teams immediately and have them move towards us quickly. We can't stop everyone with just a few of us."

Hearing his words, the Iwagakure who was checking the intelligence nodded and said, "Yamae, you are right, we have to get them here as soon as possible!"

As he spoke, he took out a small piece of paper from his pocket, quickly wrote a long string of numbers on it, then rolled it up and stuffed it into the mailbox on the leg of the messenger eagle.

After that, he touched the feathers on the back of the herald eagle, raised his arm, and said, "Go!"

Upon hearing this, the messenger eagle flapped its wings and soared into the sky like a sharp arrow.

It circled above twice, let out a loud eagle cry, and then flew away into the distance.

Afterwards, several Iwagakure ninjas discussed some details of the action, then adjusted their direction and continued to move forward.

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the other side.

Qingming and Hinata Linghuo separated and walked quickly. After a while, they returned to the main group and met Nara Sishui.

"Qingming, what happened?"

Seeing Qingming rushing back, Nara Sishui asked hurriedly.

"Not yet."

Hearing this, Qingming shook his head and said.

However, after hearing his words, Nara Surabaya not only did not relax, but became even more serious.

"What do you mean by not yet? Have you discovered anything?"

He looked at Qingming and asked.

"Ah."

Qingming nodded, then told him everything about his premonition and the prying eyes he had occasionally noticed in the past two days.

Hearing this, Nara Sishui fell into deep thought. He did not ignore it just because it was Qingming's feeling.

You know, this kind of sixth sense is very mysterious. Sometimes it allows people to skip the process and see the results directly.

Moreover, the more skilled one is, the more accurate this feeling is.

Is Qingming a master?

The answer is yes.

Considering his three-magatama Sharingan, Nara Sishui did not think that this was Qingming's illusion.

If the spying he sensed was real, it meant that their whereabouts were always under the control of an unknown enemy.

If this person was a ninja from another ninja village, then it would be fine, at most it would just increase some risks.

But if it is a ninja from the Iwagakure Village, then it would be a big problem.

You know, in the past two days, they were not surrounded by any large forces.

At first glance, this seems to prove that there is something wrong with Qingming's perception and there is no enemy hidden in the dark at all.

But on the other hand, the reason why the enemy did not surround them accurately and let them break through the layers of blockades was perhaps to paralyze them and then give them a fatal blow. In this case, it means that the enemy can attack them at any time after they are ready.

And two days are enough for the Iwagakure Village to complete its preparations.

In other words, today is most likely the day for the Iwagakure Village to take action.

And this also matched Qingming's premonition.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and in an instant, Nara Sishui thought a lot.

What to say?

As expected of a ninja from the Nara clan, he was able to roughly figure out the whole picture based on just the little information provided by Qingming.

After thinking about this, Nara Surabaya was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately called a meeting with several senior ninjas who had decision-making power.

After everyone arrived, he didn't waste any time and immediately told everyone Qingming's premonition, his perception of the unknown enemy, and his own speculations.

Several jonin frowned when they heard this.

It’s not that they don’t believe Qing Ming. There are so many strange ninjutsu and summoning beasts in the ninja world. It’s not impossible for him to hide nearby without being discovered by them.

The key point is, if Qingming's perception is correct and Nara Sishui's speculation is correct, then it means that their situation is not optimistic and changes must be made.

And this is why they frowned.

Finally, a jonin spoke first: "What should we do now? Stop moving forward and search for the enemy hiding in the dark?"

"No!"

"no!"

Before he could finish his words, he was rejected by two other Konoha jonin.

I only heard one of them say: "After Qingming Jonin discovered the abnormality, he should have checked it out specifically, right?"

"Ah."

Qing Ming nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, after I sensed that someone was spying, I investigated several times, but found nothing."

Hearing this, the man continued, "You are all aware of the abilities of the Qingming Jonin, and with the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, we still haven't found any problems. It would probably be a waste of time for us to continue investigating."

"Perhaps Aoyama Jonin can give it a try."

Suddenly, someone interrupted.

Hearing this, Hinata Aoyama shook his head and denied it, "No, if this enemy really exists and can hide nearby for such a long time without being discovered, then it is very likely that he knows the ability of our clan's Byakugan.

In this way, it may only approach us briefly at a specific time to collect intelligence.

And we can't stay here forever, waiting for each other to arrive, so even I can't find each other."

"Then why don't we change our route and go somewhere else instead of going to Hushan Camp?" someone else suggested.

"No."

One of them shook his head and said, "If we are really being monitored, then it will be the same no matter where we go. As long as the Iwagakure Village is ready, they will attack us. We cannot lose our composure."

"So what should we do next? Continue to Tiger Mountain Camp?"

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Everyone discussed the next course of action.

Finally, everyone unanimously decided to continue to the Tiger Mountain Camp.

However, the speed must be increased, and more people must be sent to explore the surroundings to guard against sudden encirclement by the Rock Ninja.

In addition, they also notified the friendly forces in the Hushan camp and asked them to move closer to this side and strive to complete the reunion earlier.

Of course, they did not give up the search for the enemy in the dark, and Hinata Aoyama was specifically responsible for this area.

He wandered around the team with several Hyuga clan ninjas, occasionally opening his Byakugan to observe and look for possible enemies.

At the same time, as various orders were issued, Qingming could clearly feel that the spirit of the ninjas in the team had changed.

At this moment, they no longer had the slackness they had before, and everyone became extremely vigilant.

This made Qingming very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)