Chapter 21 Stone Ninja Village, the tricky part of the mission
"Since you are already here, let's go to the caravan together. After all, the employer needs the goods very urgently this time!"
Outside the tavern, Jun Nakata, dressed in black, said to Shisui. Although he was a little worried about whether the young-looking Shisui could help him complete his plan, he had no better way at this time.
"Ninjas of Konoha, don't let me down."
"Wait a minute, I still have a teammate," Shisui said, stopping Nakata Jun who was about to walk forward, and then he reached out and quietly made a gesture behind his back.
"And teammates." After hearing this, Nakata Jun showed a smile on his face. Just when he was about to say something, Naraku, who had red hair and carried a long knife on his back, appeared in his sight.
"Teammate, kid?" Looking at Naraku's young body, Jun Nakata's mouth twitched slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
"Forget it, it's always good to have one more person. Even a genin has a certain fighting capacity," he thought in his heart.
Then he walked forward, and Naraku and the others followed him.
At this time, Naraku also took the opportunity to carefully look at Jun Nakata in front of him, but he soon discovered something was wrong. Under his perception, there was a strong energy fluctuation in the opponent's body.
"This is a ninja, and a jounin."
The expression hidden under the mask changed slightly, and Naraku turned his head to report the news to Shisui.
"That's not right." Looking at Shisui's calm expression, Naraku instantly figured out something. With Shisui's strength and experience, he could still tell the identity of Nakata Junnin even without using the Sharingan.
Naraku shook his head slightly, and then quietly followed Nakata Jun.
"As expected, I have already seen it. As expected of the Uzumaki clan," Shisui said with an imperceptible smile on his lips.
He had long seen the identity of Jun Nakata, and the reason why he did not remind Naraku was to give him a small test.
Naraku's performance did not disappoint him, and Shisui felt that even he himself might not be able to do this at his age.
"Uzumaki Naraku is truly a genius."
Naraku and the two walked behind Jun Nakata for a while. None of the three of them spoke a word along the way. Soon they came to a remote courtyard. It looked like it was Jun Nakata's own property. There were two guards at the door. Dressed people were there to keep watch.
"You are back, sir."
When the guard saw that it was Nakata Jun who had returned, he immediately saluted respectfully.
Nakata Jun waved his hand slightly, and then walked in with Shisui and the other two, "By the way, tell the others to get ready, we will set off immediately."
"Let's go, has the ninja you invited arrived?" The guard looked confused, and then turned his attention to Shisui and the two.
"Could it be them?" The guard looked at Shisui's young face and Naraku's young body, with a trace of doubt on his face.
"Well, these two are the ninjas sent by Konoha, hurry up and get ready!" Nakata Jun waved his hand and urged.
"Okay, sir." Although they were doubtful, the guards didn't dare to say anything when they heard Nakata Jundu speak, and then they went to inform others.
Naraku and the two followed Nakata Jun and walked into a room in the other courtyard.
"Mr. Nakata, does this mission require you to escort the caravan to the Kingdom of Wind?"
At this moment, Shisui suddenly spoke, staring directly at Nakata Jun with his sharp eyes.
Jun Nakata was stunned when he heard this, then nodded, "Yes."
"Originally, I was going to ask the ninjas from Sunagakure Village to solve this task, but I don't know why, but they didn't take it. That's why I asked you Konoha."
Perhaps out of fear that Shisui might have some misunderstanding, Nakata Jun hurriedly explained.
"Sunagakure," a thought flashed across Naraku's face, "Is this the time?"
Naraku thought of the tailed beast of Sunagakure Village, One-Tailed Shukaku. In his memory, it seemed that the One-Tailed Jinchuuriki Fenfu died during this time period.
Of course, he was just guessing and not sure.
As for Shisui, he seemed to already know something and didn't show any surprise.
Then Shisui spoke to Jun Nakata to confirm some things about the mission.
At this time, Naraku also knew why this mission was rated A-level. The first was that Jun Nakata paid a lot of money, even more than ordinary A-level missions.
The second is that his batch of goods has been targeted.
According to what he said, their caravan makes money by transporting some special ores. Although this kind of ore is not very rare, the profit is still very considerable.
It was precisely because of this profit that their goods were targeted by some small ninja villages.
"Stone Ninja Village, they are the ones who robbed my first few batches of goods," Jun Nakata said with an angry look on his face.
"Stone Ninja Village," Shisui muttered.
He didn't know much about Stone Ninja Village. He only knew that it was a small Ninja Village on the border of the Kingdom of Wind and that there were not many ninjas.
"Ninja-sama, this mission will trouble you two," Nakata Shun said and bowed deeply towards the two of them.
"Mr. Nakata, you don't have to be like this," Shisui said a little surprised, "Since we in Konoha have accepted this mission, we will naturally do our best to complete it. Mr. Nakata, please rest assured."
"Thank you very much, Ninja-sama."
Then Nakata Jun walked out of the room to make preparations before departure.
Shisui and Naraku stayed in the room to rest for a while.
Naraku looked at Nakata Jun's leaving figure. He felt that this mission might not be what the other party said. Although the Stone Ninja Village was not big, it was a ninja village after all.
If it is true that the Stone Ninja Village will rob their goods as he said, then Sunagakure Village will never sit idly by and ignore it. After all, it is near the Kingdom of Wind, and the Stone Ninja Village's actions will also affect them. The reputation of the Kingdom of Wind.
He felt that there must be something else fishy here.
As for Shisui, his face was expressionless at this time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
.....
An hour later, the caravan had been organized, and Toshiya Nakata sent someone to notify the two of them.
"Ninja-sama, we are leaving."
"Okay," Shisui nodded, then stepped out of the room.
Naraku followed him. This mission was a big experience package for him.
The purpose of ninjas doing missions is firstly to obtain money, and secondly to accumulate practical combat experience. Only actual combat is the standard to test one's strength.
Only through actual combat can one's strength improve faster.
"Let's go," Jun Nakata gave the order from the front of the caravan, and a group of about twenty people set off in a mighty manner.
"Stone Ninja Village, haha, it's time to end the grudge between us."