Chapter 301: The Nara Clan Plays Pretty Wild Too
“Stop! Put down my teacher!”
Three Sand Ninja Genin chased for dozens of kilometers until they were gasping for breath.
All three supported themselves with hands on their knees, heads tilted upward.
Genin chasing a Jonin and managing to chase this far already showed that the three had good willpower.
Yoru checked the direction. He had already given the three Genin enough hints. He would continue north with Tada’s corpse, heading toward the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth.
Yoru threw three kunai backward, startling the three Genin into rolling away in panic.
Sweat soaked their clothes and stuck sand to them, making the three extremely disheveled.
Yoru said: “You three have low strength, but your courage is commendable.
I appreciate your courage. As a reward, I’ll give you a chance to live. Roll back to Hidden Sand Village.”
Yoru shouldered Tada’s corpse and body flickered away with Nara Baika.
After the two left, the three Genin finally felt fear and terror.
They were really too stupid to have chased the killer this far.
If the killer wanted to, he could kill them at any time.
After going far away, Yoru unsealed bandages, wrapped the corpse with them, and sprayed medicine to prevent it from rotting.
Nara Baika said: “Let’s go. We’ll take the corpse to the underground exchange in the Land of Earth, hand it over, and collect the reward.”
Arriving at the foot of the Ji Gang Mountain Range, the two saw vast oases.
Nara Baika said: “That’s the mountain range oasis of the Land of Wind. After drawing water from the Land of Rain through caves, large oases appeared here.
I heard Ebizo was nearly furious to death.
Originally, his subordinate discovered the cave first, but after the war failed, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind obtained permission from the Hokage of the Land of Fire, the daimyo of the Land of Rivers, and the daimyo of the Land of Rain through negotiation.
The credit went to the daimyo, not Ebizo.”
This oasis was fan-shaped, extending from the foot of the Ji Gang Mountain Range in all directions, fully dozens of kilometers.
Such a large oasis scale was particularly big in the Land of Wind. Crucially, the area of this oasis was still expanding.
Climbing up the abruptly rising Ji Gang Mountain Range, the temperature dropped sharply, no longer unbearably dry.
After crossing the mountain range, they entered the Land of Rain.
Yoru arrived at Di Gu Town again.
On the dam of Di Gu Town, three teams of samurai were stationed.
From the Land of Rain, Land of Rivers, and Land of Wind, samurai from the three countries protected the stationed officials, ensuring the water distribution was correct.
Yoru said: “Let’s rest one night in Di Gu Town. I’m a bit tired.”
Nara Baika said: “You’re strong, so I’ll listen to you.”
Yoru thought to himself that the clever Nara Baika still admired strength so much.
The two entered an inn in the newly built Di Gu Town.
The inn boss saw a man and woman wearing masks enter, knew they were rogue ninja he couldn’t afford to provoke, and provided the two best rooms.
In the evening, Nara Baika knocked on Yoru’s door.
“I have a plan I want to consult with you, this Anbu Captain.”
Yoru saw water droplets on Nara Baika’s hair and knew she had come after bathing. He thought, this can’t be just a simple consultation, right?
After entering Yoru’s room, Nara Baika sat on the bed and said:
“Barring accidents, each village will list targets from enemy villages at underground exchanges.
Using underground exchanges adds a layer of disguise, making it hard to expose, but the fees are too high—it’s basically giving money to the underground exchange.
Village funds are very tight. How could they keep giving money?
Fox, do you think it’s possible? Suppose Cloud Village puts a bounty on a certain Mist Village Jonin. We Konoha go intercept and kill that Mist Village Jonin, earning Cloud Village’s reward?”
“Absolutely possible!” Yoru said:
“But this requires a strong intelligence foundation.
If Cloud Village spends millions of ryo to bounty a ninja, they’ll dispatch people immediately for assassination just like us.
We must seize the time difference and get the head before the Cloud Ninja.
The current information system isn’t efficient or sensitive enough. It’s far from able to intercept, and it might lead to many wasted trips, squandering resources.”
Nara Baika nodded. She also understood that intelligence was key to the plan.
This would be the scheme she mainly pushed next. If implemented, she would gain huge credit, and the Nara Clan would benefit as well.
“Fox, do you have any suggestions about the information system?”
Yoru shook his head: “My role has always been the executor, carrying out the Hokage’s missions or Lord Kiiroinu’s missions.
Before this mission, I’d never contacted the intelligence system and knew nothing about spies or the information system.
So, ask someone else.”
The Anbu spy system belonged to Gorilla. He needed to observe more of this true confidant of Kiiroinu’s performance and find the right moment to act.
There was a difference between close and distant ones. Yoru wouldn’t hold back with Kiiroinu, at least.
Nara Baika continued: “Then about interceptions? Any suggestions?”
“The most important thing for interception missions is speed. Send fast ninja to quickly reach the destination,” Yoru said:
“If the village is willing to invest, it could form a rapid reaction brigade or squad.
This brigade would consist entirely of speed-type ninja, needing at least 500 kilometers of travel per day to meet the requirements.”
Normal ninja travel speed was 300 to 400 kilometers per day. Ninja needed to conserve energy to deal with possible ambushes at any time.
Nara Baika nodded repeatedly, memorizing all this important intelligence.
“Then Fox, would you be willing to be the captain of the rapid reaction brigade?”
Yoru said: “I’m too versatile. Whether speed, attack power, or defense, I’m all strong.
I don’t care myself. As long as the Hokage or Lord Kiiroinu orders it, I can be Anbu Captain or rapid reaction brigade captain.
You could suggest Kuroari as the squad leader of the rapid reaction squad. He’s from your Nara Clan.”
Nara Baika was a bit unhappy: “In your eyes, am I the kind of person who acts for the clan?”
“Sorry, I judged a gentleman with a petty heart. You know so much intelligence, so you must know there are few good people in Root and Anbu, so I always suspect others maliciously.”
“Anbu’s actions are somewhat predictable, but there really are few good people in Root,” Nara Baika said:
“By the way, after Root suffered heavy losses in the Valley of the End, rebuilding has been very difficult.
Of the 20 trainees for new recruits, 3 have recently died in training.”
Yoru’s eyes darkened.
Danzo personally trained Root new recruits, with extremely cruel training, just to quickly cultivate usable subordinates.
As Yoru was pondering, he felt a shadow in front of him. Nara Baika had come right up to him.
“There are some things I want to talk about with you, Fox…”
As they talked, the distance between them lessened, and clothes came off piece by piece.
Twenty minutes later.
Nara Baika said: “Fox, relax. Let me control you with my shadow…”
“Ah? Why?”
“You’re a busy Anbu Ninja. You must rarely have women, so you don’t understand women at all.”
Yoru thought to himself, was his performance that bad?
He relaxed his body, letting Nara Baika control him.
Over ten seconds later, he suddenly understood.
I get it! So it’s this angle, this frequency.
Wait, isn’t this treating me like a big toy?
The Nara Clan plays pretty wildly!
As expected, smart people are selfish!
