Naruto: Ming Dynasty people roaming the ninja world

Mo Congfeng knew in his heart that it was his own escape that led to this result, but he did not think that the failure of such a mission would be a big deal. At most, it would cause Hatake Sakumo to lose the qualification to be a candidate for Hokage.

In Mo Congfeng's opinion, Hatake Sakumo has no chance of becoming the Fourth Hokage, so it would be safer for him to step down after such an incident.

Hatake Sakumo can focus his energy on the training of Kakashi. Kakashi is a ninja with all five chakra attributes. He is the hope of the Hatake family. He may be able to become the disciple of the Fourth Hokage. He has already entered the Hokage lineage. He is the most likely person in the Hatake family to become the Hokage.

"What exactly happened?" Mo Congfeng asked Kinoshita Ichiro.

Kinoshita sighed, “Two days after you sent Taiga away, Captain Hatake Sakumo and his group returned to Konoha, and the heir to the Daimyo of Wave Country whom they were escorting was killed.

It is said that Captain Hatake Sakumo was caught in a dilemma. His team member Inuzuka Shigeo and the heir to the Daimyo of Wave Country were both in danger. He abandoned the heir to the Daimyo and chose to save Inuzuka Shigeo's life. "

Mo Congfeng nodded. This was indeed something that Captain Hatake Sakumo could do. In his eyes, teammates were more important than anything else.

Among the four members of the original Hatake team, Inuzuka Shigeo was the only survivor besides Hatake Sakumo himself. They had been together for such a long time that their relationship was very deep. Moreover, there were two dead teammates between them. Mo Congfeng could understand the decision of Captain Hatake Sakumo very well.

Inuzuka Shigeo is as important to Hatake Sakumo as Lin Hai and Li Ying are to Mo Congfeng. This is also the fundamental reason why Mo Congfeng deliberately avoids the conflict between Hatake Sakumo and Li Ying.

Mo Congfeng chatted absentmindedly with Kinoshita Ichiro for a while until it got dark. After settling the remaining four children, he went to Hatake Sakumo's home, hoping to comfort Captain Hatake Sakumo.

Mo Congfeng arrived near Hatake Sakumo's courtyard at night. Before he entered, Mo Congfeng sensed the situation inside. The children and women had fallen asleep, leaving Hatake Sakumo alone in the yard practicing sword silently.

Mo Congfeng did not choose to enter through the main gate, but jumped lightly and stood on the wall.

The night was quiet, and the moonlight illuminated the yard brightly. Hatake Sakumo stopped practicing sword and looked in the direction where Mo Congfeng was standing.

"You came!"

Mo Congfeng landed gently, "Captain Qi Mu, I heard that your mission failed, so I came to talk to you."

Hatake Sakumo hummed, took out a towel to wipe the sweat off his face and put on his coat. "The failure of the mission is entirely my fault as the captain. I have submitted a report to the Third Hokage, asking him to cancel my candidacy for Hokage."

Mo Congfeng nodded, "Can you tell me what happened?"

Hatake Sakumo sat down in the courtyard and said, “The person we are escorting is not an ordinary merchant, but the heir of the Daimyo of Wave Country.

We had just left Konoha to the west, so we were still within the range of Konoha's power, and basically no one would choose to attack us there.

But an accident happened. A large number of traps were activated and we were divided into two in a short period of time. A team of guarding ninjas and the target they were guarding were separated at the back, and my team with Shigeo Inuzuka was separated at the front.

At this time, I met again the warrior from more than ten years ago, Mu Ziying who was used to wielding the icy sword. He seemed to recognize me and had no intention of killing us. He just tried to entangle me and create opportunities for other assassins to kill the guarding target.

Mu Ziying's skills are extremely agile, much more agile than the ones you used to climb over the wall. I activated the Lightning Chakra mode, trying to get rid of him and get closer to the target of our escort in this mission.

I finally forced him back and came to the target I was protecting. Mu Ziying suddenly attacked Shigeo ruthlessly, as if he wanted to kill him. Inuzuka Shigeo soon collapsed and was about to fall into danger.

I helped the team of ninjas that were with the target to deal with the enemies around them, and then hurried back to rescue Maofu. When I was halfway there, a clone of Mu Ziying appeared and attacked our target.

I had to make a decision in a short period of time, whether to save Shigeo Inuzuka or our target. I created a clone to protect the target, while the original body went to rescue Shigeo Inuzuka.

As a result, I successfully rescued Maofu, but the one on Maofu's side was Mu Ziying's clone. I easily defeated him, but the clone I was guarding on the target's side was defeated by Mu Ziying's real body, and the target was killed.

Then Mu Ziying led the assassins to quickly leave the battle and even calmly took away the assassin's body."

Mo Congfeng felt relieved when he heard this. Li Ying was not injured, so this was already the best outcome.

Hatake Sakumo laughed at himself when he said this, "It's funny to say that the entire battle took only a dozen minutes from the beginning to the end, and none of our ninjas died, only two of them were slightly injured, while the other side paid the price of three assassins' lives, and we completed the mission and retreated calmly.

We had only been away from Konoha for about a day when our escort mission failed.

The assassins on the opposing side were not that strong, and they did not unleash any high-powered ninjutsu, but they performed so skillfully that there was almost no fighting, as if they had rehearsed it countless times.

Now that I think about it, the other team won too easily, and I really failed to live up to the trust of the village."

Mo Congfeng nodded, "They are too well prepared. There may be intelligence leakage. How long have you received the mission? How did they get so much time to prepare?"

Hatake Sakumo smiled bitterly, "Yes, they are well prepared. They are so close to Konoha and cannot be discovered by Konoha ninjas. With their limited manpower, it would take them more than five or six days to prepare those traps.

More importantly, Maofu and his ninja dog found nothing. They had dispersed the scent a few days in advance, dug a deep pit underground far away from the place we had to pass, and had been hiding there for a long time.

The opponent's thinking is too meticulous, and the plans and methods used are too simple."

For the first time, Mo Congfeng realized that Li Ying had not been in the ninja world for nothing all these years, and he also realized how terrifying Li Ying was. He could only comfort Hatake Sakumo, "It's just a simple mission failure, it's no big deal!

It's good to take this opportunity to give up the qualification of being a candidate for Hokage. I think the third Hokage's real favorite candidate is Jiraiya-senpai."

Hatake Sakumo nodded heavily, "But what makes me most sad is that Inuzuka Shigeo can't understand me. He still uses the same rhetoric, saying that the mission is more important than anything else. He said that he would rather die than let me give up protecting the target to save his life."