Shadow Stream of Leaf

"Minato, shall we continue to move forward?"

A four-person ninja team belonging to Konoha stopped at the edge of a dense forest.

Going forward, the vegetation covering the ground will change from lush forests with height differences to low grasslands. The concealment effect will be greatly reduced when moving, and it will be easier to leave traces of activities.

The ninja's scouting activities will be greatly limited.

Namikaze Minato smiled, but did not answer his teammates' questions directly. He pointed to the front and asked, "Do you know where this front is?"

The three teammates looked at each other in blank dismay, and then someone was going to take out the map on their body to check the specific name of this place.

But Minato interrupted his movement, and he continued to explain, "Every time of this season, in the early morning, the ground of this place will be covered with frost like snow... so there is a customary name here, called Frost Original."

"..."

This is the country of Taki, and further ahead is the country of earth.

After a little silence, someone said, "Then let's go, let's move on."

Since Minato said so, how could this group of Konoha ninjas stop in this place.

So, this very young ninja team moved directly towards the Land of Earth, and even after only one day, they found the camp temporarily set up by Yan Yin on the border of the Land of Earth.

Bold, careful, decisive and cunning, since coming to the battlefield, Minato Namikaze began to degenerate rapidly, and immediately showed the qualities that a "practical ninja" should have... This is at least in the insect world. called complete metamorphosis.

Minato's mission is to investigate. Naturally, he would not take his teammates to attack Yan Yin's camp, and his brain can't be so brain-twitching... Not long ago, someone personally demonstrated the consequences of rushing to the camp alone. The opposite teaching material is used.

Minato used a telescope to observe Yan Yin's camp from a distance, then he took out a map, a ruler and a pencil, silently calculated the proportions in his mind, and accurately drew the location of the camp on the map.

"Combined with the surrounding terrain, if the Yanyin ninjas gathered here want to invade the Kingdom of Fire, they are most likely to intersperse through the Kingdom of Grass..."

Minato's finger flicked a line across the map, which was his guess about Iwagakure's marching route.

At present, Yanyin has not launched a large-scale offensive against Konoha, and the war is only at the stage of probing confrontation. However, with so many Yanyin ninjas concentrated in this position, the country of fire is like a lake hanging above the head. Konoha's war front will be overwhelmed.

For a reconnaissance team, discovering the location of this camp should have been the limit. However, in such an extremely dangerous place, Minato Namikaze did not evacuate immediately.

"The next step is to find out how many Iwakaku ninjas are concentrated here."

What Minato means is that everyone is coming, at least it is necessary to find out the number of Iwain's troops, but... how to do this? It is impossible to verify the number of personnel just by inferring from the size of the camp.

Although the Rock Hidden Camp is still in the construction stage and the various arrangements have not been completed, there are no supercilious eyes in this team.

So what is Watergate to do?

As expected of a generation of wizards, Namikaze Minato's investigative method is very simple... count with your eyes.

It's very simple, but it's also very difficult, because Iwakakushi's personnel are constantly flowing, and the flow of ninjas is extremely fast, so Minato's plan is particularly eye-catching.

But they took action anyway.

For three days in a row, the team nestled almost motionless on a high slope, and after repeated counting three times, they estimated the approximate number of Yanyin ninjas in the camp.

"It should be between 5800 and 6400, and the most important thing is that the number of ninjas in the Rock Hidden camp is still increasing in the past three days. In terms of trends, in the end... at least half of the entire Rock Hidden ninjas will be concentrated here."

In fact, it can only be said that the number of enemies is between 5,000 and 7,000. It is impossible to get an accurate number with this kind of long-distance counting.

The amount of this made Namikaze Minato's mood suddenly heavy.

Konoha's ninjas had to be scattered on three battlefields, but the enemy had already condensed a "heavy hammer".

"Retreat."

The enemy's preparations and determination for war were beyond everyone's expectations, but at this time they had no choice but to retreat with a heavy heart... Bringing such reconnaissance information back to the camp is the most important thing.

It stands to reason that the most dangerous time is lying outside the Yanyin camp, but during that time the team was safe and sound. On the contrary, shortly after they started to return to the operation, they were targeted instead.

"Minato, in the direction of 48 from the left rear, there is a group of enemies following up."

Reminded by his companion with the strongest detection ability, Minato turned his head, and after careful observation, he found a group of Iwagakure ninjas silently following them.

Minato frowned involuntarily.

"It's too passive and dangerous to go on like this, and we can't let them follow us."

After saying this, Namikaze Minato paused, and then turned around and rushed towards the enemies when his teammates were unprepared.

The two teammates were stunned. They didn't understand the operation of the water gate for a while... Why did the water gate, which has always been calm, suddenly go up like this?

Another older teammate tried to stop Watergate in the first place, but...

"Minato, slow down!

Minato, don't be impulsive!

Watergate... Fuck. "

Sorry, didn't stop at all.

This operation has a somewhat familiar taste.

The few people had no choice but to chase towards the water gate, ready to provide support at any time... only limited to remote support with (no) limit (what) speed (useful), because not only can they not stop the water gate, they can't even chase The speed of the upper water gate.

Of course, the Iwagakure ninjas at the back discovered Konoha Ninja's counterattack immediately, and they were ready to fight in an instant. When the two sides got close enough, the Iwagakure ninja saw the only young man who charged the fastest. The enemy launched an attack immediately.

The Yanyin ninjas instantly became extremely vigilant.

Then, Minato sprinkled a lot of Kunai towards them.

Forehead……

That's it?

With the crisp blocking sound and some dull impact sounds, those kunai were either knocked to the ground, or pierced into the surrounding tree trunks.

Minato had a dagger in his left hand and Kunai in his right, with his arms hanging by his sides, and the next moment, his speed of charging suddenly accelerated.

clang!

The ninja Iwagakure in the front clamped the dagger that Minato had slashed with one arm. He felt that the young ninja was very powerful... The kunai used by Minato were all specially made heavy kunai, and his wrist strength must not be considered weak.

But the next moment, the young figure in front of Iwagakure Ninja disappeared so abruptly.

Then, the two Yanyin ninjas in the back died suddenly without knowing what happened.

Then, the remaining two Iwagakure ninjas turned around, but Minato was still behind them.

Finally, the last Iwagakure ninja turned around, but he still couldn't find Konoha ninja, so he never found it.

That's right, this is the ninja legend... shadow step?

It seems wrong, the ninja world does not respect this technique.

"Instant... Body... Technique..."

"Yes, but not quite right."

Minato used a rather special "snapshot" - some people didn't learn the "snapshot".

"Watergate……"

When the teammates rushed to the scene, the battle was over, and this... probably was another miracle of nature.

"Well, it's over, we're going to speed up the evacuation."

Although his teammates were surprised by Minato's performance, Minato himself felt that the battle just now was too muddy, and his ability was not fully displayed... Minato Namikaze should complete the quadruple kill in an instant, this is the correct rhythm.

So, although it doesn't sound like human words, Minato's evaluation of his performance just now...was too procrastinating.

And when he turned over his forearm, he could find a long but not too deep cut on it. This was the injury caused to him by one of the first two enemies in haste.

This injury was of course insignificant, but it shouldn't have happened to Minato - the current him couldn't fly fast enough, nor was his body sharp enough.

But for a young ninja who has just arrived on the battlefield, is this even harsh?

How embarrassing, it took five seconds to kill four people?

No one is embarrassed to say this, except... that one.

Next, the Konoha team accelerated the evacuation speed.

But not to mention how Minato's performance should be evaluated, his thinking has to be considered "in the same line"... These enemies are really dangerous, but they are not dangerous if they are killed.

Look, generations of Konoha ninjas have been so reasonable.

As the saying goes...

There are hills and valleys in the heart, and high mountains can be expected. The golden flash is emerging.