Konoha Thief

Chapter 112 Provocation

Chapter 112 Provocation

Land country, the capital city.

On the spacious main road, amidst the solemn guard of honor, a luxurious carriage covered with red silk eaves and tassels slowly drove out and headed for the gate of the capital.

"Let's go." Aoki Gennosuke shouted to his subordinates when he looked away, Tsukihiro Yukihiro had already left.

Following that, several swift figures jumped up and down the top of the tower, and then quickly rose and fell, chasing after the luxurious carriage.

After the solemn and solemn ceremony, the guard of honor retreated, leaving only dozens of warriors serving as bodyguards, and the drivers who drove several carriages carrying boxes, and embarked on the journey to a foreign country.

The capital is getting far away, leaving only a faint outline.

In the flat and vast land of fields, this is already quite a long distance.

The luxurious carriage in the middle of the team was moving slowly, and the red silk curtain on the right was lifted up. The girl Sakura looked sideways at the capital along the gap, and there was a touch of emotion on her cool and pretty face, but she just pondered for a moment. .

Then, she shifted her gaze slightly, and after a pause, her brows could not help but frown.

I saw those ninjas sitting on the carriage carrying boxes at the moment, chatting with the coachman from time to time, as if they were traveling, and their expressions seemed quite leisurely.

As if feeling the attention, the young man with the knife on his back raised his head and nodded with a smile after seeing it clearly, and then continued to make gestures.

"Is it swordsmanship?" Sakura waited for another moment, slightly surprised.

"What?" The other girl in the carriage had a soft and graceful demeanor, and when she heard this, her innocent eyes sparkled with curiosity.

"It's okay." Sakura shook his head slightly, turned to look at the girl, and warned: "Those ninjas don't seem to be trustworthy. If something happens in the future, you must hide here, and the warriors will protect you."

"Well, I know." The soft and beautiful girl nodded, her tone full of trust.

Then the carriage returned to silence.

The princess's meals were obviously more accurate than the ninja's, so when Gennosuke Aoki and Kosuke Maruhoshi explored the road ahead and turned back to meet, the smoke was already rising.

"Thank you, Aoki, and Uncle Kosuke." Tsukihiro Yukihiro said, handing over two barbecue brats. The roasted rabbits, whose skin was slightly scorched and dripping with golden fat, were exuding a tangy and tempting fragrance. , this is also my exclusive secret recipe!"

"Okay." Gennosuke Aoki took it casually, and gave it to Kosuke Maruyoshi, and after taking a bite, it was immediately delicious.

"It tastes great!" he praised with a thumbs up.

"How's the situation?" Yueguang Xingbo smiled with satisfaction, and asked casually.

The others were eating in silence, and seeing this, he felt quite satisfied.

"The next section up to the country of soup is fine, and there is no way to be sure after that." Gennosuke Aoki ate the rabbit meat, but his words were still articulate.

"The country of Tang is the most critical stage of this escort mission." Tsukihiro Yukihiro nodded.

"Since you may be attacked when you pass through the country of Tang, why don't you take a detour?" Xia Shu asked suspiciously.

"There are clear requirements in the task details." Tsukihiro shrugged, and said again: "What's dirty here has nothing to do with us. As a ninja, we only need to complete the task."

"Yes." Xia Shu said no more.

What he has seen and heard in this world for several years has gradually cooled his enthusiasm for the original book. Even though the ninja has indeed become a profession that is active under the sun here, what the ninja does is still full of darkness. It will be regarded as a tool-like existence.

After lunch, the team had no intention of starting immediately, and seemed to plan to rest for a while.

The chatter and laughter of the warriors was quite subdued. After all, the princess was in the carriage, but just chatting seemed a bit boring, and the gathered warriors quickly dispersed.

"Wait!" One of the handsome warriors with bright eyes called out to stop the others, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he raised his hand to direct the other warriors' gazes to that side.

Be the ninja who helps escort the princess!

"Shikishima, what do you want to do?" The solid-looking middle-aged samurai pressed the arm of the young samurai called Shikishima and said with a deep drink.

"Don't worry, Musashi, I have a sense of proportion, and I will definitely show mercy." Shikishima smiled contemptuously, pushed Musashi's arm away, and walked over with the sword in his hand amidst the booing of other samurai.

"Hey! That ninja!" came a shout, with an obvious provocative tone in his tone.

With the reconnaissance of the road ahead, the team did not have to disperse until they left the Tanokuni area, so the eight of them were quietly waiting for the departure.

"Here comes the troublemaker." Hearing this, Keita Hyuga twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, but he didn't turn his head back.

There are flaws in Separation and White Eyes, but the wide field of vision is still not comparable to others.

"Who's going to send him away?" Saito Kyoko propped her chin on her elbows, glanced at the samurai boredly, then turned her head and continued to stare at the luxurious carriage.

"Oh! I really want to see that kind of grace again~" She murmured softly, holding her heart in her hands, tilting her head, squinting her eyes and pouting, her face full of yearning and blurred expressions.

The corner of Xia Shu's mouth twitched, but he probably guessed that Kyoko Saito, who came from a secret art family, was not interested in bullying ordinary people, and using the water escape was too much.

He has no interest either. If he has that spare time, he might as well refine chakra to fill the gap in the "deep pit".

"I can only come." Kurama Xi sighed helplessly, got up and walked up, and walked back soon.

But this time and again, it seemed like an understatement, but the result was that the arrogant warrior gradually showed a dissolute and frivolous smile, and then he undressed and danced in public... After all, he didn't dance, and the other The mature warrior reacted in time and knocked him unconscious.

"Master Ninja! Please forgive Shikijima's rudeness! I would like to be punished on my behalf!" Musashi said in a loud voice, before he finished speaking, he bowed his head with an apologetic and sincere gesture.

"It's okay." Yueguang Xingbo didn't care about it, raised his hand and gestured a finger of "please get up", and then smiled.

After this incident, the samurai did not dare to yell and provoke again. Even though they were in awe of Kurama's strange illusions to confuse people's minds, they didn't necessarily feel that ninjas were worth fearing.

Unlike civilians who fear ninjas like ghosts and gods, samurai with certain powers are infected by princes and nobles and regard ninjas as tools.

Therefore, when seeing this emotion in the eyes of the samurai, Xia Shu only felt that it should be taken for granted.

The team went on.

Starting from the capital, it took only half a day to travel eastward with ninja footsteps, but this team traveled for a full three days.

At noon on the fourth day.

The desolate and bleak autumn wind swept across, and the fallen leaves in the lonely forest in front of them returned to their roots, looking bare, a little extraordinarily quiet.

This is the dividing line between Tian Country and Tang Country.

(End of this chapter)