Chapter 174 Assassination (3)

"Hokage-sama..."

When the Xuanjian team saw Minato Namikaze appear, they immediately became alert.

In the end, it was the captain Shiranui Xuanjian who hesitated for a moment, smiled bitterly and decided to confess: "This time we may encounter the most powerful enemy in history. With our current strength... everyone is worried that they will be dragged down."

Bingzu Leitong and Die Iwashi both looked a little gloomy, without any intention of refutation, obviously agreeing with this.

And Uchiha Shisui looked thoughtful.

So it was because of this.

Looking at the solemn and serious expressions on the faces of the Shadow Guards, Minato Namikaze smiled helplessly, and then said very seriously: "Every member of the Shadow Guards has been recognized and selected by me, and they are talented people."

"I am very confident in my vision, and I hope you can have this confidence as well!"

Minato Namikaze's words immediately cheered up Xuanjian and others.

That's right, no matter how strong the enemy is, we must fight with all our strength and never let down the trust of the Hokage...

Bingzu Leitong was the first to regain his confidence, and smiled at Xuanjian and said: "Yes, we are the Hokage Guard!"

"That's right, at least we can't let down the reputation of Golden Flash!" Shiranui Xuanjian flexibly wrapped the Senbon needle between his fingers around his fingers and put it back in his mouth.

Although Die Iwashi didn't say anything, he also clenched his fists faintly.

Uchiha Shisui, who was standing aside, also didn't say anything, but the arc of his mouth and his calm and indifferent demeanor had already shown that this was the momentum that only the elite ninjas among the genius Uchiha, the first clan of Konoha, had...

After seeing this scene, Xiang and Linjiao on the other side suddenly had only admiration in their hearts. It is said that the Fourth Hokage ascended the throne of Hokage entirely by military exploits, but in fact, this reputation and affinity are the key to gaining the support of the villagers.

Seeing the Shadow Guards' morale boosted, Minato Namikaze also felt relieved.

"The prisoner exchange will be in two days, and we will reach the Frost Country in about a day.

As for the specific tactical arrangements, we will make plans after we arrive at the destination..."

Minato Namikaze pondered, and finally looked at the people who were ready to go, and ordered: "Let's go!"

As soon as the voice fell, the seven figures in the forest disappeared in an instant.

...

The first stop for everyone was the Soup Country.

After walking through the dead woods for nearly an hour, they were about to walk out of the forest.

Minato Namikaze, who was at the front, suddenly seemed to notice something and frowned slightly.

"It looks like they are coming for us..."

As soon as he finished speaking, many people behind him also noticed the abnormality nearby.

"Hokage-sama, please hand these small fish over to our Shadow Guards..." While asking respectfully, Genma Shiranui took out a kunai from his ninja tool bag.

"We will catch up with you soon..." Bingzu Leitong also echoed.

Shisui and Die Iwashi, who were in tacit agreement, were of course ready for the battle at this time.

Minato Namikaze did not hesitate and directly agreed.

"Okay, end the battle early, don't drag it on for too long..."

After saying that, he glanced at Xiang and Lin Jiao who were accompanying him, and the two immediately understood.

At this moment, in front of Minato Namikaze, countless air-breaking sounds flew in an instant, and the rain of fire like raindrops came overwhelmingly.

Xiang stepped forward decisively, made a seal and shouted: "Water Style·Water Chaos!"

The powerful water flow gushed out, and the fire style rain that hit the three people was accurately blocked.

A large amount of fog rose up in an instant, but Minato Namikaze and the other two did not slow down and rushed into the fog.

At this moment, dozens of black shadows flew out in an instant near the dead woods on both sides.

Soon, they surrounded the four members of the Shadow Guard who had deliberately slowed down their pace. One of the people in the shadows exclaimed, "Strange, how could it be? It seems that a few people escaped!!"

The other leader said indifferently, "It doesn't matter, as long as they are Konoha's ninjas, it's enough."

The attackers in front of them were dressed in strange clothes. All of them were dressed in black ninja clothes, holding standard long swords, wearing pure white fang ghost masks, and looked murderous.

The Shadow Guards stood on dead branches of different heights, surrounded, without any panic.

Shiranui Genjian asked in a deep voice: "Who are you? Why are you hostile to the ninjas of the Hidden Leaf Village of the Land of Fire?!"

"Hehe, Konoha ninjas?" The leader of the ghost-faced leader smiled contemptuously, without any intention of reporting his identity, but directly waved his hand to signal the attack: "We want to kill the ninjas of Konoha!!"

As soon as the voice fell, the fanged ghost-faced enemies from all directions surrounded them together.

For this situation, everyone had expected it.

It seems that only after the battle is over can the identity information of this group of attackers be obtained.

...

More than ten minutes later, on a deserted plain somewhere, Namikaze Minato and Xiang and the other two were taking a short rest in a pile of rocks.

Suddenly, on a rock not far from Namikaze Minato, the scroll of the painting and writing technique that was spread out and placed lit up slightly, and the next second, four people appeared next to the scroll out of thin air.

Shiranui Genma, Tamaki Raito, and Iwashi were maintaining the formation posture of the Flying Thunder Formation Jutsu, surrounding Uchiha Shisui in the center.

Seeing the appearance of the four people, Namikaze Minato and the other three were not surprised at all.

Because this was the plan in advance. After the Shadow Guards dealt with the attackers, they would catch up with them through the flying thunder array. This is the most time-saving method, and it won’t waste much time on the road at all.

Seeing this, Namikaze Minato just walked forward slowly and put away the scroll of the Flying Thunder God Technique of the Genma Team that was spread out on the rock.

"How? Who are the attackers?"

Before Minato Namikaze could ask, Kirikaku looked at Genma's team and asked.

It can be seen that although the Shadow Guards have gone through a battle, they do not appear to be injured. Instead, their clothes are neat and their breathing is stable. It is obvious that they did not spend too much effort to deal with the attackers...

After retracting the seal of the Flying Thunder Formation Jutsu, Genma Shiranui, as the captain, replied: "The identity of the attacker is clear, he is a member of the Prajna clan of the Forest Country."

"A ninja from the Kingdom of the Forest?" Linjiao's tone was slightly surprised, and then he frowned in confusion: "The Kingdom of the Forest was indeed a hostile force of Konoha in the war a few years ago, and they are still at war with each other until now. "

"But the Kingdom of Forest is so far away from the Kingdom of Fire. Why do their ninjas appear here..."

Xiang Ze, the commander of the ANBU, answered: "Maybe it's just a coincidence.

After all, the situation is so tense now, it is impossible for the Ninja World War to start a full-scale war again..."

Everyone in the Shadow Guard nodded in agreement, but as a senior ANBU member, Linjiao didn't seem to be completely convinced by this explanation.

Namikaze Minato glanced at Xiang thoughtfully, and did not continue to dwell on the attack. Instead, he turned his attention to the Shadow Guards and smiled gently: "Thank you for your hard work. After a short rest, let's continue setting off! "

Unexpectedly, everyone in the Shadow Guards looked at each other and unanimously stated that the team did not need to stop and rest for them.

The similarity is an extremely confident expression: it didn't take much effort to deal with those guys in the Kingdom of Lin.

In this way, everyone headed towards the Country of Tang again...

The journey was uneventful until they were about to arrive at the junction of the Country of Fire and the Country of Tang, but something unexpected happened again.