Chapter 202 Red-Haired Warrior (Subscription Request) (Wuhu!)

"Congratulations, from today on you are a formal ninja."

It was snowing lightly in the cold winter,

and the whistling wind made people feel cold,

but the warmth brought by the family dispelled the coldness like the warm sun.

Under the bright lights,

the dining room of the Hyuga family was filled with the aroma of various delicacies,

and Ryosuke and the others sat down at their respective seats.

Today, the dinner of the Hyuga family was particularly sumptuous because Hinata finally officially graduated from the Ninja School and became a registered ninja.

Yes, she finally completed the "early graduation" two months before the collective assessment of the Ninja School.

"Sister, you have been delaying until now to officially apply, and your class must hate you to death."

After a toast, Hanabi spoke with a smile.

There are two requirements for applying for early graduation from the Ninja School, namely, the first grade in the grade and passing the graduation assessment arranged by the school.

That is, only one person can apply at the same time.

If Hinata did not apply for early graduation, the others in their class would not be eligible to apply for graduation, and they were all stuck on the first requirement and could not take the assessment.

"No, they have no chance of passing even if they apply for graduation without surpassing my strength." Hinata did not care at all, "According to my observation, those who have the opportunity to graduate early in our class have already left."

"And the remaining ones who have not surpassed me are those who do not have the strength to pass the assessment, so they don't even have the opportunity to apply."

"Besides... I don't have time."

Originally, she was reminded by Hinata Hiashi at the beginning of this year to submit an application for graduation.

But because there were too many things to do and there was no time to practice, this matter was temporarily put on hold.

Hearing this, Ryosuke smiled and moved his eyes to say something,

Then Hinata added, "No... maybe there is another person who can successfully complete the graduation examination in both practical and theoretical courses - Aburame Shino from the Aburame clan!"

She seemed to suddenly remember such a person, "But he is a low-key person and has no presence in the class, so he should not be interested in this title."

"If it weren't for the fact that Ryosuke and Naruto had been hiding their strength before, which made me observe the performance of others during the examination more carefully, maybe even if I had the Byakugan, I wouldn't be able to detect that he was hiding something."

"Aburame clan..."

Hinata Hiashi also "It's common for that clan to be low-key. Their secret techniques involve dealing with all kinds of insects. They certainly won't use insects that are lethal to their fellow villagers, so it's normal to hide something."

"Besides, because they have all kinds of insects living on them, few people from other clans are willing to contact them. Over time, their clansmen have become a little taciturn."

"The Aburame clan members of our class also have impressive strength, but their strength didn't show until they reached the battlefield. Before that, our fellow classmates didn't know their true combat power at all."

"Then..."

Hina's eyes lit up.

"That clan's attitude towards Konoha is more hidden than ours. Its members, whether from the Anbu or the former Root, have joined. We want to win them over..."

Weighing the possibilities, Hyuga Hiashi shook his head, "There shouldn't be much chance."

"What a pity..."

Hinata looked a little regretful, but she quickly spoke again, "But I have sorted out a few candidates recently, you see..."

"Hey, can't we not talk about work today!"

Seeing that the topic was about to shift to family affairs again, Hanabi interrupted Hinata's words a little angrily.

"Yes, yes, can't we talk about something relatively daily? When our family meets, it's all about work."

Ryosuke also spoke up to express his dissatisfaction.

Helplessly, Hinata and Hiashi Hyuga looked at each other, smiled and nodded, "Then let's not talk about it, let's have a good meal today and talk about other things."

"Actually... I think I can almost apply for early graduation. Ryosuke and sister graduated early, I can't lose to you."

"But Hanabi, there is a very important question. It seems that you are not the first in your class."

"Damn! It's all the theory class that drags down my grades! I really don't know what's the use of ninjas learning these..."

The cold wind of winter penetrated into the house through the gaps in the house and windows,

but it did not affect the hearts of everyone at the table at all,

On the contrary, they all enjoyed the feeling of the family gathering together to eat and talk about the recent trivialities in the winter.

Warm and beautiful...

Swish- ... "Stop."

Then, a cold female voice sounded in the darkness.

A woman emerged from the shadows between the trees, exposed under the moonlight.

Her figure was completely wrapped in a thin black robe, and her face was covered with a mask to conceal her identity, so her origins could not be seen at all.

As the woman appeared, one after another black shadows followed her movements and also appeared under the moonlight.

Just now, there were six people hiding in the shadows!

Although it was winter,

these six thinly dressed black-clad people stepped on the thick snow, but their bodies did not tremble at all because of the cold. Instead, they kept their backs straight and remained silent.

"Old cat."

The cold-voiced woman at the head of the team turned her attention to a short man in the team, "Your control over chakra has improved a lot, which is worthy of praise, but... we are going to enter the town next, you should change back to cat form, your human form is too conspicuous and will affect the progress of the mission."

"If we can't find the trace of the mission target in this town, we will continue to practice tracking."

"Yes."

A hoarse but decisive voice sounded from the short man in black,

Then, he seemed to disappear suddenly, and the robe he was wearing lost its support and scattered on the ground,

Then, a petite figure jumped out from the pile of clothes, it was a kitten with gray hair.

"Everyone has..."

While helping Lao Mao to tidy up the scattered clothes and seal them, Hyuga Xingcai looked at the others seriously, "Put on casual clothes, and then use makeup to disguise your face. Next, we are going to enter the town."

This team gathered in the snow was the Xingcai Corps that received the task of investigating the whereabouts of suspected alien invaders in the Land of Fire.

Unlike the Iroha Corps, Hyuga Xingcai did not recruit many people for her own corps, but all of them were friends who had crossed paths with her and fought side by side.

Because compared to the crushing of numbers and formations, her formation direction tends to be emotional trust, and she pays more attention to friends who can hold each other's backs and entrust each other with their last wishes in times of crisis,

So before there is a suitable candidate, she will not recruit a large number of members to supplement the number of members in the corps.

Soon,

Except for Lao Mao, the five people changed into the clothes of their respective identities and disguised themselves again.

They greeted each other skillfully and walked on the official road in batches of two or two.

Except for Lao Mao, all the members of this team were elites who had been on the battlefield.

Although the levels of ninjas vary, combat power and experience cannot be measured by levels. In addition to combat power and experience, you also need to have enough reputation and merits to be promoted to the Chunin stage.

With his short legs, Lao Mao jumped up from the thick snow and jumped onto Xingcai's shoulder.

While licking his paws, he whispered, "But... why don't we use transformation techniques? Aren't we ninjas?"

They set foot on the official road after the others left one after another.

As the captain of this team, Xingcai was of course responsible for taking Lao Mao, a rookie with 0 mission experience.

"It's not that all ninja methods are clever."

Hinata Xingcai disguised herself as an ordinary middle-aged woman. Her fair skin and unique appearance were well covered in the disguise. Even her figure was filled and no longer as thin as before.

Hearing the old cat's question, she calmly explained: "The use of transformation will consume chakra all the time. In order to face danger in the best condition, ninjas generally will not easily waste chakra in such places."

After a pause, she continued to add: "Besides, when the transformation is used, there will be traces of chakra flowing in the body. If it is an experienced ninja, it is easy to see through and detect it."

"On the contrary, makeup is to cover up the appearance and body shape through external use. It is a means different from ninjas. There will be no traces of chakra, so sometimes it will be more practical."

"Really..."

The old cat nodded and did not continue to speak.

After walking on the official road, the flow of people around gradually increased as they went deeper and deeper.

Even in this cold winter season, there are still many people who need to rush for life.

There are all kinds of pedestrians in various professions, such as rich businessmen sitting in carriages, tired farmers, and even ninjas passing by at a speed. The old cat is not good at continuing to speak.

In order not to expose their tracks, Hinata Xingcai did not rush to travel, but walked slowly with the old cat, sitting down at a small tea stall on the official road from time to time to rest for a while and observe the various pedestrians around.

Among these people, there might be the person from another world.

This was the third time they were ready to enter the town after leaving Konoha.

The traces of the person from another world were first spread in a dilapidated village on the edge of the Land of Fire.

As for this village, Hinata Xingcai and his team had secretly visited it and learned some things from the villagers.

The content of the matter was very simple. A group of wandering ninjas from the Wind Country were about to rob the passing village, but they were cleaned up by a guy who suddenly appeared.

The method used by this guy who suddenly appeared was not ninja. There was no trace of any ninjutsu from beginning to end. Even when those wandering ninjas died, they were all full of surprise, as if they could not accept their defeat and losing to an "ordinary person".

The red-haired samurai with a broken arm, this is the information about the person from another world that Hinata Xingcai and his team got from the villagers.

But rather than asking, it is better to say that some facts were learned from them through some illusion hypnosis methods.

There were quite a few wandering ninjas who had fled from the Wind Country. If they wanted to completely wipe them out, they would definitely make quite a commotion. Therefore, there were also quite a few witnesses who saw the red-haired samurai killing these wandering ninjas.

And because the red-haired samurai did not tell the witnesses, the matter was naturally brought to the attention of the relevant village chiefs and town chiefs.

After dealing with and understanding the whole story, the news was immediately blocked and kept extremely strictly.

The local village chiefs and town chiefs in charge of the management directly pointed out that the villagers were strictly prohibited from revealing any information about the red-haired samurai to outsiders, even in daily life, and were required not to discuss it, especially for...

Ninja!

From this point, it can be seen that the Fire Country knew about the existence of the red-haired samurai, which is an obvious fact.

And for this news, their unwillingness to synchronize with Konoha is more worth pondering.

Getting closer and closer to Kyoto City...

Hinata Xingcai followed the flow of people thoughtfully and walked towards the town.

Every time they get the latest intelligence, they will send it back to Konoha and pass it to the family through special means.

But the family has not issued a new order, so they can only continue to track the red-haired samurai according to the requirements of the exploration mission.

And this pursuit is the scope of two towns.

But one thing is obvious, the route where the red-haired samurai appeared started from the outer area of ​​the Fire Country and has been moving towards the central area of ​​the Fire Country, so she guessed in her heart that perhaps the final destination of the red-haired samurai... is the daimyo's mansion!

So... is it that this person from another world has kidnapped the noble officials in the country and wants to launch an impact on this world by going deep into the power center,

Or, did the daimyo of the Fire Country recruit this person from another world?

If it is the former, then this person from another world must have bad intentions,

And if it is the latter, then the ideas of the daimyo and the domestic nobles are worth pondering.

While thinking, Hinata Xingcai had unknowingly arrived at a medium-height city gate entrance.

At the entrance, ordinary samurai were responsible for guarding the city.

Every time a pedestrian entered the city, they would check it as usual, but there was no requirement to charge an entry fee.

Above the city gate where people came and went, the three big characters "Saki Castle" were written.

The two characters "Saki" were taken from the history of the Fire Country, an official who was quite famous among the people.

The history of the Fire Country is much older than that of Konoha Village. It can be traced back to the period before the Warring States Period, when ordinary people and samurai could still emit a little residual heat and light on the battlefield.

Except for those small villages, the construction and naming of these cities and towns in the Fire Country are all subject to certain rules.

From the outside to the inside, the closer to the center of the country, the more magnificent the scale of the city and town, the taller the city wall,

And the official corresponding to the name of the city is also more beloved.

The official represented by Saki Castle was once appointed as the Shogun in the history of the Land of Fire, and this also means that the next city beyond here is Kyoto Castle.