The group of four was on their way back to the village.
Izumi couldn't help but say, "I can't believe such a clichéd novel plot would actually come true. It seems anything is possible."
"Indeed."
Just as everyone was chatting, Sarutobi Muraki suddenly looked up at the sky.
Izumi also noticed and looked up with him.
A Ninja Eagle flew down, and Sarutobi Muraki immediately raised his arm.
The Ninja Eagle landed on his arm.
Sarutobi Muraki skillfully took the letter from the Ninja Eagle's leg and opened it.
His expression changed, then he wrote something, put the letter back, and with an upward flick of his arm, the Ninja Eagle immediately flew away.
Akido Jiro asked, "Sarutobi-sensei, what happened?"
Sarutobi Muraki said with a solemn expression, "This is an urgent order from Konoha Ninja Village. Some of our Konoha Ninja encountered an unexpected situation during a mission nearby. We are to go and support them. We'll go first, and I'll explain the rest on the way."
"Yes!" Everyone boarded the giant bird drawn by Izumi and flew rapidly.
On the way, Akido Jiro asked, "Sarutobi-sensei, do we have any intel on the enemy? The three of us are Genin. If the enemy is numerous, powerful, or particularly strong, wouldn't our presence be counterproductive?"
Sarutobi Muraki replied without looking back, "Don't worry, I'm here too. I'm the main force, responsible for fighting the enemy. You just need to distract the weaker enemies. Besides, our people are already there, and other reinforcements are also on their way. We just need to help our comrades before the reinforcements arrive."
Yamamoto Kawa asked, "Who is the enemy?"
Sarutobi Muraki said, "The client concealed the information. The enemy also has Ninja, powerful rogue Ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village. They are wanderers, and a few of them have settled in this area, becoming mountain bandits and plundering. Our comrades, who were on a mission there, engaged in battle with them, and we need to go and support them."
"Oh, so that's it. Fighting powerful rogue Ninja from Hidden Cloud Village?" Yamamoto Kawa excitedly clenched his fists.
"It's too early to say," Sarutobi Muraki said with a smile, "Maybe I can handle it alone, and you won't be needed at all."
Yamamoto Kawa laughed, "You're right."
"However..." Sarutobi Muraki's tone suddenly grew serious as he said, "If a battle occurs and we get separated, and the enemy is particularly strong, you must protect yourselves and wait for the reinforcements to arrive."
"Yes!"
Izumi thought to herself, "Kumogakure rogue Ninja? Interesting."
The group observed the area below from the sky. Soon, they finally reached their destination.
In the distance, a Konoha Jonin was fleeing, and behind him were two injured boys, slightly older than Izumi.
Six Ninja were chasing them.
At this moment, the pursued Ninja were becoming increasingly desperate.
"Damn it! Sensei! We're dragging you down!" Genin Yoshidari watched his sensei being surrounded by enemies, and his sensei getting injured while protecting him. He felt extremely guilty. One comrade had already died, and now they were also in this desperate situation. He never expected being a Ninja to be so dangerous, and that even Jonin could be defeated in one move.
"I am your sensei, and my purpose is to protect you," Jonin Sae looked at these Ninja, thinking to himself that this was bad. He had stalled them for too long, but they still caught up. These Ninja were too fast. If it weren't for these students, he could have escaped, but with them, he had to be distracted protecting them.
The enemies were very strong, and they had nowhere left to go.
"This is bad."
One of the enemies sneered and performed hand signs to activate a Ninjutsu: "Fire Release! Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
He took a deep breath and then exhaled a massive flame that rushed towards the four.
Jonin Sae was about to fight back with a ferocious expression, but suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Water Release, Water Wall!"
Sarutobi Muraki appeared before them and exhaled a massive wall of water, blocking their path.
"Boom!"
The flames and water met, instantly producing a large amount of steam.
Everyone's vision was temporarily obscured by the steam, and Sarutobi Muraki had already taken advantage of this moment to bring them onto the flying bird.
Everyone immediately jumped onto the several flying birds drawn by Izumi and flew towards the sky.
"What?" Seeing this, the Kumogakure rogue Ninja below, one of them immediately used the Summoning Technique.
"Summoning Technique!"
Two giant bald eagles appeared before them.
They immediately jumped onto them, and the bald eagles rapidly chased after the flying birds.
"Ah! These birds are so fast!"
The Kumogakure rogue Ninja formed hand signs and used a Ninjutsu: "Wind Release, Wind Cutter Jutsu!"
The giant wind blades shredded the flying birds, and everyone fell to the ground shortly after flying.
"Why are there so many powerful Ninja? Your intel didn't say this," Sarutobi Muraki felt a bad premonition. There were several powerful experts among these enemies.
Sae said apologetically, "I didn't expect so many powerful Ninja to appear again. I'm sorry."
"They even have flying Summoning Beasts," Sarutobi Muraki felt it was tricky.
Sarutobi Muraki and Sae stopped them, while Izumi, Yamamoto Kawa, and Akido Jiro immediately fled with the two Genin.
Sae urged, "I don't have time to send another distress signal. The enemy is very strong! Are they going to be okay?"
Sarutobi Muraki said, "There's no other way. The main force is on its way, and we were just in the vicinity, so we came first."
Kumogakure rogue Ninja Roger. looked at the Konoha Ninja who had arrived, and the leader sighed, "Alas, it seems we'll have to change locations again. This place has been exposed."
The dark-skinned, powerfully built Kumogakure rogue Ninja Ason'i snorted, "It's all because you were too slow. I'll go after them and get the scroll back."
With that, Ason'i took two Chunin and chased in the direction Izumi and the others had fled.
"Hey! Is that okay?!" Sae was very worried about his students and the two Genin, because the opponent was a particularly strong Jonin!
Sarutobi and Sae looked at the charging Ninja. They immediately used Kunai to block their short swords and exclaimed, "Ah! So much strength! They're so powerful! However, I had them set many traps, which should buy us some time, and their strength isn't bad. There's nothing we can do."
Sae said, "I hope so! Watch out behind you!"
Sarutobi Muraki cursed inwardly, "Damn it, whose intel do you think was flawed for this to happen? Really..." If it weren't for the fact that they needed to work together to fight the enemy, Sarutobi Muraki would have already started yelling.
The two of them immediately dodged another person's attack and then continued to fight them.
Izumi and the others saw the Ninja chasing them from behind and exclaimed, "Ah! So fast! Why are these people so fast!"
Upon reaching the prepared location, Izumi immediately stopped, and the others continued forward.
Izumi placed her hand on the ground and shouted, "Fire Release! Exploding Flame Array!"
The three Kumogakure rogue Ninja saw Izumi turn back and realized she had set a trap.
When they saw a large number of Exploding Tags suddenly appear on the ground and rapidly climb onto their feet, they exclaimed, "Not good!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of countless Exploding Tags exploding made Akido Jiro and Yamamoto Kawa turn back, hoping to eliminate them.
However, the smoke gradually dispersed. Two figures slowly appeared. One of them wiped the sweat from his body, clearly terrified, while the other was covered in Chakra infused with lightning.
And one of them lay on the ground, blown apart, with only his upper body remaining.
Everyone exclaimed, "Huh! They're unharmed after such an explosion?"
Izumi looked at the two of them with her Sharingan, thinking to herself, "This is bad. Nin-Taijutsu, high defense, high attack, high movement speed. Thankfully, only one of them can use it. But why would an expert who can use such a technique be a rogue Ninja?"
The Kumogakure Chunin said fearfully, "Phew, that was close, I almost died. Was that the little girl's technique?"
Ason'i looked at the little girl in front of him with a solemn expression. The Exploding Tags just now climbed onto his leg so quickly. A little girl this young shouldn't be able to use Ninjutsu with such speed.
However, when he saw Izumi's Sharingan, he suddenly understood: "So it's a Ninja from the Uchiha Clan. This clan often produces geniuses. To be able to use such a technique at such a young age and possess such strong control over seals is quite impressive."