"This is a photo of Dragon Beard Grass. We need to pick fifty portions in total." Kurenai Yuhi said, then looked at the cliff again.
"Because this cliff area is too large, let's split into two groups and find twenty-five portions each."
Kurenai Yuhi continued, "Because Shin's wall-walking technique is not very skilled yet, I will be in a group with him to prevent any accidents. Hina, Kaoru, you two will be in a group."
"Huh? I don't want to!" Hina turned around and retorted.
"Now is not the time for you to be throwing a tantrum!"
Kurenai Yuhi frowned, her expression instantly becoming serious, "No matter what the mission is, you must take it seriously and honestly obey the orders of your superiors!"
"Okay, okay." Seeing Kurenai-sensei getting angry, Hina lowered her head and said.
Kaoru, who was next to her, pursed his lips, concealing his smile.
"Alright, now let's split up." Kurenai Yuhi instantly showed a smile again.
"Hina, Kaoru, be careful." She waved her hand and said.
"As expected, a woman's face changes faster than flipping a book." Kaoru thought to himself, but on the surface, he nodded.
So, Team 8 split into two groups. Shin and Kurenai Yuhi were responsible for searching the left side of the cliff, and Kaoru and Hina were responsible for the right side.
"Action!" With Kurenai Yuhi's order, four figures immediately rushed onto the cliff.
The search for Dragon Beard Grass began.
"There's one here, there's one there too."
Hina quickly threw herself into the mission and found four or five plants in a short time, but Kaoru was walking slowly.
His gaze was not on the cliff, but paying attention to the surrounding movements.
He had a knot in his heart, and he always felt that there was something wrong with the guy who was staring at them at the village entrance before.
"Hey, little rascal, if you're not looking for Dragon Beard Grass, what are you wandering around there for?" Hina complained when she saw that Kaoru was a bit idle.
Kaoru turned his gaze to her, with a smile on his face, and was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed.
He directly took a step and jumped in front of Hina, hugging Hina's body.
Feeling Kaoru's firm chest, Hina's face completely turned red. Her limbs were numb in an instant, and her brain was blank. She didn't know what to do.
"You little pervert..." Hina murmured.
"Be careful!" Kaoru coldly spat out two words, interrupting Hina's thoughts.
He hugged Hina and just left the spot when several shuriken whistled and nailed into the place where Hina was originally standing.
"Oh dear, I originally wanted to directly kill an unimportant guy, but I didn't expect you little brat to discover it." A gloomy voice came from above Kaoru and Hina.
Kaoru looked up and found a person standing at the top of the mountain wall, standing with his hands behind his back. It was the dark-skinned man who was working in the fields before!
At this time, this man had put on a ninja uniform and was carrying a huge shuriken on his back.
"So that's how it is, you deliberately led us here." Kaoru said faintly, then he took a step forward, protecting Hina in front of him.
"This can't be called deliberate. You wanted Dragon Beard Grass, so I gave you directions. How can it be called deliberate?"
The dark-skinned man smiled sinisterly, and a murderous intent spread from his body.
Kaoru narrowed his eyes, did not answer the man's words, but whispered to Hina next to him: "I'll cover you, you go down immediately, leave the mountain wall."
"But you..." Hina whispered.
"Go now! You'll only be a burden to me here!" Kaoru said mercilessly. Now was not the time to talk about the feelings of comrades.
The man in front of him was probably at least a chunin level. It would be quite troublesome to fight and protect Hina at the same time.
"Okay, okay!" Hina also immediately recognized the situation. She nodded, then began to run down the mountain wall.
"None of you will be able to escape!" The man snorted coldly, then his hands flipped, quickly making hand seals: "Wind Release, Wind Slicing!"
He opened his mouth, and several wind blades swept out, rushing towards Kaoru.
Kaoru's eyes sharpened, and he instantly activated the Sharingan, his body turned into light smoke and disappeared in place.
Those wind blades slammed into the cliff, stirring up several pieces of gravel.
"Disappeared!" The man's heart tightened, then he only felt the whistling wind coming from behind his head.
"Pfft!" Kaoru, holding a kunai, directly inserted it into the back of the man's head.
"Wh-when!?" The man was hit hard and looked surprised, his words were also slurred.
"Hmph." Kaoru didn't answer the man's words at all, but!
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Technique!" He quickly made hand seals, his body turned and spat out a scorching fireball towards the back!
The target of the fireball was the dark-skinned man hiding behind Kaoru, who was preparing to sneak attack!
"Bastard!" The man cursed angrily, took out the huge shuriken like a shield from his back, and blocked Kaoru's Great Fireball Technique.
"Boom!" The man's body that was stabbed by Kaoru with a kunai before turned into a piece of wood.
"This kid... saw through my Body Replacement Technique." Feeling the high temperature coming from the shuriken, the man said viciously.
"You're too weak, I'll just take care of you directly." Kaoru's eyes were indifferent, and he was about to attack.
"Ah!" A scream suddenly came from the mountain wall below, it was Hina's voice!
"Hmm?" Kaoru raised his eyebrows, and immediately ignored the dark-skinned man. His figure turned and rushed towards the bottom of the mountain wall.
"Hey, didn't your teacher teach you not to expose your back to the enemy?" The man snorted coldly, raised the shuriken high, moved his feet, and chased after Kaoru.
"Hahaha!" But just as the man had just taken a few steps, a strange box suddenly appeared on the mountain wall, and a terrifying laughter came from the box.
"This is!" The man's face was full of disbelief.
On the other side, Kurenai Yuhi and Shin, who were carefully looking for Dragon Beard Grass, also heard Hina's scream.
"Crap, could something have happened to Kaoru and the others!" A bad premonition arose in Kurenai Yuhi's heart.
"Quick, Shin, let's go find them!" Kurenai Yuhi frowned and said, then ran to the right along the mountain wall.
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