Chapter 42 Good Evening
Aburame Ryoma looked around, his thin cheeks couldn’t help but twitch slightly, his throat rolled, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

The current situation is already very bad!

There were twelve of them in total this time.

One person went out today and has not returned since. It is very likely that he has met with an accident.

Four people were injured not long ago because they stepped on an explosive trap in the forest and were trapped in a forest fire. I’m afraid they are all dead now.

There were two other people who got separated from them during the previous breakout and their whereabouts were unknown. Aburame Ryoma did not dare to have any hope of their survival.

Finally, just a few seconds ago, Luo, who was also a Jonin, was killed by the Rain Ninja boy on the opposite side with a single sword strike right under his nose!

At this point, only four people are left in the twelve-person Root Expedition Team.

Everyone was injured, their faces were blackened, and their breathing was particularly heavy.

Before setting off, Aburame Ryoma would never have thought that even though he was leading the team himself, they would suffer such heavy losses in a small country like the Land of Rain!

Even though he thought he had taken him seriously enough before, he now realized that he still underestimated the young Rain Ninja boy in the intelligence!
Lord Danzo, you should be glad that he is not a real member of the Shimura clan. This kid is more cruel and capable than you.

But no matter how regretful he is, Aburame Ryoma must shoulder the responsibility of a commander.

“I’ll hold them back, and you guys find a chance to break out and get down the mountain! Someone must get out alive and deliver the information here back to the village and give it to Lord Danzo!”

Aburame Ryoma originally intended to sacrifice himself alone, but he never expected that as soon as he finished speaking, the witch next to him tore off his mask and threw it away, then quickly formed a seal.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

By abandoning the mask and actively breaking the rules of the roots, Wu responded with practical actions: he didn’t want to go back either.

Although the Root Ninjas were blindly loyal, they never lacked the courage to sacrifice. Their only mistake was following a leader who was ambitious but incompetent and was always calculating.

But this is not an option available to ordinary root members.

For a moment, Aburame Ryoma’s eyes under his sunglasses became slightly moist.

He could only turn around and yell at the code-named Jounin, “Go!”

Po did not dare to hesitate, pulled the last Chunin aside, turned around and left!

At the same time, Wu Kuangye and Yayu fought again, and Aburame Ryoma also looked at Shiba Kiyokawa.

“Wind Escape·Vacuum Jade!”

He knew that he had to stop this mysterious Rain Ninja boy now.

Because the opponent not only has strength and brains, but also has extremely effective treatment methods!

Shiba Qinghe jumped up, dodged the wind-style bullet, formed seals with both hands, and at the same time returned a ninjutsu to the opponent.

“Wind Escape·The air currents are dancing!”

Originally, this move only stirred up a whirlwind and did not have any significant killing power.

But now there were burning dead branches everywhere around, and Shiba Kiyokawa chose this trick to make the most of the environment. In an instant, the whirlwind swept up countless burning grass and wood ashes, covering Aburame Ryoma.

“Damn it!”

Aburame Ryoma cursed inwardly and was forced to give up attacking and choose defense.

“Tudun·Tulao Tangwu!”

An earthen prison shaped like an inverted sea bowl rose from the ground, enveloping Aburame Ryoma, while also isolating the fire tornado raging around him.

After forcing the opponent to use defensive ninjutsu, Shiba Qinghe was not proud, but alerted instantly. Dorodo blocked his sight, and he almost immediately predicted that the opponent would take the opportunity to cause trouble!
He immediately formed hand seals and performed the teleportation technique, and came to Hydrangea, who had the worst self-protection ability in the team, hugged her and jumped up quickly.

The next moment, Aburame Ryoma really crawled out of the soil, performed the “Earth Escape: Heart Beheading Technique” and teleported to the feet of Hydrangea. His arms stretched upwards were surrounded by dense black flying insects.

If it weren’t for Shiba Kiyokawa’s quick reaction and accurate prediction, and if he hadn’t come to the rescue in time, Hydrangea would have been eaten by insects by now without any preparation.

The hydrangeas in the sky are still lingering.

She didn’t expect that these elite jonin from the big ninja villages could launch such a fierce counterattack under such extremely unfavorable circumstances.

Fortunately, with Shiba Qinghe here, we can fight these people on equal terms and even force them into a desperate situation!

But before she could feel the emotion brewing in her heart for a few more seconds, the next moment, Shiba Qinghe hurriedly said, “Be careful!”

Then he threw her out of his arms.

He threw it too quickly and the hydrangea fell on its butt, with his pants getting burned by the flames on the ground.

This wave of operations deeply reflects what it means that women can only affect the speed at which I draw my sword.

Helplessly, Hydrangea could only pout, make a fierce and cute face at Shiba Qinghe, then stood up and quickly backed away.

Seeing that his sneak attack failed and his target had already left, Aburame Ryoma had no choice but to retreat and continue to deal with Shiba Kiyokawa.

Shiba Qinghe was not in a hurry. He made full use of the surrounding environment and fought with ease.

The two sides fought fiercely for several rounds, and suddenly, Shiba Kiyokawa gave Aburame Ryoma a gentle smile without any warning.

“Did you think your companions had managed to escape?”

This one sentence immediately disturbed the calm heart of Aburame Ryoma again, causing the heart, which had stopped twitching because of its fearlessness of death, to start beating violently again!
He found out? He knew all along that we were stalling? He did it on purpose?!

……

At the same time, at the foot of the mountain, a Root ninja codenamed Po and another Chunin, despite severe burns on their bodies, rolled and ran down the mountain and finally escaped from the sea of ​​fire.

Po did not dare to rest for a moment. He immediately took out the scroll he carried with him and hurriedly recorded his experiences and the information he obtained during this trip.

He then used ninjutsu to copy the scroll into three copies, one for himself, one for his companion, and the last one for a big yellow dog he summoned.

What he summoned was not a ninja dog, but it was also a big dog that understood human nature very well.

After feeding two ration pills, Po placed the scroll in the small bag on the big dog’s waist and pointed in the direction of the border.

“Run in that direction! Go back to Konoha and give the things to Lord Danzo!”

Seeing the psychic dog run away, Po breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the ground and said to his companions.

“Alternate alert, let’s take a break first.”

The Root Chunin next to him was injured more seriously than him. He felt relieved when he heard this and fell to the ground.

Even though they were in tattered clothes and were still smoking, they couldn’t help but feel relieved at this moment, thinking that they had finally escaped death.

But he never expected that the next second, Po’s face changed!
Because he felt that his spirit beast had died, just now, without any warning!

He turned his head and looked towards the border.

Then, under the moonlight, a cute little kitten with pure white fur appeared slowly and gracefully from the end of a branch. A kunai was wrapped around its tail, and its claws, tail, and kunai were all stained with fresh blood.

Ninja Cat Xiaoyu turned her back to the moonlight and greeted them both playfully: “Good evening, meow~”

(End of this chapter)