Two days later, a group of three people finally arrived outside Baiquan Village. The hot springs in the Country of Fire are not as good as those in the Country of Yu. The hot springs in Baiquan Village are not particularly famous in the Country of Fire.

However, Baiquan Village still attracts many people from surrounding villages, who come here to soak in hot springs, and of course, they may also come to experience the customs and industries here.

The three of them stopped five miles outside the village. Tatsuma and Minato were about to discuss a plan of action when they found that Jiraiya had disappeared, and on the road in the distance, a swaggering uncle was walking towards with a lewd smile.

Baiquan Village.

Although this uncle looked nothing like Jiraiya, after two days of getting along, both Tatsuma and Minato were sure that this man was Jiraiya!

After secretly secretly saying that they had met the leader of the team, the two of them had no other choice but to continue discussing countermeasures. In fact, the result of the discussion was also very simple.

First, they would conduct an external investigation, then sneak in to find out, and finally launch an action. However, this is the first mission for the two of them, so it is better to be cautious after all.

After a brief discussion, the two began to check out the situation outside the village. Everything was normal at first, but in the evening, they stopped when they checked a cemetery outside the village.

Because something happened not far away, the two of them quickly concealed their whereabouts and headed over there to observe.

At this time, behind a tombstone, several ronin carrying knives grabbed a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. The boy's hands and feet were bound and his mouth was blocked. He kept sobbing and sobbing, while the ronin around him kept laughing and yelling.

laugh.

"I thought it was some kind of ninja who actually dared to assassinate the boss Zhongsheng. It turned out to be Murata Raku, you little brat. Why, your sister's milk has made you bolder recently? Hahahaha~"

Hearing that these ronin had just mentioned his sister, Murata Raku, who was originally sobbing, became angry and rushed towards this ronin.

"Pfft~"

But what greeted him was a knife piercing his shoulder. Murata fell to the ground instantly, curled up, and twitched.

Not far away, Minato, who saw this scene, immediately took out a kunai from his hand, but was held down by Tatsuma. Minato looked anxiously and puzzled, and Tatsuma gritted his teeth tightly at this time and said

: "It's hopeless, don't do unnecessary things."

"Um?!"

Minato became more puzzled and looked at Murata Raku, only to find that Murata Raku's twitching frequency was getting slower and slower. The ronin around him didn't seem to know it, and kept kicking Murata Raku with his feet, making him turn over.

However, Murata Raku's blood overflowed quickly and soon dyed his shirt red. Minato then understood that Murata Raku's artery had been injured by the knife just now. The two people who had not learned medical ninjutsu could not save them even if they had just taken action.

he.

"Dead? Why did he die like this?"

At this time, Ronin also discovered something was wrong with Murata Raku. One person lowered his head to check Murata Raku's situation. After a while, he said to the Ronin with a trembling voice:

"Brother Xiong Yusuke, this kid is dead."

The ronin known as Yusuke was stunned when he heard this, but soon a more twisted smile appeared on his face, and he said: "If you die, you will die, but as the murderer, we must make some compensation."

"compensate?"

"Yes, he died like this. How can his sister have the money to bury him? We will go to his sister at night and give her a little extra tip so that she can go home happily. Then we find out that our brother is dead. In this way, we

It can be considered a good thing, hahaha~"

Yusuke's smile was particularly eye-catching in the cemetery where night had just fallen. Not far away, Minato's hand was being held by Tatsuma, and he was trying hard to pull it away.

But Tatsuma also exerted more strength, pressing Minato's hand to prevent him from moving rashly. Minato could only watch helplessly as several ronin dragged Murata Raku's body towards the village.

"Tatsuma, why did you stop me?"

After the ronin got farther away, Minato asked Tatsuma seriously. Tatsuma didn't let go of Minato's hand until now and said, "You will kill them."

"I will definitely kill them."

"That's why I can't let you pass. Don't forget, our first priority is to capture the traitorous ninja Zhongsheng, followed by his minions."

Tatsuma looked at Minato with a very ugly expression on his face. Minato was stunned and asked with some confusion and fear: "Why? In order to succeed in the mission, do we have to let these murderers go?"

"No, I want to kill them all the same, but if we do it now, it is possible that the primary target of our mission, Zhong Sheng, who really caused these tragedies, can escape.

He can cause the tragedy in Baiquan Village. If he escapes, he will continue to cause tragedy in another place. Catching him is more important than killing these people now.

If we don’t know about the existence of Zhongsheng, then I absolutely agree with you to draw a sword to help when there is an injustice, even if you want to chop them alive, I agree, but not now, do you understand?"

Tatsuma also tried his best to suppress his anger. Minato was silent for a long time, and then he regained some composure, nodded and said, "I understand, Tatsuma, what should we do next?"

"To figure out their route, we must first find information about the traitorous ninja named Zhongsheng. These people are not even ninjas. Even if they are allowed to escape for three days, they can be captured, but Zhongsheng cannot."

Tatsuma took a deep breath and advised again: "We are ninjas. We are destined to kill, but killing is never our purpose, but a means to get results. We must remember this."

"I see."

Minato nodded, and seeing that he had restrained his emotions, Tatsuma nodded, and then moved quickly, keeping his whereabouts concealed, and followed the previous ronin.

Although it was the first time for the two of them to go out on a mission, as representatives of the geniuses of the ninja school, it was not difficult for them to hide their whereabouts.

Maybe it's not that clever, nor is it possible for Orochimaru to disguise himself as someone else and not be discovered when he gets close to Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, but it's very simple for these ronin.

Under the surveillance of Tatsuma and Minato, Yusuke and others first sent Murata Raku to a somewhat dilapidated house, which should be Murata Raku's home.

At home, there was also a suicide note left by Murata Raku himself. However, when Yusuke and others arrived, the suicide note had not been opened, and Yusuke and others also discovered this suicide note.

Several people opened the suicide note, gathered together, and whispered to each other. Everyone tried to piece together the words they knew, and finally read it through. Then they threw the suicide note away with a wild smile.

Then several people muttered and didn't know what they said, and came to another room, which was obviously a room where women lived. They found a lot of obscene clothes and pants, and put them on Murata Raku.

After doing this, they even took a bath at Murata Raku's house to wash away the blood and stains, and left happily.

Tatsuma and Minato were monitoring the whole process, and Tatsuma noticed that the anger on Minato's face gradually drained away, not that he was no longer angry, but that it turned into a merciless calmness during the hunt.

"Tatsuma, I will leave all command matters to you. I am afraid that I will make the wrong judgment."

"You won't do it while I'm watching."
Chapter completed!