LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 132: The nest location
Chapter 132: The Nest Location
"Is this the old lair of this
bandit?" Kiba stood on the steep cliff, looking down at an endless
primeval forest below. Even with his chakra and a strong enough body, the
height of the cliff made him hesitant to jump off.
And under the cliff, at the far
end of this virgin forest, a gray expanse appeared, with the sky covered in
haze, forming a sharp contrast with the clear sky above.
Is that the Land of Rain over there?
Kiba narrowed his eyes slightly.
Calculating the time, the Land of
Rain should be under Pain's rule now. Not necessarily, he reminded
himself, as the original work didn't specify when Pain killed Hanzo and seized
power. Can't
jump to conclusions.
However, compared to this, the
current situation felt too strange.
This is definitely not the lair!
Kiba looked back at the forest
behind them, from where they had come to this cliff.
"This doesn't look like a
bandit's lair," Taketo Kiuchi said hesitantly after looking around.
Fujiki Shigeru remained silent,
but anxiety flickered in his eyes.
Morino Shinsuke also frowned,
feeling a bad premonition.
"This is the place indicated
by the information. The information is very reliable, and it is impossible to
make mistakes. However, here, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like a
secret base!" Morino said.
Kiba frowned, thinking deeply. He
roughly determined that this place couldn't be the bandit's base. It was
located at the junction of the Land of Fire, the Land of Grass, and the Land of
Rain, and belonged to the territory of the Land of Fire.
They've been tricked! The information is wrong; this
is not a bandit den at all!
Kiba began to suspect that this
might not be about the resurrection of some bandit leader but a conspiracy.
Although he hadn't figured out
many places, it was definitely a conspiracy—a conspiracy against the Land of
Fire, against Konoha!
"Captain Morino, I think we
should retreat quickly and return to Konoha. Something is very wrong here! This
is most likely a conspiracy!" Kiba said.
Conspiracy!
Morino Shinsuke was startled, his
heart tightening. "This is the information I got from someone who is
absolutely reliable. He is a well-known intelligence expert in the village, and
he is very reliable. It is impossible to make mistakes!" he said.
Hearing Morino Shinsuke's words,
Kiba frowned even tighter. He believed in the loyalty of the people in Konoha
Village. Since Morino Shinsuke said so, the intelligence might not be wrong.
So, where is the bandit den?
Wrong! How do people in Konoha know where the bandit
den is? If we know that, the Third Hokage should have told us the information.
"Captain Morino, are you sure
that person is who he claims to be?" Kiba asked.
"That person?" Morino
looked at Kiba suspiciously. "What do you mean?"
"That intelligence officer,
is he really that person? If he knew the exact location of the bandit's lair,
why didn't the Third Hokage directly tell us when we set off? Instead, he
handed over the task to us, indicating we need to collect information on the
bandits' lair," Kiba said.
Morino was shocked.
Indeed, if Benye knew the information about this
bandit, he must have let the village know as soon as possible. He has been in
charge of collecting information on the borders of the country. It is
impossible not to know that the Hidden Grass Village entrusted us. This
entrustment should have been taken over by him!
Another thought made Morino
anxious.
If something happens to Benye, our information might
be leaked! Even... the information about the village has been leaked!
"Also, I suspect that this
bandit mission is not related to the previous three waves of bandit missions!
It's a trap!" Kiba said, narrowing his eyes. He suddenly had a clue about
the "please help" question that had puzzled him.
Trap!
Cold sweat covered Morino's
forehead, and the expressions of Kiuchi Taketo and Fujiki Shigeru also changed.
"Mission aborted! Let's go
back!" Morino hurriedly ordered, starting to move forward.
But as they lifted their feet, a
kunai shot out from the forest they had come from, sticking at Morino
Shinsuke's feet, making him stop in his tracks.
"Papa papa!"
A burst of applause came from the
forest. In the shade, a strong man with big arms and a round waist slowly
walked out, wearing a bamboo hat and smiling.
"It's a wonderful
speculation. I didn't expect Konoha to have such a genius." The man walked
into the sunlight, his bronze skin eye-catching. His eyes were on Kiba.
The moment he walked out, the four
entered a state of combat readiness. They didn't need to think twice to know
this man was an enemy.
"Who are you?" Morino
said in a deep voice, convinced this was a trap.
Kiba's brows furrowed.
This body shape, and this bronze-colored skin... no
way...
Suspicious, Kiba was sure this man
was a professional ninja. Judging from his confidence and the aura exuding from
him, this man's strength was definitely not comparable to a rookie ninja.
Elite Chunin? No, Jonin?
Kiba weighed and judged in his
mind.
This man had a resolute, rough yet
heroic face. A scar extending from his right forehead to his left cheek gave
him a ferocious appearance.
As the man turned his eyes to
Morino Shinsuke, a hint of seriousness crossed his features. He recognized that
Morino was no ordinary opponent.
Kiba narrowed his eyes.
Unmistakable, this must be a ninja from Kumogakure!
This physique and skin... they belong to the Yotsuki clan. So, all of this was
orchestrated by Kumogakure!
Kumogakure, what are you planning? This feels bad!
Several ninjas sprang from the
jungle, wearing unmarked forehead protectors, blocking Kiba's way forward.
These ninjas were not the rookies
from before. Their impressive strength was evident to Kiba.
Coupled with this strong man, this
group of people was definitely formidable.
The road ahead was blocked, and
behind them was a towering cliff.
We are surrounded!
Kiba also had an ominous
premonition that this matter was far from simple!