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Chapter 19: Sudden Battle! (Seeking follow-up recommendation votes and monthly votes)

They were too far away, and Xingxia Xiu couldn't hear what Kong Ren was saying.

But no matter what he said, the fish was already in the net, and he wouldn't be polite.

The shadow clone immediately walked out from the tree and raised one hand.

burst!
Boom!

A corpse suddenly exploded, with flames, smoke and dust billowing.

This explosion was like a signal. Before the Sky Ninja could react, the other corpses exploded one after another.

In an instant, all the air ninjas were enveloped and drowned by the explosion and flames.

The trap set by Hoshita Hide and Sarutobi Atsushi was not triggered, but active.

It's also very simple, just stick the detonating tags under the clothes of each corpse.

So the careful inspection of the Sky Ninja was of no use.

When the explosion ended, the smoke and dust dissipated.

A Sky Ninja walked out from behind the earth wall he had built and looked around in confusion.

He was the only one left standing.

The others were either killed directly in the explosion or lying on the ground seriously injured, including the two team leaders.

Shaking his head, Kongnin staggered and tried to save his captain, but a swarm of black insects suddenly emerged from the ground and enveloped him completely.

After struggling for a few times, he fell to the ground with a bang.

Immediately afterwards, Xing Xiaxiu and his four companions appeared.

"Flying Insect, leave one alive and ask if there are any other air ninjas or ninjas from other forces."

Xing Xiaxiu gave the order.

"understand!"

Aburame nodded, and a swarm of black insects flew out, then split into several groups.

Regardless of whether they were killed by the explosion or not, they were all bitten by the insects. In the end, only the female captain was left.

Aburame Hiichi imitated the method that Hoshita Hide used to interrogate Tsuchiya Naoya, but the female ninja could not bear it after only one ear was eaten and told everything.

Xingxia Xiu was listening from the side, a smile appeared under the mask: "Kumo Ninja...as expected, I guessed right."

"No wonder the air ninja is so crazy, it turns out he has a backer behind him."

"It's a pity, I don't know if I can rely on the mountain."

Xingxia Xiu sneered to himself, then turned and left.

After dealing with the female ninja, Aburame Feiyi followed closely.

A moment later, the four of them reunited with Tsunade and her two companions.

Xingxia Xiu got straight to the point: "All the air ninjas have been dealt with, but there is still one surprise."

"The Sky Ninja is colluding with the Cloud Ninja. There is a Cloud Ninja currently in the Land of Hot Springs. He was about to take action, but was rejected by the Sky Ninja."

Jiraiya's face darkened when he heard this: "Sure enough, there is a stronger force behind this."

Tsunade frowned and asked, "You want to get rid of those Kumo ninjas?"

Xing Xiaxiu said calmly: "Your mission has ended, but our mission has not ended."

"The will of the Root is to protect Konoha in the darkness and eliminate all enemies that threaten the village."

"Whether it's an air ninja or a cloud ninja, if they threaten the village, they must be eliminated!"

These words left Tsunade and the other two stunned.

Then Orochimaru said, "You probably don't know how many Kumo ninjas there are now, right?"

Aburame Fei said, "I only know that there is a contact point between the Cloud Ninja and the Sky Ninja, with a team of people. As for the number of people hiding in secret, I don't know."

Tsunade immediately shouted, "That's too dangerous!"

"If there are other Kumo ninjas hiding in the dark... No, there must be other Kumo ninjas hiding in the dark."

"Then you will be surrounded."

Jiraiya nodded and looked at Xingxia Xiu and said, "We should bring the situation here back to Konoha and take the next step."

Xing Xiaxiu was unmoved and said calmly: "Then you can go back to the village!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

Aburame, Hiichi and the other two immediately followed.

Although they did not agree with Xing Xiaxiu's decision, after these missions, they had become accustomed to not questioning Xing Xiaxiu's decision.

Moreover, they felt that what Xing Xiaxiu said was not wrong.

Watching the four people leave without hesitation, Tsunade and the other two fell silent.

"madman!"

Tsunade suddenly cursed under her breath. Jiraiya smiled bitterly: "They make me feel ashamed."

Orochimaru said calmly, "So you've decided to follow?"

Tsunade and Jiraiya nodded.

Jiraiya said, "Anyway, they helped us just now."

"Now that we're helping them, it can be considered as returning a favor."

Orochimaru didn't bother to talk nonsense and just walked forward.

A moment later, the three of them caught up with Xingxiaxiu and his four companions.

"Hey, do you have a battle plan?"

Tsunade shouted at Hoshita Hide.

Xing Xiaxiu said without turning around: "You can call me 'A'!"

"The battle plan is simple. We will be responsible for attracting the Cloud Ninja."

"Wait until the hidden Cloud Ninja comes out before you take action."

The three of them looked at each other, and then Tsunade nodded: "No problem."

"However, shouldn't we be more cautious and collect more intelligence first?"

Xingxia Xiu said: "The Cloud Ninja there is more familiar with the environment than us."

"We can easily be exposed, so be direct."

"You are the disciples of the Third Hokage. You are stronger than us, so there should be no problem."

Hearing Xingxia Xiu's praise, Jiraiya couldn't help laughing and said, "Hahaha, that makes sense, but your strength is not bad either."

Tsunade couldn't help but secretly call Jiraiya an idiot.

The rest of the journey was speechless.

In the evening, Xingxia Xiu and his group arrived outside a town.

The contact point between the Sky Ninja and the Cloud Ninja is in an inn in this town.

Xingxia Xiu did not enter the town immediately. Instead, he ate a soldier's ration pill first, replenished his water, and rested for a full half hour. Then he used the transformation technique and took Inuzuka Ling and the other two into the town disguised as merchants.

Friends of the Hotel.

Xingxia Xiu looked up at the sign, then walked in first.

The moment he entered the hotel lobby, Xing Xiaxiu's eyes met with a middle-aged man who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper on one side of the lobby.

Their eyes met, and they both reacted almost at the same time.

Together!

Xingxia Xiu turned around and released the transformation technique at the same time, and at the moment of turning around, his right hand fell on the hilt of the knife, while his left hand formed a seal.

The Dance of the Three Suns and Moons!
at the same time.

The middle-aged man holding the newspaper kicked the table in front of him and threw it towards Xingxiaxiu, while whistling sharply.

Upstairs in the hotel, two Cloud Ninjas who were sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed in a room immediately jumped up when they heard a whistle.

In a room opposite the hotel, there were three Cloud Ninjas. Upon hearing the whistle, they immediately broke through the window and rushed out.

At this time, Inuzuka Ryo and the other two were still at the hotel entrance.

The war broke out so suddenly.

In the lobby.

Xingxia Xiu split the table with a knife, and the shadow clones on both sides rushed out.

There was not much room to move in the limited space, and screams were heard as wood chips flew everywhere.

The middle-aged man's left arm was cut off and there was a knife scar on his chest.

Just as Xingxia Xiu's shadow clone was about to finish off the enemy, a large number of shurikens whizzed towards him.

The shadow clones dispersed in response, and Xingxia Xiudao danced into a ball, clanging and knocking all the shurikens away.

Immediately afterwards, two Cloud Ninjas approached with swords in hand.

One of the Cloud Ninjas had electric light wrapped around his blade.

Buzz!
Wind chakra was injected into the blade, and Xingxia Xiu pounced on him, fighting two alone.

Outside the hotel, Sarutobi Atsushi released a flare.

Aburame Toichi and Inuzuka Ryo stopped the three Kumo ninjas.

Outside town.

Tsunade and the other two who had been waiting saw the flare exploding in the air, and they quickly jumped up and rushed into the town.

(End of this chapter)