Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

"Ding Zuo! Hold on!"

Namikaze Minato tried hard to cut the next chakra thread, but Akimichi Choza did not respond to him.

Apart from the painful whimpering that proved he was not dead yet, Minato didn't dare to look back at Akimichi Choza's current condition.

It must have been terrible.

"hold onto!"

click -

Another chakra thread.

Minato was very fast and had cut four chakra threads in just a few breaths, but a puppet had at least eight!

despair.

Minato's complexion was a little depressed, but he still persisted.

He didn't want to give up.

creak-

The kunai slashed towards the next chakra thread, but the sound that came was not the sound of the thread breaking, but the ear-piercing sound of the kunai rubbing against the thread.

what happened! ?

Minato couldn't believe it, could it be... could it be the end?

Da da--

All the chakra threads fell to the ground, and the forest suddenly fell into silence.

The only sound left was Akimichi Choza's heavy breathing.

"Huh... I'm saved..."

Akimichi Choza panted as he climbed up from the ground and struggled to pull out all the steel wires tied around his body.

Because the steel wires were cut into his flesh, pulling them out was like pulling them out of his flesh. Countless marks instantly appeared like an avalanche, turning Akimichi Dingza into a fat, bloody man.

"Ding Zuo, are you okay?"

Minato asked softly as he backed up to Akimichi Choza's side.

"Ah, it's okay, it just hurts a little."

Ding Zuo covered his stomach with his hands in grievance, but there were too many marks from being bruised and he couldn't cover it at all.

Minato nodded, but did not look back. His eyes were fixed on the depths of the dense forest, where chakra had just erupted, and then all the chakra threads connecting the puppets loosened.

Someone has dealt with the Sand Ninja's puppeteer.

Friend or foe?

In the territory of the Land of Fire, it is most likely that they are ninjas from Konoha, but Minato cannot guarantee it, because the Sand Ninjas who were stopped in the Land of Rivers have appeared here.

Tread - Tread -

The footsteps came closer and closer, and as a tall and thin voice appeared in Minato's eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh... I'm really saved this time..."

"Minato, and Choza, long time no see~"

"Shinzo-sensei!?"

I saw Gu Zang with a neat crew cut walking out from the bushes. He inserted the fingers of one hand into the handle of a kunai and spun the bloody kunai, while in the other hand he held two blood-soaked Sand Ninja forehead protectors. He greeted Minato and the others with a smile.

"I guessed it right, the Sand Ninja has indeed run to the back~"

Shinzo walked over to Minato and gently patted his shoulder.

"Well done, Minato. You were very calm at the critical moment. You haven't forgotten what I taught you in the theory class. However, you weren't cautious enough. Be careful next time~"

"Yes! Mr. Shinzo!"

Minato's eyes revealed his unparalleled admiration for Shinzo. He even took into account the small group of Sand Ninja running to the rear. Shinzo-sensei is really strong! Whether it's strength or brainpower!

"Shin... Shinzo-sensei... and Shiwei..."

After Akimichi Dingza finished speaking, he immediately fainted. He was bleeding a lot.

Minato woke up immediately. Oh, right! He forgot about Zhiwei!

"Teacher Shinzo! We have another teammate in the back! Damn it!"

"Don't worry~"

Shinzo smiled and threw the two Sand Ninja forehead protectors aside, then reached out to take over Akimichi Choza who almost fell to the ground, and a green light slowly lit up in his palm.

"Palm Immortal Technique!"

Minato exclaimed, Shinzo-sensei even knew how to use medical ninjutsu!

"You actually know how to use immortal arts."

An equally surprised but calm voice came from behind Minato.

Minato immediately turned his head and saw a tall ANBU ninja.

He wore a strange fox mask on his face, and his white hair was stained with someone's blood.

He was accompanied by Aburame Shiwei, who seemed frightened.

"Dingzuo!"

When Yume Zhiwei saw Ding Zuo fainting, she immediately rushed over and squatted beside Ding Zuo.

"Is Ding Zuo okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I probably ate too much and my body couldn't recover from the sudden exercise, so I fainted~"

Kozang smiled and "explained" to Aburame Shiwei. Then he raised his head and looked at the white-haired ANBU.

"What's so strange about being able to hold the immortal arts? Didn't I tell you that Mr. Gu Zang, the living fossil of Konoha, has taught me about it? I'm naturally familiar with Princess Tsunade~"

......

Time goes back half an hour.

Gu Zang found White Fang.

"White Fang, follow me to the rear to pick up supplies."

White Fang looked at Gu Zang quietly without responding.

He was wondering in his heart, how did this guy know that he was White Fang?

The Anbu on the River Country front have basically started fighting openly and have dispersed among the Konoha Ninja Alliance troops.

However, the ninjas in the coalition only knew that the captain of the Anbu's action team was named White Fang, and they knew nothing else. Not even Uchiha Fugaku or the previous commander, Elder Uchiha, knew that he was White Fang.

However, Xinzang was able to find him accurately and reveal his identity, which made him suspicious.

"Remember Konoha's living fossil, Mr. Kozo?"

When White Fang heard the mention of Gu Zang, his face behind the mask darkened, and the past that he didn't want to mention was recalled again.

"Ah."

"Mr. Kozang once told me about you, Konoha White Fang. You are very handsome and very powerful."

White Fang took a deep breath. Although he knew that what Gu Zang said was probably not true, everyone wanted to hear good words.

"what are you up to?"

"What? Me? I'm going to pick up the supply team. I'll take you with me."

"why me?"

"Because you are handsome and strong."

Taking another deep breath, White Fang felt that this guy named Xinzang gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"The mission of the supply team is to transport supplies. This is their mission, not yours, and certainly not mine. Interfering arbitrarily is breaking the rules."

"Well, I know, but if you don't come with me, the supplies will be stolen, and then the Kawanokuni front will face collapse."

White Fang frowned behind the mask.

Is it so evil?

"Look."

Shinzo walked aside and sat down, not looking anxious at all.

"The Sand Ninjas are now like headless flies, wandering around the borders of the River Country. They can't break through our turtle shells, right?"

The word "Turtle Shell" sounded a bit harsh, but White Fang nodded anyway.

"Thinking of breaking through Konoha's Uchiha defenses at the edge of River Country is a bit unrealistic, but the Sand Ninja can't just leave so many ninjas here and eat military pay for nothing, right?"

"The breakthrough is actually very simple. If I can think of it, the Sand Ninja can definitely think of it too."

"Since they don't have enough food, then they can rob us of our food. Once they take away our supplies, the Uchiha will be at a disadvantage in a short period of time. The plight of the River Country will turn around for the Sand Ninja, right?"

"But the supply lines are in the rear."

White Fang frowned and asked:

"Could the Sand Ninjas be able to bypass our defenses and intercept the supply shipments to the rear?"

Gu Zang spread his hands.

"Why not?"

......