In Konoha, Naruto lies down

After Neji finished his unconstructive opinion, Naruto made a bold suggestion.

"How about we tie up these three and throw them somewhere safe when we get close to the village?"

Ningci: “???”

day by day:"???"

A thought flashed silently through my mind: Is this person a villain?

Chapter 139 There are a lot of traitors in this village

"Isn't this a bad idea?" Tiantian said hesitantly.

"What's wrong with that!" Naruto immediately retorted, "Obviously, completing the mission safely is the most important thing. Even though we are ninjas, we can't let the client do whatever he wants."

"You can earn money again, but you only have one life. It's obviously not worth it to gamble your companions' lives with this kind of brother-loving person of unknown origin!"

Neji was silent, staring out the window for a long moment.

Tiantian also fell silent, counting on his fingers for a long time.

"Tie him up!" Neji said gritting his teeth!

"Yes! He must be tied up!" Tiantian said resolutely, "This time, the opponent might be one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. We can't take any risks."

"I'll tie up Rokusuke. Anyway, I'm not from Team 3. You guys can't bear to do it, but I can." Naruto said with a smile on his face.

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse, and there won't be any complaints."

Almost instinctively, Tenten shuddered, feeling that this mission wouldn't go smoothly. Especially with Naruto joining the team, it seemed even more dangerous.

An hour and a half later.

The entire third team, along with three villagers and a yellow-haired temporary worker, embarked on a journey to the Kingdom of Rivers. The mission came so quickly that there was no time to do anything.

Jiuwei was left at home to look after the house, and there was enough food in the refrigerator, so he didn't worry that Jiuwei would be stupid enough to starve to death. Even if he went out to find food, he would be able to eat his fill.

The Land of Rivers is rainy. Due to the influence of altitude and terrain, heavy rains in the Land of Rivers are mainly concentrated in summer and early autumn, which is different from the situation in the Land of Fire where rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year.

The autumn rain brings a chill. When they crossed the border of the Fire Country, they encountered a rainstorm and were forced to hide in an abandoned cave.

The three villagers who led the way always felt uneasy, but every time they looked up, nothing had happened.

But the closer we get to the Land of Rivers, the more obvious this feeling of unease becomes.

Tiantian was a little nervous. This was the first time in his life that he would take action against a client, although it was for the sake of the mission. If they successfully completed the mission, it would also be a good thing for the three villagers.

but……

In comparison, Naruto was much calmer.

He observed that Liuzhu was too silent along the way, basically not speaking, with a serious face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Generally speaking, those who do bad things are often those who have no abilities but have a lot of ideas.

Five days later.

"We're finally there!" said the bearded villager, pointing to the tall mountain range hidden in the forest. "That! That's the Oxalis Gold Mine!"

The bare mountain rises high into the clouds, like a huge irregular stone monument, but inside it lies a glittering gold mine.

When the three villagers were looking in the same direction at the mine in their hometown, Naruto was so jealous that he gritted his teeth. He suddenly understood why Kurochu Raiga enslaved the village.

"I remember now!" Xiao Li suddenly perked up and pointed in another direction, saying, "That's Granny Sansho's curry shop up ahead!"

Curry, now that I mention it, I feel like Naruto is hungry.

He looked back and saw that everyone except Liu Zhu was looking at Xiao Li. Even the two villagers were no longer afraid of returning home, and their stomachs were rumbling.

The look in his eyes said it all. Now that things have come to this, let’s eat first!

Rokusuke took in the expressions of his two fellow villagers, his face grew even darker, and he walked to the side of the road without saying a word, squatting down to rest.

Naruto's eyes never left Rokusuke. When he heard Lee say that there was a familiar curry shop up ahead, he subconsciously sensed that the opportunity to take action had come.

He turned to look at Tenten and Neji. The three of them exchanged glances tacitly and reached a consensus in an instant.

If this bad guy isn't under control, then what's the point of the mission? He might as well just clean up his neck and get killed. Nipping the threat in the bud is the normal thing to do.

The curry shop at Sansho Granny's is a bit old, a two-story brick building with a simple style. There's no sign hanging outside the door, and an old man is sweeping the doorway with a broom and a basin of water.

"Grandma Sansho!" Xiao Li was unaware of the three people's plan. He ran towards the old woman excitedly, lifted her up and spun her around several times.

"Here! Here! This is the Sansho galangal!" Xiao Li enthusiastically introduced the Sansho galangal to his companions, and strongly recommended the store's signature spicy curry.

"Ningji! Tenten, Naruto! It's delicious!"

"If you don't believe me, try it!"

"The curry made by Grandma Sansho is the best curry in the world!"

The three of them sat in the lobby. Neji couldn't resist Lee's enthusiasm and ordered a signature curry. Tenten was still hesitating when Naruto suddenly raised his hand and spoke.

"A normal curry, please!"

Xiao Li's eyes instantly filled with tears: "Naruto, you don't believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe it, I just don't like strong flavors." Naruto touched his chin and pointed at the three villagers at another table and said, "Give each of them a signature dish. I think they may need it more."

More than ten minutes later, except for Tiantian, Naruto and Rock Lee, everyone else's throats were burning with the spiciness of the food.

Iron Man Xiao Li didn't care at all whether it was spicy or not, and he enjoyed it very much while eating.

Halfway through the meal, Rokusuke suddenly suggested going out for some fresh air.

Rock Lee was still eating his meal, not noticing that Naruto, Tenten, and Neji had all stopped eating at the same time.

Without a moment's hesitation, the three of them worked together flawlessly. Within half a minute, the three villagers were tied up like dumplings and thrown to the ground. Naruto used a rag he had gotten from somewhere to gag Rokusuke.

"Wuwuwu!!!" Rokusuke reacted violently and struggled continuously.

In contrast, his two fellow villagers looked confused and kept asking what had happened.

"It's okay, I just need your cooperation and stay here for a day so as not to interfere with our mission." Neji has completely accepted Naruto's theory and quickly put it into practice.

"We want to complete the mission, and you want to save the village. Our goals are the same." Neji paused and said to the two people whose mouths were not blocked.

"Please be frank and tell us all the details about the village. I will keep this a secret for you after we drive the Hei Chu family out of your village."

The two villagers were tied up like a pretzel, looking at each other with no better choice.

Rokusuke was still whimpering, as if he wanted to say something.

Naruto kicked him rudely and said with disgust.

"What are you whining about, Thomas the Tank Engine?"

"You didn't say a word when I asked you to, and now you want to speak?"

"Naruto, let him talk."

Hearing this, Naruto nodded and reluctantly took the rag out of Rokusuke's mouth.

"Cough cough cough!" Rokusuke coughed violently several times and said, "The thugs of the Hei Chu family are all from the village. They are holding a funeral now. I can hear the death knell!"

Naruto tutted his words, "There are quite a lot of traitors in your village!"

Chapter 140 Quest line lost, new quest line opened

Rokusuke spoke quickly and urgently, as if trying to combine all the information into one sentence.

"What...what's going on?" Xiao Li, who was eating cross-legged, was the most confused, his tongue tied.

He had just been eating and singing when he looked up and saw his three teammates tying up the client. If he hadn't been familiar with their personalities, Xiao Li would have almost thought they were planning to rebel against the village.

"It's okay. The client is not very honest. We tied them up for their safety." Naruto explained briefly and stuffed the rag back into Rokusuke's mouth.

.......

The mountain road of Oxalis Gold Mine is shrouded in clouds and mist.

The four of them tied up the three clients and left them in Granny Sansho's curry shop. After getting enough information from them, the four of them decided to go to the front to see the situation.

"Well... does the funeral mean burying alive those who disobey the Hei Chu family?" Tiantian suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"Yeah." Neji's face also looked a little heavy.

"That's too cruel. Why would they do this?" Tiantian's face looked a little ugly.

"Yeah!" Xiao Li echoed as he hurried on his way, turning his head, "Let's rescue those villagers soon!"

"Just drive away Kurochu Raiga, there's no need to do anything else." Naruto reminded.

Fortunately, although the third team are all honest people and are not good at dealing with troublesome clients, they are not novices and do not take the enemy lightly.

No one said that the villagers were also pitiful. Naruto mentioned it and the three of them agreed.

"This village is different from other places. Living on the gold mine, it is destined to be not peaceful." Naruto explained, "We are just ninjas. In other people's countries, all we can do is complete the mission."

........

A light rain began to fall from the gloomy sky.

Naruto stood on a high place with the exposed cliff wall under his feet. He squinted his eyes and looked at the group of black-robed people carrying a white coffin and walking slowly in the rain in the distance.

Everywhere you look, there is only a gray haze. There are only endless rocks on the mine, and no grass or trees can be seen.

In the distance, there were faint sounds of funeral bells and faint wailing.

"If we go by the information provided by the three clients, the one crying is Kurokuji Raiga." Neji said from the side, "Teacher Gai also said that he met Kurokuji Raiga when he was still a Genin."

"No wonder Black Chu Lei Ya likes to bury people so much, it turns out he's an old madman."

Suddenly, a mechanically synthesized sound echoed in my mind. Unlike the usual dull ding notification sound, this one was a rapid alarm tone.

【Ding!warn!warn! 】

[With Hinata's favor, Kyuubi's approval is 73%. The host releases Kyuubi. If the operation is wrong, the quest line will be disconnected and will be permanently sealed! ]

In the pop-up panel, the green task progress bar at the top suddenly soared from forty-something to seventy-three and then stopped. Then the task progress bar turned into a gray locked state.

Cancel the top position and sink to the bottom.

Naruto stood in the rain, stunned for a moment. It turned out that the previous lag had been foreshadowed. His premature removal of the tail had contradicted the quest line, and now it had directly blocked the quest.

The benefits of removing the tail cannot be measured by profit. Although Naruto himself cannot explain the specific reason, he just instinctively feels that it is better to raise the Nine-Tailed Fox as early as possible.

But now 73% is barely acceptable, not too much of a loss, and he has nothing to regret.

"What's wrong?" Tenten asked after seeing Naruto standing there in a daze for a long time.

"fine."

Then he pointed to the other side which was full of mines and proposed a bold idea.

"Can I make some money?"

"No!" Neji refused without hesitation.

"Naruto, you..." Tenten looked helpless and sighed, not knowing what to say, "Why do you always have such weird thoughts in your head?"

"Make a fortune? What do you mean by making a fortune?" Xiao Li asked.

Naruto pouted and pointed at Neji.

"You, a descendant of the Hyuga clan, are useless in asking for money."

Then he pointed at Tiantian and said, "You, rich Loli, are not short of money at all."

"As for Xiao Li, he doesn't need money."

"I'm different. I have nothing at home and no choice but to succeed."

"Don't talk nonsense. No means no." Neji ignored Naruto and walked to the edge of the cliff, looking at the funeral procession from afar. "We can try to get closer first."

Rock Lee agreed, Tenten had no objection, and Naruto didn't care at all.

If there's no benefit to be gained, then just kill Black Hoe Thunder Fang as soon as possible. Although the mission says to expel him, it actually means seriously injuring or killing him.

But since we are in the Kingdom of Rivers, we still have to keep a low profile on the mission letter to save some face for the Kingdom of Rivers.

Four against one, the advantage is theirs.

The funeral was held on a hillside. A living person was nailed to a coffin. Six men in black robes walked silently in the rain. The road was a bit muddy, so the funeral procession was not moving fast.