The Shadow of Konoha

The energy called chakra flows in the body. At first, Hanyu needs to perceive it in real time and guide it deliberately to make the chakra go along the predetermined route, but after several hours, it becomes like the blood in the blood vessels, circulating naturally.

But even if he only controlled the chakra in the most basic way, Hanyu could already feel the changes in himself... It was far more than just sharp ears and eyes and strong limbs. The abundant power made every cell in his body active, and even gave him the illusion of entering a new level of life.

There is indeed an indescribable gap between ninjas who can control chakra and ordinary humans. Therefore, Hanyu, who just stepped from one side to the other, could feel such an obvious change.

Rushing all the way from Konoha to the border of the Land of Fire was something that Hanyu would never have been able to do before, but for him now, he could barely achieve the goal - even though after resting on one side at the beginning, the group had to rest once more in the middle, and by the time they were ready to camp at night, he was already exhausted as a dead dog, but in the end he did not fall behind ... although this was because everyone did take care of his movement speed, after all, they were now in the same team.

Even if we don't take Hanyu into consideration, we still have to consider Sansho's attitude and her physical condition.

During the subsequent break, Sansho taught him how to make the twelve basic seals used by ninjas, and he memorized them firmly while moving with the team - fortunately, when faced with such precious knowledge, Hanyu's memory was extremely good.

After night fell, a bonfire was lit in the temporary camp of the ninja team. Although this place is close to the border of the Land of Fire, they are still in the territory of the Land of Fire, so this is the actual control area of Konoha. In the deep night ahead of them, there is a defense line formed by countless Konoha ninjas.

It is because of their existence that war will never happen on this side of the defense line.

Therefore, the bonfire lit at night was not due to the carelessness of Sansho and his group. The dancing flames were a sign of their trust in the Konoha ninjas who fought and shed blood... Taking a step back, even if there were sporadic enemies infiltrating here, we would have to see what kind of ninjas were in this team.

Uchiha Kagami and Mitokado Homura, not to mention that the former has the name of Uchiha, the fact that these two people can become disciples of the Second Hokage shows that they are definitely not ordinary people.

"Let the two of us take turns to keep watch tonight. Lord Sansho is already quite tired. As for the young people... it seems that we can't trust them so much." Mitokado Homura said to Uchiha Kagami. When it comes to combat, they are the only ones in this team who are truly reliable.

"To be precise, one is too young, and the older one is of no use at all." Uchiha Kagami shook his head and said. If it weren't for Sansho's insistence, they would definitely not bring Hanyu with them on this operation, but... it's not that she can't understand her behavior.

Looking at Hanyu lying face down on the ground, motionless, Uchiha Kagami's memory vaguely went back to more than ten years ago, when he first followed the Second Hokage and was about the same age as Hanyu.

Seeing that Kagami was lost in his memories, Homura didn't say much and went to the side to stand guard. Although they were from the same school, they didn't communicate much along the way, or they never communicated much. This was not because the relationship between the two was bad, but the teacher taught the disciple like the teacher. How could the second generation Hokage, who was gloomy and calculating all day, teach a talkative disciple?

All of Senju Tobirama's disciples were serious and unsmiling. In the later stages, except for the Sandaime Hokage who had to maintain a high level of social skills, the rest of them would become expressionless.

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As the night deepened, the bonfire was about to burn out and only scattered sparks remained. At this time, Hanyu finally woke up from his coma. To be more precise, he was awakened by hunger.

Only then did he remember that he had not eaten a single bite from this morning till now.

First he sat up, then Hanyu took out a small bottle from his ninja tool bag, poured out a large booger-sized pill from the bottle, and then stuffed it into his mouth... This is the so-called Food Pill, a super compressed biscuit that ninjas must have at home, traveling, and killing and robbing .

After this thing slid down his esophagus, Hanyu instantly felt a sense of fullness filling his stomach. This made him feel that it was more like a stimulant than marching rations.

Just when he woke up and tried to eat something, Mitokado Homura, who was on night duty, suddenly stood up.

"Master Sansho, there is a situation."

Sansho, who was taking a nap under a big tree, opened her eyes quickly after hearing the report. Seeing that the three ninjas in the team were already on high alert, she asked without further ado, "How many people are there?"

Mitokado Homura looked at Uchiha Kagami, who opened his bloodshot eyes and answered, "Only one team."

"Are your numbers equal to ours?" Sansho's expression was as calm as ever. She first glanced at the night in the distance, then looked at Hanyu who was sitting there with a confused look on his face, and then waved at him.

"Hanyu, to make a long story short, you just heard that someone is approaching our camp, and according to our judgment, the other party is very likely to be an enemy, so you should also prepare for a fight. Listen carefully, I will teach you a ninjutsu next. You are already familiar with the chakra operation method of this jutsu, which is the one I told you before. The remaining method is to guide the chakra energy and gather it into a jutsu. The key point of the jutsu is to mobilize the chakra when starting the hand seal and release the chakra when the hand seal ends. Do you understand?"

"Wait, Lady Sansho, what you teach is advanced escape techniques. It's too early for him. It's impossible..." Uchiha Kagami didn't understand what Sansho wanted to do at first. Until he heard the seal she said, he finally couldn't help but persuade her.

But Sansho raised her hand to stop him. Hanyu was already familiar with the chakra operation of this technique, and now the seal was given to him. The only thing left was whether he could mobilize enough water attribute chakra when performing the technique... So she asked Hanyu again, "Did you hear clearly?"

"I heard the seals clearly and wrote them down, but…" Hanyu did remember the order of the seals, but was this really all there was to explain about the technique?

Moreover, he hasn't even learned the most basic ninjutsu. He understands the change in chakra properties... But from what Kagami just said, Sansho seems to be preparing to let him perform an advanced escape technique... Can a person who has just learned the four arithmetic operations solve advanced mathematics problems?

"It's not as difficult as you think. Have some confidence in yourself. Haven't you defeated a ninja even though you knew nothing?" Sansho encouraged him. She stood up by holding the tree trunk behind her, and then reached out and pushed Hanyu from behind.

After this push, Hanyu was caught off guard and stumbled forward a few steps, then stood at the front of the team... It was as if he was telling the upcoming enemies that he was the C position of this team.