Chapter 43 Sunless Valley
After a night's rest, Aoji's team got up early the next day. After eating the breakfast food prepared by Uzumaki Kushina, as Jiraiya waved goodbye, they headed northwest to the valley where other Ninja Village ninjas were suspected to be hiding. Run.
"We will act according to the plan we arranged yesterday." As the temporary captain of the team, Namikaze Minato said while running.
"clear!"
All three Aangji nodded and agreed to come down.
When they were approaching the entrance of the valley, several people stopped at the same time, and then carefully walked forward step by step.
"We're here, then, Yan, I'll leave it to you. If something unexpected happens, just send the signal. Don't hold on. We will rush over to support you as soon as possible." Namikaze Minato always has a smile on his face, which is rare. He looked at Uchiha En with a serious and cautious expression.
After all, as the temporary captain of the team, in the absence of Jiraiya who leads the team, he is not only responsible for the mission, but also responsible for the life safety of his teammates!
What's more, several members of the team were his most important friends as he grew up, and he didn't want his friends to suffer casualties on their first mission under his leadership.
"Don't worry, Minato, I promise to complete the task perfectly." Uchiha En replied confidently.
Although he was confident, Uchiha En was not a fool. After answering Namikaze Minato's words, he carefully checked the ninja tools he carried with him.
Then he took a deep breath and walked towards the mouth of the valley with determination.
According to Jiraiya's knowledge from the group of thieves yesterday, this valley entrance is called Wuyang Valley!
As the name suggests, it is a valley where sunlight cannot shine.
From the entrance of the valley, you can only see a dark valley road. On both sides of the valley are cliffs 70 to 80 meters high, covered with many herbs, moss, mushrooms and other vegetation that can survive in the dark environment.
The entire valley is in the shape of an hourglass, and the position of the valley mouth is similar to the middle of the hourglass. Aangji and the group of hiding ninjas are on both sides of the hourglass.
The side where Aangji and the others stayed was densely covered with trees, and sunlight could easily filter in through the gaps between the trees.
As for the unknown group of ninjas, they are hiding on the other side where the sun cannot shine.
Seeing that Uchiha En's figure had completely submerged into the valley, Aangji and the other three gathered their thoughts, looked at each other, and started taking action.
Several people quickly posted detonating symbols at the entrance of the valley and then laid various traps.
The first is to prevent the enemy from escaping, and the second is just in case the enemy is too strong. If they are defeated, they can use these traps to gain time to escape.
"Kushina, then I'll leave the rear to you. Likewise, if something unexpected happens, send a signal as soon as possible and we will evacuate as quickly as possible." Namikaze Minato looked at the rear with a look in his eyes. Uzumaki Kushina asked, looking worried.
"Well, you should also be more careful. If nothing can be done, you should put your own life safety as the first priority. After all, don't forget that your most important task is to protect me." At the end, it seemed to be for To relieve this depressing atmosphere, and at the same time to comfort herself, Uzumaki Kushina rarely showed her softer side.
This was actually unbelievable to Uzumaki Kushina, who had always been strong. Even at first, she refused this arrangement of staying behind.
But there has to be one person to do this kind of task, which is even a bit ugly.
If Aoji and the others were wiped out in the valley, Uzumaki Kushina would have to take the news back to Jiraiya as soon as possible.
No matter how noble their status is, in the eyes of Konoha's top management, they are not as good as Uzumaki Kushina, who is the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails!
So in the end, after several people's persuasion, Uzumaki Kushina had to compromise and accept this arrangement.
This also made Cangsi and the others breathe a sigh of relief.
You know, strong people sometimes get into trouble and even ten bulls can't hold them back!
What's more, Uzumaki Kushina's personality is sometimes more boyish than a boy's.
"Ah, let's remember that our team's first mission is to protect you, Kushina, so we will definitely come back safely." Namikaze Minato said after giving Kushina Uzumaki a reassuring smile.
Then, about fifteen minutes after Uchiha En stepped into the valley, Minato and Aoji also headed towards the entrance of the valley, leaving only Uzumaki Kushina who still couldn't hide the worry in her eyes.
"Roll your eyes!"
At the entrance of the valley, Aangji opened his white eyes and looked into the depths of the valley.
"Sure enough, that guy Yan attracted the attention of all the ninjas in the valley, so we can follow them quietly."
In the black and white world observed by Souji Byakugan, the group of ninjas in the valley all looked at Uchiha En, who was still walking in at this moment.
They didn't pay the slightest attention to Aoji and Minato who were quietly following Uchiha En for about two kilometers. It should be said that they didn't see them.
"Looks like the plan was successful!"
After Minato Namikaze heard what Aangji said, he obviously breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, this is the first step of the plan. Being able to implement it smoothly now means that everything is still under control so far.
If the plan fails in the first step, then there is no need to think about other things in the future, you can directly play GG.
Afterwards, Aangji told Namikaze Minato beside him one by one about the enemy's location and approximate strength that Byakugan had observed.
A person's strength can be roughly observed from the amount of chakra of the other person.
For example, a genin and a jounin stand in front of Aoji. Aoji can clearly see through his white eyes that the amount of chakra possessed by a jounin can crush a genin.
This is also one of the reasons why Aangji can see the general strength of that group of ninjas.
Of course, everything is not absolute. The amount of chakra can reflect the strength of most ninjas, but there are some special situations that cannot be measured solely by the amount of chakra.
For some ninjas with special blood inheritance or special secret techniques, even if your chakra amount is much greater than that of the opponent, you may not be a match for the opponent.
A typical example is Hidan, who is only as strong as an elite Jonin, but combined with his immortality and spells, he can kill him even if he is hit by a strong Kage level warrior.
There are also explosive types like Metkai, the strength of the normal elite jounin. After opening the eight gates of armor, he can instantly explode with strength comparable to the six levels. In the original plot, he almost kicked out the finale!
On the contrary, most people of the Otsutsuki clan have powerful chakra, but the strength they display is often not ideal.
At this point in time, Metkai hasn't even been born yet; Hidan's mother shouldn't even be pregnant yet, and Aoji doesn't know if she's married yet; besides, the Otsutsuki clan doesn't even have a shadow now. What's going on here is not something Aangji should be concerned about.
Aangji is now only responsible for informing Minato of all the useful information he has observed, and he does not believe that he can meet this special ninja here!
"There are a total of 31 ninjas in the entire valley, and most of them have chakra levels equivalent to genin levels. Among them, 6 have reached the chunin level, only 1 has reached the jounin level, and the remaining 24 have only genin level chakra. Measure." Minato Namikaze read the information Aoji gave him softly.
"Based on what I observed with Byakugan, Yan's side should not be in danger of life." After observing the situation in the valley, Aangji also put down his worries about Uchiha Yan.
With the Uchiha Enchuunin about to reach the strength of a Jonin, and combined with the Sharingan of the Second Magatama, he has a chance of winning against that Jonin alone.
In this valley where most of the people only have middle genin, there is no need to worry about protecting yourself.
"Then let's wait for the group of ninjas to attack Yan, and let's have a mantis stalk the cicada and the oriole behind them. The enemy's data has been obtained, and now it's time to wait for an opportunity." Namikaze Minato then made a decision arrange.
Aangji also nodded in agreement, this was the safest approach.
Although Aangji was confident, even if he and Minato went out openly now, together with Uchiha En, they could kill these ninjas.
But it can be solved easily, so why bother with it.
What's more, if he rushes directly to do it now, Uchiha En will definitely not be happy.
After all, in his opinion, he could handle such a small scene.
The most important thing is that after planning so much, the result is to just rush forward and act recklessly.
This doesn't serve the purpose of the team, nor does it serve the purpose of the ninjas completing their mission.
Ninjas should complete tasks with the smallest number of representatives and with the highest efficiency!
"I hope that the disguise we arranged for Yan to go into the valley to collect herbs can be more convincing." This is the only thing that Cangji is worried about now.
This suggestion was also put forward by Aangji.
Otherwise, it would be strange if a Konoha ninja walked directly into this Wuyang Valley, which has been deserted all year round, so that the group of ninjas would not be suspicious.
Let Uchiha En wear Konoha's forehead protector, then go in alone carrying a medicine basket, pretending to be a Konoha genin and take on the D-level mission of going out to collect herbs in the village.
Only in this way can the group of ninjas inside believe that Uchiha En is really the only one to perform this mission.
After all, some tasks don't require a team to perform.
That would be a waste of the village's ninja resources, especially for such a low-level task.
On a mission like this, sending two genin would be a waste.
If more than two ninjas are sent, it will definitely make other ninja villages think that Konoha's top brass are out of their minds.
That's not how resources are used. Why not let the extra ninjas repair the house?
Even delivering food is better than sending two ninjas to collect herbs in a place where there is no danger!
Therefore, it is reasonable to arrange for a genin of Konoha to come to such a place that is inaccessible and not dangerous at the same time to carry out a D-level herb-gathering mission!
Therefore, the group of ninjas didn't think much about this "reasonable" scene.
They really didn't consider that there were two ninjas following Uchiha En two thousand meters behind, and there was another ninja ambushing at the mouth of the valley.
Even the average strength of these ninjas is still above Chunin. . . . . .
"Well, Aangji, you have to have more confidence in En, for such a big matter, I believe he will not make such a mistake." Namikaze Minato smiled and comforted Aangji.
Surprisingly, after listening to Namikaze Minato's words, Aangji's originally ups and downs calmed down.
It should be said that he was Minato, he always had a soothing temperament.
At the same time, he made everyone so convinced of him.
After Namikaze Minato said these words, both of them became quiet and quietly waited for the subsequent development.
In this environment, it is better to speak less.
Although the two of them had kept their voices low, they also hid them well.
But no one can guarantee whether an accident will happen.
If discovered, all efforts would be wasted.
Uchiha Yan in front will also fall into a huge crisis at the first opportunity.
The enemy will definitely try to kill Uchiha Yan who has penetrated deep into the valley first, and then deal with the two of them without mercy.
Now, the enemy may think that Uchiha En is already a turtle in the urn.
It’s not like everyone just goes all out when they come up.
So his safety is still very guaranteed.
Time gradually passed as Aangji and Minato waited.
