"It seems we misunderstood...", They came to understand the reason why the others entered the Land of Fire.
Fukusuke was a man from the Land of Tea and the Mustard Rogue Group.
Because he wanted to participate in a kind of running competition in the Land of Tea after the semi-finals, and this competition was related to the management rights of the export town in the Land of Tea.
So he came to get familiar with the competition environment in advance.
At the same time, he wanted to hire Rain Shinobi to trip up their competitor, the Wasabi family.
Since the finish line of the competition was very close to the Land of Whirlpools, Rokusho Aoi suggested crossing the Land of Whirlpools and passing through part of the Konoha region to return to the Land of Tea by land.
Of course, Rokusho Aoi had his own intentions.
Just like these bandits, if they encountered some brainless bandits or rogue shinobi, they could shake them down a bit to fatten their wallets.
They just didn't expect to run into Aoba's group, who happened to be heading to the Land of Whirlpools.
A helpless expression appeared on Yuhi Kurenai's face, but she didn't feel much guilt.
After all, Rokusho Aoi was indeed a rogue ninja from Konoha. Even without the charge of espionage, he still deserved punishment.
"Aoba-kun, how should we deal with him now?", Hinata looked at Fukusuke, who was still lying on the ground trembling, and asked Aoba for his opinion.
At the side, Kurenai couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
'Okay then, no acting at all. I directly treat this little guy as the team leader now!'
Aoba also understood the situation by now. This guy was that opponent of Morino Idate from the TV series.
He thought for a moment, glanced at the three unconscious Rain Shinobi around.
Then looked again at Fukusuke.
Although this guy wasn't a good person in the TV series, he was indeed innocent in this situation.
"Let those three Rain Shinobi take him to the Land of Whirlpools and take a boat back. But this rogue ninja, we have to take care of him."
"Big Sis Kurenai, what do you think of this arrangement?"
Upon hearing this, Kurenai revealed a smile. Aoba was asking her opinion, she was very satisfied.
Having such a sensible student in the class made her feel quite gratified.
At least not everyone was a lovestruck idiot, "Okay, let's do as you said."
———
Aoba gave the unfortunate trio of Rain Shinobi some basic treatment, and once they were able to move, he let them head back to the Land of Whirlpools by boat.
As for Rokusho Aoi, naturally he was dealt with directly.
They couldn't possibly drag that guy along the entire way, or go back the way they came, return to Konoha, and then continue the mission.
He wasn't an important character anyway.
However, the Sword of the Thunder God was temporarily kept by Aoba.
He was Tsunade's student, so it was reasonable for him to safeguard the Thunder God Sword.
———
"I'm going with Hinata and Yakumo to bathe over there. You better not peek! Got it?", After sternly warning Aoba, who remained at the tent, Kurenai took Hinata and Yakumo toward a river not far away.
Of course, Kasui came along too.
She was the sensor tool-user.
Although the battle earlier ended quickly, because the scene was too bloody, Hinata and Yakumo both got quite a bit of blood on them.
Leaving it on was very uncomfortable.
Normally, when shinobi were on missions in the wild, they wouldn't be this delicate.
But their situation was different.
With a member of the Uzumaki Clan and a dojutsu user, they could detect anything unusual in time.
There was no need to worry about being ambushed.
If you had the conditions to enjoy comfort and didn't use them, that would be stupid.
As for Kurenai's warning, Aoba simply rolled his eyes.
'If I wanted to look, would I need to peek?'
He stayed where he was and started playing with the Thunder God Sword.
This thing was like a Jedi's lightsaber, pretty interesting.
Then he used this lightsaber to chop down all the weeds around him...
———
[By the River]
"Kasui-san, no one around, right?", Kurenai asked Kasui.
Kasui also smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, no one's around."
"Then let's begin."
After hearing this, Kurenai took off her clothes, unwrapped the bandages around her body, removed her shoes, then took off the mesh armor underneath. After revealing her beautiful curves, she slowly stepped into the flowing river.
"Seems like he's pretty obedient," Kurenai muttered softly.
"Sensei...", Hinata, who had been fidgeting at the riverbank, shyly took off all her clothes, then darted into the water in a flash, leaving only her cute little head showing, "Aoba-kun isn't the type to peek."
"Yeah, Aoba wouldn't peek. But if it was Aoba, even if he wanted to look, it wouldn't be a problem," Yakumo also defended Aoba.
But Kurenai, upon hearing Yakumo's words, couldn't help but knock her on the head, "Girls should be more reserved!"
"But I really did say the wrong thing. I'll apologize to you all now."
Kasui looked at the two little girls with a helpless expression.
Especially Hinata.
She felt that her daughter's rival was quite formidable.
"Hinata, you really are amazing. When I was your age, I definitely wasn't as impressive as you."
Kurenai also noticed Hinata's unusual development.
"Huh?", Hinata looked confused. She didn't understand what her teacher meant.
Kurenai swam over to Hinata. She placed her hands under Hinata's armpits and directly lifted her upper body out of the water.
Her skin was fair like jade, dotted with beautiful cherry-pink hues.
And that youthful budding curve, already enough to outshine her peers.
Although the shape wasn't fully formed yet, it already had perfect arcs.
"KYAH!", Hinata let out a shriek and immediately dove back into the water, this time not even daring to stick out her head.
Yakumo, who had witnessed everything, already felt deeply inferior.
And Aoba, who was slashing weeds beside the tent, heard the scream and simply shook his head helplessly.
He had already seen through everything.
———
[The Next Day]
The group entered a slightly larger city within the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools to rest.
However, not long after entering, they were already being watched by a group of people.
After all, the combination of white eyes and red hair was extremely eye-catching, even in a place like the Land of Whirlpools' ruins.
But there was nothing to worry about, because Aoba was staying right next to them the whole time.
This counted as baited law enforcement...
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