NOVEL NEXT Chapter 129: Lighting a fire
Chapter 129: Lighting a Fire?
"It seems that they didn't
catch up. Let's rest for a while," Morino Shinsuke said as he stopped,
standing on a branch. They had been running for about three hours; it was
already dark, and they were on their way back to the village.
As Morino stopped, Kiba and the
others also stopped one after another.
"Fire," Kiba said
suddenly.
"Fire?" Morino Shinsuke,
Kiuchi Taketo, and Fujiki Shigeru blurted out in surprise at the same time,
full of doubts about Kiba's proposal.
Kiba nodded, gasping. After three
hours of rushing, coupled with the consumption of shadow clones and water
dragon bullets, he already felt a little tired.
At the same time, Kiba realized he
had underestimated the Water Dragon Bullet technique. In places with water, the
consumption was still astonishing. Afterwards, he had only about 30% of his
chakra left in the Life Gate mode. With this rush, the Life Gate Chakra didn't
consume much, but the energy consumed by the Life Gate mode increased.
It seems that with the use of Seimon Chakra, the
more energy consumed in Seimon mode.
Kiba knew it.
Now, he had thoroughly figured out
the Life Gate mode. Turning on the Life Gate mode could directly increase the
amount of chakra up to the elite chunin level. After 70% of this chakra was
consumed, the energy consumption of the Life Gate mode would increase. However,
the physical energy consumed in the Life Gate mode was negligible if it was
less than 70%. At least Kiba, who was now adapting to the Life Gate mode,
didn't care about this physical energy consumption. But after 70%, it would
have a considerable impact.
Turning on the Life Gate mode also
increased perception, enhancing hearing and eyesight. This was far from the
sharp and magical perception ability of the Sage Mode and Nine-Tails mode. But
with this enhancement, Kiba discovered the detonating symbol behind the kunai
before Morino Shinsuke. At that time, the haste and swiftness of the kunai made
it difficult to see the detonating talisman.
As for the ambushing people in the
woods, Kiba didn't know. But based on Morino Shinsuke's reaction, he roughly
deduced that there were more than these enemies. Otherwise, Morino Shinsuke
would not have been so cautious. As for where the ambushing people were, Kiba
didn't know. But according to the situation, there were only woods on the
shore.
He had planned to retreat from the
beginning, aligning with Morino's thoughts.
If Morino had been slower, someone
would have been injured, and the injury wouldn't have been light.
At that time, the situation would
have been two-sided. But Kiba knew it would not have been good.
"You kid, you can tell at a
glance you've never performed a mission. With so many enemies ambushing, we
finally escaped. You don't want to rush back to find reinforcements and start a
fire here? Don't you realize you're telling them where we are? Are you looking
for death?" Fujiki Shigeru said angrily.
"Indeed, it's not suitable to
light a fire now. From the explosion and the number of kunai, the number of
enemies is at least fifty. Regardless of the number, the power of their
detonating talismans is strangely large. The Water Wall you just used was
almost broken. You should know the power of this detonating talisman. We can't
deal with it. We must ask for support. I'm not good at ninjutsu and haven't
learned it well. I'm very weak in this situation. The best way now, and to
complete this task, is to ask for support," Morino Shinsuke said, not
directly agreeing with Kiba's suggestion.
Kiuchi Taketo's eyes flashed, as
if he had thought of something.
"Listen to me, there must be
a fire here!" Kiba said firmly, with a gleam in his eyes.
"I should listen to you? You
almost got us killed just now. Do you understand?" Fujiki Shigeru said
angrily.
But there was a trace of
hesitation in Morino Shinsuke's eyes.
"Is it really necessary to
light a fire now?" Kiuchi Taketo spoke.
Morino was taken aback. His
apprentice hated geniuses a lot. No, he was so paranoid that any mention of
geniuses or anything close to a genius would provoke negative emotions. But
this time, his apprentice didn't blindly deny Kiba's idea. Though questioning,
there was a sense of trust in his tone.
This surprised Morino Shinsuke
very much. At the same time, he had such an idea.
Perhaps, the Third Hokage sent Kiba on this mission
to let him come...
Kiba nodded. "It is very
necessary, and it is very likely related to the truth of this mission."
The truth of the mission?
Morino frowned. This task is indeed
strange. The leader who was killed and resurrected, so many ninjas
appearing—this is just a gang of bandits, not a ninja group. If a ninja group
had this scale and quantity, it would be called an army, beyond B-level,
A-level!
Do you want to believe it?
"Return the truth?"
Fujiki Shigeru sneered.
"How sure are you?"
Morino Shinsuke said before Fujiki Shigeru's laughter fell.
"Sure? It's a matter of
luck," Kiba thought for a while and said.
Morino looked at Kiba, his eyes
narrowing slightly.
Fujiki Shigeru looked at Morino
Shinsuke's expression, his face changed drastically. "Hey, captain, you
won't agree to this brat?"
Morino Shinsuke ignored him,
looking at Kiba. "What is your concept of luck?"
"It's not absolute, it's just
luck." Kiba looked at Morino Shinsuke.
If you want to persuade someone,
you must make that person look into your eyes.
In Morino Shinsuke's view, Kiba's
eyes were clear and firm.
He looked at Kiba, and Kiba looked
at him.
Suddenly, Morino smiled.
"Kento, prepare to light a fire. There are some useful mushrooms in this
forest. I'll pick some. Kiba will fetch water. Fujiki, be careful and set up a
pot to cook. Have a good rest."
"Yes!" Kiuchi Taketo
said without hesitation, then jumped off the branch to gather firewood.
"Thank you." Kiba
exhaled.
"Crazy...crazy..."
Fujiki Shigeru took a step back, looking at the three who descended from the
tree.
These three must be idiots, they must be idiots!
Following them will get me killed! But leaving the team without permission is
treason... What should I do? I... I, Fujiki Shigeru, am an elite in the
village. How could I die here!
Fujiki Shigeru was frightened, the
sound of the explosion still echoing in his ears, and the pain in his back
still aching.
Don't let them do this nonsense!
With wide eyes, he jumped down
from the tree, grabbed Morino Shinsuke, who was about to pick mushrooms, and
cursed, "Morino, are you crazy? Lighting a fire will undoubtedly expose
our position. You want to kill me? Are you an idiot!"
As soon as he spoke, Kiuchi
Taketo, who was picking up branches, frowned and touched the ninja sword behind
his back. At this time, he was behind Fujiki Shigeru. If he made a move, Fujiki
Shigeru would either die or be disabled!
But Kiba rushed up and stopped
him. Kiuchi Taketo looked at Kiba in puzzlement, seeing Kiba's serious face
with a bit of surprise.
Then, a cold killing intent
spread, and Kiuchi Taketo shivered unknowingly.
Teacher Shinsuke...
The source of this murderous
intent was Morino Shinsuke!
Morino's face turned cold. Fujiki
Shigeru, feeling the murderous intent, trembled and let go of Morino Shinsuke's
collar, taking a few steps back in fear.
With a cold face, Morino stepped
forward and punched Fujiki Shigeru hard in the face, knocking him down to the
ground.
"My team doesn't need
cowards!" Morino said coldly, full of anger. "Don't insult the
decision made by my partner with the determination to die!"
Fujiki Shigeru curled up on the
ground. The punch was not light, and he covered his cheeks with his hands,
swollen and painful. But under Morino Shinsuke's murderous look, he didn't dare
say more, shrinking his head.
"You're in charge of
vigilance," Morino Shinsuke said, then flashed into the forest to pick
food.
"Light the fire," Kiba
said softly, looking at where Morino Shinsuke left.
These words were obviously
addressed to Kiuchi Taketo.
Taketo Kiuchi nodded, glanced
contemptuously at Shigeru Fujiki shivering on the ground, and snorted coldly,
"Can this guy also become an elite chunin? It's too embarrassing!"
He continued picking up branches.
Kiba glanced at Fujiki Shigeru on
the ground, then turned and went to look for water.
Was it a decision made by partners with the
determination to die?
For B-level missions, the death
rate of ninjas is very high. Every decision made by a mission leader could
cause the death of a partner.
Did Morino Shinsuke make this decision with the
determination to die? And Kiuchi Taketo, does he also have the determination to
die?
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