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The next morning, the whole group woke up early, collected sleeping bags and ate nutritional pills, they began to wait for the arrival of Hiko. All this time Kuzu was silent, at times casting an evil glance at his teammates.

A few minutes later, Hiko entered the room and looked at the children who had already gathered and smiled faintly.

- Okay, yesterday I talked to the elder of this village and told him the situation. Next, we will move to the bandits' base for a sweep. Are you ready?

- Yes.

Samato said under the nod of the other two.

- Well, if that's the case, then let's go.

Following Hiko, the group went out into the dim streets of the village. The fog could be seen slowly rising around, under the sound of a faint breeze. Taking a deep breath, Samato activated his chakra and jumped onto the roof following the captain.

Jumping from house to house, sometimes descending to the ground, the group quickly left the village. Reaching the forest and jumping onto the branches of the trees, Samato saw five ninjas from a side branch quickly approaching them. One of them, approaching Hiko, spoke in a calm but loud enough voice.

- Captain, it will take about 3 hours to reach the Sunumi River at our current speed. After that, along it to the clearing indicated by the bandit for about 20 more minutes. There will be several villages and a town along the way, will we stop for a rest?

Satoshi and Kuzu's eyes flashed with a spark of desire. They have never visited the city before and they, like most children, really wanted to see something new. After listening to the subordinate, Hiko squinted at the team following him. Seeing his look, Samato internally frowned, feigning confidence, he said.

- Captain, I think it's better to go straight to the target. Enough of a little rest before the attack.

Hearing the words of his comrade, the two squinted at him. Hiko, who was watching this, smiled strangely.

- Why do you think so Samato?

Ignoring the gaze of the two children directed at him, Samato, feigning determination with hidden reluctance, replied.

- I think that if we go into the city, we will waste time. In addition, our main goal is to complete the mission as efficiently and quickly as possible. If we spend time looking at the city, we discredit ourselves as a ninja.

Hearing the speech of his teammate, uncertainty flashed in the previously twinkling eyes of Satoshi and Kuzu. As for Hiko, he smiled and nodded.

- Well, quite a sound position, it's not for nothing that Ame-san praised you. What about you, do you agree with Samato-kun?

- Yes, I agree.

- Also.

There were two uncertain and saddened responses. Nodding, Hiko turned away and looked ahead.

- Then we'll go straight to the camp. Nazu, Ochimo, go ahead and scout out the exact location of the bandit base. Also collect information about the gang itself.

- Okay, Hiko-san.

- It will be performed by Hiko-san.

Having said that, the two figures increased their speed and quickly disappeared from sight behind the abundance of vegetation. Hiko, who was in front of the group, activated the byakugan, began to look out for possible dangers.

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After a few hours of running, Hiko, who was watching the surroundings, frowned sharply and quickly gave a hand signal to his team, who became serious when they saw him. After that, he signaled to stop and turned to the children, said in a serious tone.

- The three of you are silent and do not interfere, just stand behind, if anything, retreat.

Looking at Hiko uncomprehendingly, Satoshi and Kuzu nodded. Samato, having activated byakugan, began to look around. He understood that his 800-meter viewing radius could not be compared with Hiko's already trained gaze. Therefore, Samato was waiting, carefully watching when someone would enter his review.

After a little more than a minute, an unknown group of ninjas entered the quickly in his field of vision. The first time he looked at them, he immediately realized which clan they belonged to. It took about ten seconds for four people to appear without a sound on a nearby branch, right in front of a seriously looking Hiko.

- And I keep wondering who is trudging like a turtle here, and these are the highly respected representatives of the Hyuga clan. Heh-heh, yes, I'll see some unusual representatives.

With a slightly unhealthy smile on his face, one of the ninja who arrived, standing in front of the others, who was apparently their captain, spoke. Ignoring the words of the interlocutor, Hiko calmly said.

- What attracted such a strong attention of our esteemed partners from the Kaguya clan, in this remote area from your territory?

- Ha, what difference does it make to you? Or do you think we should report to you?! Yeah you're agh…

The voice of one of the ninja Kaguya standing behind sounded sharply. But, right there, before he could finish, he was interrupted by a lightning strike in the side, from the captain who turned around.

The blow was so strong that in Samato's vision, a member of the Kaguya clan folded in half at the point of impact. After that, with incredible speed, breaking branches and some small trees, flew away to the side for tens of meters.

- Did I let you talk, Huh?! You were told to be silent, what the fuck are you gaping?

Watching from the side, Samato was in a joyful mood. He saw Kaguya flying away, flying about 20 meters, crashed into a tree. The place where the blow landed was covered with a bone plate and it could be seen how he slowly regenerated. What pleased Samato the most was the abundance of blood coughing out of his mouth.

Cursing at his subordinate, Captain Kaguya, looking at Hiko with a more normal expression on his face, said.

- We were on a mission to escort a merchant from Zuno. Now we are returning to the clan and since it is closer through your territory, we decided to go here.

After listening, Hiko nodded with a calm expression and said with a faint smile.

- Well, you don't have to tell me exactly what you did, since our clans are working closely together. But please, next time send a falcon to inform about your movement in our territories.

By that time, Kaguya, who had flown away from the blow, came back and stood behind, lowered his head. As for their captain, after carefully examining the group of Hugues, he noticed that the children standing in the center had clean foreheads. Realizing what this meant, an unhealthy smile reappeared on his face.

Standing children, suddenly felt the cold began to penetrate them. It seemed to get darker and quieter around. They could hear the beating of their hearts, every hair on their body felt the cold wind rushing by, bringing illusory screams and the smell of blood that restricted their every movement.

Kuzu and Satoshi trembled with fear. They felt like their lives were hanging by a thread and at any moment, this hair could break. As for Samato, he had been standing with the byakugan activated all this time and was carefully watching a certain area in his vision. In this place, on the surface of the slightly pitted earth, there were small drops of blood that attracted his attention so much.