One month later.
The disappearance of the Third Kazekage was brewing during this period of time.
Although the Land of Wind and the Sunagakure didn't make it clear on the surface, under the attention of the members of other major ninja countries, the movement of the Sunagakure was obviously too abnormal.
So even when ninjas perform tasks, the situation has changed from the past.
Especially when the members of the five major ninja countries entered other countries, they were even more vigilant.
Naruto's Office.
"This is a task personally entrusted by the Daimyo of the Land of Sichuan to transport a load of goods to the Tang no Guk."
Sandaime handed a document to Watergate in front of him and said, "The Daimyo of the Land of Sichuan specifically asked you to perform this task."
Watergate nodded, but when he glanced at the task information in front of him, there was a hint of surprise.
"Why must it be Kakashi and the others?"
Watergate was a little puzzled, because this time it wasn't only him who was named by the Daimyo of the Land of Sichuan, but also three members of the Watergate Squad.
Sandaime chuckled and said, "The Daimyo of the Land of Sichuan trusts you very much, and he heard that you led the Watergate Squad to eliminate the mountain bandits in the Land of Kusanagi a few days ago."
"After all, the kid in your team is also very eye-catching."
Watergate nodded, of course, Sandaime was referring to Kakashi. After all, although it's a peaceful era, Kakashi has been a Chunin for a long time and has performed many high-level tasks.
Of course, the most important thing is that since Watergate's strength has soared, he has performed tasks for the Daimyo of various countries and many rich businessmen, and he has never failed.
"I understand." After roughly understanding the purpose of the task, Watergate said goodbye to Sandaime.
A few hours later, when Kakashi, Bordered Soil, and Rin prepared the materials needed for the task, Watergate briefly explained to Shinna Kushina and directly disappeared from Wood Leaf.
The next moment, the three appeared in the Land of Sichuan.
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In the residence of the Daimyo of the Country of River.
"Hehe, Watergate, I'll have to trouble you again."
The name of Kawanokuno was a middle-aged man who looked a little thin. He spoke very amiably. Because of his close relationship with Watergate, he called the latter's name directly.
"You're too polite, this is my duty as a ninja."
Minato said, and behind him, Obito looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a curious look.
After all, although it was a small country like the Country of River, the person in front of him was still the ruler of the country.
This was the first time he had seen someone of this level.
"Yes."
The Daimyo nodded with satisfaction. Then, his eyes fell on the three people behind Watergate. He chuckled and said, "The three of them are your disciples, right?"
Watergate nodded. Daimyo continued to ask, "Who is Hatake Kakashi?"
The former glanced sideways and gave Kakashi a look. Kakashi stepped forward slightly and replied, "It's me."
The Daimyo narrowed his eyes slightly, then smiled and nodded.
Watergate raised his eyes and looked at the former and said, "If it's convenient, can I ask what kind of goods we need to escort?"
"This … I'm afraid not."
When the Daimyo heard this, there was a trace of panic in his eyes. Although he suppressed it in an instant, it was still noticed by Watergate.
Immediately, Watergate frowned, because even if the Daimyo didn't answer his question, it was just a normal confidential question.
Why was there a trace of uneasiness in his expression?
However, Watergate didn't have the right to ask and continued to perform the task.
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The starting point of the Country of River and the destination of Tang no Guk are both bordered by the Land of Fire, but the route is far away. Even the shortest route will take more than half a month.
A few days later.
"Teacher Watergate, why do we have to bypass the town?" Somewhere in the Land of Fire, Bordered Soil chewed dry bread and complained.
In the past, when performing tasks, Teacher Watergate would take them to take the shortest route, but in a few days, they have bypassed more than a dozen towns, big and small, but they are taking a long detour.
Although they have enough dry food, they can enter the town and improve the food, who would want to eat dry bread?
"This time, the Daimyo of the Land of River values the goods very much. Out of caution, we should try to avoid crowded places."
Watergate said, but his eyes never left the truck not far away.
When Bordered Soil heard this, he just curled his lips.
But on the side, Kakashi noticed the subtle changes on Watergate's cheeks and frowned slightly.
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In the territory of Tang no Guk.
"We will almost reach our destination tomorrow. Tonight, let's stay in the town."
Watergate's sudden change made Bordered Soil overjoyed, and even Lin's face showed a smile.
"Tang no Guk's hot springs are famous. When the mission is over, why don't we go to the hot springs?" Bordered Soil's eyes lit up. Watergate did not refuse and nodded with a smile.
Somewhere in a hotel, a table of exquisite dishes was placed in front of the four of them.
Watergate's expression was indifferent, but Kakashi, Lin, and the other two in front of him had flickering expressions in their eyes.
They exchanged glances with each other, and then at a certain moment, their eyes focused.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Suddenly, the three of them disappeared on the spot, but Watergate just sat cross-legged on the spot.
Bang! Bang!
Not long after, two men in black, who were tied up, were thrown in through the window.
Minato looked back and asked, "You didn't disturb the civilians in the town, did you?"
"Yes."
Kakashi nodded. It was already dark, and they moved very quickly, so no one noticed them.
"With such skills, you dare to plot against us?"
Bordered Soil kicked the man in black in front of him. These two people were almost instantly taken care of by Kakashi.
He didn't even have time to make a move.
"I'm starving." Bordered Soil said, then sat down at the table and was about to pick up the food to eat.
"Wait."
However, Watergate instantly appeared beside him and grabbed his outstretched hand.
Watergate picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of food, pulled off the coarse cloth that stuffed the man in black, and stuffed it into his mouth before he could react.
Almost instantly, the man's face began to turn purple, and his throat seemed to be damaged. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make any sound.
Ten seconds later, all the blood vessels in his body swelled, turned black, and then died.
This startled Bordered Soil.
"These two people are just a cover …"
Watergate said. The two people in front of them were most likely used to lower their vigilance.
As for the poisoned food, it was the killer move that had long been hidden.
Just as Kakashi was about to ask the other person about the situation, his face began to turn purple.
"They knew they would be caught by us, so they ate the poison before?" Kakashi's eyes were shocked. Not long after, the other person died in front of them.
"Looks like we have to hurry through the night, it's not safe here."
Watergate said. Bordered Soil and the other two nodded. After they simply dealt with the bodies of the two people, they pulled the truck and left the town.
However, not long after the four of them left the town and entered a forest, Watergate's eyes suddenly turned cold and looked in a direction.
"Swoosh swoosh!"
In the forest, something seemed to be thrown.
"It's an Explosive Tag!"
Kakashi said after taking a closer look. He didn't panic because this kind of attack doesn't have much effect on them.
Just as he was talking, Minato's ninja weapon was shot out.
"Dang Dang!"
The Kunai tied with the Explosive Tag was hit and then exploded a few meters away from Watergate's group.
The smoke generated by the explosion roared in the direction of Watergate's group.
"Who is it?"
Kakashi, Bordered Soil, and Rin instantly got ready to fight, but Watergate didn't seem to panic as he looked at the figure in the smoke and slowly said.
"Really, long time no see …"
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