A team of Shinobi was moving quickly along a path in the wilderness of the Land of Rain.
This was a normal Shinobi team, consisting of one Jonin and three Genin.
After half a year to a year of training and accumulating mission experience, they could now begin to accept high-difficulty missions of B-rank or higher.
Although the difficulty of this mission was marked as A-rank, it was truly not a suitable mission for a team like this.
However, the Team Leader Jonin was not after the large bounty, but rather the reward for the Flower Prostitutes.
One was eighteen thousand, ten were one hundred eighty thousand, and one hundred were one million eight hundred thousand.
As long as they caught around ten, it would be equivalent to the minimum reward for an A-rank mission.
Moreover, the mission held no danger.
It was merely about capturing the runaway Flower Prostitutes.
Although they might encounter Shinobi combat, the dangerous Shinobi marked in the mission were not in a good position right now.
As far as he knew, many powerful Jonin in the Village had already set their sights on the bounty for these guys.
As he thought, the Shinobi who was sprinting asked, "Let me test you all."
"What are you going to test, Teacher?" asked a young boy with a baby face wearing an Iwagakure forehead protector.
"The mission is to capture the runaway Flower Prostitutes," the short and stout Iwagakure Jonin asked, "So, do you know where to capture them?"
"What, that's it?" The beautiful and youthful Iwagakure girl laughed, "With the pace of those ordinary people, they can't have gone far. Intelligence indicates that from the incident to the mission's release, only three days have passed, so they must still be within the River Country."
"Good intelligence analysis," the Iwagakure Jonin praised the girl, saying, "There are thousands of them in total. If we catch around a hundred, this trip will be a huge profit."
"It's roughly equivalent to the income of an S-rank mission. If word gets out, Shinobi your age will have completed an S-rank mission."
"An S-rank mission? Won't it be very dangerous?" a honest and simple young Shinobi asked.
"They're just ordinary people, what danger is there?" The girl said dismissively, "How many people do you think they have? It's impossible to look after so many people. Not to mention the food burden they can't afford, concentrating on a large scale is more conspicuous and dangerous. Therefore, these Flower Prostitutes must have scattered and fled."
"But if that's the case, how many Shinobi do you think would be needed for escort?"
"Even if there's a Shinobi force of several hundred, once they're dispersed, the number we have to face will be greatly reduced."
"Not to mention, it's impossible for there to be so many Shinobi."
"Chuye's analysis is good. The ideal situation is no Shinobi combat, but even if we encounter it, if they have to be distracted protecting the Flower Prostitutes, the advantage is with us."
"Then this trip is like picking up money."
"Hahaha, you could say that." The Jonin laughed heartily as they crossed an invisible line.
The national border.
At this point, they had already moved from the Land of Rain to the River Country.
As they landed, they saw several dragonflies perched on branches flutter their wings and fly away.
The Jonin's expression became serious, and he sternly said, "Stay alert! No matter what kind of mission it is, you must not be careless. Work diligently! Be careful above all else!"
"Ha!" The young Shinobi responded in unison.
At this moment, the girl, who was a Perception Shinobi, looked up at the sky in confusion.
Something was coming!
Many of them!
Vaguely visible, a group of black dots appeared on the horizon.
"What is that?!" the girl exclaimed.
Immediately after, the Jonin's face changed, and he shouted, "Be careful."
The next second, the black dots on the distant horizon rapidly expanded, and dense swarms of Summer Red Soldier descended from the sky at high speed.
They had locked onto their target.
"Get out of the way!" As he roared, the Jonin felt his scalp tingle; the crimson dragonflies had already flown before his eyes.
Too late! Can't outrun them!
Scattering and fleeing would only be seeking death!
"Earth Release! Earth-Style Wall!"
Roaring, the Jonin formed hand seals, and four high walls quickly rose, then sealed at the top.
Darkness enveloped everyone's vision.
The next second, the Summer Red Soldier swarmed down, and dull explosions continuously echoed outside the wall.
The entire Earth-Style Wall trembled incessantly amidst the continuous explosions.
"Quickly use Earth Release: Earth-Style Subterranean Voyage to escape!" the girl shrieked.
Although most Shinobi from Iwagakure were of the Earth Release nature, there were always one or two exceptions.
The young boy who couldn't use Earth Release looked desperate; he couldn't run, he was doomed!
"It's useless!" Maintaining the defensive position so it wouldn't collapse under the explosive impact, the Jonin's face was grim as he said in a deep voice, "Your Chakra won't last long. If you show your heads, you'll die. Leave the rest to me. Teacher will protect you."
Outside, the red Summer Red Soldier continuously dive-bombed the Earth-Style Wall, and the explosions' firelight never stopped.
Further away, more swarms of crimson insects flew in as reinforcements.
Until, the Earth-Style Wall exploded, creating a crack, and dangerous firelight shot through the gap.
Inside, seeing this crimson firelight, the three young Shinobi's faces were filled with despair.
"Teacher!!! I don't want to die!!!"
"Run!" the Jonin said with difficulty.
The crack gradually widened before their eyes.
Until it completely collapsed, and immediately after, the explosive firelight engulfed the four of them.
Then, the explosions ceased.
The three young Shinobi had already been blown into the sky, their bodies scattered everywhere, leaving only one Jonin, a man with a miserable appearance, covered in blood and dust.
Looking at the large group of crimson dragonflies stirring in the sky, he seemed to want to engrave them in his mind, staring intently with bloodshot eyes.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
The Jonin roared in pain and indignation, then sank into the ground using Earth Release, fleeing without looking back.
The Summer Red Soldier flew around, patrolling the area, but no longer found any trace of the fleeing Jonin.
Earth Release is really annoying.
Miki narrowed her eyes slightly, then ignored the fleeing Jonin and looked to the other side.
This was a small-scale force of ten Shinobi teams, forty people.
Most of them were Chunin.
Wearing Iwagakure forehead protectors.
They planned to work together to pull off a big one; they wanted the Flower Prostitutes, and they wanted the heads too.
Miki watched them.
This was an excellent test subject.
To what extent could the Summer Red Soldier perform in war?
Just like the previous opening, the Summer Red Soldier attacked from the sky.
The Perception Shinobi, who sensed abnormal Chakra, gave a warning, and the other Shinobi stopped their march and stood guard.
Then, the two sides clashed.
When they saw the large number of crimson dragonflies flying across the sky, all the Shinobi present felt their scalps tingle.
"Attack! Attack! Attack!" a Shinobi continuously shouted.
"Use Exploding Tags! Quickly!"
Many Iwagakure Shinobi drew Kunai, quickly attached Exploding Tags to them, and then threw them towards the swarm of Summer Red Soldier in the sky.
Normal Earth Release was not good at dealing with this scale of insect swarm.
Immediately after the Kunai made contact with the insect swarm, dozens of huge fireballs exploded in the sky.
Compared to genuine Exploding Tags, the explosive power of the Summer Red Soldier was somewhat reduced.
But compared to the scale of the insect swarm, the results achieved by the Exploding Tags were limited.
"Quick! Defend! Earth-Style Wall!" the commanding Shinobi shouted.
The Shinobi force formed groups of several people, and then earth and stone walls rose one by one from the ground.
The Summer Red Soldier flew down and crashed into them.
Continuous explosions resounded.
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