In the vast white world, a figure was gradually covered by the heavy snow. Shangguan Mo was still standing blankly at the gate of Yugakure, accompanied only by the inconspicuous stone monument. His eyes gradually regained their focus. He placed his hand on the monument that symbolized the existence of the village. It was icy cold to the touch. He wiped away the snow, revealing three simple characters: Yugakure!
"It is Konoha, bathed in sunlight, and you are Yugakure, buried in heavy snow," he murmured. "There's no meaning in life, and I've never found my own value. Until I saw the real you..."
After being in the ninja world for so long, he was still the same aimless, free-spirited Shangguan Mo. He had been drifting along, unable to find his direction for the future, and had never found a harbor to call his own. It was only after he had gradually integrated into Yugakure that he suddenly felt the reality of the ninja world.
The words of that merchant named Kawabe had torn away the layers of "go with the flow" he had used to cover himself. It had also shattered his self-esteem. Those short two sentences were more real, more shocking to his heart, than the first time he had killed someone in this world.
In his past life, without money, you were nothing. In this life, without strength, even in the eyes of ordinary people, he was someone who could be scolded at will. This bloody truth, like a sharp needle, was deeply embedded in his heart.
"One day, I will make the entire ninja world tremble at my feet! I will make it so that those people can no longer look directly at my light!" A bloody, unwilling light rose in his eyes, as scarlet as blood. This was his first wish since coming to the ninja world, and also his only goal in this life. "I will climb step by step to the very top, until I become a god of the ninja world, and no one will ever dare to give me a look of contempt again!"
Shangguan Mo quickly caught up with Watanabe Mousse and the others. With ordinary people like the merchant in their group, the pace was not fast at all. He walked side by side with Tanokaze and Toneri at the back of the group and asked with a smile, "Where is our mission destination this time?"
"In the southern part of the Land of Fire, a small city called Duskblade. These merchants are planning to transport their goods there..." Toneri glanced at him and replied faintly, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"In other words, we have to cross the entire Land of Fire? The borders of all the countries are not peaceful right now. No wonder that fat man had to come and hire us Yugakure ninja to escort this shipment," he said thoughtfully.
Tanokaze also nodded, then as if remembering something, he turned and patiently explained to him, "Shangguan Mo, escort missions like this are always boring. Seeing the Yugakure forehead protector on our heads, very few people who don't know better would dare to mess with the caravan. It just wastes a lot of time. This time will probably be longer. After all, we have to cross from our country through the northern part of the Land of Fire, and then to the southern part, directly crossing the entire country. This will take even longer. At the caravan's pace, even with horse-drawn carriages, I estimate it will take more than half a month."
He nodded in understanding. He had indeed never done such a time-consuming and tedious escort mission. When he was still in school, even when he went on missions with his instructors, it was always on the Windhawk, and the speed was exceptionally fast. In his opinion, this kind of mission, apart from being a little safer, had nothing to commend it.
The group set off at about two in the afternoon and walked with the caravan until it was dark before stopping. It was a rather barren plain, with a five- or six-meter-wide gravel road dividing it in two. They had stopped on the left side of the road. This was already close to the border between the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Fire, and there was no populated place for a hundred miles around. The caravan could only camp here for the night and set off again at dawn.
"Tomorrow we'll be able to cross the border and arrive in the Land of Fire. You'll see a different scene then," Toneri said with a hint of meaning to Shangguan Mo. At this moment, they were leaning against a carriage, slowly chewing on dry rations.
Hearing this, he paused slightly and nodded. "Mhm."
Night fell, and with it came patrol duty. The four of them were divided into four directions, guarding the hundred-meter-long caravan on all four sides. At first, he was still energetic, but after a long time, he started to get bored. He sent his increasingly large swarm of nearly ten thousand Self-Destructing Flies to patrol the area for several miles around the caravan, then went and told the other three to go and rest. He himself found a quiet place and began to cultivate in seclusion.
Watanabe, who knew the peculiarity of his summoning beasts, didn't say much and found a place to prepare for sleep. Toneri and Tanokaze, even though they had seen his summons in action, were still quite surprised when they saw the dense swarm of flies flying neatly towards the horizon. "What a convenient ability," Tanokaze said with some envy, looking at the flies patrolling obediently in the sky.
"Indeed, but I'm curious, can he really sign a summoning contract with these low-intelligence creatures?" Toneri asked, turning to look at Shangguan Mo with a puzzled expression.
"It's just some special means," he smiled faintly. Seeing that he didn't intend to say more, Toneri didn't press the matter.
A night passed without any incidents. They traveled for another half a day, and Shangguan Mo and his group crossed the border between the two countries and entered the territory of the Land of Fire. If there were no accidents, they would soon cross the outermost edge of the Land of Fire and head deep into its heartland.
But if there were no accidents, an accident would soon arrive. They encountered the Konoha ninja stationed at the border of the Land of Fire. Looking at the nearly one hundred Konoha ninja with their swirl forehead protectors charging aggressively towards them in the vision of his Self-Destructing Flies, his face changed at that moment.
The shadow of a tree, the name of a man. Although he was just a transmigrator who hadn't been here for long, he still knew what Konoha was. The strongest ninja force in the ninja world! It was in the past, it was now, and if there were no accidents in the future, it would be the same.
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