"Slap!" Seeing that Laiye had started spying again, Tianqi slapped him again.
"Holy crap! Is this bathhouse haunted?" Jiraiya turned around again and found no one there, a sense of doubt creeping into his mind.
"Forget it, let's just slip away. Maybe there really is something fishy going on." Jiraiya grabbed a towel and rushed out.
"Hahaha, Jiraiya, that idiot! Hahaha, he can be scared by this? I'm dying of laughter!" Seeing Jiraiya flee in panic, Tianqi surfaced and laughed loudly.
"Is it really okay for you to scare him like that?" Tang said calmly.
"Tang He, you don't know, this is the joy of youth. As the saying goes, a smile makes you ten years younger. You should smile more often, it will make you look younger," Tian Qi said to Tang He with a smile.
Tang He looked unconvinced. "It's obvious you just wanted to play around. What excuse are you making? Besides, my country is suffering right now. How can I possibly laugh?"
Afterwards, Tianqi and his companion soaked in the bath for a while longer. Once the bath was over, they didn't go anywhere else but went straight back to their room, lay down on the bed, and rested.
The next day, after getting up and washing up, the group set off again.
"This hot spring inn is terrible, and it's even haunted. I'm never coming back," Jiraiya complained. He thought the inn was haunted and didn't sleep well all night, his eyes were all dark circles.
"Haunted? Jiraiya, what nonsense are you talking about? How could it be haunted? Are you still dreaming?" Tsunade didn't believe Jiraiya's words at all. If it was haunted, it must be a dream he had yesterday. Orochimaru also nodded. He was an atheist and didn't believe in these things.
"You still don't believe me? Let me tell you what happened yesterday in the bath..." Jiraiya was about to speak when Tenki covered his mouth.
"Alright, shut up. There are no ghosts or gods in this world. We're getting closer and closer to the Land of Hot Springs. Stop spouting nonsense and get your attention." Tianqi was afraid that Jiraiya would reveal the truth and everyone would suspect him. After all, it wasn't something to be proud of, and there were girls around, so he decided to let it go.
Seeing Tianqi say this, everyone stopped dwelling on the topic and began to observe their surroundings. Only Tang He looked at Tianqi with a strange expression.
"There are two genin lying in ambush ahead. Go up and take them out as quickly as possible to clear the way," Tianqi said to the three men after sensing the two ninjas ahead.
"Yes!" The three ninjas' expressions turned serious, and they then moved towards the spot Tian Qi had pointed to.
Bang! Bang! Shortly after the three set off, the sounds of ninjutsu clashing echoed through the forest.
"We told them in advance, yet the enemy still found out and a clash of ninjutsu broke out. Did I overestimate them, or is that all their strength is?" Tianqi looked at the explosion site with a worried expression.
"It seems we can't rely on them for this mission. The Sannin are still too young; this kind of mission is probably too much for them."
The explosions stopped, and Tianqi led Tang He towards where the three of them were.
Upon arriving at the location, Tianqi saw the three in a sorry state, some even with minor injuries. As expected, the future Sannin were still in the future; they were still rookies.
"Two genin have made you look so pathetic. This makes me doubt your abilities and whether you can complete this mission," Tianqi said to the three of them with a frown.
"Brother Tianqi, you can't blame us for this. It's just that those two genin are almost at the chunin level. It's already quite good that we were able to win against two near-chunin," Tsunade explained.
"Yes, Brother Tianqi, it's not that we're too weak, it's that our opponents are too strong. We barely managed to win," Jiraiya chimed in.
"The opponent is indeed quite strong," Orochimaru nodded.
"Stop making excuses for yourselves. It's clearly because you underestimated the enemy and were careless. We told you the enemy's location, yet you still managed to be discovered and even had a clash of ninjutsu. Especially Orochimaru, who has the strength of a Chunin, yet you couldn't quickly defeat a Genin."
"Even with a numerical advantage, you're still in such a sorry state, even injured. I seriously doubt whether you're ninjas at all. You're so disappointing!" Tian Qi pointed directly at the three of them and started cursing. Their performance was truly disappointing to him.
The three men lowered their heads, looking aggrieved, after being scolded by Tian Qi. They didn't dare to argue with Tian Qi, since they had indeed been a bit careless.
Looking at the three people who couldn't lift their heads after being scolded by him, Tianqi sighed.
"Well, you can't entirely blame yourself. I didn't expect these ninjas to be so strong; they're comparable to ninjas from small ninja villages."
"Alright, I'll lead the way from here on out. You guys can reap the rewards from behind. I'll leave the ninja behind and protect Tang He," Tian Qi said slowly.
"Yes, Brother Tianqi, we will definitely work hard to improve our strength in the future," the three nodded and said.
"Well, I hope you won't disappoint me next time." After saying that, Tian Qi disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Hmm, where did he go?" Tang He asked anxiously as he saw Tian Qi disappear. Tian Qi was the strongest here, and Tang He instantly felt insecure after he left.
"They must have gone to clear the way. How far is it from here to the Land of Hot Water, Uncle Tang?" Orochimaru asked Tang.
"Soon, we're only three kilometers from the Land of Hot Water. We'll be able to enter the Land of Hot Water soon," Tang said, looking around at the surroundings.
"We're so close! Tsunade, you're in charge of protecting Yuhe. Jiraiya, the two of us will be on guard." After Tianqi left, Orochimaru, being the strongest, immediately became the squad leader and assigned tasks. Jiraiya and the other man agreed with Orochimaru's words.
Tian Qi, hidden in the shadows, watched the arrangements made by the group and nodded with satisfaction. This was not Tian Qi himself, but a shadow clone. Although Tian Qi had gone to clear the way, he was still worried about the group and left the shadow clone behind to protect them.
On Tianqi's side, he had only advanced a little over two kilometers when he discovered three more genin. More ninjas? These bastards seem to be trying to develop the Land of Hot Springs into a small ninja village. There's definitely a conspiracy involved.
Just as Tianqi was sighing, the system also sounded.
Ding! A mission has been issued to dismantle the forces and successfully expel the foreign forces from the Land of Hot Water. Completing the mission will reward you with 300,000 points and a chance to upgrade your Sharingan. Failure to complete the mission will result in your immediate elimination!
"Holy crap! 300,000 points and a chance to upgrade my Sharingan? This is amazing!"
"The Mangekyou Sharingan is improving; it's going to be the Eternal Mangekyou. I didn't want to use Susanoo before because it was incomplete and had flaws,"
"If I had the Eternal Eye, I could just activate Susanoo Gundam whenever I encountered an enemy, and they'd be scared out of their wits."
"By the way, you can also summon tailed beasts and use the Beast of Triumph (also called the Armored Susanoo). This move is ridiculously strong. In the original work, Hashirama Senju only defeated Madara Uchiha who used the Beast of Triumph after using the True Several Thousand Hands." Tianqi looked at the system's rewards and was excited when he thought about how he could get them after completing the mission.
As for being eliminated upon mission failure, Tian Qi didn't care at all. With Kamui and several tailed beasts, how could he fail? With the bugged eye technique Kamui, it was impossible for him to fail. Wasn't the system a perfect money-giving tool?
"Although you still want to eliminate me, System, I've noticed that your tasks are getting simpler and the rewards are getting better. I won't curse you anymore, you dog system," Tian Qi said happily to the system, but unfortunately, the system still ignored him.
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