In the silent night, only the croaking of frogs mixed with the chirping of unknown insects can be heard, making the night even more quiet.

Mizuki, worried about the impending unknown danger, couldn't sleep, so he got up and walked out of the tent.

Looking at the pitch-black gloomy forest, it was like a huge dark monster, opening its big mouth and waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.

"Oh, I hope I guessed wrong, or the enemy is not too strong. But fortunately I am not alone." Shuimu couldn't help but hope that everything was just groundless worry, and it would be best to spend this time in peace.

Suddenly Shuimu's eyes narrowed.

"who?"

"It's me, don't be nervous." Yamashiro Aoba appeared from the darkness.

"You can't sleep either?"

"I guess so. I saw you coming out so I followed you to take a look."

"Really?" Shuimu looked unconvinced. In Shuimu's opinion, this was probably part of the surveillance.

"Ahem." Yamashiro Aoba smiled awkwardly. "Don't worry about it. I've heard about your story. How should I put it? Every ninja has his own persistence. After all, no one can guarantee what choice they would make under the same circumstances."

"Haha, you don't need to explain. I understand." Shuimu replied indifferently, "After all, no one wants to be the one who is abandoned."

"Well, you are a smart man, but since you are a ninja, you must have some awareness." Hearing Mizuki's straightforward words, Yamashiro Aoba didn't want to say more.

"Then why can't you sleep? As a ninja for so many years, I'm sure you won't suffer from insomnia. Getting a good rest and conserving your energy is a very important basic quality."

"I'm a little worried." After hearing Yamashiro Aoba change the subject, Mizuki didn't want to talk about his own affairs. "Kakashi and Ibiki are too optimistic. To be honest, I think our frontal combat power is actually insufficient."

"I see. Actually, I have noticed something. As an S-rank traitor from the Hidden Mist Village, it is impossible that no one is paying attention to Momochi Zabuza. Since he appeared so blatantly in the Land of Waves, there has been no assassination team to harvest heads. It is really strange. Although Zabuza is powerful, the Hidden Mist Village is not an incompetent small ninja village."

"All of this is just speculation. No one can be sure of the exact situation, but I plan to take some time to set up some precautions and traps. Waiting like this without any intelligence is really too passive."

"It can't be helped. The Chunin Exam is approaching and most of the manpower has been pulled out. It would be great if there was a ninja from the Hyuga or Aburame clan."

"Then we'll have to figure it out on our own."

"Well, you prepare here first. I'll go to the front to take a look. If everything is fine, go to bed early. This mission will probably take more than one or two days."

After saying that, Yamashiro Aoba walked into the dark forest again.

For several days, the people in Konoha did not find anything suspicious, and their previous worries gradually eased. As time passed, Hatake Kakashi also gradually recovered, which finally made the worried Mizuki breathe a sigh of relief.

"As long as Kakashi's fighting power is restored, the situation can't get any worse. Even if there is a strong enemy, he will not be powerless to fight back."

In the middle of the forest, Mizuki, Gekkou Hayate and Yamashiro Aoba hid in the shadows of the trees, observing Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto practicing in the distance.

"Shui Mu, you have had contact with that Nine-Tailed Boy, what kind of person is he?" Yamashiro Aoba asked in a low voice.

"How should I put it? He should be considered a very passionate person."

"Passionate? In terms of ninjutsu?"

"Various kinds." Shuimu shook his head and said, "Although he is a troublesome kid, he is not annoying."

"It seems that his strength is not that good."

"Well, he still has good talents. If you are not at the Jonin level and he takes the initiative, it will still be very troublesome. However, his strengths and weaknesses are too obvious. The amount of chakra is terrifying, and his physical strength is also excellent. Coupled with his own physique and the super recovery ability brought by the leakage of the Nine-Tails' chakra, his potential is really too great. He will not be worse than Uchiha Sasuke in the future." Mizuki couldn't help but play the role of a prophet.

"Hmm?" This statement made Gekkou Hayate very interested. "Is he that strong? Although there is no record of Uchiha Sasuke opening the Sharingan, as long as the bloodline limit is activated, the difference should be obvious."

"You are talking about the general situation. The Sharingan is indeed very powerful, but it is not omnipotent. Sasuke's foundation is much stronger than Naruto's, so it seems that there is a big gap at the moment. But it is undeniable that Naruto is also a very good Genin. As long as he finds an opportunity to make up for his shortcomings, his strength will naturally improve quickly."

"Is that so?" Yamashiro Aoba and Gekkou Jifeng remained noncommittal.

"Uchiha Sasuke is going back. Should we continue to follow him?"

"No need. We will continue to monitor Uzumaki Naruto here. The captain is in charge over there."

"good."

The three of them kept watch until late at night, until Uzumaki Naruto collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.

"You're right, Mizuki, this guy will become stronger." Yamashiro Aoba and Gekkou Hayate exclaimed, "As long as such a hard-working ninja is taught carefully, his future will definitely not be too bad."

"Well, let's take turns to rest from now on. I'll go first?"

"Okay, you take a rest first, and we'll call you when the time comes."

It was not until dawn that Yamashiro Aoba, who was on second shift, woke up Mizuki and it was Mizuki's turn to continue monitoring.

"Just in time to see if Bai comes to collect herbs on time as I remember. I hope the butterfly effect won't be too obvious."

Suddenly, Shuimu saw a beautiful boy with long hair appear in the distance.

"As expected."

Shuimu quickly woke up the other two people, quickly signaled them to keep quiet, and then gestured over there.

The two were confused at first, then realized someone was invading and quickly became alert.

Just as he remembered, Bai found Naruto and was about to kill him, but later gave up. When Bai's hand was about to strangle Naruto, Gekko Gale almost couldn't help but rush out, but Mizuki quickly held him back and shook his head to signal him not to act rashly.

Sure enough, the two kind-hearted young men then talked about life and their ideals, and in the end both of them left satisfied.

There is no record of how many people Haku killed in his life, but it is estimated that it was very few. As for Uzumaki Naruto, excluding the original plot of the animation, it seems that the only person killed by Naruto in the original work was Haku Zetsu. Ashura's reincarnation is not nonsense. Love and justice are deeply rooted in his soul, and he has hardly ever killed even bad guys.

"Shui Mu, how do you know that the young man won't take action?" Moonlight Gale was puzzled.

"I have no intention to kill." Shuimu did not elaborate.

"Is that so?" Moonlight Gale did not ask further, "Who is that person? Do you know him?"

"How is that possible?" Shuimu quickly denied, "Do you want to investigate? It's very likely an unexpected enemy."

"Don't act rashly yet." Yamashiro Aoba decided, "I'll go inform Ibiki and Kakashi."

After saying that, he went back to exchange information.

Soon, Sasuke and Naruto also went back, and the two people who stayed behind to monitor also followed them.

When they arrived at the meeting place, Kakashi and Ibiki's team were there.

"Now that we're all here, let me report the situation." Ibiki said, "Regarding the young man with malicious intent we just found, we just wanted to follow him up, but we found that we couldn't find him anymore. In other words, we lost him."

After that, Ibiki said seriously again, "According to our investigation in the vicinity, although no trace of other ninjas was found, some intelligence shows that there may be a team or even more hidden ninjas hiding around, the number is unknown, and the purpose is unknown."

"That's really bad news." Kakashi said helplessly.

"Given the current situation, it is impossible to request reinforcements. Everything depends on us. With our current combat power, as long as we are not at an overwhelming disadvantage with a large group of ninjas, we will be able to fight."

Seeing that no one objected, Ibiki continued, "Then Kakashi, Zabuza and his followers will be left to you and your students. We will try our best to block other interferences, and we will come to support if we have spare capacity."

"No problem." Kakashi nodded in agreement. "After all, this is our mission, and my students are qualified ninjas after all. They won't be so vulnerable and will be a good help."

"That's good." Ibiki turned to Yamashiro Aoba, Gekkou Hayate and Mizuki and instructed, "The three of you will serve as the visible support. Use the five-kilometer patrol radius of the bridge to eliminate all suspicious people. Izumo Kotetsu and I will serve as the hidden final mobile support."

"Yes." Shuimu had to agree. Bait, I hope it's not a strong one.

In the next few days, Shuimu was in a state of tension, but fortunately, he brought some finished and semi-finished aquatic animals for experiments. Although they had little combat power, they were barely enough for temporary vigilance in this environment.

"To be honest, I never thought that we would be carrying out the mission under such unfavorable conditions this time. None of us is good at water escape." Shuimu couldn't help but complain.

"It can't be helped. The second generation is good at water escape, and only the third generation is proficient in all escape techniques. But to be honest, water escape is really not our specialty." Yamashiro Aoba agreed. "Fire escape, illusion, swordsmanship, and even sealing, lightning and wind escape have good advantages."

"It would be nice if a member of the Hyuga clan came, but unfortunately they have too few ninjas participating in Konoha's mission."

Moonlight Gale also sighed, "I hope I can return safely this time and marry Xiyan."

Shuimu couldn't help but secretly complain when he heard this. Can such a death flag be raised casually? Those who say such things will probably not end well.

"The Chunin Exam is still waiting for you, don't even think about being lazy." Mizuki said.

As he was talking, Shuimu was suddenly startled, "Someone is coming, be careful."

A swimming jellyfish died. Mizuki specially used sealing techniques and explosive talismans on the jellyfish and threw it far away. As long as there was a chakra disturbance nearby, it would be triggered and burn the jellyfish to death.

As he was talking, a thick fog came over. "Damn it, after being discovered, they changed to a strong attack. It's coming."