Even ninjas have to be careful when walking in swamps. Gathering chakra in your feet allows you to walk on water, and of course you can move freely in swamps. But if a fight breaks out, it will be a bit bad. If you are not careful and use too much force, your feet will sink into the mud or mud, which will be troublesome. In order to imitate this situation, there is a special earth escape ninjutsu - Huangquan Swamp, which is so powerful that it can restrict the movement of thousands of snakes. This shows the danger of fighting in such swamps. Ninjas will not sink into the mud like ordinary people, and the more they struggle, the faster they sink. However, if their movements are restricted in battle, a slight difference can mean the difference between life and death.

In view of this, the group of four had to act with caution.

"Teacher Mizuki, there is no security around. Is the enemy too lax?"

After Hinata Hyuga observed with her Byakugan, she didn't see a single enemy.

Shuimu thought for a moment and replied, "After all, they are just a group of unorganized bandits. We can't expect them to have too much discipline. Moreover, in front of such a natural barrier, ordinary people will subconsciously ignore the danger of someone breaking through here."

In fact, there are not many tasks in which ninjas participate in eliminating ordinary people and bandits. The crushing strength of ninjas over ordinary people makes all parties restrain the excessive killing of ordinary people by ninja forces. When there are no ninjas involved in banditry, it is more often dealt with by secular forces. Individual bandits are generally taken over by underground organizations or bounty hunters. Organized bandit gangs will be suppressed by official forces led by daimyo. The tasks carried out by Team 8 are now quite special. The problems caused by the limitations of the natural environment make it extremely difficult to drive out the bandits, so they have to turn to ninjas for help.

Since there was no one to stop them, the four of them quickened their pace. With the speed of a ninja, this distance was really fleeting. Soon, a small stronghold guarded by a wooden wall appeared in front of everyone.

"It's a small fortress that's easy to defend but difficult to attack. No wonder it's so arrogant. It's really hard to break through."

Shuimu carefully sensed it and found no overly strong chakra reaction, so he ordered:

"I'll leave it to you guys to handle. I'll go in and take a look first!"

After saying that, Shuimu himself turned into a stream of light, and in the blink of an eye he crossed the village wall and disappeared from the students' sight.

As the three Genin looked at each other in bewilderment, Inuzuka Kiba sighed and said, "Our new teacher is really impatient. He disappeared without explaining things clearly."

"Yeah." Aburame Shino nodded, "This also shows that Mr. Mizuki is very optimistic about us and has confidence in our abilities, so he is very relieved."

"Although it's great that you trust us, I still feel a little uneasy!"

Hyuga Hinata, who was not very talkative, said uneasily.

"Teacher Mizuki is not only powerful, but also good at covert reconnaissance. He rushed in alone for such a long time, and there was no response from inside. It seems that he was not discovered!"

During this period of time, the three of them have understood Mizuki's characteristics. Unlike the original teacher, Kurenai Yuhi, who is also the leader of the new jonin, Kurenai Yuhi is more conscientious. Although she cannot give too much guidance on ninjutsu, her attitude of helping in every detail makes the three genin of Team 8 very grateful. As the beginning enlightenment of the ninja career, Kurenai Yuhi has done a good job.

But Mizuki has a completely different style. He basically doesn't care about the inheritance of the three families' ninjutsu. He will only give some guidance if there is a deviation in the general direction of development. Most of the time, he lets the three Genin play more freely. Although this teaching method makes students more tired, it can better stimulate the imagination and self-judgment ability of Genin. In general, Mizuki only points them in the direction. As for how to go, that is something they have to consider for themselves. But the three of them don't complain too much. Occasionally, when there are problems in training, when asking this somewhat lazy teacher Mizuki, there is basically no time when he can't answer. Erudition is the biggest impression Mizuki gives people. Basically, he knows a little bit about everything. Even if he doesn't know it, Mizuki can explain the truth clearly. This is something that Yuhi Kurenai can never do.

"Then, Shino, you take charge. We can't keep Teacher Mizuki waiting for too long." Inuzuka Kiba looked at the nearby blockhouse and the patrolling figures, "Hinata, come and see if there are any spies hiding in the dark."

…

With Mizuki's strength, it was too easy to avoid these guys who relied on their muscles to exert their strength. Maybe some of them would use some simple ninjutsu, but that was all. Mizuki, who was traveling through the enemy's lair, quickly toured this small base.

"It seems a bit strange. With the strength of these people, they can't gain a foothold here at all, let alone build a small base in this environment."

From Shuimu's perspective, this place doesn't look like a bandit's lair, but more like an experimental base. Many broken glassware prove Shuimu's judgment.

Just as Shuimu was investigating, a sharp whistle suddenly came from not far away.

"It's not bad that you were discovered after such a long time. Now it's time to test your combat ability."

Although the eighth team has an obvious advantage in strength, they are only three kids of twelve or thirteen years old after all. There are so many people here, and if they shamelessly use human wave tactics to kill them, it will be a bit difficult for the three of them to deal with them.

"Although there may be a lot of stories here, these people seem to be just some ignorant and pitiful people. There is not even one guy who looks like a smart person. They are all muscle hunks with scars all over their bodies. It's really disappointing."

In the hands of such a person, valuable things would basically be destroyed. However, Shuimu still found a few books and recorded documents. Regardless of whether they were useful or not, Shuimu collected them all and planned to go back and look at them slowly.

Half an hour later, Mizuki looked at the three Genin who were gathered together to catch their breath. Hyuga Hinata was in the best condition, but she had consumed a lot of energy and could hardly stand. Gentle fist was the most effective in dealing with this situation. Inuzuka Kiba was also not bad. Apart from his disheveled appearance and a few scratches, he didn't have any major problems. However, Aburame Shino, who Mizuki was most optimistic about, was quite disappointing. Not only was her body injured in many places, but her right shoulder was also shot by a crossbow arrow.

"The most taboo thing for a ninja is to have a weakness that is very easy to be targeted. Shino, when you go back, first practice your close combat ability."