Chapter 43 Maruboshi Kosuke
No matter how resourceful Shikamaru is in the future, he is still a newbie. The same is true for Ino. The equipment in the backpack was prepared by her mother. Why is the magnesium rod placed in the pocket on the left side of the backpack? Why is the Fuma Shuriken placed in the compartment? Why are there two kunai in the ninja waist bag and four kunai in the backpack? They have learned these things in class, but this is the first time they have actually applied them.
Ino and Shikamaru were just like they were on their first spring outing, chatting away as they carefully examined the contents of the backpacks. Then the two of them took Choji's bag and examined it from front to back, combining theory with practice, using the knowledge they had learned in class to verify the actual situation before them, and for a moment they all felt that they had gained a lot.
"Did we bring anything?" Ino checked again and again: "I have prepared three days of food here."
Shikamaru scratched his head: "It will take about three days here as well, but."
They all looked at the fat man, Choji, who was sitting under the shade of a tree. With this foodie around, the little food they had was definitely not enough.
"Three days of food is enough. Carrying too much food will increase the weight and affect your mobility. You must be good at searching and finding enough food in the wild." A somewhat old voice sounded behind the three people.
Ino turned her head suddenly. She had no idea when the other person entered her perception range.
The old man was really old, with age spots all over his face, his hair and eyebrows all gray, and he was wearing somewhat tattered shorts and a brown sleeveless vest.
What attracted Ino's attention the most was the old man carrying a big pot on his back. "Grandpa Kosuke!" Fatty Choji was the happiest. His grandfather Akimichi Norifuge was a comrade-in-arms with Kosuke in the same trench when he was alive. He was the one who had the closest relationship with the old man among the three families of Ino, Shikaku and Chou.
"Hello, Grandpa Gujie."
"Hello, Grandpa Gujie."
Ino and Shikamaru each greeted the old man. He was seventy years old and they were twelve, so there was nothing wrong with calling him grandpa.
Kamijutsuki Izumo and Gang Zitetsu, who were registering tourists entering the village in the distance, knew the old man's true identity and did not treat him as an ordinary Genin. They nodded slightly in this direction as a greeting.
The old man waved his hand and smiled kindly: "Okay, okay, you are all good children."
He paused for a moment and said, "I was on a patrol mission just now. Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
Both Choji and Shikamaru said they didn't mind.
Only Ino secretly complained that Konoha was a piece of shit. This worker was already 70 years old and was still patrolling on the front line. Can't you assign him a second-line position? Old man Gujie wanted to die. It's true that he wanted to die on the battlefield, but you can't not take care of him, right? What would the younger generation of ninjas think when they saw this white-haired old man still patrolling in his 70s? Would they think Konoha Village was great? They would just think that this kind of village had no future, right?
Old man Gu Jie's back was a little hunched. "Your parents asked me to teach you some knowledge in this week. Now that you are all ready, let's set off."
They left as soon as they said they would. The Zhu, Lu, and Die families asked the old man to teach them for a week, so there could be no delay.
Fatty Choji knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he became serious. Shikamaru also stopped being lazy. The three of them carried their own backpacks, registered their identity information with Kamatsuki Izumo, left their time of leaving the village and signed, and then walked out of the gate of Konoha Village one by one.
After walking more than ten meters away, Ino turned around. In her field of vision, she could just see the village gate, the main road, and the Hokage Rock in the distance.
This was the first time she had left Konoha Village since she traveled through time for more than four months.
She didn't feel it in the village, but now as she stepped out of the village, she felt an inexplicable fear in her heart.
She couldn't help but look at the puddle beside the road. Could the ghost brother who had been hacked to death countless times by the senior traverser be hiding here? The ghost brother was definitely not there. Gu Jie saw her nervousness and asked with a smile, "Is this your first time leaving the village?"
Ino nodded.
Shikamaru and Choji were very proud. Shikamaru looked up at the sky and said, "We came out a long time ago."
What's there to brag about? Ino was speechless.
The four of them wanted to increase their knowledge of survival in the wild, so they quickly left the main road and turned onto a small road.
They ran like a ninja, with their arms naturally stretched backwards and their body center of gravity lowered. The four of them concentrated their chakra on the soles of their feet and moved quickly through the woods.
As they were getting farther and farther away from the village, Gu Jie asked them in a guiding manner: "When we are carrying out missions in unfamiliar areas or enemy-occupied areas, what formation should we adopt?"
Fatty Choji was confused, his eyes widened. We still need a formation? Ino and Shikamaru looked at each other. They both knew the answer to this question. After exchanging glances, Ino motioned for Shikamaru to answer.
"We should move forward in columns."
Gu Jie nodded, motioning for him to continue.
Shikamaru thought for a moment and said, "Well, our team should be led by Ino who has the ability to perceive. She should be in the front and be responsible for the reconnaissance of the team. Choji will follow. You should provide timely support to Ino in the front. Once you encounter an enemy, you should rush forward immediately so that Ino can retreat to a safe place to perform ninjutsu. Grandpa Kosuke will be in the middle. You will be responsible for supporting the two of them, and I will be in charge of the rear."
The old man didn't comment, and the four of them followed Shikamaru's arrangement and moved through the woods in a single column.
Ino had a feeling that "there are no great generals in Shu, so Liao Hua has to be the vanguard". My goodness, is she considered a perceptive ninja now?
For old man Gu Jie, this operation was just a task of taking the children out on patrol, which was not difficult at all.
The three families of Pig, Deer and Butterfly had already gone through their activity area twice like a sieve, so there was basically no danger.
Ino was in front, followed by Choji, the old man was in the middle, and Shikamaru was at the rear. The four of them moved through the woods in this formation. By the evening, the only danger they encountered came from a wild boar.
When Ino saw the wild boar, she did not retreat but advanced. She leaped more than ten meters away, and with a flip of her wrist, a kunai was in her hand.
She aimed at the direction of the wild boar's charge, held the kunai in reverse, and took advantage of the opportunity of passing by to slash the wild boar's face fiercely! Before the blood had completely gushed out, she stabbed the kunai into the wild boar's left eye and twisted it clockwise.
The wild boar screamed in pain. Ino felt that the kunai was a little short, and the wild boar's skull was longer than expected. Unless she put her whole hand in, the kunai would not be able to penetrate the wild boar's brain. She stepped to the side and waved behind her, meaning "It's your turn, Choji."
"Look at me, the Meat Bomb Chariot!!" Shikamaru screamed, and first allowed the chakra in his body to mix with the fat, changing the nature of his Yang escape technique. His body expanded rapidly, and finally turned into a huge meat ball. Relying on high-speed rotation and body weight, he slammed into the wild boar fiercely.
The poor wild boar had no idea what was going on and was hit by the ball of meat that fell from the sky, breaking all of its bones. It wailed twice and then died.
(End of this chapter)
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