coobybook Chapter 141
Chapter 141
Chapter 141
Tianquan Town.
It was already noon when the seventh shift and the escorting caravan came here.
As soon as they stepped into this rather large town, everyone in the seventh class noticed something was wrong.
The street was extremely deserted, but the crowds that should have appeared at this time were only a few pedestrians in twos and threes, walking in a hurry, walking fast, and hurriedly left after buying the things they wanted to buy, without even cutting the price. He gave the money and left, like a wanted criminal, as if he was afraid of being seen by someone.
There is a strange fragrance in the air, and a tense atmosphere that can be clearly felt.
Most of the vendors who came out to set up stalls were old people who were trembling in age, and there was hardly a middle-aged face in sight.
Sakura looked around nervously. The atmosphere here made her feel a little uneasy. She didn't expect to come to such a weird place when she left the village for the first time to perform a mission. This luck was so bad that it exploded.
Especially for those rickety old people who were sitting or lying on the ground for some reason, when they found them coming, their originally empty eye sockets turned around at the same time. The forehead guard on the waiting person's head was suddenly filled with hatred when looking at them.
At this time, an old man suddenly picked up a stone on the ground, and then threw it towards the caravan without knowing where the strength came from.
"Go to hell, damn ninja, damn drug dealer!"
Snapped!
The stone fell weakly in mid-air, and finally rolled to Naruto's feet under inertia.
Naruto's shoulders trembled, then he bent down, picked up the stone on the ground, and finally stared at this extremely ordinary stone, feeling stunned for some reason.
The old man just took the lead, and the other old men cursed, picked up things on the ground and threw them at them. All kinds of melon and fruit peels, stones and wood pieces flew towards the group of people.
"Die to me, you bloody executioners!"
"Give me back my son!"
"You devils, give me back my grandson! He's only 16!"
"It's all your fault! I curse you to die!"
"..."
However, they were just ordinary old people after all, and the things they threw would not hit them at all, but even so, they still felt uncomfortable being stared at and cursed by so many old people with hatred on their faces.
"Master Kakashi..."
Kensuke Iwamoto approached Kakashi with a fearful expression on his face.
He is just an ordinary drug dealer, where has he seen such a scene?At this time, he began to regret it. Sure enough, this kind of money that can be earned 100% is not easy to get.
But regret is useless, he has put most of his net worth in it, those medicinal materials are not expensive things, although there are not many, but their uses are not very extensive, but they can't stand the high demand in Tianquan Town, In a seller's market, prices will naturally rise.
By the time he realized it, he had bought it at a median price. Originally, there would still be a considerable profit for a trip, but if he just went back in such a desperate way, let alone whether he could keep the medicinal materials, even if he could keep them, the devil knows when the time comes. The price of medicinal materials will change, and the risk of losing everything is very high.
He couldn't afford to lose, so he could only hope that these ninja masters in Konoha would be more reliable.
"Don't worry, Mr. Kensuke."
Kakashi gave him a reassuring look.
"You are our client, no matter what, I will not let anyone hurt you."
Hearing this, Kensuke Iwamoto breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then I will trouble you, Kakashi-sama."
Kakashi nodded, just about to say some words of relief, but at this moment, those old men saw that they couldn't hit them, so they picked up stones and sticks and staggered towards them.
Seeing this, Kakashi frowned immediately.
Although he can probably guess why these old people hate and hate them so much, and he also knows that the other party is not even Sakura's opponent, but unless it is absolutely necessary, he really doesn't want to take action against these old people.
"stop!"
A loud shout suddenly sounded not far away.
But I saw a few men dressed as government guards appearing at the corner of the street. As soon as he saw the situation here, the leader of the man shouted sharply, and hurriedly led people to run towards this side.
Those old people were quickly dispersed by the government, and then the leading man walked up to Kakashi alone, only looked at him a few times, and then focused on the carriage behind.
"Is the cargo on the carriage the medicinal materials that we need most here?"
"Yes yes yes!" Kensuke Iwamoto hurriedly replied: "Thank you, my lord, if you hadn't arrived in time, we would have been in trouble, thank you very much."
As he spoke, he took out some silver taels and stuffed them into the man's hand.
The man didn't refuse. After accepting the money, he continued, "Then you guys should quickly take the goods to the pharmaceutical factory and deliver them to Mr. Shigenobu. Don't waste time in these places."
He paused, as if for the sake of money, he added another sentence: "Also, recently there has been a mob group in the town that commits all kinds of crimes. They often attack passing foreign traders, and from time to time they hide in the dark and shoot sniper arrows. Several drug dealers have unfortunately been killed, I would like to advise you, leave as soon as possible after delivering the medicinal materials, and don't stay here for too long, or you will be in trouble."
After finishing speaking, he ignored everyone, turned around and beckoned his subordinates to leave directly.
They seem to be very busy, looking out of breath, obviously running around the streets of the town often.
Watching their leaving figures, Kakashi and Naruto frowned at the same time.
At this time, Kensuke Iwamoto couldn't wait to let the caravan set off quickly, and hurried towards the pharmaceutical factory. He didn't want to stay in this ghost place for a minute, and it was serious to take the money and leave. The people in the seventh class had to hurry up. Then protect them.
Along the way, all they saw was a scene of depression.
At the same time, they can feel the hostile eyes hidden in every corner.
Sakura felt a little uncomfortable, she had never experienced such a scene as a little girl, so she had to avoid those gazes as much as possible, and followed Naruto closely, her body trembling slightly.
But at this time-
Whoosh whoosh! !
Several cold lights suddenly shot out from a certain alleyway, flying straight towards Sakura's back.
Naruto's eyes froze suddenly, and then he pulled out Kunai proficiently, pinched Sakura's shoulder and pushed down her upper body forcefully, and the Kunai in his hand swept away.
Ding Ding Ding! !
A few sharp arrows were blocked by Kunai in an instant, and they fell powerlessly to the ground.
"what?!"
Looking at the sharp arrow with purple luster on the ground, Sakura suddenly shivered.
Kakashi's eyes became serious. He raised his head and looked around, but at this moment, no more arrows were shot, and the surroundings returned to a strange calm. It seemed that he realized that these ninjas were not easy to provoke. He retreated sensibly.
"Sakura, are you not hurt?"
Naruto asked softly, while speaking, he was still holding Kunai sideways, wary of cold arrows that might shoot out from any corner around him at any time.
Sakura shook her head, "I'm fine."
She stood up and looked at Naruto with gratitude: "Thank you, Naruto."
Naruto forced a smile: "You're welcome, we are companions."
The reason for using the word "reluctantly" is because at this time he has always had something in his heart, which makes him hard to let go, so naturally he can't show a bright smile to his companions as usual.
And after this sneak attack, Sakura didn't dare to distract her attention any more, she pulled out the Kunai horizontal bar in front of her body, and was vigilant around her surroundings. Certainly not a small pharmaceutical factory, it has not been attacked again.
The transaction went smoothly. After confirming the medicinal materials, the bald man named Shigenobu readily handed over a large bag of silver taels to the caravan.
This C-level task is half completed here, and the next step is to bring the caravan back to Konoha to complete the task.
On the way back from the pharmaceutical factory, Naruto suddenly spoke.
"Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi paused, turned his head to look at him, his eyes were flat, as if he had expected that Naruto would call him suddenly.
But Naruto didn't speak immediately, but hesitated for a while, as if hesitating to speak.
It took him a while to gather his composure.
However, just as he was about to speak, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from the side street corner: "Hey~ Isn't this Kakashi-senpai? Long time no see."
Eh?
Hearing this voice, Naruto turned his head almost reflexively.
Then, he saw a very familiar figure leaning against the wall, smiling and waving at them.
"Brother Xuan Yu!"
(End of this chapter)