Chapter 83: Great Road

After the talk with Zhe's mother and the teacher, which turned solemn and somewhat sad, the atmosphere on site grew a little awkward.

"Teacher Chongzheng, you're really too late!"

Standing beside Dong Shilang, Uchiha Yan, who had witnessed the whole touching scene, saw this; her bright eyes' lively pupils rolled around, and she immediately spoke up to break the atmosphere.

Since they are acquainted clan elders, Dong Shilang's father's generation and the teacher have served in the Leaf Village Guard Corps.

Or they are colleagues, or former colleagues, and they still share some bond.

Dong Shilang's group's relationship with the teacher is relatively harmonious; they also occasionally joke with Teacher Chongzheng.

"Ah! Have you all been waiting long? Sorry~ sorry~~~"

Hearing his student's complaint, Chongzheng turned his head, gave Yan an apologetic smile, and at the same time nodded smilingly toward Dong Shilang and Zhe.

"Teacher, good morning!"

Hearing Yan's remark, Dong Shilang also chimed in.

"We've only just arrived; we haven't waited long." While saying that, he also asked: "Is it about time we set out?"

He glanced at the sky, feeling the time was about right. Chongzheng turned back and said to the now-calm Uchiha Rihui, "Madam, please rest assured; I will protect them."

"Please excuse Chongzheng's clumsiness! Then everything is entrusted to you!"

While saying this, the single mother bowed again toward Teacher Chongzheng.

Then, Chongzheng Squad's first C-rank mission starts now!

Having just said that, he turned and walked toward the village gate without looking back.

And Dong Shilang's trio, affected by Aunt Rihui just now, also did not behave as they usually do, roughhousing.

Instead, each one silently followed behind the teacher. Together with the early-rising or outgoing clansmen, or the Uchiha ninjas wearing green vests, they formed a vivid watercolor scroll…

"Is this the world outside the village?"

"It doesn't feel particularly special either!"

Leaf Village, on the big road outside that aesthetically indescribable gate.

Having just submitted the application to leave the village, the trio of Dong Shilang, who had lived in the village since childhood, all widened their eyes, looking curiously at the world outside the village.

Leaving aside Zhe and Yan's outing, Dong Shilang, this person who has lived two lives, also narrowed his eyes, observing the unfamiliar surroundings.

Outside the village gate, a yellow dirt road nearly thirty meters wide extends from the village gate to the horizon.

When I used to study at the ninja school, I had seen this in a textbook describing Ninja World geography.

This broad 'great road' was funded by the lord of Huo Zhi Guo.

Starting from the capital of Huo Zhi Guo, it passes through the regions of Huo Zhi Guo with the highest grain production and most developed commerce, all the way to Leaf Village.

In Dong Shilang's eyes from his previous life, even a dirt road that a backward rural area of his past life wouldn't use can be considered a 'highway' in this world's level of productivity.

Although it's simply widening the road, reinforcing the ground, and laying heated yellow earth.

However, when it was built back then, they conscripted large numbers of civilians from the country, and it took nearly two years to complete the road.

Its function is not merely to simply strengthen the connection between Leaf Village and the Huo Zhi Guo lord's mansion; it also bears the responsibility of strengthening mutual communication.

Furthermore, it bears the important task of the lord's mansion transporting grain, ironware, and other logistical supplies to Leaf Village.

Furthermore, it strengthens the flow of materials along the route, strengthens Huo Zhi Guo's commerce, and is of great significance to Huo Zhi Guo.

Alongside this Ninja World version of a 'highway', there are lush primeval forests stretching as far as the eye can see.

As Dong Shilang knows, the resources produced in this vast forest are very abundant.

Not only does it produce various kinds of timber, whether precious or large and practical, it also produces most of the medicinal herbs and large quantities of wild beasts in the Ninja World.

Furthermore, there are many creatures infused with natural energy or chakra contamination; rare exotic beasts, as well as large quantities of precious medicinal herbs worth a fortune.

Looking at this broad road, Uchiha Zhe, who had just been a bit downcast because of Aunt Rihui, smirked dismissively.

"Idiot! Zhe, you jerk, do you know how important this road is to Leaf Village?"

"Also, you jerk, we can now say we've started this C-rank mission! Don't be as lax as when you were doing D-rank missions in the village!"

Seeing Zhe's jerk again showing some stubbornness, Uchiha Yan set her face, spoke expressionlessly, and added: "You don't want to keep going back to do those chores like catching cats and dogs, babysitting, or farming, do you?"

"Important to the village? This road?" Upon hearing this, the somewhat empty-headed Zhe turned his head with a blank look toward Yan.

Seeing the childhood friend so clueless about the world, Uchiha Yan could no longer contain her 'little universe'.

Her nice big eyes on her face 'stood up', a #-shaped vein bulged on her forehead, she clenched her right hand into a fist and heavily punched Zhe's head, while still not forgetting to lecture:

"This road is the village's most important material transport channel, and at the same time the sole communication channel between the village and the outside world! Countless nobles, local chiefs, rich merchants, and other small villages all contact the village and issue missions through this road!"

"Yes, this road is also the sole channel for the village to communicate with the outside world, to receive materials and missions. At least on the surface it is so."

"Ah! Pain! Pain! Pain! Yan, how ~~"

Before Zhe could get the words out of his mouth, he was interrupted by the furious little girl.

"Also. If this mission, because of your carelessness, has any oversight~~~"

While saying that, she also raised her little fist, her nice eyes widened, staring at Uchiha Zhe with a face full of killing intent, the threat obvious.

Meanwhile, Dong Shilang, watching this pair of 'live treasures' fooling around with a smile, sees the little girl with wide eyes and a face full of killing intent. Rather than saying it's killing intent rising, it's more like cute.

An eight- or nine-year-old little girl, putting on a fierce look to scare people, isn't that cute, what else could it be?

Of course, he also has no stray thoughts; his combined age from two lives is enough to be Uchiha Yan's father.

Just a person drifting in another world, having this pair of live treasures wandering before his eyes, life won't seem so boring~