Chapter 41: , Is There a Possibility

Regarding this mission to hunt down the defecting ninja, the mission scroll gave clear information.

Including the abilities of the defecting ninja Nakajima Koji, the actions he made on the day of his defection, and the direction of his defection according to the investigation by the Anbu after his defection.

Even more, there was also a confession from a villager living nearby, which described in detail the experience of Nakajima Koji borrowing a room in this villager's home after his defection.

Hunting down a defecting ninja naturally needs to be executed immediately.

At the first moment of discovering the ninja's defection, the village would immediately take investigation actions.

So at this moment, less than twenty-four hours had passed since Nakajima Koji's defection.

In the eyes of any ninja, this mission was very simple.

Based on the information in the mission scroll alone, it was enough to infer the direction of Nakajima Koji's defection.

Plus Nakajima Koji was only a Chunin; with the ability of a Chunin, it was absolutely impossible to run far, unless someone was already waiting outside the village.

But where was this? This was Kirigakure, the hinterland of the Land of Water.

Even if someone was waiting, it was impossible to be in this position.

Because once they met the squad hunting down the defecting ninja, it was highly likely that a battle would break out, and even lead to a war with Kirigakure.

Moreover, this mission scroll was handed to Mizunuki Ryosuke by the Mizukage himself, and the information on it was also extremely reliable.

As such, the mission of just hunting down an ordinary Chunin seemed extremely simple.

But who was Mizunuki Ryosuke?

When it comes to the word "steady," he ranked second in Kirigakure, and I am afraid no one dared to rank first.

Use the greatest malice to speculate on all possible situations in the mission, even if it was just helping an old grandmother cross the road.

You must know that even in the world of ninjas, helping an old grandmother carries certain risks.

Of course, this old grandmother would not suddenly lie down and shout about going to the hospital, but is there a possibility that she is actually a killer from a hostile ninja village?

Although the probability is minimal...

But what if?

Only by making all preparations and ensuring the success rate reaches ninety-eight percent, then move steadily.

This is the kingly way!

After all, Mizunuki Ryosuke promised Lian that he would never go back in a "coma" state again.

So this is even more about being steady and steady.

A mission that looked steady to others, Mizunuki Ryosuke still tried his best to find the hidden dangers in it.

So Mizunuki Ryosuke substituted himself into the role of the defecting ninja.

If you were a defecting ninja, what would you do?

In an instant, all the information in the mission scroll flooded into his mind.

As a defecting ninja, perhaps the incident was sudden, but before defecting, there must be preparations.

The first thing is to delay the time for the defection to be discovered, to seek as much space for escape as possible.

According to what was recorded in the mission scroll, Mizunuki Ryosuke quickly discovered the suspicious points in Nakajima Koji's behavior on the day of his defection.

This defecting ninja did not make any disguise or confusing behavior, but just quickly bought some ninja tools and military rations and left Kirigakure.

Rather than saying it was a defection, it was more like...

Going to execute a mission!

Furthermore, there was also a certain problem with the direction of Nakajima Koji's defection.

As everyone knows, the Land of Water is a small island independent on the ocean; Nakajima Koji wants to safely leave the scope of the Land of Water, he must take a boat across the ocean.

Heading west, not only is the path the shortest, but he can arrive at the Land of Hot Springs in a short time, and then it is very convenient to transfer to Konoha or Kumogakure.

But Nakajima Koji chose to head east, which was running toward the inland area of the Land of Water.

This point is really puzzling.

If this was just to confuse the hunting squad, the "staying at a villager's home" mentioned in the scroll proved that this was not confusion.

Because Nakajima Koji did indeed appear in the inland of the Land of Water.

Thinking in this direction, Mizunuki Ryosuke gradually frowned; it seemed that the mission that originally looked plain and unremarkable suddenly became full of doubts.

What about the hunting squad? What would he do if he was caught up by the hunting squad?

Hide? Hiding would delay the speed of escape, and once discovered, the difficulty of escape would increase exponentially.

Even if he fought back the hunting squad or luckily escaped, it might anger Kirigakure, causing them to send more hunting squads.

At that time, the situation would be even worse.

If it were Mizunuki Ryosuke, he would definitely...

Kill all the hunting squads!

This would gain a lot of time; perhaps by the time Kirigakure came to its senses, he would have already run out of the territory of the Land of Water.

What? You say how could a mere Chunin have the strength to kill the squad sent to hunt him down?

What about Chunin, the so-called Chunin is just a rank and cannot represent strength; Konoha's Genin can even kill the ancestor of chakra.

Everything is possible.

Perhaps this Nakajima Koji has been hiding his strength all along?

Mizunuki Ryosuke began to evaluate in his heart, if Nakajima Koji hid his strength, where would this limit be?

Kage level? It seems unlikely; except for Mizunuki Ryosuke, I am afraid no Kage-level powerhouse would do this kind of thing...

So according to Mizunuki Ryosuke's estimation, the scope of the opponent hiding his strength would at most reach the level of an elite Jonin.

Elite Jonin, combined with some secret techniques, also has a certain possibility of killing a Kage-level powerhouse.

Even if this probability is not high.

In the ninja world, things like capsizing in the gutter are not uncommon.

Gold and Silver Brothers could even kill Tobirama Senju; there is nothing impossible, after all, ninjas are also human.

Even the most powerful ninja will die if their head is cut off or their vital points are pierced (except for Hidan).

After comprehensive consideration, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already thought of the steadiest method in his heart.

"Hmm, the success rate is ninety-nine percent."

After muttering to himself in his heart, Mizunuki Ryosuke nodded as if not very satisfied.

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