Chapter 46: B-Ranked Mission, Departure for Takinomi Village

  The next morning, Meng Ling arrived at the gathering place on time and felt a sense of relief in her heart as she recalled the unusual dinner from last night.

  It's been a while, Mei Ling hasn't had a good time since returning to Konoha Village from Holy Spirit Mountain, and last night can be said to be a thorough relaxation of body and mind for herself.

  "Is this what it feels like to have a companion?" Meng Ling thought to herself.

  "Hey, Meng Ling, you're too slow. How come you're only here now?" At this time, Fengquan's voice came to Meng Ling's ears again.

  "Ah, sorry, sorry. I'm late." Although Meng Ling said this with her mouth, she was full of doubts in her heart. She had always been punctual, so logically speaking, she shouldn't be late, but now it seemed that from now on, she must arrive earlier to assemble here.

  "It's okay, no big deal. You just happened to step on it, besides, beautiful women have the right to be late, don't they?" Fengquan Zhiwu said with a smile.

  "Alas..." Upon hearing this, Meng Ling was left speechless for a moment.

  "Alright, enough chit-chat. This time we have a B-rank mission that requires us to leave the village for a while. You three go prepare your bags and ninja tools, then gather at the village entrance later. We're departing soon." Tian Cang said to Meng Yueliang and the others.

  "B rank? How can the rank be so high? This is completely beyond our capabilities." Upon hearing this, Fēng Quánzhī Wǔ immediately let out a cry of surprise.

  "If you want to ask me the reason, I can only say that recently there are not many people in the village who can do this task, and it has been appearing frequently, so this time we made an exception and let our team do it. Moreover, our team's strength is already enough to complete this B-level task, right?" Tian Cang said, glancing sideways at Meng Ling beside him.

  "Alright, I'll go prepare now." Meng Ling glanced at the three people in front of her, as if she had thought of something, and immediately turned around to run towards the building where she lived.

  "Meng Ling seems very excited today." Fengquanwu said with a hint of playfulness as he watched Meng Ling's back disappear into the distance.

  "She hasn't received a task above B-rank for a long time, maybe it's just like that." Tian Cang thought for a moment and still expressed his own thoughts.

  ————I am that gorgeous dividing line————

  Ten minutes later, in Meng Ling's home...

  "B-level mission, I wonder what will happen this time. It's still before the plot unfolds. There are no clues at all. But why do I always think that something unexpected will happen this time?" Meng Ling thought to herself as she packed her luggage.

  "I don't know if I'll use these things this time." Meng Ling looked at the five divine artifacts on her body, including the Qingtian Cyan Jade, and felt a slight itch in her heart.

  "Divine artifact, still don't know what kind of power it is." After putting on her own single-shoulder backpack, Meng Ling walked out of her room.

  "Meng Ling, is that Meng Ling?" Just as Meng Ling had stepped out of the door, she heard a boy's voice.

  "Oh, it's Naru, what's up?" Meng Yin turned around to see a boy with short golden hair waving at him. It was his old friend Naru."

  "Where are you going? Today is Sunday, I invite you to eat ramen, how about it?" Naruto said excitedly.

  "Alas, I also want to go, but this time there's a task and we're about to set off immediately." Meng Ling pointed at the white single-shoulder backpack on her body and said with some helplessness.

  "Quest? Is Lingyun starting the village's quest now? That's amazing." Although Lingyun was a bit disappointed, she didn't say anything.

  "Hmm, alright, after I finish my task this time, how about I treat you to a bowl of ramen?" Meng Ling said with a smile.

  "Alright then, it's settled. See you later!" Naruto smiled and returned to his own room.

  "Hmm, it seems that Naruto's foolishness was isolated after all. Now that I think about it, Naruto's brain doesn't seem as dull as in the original story." After taking a glance at Naruto's room, Meng Yun sprang into action, jumping onto another building and rushing towards the entrance of Konoha Village at an incredible speed.

  Ten minutes later, in front of the gate of Konohagakure...

  "Hmm, this time I finally didn't arrive late." Looking at the still empty gate, Meng Ling smiled and leaned against the gate waiting for everyone's arrival.

  In less than five minutes, Tian Cang also brought Feng Quan siblings to the front of Konohagakure's gate.

  "Hey, Meng Ling, you actually arrived earlier than us this time, how rare!" Feng Quan Zhi Wu said with a smile.

  "I'm saying, are you praising me or mocking me?" Meng Ling said with some helplessness.

  "Hehe, you should know this yourself." Fengquan Zhiwu said with a smile.

  "Alright, now all of you should understand this task clearly." Tian Cang interrupted Meng Ling and Feng Quan's conversation, saying sternly.

  "Got it." Fengquan's dance stopped immediately after hearing Tianshang's shout.

  "This time's B-rank mission, the client is a ninja from Taki no Sato village. Apparently, many merchants and travelers around Taki no Sato have gone missing one after another, and the village was unable to do anything about it, so they had to seek help from our Fire Country's Konohagakure village. Let's get to the bottom of what happened this time." Tenzen said seriously.

  "Vanished into thin air? What's going on? Are you saying that those merchant caravans didn't leave behind even a single clue, as if they evaporated into the human world?" Meng Ling asked in surprise.

  "Although I want to say no, but the fact is like this." Tian Cang replied.

  "So that's how it is, I see. So 'that' guy has appeared." Meng Ling smiled secretly in her heart, knowing that if this mission was as she had guessed, then it would absolutely be a super S-class mission.

  "I hope nothing happens to them." Meng Ling thought to herself.

  "What's wrong with you, Meng Ling? We have to go." Feng Quan Zhi Wu shouted as she looked at Meng Ling who seemed to be still thinking about something.

  "Got it." A single sentence from Fengquan's dance brought back Meng Ling, who was lost in thought, back to reality.

  About a week later, Meng Ling and others arrived at Taki Village in a hurry.

  "What are you doing? This is Taki Village, please show your pass." Just as they arrived at the gate of Taki Village, Meng Ling and his companions were stopped by two dragon-clad ninjas.

  "We are ninjas from the Hidden Leaf Village, and this time we have been entrusted by the Hidden Waterfall Village to come here on a mission. Here is our identification." Tenshin walked up and handed over four identifications to the Dragon Suite ninja, who only glanced at them roughly before shifting his gaze to Mu Lin.

  "Is this little girl also a ninja?" the extra ninja asked.

  "Of course she is, she's a kunoichi of our Konohagakure." Tenzou replied honestly.

  "You can go in now, Taki Kage-sama is currently in the central building of the town." The extra ninja said and ignored Tenka and others, staring at Mugen only.

  Not long after, on the main street of Takinomi Village...

  "This is indeed the Hidden Waterfall Village, I wonder what level of strength it has. But being able to stand firmly between the four major countries, it's probably not a pushover." As he walked through the village, Meng Ling observed his surroundings while thinking to himself.

  "Wow, this place is even more lively than Konohagakure! Shall we go buy some stuff? Mugino." Fuuka no Mai suggested with a smile.

  "Xiao Wu, we didn't come here this time for shopping, be more restrained." Fengquan Guang said seriously.

  "Yes, although the gatekeepers of Takigakure didn't give us a hard time after we showed them our passes, they still don't seem to trust us, these reinforcements sent by the Allied Shinobi Forces. We're being watched now." Meng Ling had actually already noticed the 'mouse' that was following their group from behind, but hadn't said anything about it.

  As for how Meng Ling was discovered, this question is simple.

  In "Tian Dao Jiu Jue", there is a move called Shen Shi Wai Fang, which depends on the user's spiritual power to determine the range of Shen Shi released. According to Meng Ling's current spiritual power level, plus the fact that the Fire Shadow world is not a high-level realm, Meng Ling's maximum limit is that his divine consciousness can cover a large city with a radius of about 5 square kilometers. Now, Meng Ling just casually releases his divine consciousness, and it can only cover a range of 200-300 meters in radius.

  But this was enough for a ninja who sensed something lurking in the shadows.

  "Meng Ling, have you discovered it too?" Tian Cang asked as he came to Meng Ling's side.

  "Yes, I really don't know what's going on with this mission. Taki Village is seeking our help, but they've actually assigned thirteen ninjas to monitor us. If they're that capable, wouldn't it be better for them to investigate the strange disappearance of the merchant travelers themselves?" said Meng Ling lightly.

  "You said a total of thirteen ninjas were dispatched? How could that be, I only discovered three of them monitoring us from behind." Tensho said in surprise.

  "You're referring to those three jonin with the headbands in the back? They're just three out of thirteen people, only there to catch our attention. Look, those four women buying flowers up front, I've seen them on three consecutive streets already. If it were just one person that I kept seeing, that would be one thing, but for all four of them to keep appearing in front of us like this is just too much of a coincidence."

  "What about the others? Where are they?" Tian Cang asked.

  "The two beggars on our left, their eyes keep glancing over here, and the three children playing behind us, they should be the lower ninjas from Taki Village. The remaining two, have been using earth concealment to follow in our footsteps." Meng Ling pointed out the positions of the hidden ones one by one, causing Tenka to be shocked again and again.

  "It seems that this time's mission is not as simple as B-level, Captain Tenzou." Meng Ling said seriously, while also glancing at the distant Taki ninja village building.

  "There, that should be the Takinomi village's building, although their methods this time are somewhat improper, it's still better to observe for now." said Tenzo.

  "It's indeed the case, but now I've discovered that within the Takinami Village building, there are three Jonin, one Chunin and ten Genin hiding in ambush. I don't think they were sent to invite us for tea." said Mugen lightly.

  "What did you say?" Tian Cang couldn't help but exclaim when he heard Meng Ling's words.