Chapter 106: Ambush, Troops Divided into Two Routes

  Today is the day when the 'Naruto version of the marathon' starts, before dawn breaks, Meng Ling brings Naruto and others to the venue.

  "Iida, I need to talk to you." Murei had just arrived and after catching sight of Iida who was still warming up, he walked over and said.

  "Speak up quickly, although you're a woman, don't disturb my warm-up." Ida said loudly.

  "Hey, I'm telling you, your personality is nothing like your brother's. I really don't know why Yibi Xi would have a younger brother like you." Meng Ling said lazily.

  "You, what did you just say?" As soon as Ida heard the name Ebi Ki, she immediately grabbed Mirai's collar.

  "Let go..." Meng Ling gently pried open Ida's hands. She continued, "Morino Ibuki, he should be your older brother, right? You two seem to share some resemblance."

  "Big brother, is big brother still alive?" Ida asked excitedly.

  "Ah, I see. What I wanted to ask you is that since the seasonal wind will be coming soon and it'll be difficult to take a boat, shouldn't we change our route?" asked Meng Ling.

  "Monsoon? It seems you know quite a bit about the sea, huh. Not bad, if that's really the case, then we'll have to change our route." Ida said.

  "In that case, let's go prepare first. You just need to run steadily and the rest will be taken care of by us," said Meng Ling.

  "Got it. Shinobi are a nuisance." Idate said, continuing his warm-up exercises. Meanwhile, Mei came over to the three of them.

  "What's wrong, Mei Ling? Has that guy been bullying you again? Do you want me to go beat him up?" Naruto asked fiercely.

  "You really are clever, if he could actually bully the Jonin then there would be no need to hire us. On the other hand, you, during the mission it's best if you don't do anything 'special'." Mei Terumi said with a smile after giving Naruto a violent headbutt.

  "Yes, yes......" Naruto said somewhat indifferently.

  "It's just 'yes' once." Next, Sakura also gave Naruto a violent slap on the head, and instantly, two "flesh balls" appeared on Naruto's head.

  Right after that, Ida's match began. Following Mugen's proposal, Ida started sprinting in different directions from the get-go. This time, however, Mugen had already exchanged a long greeting with Jiro, so Jiro wasn't worried.

  Ida has already gone far away. After exchanging a glance with Jiro, Meng said to the three of them: "Alright, let's follow him."

  "Oh..." Naruto responded with a single word, then followed Maito Gai in the direction Idate was running towards, along with Sakura and Sasuke.

  Menma, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Date made a total of five people, rushing in different directions. Although Date was affected by the illusion technique along the way, for Menma with the Byakugan bloodline, it was just a matter of drinking tea. After this little episode, the three also arrived very smoothly.

  At this time, Meng Ling and the five people were drifting on the sea, looking at the dark clouds not far away. Meng Ling's heart was very calm because she knew that soon after, the three Konoha ninjas would launch a sneak attack on her side. Although Meng Ling wanted to exercise properly, during the mission, Meng Ling had not decided on other people's affairs, so Meng Ling slowly walked to the back of the small boat and then put both hands into the water.

  "Divine Technique - Spiral Bullet." After saying this, the palms of Meng Leng's hands immediately gathered extremely dense Chaotic Divine Energy, which was also constantly rotating. As Meng Leng continued to increase his strength, the speed of the Spiral Bullet also became faster and faster. The next moment, the small boat that Meng Leng and the others were on sped forward in the direction of the island like it had two high-speed propellers.

  "Let them chase me slowly, I won't wait for you. But since we already know that there will be followers coming, why not leave some small gifts in these places - Ice Crystals." As she spoke, Meng Ling immediately used her elemental physique to create over a hundred blue particles. These things were actually an idea that Meng Ling had come up with after seeing Snow Ninja use a type of handheld sword that could explode into ice shards when she was in the Snow Country. As long as the three Grass Ninjas' ships chasing Meng Ling touched the particles she scattered on the surface of the sea, they would immediately explode into ice shards just like Snow Ninja's handheld sword. Although it may not be enough to kill those Grass Ninjas, giving them a surprise or two was still a good choice.

  "Stay and enjoy the little gift I gave you, and then treat you well after finishing. Hehe" Meng Ling thought slyly. At the same time, it was also at this moment that Meng Ling's small boat had already seen the shadow of the island, and after landing, several people directly abandoned the boat and went to get the glass ball needed for this "Fire Shadow Version Marathon" first stop, and then ran towards another, which is the final destination - the end point of the competition.

  Several people, due to the acceleration of the Dream Wing Spiral Pill, were now moving at a speed that was several times faster than in the original story. At this point, after a rush of travel, everyone had already arrived at the first stop. Idate took away the crystal ball amidst the crowd's astonished gaze and then prepared to move on to the final destination.

  "Naruto, from now on, it's up to you all to protect Iruka's safety. I still have some things to take care of, so you all just focus on completing your mission." At this time, Mugen surprisingly said such a sentence to Naruto and the others.

  "What? Meng Ling, what are you going to do? This mission isn't even completed yet!" Naruto asked loudly.

  "Really? You're still on a mission. Where are you going now, Meng?" Sakura also walked over and asked.

  "Hmph..."

  "It seems that this woman has already started to fall behind me, so now she wants to give up halfway through?" Ida said loudly beside him.

  "Alright, I don't want to say anything more to these fools. Kakashi-sensei said you should all train hard on your own, and this mission is a great opportunity for that. So from now on, everything will be up to you. I'm going to go do my own thing, and after the mission is over, I'll come back to pick you up. You should also learn to take care of yourselves and have your own ideas. That's all I have to say, so I'm leaving first." Mei Ling ignored Itachi's words and directly flew into the air, disappearing from the scene.

  "How did she leave?" Ida asked in surprise, having just seen Meng Leng disappear right before her eyes.

  "It's really stupid!" Sasuke said coldly, and then the three of them began their task. At this time, Mengying returned along the original route, and at the same time, his divine sense quickly spread out to search for those grass ninjas who were preparing to ambush Naruto and others.

  "Now, it's my time for entertainment. After cultivating for so long, I still need to gather strength later. This time, let me have a good play." At this moment, Meng Ling's divine consciousness was constantly scanning the area, and finally saw Ai Qingqing and his three subordinates landing on the coast, seemingly discussing something.

  "Found it." Looking at Aogaku Seiran who was still talking, the contestant who participated in the competition had already left to chase after Ida and others. Seeing this, Yumeiru immediately descended. Directly landing in front of Aogaku Seiran who was still speaking.

  "Hey, all of you from Cao Ren's side, are you still worried because you can't find our whereabouts? Do you want me to reveal a little?" Meng Ling said lightly.

  "You're... one of the ninjas in charge of protecting Ida, and yet you dare to show up so directly in front of us. You've got quite a nerve, don't you?" said Aoi Kizuna with a cold tone.

  "Is that so? I don't think so, after all, you seem to be overestimating yourself. With your level of ninjas, it's not even necessary for me to use sneak attacks." Meng Ling said coldly.

  "Hmph, you're really getting arrogant, but don't worry, I was only planning to stop this match at first, but now it seems I can do more than that. Ninjutsu - Kirakira Senbon." As soon as Ao Qing's voice fell, she threw the ninja tool behind her - a bamboo umbrella into the air, and in the next moment, hundreds of senbon flew towards Mengying's location.

  "This extremely childish tactic may have some effect on ordinary people, but for me, it's completely useless... Flame Ring - Fire Pillar." Meng Ling waved his right hand, and instantly, a circle of flames surrounded his body. The next moment, a massive fire pillar appeared in front of everyone, the high-temperature flames not only melted the thousand books that were attacking Meng Ling, but also directly turned the ninja tool - bamboo umbrella into ashes.

  "It's despicable, it seems this time is going to be a tough battle." Seeing the enemy's strength, Aoiro Kaze didn't hide anything and directly took out the Raijin sword, which was used by the Second Hokage, that he had stolen from Konohagakure. At the same time, he also made preparations for an attack.

  "You're really clueless, aren't you? It seems you still don't know the current situation. Now, I'll ask you a question: you have two paths to choose from. First: abandon this mission and leave the Raikiri sword that belongs to Konohagakure behind. Second: I'll take the Raikiri sword myself, and as for you... whether you live or die is unknown." Yumei said coldly.

  "Hmph, no need to waste words. If you're going to come, then just come already. We have the advantage of numbers here, so there's no need to fear a single Fire-style ninja." Akane said with a pale blue face.

  "Oh, it seems you've already made up your mind. That's good, I was really worried that you would agree to the first condition... " Meng Ling said with a smile: "Because if that were the case, it would be too boring."

  (Everyone, the exam is finally over, I'm back!!!)