Naruto - The Wind Calamity

Chapter 165 : Safe Hideout? What's that?

The Konoha ninjas entered the cave silently and checked it out. There was nothing in the cave.

Fujin stood in front of a wall and focused Chakra in his eyes. He wouldn't have noticed it a few months back, but due to practicing Fuinjutsu so much, he could see some seals in the wall. He smirked and thought, 'At best the one who made these is a SealMaster and not a Grandmaster. It'd have been difficult to explain how I knew it was a grandmaster and convince these guys to retreat had that been the case.

Still, this is a great hideout! For starters, there was nothing around the place that would cause suspicion. This cave itself has 2 layers of camouflage. The Waterfall and the wall, one of which is natural and the other is indistinguishable from the natural wall.

Even if someone still managed to find this cave, they would think that it is only a small cave and wouldn't suspect a bigger cave inside. Perhaps the only vulnerability of this hideout is the ones hiding inside it. If they didn't leave any trail, it'd be almost impossible for the Land of Frost forces to find this place suspicious.'

Fujin said, "I think they are behind this wall."

Tamotsu nodded. The whole group planted a few dozen explosives on that wall. Fujin and Ryota used Earth Military Movement jutsu to enter the cave walls and planted over 400 Explosion tags where Fujin asked them to. As Fujin could see the seals, the rogue ninjas who were hiding inside weren't alerted.

Fujin's squad left the waterfall and moved a few hundred meters away. Tamotsu asked, "Is everyone ready?"

The group nodded. Everyone made a hand sign. Tamotsu picked up a stone and said, "We will set off the explosion when this stone touches the ground."

He tossed the stone in the air. At the moment it touched the ground, all 5 ninjas activated the explosion tags they planted!

Inside the cave, there were 14 rogue ninjas. They were aware that the Land of Frost would try to find them, perhaps even issue a mission, but they weren't worried. They had recently stocked up their supplies and were planning to hide there for a month or more.

In the cave, Nishio Korenaga was trying out the Chakra Sword. He held the sword in his right hand and tried to extend his chakra through the sword. The chakra flowed through the sword very smoothly. He felt as if the sword was an extension of his own arm.

Suddenly, the chakra flowing through the sword was converted into Lightning in the blink of an eye! Almost all of the other rogue ninjas were watching this. They were surprised at how skilled Korenaga was!

Saigo Rikyu said, "Damn boss! You are on fire! It's as if the sword was crafted for you!"

However, Korenaga shook his head and said, "No, you have done a great job. This sword is amazing. I am surprised that this weak little nation had something so good."

Rikyu grinned and said, "It was their family heirloom. They might still have some good stuff that we can try to steal."

Korenaga nodded and said, "Yes. I'm interested too. But not now. They might have issued an A rank mission to Konoha or our former village to hunt you down."

Rikyu immediately got serious and said, "Yes. They must be hunting for me now."

Korenaga smirked and said, "Don't worry. As long as you are loyal to me, I will guarantee your safety. Besides, those morons don't know about me. Even if they manage to track this hideout, they will just feed my new sword!"

Hearing him, everyone calmed down and began cheering. After all, Korenaga was the true leader of this group of misfits. The investigation carried out by the Land of Frost ninjas never discovered him. So their information was incomplete. And this incomplete information could very well be fatal!