The land of grass.

In the mountain forest, it is quiet and uninhabited. It is already dusk. The scorching red sunset glow shines down and dyes the forest red, as if it is covered with rosy clouds.

Wearing a ninja outfit modified from a white kimono, with a white moon-blue metal ring tied close to the skin around her neck, she was running in the woods with her long hair flying and her pure white pupils staring straight ahead at a very fast speed.

He quickly came to a clearing and stopped.

Although her gaze was firmly fixed in front of her, for Ayane, who had opened her 'Byakugan', her eyes had formed an all-round monitoring radar with no blind spots.

The target that Byakugan sees is not only the human body, but also the human body's more important meridian system that can flow chakra. Unless the energy of chakra is abandoned, no matter what kind of existence it is, it is impossible to hide it from Byakugan.

Observe and arrive here quietly.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, a special stealth technique that can obscure one's own existence can be hidden from Byakugan's observation. However, Ayane has not seen this kind of stealth technique a few times so far.

But maybe there are similar special talents among the ANBU of Konoha.

After all, there are various types of ninjutsu, and it is reasonable to have secret techniques and ninjutsu that target blood inheritance limited abilities like the 'Byakugan'.

After all, Konoha is also the most powerful representative of the five great ninja villages. Among these tens of thousands of ninjas, there are some ninjas with special abilities. It is not surprising.

Therefore, Ayane also maintained a high level of alertness during this operation.

Special ninja departments like Konoha's Anbu and Roots specialize in recruiting special talents, and all of their members are elites who master special secret techniques.

In Konoha, those who can become elites may not necessarily be absorbed by Anbu and Roots, but those who can be attracted and absorbed are all elites.

"Five million taels per head always feels like a bit of a loss."

Ayane came to the open space and whispered softly.

According to the standard price per head of the underground black market, the standard bounty for a jounin does start at a price of almost a few million taels. However, there are special talents at the root. Even if they are not jonin, the abilities they possess must be

The best in a certain field.

However, the selling price of 30 million taels made Ayane very satisfied with the generosity of the Iwagakure ninja.

"The trends in Konoha have changed a bit."

The normal observation distance of the Byakugan is about one kilometer to two kilometers. Those who have refined the Byakugan to an advanced level can observe a radius of about five kilometers.

Ayane's Byakugan, on the other hand, has gone through a lot of practice and has been tempered for a long time. It can see a radius of ten kilometers with itself as the core.

Calculated in terms of area, the range that can be observed is more than double the distance that the jounin of the Hyuga clan can observe with his Byakugan.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Ayane to use her high mobility to invade Konoha's patrol system in a short period of time.

Within the ten-kilometer radius that her Byakugan could observe, the movements and destinations of dozens of Konoha ninjas divided into several patrol teams were not hidden from her eyes.

"Although the patrol methods have changed a bit compared to before, many patterns have not changed."

Ayane touched the bark of the tree next to her. There were some inconspicuous and strange symbols on it, which looked like they were just ghost drawings.

"The way of handing over secret codes has also changed."

Ayane was in the White Fang team in the past and was exposed to such codes, so she knew very well what the handover code of the Konoha patrol force was.

"Are you making so many changes in a short period of time to prevent information from being obtained by defecting ninjas like me?"

Indeed, if the code has been changed and the new system is not clear, the meaning of a symbol will be wrong, leading to huge errors in the intelligence.

"In such a short period of time, a new code system was recreated. The Sannin are really something that cannot be underestimated."

Even the Hungry Ghost in Sex, one of the Sannin who is often criticized, cannot be ignored.

Of course, from the beginning, Ayane never underestimated Konoha's high-end combat power.

Every ninja who can become a jounin has to fight his way out from the dead before he can be awarded the position of jounin.

But doing so doesn't mean much to a ninja like her who has Byakugan.

She is a former Jounin of Konoha who has personally joined Konoha's "Advanced Troops". The peak period of the White Fang Team was when she joined it, where she accumulated a lot of combat experience that outsiders could not imagine.

Outsiders will only lament the efficiency and success rate of the White Fang Team in completing their missions, but in fact they don’t know much about the White Fang Team’s mission execution mode.

This kind of guerrilla warfare is exactly the field suitable for her.

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"What? They're all missing? It's only been less than a day."

At the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass, in the tent conference room of the Konoha camp, Jiraiya showed a look of disbelief.

The new patrol team mode, but he personally asked how it could be so fragile.

Even if the enemy had Hinata's Byakugan, it would be impossible for him to have such an efficient action rate.

I thought that by retreating here and fighting in a familiar environment, I could regain some advantages in patrolling, but what I got was a more difficult situation.

The entire patrol team was wiped out.

Moreover, it took less than a day before and after, not even the body was found, and it mysteriously disappeared from the forest.

"Yes, Jiraiya-sama, I can't believe it. Even Minato, who possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, cannot achieve this kind of mobility alone."

The Flying Thunder God Technique is very fast, but Minato does not have the ability to perceive. Sometimes speed is not a problem. What is more important is to know the enemy's action pattern and detailed location, and to have strong judgment to make a plan in an instant.

As far as this is concerned, Minato really can't do it. If he is equipped with a sentient ninja, it will take a certain amount of time to get used to it before he can do this.

"hateful!"

Jiraiya secretly gritted his teeth. He was considered a ninja with rich combat experience. However, at this time, he had no way to deal with the opponent.

Even if you can gather the manpower to defeat the opponent, the enemy is not stupid, not to mention having all-round Byakugan surveillance. If you know that you are losing, you will mainly retreat.

"That's a given."

A person walked in outside the tent, it was Danzo.

Followed by four root jounin, they arrived at the tent where Jiraiya was.

"Elder Danzo."

The Konoha Jonin who was responsible for reporting to Jiraiya bowed slightly to Danzo and stepped aside.

Jiraiya frowned and looked at Danzo. To be honest, this root leader who wanted to seize the position of Hokage from his teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen made him want to avoid too much contact more than the other two high-level advisors.

"Hyuga Ayane was the 'eyes' of the White Fang Team. The White Fang Team in the past adopted a highly time-effective and perfect combat strategy, and was personally directed and led by the captain Sakumo Hatake. Since the Second Ninja War

During that period, the White Fang team formed a tacit understanding that is unimaginable to outsiders. Now the opponent is just applying the efficient combat strategy to Konoha to deal with other ninja villages."

"But she's only one person."

Jiraiya also understood this.

Among the White Fang Team, Ayane, who possesses the Byakugan, must be equivalent to the ‘eye’, and is the priority guarantee for the White Fang Team to obtain the enemy’s location and action pattern in a timely manner.

It can be said that the reason why the White Fang team was able to maintain such efficient combat results in the past was indispensable to Hyuga Ayane's Byakugan.

"She quit the White Fang Team when she was sixteen to seventeen years old. Now a few years have passed, and she is in the rising stage of ninja. Her strength has already improved by leaps and bounds. Her strength is not weaker than your three ninjas, and is even stronger than them.

Be strong."

Danzo's eyes were as sharp as blades, piercing Jiraiya's face.

"Varied……"

The communication jounin next to him looked shocked.

"This is not surprising. Uchiha Ruri, who is at the same time as her, can fight Hiruzen, one of the Five Kages, in a short period of time without falling behind. Can you do this, Jiraiya?"

Danzo asked aloud.

"Does not."

Jiraiya sighed and definitely answered the question.

He knew very well about the power of his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, that even in a very short period of time, he would be the only one who was at a clear disadvantage.

If it were Orochimaru, he might be able to do it reluctantly.

"Misjudgment in terms of strength and differences in combat experience of leading soldiers, your troops will be restrained by the opponent alone. This is not surprising. Because during the Second Ninja War, the main force of Sunagakure was also defeated by White Fang.

All the tentacles that were restrained by the team were cut off by the White Fang team. Because of this, Konoha was able to successfully negotiate peace with Sunagakure at that time. It was the result of being forced to do nothing."

Danzo's words caused Jiraiya to think and he smiled bitterly.

Indeed, he is different from Sakumo. The other three ninjas follow the path of a commander, rather than Sakumo, who always rushes to the forefront of the battlefield and turns into a 'sharp knife' to pierce the enemy's heartland, so that the enemy's main force does not dare to attack.

act rashly.

Now, the same is true for his disciple Minato Namikaze.

His role in containment is far greater than the benefits on the frontal battlefield.

However, the combat mode of the White Fang Team is difficult for outsiders to imitate.

Otherwise, in Konoha over the years, only one White Fang team would stand out, and the rest of the Jonin team would be reduced to supporting roles.

As the former eye of the White Fang Squadron, Hyuga Ayane had already accumulated a lot of combat experience in the 'vanguard unit' at that time, including retreat warfare, guerrilla warfare, annihilation warfare, and containment warfare, and she was familiar with them all.

"What should we do?"

"I don't know either."
To be continued...