(A.N: Sorry for such a long dey, I was super busy with a lot of things, but now updates will be regur, and I will also do a mass release ^~^)

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  When Toshi was unsummoned, Kaida quickly made a shadow e and dispersed it. The e that Kaida had sent to help Yomi received the memory of Kaida and an order:

  *If Yomi and Ryota are safe, tell them to stay there and disperse yourself to inform me of your location.*

  The e looked toward Yomi and Ryota. They had run quite a distand were now 10 kilometers away from their initial position. The e appeared in front of them and said,

  "It looks like Yukihiro-sensei's fight is over, and the remaining enemy ninjas were ordered to retreat. Kaida asked you guys to stay here; he will be ing any minute."

  After saying that, the e dispersed itself. Kaida received the location of Yomi and Ryota and used the Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu to reach their location as fast as he could, c the distance of 10 kilometers in just one minute.

  "It's great that you guys are safe. Did any of you suffer any injuries during the fight?" Kaida asked as soon as he arrived in front of Yomi and Ryota.

  "We're okay, just a little exhausted. Running for this long while evading attacks is very difficult," Yomi said with a ugh.

  Kaida looked toward Ryota, and both each other.

  *bark bark*

  "Oh! Looks like Kiba, you were able to save both of them, huh?" Kaida said to Kiba while patting his head.

  Sihey were quite a distance away, Yukihiro wouldn't be able to sehem and e to their position, so they headed back to the caravan, which was currently being protected by two samurai from the Land of Iron, who were ag as bodyguards for the cil members.

  Yukihiro and Kaida's es were also present there to protect their t in case someone from the enemy ranks mao reach them.

  Seeing Kaida and the team returning, Yukihiro's e dispersed itself, and Yukihiro received the memory of his e.

  "Great, it looks like all of them are alright. Also, I don't have to look for them now. Let's just store his body first."

  Yukihiro stored the body of the Jonin he had killed and the back to the locatiohey had first killed some in and Genin during their initial attack. Even though their bodies were badly damaged due to the fire attack, Yukihiro still stored them.

  Then he also used the Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu to return to the caravan.

  Just as he arrived in front of his students and was about to ask them about their well-being, one of the cilmen came out of the caravan and said,

  "Yukihiro, what took you so long? I expected better from you."

  "I am sorry, sir, but the enemy numbered 20 and even had 2 Jonin-level ninjas. We were able to kill many of them, but not all. Due to such a huge disadvantage in numbers, some of them mao escape.

  So, I think we 't tio travel at such a slow pace. Since we had to eat soldier pills to ter them, we will be uo fight after 3 days. I suggest that we carry you to the Land of Noodles as fast as we , while the caravan tio travel as it is now.

  This way, it may act as a distra while we reach the Land of Noodles," Yukihiro said.

  The cilman looked visibly pissed, with a frown on his face as he replied,

  "Why should we suffer due to your inpetence? You should have killed those dams. Now that you failed to do your job properly, it is your responsibility to protect us if they e again."

  Kaida was very angered after hearing such a remark. He thought,

  'We were fighting with our lives on the line for such a fool. Was that worth it? I'm pretty sure that if any of us had died during the fight, he wouldn't have even batted an eye and would have just bmed us as inpetent.'

  But he trolled his anger and tried tue reasonably.

  "Sir, we just told you that we fought 20 ninjas, including 2 Jonin, in, and Genin, while we were just 1 Jonin and 3 Genin. We had to put our lives on the lio save you.

  And in the end, we were able to save you, so I think we pleted our job perfectly."

  "How dare a brat talk iween us! And do you think I will be in your debt for saving my life? It is your job to die for me. Our lives are more important than hundreds of yours," the cilman said to Kaida, his frown deepening.

  This was the limit of what Kaida could tolerate.

  He used the Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu and appeared just behind the cilman, with his sword at the man's neck.

  "Sensei, I think I'm fih having some failed missions on my resume. we just kill him and say we were uo save him?" Kaida asked Yukihiro, pressing his swainst the cilman's neck, causing a small cut.

  Both of the samurai drew their ons, ready to attack. Yomi and Ryota also took out their ons and appeared on the left and right of Kaida, prepared to defend him against any attack from the samurai.

  "Unfortunately, Kaida, we 't always take the easy way. The deal with the Land of Noodles is important—it's crucial for stabilizing our vilge's eidition.

  We 't put our vilge in danger just because of some fools. However, if he keeps bbbering suonsense, you kill him, and I'll hahe rest. I'm pretty sure Lord Third will be able to finalize the deal with or without them," Yukihiro said, sounding increasingly sinister with each word. The cilman could tell from his tohat Yukihiro was pletely serious.

  Kaida nodded after hearing this, removed his sword from the man's neck, and all three of them used movement jutsu to appear behind Yukihiro.

  Yukihiro then put a business smile on his fad said,

  "Dear elder, you wait in the carriage for a while. Once we've rested a bit, we will tinue our journey."

  The cilman nodded his head so fast that he might have gotten neck cramps. Seeing the tension subside, the bodyguards put away their ons.

  After that, Yukihiro and the team moved a little away from the carriage.

  "I'm sorry, sensei. I lost my cool there," Kaida apologized to Yukihiro.

  "Well, you did a great job, because thanks to you, I was able to trol myself. Otherwise, I might have killed him ht.

  This is why I don't do esissions, or rather, why Lord Third doesn't give me such missions. But now that I'm getting these missions, you guess how bad our vilge's dition is.

  But let's leave that aside. I don't think that fool will speak out again, at least not until we return to the vilge.

  Now, tell me, are you guys alright?"

  "Yes, sensei. We mao kill 2 ninjas during our initial surprise attack, but the sound of fighting drew other ninjas to our position. We weren't sure about going up against 4 in by ourselves, so we decided to run ahem distracted," Ryota said.

  "Good choice. Were you guys able to store the bodies of the ninjas you killed?" Yukihiro asked.

  "No, sensei. We didn't have enough time," Yomi said.

  "No problem. Now, Kaida, what about you?" Yukihiro asked.

  "I was able to ihe enemy, but he summoned a defeype summon that looked like an armadillo, and because of that, I couldn't kill him. After that, the red smoke allowed him to escape. I think his name was Kazuki."

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  (A.N: Thanks for reading ^~^)