Chương 279: Red Bean's Battle of Wits with Yang Cheng from Afar

In a simple house in the village of the Sea Kingdom, the Red Bean Squad, who had just arrived in the Sea Kingdom and suffered an attack, were all gathered here.

Not long ago, they were attacked by enemy ninjas. Anko activated her cursed seal to block the enemy, while Sakura and Ino went into the water to save others.

However, when Ino and Sakura went into the water, they found a girl rescuing Naruto and gesturing for them to follow her.

Seeing that the other person was dressed as a fisherman and had saved Naruto, Ino and Sakura exchanged glances and finally decided to follow.

As for Anko, Sakura and the others only signaled her to come over when they arrived at Yuhuo's house.

"Teacher Hongdou, are you alright? And what about the enemies?"

When they saw Anko enter looking weak, Sakura and Ino immediately went to help her up, and Sakura even prepared to use medical ninjutsu to treat Anko.

"Sakura, I'm fine. My current weakness is a side effect of the cursed seal state. Medical ninjutsu has no effect on me."

It's a pity that in the end, those few people still managed to get away. The two Sound Ninja and the reanimated guy were alright, but that modified guy... I didn't expect him to be able to use the power of the cursed seal too—" Hearing the battle situation described by Anko, Sakura and the other girl couldn't help but feel a little alarmed.

Previously, when Anko was in her cursed seal state, the aura emanating from her body was so strong that it made them feel suffocated.

They originally thought that Anko-sensei in that state would easily defeat those Sound Ninja, but they didn't expect that her opponent would be so powerful.

"Damn it, if only I had been there, I could have been a great help to Ms. Anko."

Naruto felt guilty when he woke up. He had originally wanted to show off his skills and demonstrate his masculinity to impress Sakura, but this time he not only failed to help at all, but also dragged the team down.

You know, he's the only real man in the team! But this time, instead of being the hero who saved the damsel in distress, he was the one who got saved by the damsel in distress.

Thinking about this, Naruto made a painful decision and vowed that if he encountered an enemy again, he, Uzumaki Naruto, would definitely show his strength and regain the face he had lost before.

However, Ino and Sakura both looked somewhat skeptical about what Naruto said.

Naruto is stronger than the two of them, but only by a very limited margin. If he were to encounter those enemies again, the Red Copper Armored ones would be fine, but if Naruto were to fight the Modified Tenchi, he would probably be sent to his death.

"By the way, Teacher Hongdou, she is Sister Yuhuo, and she's the one who saved me."

Sister Fisherman is a fisherman from the Sea Kingdom; perhaps she knows about those people and the Sea Demon.

When Hongdou and the others were talking, they didn't avoid mentioning Yuhuo, after all, in their eyes, Yuhuo was just an ordinary fisher girl.

Besides, since the other party saved Naruto, they probably aren't a bad person.

As for Yuhuo, she only learned that these people were the ninjas commissioned by the Land of the Sea to escort the deposit team after listening to what Naruto and the others said.

She had only seen someone fall into the water, and out of kindness, she decided to help.

But now it seems these people are here to deal with Yang Cheng, which makes Yu Huo's gaze towards Naruto and the others change somewhat— The money that the Land of the Sea's security escort team transported to the Land of Water appeared to be protection money that the Land of the Sea requested from the Land of Water, but in reality, the beneficiaries were not ordinary people from the Land of the Sea, but rather the upper class, such as the Daimyo.

The Sea Kingdom lives off the sea, and its inhabitants are mostly fishermen, so pirates and the like are often encountered here.

But the lord of the Sea Kingdom doesn't care about the lives of these ordinary fishermen; he just finds ways to levy taxes on them.

The ninjas of Kirigakure in the Land of Water don't work for ordinary people; they're there to consolidate the power of the Daimyo in the Land of the Sea.

Therefore, when Yang Cheng said that he planned to seize the deposit team to establish a ninja village and give the people of the Land of the Sea the power to protect themselves, Yu Huo was full of longing for this.

These Konoha ninjas may not be bad, and they were just there to escort someone on a mission.

But anyone who tries to stop Yang Cheng's plan will be her enemy!

"Sister Yuhuo, do you know anything about the Sea Demon and those ninjas lurking near the Land of the Sea?"

Upon hearing Naruto's question, Anko and the others turned their attention to Yuhuo.

Since they were newcomers and knew nothing about the place, asking the locals was indeed a faster and more effective way to get some useful information.

"The sea demons of the Land of the Sea haven't appeared for some time. As for the ninjas you mentioned, I only know that they frequently operate on Ghost Island."

Their leader was called Tianzhi, a mad scientist who was obsessed with biological modification and would even capture villagers for experiments.

Upon hearing from Yuhuo that Tianzhi would capture villagers for human experiments, Naruto and the others were extremely indignant. Meanwhile, Anko frowned and said, "Orochimaru's subordinates are all cut from the same cloth. I'm not surprised that they would do such things."

But that Dr. Tianzhi you mentioned, he should have already been killed.

His soul was even impurely reincarnated, and his body was modified. Although he deserved to die, it now seems there are other, even more powerful figures behind him.

Anko is really not good at using her brain. According to Tsunade, this escort mission should only involve clues about Orochimaru. They will not meet Orochimaru in person, which is why it is a B-rank mission.

Judging from the strength of the Sound Ninja who made a move before, especially the modified Tenchi, he clearly already has the strength of an elite Jonin, which completely exceeds the difficulty of a B-rank mission.

"The person who killed Tianzhi must not be a good person either, since he can do some kind of biological modification."

Ino felt a strong aversion to the so-called biological modification, and she was also very worried that her childhood friend, Haruto, might have been modified after being captured by Orochimaru.

However, Ino was unaware that because of her casual remark, Yuhuo had secretly been watching her with his eyes.

Yu Huo used to be just as resistant and disgusted by so-called biological modification, but after meeting Yang Cheng, she realized that technology itself is neither good nor bad; the only bad ones are those with wicked intentions.

While both are researching bioengineering technology, Tianzhi is only doing so to satisfy his own ambitions and is using others for experiments without any moral compass.

But Yang Cheng is different. His research and modification technology is for the benefit of more people, and no matter when or where, Yang Cheng always maintains his bottom line.

Even when it comes to forbidden body modifications, Yang Cheng will follow the other party's own wishes before taking any action.

Therefore, Yubi was quite dissatisfied with Ino's statement that Yosei was not a good person.