Uchiha's opinion

"How many supplies are left?"

Uchiha Seiji, who was responsible for commanding the first team of the Shogunate Exploration Team, asked.

"There is still one month's standard supply of dry food, but there is only enough fresh water for half a month..."

The staff ninja accompanying the team replied.

"What the hell is this place!"

Even the mentally tough Uchiha Seiji couldn't help but curse.

"No wonder since the Warring States Period, hundreds of tribes and nations have been fighting in the Ninja Continent. It turns out it's because this barbaric land is so damn desolate!"

"It's not as good as the ghostly desert of the Kingdom of Wind. At least there is an oasis in the desert!"

Uchiha Seiji cursed and poured out his inner uneasiness.

It has been more than twenty days since he led his troops deep into the wilderness. Although he did not encounter any enemies along the way, nor was he attacked by wild monsters as he imagined, but every day when he opened his eyes, he faced white and lifeless withered trees. The rocks were broken, the extreme emptiness and silence made him and his subordinates feel very uncomfortable.

Even because everything he could see was a wasteland of rocks, the team he led had unknowingly deviated from the direction three times. Although it didn't take long to realize it and return to the established direction, a lot of time and time were wasted. supplies.

And that's not even the point.

After traveling deep into the wilderness, the exploration team discovered that the water vapor in the air was actually thinner than in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind!

The direct result of this was that the amount of fresh water carried seriously exceeded the standard, and even the ninja who was born in Kirigakure in the exploration team fell to the ground because of this. As a last resort, Uchiha Seiji had to let the members of the same sluggish Ame Ninja background take the lead. Return along Kirigakure's original path.

Before reaching the preset location of Mt. Miaomu, and without encountering any enemies, the exploration team was indirectly reduced by one-fifth of its members, and the supplies it carried were reduced by half!

"I don't know what happened before ancient times..."

The staff ninja looked at the desolation in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "A perfectly good continent has turned into such a barbaric land, and it seems that it cannot be transformed into fertile soil for farming..."

"The devil knows!"

Uchiha Seiji was still thinking about his mission, and was not in the mood or interested to think about the history that had been buried in dust for who knows how many years.

"If we continue to speed up the march, can the supplies be sustained?"

"Food is fine, but fresh water may be..."

The staff ninja hesitated.

"do not care!"

Uchiha Seiji kicked a dry rock on the ground to pieces with great anger, "If we continue like this, we won't be able to reach the end of the world according to the preset time!"

"Zun...hey!"

The staff ninja was bowing his head to respond, but suddenly he screamed.

"What are you barking at?"

Uchiha Seiji glared at him very dissatisfied, and then moved to his feet following the gaze of the staff ninja.

"Fuck!"

Under the rubble, a broken humanoid fossil appeared!

Uchiha Seiji quickly released chakra to sweep away the surrounding dry rocks, and then, a humanoid fossil was revealed...

Some are panicked, some are calm, some are confused, and even some of the outlines of the fossil's head that are still in good condition can be seen from the smile on his mouth that has not yet had time to disappear...

But without exception, these "people" all lost their lives in the sudden and shocking changes, and their remains were lucky enough to be preserved by the power of time, and became fossils in this wild land. I don't know how many years passed before I set foot again. In front of people who enter...

The exploration team members who were resting not far away heard the captain's exclamation and rushed over. Then they were shocked by the fossil remains in front of them.

A sense of historical dignity came over me.

"I see!"

Uchiha Seiji suddenly said something carelessly.

"……team leader?"

The staff ninja was still in shock and could not react for a while.

"I understand the significance of our exploration!"

Uchiha Seiji said so.

…

"The voyage fleet hasn't found any trace yet?"

In the Konoha Governor's Mansion, Uchiha Tokumitsu asked again.

"...I haven't received a reply yet."

Uchiha Shisui wiped away his sweat and replied softly.

Konoha sent exploration teams to the extremely deserted lands in the east and west directions, but the fleet that was thought to be the safest completely lost contact after a storm. The shogunate Fubo City Naval Headquarters received the 'imminent' message from the expedition fleet. After the hurricane's telegram, there was no further news.

At first, the Fubo City Naval Headquarters thought that the fleet was still in a storm and communications were affected, so they didn't take it seriously. However, they later received a secret report from the Ninja Cat Clan, saying that the contracted Ninja Cat had been with the Ninja Cat clan. The Uchiha clan commanding the fleet lost contact, and the navy headquarters panicked.

The Navy Red Deer did not dare to hide such a major event, so they sent an urgent envoy back to Konoha to report the matter to Uchiha Tokimitsu, and also dispatched a fleet of speedboats to brave the wind and rain at sea to rush to the coordinates of the fleet before it disappeared. .

But when they rushed to the sea area where the incident occurred, they only found that the 'Sea of ​​Storms' once marked on the Kirigakure sea map had been completely obscured by super hurricanes that had been blowing for days. The force of the wind pillars colliding back and forth was enough to spread out. There were so many huge waves that the speedboat team almost capsized just by looking at it from a distance; the hurricane tornado spread so widely that even a white-eyed ninja couldn't see the end, and there were reef eddies all over the route, making it impossible to sail...

Uchiha Tokumitsu was naturally unwilling to see his fleet disappear inexplicably, so he ordered a small artificial island to be backfilled in the reef area outside the crashed sea area, built an observation station, and then installed a high-power The tailed beast chakra telegraph base station sends out search signals day and night.

But after many days, there was still no news from the fleet.

"hurricane……"

Uchiha Tokko couldn't help but sigh.

"teacher……"

Uchiha Shisui started to speak but stopped.

He wanted to say some comforting words, such as that the fleet would be safe, but he couldn't.

"Let the sealing squad, the Shogunate Engineering Institute, and the Konoha Research Institute jointly send personnel to station at fixed points to study the formation principles of this huge hurricane wall!"

After thinking for a long time, Uchiha Tokumitsu made a very difficult decision: "As for the search team, let's come back first! To avoid sudden casualties!"

After saying that, Uchiha Tokko slowly closed his eyes, with an expression of unspeakable sadness.

Although the cost of stationing personnel and maintaining equipment outside the ocean is astronomical, and even in his own heart he feels that the fleet is in danger, Uchiha Tokumitsu still cannot let go of the missing ninja troops.

"As ordered..."

Uchiha Shisui's eyes were slightly red, he bowed and left.

"Knock knock!"

After a while, there were two knocks on the door, and then Uchiha Makoto opened the door and entered.

She didn't say much, she just came to squat down in front of Uchiha Demitsu and buried her head in her lover's arms.

"well……"

Uchiha Tokko sighed.

…

"...Dear Staff Officer Ichiraku, have you not received the signal yet?"

In the command cabin of the fleet's flagship, which was struggling to move forward in the wind and waves, Uchihara Rumbu, the commander of the shogunate's ocean-going fleet, said in a sinister tone to the fleet chief of staff, Uzumaki Ichiraku, who was sweating profusely and tinkering with the radio.

"Not yet...perhaps due to the interference of wind and waves, there has been no response to the signal sent by the radio."

The Uzumaki Chief of Staff, who has the same name as Konoha's famous Ichiraku Ramen, said timidly.

"What the hell is wind and wave interference!"

Uchi Bolunbu muttered, and the anxiety on his face could no longer be concealed.

"Even the magnetic field in this sea area is completely messed up, and the navigation compass is of no use at all..."

Uzumaki Ichiraku said with a bitter smile.

Uchiha Renbu is a very rare Jōnin specializing in water escape in the Uchiha clan. He is one of the old members of Uchiha Tokumitsu's red reserve team, so he can also serve as the commander of this expedition fleet, but he tinkered with the Shogunate Engineering Institute. I am not very familiar with the principles of various equipment, so I have nothing to do when the equipment fails inexplicably, the wind and waves are strong, and I even lose direction.

However, judging from Uzumaki Ichiraku's so-called repair actions, which he only dared to pat around the outside of the radio station and did not dare to open the casing, he actually didn't know how to repair it!

"There has been no problem with the telegraph communication between the ships, but we can't contact the headquarters..."

The Hyuga ninja in charge of communications also intervened: "Plus the ones that have been floating around on the sea..."

"So, we don't know where we have yawed at all, do we?"

Uchi Bolunbu became even more irritated: "It's been seven days! It's been seven days! I still can't contact the naval headquarters! Does Lord Tokumitsu think I have defected?"

The subordinates were speechless.

However, the command module was full of Uchipolenbu's cronies, so there was no need to pretend to be calm and composed like in front of his subordinates.

"You brat from the Nara family! You usually think so fast and you don't have any good ideas!"

Uchi Bolunbu asked Staff Nara who was nestled in the corner again.

"…Please forgive me for my incompetence."

Staff Officer Nara reluctantly responded in a routine manner again.

This conversation has been repeated countless times since the third day after losing contact.

Fortunately, the ninjas in the fleet are all carefully selected elite ninjas, and the jounin at all levels are all old men of the shogunate, so there is no need to worry about military morale.

"Really..."

Uchi Bolunbu shook his head, opened the door and walked out of the command cabin.

"That's right! I'm just venting, don't take it personally!"

Before leaving the house, Uchibarumbu turned around and exchanged one more words.

"We know..."

His subordinates have long been accustomed to their boss's behavior.

"You will definitely be scolded to death by Lord Tokuguang when you go back!"

Seeing that his subordinate's mental state was still as stable as ever, Uchipolumbu left cursing.

As soon as they reached the deck, another wave hit the bow of the arrow. The wave was then dispersed by the strong impact angle, and the seawater poured on the deck like heavy rain.

A strange-shaped fish followed the waves and landed at Uchibarumbu's feet. Even though it was out of the water, the strange fish was still jumping around fiercely, trying to bite Uchipolumbu.

"...There is sashimi delivered to your door again."

Uchiha Rumbu was not surprised by this, and said that he was very mentally stable at this time.

"puff!"

A shuriken was thrown out of his hand, pinning the strange fish to the deck.

"A fish wants to bully me! It's so desperate!"

Uchi Bolunbu cursed fiercely.

The busy ninjas on the deck have long been accustomed to the commander's moodiness and are indifferent to it.

Then, a ninja ran over, picked up the killed monster fish, and then casually formed a seal and cast a water column to wash away the blood on the deck.

At the end, the ninja babbled: "Commander Lunbu... can you please stop using ninja tools to kill fish? This will make the deck bumpy and unsightly, and the fish you kill will look terrible!"

"My pleasure!"

Uchi Bolunbu rolled his eyes, and then continued to walk on the deck in the wind and waves with his hands behind his back.

Although his words seem very arrogant, in fact, Uchipolenbu is still very popular among the navy ninjas. Everyone likes his boss's arrogant spirit, to the point where he feels uncomfortable even if he doesn't get scolded for a whole day.

The fleet has a total of ten armored battleships and ten armored cruisers, and they are fully loaded with supplies before going to sea, including a lot of fresh water, and the battleships are also equipped with a Chakra seawater desalination system, so there is no problem with water supply.

As for the food…

As another wave stirred up, a fat salmon was thrown onto the boat.

No matter from which perspective, there is no possibility of food shortage in the fleet.

"Go quickly! Sashimi! Now!"

Uchi Bolunbu picked up the salmon on the deck and handed it to the passing navy ninja.

"Okay~"

The lucky navy ninja immediately took the salmon happily and ran towards the kitchen.

"What the hell is this place..."

Only when there was no one around would Uchipolunbu show his tired look that he had been hiding so well.

Looking up at the sky covered by dark clouds, I couldn't see the stars at all.

But Uchi Bolunbu's mood is getting worse and worse!

Because he accidentally saw the stars in the sky once when the dark clouds were blown away-it was completely different from what he had seen in the ninja world!

But he, Uchipolumbu, could not confirm whether he was dazzled because it had been cloudy and rainy since the last time he saw the stars.

But one thing is certain...

"There is still no natural energy at all!"

Uchi Bolunbu's teeth gritted loudly.

As an Uchiha jounin, he also received the senjutsu seeds given by his master. Although he failed to successfully refine the senjutsu chakra, he could better sense the existence of the ubiquitous natural energy in the void!

But since he was involved in a hurricane and lost his way, during a practice, he suddenly discovered that he could no longer sense natural energy!

Moreover, judging from the condition of the immortal magic seeds in his body, it is not that his perception is malfunctioning, but that there is no natural energy in the outside world at all!

There is no place in the ninja world without natural energy! It’s just a difference between rich or thin!

Uchi Bolunbu felt a terrible headache.

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