Naruto, this game world seems a bit real.

Chapter 175 Danger

"There's a small wooden house over there, shall we go take a look?" Hua Ling asked, pointing to the wooden house.

Before Zhi Shui could respond, she had already taken a step forward.

"Hua Ling, wait a moment." Zhi Shui suddenly called out to stop her.

She turned her head in confusion. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing!" Zhi Shui removed the flower from behind her ear and placed a flower wreath on her head.

"Brother, it's not good if people see this!" Hua Ling was happy inside, but her face showed her disapproval.

"If the brother and sister are closer, they won't give themselves away," Shisui forced an explanation.

"Is that so?" Hua Ling touched the flower wreath on her head, barely accepting the explanation.

Seeing that Hua Ling had no suspicions, Zhi Shui breathed a sigh of relief and took her hand again, walking towards the wooden house she had mentioned.

Hua Ling was slightly taken aback. Although it seemed normal for siblings to be close in the Naruto world, she was a man in public, and Shisui was holding her hand so openly and without any reservations.

"Truly worthy of being called a ninja, able to endure such things." Hua Ling muttered to herself.

She seemed to have forgotten that there was no need to play the role of the younger sister now, and Hua Ling only realized this belatedly on the way.

She glanced at Shisui secretly, but ultimately didn't say anything. This time, she would just go along with him.

Upon arriving at the cabin, they didn't go inside immediately. They discovered that it overlooked the village in the stream, but it was quite far away, and they could only see its outline with the naked eye.

"Brother, where's the telescope?" Hua Ling reached out her hand, and a telescope appeared in her hand the next second.

"Something's not right, she didn't see anyone."

"No wonder she hasn't received a reply to the documents she sent; something must have happened in this village."

"Is it because this place is remote and far from the capital, beyond our reach?" Hua Ling had many thoughts flashing through her mind, and she felt that something bad was about to happen.

She tossed the binoculars to Shisui, asking him to take a look and see if he could find anything.

After some time, judging from Zhishui's expression, she probably realized that, like Zhishui, she hadn't discovered anything.

Now we'll just have to wait until tonight to investigate and see if we can find anything.

Pushing open the door to the room next door, a musty smell hit her. Hua Ling covered her nose and frowned.

"Hua Ling, wait outside for a while. I'll clean it up before you come in."

“Brother, I’m fine, I can help you.” Zhi Shui ignored her completely, pulled her to a flat rock a short distance away, and gestured for her to sit and wait.

Shisui definitely has two faces. He's respectful and well-behaved towards her in Daming Prefecture, but he's so tough outside.

Hua Ling sat on a rock, her chin resting on her hands, watching his busy figure through the open door. "What a good family man!"

When she came in, the room was clean and tidy, with many household items laid out, and vases on the table filled with flowers of various colors and types.

Hua Ling's eyelashes trembled slightly as she wondered to herself, "Did she ask Zhi Shui to bring so much stuff?"

It must have been his own idea to bring them, even though these were things she used frequently.

Yes... that must be it.

Hua Ling quickly found a plausible excuse for herself.

As evening fell, Zhi Shui had just changed into a black outfit and was about to leave when he was called back, "Brother, aren't you taking me with you?" Hua Ling's voice was filled with reluctance; Chun Chun was deliberately using that tone.

Zhi Shui walked over to her and rubbed her head. "Hua Ling, you stay at home. I'll be back in a bit."

"Please, I just wanted to annoy you, Zhishui, but you didn't have to do such intimate things." Hua Ling glared at him, then turned her head away. "If you don't want her to go, then don't go. She doesn't want to go anyway, hmph..."

A look of helplessness crossed his face. It was really not a good idea to bring her along this time; the unknown was actually more dangerous.

Zhi Shui glanced at Hua Ling's retreating figure before turning and disappearing into the night.

Hua Ling lay on the bed in the small house and began to review the events of the journey. She couldn't find anything wrong, but she felt increasingly uneasy.

"Zhi Shui might be in danger!" The thought of this possibility made her unable to lie still.

Just then, countless kunai wrapped with 'explosive tags' flew towards the house.

"Damn it, when she gets back, she'll make that spy wish he were dead."

Explosions rang out one after another, and in the blink of an eye, the wooden house was reduced to rubble.

Sixteen ninja wearing Cloud Village headbands emerged from the woods not far from the house. One of them couldn't help but speak up upon seeing this, "Captain, could the intelligence be wrong? How could it be the Daimyo of the Land of Fire inside? They said he was so powerful, how could he be so easily killed by 'explosive tags'?"

"We must be careful and not let our guard down." That's what the captain said, though he agreed with his subordinate's words. But he still sent someone to check and confirmed that the people in the cabin were dead before leaving with his men.

Little did they know, the person who had just gone to investigate had been switched with another.

Hua Ling followed this group to the village. She hadn't seen a single person during the day, but now she encountered a group of Cloud Village ninjas every so often.

Has this village been taken over by the Hidden Cloud Village? What are they planning to do?

Hua Ling still couldn't see where the people who lived in this village had gone.

She guessed that they had been forced to come together.

"Oh no, could Zhishui have already been captured..." Hua Ling suddenly had a bad feeling. She subconsciously shook her head. "No, Zhishui is so powerful, he'll definitely be fine."

But no matter how powerful an individual is, they can't withstand a relentless onslaught of multiple opponents. Once their chakra is depleted, they become lambs to the slaughter.

However... if things go wrong, he should know to leave. Surely no one can stop him, but what if...?

After all, Shisui's thoughts are sometimes too naive, otherwise why would he have his eyes gouged out by Danzo Shimura in the story?

Hua Ling felt increasingly uneasy as she thought about it.

Suddenly, flames shot into the sky from the south side of the village.

"Everyone follow me, today is the day 'Shisui' dies."

Hua Ling's eyes turned cold, and she silently followed behind. The closer she got, the louder the sounds of fighting became.

Although she was a little anxious, she held back. With so many ninjas here, she had to look for an opportunity.

Upon arriving at the south side of the village, Hua Ling saw Zhi Shui being attacked by a group of people. His movements were noticeably less fluid than before. "Has he been poisoned?"

This big fool actually fell for someone else's poison so easily.

Hua Ling also noticed that Zhi Shui's escape route was from the wooden house where she had been staying. "He must have heard the explosion."

A strange, bittersweet feeling welled up inside her, and many images flashed through her mind.

"You two, attack from the left..."

"The three of you will launch a surprise attack from the right..."

"The three of you will launch a feint attack from the front..."

"Finally, the four seized an opportunity to launch a surprise attack from behind..."

The team leader quickly gave the order, and Hua Ling, upon hearing the voice, quickly composed herself. She was assigned to launch a surprise attack from behind, which suited her perfectly.