"Captain, we've been searching for a long time, but we still haven't found any trace of those two. You say…"
A Cloud Ninja stopped searching, turned to look at the captain beside him, and asked cautiously.
"…"
The captain didn't respond, he just turned to look at another Cloud Ninja with glasses next to him, his brows tightly furrowed.
"Still no discovery?"
The bespectacled Cloud Ninja opened his eyes, and as he stood up, he shook his head at the captain.
"No discovery. It should be the same for the others."
All four of their teams were equipped with a Perception Ninja and maintained a certain distance while continuously searching this jungle. They didn't expect these two to vanish as if into thin air; after searching for a long time, they didn't even find a single hair.
"Damn it!"
The captain cursed under his breath, jumped to the top of a tree, and then began to look around frantically, desperately hoping that the two escaped guys would appear in his sight in the next moment.
"Hmm, what is that?"
Suddenly, the captain's expression froze, and he tried hard to widen his eyes to see the target clearly.
In the sky not far away, there was a large bird-like creature, clutching a humanoid object below.
"It looks like… a person?!"
The captain murmured for a moment before suddenly waking up, immediately jumping down from the tree, and urgently shouting to the others.
"Notify the other groups, we have found the enemy, quickly return to the Border Line!"
"Huh? Captain, where is the enemy?"
The few looked bewildered. The Perception Ninja looked around for a long time but didn't sense any abnormal Chakra, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Idiot! We all overlooked the sky!"
The captain pointed to the sky. Following the direction he pointed, the others' gazes indeed noticed the humanoid creature.
"Don't just stand there, quickly notify the other squads and the Border Line! We absolutely cannot let those two enemies escape!"
The captain's face immediately darkened as he looked at his comrades still standing there in a daze, then he shouted loudly.
"Yes… yes!"
Only then did the others snap out of it and began to move one after another. Meanwhile, Ren was already almost at the Border Line.
"Hmm? It seems these guys have reacted."
Ren's gaze shifted slightly, and he turned to look at the jungle not far away. The hand gripping Aomu's lapel unconsciously relaxed a bit.
"Hmm? Ren, what are you doing?"
Aomu turned his head, noticed Ren in a daze and his hand, which was gripping his lapel and had relaxed a bit, and a hint of panic unconsciously appeared in his eyes. He shouted urgently.
Although this was not a hundred meters high, it was estimated to be twenty meters up. If he fell, he would be crippled even if he didn't die. In such enemy-occupied territory, being injured was no different from waiting to die.
Moreover, he, a dignified intelligence Ninja, did not die at the hands of the enemy, but was dropped to his death by his comrade. If his sworn enemies knew about this, they would sneak into Konoha Village and laugh themselves to death in front of his memorial stone.
"Cough, cough, I'm sorry."
Ren snapped back to reality, only then noticing the anomaly, and quickly tightened his grip on the other's lapel again.
"Focus, and also, what are you thinking about?"
Only then did Aomu let out a sigh of relief, rolled his Byakugan at Ren, and then asked in an exasperated tone.
"I'm wondering if those guys will just let us pass like this."
"Hmm?"
Aomu was a little puzzled, but when he followed Ren's gaze to look at their feet, his face instantly changed.
Dozens of figures were constantly moving through the forest, all looking up. It was obvious that these people's target was them.
"Also, we are already at the Border Line."
Upon hearing Ren's words, Aomu subconsciously looked forward. Sure enough, nearly a hundred Ninja formed the Border Line, and just like those below them, their gazes were all locked onto the two of them.
"Gulp!"
Aomu swallowed, then turned to look at Ren above him, and said with a trembling voice.
"Well, can we go higher?"
At their current position, some long-range Ninjutsu could completely attack them, and he, being below, would definitely be focused down and killed instantly.
"I'm afraid not."
Ren looked at the wings fanning out afterimages on both sides, and said somewhat helplessly.
"If it were just me, flying to a hundred meters wouldn't be a problem. Carrying someone is also my first time. Although you are not very heavy, I can only reach this height. This is the limit."
Just then, a stream of Water Release suddenly shot up from below, heading straight for the two of them!
Before Aomu could react, he felt his body being moved several positions sideways by Ren, narrowly avoiding a incoming Water Release.
Fortunately, Ren had kept his Perception on, and had taken Aomu to dodge before the attack arrived, otherwise, if that Water Release hit him on such a cold day, with the cold wind blowing, it would be quite unpleasant.
"Uh…"
Aomu finally came to his senses, looking in astonishment at the falling Water Release that had lost its momentum next to them. He then looked up at Ren, opening his mouth as if to say something.
"Alright, whatever you want to say, say it when we get back. These guys are coming again."
Ren's tone became serious. Below them, dozens of Cloud Ninja began to form hand signs. Before they could fly much further, various elemental Ninjutsu surged towards them like a tide.
"Damn it, suppress them with firepower!"
Ren looked down at Aomu below him and shouted.
"Hold on tight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the flapping speed of Ren's wings on his back increased by another notch. In the next moment, the two of them vanished from their original spot.
Aomu felt as if his body had been flung out. He subconsciously released his hands that were protecting the intelligence and instead grabbed Ren's clothes around his waist. Once he grabbed on, he held on tightly, not letting go no matter how his body swayed.
What a joke, if he fell now, he would be blasted away by these Ninjutsu before even hitting the ground, and by the time he landed, he might not even be a speck of dust.
As for Ren, he pushed his Perception ability to the extreme, carrying Aomu and constantly moving at high speed in the high altitude, not daring to stop for a moment.
The slightest carelessness would result in being shot down.
Ren had just dodged a stream of Water Release in the air when another errant Wind Blade sliced across his back, tearing his clothes and leaving a bloody mark.
"No, this can't go on. We need to break through."
Although he could engage in a long battle with the people below, using his vast Chakra to exhaust them until they could no longer use Ninjutsu.
But he was currently on a mission and couldn't just think of himself. Aomu was carrying important intelligence, and he couldn't afford any mistakes.
Although there was still some distance to the Border Line, given the current situation, they could only land first. At least he could fight back then.
Ren quickly chose a landing spot, tightened his grip on the lapel in his hand, and while dodging attacks, he swooped down.
"Look, they're coming down!"
With a shout, all the Cloud Ninja stopped their Ninjutsu attacks, pulled out their weapons, and rushed towards where Ren was landing!