In Kuroto's impression based on the fact that Shion was around the same age as Naruto and that her mother Miroku, the witch of the Land of Demons before Shion, died sealing Moryo to protect her daughter, and based on the mission details it seems that now is that time, but it is this coincidence that makes Kuroto feel more uneasy.

Seeing that Kuroto was still worried about something, Shisui decided to divert Kuroto's attention towards some other thoughts and asked, "Kuroto-san, what do you think of this mission and recruitment test?" ​​

Kuroto who was busy storming out his brain answered casually, "The Land of Demons is located between the Wind nation and the Earth Nation, this time the objective of the task involves a demon from the other world, therefore the high priestess will most likely seek help from Sand Village and Rock Village too, as such the mission will definitely involve the participation of multiple shinobi village. In short, it will be very troublesome."

Shisui asked a little curiously, "Hey, I don't know what kind of monster that Demon from the foreign world would be!"

Kuroto thought about it a little and decided to reveal some information he knew about Moryo to his teammates, "According to my guesses, the Demon should at the very least have the Chakra level to match that of a tailed beast, otherwise, Hokage-sama wouldn't classify this task as S-Class."

"Tailed Beast Level…" After a moment of contemplation, Shisui whispered to Kuroto in a low voice, "Kuroto-san, I have a short-term countermeasure against the tailed beast, but I am afraid that after using it, I will temporarily lose my combat effectiveness."

Kuroto was taken aback by what Shisui said, obviously, Kuroto knows that Shisui with his Mangekyo Sharingan has a short-term countermeasure against the tailed beast but he didn't expect Shisui to reveal a hint of this information to Kuroto, at least not at this early, they don't even know each other for too long, is this trust or is it his naivety that eventually led him to be betrayed at the hand of Shimura Danzo?

Kuroto spoke solemnly after a short silence, "When we were duking it out yesterday, I already had a feeling that your Sharingan is different from the normal Sharingan."

Hearing Kuroto's solemn answer, Shisui seemed hesitant a few times, it appeared as if he wanted to say something, but he still had a lot of concerns.

Upon noticing Shisui's internal struggle Kuroto smiled and spoke, "You don't need to explain it to me, everyone has their secrets, after all, these secrets are also what makes people unique in a way, as long as your intentions are not harmful to the village, your secret will remain safe."

Shisui sighed in relief upon Kuroto's comforting words and said sincerely, "Thank you Kuroto-san!"

Kuroto waved his hands nonchalantly, "It's no big deal, actually I also have a few secrets, in fact, I too have a secret technique in my arsenal that can hold off against the tailed beasts even if for a short duration."

What Kuroto spoke is not nonsense, Sandaime KakeKage; known as the strongest Kazekage has the ability to suppress Ichibi, with his Magnet Release, and since Sandaime Kazekage puppet is in his hands, he naturally has some ability to contend against a tailed-beast class strength, even if only for a short time.

Upon hearing, Kuroto say this Shisui smiled slightly and said, "Sure enough, I always felt that you didn't use all your strength in yesterday's battle, Kuroto-san!"

Sharing one's secrets is undoubtedly one of the best ways to get closer to each other, after only a short discussion, the friendship between Kuroto and Shisui improved a lot.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that both of them are members of the Noble Clans, and shinobi's with Dojutsu Kekkai Genkai, therefore their situations are much similar than it may seem; and as the saying goes 'Birds of a feather flocks together.'

The front end of the team.

Kakashi turned his head back after observing Kuroto and Shisui talk for a while and said to Guy running beside him: "Kuroto seems to have become exceptionally stronger in the past few months!"

Guy smiled hearing this, "Your saying? Hehe, He isn't inferior to your genius talent!"

"Yes, yes." Kakashi dropped his head and said nothing more.

After being traumatized by his father's suicide, then one after another death of his friends and teammates Obito, Rin, and finally his teacher Minato, Kakashi has become a depressed, indifferent and silent person, very occasionally would he say more than a few words that too only when he is with people he would consider as a friend.

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The four-member of Team-11 are all outstanding ninjas from Konoha's new generation of Shinobi's, and their speed of traveling is naturally amazingly fast. In just one week, they crossed the border and entered the Land of Rain.

In a cave.

The four, Kakashi, Guy, Kuroto, and Shisui sat around a small bonfire while analyzing the next route.

Between the Land of Fire and the Land of Demons, there are several small nations such as Land of Rain, Land of Birds, and the Land of Bears. At present, there are several rebellious ninjas hidden in these small countries, if they aren't careful in the choice of route to take, then encountering a fierce battle wouldn't be so surprising, which isn't something they could afford due to the urgency of the task, therefore they must be cautious in selecting the most optimum route.

After a while of discussion, Kakashi who has marked the route put away the map.

At this time Guy whispered, "The weather of the Land of Rain is really Bad, it rains all day long, making the environment really humid and sticky."

As the captain of the team, Kakashi dutifully explained, "Although the Land of Rain is small, it also has its own Shinobi Village, the 'Demi-God' Hanzo of the Salamander, is the leader of the Rain Village, so we have to be extra careful while passing from the Rain Country."

Both Guy and Shisui nodded seriously at Kakashi's words.

Hanzo of the Salamander is a known figure throughout the Shinobi world.

The title of Sannin was granted by Hanzo himself.

Kuroto leaned against the drywall of the cave and pondered to himself, "Based on the timeline, Hanzo should have been killed by Nagato by now?"

Sasori and Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki successively not long ago, this implies that the Akatsuki has transitioned from the time when Yahiko was the leader to the stage with Nagato in power.

As far as Kuroto could remember after Nagato became the leader, the first thing he did, seemed to be avenging Yahiko's death and taking control of the Rain Country from the Shadows.

And following Yahiko's death, Nagato no longer cared about good or evil, right or wrong, compared to some Moryo that only ravaged the Land of Demons and its surroundings; the Akatsuki Organization under Nagato's power was a group of real monsters, hidden in the ninja world, with the ability to destroy all the Shinobi Villages.

Thinking about Hanzo, a powerful shinobi known as the 'Demi-God', died so silently, Kuroto couldn't help but feel cold sweat down his back, "Hey, Shinobi World is really very sinister!"

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After passing through the Land of Rain without encountering any surprises and dangers, Class-11 also passed through Land of Birds and bears quite smoothly.

Class-11 thought that everything went well up to now and they would soon be able to meet High Priestess of the Land of Demons, but unexpectedly as soon as stepped into the Lands of Demons trouble started coming at their door on its own.

Boom….

Loud sounds echoed throughout, and the sky was filled with clouds of dust and smoke.

Guy retreated suddenly seeing this and shouted "Damn it, we are a little late, what to do about these monsters?"

At this time in front of the four shinobi of Class-11, was an army of stone soldiers moving at Ghostly Will.

These ghost army should be the brigade of stone soldiers serving the Demon Moryo, the rushed towards; Class-11 with aggressive steps.

Kakashi used Chidori against a few of the stone soldiers, Guy used Konoha Daisenpu to kick away a few of them but without any damage, these stone soldiers stood up again and started coming after the four.

Seeing their attacks being ineffective, Kakashi frowned, "These seem to be unbreakable!"

Kuroto also doesn't have much knowledge about these Stone Soldiers, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that these stone soldiers and nothing more than an army of soulless puppets acting under the orders of someone else, so he suggested, "There's no need to waste any time here on these puppets, I would be best to meet with the High Priestess first, I think she should know what to do with them!"

Regarding the current situation of Land of Demons; all four of the Class-11 have no idea, therefore everyone agreed with Kuroto's proposal and rushed to the temple of High Priestess by-passing the slow-moving puppets in the hinterland of this country.

Along the way, everything they saw or heard was all about Stone Soldiers raging in this country.

Not just some small villages but even the large towns have suffered, there is a very high casualty count among the civilians, shocking the four ninjas who have experienced the third shinobi war not long ago.

Although shinobi are trained to become emotionless, they still couldn't bear to see such loss of life, still, they grit their teeth and increased their speed because the four of them knew very clearly.

Rather than wasting time here entangling with these puppets; it's better to meet the High Priestess and find a method to solve the one controlling them in one go; otherwise, the victim count will keep on rising.

Fortunately, the Land of Demons is not a very big country; after just a few days of high-speed traveling; they arrived at the temple of the High Priestess...

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