Early the next morning, everyone came out of their rooms neatly dressed.

With matching jackets, uniform backpacks and baseball caps, and a hiking stick in each hand, they really looked like an adventure team from a movie.

As a consistent pragmatist, Xiao Feng's hiking stick was naturally not just a prop for show.

Firstly, using it to aid walking would be more energy-efficient, and in a critical moment of danger, it could act as a temporary defense.

"Beep beep..."

Two honks came from outside the door. Di Junxiong got out of the car, looked at Xiao Feng and the others' outfits, and said disappointedly, "It would be great if I could join you, it must be really interesting."

"Alright, enough chitchat, let's get going." Xiao Feng waved his hand, and the group walked out of the gate.

Just as they stepped out, a lady from next door asked, "You must be the delivery guys, right? That's convenient. Which delivery company are you from? In the future, when I buy things online, you can help bring them back for me.

Of course, I'm not one to take advantage of others. I'll provide all the vegetables you need to eat, let's not stand on ceremony with each other."

Everyone was speechless; they had indeed been mistaken for deliverymen.

The little girl, her face lined with black lines, took off her baseball cap, saying, "Auntie, please look carefully, just because we changed clothes, you can't recognize us?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm getting old, my eyes are a bit blurred." The aunt said apologetically, "But, what are you dressed like this for? Are you really starting a delivery company?"

Xiao Feng shook his head, "No, we are going on a long trip."

The little girl pulled the aunt aside and stuffed two hundred yuan into her hand.

"What's this for?"

"Auntie, while we're away, please take some time to look after things. If you see any suspicious people coming to our yard, don't try to stop them, just let us know when we're back."

"Oh, I thought it was something serious. Keep the money, we are neighbors; talking about money is pointless."

As she said this, she unceremoniously stuffed the money back into the little girl's pocket.

The little girl didn't insist anymore and smiled sweetly, "Then thank you, auntie. I'll remember to bring you a gift when I return."

"Alright, have fun." The aunt said enthusiastically.

The minibus started up, and the aunt watched as the vehicle left before turning to head back home.

However, what she didn't notice was that just at the moment she turned around, no fewer than five dark shadows had leapt into the courtyard…

In the car, Xiao Feng rubbed the little girl's head, "Your vigilance is pretty good, you've made progress."

"Of course!" The little girl shook her head proudly, looking very pleased.

In terms of the backpack load, Xiao Feng's was undoubtedly the heaviest.

Compared to clothes and food like compressed biscuits, water turned out to be the heaviest, taking up almost half the backpack.

Xiao Feng knew that compared to food, water was more important.

Needless to say, skipping meals for a day or two wouldn't be life-threatening, but going without water for a day or two, would virtually make it impossible to move.

…

At the same time that Xiao Feng and his group set off, inside the courtyard, Iwakami Shigehiro came out of the room.

"Any discoveries?" Uesugi Yumi, leaning on her cane, asked indifferently.

Iwakami Shigehiro handed over the envelope in his hand with a complex expression. "This is a letter left by Oto. She anticipated we might come."

Uesugi Yumi didn't take the envelope but asked expressionlessly, "What's the content?"

"She advises me to give up and stop all actions against Xiao Feng."

"What do you think? Will you listen to her?"

Iwakami Shigehiro answered without hesitation, speaking solemnly, "Of course, I won't listen to her. No matter what, Xiao Feng must die, regardless of whether it's for the Iwagami Clan."

"Very good!" Uesugi Yumi nodded with satisfaction. "With your attitude, it's worth my trip."

At this time, several other ninjas came out of the room and reported, "We didn't find anything of value."

Uesugi Yumi nodded unsurprisedly. Coming here was a gamble of luck, so gaining nothing wasn't particularly disappointing.

Not long after, Iwakami Shigehiro's phone rang. After listening for a while, he hung up and bowed to Uesugi Yumi, "Senpai, Xiao Feng's car has already left the town, should we set off too?"

"Of course, they moved, we need to move with them." Uesugi Yumi said with a smile, a hint of sharpness and unyielding determination flashing in her eyes.

In fact, on the day Xiao Feng confirmed the cave entrance, Uesugi Yumi had already learned of his whereabouts.

Being a ninja, the most skilled profession in tracking, combined with the remote location of the rundown school, locking onto Xiao Feng's position was easy.

Then by following the clues, they started a dragnet search, discovering the entrance to the cave was only a matter of time.

…

On the way back to town, Di Junxiong brushed past a black business car, not knowing that the destination of the business car was precisely where he had left not long ago.

At this moment, Xiao Feng stood at the entrance of the cave, signaling everyone to first lower their backpacks with ropes, making the descent easier.

Then, the elder Sun Shijie and Jiuye went down first, followed by the others one by one.

Xiao Feng stayed until last, starting to grab the rope and descend only after everyone had gone down.

It wasn't that he sensed anything unusual, but such caution had already become an instinct and a deeply ingrained habit.

As it turned out, his caution was not unfounded...

Just as Xiao Feng descended about two meters, a masked ninja poked his head out, raising the short knife in his hand, ready to cut the rope.

At this height, even with backpacks cushioning below, at least a fracture would occur from the fall, since nobody has a body made of steel, only flesh and bone.

"Watch out!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Xiao Feng's pupils contracted suddenly, his hands alternately gripping the rope, his feet pressing against the walls of the cave's mouth, striving to climb upwards.

Such a quick response was impressive, though it still left everyone holding their breath for him.

"Thud thud thud thud!"

After a few climbs, Xiao Feng was already close to the ground. He had no time for other reactions and grabbed the ninja's collar, using the momentum to rise to the ground.

The ninja looked surprised in his eyes, seemingly not expecting Xiao Feng to react so swiftly, but now was clearly not the time to dwell on this.

Immediately, he twisted his wrist, slashing the knife towards Xiao Feng's neck.

"Bang!"

Xiao Feng grabbed his arm with both hands, and lightning-fast, kicked his chest.

"Baka!"

The ninja cursed angrily, and in a panic, stumbled backward into the cave.

Fortunately, upon falling into the cave, the ninja managed to grasp the rope in his panic.

Even luckier, due to wearing specialized gloves, the enormous friction generated by the fall didn't lacerate his skin.

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