NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 16: ch16
"Hello Lucy, I am Ashley's best friend, Ethan." Ethan stretched out his big hand, and Lucy Lawrence did not refuse and shook it with a smile.
"Hello, I'm Lucy Lawrence, Ashley's best friend."
"Since we are all friends, let's exchange contact info..."
"Hello, you're John that Ashley often mentioned. I've heard a lot about you." Lucy Lawrence took the initiative to reach out to John before Ethan could finish speaking.
John glanced at Ashley strangely and then gently shook Lucy's soft and boneless hand and quickly let go. He wondered what advantages he had that Ashley would tell such a young lady about him.
"Hello, Lucy, thank you for your help this time."
"You're welcome, we are all friends, right?" Lucy smiled and gently raised her hair, showing a graceful and generous look. John knew at a glance that she was very sociable.
Ethan wanted to ask for her contact information, but Lucy seemed to have read his mind and spoke first.
"Let's go, get in early so you can get out early; it's very dangerous inside after dark."
"Okay, thank you, Lucy."
"My best friend still says this? Let's go."
Lucy smiled, took Ashley's arm, and walked towards the closed metal door, as if she only showed her sincere expression in front of her best friends.
They walked under the gate, and Lucy waved to the camera. The metal gate opened immediately, and the four of them quickly entered.
As soon as they entered, the environment changed drastically. Although there are trees and weeds in the suburbs of the West Valley District, it pales in comparison to the Lawrence Family's Beast Forest. In addition to greenery, the air here was amazingly fresh.
"Okay, then I'll leave first. I'll come to pick you up when you finish."
Lucy was only responsible for leading the way. This was what the three of them had agreed upon, and they must complete Principal Stone's task conscientiously without cutting corners.
Although Principal Stone couldn't see them, they didn't want to fool this dedicated old principal.
"Well, let's go then." Ashley waved to Lucy, nudged Ethan, who was reluctant to leave, and took the lead to move forward.
John also smiled politely at Lucy and followed them as a gesture of thanks.
After the three left, Lucy walked to a small hidden house. It was full of surveillance screens. Dozens of staff saw her coming and greeted her.
"All surveillance cameras are to keep an eye on these three people, and there must be no accidents," Lucy's innocent smile from before disappeared, and she gave serious and indifferent instructions, revealing the aura of a superior.
"Yes, Miss!"
The staff immediately started taking action, and all the cameras in the forest focused on John and the others, without any blind spots.
Lucy's eyes were fixed on a screen, which mainly monitored John, who was walking in the middle. She seemed not interested in Ashley and Ethan, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
"The Uchiha finally appears again. Let me see what's different about you, a guy with incredible mental power."
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There are mostly willow trees in the forest, full of greenery in summer, making people feel relaxed and happy.
But this is not a natural scenery; it was an abandoned base. Because of the terrain, the surrounding environment was not good, so the construction seemed very crude.
The entrance to the base is on a hillside. This hillside is a plain with a small river flowing through it. John and the others planned to climb over to the opposite side to hunt with a wide view.
Due to the Chakra, John was protected in the middle. The three of them were five meters apart and remained vigilant, always on guard against sneak attacks by beasts.
After all, reality is not like playing games. There is no way to resurrect if you die.
Ethan took the lead, and his Granite Technique is best at defense, so the skilled man was bold and not as cautious as the latter two, and his steps were fast.
"Ethan, slow down."
"Don't worry. Didn't you hear Lucy say that there are only weaker D-level monsters here? There is not much danger."
"Even the weakest D-class monster has several times the amount of chakra we have, so be careful and you won't make a big mistake."
John reminded his teammates based on the information he had learned in the past. The book said that D-level monsters refer to 1 to 1000 cards of Chakra, which is ten times that of ninjas of the same level.
Moreover, the beasts are strong and their defense is far superior to that of ninjas. If it were not for the lack of Ninjutsu, some of them could only attack with their bodies, and they would have wiped out humanity long ago.
And their mission target, the strongest Curly-tailed Rabbit, also has 20 cards of Chakra. If they encounter this, there is no other way but to run.
Ashley kept her eyes open, and except for places deep underground where she couldn't see through, she could detect life forms with Chakra in advance in most cases.
This is also the confidence that the three of them have to hunt beasts. Other normal ninja teams would not dare to play like this. Walking into the territory of beasts with just 1 Chakra card is not much different from seeking death.
"Big guy, turn the corner. There is a sheep-like monster two kilometers ahead. The Chakra is at least 50 cards. It should be a mountain goat," Ashley reported the location of the monster from a distance, as if playing a game with perspective.
After avoiding this powerful monster, the three of them continued on their way. John glanced back enviously.
"What a convenient bloodline ability. Ashley, how far can your eyes see?"
"How far?" Ashley thought for a moment, "This is the first time I have used my Byakugan to investigate. I feel that twenty or thirty kilometers is no problem."
"So terrifying?" John was shocked. She could spot the enemy dozens of kilometers away?
The Byakugan has been strengthened too much in the real world. In the original work, it seems to be only one or two kilometers?
Ashley smiled proudly, "What's this? My father's eyes are even more powerful. He can detect Chakra life forms hundreds of kilometers away. I still have a long way to go."
"Awesome, I wonder what my Sharingan will be like." John was subconsciously envious. After hearing this, Ashley suddenly stopped and looked at him with a complicated expression.
"Ashley, what are you doing?" Ethan turned around immediately when he sensed the situation and asked in confusion.
However, Ashley did not answer him and kept staring at the equally puzzled John.
"So you know."
"What do you know?" John was even more puzzled.
Ashley: "Sharingan, I thought it was just an accident that you would choose Uchiha. I didn't expect that you also know about this kind of ocular power that no one has mentioned on the mainland for nearly fifty years."
"What do you mean?" The girl's words confused John and Ethan. They had never heard any news about Sharingan before.
Ashley sighed softly when she saw this, "John, I originally planned to wait until you became a real ninja before telling you, but now it seems that it's not necessary."
"Since you know Sharingan, you will definitely find ways to awaken it, right?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I choose the Uchiha clan?" John replied naturally, and the sadness on Ashley's face became more intense.
"Then do you know that Sharingan is called the Ominous Eye by all the powerful people on the entire continent, and all seniors who awaken it have met a bad end."
"What the heck? Ashley, don't scare John." Ethan was confused. He didn't expect that his friend's identity in the world of the sacred tree would have such a scary reputation.