The girls looked at each other. Although they all knew that female ninjas had to fight, it still required a slow training and adaptation process! Are they going to fight each other now? Even though they were women in a chaotic era, they would hide in their houses at the sight of a fight, let alone a war! They became female ninjas because they had no other choice! What's the point of fighting each other...

"What's going on?" The girl with a single ponytail looked at everyone not making a move. "No one is fighting? You don't even have the determination to fight, and yet you want to enter the world of ninjas? Do you think that being a woman in the ninja world means you can be weak?"

The female ninja turned around and walked towards the mountain. "If you won't fight, then you're all eliminated!"

One of the women with brown hair lowered her head, trembling as she clenched her fists. "I can't be eliminated... My children are waiting for me to bring back bread. I... I must become a female ninja!"

"Huh?" The female ninja looked confused at this woman, who still had some beauty left but seemed to be a mother of several children.

"I want to fight!!! I'm sorry!!!" The woman pounced on another woman, catching her off guard, and they both fell into the muddy ground, rolling around!

"I... I want to fight too!"

"I'm sorry, Koharu!!!" This short-haired woman seemed to know the white-skinned girl named Koharu next to her, but they also started fighting!

For a moment, dozens of people were entangled in a fight. If you didn't participate at a time like this, you would still get hit!

"What's going on?" Izayoi was completely stunned by what she saw.

One girl, in order to show her fighting spirit, picked up a thick branch and swung it at the still-dazed Izayoi from behind!

Izayoi, who had no reaction at all, instinctively felt the danger to her body. Without even thinking, her body moved first. The movement was so light and smooth, completely unlike an untrained villager. No, it wasn't just a well-trained movement, it was innate, a natural reflex!

"Huh?" The woman missed and fell into the mud herself!

"Hmm!?" The female ninja noticed Izayoi's unusual movement.

At this moment, a plump woman next to them noticed and reached out her large hands towards Izayoi. However, Izayoi easily dodged on the muddy road!

Izayoi was surrounded by several women, constantly being attacked from all sides. Sometimes, there was no opening at all, but Izayoi managed to dodge every attack, and her movements were incredibly graceful!

"What's going on?" Izayoi dodged instinctively while puzzled. "Why are their movements so slow?"

Normally, Izayoi didn't realize that her vision and perception became naturally sharp when faced with possible danger, to the point where everything around her seemed to slow down!

A very ugly and unskilled mud battle among women!

After more than ten minutes, almost everyone was crawling in the mud, turning into mud people, gasping for breath, unable to fight anymore.

Only Izayoi had not a speck of mud on her body, looking at these muddy women with a sense of confusion!

"I... I need to breastfeed my child!!! I need to eat!!!" The long-haired mother with a headscarf desperately fought against a woman with masculine features!

"Enough! Stop!" the female ninja shouted.

All the women, except Izayoi, were panting heavily, covered in mud, and stopped in confusion, looking at the female ninja.

"You," the female ninja pointed at Izayoi, "come with me! The rest of you..."

At this moment, the young mother with the headscarf seemed to have a burning passion in her eyes as she looked at the female ninja.

"Hmm..." The female ninja took a deep breath and pointed at the young mother. "You come with me too. The rest of you... eliminated!"

All the women who were eliminated looked confused... It seemed that they also began to reflect on why they had participated in this fight!

The female ninja threw a copper coin and led Izayoi and the young mother up the mountain road. She didn't care if there would be another muddy battle behind them.

"My name is Hiyori," the female ninja said to Izayoi. "What's your name?"

"Izayoi."

"Izayoi? What a strange name!" the female ninja said. "Never mind, your reaction is quite good. Have you learned martial arts before?"

"No."

Hinata looked at Izayoi with a puzzled expression. "You're a strange girl. You have some talent, but being a female ninja requires more than just good reflexes. When you get to Hihana, you'll need to practice hard!"

"I understand, Lord Hinata. May I ask..."

"What?"

"Never mind..."

"Huh?" Hinata looked at Izayoi, feeling that there was something inexplicable about this girl.

"Oh, um, Lord Hinata!" the young mother asked, "Can I learn ninjutsu too?"

"You? Honestly, your aptitude is very poor. You have a bit more determination and courage than ordinary women, but the chances of you becoming an excellent female ninja are slim. Perhaps you can only be a low-level ninja for the rest of your life!" Hinata said.

"Well, um... do you have steamed buns?"

"Huh? Well, yes!"

"How many can I have in a day? Can I save some to take back to my children?"

"What are you thinking! Hihana female ninjas cannot leave the mountain without orders! However, as an official ninja, even as a low-level one, you will receive a monthly allowance of 15 mon. You can send that back to your children!" Hinata said.

"15 mon! That's a lot! That's great! Tarou and Kimaru will have food to eat, that's great... By the way, my name is Haruna. Please take care of me in the future, Lord Hinata..." The young mother's eyes were filled with gratitude and anticipation.

"Understood." Hinata replied uncertainly. She was actually more interested in Izayoi, feeling that there was something deep and unfathomable about this young girl.

At this moment, fifty miles away from Hihana, there was a newly built city, with a bustling market town at the foot of the city.

And in the fields on the outskirts of this market town, on this evening, a strange light suddenly flashed across the sky, and three beings from an unknown origin fell into the rice fields.

There was a handsome young man with black hair, and two tall and incredibly beautiful women.

"Sister Qingyin, Sister Star Dance, it seems like this is..." the young man sat in the rice fields, looking at the vast and gloomy sky surrounded by green mountains.

"It should be! Xu Chen!" Star Dance also sat in the rice fields, seemingly enjoying the evening breeze in the fields.

"Ah!" Qingyin exclaimed as she jumped up from the rice fields. "How annoying, the back of my skirt is all wet!"