
After concluding that there might be intervention from a third party, every single Team-11 except Kuroto became a little worried.
They worry both about the third party's intentions and the safety of Uchiha Shinichi, if Shinichi falls into the hands of that third party, then things could get worse.
After all, it was not difficult to estimate the true value of the Mangekyou Sharingan, and it was still possible to transplant those eyes to others, with Kakashi as the best example.
Now, considering the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan might fall into the hands of those outside Konoha, Shisui quickly asked Pakkun, “Can we keep track of it?”
Pakkun surrounded the tree cave and said, “It is difficult to say, the smell is mostly concentrated inside the tree hole, and the smell outside is very weak ..”
Kakashi still asked Pakkun, “Please try it.”
Pakkun nodded and instantly the eight Ninken spread in and around the tree cave to search for any traces they could find left behind by Uchiha Shinichi.
And not long after one of the Ninken raised his claws and said, “Finding him.”
Pakkun immediately rushed to the side and nodded after sniffing carefully, “Well, that's the trail he left behind.”
Ever since the traces of Shinichi were found again, Team-11 did not delay anymore and soon caught up with Pakkun.
The day passed quickly as Team-11 took a short break.
In temporary camp.
Kakashi, Shisui, Kuroto, and Guy sat together and carefully studied the routes they took on the map.
“From the escape route that Shinichi had followed until now, he seemed to be heading towards the Lightning Country, so the location he might be heading to was, Hot Water Country, Frozen Country, Moon Country, and finally the Land of Lightning.”
Kakashi's words left everyone speechless.
The four members of Team-11 were still a little familiar with the region as it completed the mission of destroying the Cloud Village's secret warehouse as well as disrupting the Cloud Village's transportation path in the Hot Fatherland, so they more or less understood what this region could mean.
If Shinichi's intention was to hide in the Hot Water Country, the Moon Country, or the Frozen Land, then that was still not too worrying but if he went to the Lightning Country's territory, then this would be too much trouble.
As Special Jonin, Shinichi has a lot of access to many Village secrets, aside from being a Shinobi of the Uchiha Clan, Shinichi also has secret intelligence about the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha Police, and most importantly, has secret intelligence about the Uchiha Clan, he was well aware of the rift between the Hokage Faction and the Uchiha Clan!
In other words, even if his Mangekyou did not count, the intelligence he possessed remained extremely important. If such secret information fell into the hands of the Cloud Village, then it would be too detrimental to Konoha.
Sighing, Shisui muttered helplessly, “He should not be allowed to cross the territory of the Land of Fire.”
Guy also nodded in agreement, “Well, we can't let him make a mistake again and again ..”
Kakashi also stated, “I will send a message to Jiraiya-Sama at the border camp, so they will be ready to intercept him ..”
While they were all discussing these things, Kuroto fell silent and thought to himself, ‘Does he want to defect to Cloud Village? But the more important question was, would Cloud Village provide protection to Shinichi? Will Cloud Village trust Shinichi?’
If Cloud Village gives refugees to Uchiha Shinichi, then the ongoing peace talks will all become meaningless, and the relationship between Konoha and the Clouds will return to its previous state of war, and this time, Konoha had no other choice but to fight Cloud Village to the end.
However, given how mischievous the Raikage was, they might secretly give refugees to Shinichi but on the surface, they would not reveal anything and just say that they knew nothing about it.
After all, they dared to do such a thing twice in the original series, when they tried to steal the children from Konoha Village, therefore, it was, other villages might not do such a thing because of their pride but Cloud would definitely do such a thing.
And it wasn't even strange if Shinichi was used to breeding another Uchiha Clan in Cloud Village!
Although Kuroto did not believe that Shinichi would agree to such a thing…
…
Next day.
After a short break, Team-11 continued the chase again throughout the night and the next day.
Originally thinking it was just a simple task to hunt runaway ninjas, but now there are mysterious signs of third-party involvement, and the fact that Shinichi's destination is actually the Village of the Clouds, this simple mission became too complicated until everything was clear.
But other than that, one thing had started to bother everyone now.
After chasing for 2 days continuously, Kuroto was the first to speak with a frown, “This is too weird.”
Guy also said from the side, “Yes, if Uchiha Shinichi was seriously injured then how could he travel without rest, let alone his speed was too fast? This really doesn't make sense!”
Shisui said in an impatient tone, “We can't control this, for the time being, keep on chasing.”
This is not the time to worry about these things, once they catch up with Shinichi, everything will be in order.
With that thought, the four of them increased their speed.
In the evening, when the Sun gradually sank, leaving a warm light on the horizon, Ninken Pakkun who had led them all day suddenly said, “The smell is increasing, the target is not too far ahead.”
As soon as Pakkun stated, the four Team-11s immediately became alert and increased their vigilance.
Although they were indeed happy that they had caught up with Shinichi in the Fire Nation region, this tapping also meant that a big battle was going to happen up front, and given that there might also be the presence of a mysterious third-party power, Team-11 had no expression of excitement.
However, this still did not slow them down and they increased their speed again.
After traveling for a while, Kuroto suddenly shouted, “Everything, disperse.”
Boom…
As soon as Kuroto's words fell, the four of them instantly separated in four different directions, and immediately after, a series of explosions covered the area they were in.
Kuroto who landed on the tree safely; observed everything with the Byakugan.
The explosion was clearly an ambush, but what was surprising was that the Blasting Spell used to design this ambush must have been subjected to special treatment that lowered their chakra emissions easily.
If it was Hyuga ninja other than Kuroto, they would definitely suffer…
But this also gave him a bit of intelligence and that was the fact that whoever set up this ambush seemed to be aware of Hyuga's presence in the team that was chasing them.
And not too strange either, after all, Hyuga is one of the best trackers in Konoha Village, after all, so the enemy set up a trap with the thought that a Hyuga Shinobi might be part of the chase team only showing that he has good analysis abilities.
And since that's the case, ‘Then this is definitely a targeted ambush.
In just a few moments Kuroto reached this conclusion.
At this moment, the smoke and dust produced by the detonation talisman explosion had yet to dissipate.
Due to Kuroto's warning, Kakashi, Shisui, and Guy manage to avoid the explosion, but the four of them still scatter in four different directions.
And Kuroto can also feel many chakra reactions living around the four of them, but not that, every shinobi that surrounds them is at least Chunin Rank, with some Special Jonin and Jonin also being part of the fray.
Immediately realizing this, Kuroto's expression shrank, not because she was worried about herself, but she was worried about the other three and hurriedly shouted in the other direction, “Be careful of everything, there are many ninjas on the other hand, and they are all chunin or higher.”
As soon as Kuroto's voice came out, there was the sound of something coming towards her.
Based on his voice alone, Kuroto judged that some Kunai came towards him, and based on the fact that there was such an ambush here, these Kunai must have had explosive talismans bound to them.
Without waiting for a second to pass, as soon as he noticed it, Kuroto blinked, easily avoiding Kunai; and retreated to a relatively open space.
At this moment, the silhouette of the person in charge of all these matters came into sight, and Kuroto was a little surprised to see this person because none other than Shinichi was calmly walking towards him, which he was looking at, being pursued by Team-11.
Surprised that it was only for a moment, Kuroto said with a grin, “Show here alone? You wouldn't happen to want to pick me, would you? Because if that's the case, then all these problems you're causing aren't necessary, you could just tell me and I'll take the challenge, after all, anyway, I've been itching to raise another Uchiha for a while now. ”
Shinichi calmly pulled the short sword on his back, and said in a disdainful tone while ignoring the last part of Kuroto's sentence, “Ya, defeating you was my goal of practicing from the beginning, which was to start, so I want to get it done before I finally cut all ties with Uchiha and Konoha! But you need not worry, after defeating you, I will let you by saving your life; because on the one hand, I thank you for breaking my vanity .. “
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