Go down the mountain and then cross the river.
At this time, the memory of the shadow clone came back, and Hoshita Shuichi immediately said: "Teacher Minato, there is indeed a trap in the east!"
"It's the puppeteer Chiyo!"
After hearing this, Namikaze Minato 's eyes fixed and he stopped immediately: "Go south along the river!"
The four of them immediately changed direction and originally planned to take a detour to the east.
As they went down the river, Kurama Sanyo couldn't help but ask, "Minato-sensei, is that Chiyo very powerful?"
Namikaze Minato nodded slightly: "She is an outstanding female puppeteer from the Sand Village."
"Also, she is skilled in medical ninjutsu and the use of poison."
"She caused a lot of trouble to the village during the last Ninja World War. Fortunately, Lady Tsunade was able to break her poison tactics."
Puppet masters, especially powerful ones, are very difficult to deal with.
Chiyo is the best among them. It is said that she obtained the Ten Machines Puppets made by Bunzaemon, the most powerful puppeteer of the Sand Ninja.
Bunzaemon was an outstanding ninja during the era of the first and second generation Hokage, and he started the ninja path of the puppet master lineage.
After hearing Namikaze Minato 's explanation, Kurama Sanyo and Uchiha Shisui were both shocked.
Hoshita Shuichi also has some understanding of Chiyo.
This guy is a ruthless person!
If you encounter this, plus other Sand Ninjas.
If they didn't use Flying Thunder God to escape, except for Namikaze Minato , the other three of them, Hoshita Shuichi felt that they would have to kneel!
It was obviously correct for Namikaze Minato to change the plan.
The four of them went down the river all the way south, and then entered a town called Otsu, using the complexity of the town to cover up their tracks.
Then Hoshita Shuichi and Shisui Uchiha turned into wild cats and left the town to the north into the forest. Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God to move Kurama Sanyo directly to the two of them.
This made the Sand Ninjas who had chased to Otsu Town confused and cut off the clues of tracking Minato's team.
…
In the mountains, Hoshita Shuichi and his three companions found a cave and settled down there temporarily.
And at the same time.
Previously on the battlefield on the mountainside, Chiyo appeared here with a few Sand Ninjas, watching this tragic scene silently.
Three jonin and twelve chuunin were killed in just a few minutes.
"That guy with yellow hair!"
Thinking of Namikaze Minato 's amazing instant body movement technique, Chiyo's face became even more gloomy.
"This knife mark should have been left by the little devil with the short knife."
"The genius of Konoha..."
Chiyo examined each corpse, analyzing bits and pieces of information from them.
Finally, Chiyo said to a Sand Ninja Jonin, "Rasa, cancel the roundup of Namikaze Minato and the others!"
Rasa frowned after hearing this: "Master Chiyo, the destructive power of this Konoha team is too great. If we don't get rid of it, it will cause great harm."
Chiyo said: "Of course I know this."
"But you also saw that, how many people would it take for an ordinary ninja team to surround and kill them?"
"We can't go into all-out war."
"So, cancel the previous encirclement plan and organize a team of jonin to chase them."
"Even if we can't get rid of them, we must force them to leave our hinterland."
Rasa nodded after hearing this. He had the same idea.
Chiyo then added: "This pursuit mission is left to you. Konoha White Fang has appeared in the River Country again, and I need to go there."
Rasa agreed and turned and left immediately.
…
Night falls.
Hoshita Shuichi's shadow clone turned into a stray cat and appeared again in Otsu Town, wandering under the moonlight and lights, weaving through the crowd, and leaping between houses.
What puzzled Hoshita Shuichi was that there was no trace of the Sand Ninja in this town.
They disappeared here during the day. With so many Sand Ninja chasing them, they gave up so quickly?
"Huh?"
Hoshita Shuichi, who was about to meet up with Uchiha Shisui, suddenly stopped and looked at a figure on the street: "This is..."
"Pakura?"
Her figure and temperament were so eye-catching!
At this moment, the curvy figure on the street seemed to have noticed Hoshita Shuichi's gaze and turned to look over.
Hoshita Shuichi meowed nonchalantly, then walked into the dark alley with cat steps.
On the street, Pakura withdrew his gaze and continued to follow the traces of the Konoha ninja tracked by the Sand Ninja during the day, and finally came to an abandoned house.
The traces of Konoha ninjas during the day ended in this dilapidated house.
Pakura frowned and looked carefully under the dim light, but still found nothing.
The traces were cut off so cleanly!
After leaving the house, Pakura looked around again, and finally came to the roof and looked around.
Suddenly, her eyes stopped and fell on a dirty stray cat.
Wild cats and stray cats are very common, but at this moment Pakura suddenly remembered the stray cat that had looked into his eyes on the street before.
Swish!
Pakura disappeared from the roof and appeared next to several cat paw prints.
These were traces I had seen before, and the few cat paw prints seemed very normal.
But at this moment, Pakura's intuition told him that this was not simple.
She immediately formed a seal and created six shadow clones, which acted separately and followed different cat paw prints.
Not long after, Pakura returned to the room where Namikaze Minato and the others had last stayed.
She looked carefully and found no cat's paw prints, but found signs of human cleaning.
"Sure enough, there is a problem. The cat's paw prints started from here, but someone covered it up."
Pakura smiled, and then thought: "Why are there only traces left by two cats?"
"That instant body technique called Namikaze Minato... can it be more than just teleporting within a short distance?"
Pakura was startled and immediately left.
A moment later, Pakura appeared again, and with her were Rasa and five others, all of whom were jonin.
Among the six, Rasa and Pakura are the youngest.
After listening to Pakura's speculation, Rasa and others looked around again.
After returning, a middle-aged jonin said, "Pakura's speculation is very likely."
"The instant body movement technique that can move over long distances, this should be a space-time ninjutsu!"
Rasa looked to the north. He couldn't see clearly in the darkness, but he knew there was a mountain there.
And judging from the traces, the Konoha team is likely hiding inside.
But it is also possible that he has already left.
"Then let's go!"
"We can't keep hanging around here. The current situation in the River Country is not favorable to us."
The others nodded in unison, then used the teleportation technique to disappear.
…
Inside the cave, the shadow clones of Hoshita Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui were released. After the memory was fed back, Uchiha Shisui said, "Teacher Minato, the Sand Ninja that had been tracking us have all withdrawn, but other Sand Ninja have come. The number is unknown, but in this case, it is very likely that they are an elite jonin team."
He obtained the information by hypnotizing the people in the town.
By piecing together information from multiple people, although we don't know how many Sand Ninjas came later, we can already guess some things from their coming and going.
Namikaze Minato nodded and looked at Hoshita Shuichi.
At this moment, Hoshita Shuichi frowned slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, he said: "Teacher Minato, I'm afraid we have been exposed."
Kurama Sanyo was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Shuichi, your transformation technique has been discovered?"
hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "I'm not sure, it's just a hunch."
Namikaze Minato smiled and said, "A ninja's intuition is often very accurate."
"It is now basically certain that the Sand Ninja has changed their strategy and is using a small number of elite troops to deal with us."
"Also, this elite force has discovered that we are most likely hiding here."
Uchiha Shisui continued: "In this case, the secret of Minato-sensei's Flickering Technique may also be known."
Namikaze Minato said indifferently: "As long as the ninjutsu is used, it is inevitable that the information will be obtained by others. It is just a matter of time. There is no need to worry about it."
Kurama Sanyo muttered, "Elite team, looks like we're in big trouble?"
hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "We have caused so much trouble to the Sand Ninja, of course they will come to trouble us too!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
Namikaze Minato then said: "Shuichi, send a shadow clone to go with me to check the situation, and the others retreat to the north."
"clear!"
…
Leaving behind a shadow clone, Hoshita Shuichi retreated first with Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyo.
On the other side, Namikaze Minato and Hoshita Shuichi's shadow clones met the Sand Ninja team who happened to be searching halfway up the mountain.
"Two bloodline ninjas!"
Namikaze Minato 's heart sank when he saw Rasa and Pakura.
The Sand Village collects information on geniuses from other villages, and Konoha is no exception.
The bloodline limit ninjas are the most conspicuous, especially those that are not inherited from a family.
Rasa is a little older, now 20 years old, and although Pakura has a hot body and looks very mature, Namikaze Minato knows that she is about the same age as him.
"It seems that this mission has to end here..."
Namikaze Minato made the decision in an instant, and at the same time whispered the information about Rasa and Pakura to Hoshita Shuichi.
One uses Magnet Style and the other uses Scorch Style, both are young and powerful jonin.
Rasa, Pakura and others on the opposite side were also extremely alert, especially when they saw that there were only two people, they became even more vigilant.
The performance of the Minato team in the past two days was really too amazing, so they had no choice but to be on high alert.
"Namikaze Minato of Konoha!"
Rasa spoke, his eyes first fell on Namikaze Minato , then looked at Hoshita Shuichi on the side, and finally locked on the handle of the sword exposed on Hoshita Shuichi's waist: "It is indeed amazing that you can kill a jonin at this age. Although he is an enemy, he is enough to win our respect. I am Rasa, a jonin of the Sand Village!"
Hoshita Shuichi: "Konoha Chuunin Hoshita Shuichi!"
Rasa stared at hoshita Shuichi's young face and said, "I will do my best to kill you. This is my respect for you."
hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "I am not your opponent now, but ten years later, you will not be my opponent."
"Your sons and daughters will not be my opponents in the future."
Now, both Namikaze Minato and Rasa and others on the opposite side were stunned.
"Shuichi's angle... is really weird and interesting!"
Namikaze Minato smiled secretly, but his hand had already taken out a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Rasa on the opposite side was stunned for a moment before his eyes darkened: "You have no future!"
At this time, Pakura was already impatient. He raised his hands, and two red fireballs appeared on his palms: "Capture them first!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a fireball was already heading straight for Hoshita Shuichi.
"It's so hot, I'll do it right away!"
After secretly complaining, Hoshita Shuichi symbolically made two seals, opened his mouth and spurted out fire, and the raging flames quickly gathered to form a huge fireball that rushed forward.
Boom!
The fireballs collided and exploded, and then the rolling waves of fire separated, and Pakura's burning fireball went straight to Hoshita Shuichi.
Hoshita Shuichi immediately dodged and retreated, relying on his flexible body and superb reaction to evade the opponent continuously.
Seeing this, Pakura threw the second Scorch Release fireball towards Hoshita Shuichi.
But at this moment, Namikaze Minato 's kunai flew towards Pakura.
At the same time, Namikaze Minato 's figure disappeared and suddenly appeared in front of the Scorching Fireball. He pressed down the Rasengan in his hand and collided with the Scorching Fireball.
Boom!
The Scorch Fireball exploded.
Pakura easily avoided the kunai, and Rasa raised his hand and made a fist: "I got you..."
At the foot of Namikaze Minato , iron sand spreads upward.
It seemed that Rasa had predicted Namikaze Minato 's actions and seized the opportunity.
However, just as he was manipulating the sand iron to catch Namikaze Minato , Namikaze Minato disappeared from the spot.
"careful!"
A cry of surprise came from behind Pakura.
Namikaze Minato appeared behind Pakura, grabbed his own Flying Thunder God Kunai, and at the same time, he wiped the ninja tool bag with his right hand, and a large number of Flying Thunder God Kunai flew out.
Rasa quickly turned around and saw this scene, his pupils dilated: "Those kunai...the technique of the instant body-flickering technique!"
In the information collected previously, there was no information about the kunai having any techniques.
And all the Sand Ninjas who knew this are already dead.
Just like Hoshita Shuichi, all the Sand Ninjas who knew that he didn't need to form hand seals to perform Fire Release also died.
"Be careful, those kunai have the technique of instant body movement!"
Rasa opened his mouth to remind him, and a large number of iron sands flew over, trying to stop Namikaze Minato from attacking Pakura from behind.
However, both the Jonin who tried to remind Pakura and Sha Tie failed again.
Namikaze Minato's figure disappeared from the original place again, and then appeared behind a middle-aged Sand Ninja Jonin, with spiral hair appearing in his hand.
The middle-aged Sand Ninja Jonin was already alert and turned around and raised his sword to block.
The next moment, the Rasengan collided with the blade. As Namikaze Minato pressed hard, the blade shattered and the Rasengan landed on the middle-aged Sand Ninja Jonin, blasting him away.
Rasa's iron sand, Pakura's scorching fireball, and even attacks from others arrived one after another, but all missed.
However, Rasa's sand iron had already been lurking under a series of Flying Thunder God Kunai. As soon as Namikaze Minato appeared, he launched an attack.
However, it still failed!
"This guy is too fast..."
"It's just like a yellow flash!"
Rasa looked solemn.
Namikaze Minato 's figure flashed again and again, and finally suddenly appeared beside Hoshita Shuichi. A Rasengan blew up Pakura's scorching fireball, and the fireball collapsed and could never be reunited again.
However, Rasa's attacks were always one step behind, even though he had clearly made preparations in advance.
The first round of confrontation is over.
Hoshita Shuichi and two others were unharmed, but one Sand Ninja was seriously injured and unconscious.
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