“Is it just here?”

About twenty minutes later, according to Taro's description, Yukimura and his team arrived on a mountain road more than ten kilometers away from their residence.

"Um."

Taro looked around and nodded while choking.

"It's here, Sister Qin asked me to leave first and then fight with the hunting dogs."

"Damn it!"

Yudo ran around and searched all kinds of places, but found nothing. Finally, he stomped his feet hard and said anxiously.

"There is nothing around here!"

"hateful!"

Jingzi bit her lip and said unwillingly.

After learning about the danger, they had already rushed over as fast as possible, but they still finished one step. By the time they arrived, both Sister Qin and the hunting dogs that had chased them had already disappeared without a trace.

"Woooooooooooo...it's all my fault."

Taro squatted on the ground and cried, saying that they should have been able to come back safely, but because they accidentally let it go, it aroused the suspicion of others, and thus became like this.

"So I said, Taro shouldn't be allowed to go."

Yuto said angrily that it was a very dangerous thing to contact the outside world when looking for food, so they used to go out with Sister Koto, and Taro had just joined the company for a while and was older.

She is still young and has always been one of the left-behind groups. This time, Sister Koto thought Taro should receive some exercise, so she insisted on taking Taro out, and something happened.

"Things have happened, what's the use of saying this?"

Compared to Youdou, Jingzi is obviously calmer. Although she is also anxious, she knows very well that the most important thing at the moment is to find the whereabouts of her elder sister, rather than to hold her accountable.

"Let's see if you can find some clues."

Several people were making noise next to him, and Yukimura did not interrupt, but looked at everything around him seriously.

There were not many traces of battle on site, with a few messy footprints, crushed hay and broken branches, and there were no traces of ninjutsu except that.

Although I am not from the tracking force, Yukimura also has some knowledge about trace investigations.

Most of the battles of ninjas are traceable. Once they use ninjas to fight, they will leave traces of ninjas on the scene, burning caused by fire escape, wet caused by water escape, sharp cross-section caused by wind escape, and thunder.

The electric scorching of escape and the irregular ground caused by earth escape are all marks left by ninjas' battles. Through these marks, experienced ninjas can analyze the number of opponents, strength and types of ninjas that have been used.

Wait, these traces are difficult to completely eliminate.

However, at this moment, the scene that appeared in front of him could not find any signs of anyone using ninjutsu, indicating that no one had used ninjutsu with obvious traces during the battle.

"Is it only physical skills type combat? Or is it because the time is too short, and there is no time to use ninjutsu?"

Yukimura thought, judging from the few traces on the scene, he prefers the second type, because if it is a physical art duel, there are too few footprints and other traces in front of him, and he has not been exposed to physical art ninjas.

When those people fight, at least they will be five times more messy than here.

From this point of view, their opponent this time is a bit good.

When Yudo and their strength came along, Yukimura had already learned some of the strength through observation. Judging from their body shape, movement and speed, they were about the level of ordinary Shinin. And from them, they learned that most of what they learned

Ninjas of the same age are of this kind of strength.

And the sister Qin they mentioned, I heard that she is stronger than them, so is she probably a stronger lower ninja or a middle ninja?

At first Yukimura was confused. Yudo and Jingzi, who were obviously fifteen or sixteen years old, had only strength similar to the 12-year-old 12-year-old and were even slightly weaker. However, after thinking about it, I felt relieved.

The ninjas in the world have been in a state of pursuit and escape. They are trying hard to hide themselves every day, carefully avoiding being discovered by the outside world, and cannot concentrate on cultivation, and due to the century-long pursuit, the powerful ninjas have been

The massacres were all gone, and the surviving people also lost their important inheritance. It is normal for the overall level of ninjas to decline over generations.

In other words, should the general strength of ninjas in this era be weaker than that of their own era?

Yukimura thought to himself that this was good news for him. It was better than the shadow level that he found that he was walking around the ground after he came, and everyone was not as good as a dog.

Of course, this is just the current situation of the ninja side. What is the specific situation of the empire side? We need to have a deeper understanding. Perhaps this incident is an opportunity.

"Jingzi, let me ask, where will ninjas be taken when they are caught?"

After thinking about it, he asked Jingzi.

“Generally speaking…”

Jingzi was stunned for a moment and recalled.

"Most ninjas were killed on the spot, and some of them were…"

She suddenly realized that since there was no blood on the scene, it means that Sister Qin had a high probability that she would not die. Since she was not dead, she did not appear here. She either ran away or was taken to somewhere.

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of escaping is relatively small, because according to Taro's description, it was already difficult for him to escape alone in the situation they encountered at that time, and it was almost impossible for both of them to escape.

Things, and, until now, they have not received a message or tag.

So, it is likely that he was taken away.

"By the way, it's Takio Castle, they must have gone to Takio Castle."

At this moment, Jingzi suddenly thought of something and shouted excitedly.

"Takino Castle?"

Yukimura frowned, and she had a strange name.

"Well, in addition to the small cities all over the world, the Empire has also established nine giant cities in the world, each of which can accommodate tens of millions of people. They are called the City of Fire, the City of Earth, and the City of Thunder.

City of Wind, City of Water, City of Taki, City of Grass, City of Rain, and City of Iron. Except for Ninjas, many people live in the city. If the hunting dog catches Sister Qin, it should be

I will also be taken there, the closest to us is Takino Castle, and I will walk west for about half a day.”

"City of fire, city of earth, city of thunder, city of wind, city of water, city of Taki, city of grass, city of rain and city of iron?"

Yukimura muttered in her heart, isn't this a variant of the country of fire, the country of earth, the country of thunder, the country of wind, the country of water, the country of taki, the country of grass, the country of fruit, the country of rain and the country of iron?

All are the names of countries that have existed before, and they are also countries with their own sovereignty and force. In this way, this empire must have a great relationship with the previous ninja world, not the kind of wasteland after the war

A new country that was rebuilt.

He felt that the giant city that can accommodate tens of millions of people and has connections with the countries that existed before was becoming more and more interesting. Yukimura was sure that the emergence of this empire was not that simple, and perhaps it had a considerable connection with the ninja village at that time.

.

"Are you sure you were taken to some Takino Castle?"

Yukimura asked again that it took them nearly twenty minutes to come from their residence, and Taro would take at least twenty minutes to return from here, one by one, then it would be a time difference of forty minutes, that is,

It will take more than half an hour for the person who took the piano to leave.

Half an hour's journey is not something you can catch up with, especially if the opponent's skills are far beyond Jingzi and others, the gap will become bigger, let alone not knowing the other party's action route, even Yukimura

It may not be able to catch up.

So, the best way is to go straight to the other party’s destination.

For Yukimura, this is also a favorable choice. Takino Castle, one of the nine giant cities established by the empire, perhaps he can learn some secrets of the empire through this operation and find connections with the past.

"It's roughly certain."

Akiko nodded and replied that Yudo and Taro had only come from other places not long ago, but Akiko has been living here for a while. In the past few years, she had heard that a ninja was locked up.

News there.

"So, is it very likely that Sister Qin will be caught there?"

"alright!"

After hearing this, Youduo held his hands, got up and took a deep breath, and said seriously.

"I decided, let's go to Takino Castle to save Sister Qin."

"Takino Castle..."

Hearing this name, Taro couldn't help but shivered. As a descendant of the ninjas pursued by the empire, an imperial base camp like Takino Castle was like a terrifying beast to him. Just hearing it in his ears,

There is a chilling feeling.

"Coward, are you scared? Then you can stay at home."

Yudo glanced at him and said angrily.

"Youdou!"

Jingzi glanced at him with a angrily look, but after thinking about it, thinking about the dangers of this trip, he said.

"So that's it, Taro, or you'll stay at home and wait for news."

Although it is not very popular, the content is not wrong. After all, they are going to save people this time, and there is a high chance of participating in the battle. Itaro's combat effectiveness is very likely to drag his legs. Perhaps just like Yu

As Tou said, letting Taro stay is the best choice.

"Um~"

After hearing the conversation between the two, Taro's face suddenly turned red. He lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly with both hands, and his body trembled. He paused for a long time before finally plucking up the courage and raised his head and said.

"no!"
To be continued...