Anti-tracking is not a simple knowledge, not to mention that the four fugitives have no time and energy to slowly eliminate the traces left along the way. This dense forest is rarely populated, so the clues left by the four on the way to escape are very few.
It's conspicuous.
The foot strength of ninjas is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people, let alone four ordinary people who have been wandering in the mountains for several days without carrying supplies in advance. Although Shikamaru, Ino and Choji still need to find and identify the four fugitives.
There are traces left behind, but the distance is constantly getting closer.
The humidity in the early morning gradually disappeared. Shikamaru and the other three had been tracking for a while. It should be almost noon at this time. In this dense forest, the rays of the scorching sun were blocked and absorbed by the tall and thick tree branches. Only a few
You can shine through the gaps, and if you don't have a timing tool, it will be difficult to notice the changes in time.
Shikamaru knelt down and looked at the obvious ash in the center of the clearing. It was the trace left after the fire was extinguished. Although the other party had hastily buried it, he still couldn't escape his capture. He put his hand into the ashes and touched it.
He touched it and found that there was no residual warmth, but it still seemed very dry. He looked around the ashes again and found that there were no bones or other leftover food left. Seeing this, Shikamaru sneered, clapped his hands, stood up, and said
Looking at Ino and Chouji who had been tracking for a whole morning and looked a little tired like him, they said: "Take a rest, Ino, Chouji, the other party is not far away from us, we will find them soon."
Shikamaru said, then he sat on the ground with his back against the big tree, and pointed at two places, letting Ino and Choji sit there who breathed a sigh of relief. The places where the three rested happened to be distributed in a triangle, with their backs against the trunk of the tree.
, sit facing each other, so that if there is a sneak attack behind your companion, the other two people can detect it. This is just the basic knowledge learned in the ninja school.
"Did you find anything, Shikamaru?" Chouji asked after he sat down and remembered what Shikamaru said before.
"Although there is no residual temperature in that ashes, it can still maintain a certain degree of dryness in the woods that are extremely humid in the morning and night. Obviously, it does not last long," Shikamaru raised his finger and pointed to the ashes beside him.
, explained: "And you see, there are no bones or other food residues around the fire. There are few such discoveries in the few places where the other party stayed before. The most important thing is how often they stay.
It is also getting higher and higher, which means that the opponent has lost supplies and is almost out of energy."
This world is not the information explosion environment that Shikamaru lived in in his previous life. As long as an ordinary person wants to, he can also find a lot of hunting and wild survival knowledge on the Internet. But it is not that easy here. The four fugitives only carry a few
They were just knives, how could they catch any animals for food? Seeing that these four people did not eat plants randomly along the way, they obviously had some sense. Otherwise, they would be out of luck and eat some poisonous plants. Shikamaru and the other three people arrived in the province.
Take action.
After a short rest, Shikamaru stood up first. Seeing this, Ino and Choji also stood up and looked at him.
"Let's go!" Shikamaru let out a breath and said, running forward, followed by Ino and Choji.
Although he was running, he naturally would not release his full speed, so he could still observe the traces around him. After chasing for a while, Shikamaru, who was leading the way, had a look on his face and let out a light "Eh".
Ino, who was half a step behind, felt a little strange after hearing this, and asked: "What's wrong, Shikamaru?"
"Look at this ground and what you passed along the way, didn't you notice that something is missing?" Shikamaru didn't answer the question, pointing to the ground and talking to Ino and Choji.
Tracking and counter-tracking, Shikamaru is not the only one in the ninja school who has learned it. Shikamaru was in charge before. Naturally, Ino and Choji were not very focused. At this time, Shikamaru reminded them, and the two of them also observed carefully, thinking a little.
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"It's a dead branch!" Ino rubbed his chin with his right hand and pursed his lips slightly. Ino, who was thinking seriously, suddenly punched his left hand and said excitedly.
"They are going to prepare the camp now!?" Choci heard Ino's prompt and reacted immediately, but he was still a little confused about the other party's behavior, so he whispered to himself. Although there was a fire in the wild, he was picking dead branches.
We need to take action some time in advance before nightfall, but it is only noon now, so even pre-preparation seems too early.
"It's food!" Shikamaru, who had been silent until now, listening to the two people's analysis, reminded: "They should be nearby."
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"There are three people." Hidden on the trunk of a giant tree, Ino and Choji listened to Shikamaru talking about the information they had just observed.
This forest is so quiet, Shikamaru's hearing, which he has trained for many years, is naturally useful. Due to the severe lack of physical strength of the fugitives, the heavy breathing like a broken gong during the process of picking up branches is almost like a fire in the darkness to him.
, can be easily discovered.
Therefore, Shikamaru asked Ino and Choji to hide and observe by themselves. Although Ino and Choji were not afraid, if they were nervous and alerted the enemy during the observation process, they would cause unnecessary trouble.
"Three people?" Dingci scratched his face and asked.
"Yes!" Shikamaru nodded and said: "I don't know where he is hiding, but he should be nearby. Let's not take action until we find him. If we alert the three of them, we may alert the enemy.
We still have to work hard to find the last fugitive. After they finish picking up the branches, the four of them will definitely return to the camp, and then we will catch them all."
Ino and Choji nodded when they heard this. After all, this was their first C-level mission, so there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
In fact, if Shikamaru did it himself, he believed that with his own psychological quality and skill, he could kill the three people silently and then find the fourth person. However, in this case, the original intention of this mission would be meaningless. After all, Asuma
Not long ago, he was advised not to do everything by himself.
Although Shikamaru had never killed anyone with his own hands in his previous life, he had come into close contact with many corpses and had done dissections. As for the legendary "murderous aura", Shikamaru scorned it. In the world of Naruto, ninjas with supernatural powers,
Due to the strong spiritual energy, others can naturally perceive their own will.
When it comes to these ordinary murderers, the so-called "murderous intent" felt by ordinary people is just to scare themselves. Let's just say that these three fugitives are unkempt, their eyes are bloodshot, their breath is heavy, and they are holding bloody guns.
The short sword and ragged clothes naturally look "scary" to ordinary people, and they unconsciously think that the other person has a bit of "murderous intent". In fact, it is just the influence of external factors on people's judgment. Otherwise, Shikamaru's previous life
There wouldn't be so many serial murderers anymore. If "murderous intent" really existed, these people would be exposed immediately.
People with poor psychological quality, once they kill people, feel that their future is gloomy and have no vitality. They give up on themselves and naturally become crazy. As for those with better psychological quality, or are more perverted, they are just like normal people and are no different from ordinary people.
You won't be found to have any "murderous intent".
Therefore, Shikamaru is not worried that Ino and Choji will be suddenly frightened by the so-called "murderous intent" during the battle and be in danger. Instead, Shikamaru is worried that when the two have the upper hand, they may not be determined to kill, and there will be flaws and hesitations, which will make the three of them speak out.
The movement alerts the companions.
After a while, the three fugitives gathered branches and began to meet up and walked towards the station. Shikamaru and the other three were hanging far behind. However, Shikamaru looked carefully and found that the faces of the three fugitives did not look hungry for a long time.
Then, he finally had food, and his slightly excited expression turned into more depressed as he got closer and closer to the station.
After walking around for a while, the three fugitives holding a lot of dead branches unexpectedly walked into a small cave. Shikamaru frowned slightly and listened carefully, but he was still unable to detect any activities of the fourth person. After thinking about it,
Then he slowly approached the cave exit and discerned the traces on the ground.
"What's wrong?" Ino lay next to Shikamaru's ear and asked in a low voice, blowing the hot stream with a faint fragrance into his ear, but Shikamaru didn't react and his face was slightly gloomy.
Shikamaru had explored the several directions where the footprints led, but could not find the fourth fugitive. Moreover, thinking of the number of dead branches picked up by the three fugitives and the strange expressions on their faces at that time, he had a guess in his mind.
"It's nothing," Shikamaru suddenly looked back and said expressionlessly: "The fugitives should all be inside, let's go in." Shikamaru had just seen the surroundings of this small cave from a high place, and there wouldn't be any secret passages.
Places like that.
Shikamaru suddenly turned around. Ino, who had been leaning closely behind him just to talk, was startled and took half a step back. His face was slightly red, but seeing that his expression was wrong, he didn't say anything and mumbled.
Shikamaru walked into the cave first. Ino and Choji looked at each other, took a deep breath in unison, took out a kunai, and followed Shikamaru.
The cave was very small. Shikamaru took the lead. Ino and Choji followed him half a step behind. But after walking a few steps, they saw three fugitives who had just set up a bonfire. As for the fourth fugitive who had always seemed elusive, his body was
It was mutilated, and there was still a living fugitive at this time, holding a short knife and cutting something on the corpse.
Shikamaru only frowned slightly when he saw the tragedy in the cave, but Ino and Choji's expressions tightened, although they did not vomit or other behaviors - although it was impossible to find prisoners in the ninja school for the students to kill, dissection and slaughter were
The subjects of animals were not lacking - although the two were shocked, they did not lose their fighting power, but they did not take action immediately, which made Shikamaru sigh in his heart, and it was difficult to take the first action.
There was naturally no hiding place in the small cave, so the appearance of Shikamaru and the three men naturally alerted the fugitives. The fugitives quickly got up noisily, grabbed knives and fought with Shikamaru and the other three.
The cave seemed a little dark, but fortunately there was a bonfire. The flames flickered, making the light inside the cave unstable. At this time, a fugitive squinted his eyes and looked at Shikamaru, Ino and Choji. Under the light of the fire, the metal wooden leaf guard
The forehead is extremely conspicuous.
"It's a ninja from Konoha!" The prisoner who saw his forehead protector saw this and growled in horror.
"What are you afraid of? It's just three children!" A tall middle-aged man seemed to be the leader. Seeing the other two retreating, he almost begged for mercy and shouted quickly: "We will only die if we go back! Moreover, they must be dead.
There are supplies!”
The other two people looked hesitant when they heard this, but when they thought about their options, their expressions became determined.
"It's a girl!" A prisoner noticed Ino, who had long pale blond hair and a tense expression. His thin and long eyebrows were frowning beautifully, and his lips were pressed tightly. Bai Zhe's skin seemed transparent under the firelight.
Seeing this, the prisoner licked the corners of his mouth and whispered.
"I don't know whether to live or die!" Shikamaru sneered as he looked at the three prisoners who were in a desperate situation and started going crazy. Seeing that Choji and Ino still didn't take action, he frowned and said, "What are you waiting for? Kill all three of them one by one!"
After Shikamaru finished speaking, he quickly rushed forward, targeting the middle-aged man in the lead. Seeing this, Ino and Choji tightened their kunai in their hands, and each of them found another person and rushed forward.
"Ha!" The leading middle-aged man was startled when he saw Shikamaru rushing towards him. He roared lowly. At the same time, he squatted on a horse stance, holding the short sword tightly with both hands. As for his lower abdomen, he saw the right time and stabbed forward with all his strength.
go.
This attack could be considered "quick, hard, and accurate" to ordinary people, but it was naturally useless to Shikamaru. He used his legs to exert force, jumped up, and stepped on the cave wall to avoid the attack.
The man landed behind the middle-aged man on the side of the cave. Before landing, he grabbed the middle-aged man's neck with his hands and struck the middle-aged man's spine with his right knee fiercely.
At this moment, the sound of bones breaking could be heard. Shikamaru let go of his hand. The middle-aged man vomited blood, staggered and lost his balance. He hit the wall of the cave, his eyes were blank, and his mouth opened and closed unconsciously.
, Shikamaru's attack just now had broken his spine.
"Chi!" The sharp blade penetrated the human body without any obstruction, and blood flowed crazily along the blood groove. Shikamaru moved his right hand slightly, and twisted the kunai inserted into the opponent's heart. His muscles tightly sucked the blade, but it was in vain. Quickly
After pulling out the kunai, although there was a pool of blood, Shikamaru had turned sideways and it was not contaminated.
The fight between the other two people has actually ended. The two prisoners were subdued by Choci and Ino respectively. The daggers fell to the ground. The hand holding the knife was also twisted into a scary arc. The one or two bulges on the skin were probably...
It was a broken bone. Even so, the two prisoners were not dead.
Seeing Shikamaru's ferocious and quick killing, Ino and Choji were slightly startled. Seeing him, they didn't say a word, but just stared at them expressionlessly. They couldn't help but look at the prisoner who was subdued by them, their hearts pounding.
Jump up.
"Do it!" Shikamaru said calmly. The world is different, the status is different, and naturally, the influences received in education and growth are also different.
Young men who grew up in Konoha and were in a ninja family with ninja ambitions. The education and influence they received since childhood made them not taboo about killing. At this time, Choci and Ino just couldn't make up their minds quickly.
It was just a matter of breaking through the estrangement in their hearts at the first time. It was impossible to say that they did not dare to take action and needed Shikamaru's help. After all, he was one of the Konoha Xiaoqiang in the original work.
The two prisoners were already unconscious. Choji and Ino were staring at them for a moment. They probably didn't realize that their breathing was unusually heavy, which seemed a bit scary in this silent cave.
After a while - of course, in the eyes of Shikamaru, and in the eyes of Choji and Ino, it must be longer - with the two men shouting in unison, the kunai in their hands finally fell hard...
"Mission accomplished." Shikamaru thought thoughtfully, wondering what the official would say if he killed the prisoner in advance instead of handing it over to the town for public execution.