"Osuke (name of the ninja dog), help me find the location of this person." Kakashi lowered his body and handed the bloody prison uniform to the ninja dog's nose.
The ninja dog put its nose forward and sniffed carefully around the prison uniform. Then he said: "In this direction."
The ninja dog started running in the south direction, and Kakashi immediately said to the three people in Team 7: "Let's go!"
To the south of Aomori Town is a large forest. It is difficult for ordinary people to enter and hunt, but for ninjas it is as easy as walking on flat ground.
After Osuke ran wildly in the forest for a while, he suddenly stopped and sniffed the ground carefully.
"Did you find anything?" Kakashi caught up and asked.
"The breath has stopped here." Ninja Inuosuke replied: "The breath has gone toward...the north."
"It seems that these people have a strong sense of anti-tracking." Naruto said.
This is a very typical anti-tracking practice. On the surface, you are running in a certain direction, but in fact, after running for a while, you turn back in the completely opposite direction.
For ninjas, this anti-tracking ability is just basic. But for the three people who escaped, it is very rare.
"Ordinary farmers are unlikely to have such a consciousness." Kakashi analyzed: "It seems that the ronin warrior is leading him away."
"They can't escape." Sasuke said rarely.
With the help of the ninja dog, the enemy cannot get rid of the "pursuing soldiers" behind him no matter what.
"Let's go" Kakashi said.
Under the leadership of Osuke, Kakashi and all members of Team 7 made a large circle in the forest and ran "Ninja Run" all the way to the north.
On the way, we also passed the river twice. Apparently, the other party also guessed the possible pursuit, and hoped to use the help of the river to disrupt the enemy's sight and eliminate the smell that might lead to tracking.
If it were an ordinary hunting dog, there might be nothing you could do if you encountered this situation.
But what Kakashi channeled was a ninja dog, with the help of a magical ability called chakra, which always firmly locked the enemy's position.
At three o'clock that afternoon, everyone saw traces of people walking on the ground.
These traces are very fresh, indicating that someone has walked through them not long ago.
Naruto leaned down and performed the deduction using the knowledge he learned from the 'Ninja School'.
"There are three enemies in total, which matches the number of footprints."
"Among the three types of footprints, the middle footprint is deeper than the footprints next to it, indicating that he weighed more."
"This person should be the ronin samurai."
Sasuke also inspected the scene. Not long after, he also detected some key information.
"There are traces of branches being chopped off with sharp weapons, which shows that the enemy is armed."
As he spoke, Sasuke reached out and touched the mark on a big tree: "The enemy still has an axe."
Kakashi was very satisfied with the judgment of Nazu and Zuo: "You are right. The enemy is not far away. Brace yourself and catch them quickly."
On a flat ground less than five kilometers away from here, two people were stacking firewood and preparing to light a fire to boil water for cooking.
The man in charge of lighting the fire was wearing samurai clothes and had a samurai sword beside him where he could easily pick it up.
"Brother Harada, if we continue to escape like this, when will it end?" asked the young farmer who was responsible for stacking firewood.
Although his face is young, his body is full of traces of years of hard work.
"It's almost time." Brother Harada is the samurai. "After leaving the Country of Fire, we will go to the Country of Iron."
"Wherever we go, the gentlemen can't control us, and the ninjas can't catch us."
When he heard the word ninja, the young farmer shrank suddenly and looked very frightened.
He grew up listening to the legendary stories of ninjas. He heard the legend that ninjas come and go without a trace, and taking heads is like picking out objects from a bag, so of course he would be afraid.
Seeing his companion like this, Brother Harada immediately comforted him: "What are you afraid of? We are hiding here, why are we afraid that the ninjas can find us?"
In fact, he didn't know what he was feeling, but at this time, he obviously couldn't say anything depressing.
So he deliberately looked down on the ninja to make his companions feel relieved.
"Yes." The farmer felt much relieved when he thought that they had been running for many days but had not been caught yet.
At this time, another companion who had gone to collect firewood came back.
"Brother Harada, I'm back." The man carried a bundle of firewood on his back and walked towards the fire that had been lit.
He walked a few more steps than usual, getting closer to "Brother Harada".
The moment he put down the firewood he was carrying, his hand suddenly reached for the samurai sword!
"What are you doing!" Brother Harada immediately realized something was wrong.
Seeing that the companion couldn't get the katana, he took action and kicked the katana away.
Brother Harada stretched out his hand and hit his companion in the face. He thought the blow would be effective, but he didn't expect that his companion easily dodged it.
"Who are you!" Brother Harada's voice deepened, and he could already see that this person was definitely not his companion.
Not to mention that he shouldn't betray him after such a long time, but that skill is not something that ordinary farmers can develop.
Seeing that his disguise was discovered, the man didn't care at all.
He lifted the transformation technique, and after the white smoke passed, Naruto's figure was revealed.
"You have lost, surrender." For Naruto, it didn't matter if his disguise was seen through.
The enemy can no longer obtain weapons at this moment.
The last point of the opponent's threat to him has also been removed. At this moment, he is like a beast with its teeth and claws removed, and the threat is greatly reduced.
"Do you think samurai can't fight without weapons? You ninjas, stop looking down on others!" Harada roared angrily, refusing to admit defeat and actually attacked with his bare hands.
"Incompetent resistance." Naruto shook his head, and did not use the power of ninjutsu or spells, but faced him with his physical skills alone.
One of his hands was like a poisonous snake, pointing towards Harada's chest, forcing the opponent to defend himself.
The other hand struck down in the air, attacking from both sides.
This change seems to be a lot, but in fact everything happens in the blink of an eye.
When the farmer came to his senses, the battle was already over.
Brother Harada, who was a samurai, was knocked to the ground.
This is reality. There are no dozens of back-and-forth moves between masters, only one strike to defeat the enemy.
Although Naruto is younger, he has systematically learned Taijutsu in the ninja school, and he can handle adult men with ease.
In this world, the mainstream belongs to ninjas after all.
The era of samurai came to an end when the Sage of Six Paths came to the world and taught the people the power of chakra.
"I'm not... willing!" Harada, who was lying on the ground, just struggled to say these words, and then passed out.