Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 12 Hunting

(I forgot to tell everyone that "May [-]st" is happy, hehe, everyone is happy "May [-]st"~)

Although after the war, all major countries began to recuperate and show signs of prosperity (the land of fire is the most), but as long as people still exist, crime will naturally not disappear. Of course, there are ninjas, so the so-called bandits and bandits They are all local chickens and dogs, and they are completely irresistible under the suppression of ninjas. This kind of large-scale criminal team on the surface is rare.

Early the next morning, the four members of the tenth squad who had completed their preparations assembled in the mission delivery hall of Konoha Village. Hiruzaru Sarutobi was not there. After all, as Hokage, there are more things to do.

However, everyone in the seventh class headed by Kakashi Hatake also came here to deliver the task at this time.

"Morning!"

"morning!"

The task required leaving Konoha Village for a few days, and the four members of the tenth squad who had been fully equipped all had backpacks on their backs, which made Naruto and the others take a few extra glances.

As a familiar Naruto, he had doubts in his heart, so he was too lazy to hide it. Although he and Shikamaru were not very close at the ninja school, he still leaned in front of Shikamaru, pointed to the backpack, and asked: "Shikamaru Maru, what are you guys doing with your backpacks on your back?"

Kakashi, who had been reading books all the time, heard the words, finally shifted his attention from it, looked at everyone in the tenth class, with a look of sudden realization, and said "ah", to Asma: "You have already started to accept C-level Is it a mission!"

There is no need to go out of the village for D-level tasks. It is said that a few people will travel thousands of miles to hire ninjas for tasks such as picking up trash.

"C-class!" Sakura heard this, with a look of envy on her face, which made Inoshi proud. The current situation of the seventh class obviously greatly satisfied her vanity.

"Ms. Kakashi!" Naruto heard this at this time, squinted his eyes, pouted his lips, ran to Kakashi, put on a face of obvious distrust, and asked: "Why Shikamaru and the others?" The tenth class has already started to do C-level tasks, and we still have to do D-level tasks!?"

Naruto's tone and expression clearly questioned whether the current situation was because of Kakashi.

Kakashi, who started to concentrate on watching the heaven again, didn't even glance at Naruto, but lazily responded, and hit him lightly: "I heard that Shikamaru's grades in school have always been No.1, Choji and Ino also had good grades in school? And they also performed very well in the ninja test..." Speaking of this, Kakashi took advantage of turning the page, finally glanced at Naruto, and gave him a fatal blow : "It's not like a guy who is tied to a pillar to watch other people eat. He can't even do D-level tasks well."

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Not to mention the quarrel between Kakashi and Naruto, after a while, a strong middle-aged man was brought to the tenth class by the ninjas who received him.

After Asma greeted the other party, she began to listen to the other party's explanation of the mission.

The task this time was for four serious criminals in a prison in a small town to work together to kill the jailer, then escaped from the prison and fled to a deep mountain outside the town. On the way, they also killed a few more people. I got the knife, which made the local officials very annoyed, but if you use military force to search, it will cost a lot of money. If it is Shikamaru's previous life, it can only be like this, but in this world, there are ninjas with supernatural energy, and they can be hired. , which is naturally the best choice in this case.

Of course, even officials from the Kingdom of Fire, even at the level of the city lord, are not qualified to mobilize a ninja from Ninja Village. Ninja Village is only directly under the daimyo. Qualifications to mobilize Konoha Village can only be used in the normal form of employment to allow Konoha Ninja to contribute.

This man is a close friend of the official. He was sent to Konoha to issue tasks, but he has always been very polite. After all, the two organizations have different affiliations, and ninjas are more powerful. Naturally, they cannot be humiliated. This is also the ninja of this world. It is fundamentally different from Shikamaru's previous life.

Although the ninjas of Shikamaru’s previous life have undergone various packaging in modern times, in essence, they are not separated from ordinary people’s Fan Tao. Looking at Japanese history, ninjas have never been an important force in the battlefield, and they have done dirty things. Naturally, they do not like to recognize and announce their status, which makes it difficult for ninjas to be constrained by the so-called "big righteousness" such as morality and loyalty on the surface, and they are squeezed out and belittled everywhere.

But in this world, as far as Shikamaru's current strength is concerned, if he concentrates on killing, unless he is also stopped by ninjas, it is not impossible to slaughter villages and towns. Madmen like Orochimaru and Red Sand Scorpion can destroy countries and cities. I have done it, let me ask, is it possible for a person with such power to be willing to endure a low status and humiliation from others?How much like a masochistic character!

Because the luggage has already been packed, the client of this task is actually only responsible for hiring ninjas, explaining the situation, handing over the map and a letter to the tenth class, and the tenth class can go ahead one step ahead, after all, the ninja's feet It's not something ordinary people can keep up with. It's okay if he has to go with him, but it will definitely slow down the speed of the journey.

After the four members of the tenth squad were ready, they left Konoha under the leadership of Sarutobi Asma.

As a jonin, the experienced Asma Sarutobi had already prepared the pass and documents for leaving the Konoha gate, so the passage went smoothly.

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On the afternoon of the third day, the four members of the tenth class finally arrived at their destination.

Before the setting sun set, the swaying afterglow coated the surface of the distant building with a layer of red light. Although the sky was getting darker, Asma was relieved to see this, and walked with Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji Into the town.

They were just a few fugitives, and they had fled to the mountains, so they didn't have much impact on this small town, and it was still prosperous at this time.

If it is an ordinary person, it is natural to find a place in this town to clean it first, and then visit the town officials, but Asma, Shikamaru and others are ninjas, and the purpose of coming here is to help deal with fugitives. This kind of superficial effort is not good, so he rushed to the official's mansion immediately.

After the visit, he handed over the letter from the person entrusting the task to the official. Although he did not appear to be elated and enthusiastic, the person treated the four of them with great courtesy, and kept the four of them in the mansion for a night's rest before arresting them tomorrow. arrest criminals.

Asma wanted to refuse, but seeing the exhausted faces of Ino and Choji, she had no choice but to agree. Ino and Choji are not in good condition and have no experience. They are fine during the day, but careless at night. Maybe he will be attacked again.

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Early the next morning, Shikamaru got up, washed up and began to check the ninja equipment carefully. Although the opponents are just ordinary people, this habit should naturally be maintained.

The rooms of the four are connected. Shikamaru, who was arranging the ninja tools, listened carefully, and found a sound coming from the room next door to Asma, presumably the other party had already woken up.

Sure enough, a moment later, the sleepy Choji knocked on Shikamaru's door and asked Shikamaru to gather in Sarutobi Asma's room.

It was still early in the morning, although some servants in the mansion had already gotten up to clean the courtyard, but generally speaking, it was still very quiet, occasionally a few early birds would land on the trees or eaves, chirping with their heads, Shikamaru took a deep breath of sober air, I just feel that my spirit has been lifted a lot.

Shikamaru and Choji came to the door of Asma's room, knocked and opened the door directly. Ino had already come to Asma's room first, and was yawning at this time with a sleepy look, far away. Without the usual vitality, the small mouth was slightly opened, and when the door was opened, she quickly covered her mouth with her hand, fearing to spoil the girl's image, her flustered movements seemed a bit cute, but if you look carefully, you can find that she is as energetic as Ding Ci. Not much, I'm afraid I didn't sleep well last night.

After the initial excitement, Ino and Choji still had some guesses, which is why they are what they are today.

After Shikamaru and Choji took their seats in the room, the three shinobi looked at Asma together, quietly waiting for the other party's instructions.

"Put this on." Asma, who had been sleeping with her eyes closed before, opened her eyes at this moment, taking into account the performance of the three of them. She didn't say anything, but took out four walkie-talkies and matching headsets from her backpack , After keeping one for himself, he handed the rest to the three, and said: "The four targets fled into the mountains outside the town. Our mission is to track down their tracks and hunt them down."

Although the four fugitives killed a few people, in terms of strength, they were not even the opponents of Choji and Ino alone. Naturally, there was no need for any complicated plans. After Asma finished giving orders, he walked out of the room first.

The guide sent by the officials was waiting outside the door. After the preparations for the four members of the seventh class were completed, they led them to the place where the prisoners fled into the deep mountain. Although the mountain is not high, it seems that the forest is lush and there are few people. , if it is an ordinary person, it is indeed difficult to hunt down, and it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to do it.

At this moment, the guide stood with his hands down and didn't speak any more. He won't be needed next time, so Asma waved to him and told him to go back to the mansion.

After the guide left, Asma squatted down and looked at the traces left on the ground. The footprints were messy. It could be seen that the four prisoners were in a hurry at that time, so they didn't have the energy and time to deal with the traces.

Shikamaru also stepped forward at this time, observed carefully, and tracked down one item, which was also taught in the ninja school, and Shikamaru was no stranger to it.

"Shikamaru, lead Ino and Choji to follow along the way." After seeing the traces, Asma stood up, lit a cigarette, waved her hand, and spread the smoke that spread in front of her eyes. Shikamaru ordered: "I'll wait for you at the foot of this mountain."

In this inaccessible mountain, the whereabouts of the four people who have not been trained and have no supplies are obvious to the ninja, so it is really not difficult for Shikamaru to track them down.

But when Ino heard Asma's calm words, he couldn't help but frowned, questioning: "Mr. Asma, won't you come with us?"

"I'm your guide Jonin, not your babysitter," Asuma Sarutobi swept across Ino and Choji expressionlessly, and said coldly, "Tracking you have learned in ninja school, and if you If you can't beat an ordinary person, you don't have the qualifications to be a ninja at all."

Asma, who has always been kind, suddenly spoke to herself in such a tone, which made Ino a little uncomfortable. He bit his lower lip lightly, but still looked directly at Asma stubbornly: "I didn't mean that, Asma teacher."

"That's the best," Asma took a deep breath of the cigarette, and then exhaled a puff of smoke, her face was faintly visible behind it, and her expression could not be seen clearly: "However, I advise you not to have unnecessary weakness and sympathy for the enemy. If you are killed, don't imagine that you will be rewarded and honored - as a ninja, but by ordinary people, the ridicule will accompany your corpse to the ground."