A certain scientific Naruto

Although the wind and snow were strong, they could not block Hagoromo's sight. He could see Kakashi's figure running in front of him.

Sometimes it's far, sometimes it's close.

It was as if some force was driving his steps... This force did exist, and it could probably be attributed to two words - mission.

If you analyze Kakashi's deep psychology, you can know the importance of the word "mission" to him.

At this time, Hagoromo and Kakashi were chasing Zabuza and Terumi Mei. Earlier, as if they had received a signal to retreat, they suddenly withdrew during their respective battles.

In addition, Hagoromo was under direct artillery fire from the Jinchūriki and had no way to take into account the enemy's movements, which caused the operation to fall into passivity.

Of course, the enemy would not be so careless and leave obvious movement traces. As for the inconspicuous ones, with the current weather, they will be covered up in an instant.

Neither Hagoromo nor Kakashi had the means to conduct ultra-long-distance reconnaissance.

Therefore, the current direction of action of the two people is only based on the highest possibility in terms of probability.

Think about it, if the signal just now really means evacuation, then the most feasible direction of the enemy's movement is towards the Kingdom of Water.

The Kingdom of Water is surrounded by the sea and is located in the northeast of the original Kingdom of Whirlpool, so the two of them were pursuing in that direction at this time.

Although Kakashi still looks calm, he can actually feel some other meaning in him, and the possibility is not difficult to guess... Sending a clear evacuation signal probably means that the other party is safe. The Byakugan was recovered, which meant the failure of Konoha's operation.

In other words, all the ninjas involved in this operation failed their missions, including Kakashi.

As for Hagoromo, although he himself is not obsessed with the success rate of high-level tasks, if this is the case, this is probably the first time he has failed in high-level tasks.

"Speaking of..." Kakashi suddenly said as if he remembered something, "Where is the decapitating sword?"

He didn't look back, and there was no pause in his steps, but there was a hint of concern in his voice.

The reason why he cares about the decapitating sword is not because it is a rare ninja tool, but because it was lost in Kakashi's hands. With a serious and responsible attitude, he wants to recover the decapitating sword as much as possible. .

"I broke it into several pieces, can't it be used?" Yuyi replied, what's the use of that kind of broken sword?

Unless there really is a ninja who is good at using kitchen knives.

Although the decapitating sword was broken, it could be recovered through some means, but Hagoromo naturally wouldn't know such detailed information. In fact, Kakashi didn't know this at all, but he just felt it was a bit strange.

"Since it can be used as a ninja sword, it seems a bit unreasonable that the decapitation sword could be damaged so easily..."

Kakashi's idea is very simple. The decapitating sword should be unique. If it is just sharp, it cannot be listed among the seven ninja swords, right?

Hagoromo was helpless, how could he say "so simple"? He used so much force to break the knife that his knees were swollen.

"Besides, I remember you came here with half a knife in your hand?"

However, at this time, Hagoromo was empty-handed.

"What, I just got excited and threw it into the ditch..."

During the fight with Terumi Mei, Hagoromo did throw away the decapitating sword. As for the specific place where he threw it, he really didn't remember it deliberately.

"If you want to find it, just go to the village just now."

"Although that side has turned into a lake now."

This answer...what else could Kakashi say? Hurry up and carry out your mission.

Soon, the two people crossed the island, but no trace of the enemy was found along the way.

"Now, should we turn back and continue searching the island, or..."

As he spoke, Kakashi turned his attention to the sea in front of him, and the meaning was naturally self-evident.

The sea was not calm, and the wind and waves at this time were much greater than when they came here two days ago.

And due to the snow, visibility was not good.

"Keep going."

Yuyi said that he had no real reason for this judgment. He just intuitively believed that the enemy had fled to the sea at this time.

Kakashi had no objection to Hagoromo's judgment...even if he had an objection, he had to reserve it for now.

So after two days, the two returned to the sea for the second time.

In fact, Hagoromo's intuition is even worse. He feels that there is no need to continue the mission at this time. Even if he catches up with Terumi Mei and the others, is it possible that they will have a white eye on them?

It should be impossible.

Even if he kills all the Kirigakure ninjas he catches, he probably won't be able to get his Byakugan back.

Because of this idea, after arriving on the sea, it was Hagoromo himself who led the way. Furthermore, he gave up the wide-range search in the horizontal direction and sprinted in an almost straight line towards the direction of the Kingdom of Water.

Soon, they left the maximum search area stipulated in the mission, and then Hagoromo suddenly raised the palm of his right hand, signaling Kakashi who was following him to stop.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked. He didn't notice anything unusual.

"Can you smell it? The smell of blood..."

Kakashi sniffed his nose vigorously, and then smelled nothing. This low-temperature environment would actually have a certain impact on the ninja's sense of smell, and the sensitivity would naturally decrease.

But Hagoromo's tone was very determined, and he began to circle around.

"found it."

Soon, Hagoromo pointed to a piece of water and said.

The sea water has a faint red color, but if you don't look carefully, you can't see anything at all.

Under Hagoromo's prompting, Kakashi certainly understood what it was, it was blood stains.

Looking at Hagoromo, Kakashi felt a little incredible. At this moment, he came up with the idea that he should raise a few ninja dogs.

Hagoromo leaned down, dipped some sea water in his palm, and then rubbed it with two fingers. He could feel a stickiness coming from the blood.

"If I remember correctly, Konoha's reconnaissance ninjas should have deployed this location. Obviously, our people were killed... not long ago."

There is a high possibility that the blood stains came from Konoha ninjas.

"Chase!"

Looking at it now, in terms of direction, the previous judgments of Hagoromo and Kakashi were undoubtedly correct. Unfortunately, it was a step too late.

The enemy no longer knows how to quietly break through Konoha's reconnaissance network.

The situation is no longer under Konoha's control.