"What, Tenzo was taken captive by the sand hidden?" Kakashi asked, looking at the root in front of him.

Just now, Kakashi received a message from the Shadows that Sarutobi had rushed back to Konoha after meeting with the Daimyo in Flame City. As the detachment prepares to return home, Nechi sends a ninja to deliver the news of Tenzo's disappearance to Kakashi.

"We didn't wait for Tenzo at the scheduled meeting place, and when we returned to look for it, we found the secret letter of the root left by Tenzo." The root on the other side quickly replied.

The root has its own set of special messaging methods, and when Tianzo sees that he is defeated by Maki in the battle, he immediately casts Mu Dun? Cryptography, which carves root codes on trees at the scene. Maki is an experienced ninja and despite using the Sand Concealment Technique to clean up the scene, there are still codes left.

"The Dark Department is the closest Konoha ninja team to the root, and the root asks the Dark Department to go out together to rescue Tenzo." The ninja of the root pleaded, and asked the village for help, but it was too late.

The root attacked the detachment a moment ago, and now asks the detachment to fight side by side, the world has changed so quickly that many members of the team have not yet reacted.

The land area of the Fire Country is not the largest, but it can also be called a vast territory, not to mention that the ninjas of the sand are proficient in wind escape, and they still have an advantage in speed. Searching for a team of elite sand ninjas across the entire territory of the Fire Nation is not far from finding a needle in a haystack. The ninjas of the sand are not so easy to deal with, and they will definitely evacuate in several directions, creating an illusion and adding to the difficulty of rescuing the hostages.

"Yonekura team immediately searched in the direction of the border, Sato team immediately searched along the way back to the village to report to the Hokage, and Koike's team went northwest!" Kakashi ordered categorically: "I will personally lead the team to search the southwest direction!" ”

The only wooden ninja in the village must not be taken away by Sha Yin. In an emergency, Ki Dun can control the rampaging human pillar force, and after experiencing the Nine-Tails incident in Konoha , Kakashi knows too well what the Ki Dun Ninja means to Konoha .

After receiving Kakashi's order, the squad leaders Yonekura, Sato, and Koike immediately took the order and left.

"Hai-戌-酉-Shen-Wei, Spiritism, Ninja Dog Summoning!" Kakashi quickly sealed, summoning eight ninja dogs: Shiba, Biske, Aquino, Gruk, Iguro, Urushi, Blue, and Parker.

"Parker, follow Tenzo's trail immediately!" The situation was urgent, and Kakashi didn't have time to say more, so he summoned all the ninja dogs he could summon at once. Kakashi was a little annoyed in his heart, he knew that he should have left Tenzo's mask behind. There are items with the smell of heaven and earth, and Parker has more direction to track them.

Compared to other ninja psychic beasts, Kakashi's ninja dogs were very obedient and quickly separated and galloped away in different directions. Kakashi then took Itachi, Seto, and the others and galloped southwest.

The sand hidden ninja was extremely cautious, cleanly clearing the traces left along the way, and using the Wind Escape Technique to dispel the smell, Kakashi's ninja dog would not notice anything for a while.

Itachi can summon an eight-foot crow and conduct aerial reconnaissance, but Itachi doesn't want the rescue operation to end too quickly, and Tenzo won't be in any danger to his life anyway. Take the opportunity to go to the border, even the country of rivers and winds, familiarize yourself with geography, find an opportunity to break away from the team, and find a secret place to retreat for a while. The technique of flying thunder, Itachi has figured out the basic principles and needs to be practiced in the first place. Staying in Konoha is simply impossible to quietly cultivate the Flying Thunder God. The core of the Flying Thunder God's technique is the Thousand Machine Array Technique in another space, and the construction of the Thousand Machine Array Technique is not small, and it requires a hidden environment. The deep hills of Kawanokuni are an excellent choice.

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In a dwelling in the eastern countryside of the Fire Country, Markey was sitting upright on a chair, waiting for a message from the Sand Shadows.

"Knock knock", there was a soft knock on the door, and a man in civilian clothes entered.

"Captain, the ninjas of Konoha have not sent ninjas in our direction for the time being." The sand camel carefully closed the door and whispered.

After Markey captures Tenzo, he gives Tenzo a "Misty Sleep Dew". Misty Sleep Lotion is a psyche drug configured by Chiyo, and after taking it, it will not wake up until it sleeps for at least ten days, and it is often used by Sungakure when taking hostages. Markey understands that after Konoha learns the news, he will definitely not give up. In order to return to the sand hide smoothly, Ma Ji and his troops were divided into four routes, and Ma Ji personally took the sand camel to the direction of the land of thunder.

Even Kakashi didn't expect that Markey would choose the direction of the Land of Thunder. You must know that Konoha and Yunyin have not formally negotiated peace at this time, and theoretically the two countries are still in a state of war. In the direction of the Land of Thunder, Konoha secretly arranged a large number of patrols.

Kakashi didn't expect it, and it was understandable. Markey uses tactics that violate the rules of war in the ninja world, disguised as a civilian, and transports wooden boxes containing Tenzo. In the Land of Fire, except in times of war, there is no one to check on them at all. It's just that once Markey's behavior is revealed, it is bound to be condemned by the ninja world.

In the previous ninja wars, few ninjas disguised themselves as civilians to carry out missions. Specially made ninja uniforms make it easy for both warring sides to identify the target of the battle. Thirty years ago, the ninjas of the mountain country disguised themselves as civilians to attack the ninja of the Taki ninja village, and afterwards, the civilians of the mountain country were subjected to large-scale retaliation. Since then, the ninja villages of the five major countries have strictly forbidden ninjas to disguise themselves as civilians to carry out missions. Once a ninja is mixed with the civilians, the civilians will be targeted. Once the ninjas of various countries attack civilians unscrupulously, even the five ninja villages will not be able to cope with it at all.

The prohibitions of the five major countries have been well observed, the war is limited to the scope of ninjas, and the ninjas who attack civilians unreasonably are almost all wandering ninjas and traitors from various villages, and are surrounded and suppressed by the entire orthodox ninja world. This is one of the few achievements in the ninja world that can be called civilized.

In order to complete the mission, Markey broke the ban on the ninja world and truly did whatever it takes.

"Tomorrow, we will start to turn to the west, and soon, Konoha will learn that they have been fooled, and we must hurry up and transfer." Makis thought.

"Captain, the roots and shadows of Konoha have been dispatched, and it is not so easy to take the target out of the country. Shall we ······?" The sand camel stared at the wooden box and made a motion to wipe his neck.

"No, if the mission fails, the living target must be returned to Konoha." Markey shook his head and said.

"Why is that?" The sand camel was puzzled, "What we can't get, isn't it better to destroy it?" ”

Sand Camel is the younger brother of Markey's cousin-in-law, and the relationship between the two is more of a friend, so Markey will patiently explain.

"The target is Konoha's only wooden ninja, and if the target is alive, there is still a chance to reconcile; If Konoha gets a dead man, I'm afraid that the two countries will definitely fight. ”

"It's good to fight, my sand camel is looking forward to fighting early!" The sand camel laughed.

Markey shook his head helplessly and began to close his eyes. Talking to people whose thoughts are not on the same level, Markey feels more tired than fighting.

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"Yonekura, Sato, and Koike's teams have not found Tenzo, and the village has sent the ninjas of the Hyuga family to support!"

Ninomiya finds Kakashi, who is worried, and reports the latest situation.

The further he went, the more uneasy Kakashi became, and his instincts seemed to tell Kakashi that the direction was wrong.

"Stop!" Kakashi waved his hand and asked, "None of the other three squads found any trace of Tenzo?" ”

"That's how the intelligence goes." Ninomiya nodded.

"That's not right." Kakashi analyzed in his heart, "With the ability of the Eight Ninja Dogs, even if there is no Tenzo's personal belongings, by now, there should be something to discover. Unless???"

Kakashi woke up suddenly, unless the Sand Hidden Ninja had gone in the exact opposite direction with his true goal.

"Komatsu, you immediately go to the border and inform the border ninjas to block the border immediately. The rest immediately turned back! Kakashi figured out Maki's plan, the most dangerous place is the safest place, and the direction of Thunder Country is the blind spot of the rescue team's thinking.

"Senior, let me go when you report to the border, I'm faster!" As soon as Kakashi's words fell, Itachi stepped forward and offered to ask.

Kakashi has fought against Itachi, and he knows a little about Itachi's information, and after opening the Sharingan, the Uchiha's ninjas are not comparable to ordinary ninjas in terms of speed. Komatsu's Wind Escape Ninjutsu is already very proficient, but compared to Itachi, it still seems to be slightly inferior.

Komatsu was actually reluctant to leave the team in his heart, and when he saw Itachi taking the initiative to stand up, he immediately spoke: "Itachi's speed is indeed faster than mine, what's more, Itachi is a ninja of Uchiha, and border ninjas will pay more attention to it." ”

The Uchiha is suspicious of Konoha's higher-ups, but in the eyes of many ninjas in Konoha, the Uchiha is a wealthy family in Konoha. People's authority is nothing more than strength, wealth, and family background, Itachi was born in Uchiha, and compared to Komatsu, who was born as a commoner, border ninjas will indeed pay more attention to Itachi's reporting.

Hearing Komatsu's explanation, Kakashi groaned for a moment, feeling that it made sense and that there was nothing wrong with it, and nodded, "Then Itachi will go to the border to report the news." ”

Kakashi gives Itachi the token of the dark part as a token. After all, the weasel is young, and it is more secure to bring a token.

"After the report, you stay in the border guards." Before leaving, Kakashi solemnly explained.

After the Itachi reported the news, there was no need to continue to turn back, and it was safer to stay in the border guards. Kakashi didn't want the Uchiha ninja on the team to die again, having a dead Obito was enough.

"Yes, Senpai!" After the ferret received the order, he cast the wind escape? Swift Technique, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the woods.

As soon as Kakashi's chakra was not perceived, Itachi immediately summoned an eight-foot crow and flew in all directions. Intelligence and reconnaissance are the only ways for ninjas to gain a foothold in the ninja world.

"Kawanokuni, I'm here!" As he ran, Itachi cheered in his heart.