Chapter XIII: Executions

Anti-tracking is not a simple science, not to mention that the four fugitives simply do not have the time and energy to slowly eliminate the traces left along the way, this dense forest is rarely inhabited, so the clues left by the four on the escape road are very conspicuous.

The leg strength of the ninja is naturally not comparable to ordinary people, not to mention the four ordinary people who have not carried supplies in advance and have been wandering in the mountains for a few days, although Shikamaru, Ino and Ding Ji still need to find and identify the traces left by the four fugitives, but the distance is constantly approaching.

The humidity of the early morning gradually disappeared, Shikamaru and the other three had been tracking for a while, and it should be almost noon at this time, in this dense forest, the scorching sunlight was blocked and absorbed by the tall and thick tree canopy, and only a little could shine through the gaps, and it was difficult to notice the change in time if there was no timekeeping tool.

Shikamaru squatted down, looked at the obvious ash in the center of the clearing, that was the trace left after the fire was extinguished, although the other party hastily buried it, but still couldn't escape his capture, put his hand into the ashes and touched it, there was no residual temperature, but it still seemed very dry during the period, and looked around the ashes, there was no leftover food such as bones, Shikamaru sneered when he saw this, clapped his hands, stood up, and said to Ino and Dingji, who had been tracking for a morning, and looked a little tired like him: " Let's take a break, Ino and Dingji, the other party is not far from us, and we will be able to find them soon. ”

Shikamaru said, and sat on the ground with his back to the tree, and pointed to two places in a row, so that Ino and Dingji, who were relieved, sat there. The three of them rested in a triangle, with their backs against the trunk of the tree, sitting facing each other, so that if someone sneaked up behind them, the other two would be able to spot it, which was just the basics learned in ninja school.

"Did you find anything, Shikamaru?" After Ding Ji sat down, he remembered Shikamaru's previous words and asked.

"That ash, although there is no residual temperature, but in the woods that are unusually humid in the morning and night, it can still maintain a certain amount of dryness, and it obviously does not last long," Shikamaru raised his hand and pointed to the ash beside him, explaining: "And you see, there are no bones and other food residues around this fire, and the few places where the other party stayed before have rarely been found in this way, and most importantly, they are staying more and more frequently, which shows that the other party has lost supplies and is about to run out of body." ”

This world is not the environment of the information explosion in Shikamaru's previous life, as long as an ordinary person wants to, he can also go online to find a lot of knowledge about hunting and survival in the wild, but how can it be so easy here, four fugitives are just carrying a few knives, how can they catch any animals to eat? Seeing that these four people didn't eat plants indiscriminately along the way, they obviously still had some sense, otherwise they would be unlucky and eat some poisonous plants, and the three of them would have done it when they went to the provincial deer pill.

After a short break, Shikamaru got up first, and Ino and Dingji also stood up and looked at him.

"Let's go!" Shikamaru let out a sigh of relief, and as he spoke, he ran forward, followed by Ino and Dingji.

Although it was running, it was natural that he would not let go of his speed with all his might, so he could still observe the traces around him, and after chasing for a while, Shikamaru, who was at the head, looked stunned and let out a light "huh".

When Ino, who was half a step behind, heard this, he was a little strange and asked, "What's wrong, Shikamaru?" ”

"Look at the land, and don't you see anything missing along the way?" Shikamaru didn't answer the question, pointed to the ground, and said to Ino and Dingji.

Tracking and anti-tracking, Shikamaru is not the only one in the ninja school who has learned, Shikamaru was in charge before, Ino and Dingji's attention is naturally not very focused, at this time Shikamaru prompted, the two also observed carefully, slightly pondering.

"It's a dead branch!" The right hand rubbed his chin, his lips pursed slightly, and Ino, who was thinking seriously, suddenly slapped his left hand and said excitedly.

"They're going to get ready for camp now!?" Ding Ci heard Ino's prompt and reacted immediately, but he was still a little puzzled by the other party's behavior, and whispered to himself. Although it is said that if you start a fire in the field and pick up dead branches, you have to act some time in advance before nightfall, but now it is only noon, and even if you prepare in advance, it seems to be too early.

"It's food!" Shikamaru, who had been pursing his lips before, and listening to the analysis of the two prompted: "They should be around here." ”

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"There are three of them." Hidden in the trunk of a giant tree, Ino and Dingji listened to Shikamaru talk about the information they had just observed.

This forest is so silent, Shikamaru's sense of hearing, which has been trained for many years, naturally has a place to use, and the fugitives are missing because of their lack of body, and the heavy wheezing sound like a broken gong in the process of picking up branches is almost like a fire in the darkness to him, which can be easily discovered.

Therefore, Shikamaru asked Ino and Dingji to hide themselves and observe them - although Ino and Dingji were not afraid, if they were nervous and startled during the observation, they would add some unnecessary trouble.

"Three?" Ding Ci scratched his face and asked.

"Yes!" Shikamaru nodded and said, "There is another person who doesn't know where to hide, but it should be nearby, until we find him, let's not act yet, if we alarm the three of them, we may startle the snake, and we will have to work hard to find the last fugitive." When they finish picking up the branches, all four of them will surely return to the camp, and we will catch them all. ”

Hearing this, Ino and Ding Ci nodded, it was the first C-level mission, and it was not wrong to be cautious.

In fact, if Shikamaru did it himself, he believed that with his own psychological qualities and skills, he would be able to kill the three of them silently, and then find the fourth person, but in this case, the original intention of this mission would be meaningless, after all, Asma had advised him not long ago not to do everything at once.

Although Shikamaru did not kill anyone with his own hands in his previous life, he also had a lot of close contact with the dead corpses, and the autopsy was not unprecedented, as for the legendary "murderous aura", Shikamaru scoffed at this, the Hokage world, a ninja with supernatural powers, due to the strength of spiritual energy, can naturally make others perceive their own will.

As for these ordinary murderers, the so-called "murderous aura" felt by the common people is just scaring themselves, let's just say that these three fugitives, at this time, are unkempt, their eyes are bloodshot, their breath is heavy, and they are holding bloody short knives, and their clothes are ragged, in the eyes of ordinary people, they naturally look "frightened", and they unconsciously think that the other party has a little "murderous aura", but in fact, it is just the impact of external factors on people's judgment, otherwise Shikamaru would not have had so many serial murderers in his previous life, if there really were" Murderous "save zài, these people will inevitably be exposed immediately."

Those people who have worse psychological qualities, once they kill someone, feel that their future is bleak, they have no vitality, and they will naturally become crazy when they abandon themselves; As for the psychological element, it is better, or more perverted, it is the same as everyone, it is no different from usual, and naturally it will not be found to be "murderous".

Therefore, Shikamaru was not worried that Ino and Ding Ji would be suddenly shocked by the so-called "murderous aura" in the battle and be in danger, but worried that when the two of them had the upper hand, they might not be able to make up their minds to kill them, and there would be flaws and hesitation, so that the three of them would make a movement and alarm their companions.

After a while, the three fugitives began to converge after picking up the branches, and walked towards the station, Shikamaru and the other three were hanging far behind, but Shikamaru looked carefully, and found that the faces of the three fugitives were not hungry for a long time, and finally had food, and the slightly excited look, but as they got closer and closer to the station, their expressions became more depressed.

After walking and stopping, the three fugitives holding a large number of dead branches actually walked into a small cave, Shikamaru frowned slightly, listened carefully, but never found any activity of the fourth person, after thinking about it, he slowly approached the exit of the cave to identify the traces on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Ino leaned on Shikamaru's ear and asked in a low voice, the heat stream with a faint aroma blew to his ears, but Shikamaru did not respond, and his face was slightly gloomy.

Shikamaru had explored several directions where this footprint led, but he didn't find the fourth fugitive, and thinking of the number of dead branches picked up by the three fugitives and the strange look at that time, he had a guess in his heart.

"It's nothing," Shikamaru suddenly looked back and said expressionlessly, "The fugitives should be inside, let's go in." "The area around this small cave has just been seen from a high place, and there won't be any secret passages or anything like that.

Shikamaru suddenly turned his head, and Ino, who was close behind him just now in order to speak, was startled, took a half step back, and his face was slightly red, but seeing that his expression was wrong, he didn't say anything, and he didn't say anything.

Shikamaru walked into the cave first, Ino and Dingji glanced at each other, and after taking a deep breath in unison, he took out the kunai and followed behind Shikamaru.

The cave was very small, Shikamaru took the lead, and Ino and Dingji followed with a slight half-step, but after a few steps, they saw the three fugitives who had just lit the bonfire, and as for the fourth fugitive, who had always seemed elusive, his body was mutilated, and there was 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 Ding Ci's faces were tense, although there were no vomiting and other behaviors - although it was impossible to find prisoners to kill students in the ninja school, but the subject of dissecting and slaughtering animals was not a small - although the two were shocked and not so bad that they would not lose their combat effectiveness, they did not act at the first time, which made Shikamaru sigh in his heart, and it was not easy to take the lead.

Naturally, there was no hiding place in the narrow cave, so the appearance of the three Shikamaru naturally alarmed the fugitives, and the other party quickly got up noisily, grabbed the knife and held the three Shikamaru against each other.

The cave looked a little dark, but fortunately there was a bonfire, and the tongue of fire was swaying, making it seem that the light in the cave was uncertain, and at this time, a fugitive narrowed his eyes and looked at Shikamaru, Ino and Dingji, and under the light of the fire, the metal Konoha forehead guard was extremely conspicuous.

"It's Konoha ninja!" When the prisoner who saw the forehead guard saw this, he roared in horror.

"What are you afraid of, it's just three little children!" A tall middle-aged man seemed to be the leader, and when he saw the other two retreating one after another, he almost immediately begged for mercy, and hurriedly shouted: "We have only one way to die when we go back!" Moreover, they definitely have supplies on them! ”

When the other two heard this, their faces hesitated, but when they thought of the way back, their expressions remained firm.

"It's a girl!" A prisoner noticed Ino with long pale blonde hair and a tense expression, his thin and long eyebrows were furrowed beautifully, his lips were pursed, and Bai Zhe's skin seemed to be transparent in the light of the fire.

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" Shikamaru sneered at the three prisoners who were in a desperate situation and began to go crazy, and when he saw that Ding Ji and Ino still didn't make a move, he frowned and said, "What are you waiting for?" One by one, kill all three of them! ”

Shikamaru said nothing, and quickly rushed forward, the target was the middle-aged man who was in the lead, Ino and Ding Ji saw this, and with a tight grip on kunai, they also found one person separately and rushed forward.

"Hah!" The middle-aged man in the lead was shocked when he saw Shikamaru rushing towards him, and roared in a low voice, while half-squatting on the horse, holding the short knife in his hand with both hands, as for the lower abdomen, he saw the opportunity and stabbed forward with all his strength.

This blow can be regarded as "fast, ruthless, and accurate" for ordinary people, but it is naturally useless for Shikamaru, his legs exert force, and after jumping up, he stepped on the cave wall again and again, avoiding the attack, and fell behind the middle-aged man from the side of the cave, and before he landed, his hands stuck the middle-aged man's neck, and his right knee hit the opponent's spine fiercely.

At this moment, the sound of bones shattering could be heard, Shikamaru let go of his hand, the middle-aged man spat blood, staggered and lost his balance, hit the wall of the cave, his eyes were distracted, his mouth opened and closed unconsciously, Shikamaru's attack just now had broken his spine.

"Whew!" The sharp blade entered the human body without any barrier, and the blood flowed wildly along the blood trough, and Shikamaru's right hand moved slightly, and the kunai was strung into the opponent's heart. The muscles sucked the blade tightly, but it was a pity that it was in vain, and after quickly pulling out the kunaihou, although he brought up a puddle of blood, Shikamaru had already turned sideways and did not stain his body.

The battle between the other two was actually over, the two prisoners were subdued by Dingji and Ino respectively, the short knives fell to the ground, the hands holding the knives were also twisted into a terrifying arc, and the skin bulged in one or two places, I am afraid that it was broken bones, but even so, the two prisoners did not die.

Seeing Shikamaru's ferocious and fast killing just now, Ino and Ding Ji were slightly stunned, and when they saw him, they didn't speak, just stared at themselves expressionlessly, and the two couldn't help but look at the prisoner who was subdued by themselves, and their hearts beat violently.

"Let's do it!" Shikamaru said indifferently that the world is different, the status is different, and the influence of nature, education and growth is also different.

Growing up in Konoha and being in a ninja family, the ninja aspiring teenager, the education and influence they received since childhood, so that they do not feel taboo about killing, Ding Ci and Ino at this time, they just can't make up their minds quickly, it is difficult to break through the diaphragm in their hearts at the first time, if they really want to say that they don't dare to start, and they want Shikamaru to help, naturally it is impossible, after all, they are one of the Konoha Xiaoqiang in the original book.

The two prisoners were already unconscious, and Ding Ji and Ino stared at them for a moment, I am afraid that neither of them noticed, their breathing was heavy and abnormal, and it looked a little terrifying in this silent cave.

After a while—of course, in Shikamaru's eyes, and in the eyes of both Dingji and Ino, it must have been longer—and with a low cry from the two of them, the kunai in his hand finally fell fiercely......

"Mission accomplished." Shikamaru thought thoughtfully, not knowing what kind of evaluation this official would give if he killed the prisoner in advance instead of handing it over to the town for public execution?

(There is only one change today.) ）