Catch the Cat Mission
Mao proactively volunteered, "Red Star-sama, let me go after him, I will bring the 'Star' back intact!"
Red Star refused, "No, you stay and take care of your companions, leave the pursuit to the Konoha ninjas."
"Red Star-sama!" Mao still wanted to argue.
"This is an order!" Red Star's face turned stern.
"Yes." Mao walked away dejectedly.
"That rogue ninja has mastered the village's secret technique very well, and can fly with the help of Chakra, please be careful." Red Star said seriously, "I will continue to send people to investigate other clues in the village, I'll leave the 'Star' to you all!"
"You're too kind, this is our mission anyway." Kakashi, with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, bid farewell to Red Star and left the village.
"Kakashi-sensei, those people's symptoms are almost exactly the same, I think it should be related to their training. In other words, if we find the 'Star' and let them continue to practice..." Sakura paused, and said with some reluctance, "It's like we're harming them."
Kakashi looked at Naruto and Sasuke and asked, "What do you think?"
Sasuke said calmly, "We are just carrying out a mission, the ones harming them are the people who taught them this method of cultivation."
"That's right, if this kind of cultivation is really harmful, then their village chief should be very clear about it. The reason why it has continued until now is nothing more than for that unrealistic delusion. This involves the internal affairs of another village, we are not qualified to interfere." Naruto spoke eloquently.
Kakashi was very pleased, his students saw the problem very clearly. Sakura probably understood as well, she was just being kind as a medical ninja.
Kakashi was about to speak when he saw Naruto grinning mischievously, "If Sakura Bro can't bear it, we can find the thing back, and then 'accidentally' have it snatched away by Cloud Village ninjas. It just so happens that our family has a grudge against them, there's no psychological pressure to harm them at all!"
Seeing Sasuke and Sakura seriously considering this possibility, Kakashi facepalmed and said, "Don't mess around, what we need to do is find the 'Star'. If we really can't stand it, we can try to persuade that Red Star later."
"Okay!" Sakura nodded, then looked at Naruto.
Kakashi and Sasuke also looked at Naruto.
Naruto spread his arms, looking like he was giving up resistance, bit his lip, closed his eyes, and said, "Come on!"
The three of them had black lines all over their faces, where did you get so much drama! It's just hitching a ride with the Flying Thunder God Technique, it's not like we're going to do anything to you.
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Naruto, with his three hitchhikers, used the Kunai on Kushina as a coordinate and flew over: "Mom? How is it?"
At this time, Team 8 was stopped in front of Hell Valley. Seeing Naruto and the others, Kushina said, "It's terrible."
"Woof!" Akamaru squatted on the ground and barked aggrievedly.
Kiba explained, "The scent disappeared here, I don't know if it's because of those poisonous gases."
Hinata added, "Byakugan can see the situation below the canyon, but I didn't find any traces of activity."
"So, that rules out the possibility of entering the canyon with a gas mask?" Kakashi explained the information provided by Red Star, and then said, "Then that person may have flown directly from here to her base, so the scent disappeared here. In short, let's go over there first."
Of course, Naruto was still responsible for driving across the canyon. Kiba and Akamaru also failed to find the scent on the other side, so the group had to go to the dense forest that Red Star mentioned.
It was already evening when they first arrived in the Land of Bears. After this series of events, it was already dark when they arrived at the dense forest. The group searched unwillingly for a while but found nothing, so they had Naruto leave a mark and returned to Star Ninja Village to rest.
Early the next morning, the two teams gathered and set off again.
Kakashi was not late, he didn't do anything extra last night and went to bed early. He still knew which was more important, the mission or entertainment.
Naruto looked at the pile of hands on him, sighed, I, Naruto, the dignified son of the Fourth Hokage, or in simpler terms, the village chief's silly son.
Not only did Mao not rely on his status to bully men and women, eat watermelons without paying, but he also became these people's commuter car as he mingled. Where can you reason with that?
After everyone left, Mao quietly slipped out of the village.
Not long after, Red Star also left the village with his two loyal subordinates.
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Still the same location as yesterday. Without extra clues, they could only search the hard way. Naruto and Kushina activated their Kagura Shingan, Shino released countless insects, Kiba and Akamaru tried their best to find the scent, and Kakashi summoned all eight ninja dogs.
Each of them took a Flying Thunder God Kunai and then split up. Sakura and Sasuke, lacking reconnaissance abilities, each took a ninja dog.
The other ninja dogs behaved normally, but Pakkun twitched his nose, his body stiffened noticeably, and then silently chose a direction opposite to Sakura and ran away quickly.
Pakkun thought, I clearly changed the shampoo, how come the scent is still the same as that terrifying little girl? Good, good, as long as I don't say anything, she won't know. I'll switch back next time, I still prefer that brand anyway.
However, things in life are unpredictable, and fate plays tricks on dogs.
The ninja dog in the same group as Sakura was called Bisuke, a bit bigger than Pakkun, with yellow fur and the character "Endure" (Ninja) written on its forehead, and happened to be the talkative type.
Bisuke sniffed carefully and asked, "Little girl, the shampoo you use seems to be the same brand that Pakkun recently switched to..."
*"BOOM!"* A large tree was missing from the forest.
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Inside the Sealing Space, the bored Nine Tails suddenly opened its eyes and said, "Little brat, there's Matatabi's scent."
"Huh?"
Matatabi is the name of the Two Tails, also known as the Cat Two, a large blue cat, whose strength should be considered among the weaker of the tailed beasts.
Naruto remembered that her voice sounded like a gentle older sister, much better than Shukaku's sharp voice anyway.
The Two Tails' Jinchuriki is Yugito Nii, a Cloud Village ninja, a blonde older sister who has a good relationship with the Two Tails and can completely transform into the tailed beast.
Her first appearance in the anime was getting hung up and beaten by Kakuzu and Hidan—literally hung up and beaten. That scene of being hung on the wall by Hidan for the ritual looked painful.
But that doesn't mean she's weak. Facing the immortal duo in a one-on-one fight, many people could fail if they don't have enough information.
It seems the information was correct, Cloud Village really sent someone. The Two Tails Jinchuriki personally making a trip is giving Star Ninja Village some face, right?
What Naruto didn't know was that Minato was also partly to blame for this.
After the incident of kidnapping the Hyuga Clan's eldest daughter, Cloud Village realized that Konoha had a very capable Kage. With a leader like Minato Namikaze, Konoha's strength would definitely become stronger, which put a lot of pressure on the Fourth Raikage, causing them to work even harder to steal things than in the original story.
Naruto asked, "Then Big Fox, did you say hello to Matatabi? Did she notice you?"
Nine Tails bared its teeth and said, "Of course not yet. Come on, close that door tightly. What's with saying hello? According to your logic, isn't it greeting after fighting?"
Naruto: "..."
Well done, this fox is becoming more and more like me.
After reminding Nine Tails to tell Kushina the news, Naruto flew to Kakashi's side first.
"Kakashi-sensei, wanna do a Catch the Cat Mission?"
Kakashi: ?
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