Negative Master of Konoha

Chapter 202
It's not right to be full of wine and food. After eating and drinking, Xia Shu and the others found a clean hot spring hotel to stay in, and took a comfortable hot spring bath to relieve the fatigue of the journey.

Early the next morning, the four of them left the hotel and started their formal operations.

Xia Shu glanced over Qingyan and Huanguang, and stayed on the weakest Huanguang, and ordered: "Huanguang, you stay in Matsuzaka Castle to collect information that may be related to the disappearance. The three of us go to Konoha The area where the team went missing is looking for clues."

"Yes, Captain." Mirage accepted the order, moved and disappeared in place.

"Let's go too, hoping to collect some important information."

After Mirage left, Xia Shu took Kakashi and Qingyan to Matsuzaka Mountain, more than ten kilometers away from Matsuzaka Castle.

Matsuzaka Mountain is located in the west of Matsuzaka City. The mountain is not good, but the forest is dense in all directions. It is shrouded in mist in the morning, like a fairyland in a dream world.

According to the directions provided in the information, the three of Xia Shu shuttled among the trails in the mountains and forests. As the distance deepened, even the trails gradually disappeared.

After overcoming obstacles all the way, the three of them finally came to the area that may be the battlefield discovered by the former reconnaissance team.

This battlefield is roughly divided into four areas. Traces of earth escape ninjutsu were found in each area, densely covered with many ninjutsu structures similar to rock spears, and nearby trees were obviously scorched by fire escape ninjutsu , and even in the low bushes, there is a shuriken with a gap in the corner.

There is no doubt that there was a great war here.

After watching for a while, Xia Shu ordered the two of them: "Search for clues separately, within a radius of five kilometers."

"Yes, Captain."

Immediately, the three of them dispersed and searched the vicinity carefully.

"Captain, there is a new discovery here." Not long after, good news came from Qingyan.

Xia Shu hurried over, opened his mouth and asked, "Qingyan, what did you find?"

"Captain, look here." Qing Yan stretched out his right hand, pointing to an unremarkable low tree beside him.

Looking in the direction of Qingyan's finger, Xia Shu found that under the trunk, there was a black mark that was obviously different from the color of the bark.

Then, Qingyan explained to Xia Shu: "Captain, this is a trace of corrosion by acid substances. The enemy is probably a ninja who has mastered secret techniques."

"You're right, it seems like a tough enemy."

Before Xia Shu's emotional words fell, Kakashi on the other side also found a new clue. Under his shout, Xia Shu and the two rushed over together.

"Captain, here, here, and there, there may be secret passages." Out of the principle of confidentiality, Kakashi did not call Natsuki by his name directly, but referred to him by his position.

The three locations that Kakashi mentioned were all bumps covered with dirt and gravel. Natsuki looked intently and found something unusual.

There are several inconspicuous gaps under the bump-shaped protrusions. The grass near the gaps is blown into unnatural bends by the wind. Obviously, there are hidden air outlets there.

"Watch out!"

After Xia Shu reminded the two of them, he pressed his hands together on the ground.

"Earth escape, split earth and turn palms!"

A crack spread from Xia Shu's hands, destroying the three strange soil pockets.

As the earth bag collapsed, three bottomless holes appeared in front of the three of them.

Looking at the dark cave, Natsuki frowned, turned to Kakashi and said, "Kuroyuki, create a shadow clone, let's go in and investigate."

"clear."

Kakashi nodded, and used the shadow clone technique to let him and Natsuki's shadow clone walk down the edge of the burrow.

The cave was very large and deep, and the light became dimmer as it went down. When the shadow clones of the two reached the bottom, there was no trace of light at all.

"Kakaka."

The shadow clone took out the flashlight from the seal scroll given by the main body and turned it on. After the light turned on, he found that the place he was in was an underground space about five meters high with obvious excavation marks. Where is the dark passage.

"Kakashi, you go to the west one, and I'll go to the east one."

After looking at each other with Kakashi, Natsuki made an arrangement and walked cautiously into the east passage.

Although it is a shadow clone, Xia Shu also dare not walk fast, for fear that there are some traps in this passage, and if he is a little careless, he may encounter danger or be discovered by the enemy. Not conducive to the completion of this task.

However, Xia Shu's worries seemed unnecessary, and he walked along the passage into another spacious underground space. Xia Shu did not encounter any traps or enemies.

At this moment, the scream of Kakashikage clone sounded, although it was very faint because of the distance between the two, it was still heard by the vigilant Natsuki.

"not good!"

Xia Shu's complexion changed, before he had time to think about it, he immediately turned around and ran towards Kakashi.

When he came to the western passage where Kakashi entered, Natsuki suddenly felt a thrilling feeling in his heart, as if something was peeping at him, and immediately raised his perception to the highest level, carefully guarding against the enemy's sneak attack.

It wasn't until Xia Shu walked to the end of the passage that the feeling of spying disappeared.

Xia Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and found that this place was just like what he expected, and it was also a huge underground space.

However, unlike the underground space that Natsuki entered just now, there was a large puddle of liquid emitting this pungent smell on the ground. If there is no accident, Kakashi should have encountered the enemy who used the secret technique.

Carefully looking around, after confirming that there were no enemies, Xia Shu took out a sealed glass bottle from the sealing scroll, collected some liquid, and prepared to take it back for inspection.

After doing all this, Xia Shu returned the same way, returned the sealing scroll to the main body, and disappeared.

After receiving the main body's memory, Natsuki asked Kakashi, who had serious eyes, "Kuroyuki, did you meet the enemy just now?"

Kakashi nodded, then shook his head, and explained in the eyes of the two people who didn't know why: "My shadow clone encountered the enemy, but I didn't get any information from the enemy. Darkness, the shadow clone has already been destroyed."

"Although it is in the enemy's home field, but it can solve your shadow clone in an instant, it seems that the enemy is at least a pseudo-shadow level powerhouse."

From Kakashi's words, Xia Shu analyzed the situation of the enemy, and frowned deeply.

Fighting against enemies whose strength is unknown in an unfamiliar underground space, even if Natsuki can deal with enemies at the pseudo-shadow level, the safety of Kakashi and others is difficult to guarantee.

After thinking about it, Xia Shu made a decision.

(End of this chapter)