This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

After another day and night, the team searched into a dense forest.

All the clues they had pointed in this direction.

Soon, they found a hidden trace in the forest.

Takeda Yoichi grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, gently put it to his nose and sniffed it, then said affirmatively.

"Captain, there's a slight smell of blood in the soil here."

"It should be a small animal like a rabbit or a squirrel."

"It looks like someone hunted nearby not long ago."

Only blood remained in the soil, but there was no trace of anything else such as bones and corpses.

This shows that only humans can perform such hunting behavior, and a human who does not want to be discovered.

After Takeda Yoichi's investigation, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe and Mei Terumi changed their views on him.

After all, they don't have such meticulous abilities.

Seeing this, Mizunoe Ryosuke nodded with satisfaction.

After tracing and inferring the mission information, there is almost a 50% chance that the predator is Yukiji Nakajima!

Everyone in the team was delighted.

This discovery also seems to indicate that Yukiji Nakajima seems to be nearby.

As we go deeper into the dense forest, signs of human activities become more and more obvious.

It seems that the mission target is right in front of us!

Deep underground in the forest.

More than a dozen elite members of the Rock Ninja have been waiting here for a long time.

One elite jonin, three jonin, and nine chuunin.

This scale can be considered a medium-sized ninja unit.

Especially since these are Iwagakure ninjas who are good at group combat.

Among these Iwagakure ninjas, the leader was a man with a ferocious hedgehog head.

The hedgehog-haired guy is named Shou, and he is a member of the Rock Ninja Blast Corps.

The positioning of Iwagakure's blasting troop is similar to that of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

As a member of the blasting corps, Shou not only possesses the strength of an elite jonin, but also possesses the bloodline limit of "bakuten", and his strength is unfathomable.

Even if a Kage-level expert were to appear before them, these Rock Ninjas might still be able to defeat him.

This time they secretly sneaked into the heart of the Water Country for a top-secret S-level mission.

But who would have thought that after successfully infiltrating, on the eve of the mission, Kari's half brother, who was also his half mother, was killed by Kirigakure.

Shou was immediately furious, because he had watched this younger brother grow up.

The two brothers usually have a very good relationship. Shou, who possesses explosive release, is not someone who can endure.

So he immediately used his power and vowed to take revenge first.

With the help of some unmentionable forces, Shou set up an elaborate killing plan in the deep forest far away from the Hidden Mist Village!

The moment a Mist Hidden Team enters the forest, the secret reconnaissance technique deployed at the edge of the forest is triggered.

This also let the Rock Ninjas underground know that the other party had arrived.

Shou suddenly stood up, with a wild beast-like light flashing in his eyes.

"Everyone, the enemy is coming."

"I won't waste any more time on this nonsense. Blood debts must be repaid with blood!"

"I hope you can lend me a helping hand!"

Shou said this through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with murderous rage.

The Iwashi Ninjas looked at each other in confusion at first, then nodded in agreement and agreed.

Even if it is a hunting mission, it is a taboo to act privately.

However, as a member of the demolition team, Kari has a high status among the Iwagakure.

The ninjas who can carry out missions with Kari are all close to Kari himself.

Of course they would not refuse such a request.

After all, the opponents are just an ordinary Mist Hidden Team, and they can't cause any trouble anyway.

In this way, a powerful Iwagakure troop hid underground, waiting for its prey to step into the trap step by step.

On the other side, when Mitsuhiko Mizunoe was about to volunteer to continue the investigation, he was stopped by Ryosuke.

"what happened?"

Just as Mizunoe Mitsuhiko was confused.

On the other side, Mei Terumi seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became a little speechless.

"here we go again"

After two previous missions together, Mei Terumi has deeply understood the character of Captain Ryosuke.

"Overly cautious", even to the point of being outrageous.

Mizunoe Ryosuke did not explain, but spoke slowly.

"From now on, enter combat mode and follow my command."

Seeing Ryosuke's serious expression, the three of them did not dare to express their opinions and could only nod.

So, Ryosuke leaned close to the three people and whispered something in their ears.

After receiving the order, the three of them took the scroll given by Ryosuke and rushed in three different directions.

After waiting for a while, Mizunoe Ryosuke walked alone towards the depths of the forest.

All of this was seen by something that looked like an "eye" in the dark and transmitted to the underground place where the Rock Ninjas were gathering.

"How should this be handled, Lord Hori?"

A jonin asked Kari.

"It doesn't matter. Let's deal with this Jonin first. The remaining brats are not worth mentioning."

Shou looked at the handsome young man in white clothes in the picture, and his face instantly became extremely ferocious.

Because he had recognized it.

This is the enemy who killed Duff!

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Seeing his enemy step by step walking into the trap he had carefully set, the smile on Shou's face became more and more ferocious.

Bakuton, a unique blood technique that uses one's own chakra to create explosions.

Hunter can use his unique physical skills to inflict explosive damage to his opponent at close range, or he can infuse his blade with chakra to cause a long-range blast with his line of sight.

With the unique characteristics of the ninjutsu of Bakuton, Kari can produce a large number of high-quality detonating tags by himself.

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So what Mizunoe Ryosuke is about to step into is a trap containing a huge number of detonating tags!

Finally, a young man in white clothes walked into the central area where the detonating talismans were buried.

"Die! Stupid Mist Ninja!"

The hunter underground shouted loudly, and then used explosive release to activate all the detonating tags.

The bright flames above the surface began to spread continuously, as if the entire ground was completely covered by the flames, and the talismans under the soil began to reveal their grandeur.

The next moment, flames shot up into the sky and violent explosions resounded throughout the world.

Right in the center of the explosion was Ryosuke Mizunoe who walked in unsuspectingly!

"Boom!"

After a deafening explosion, thick smoke covered everything.

The fire caused by the explosion began to spread through the forest, and everything covered by the blast area disappeared.

Then the ground slowly cracked and the Rock Ninjas jumped out from underground.

Looking at the devastated ground, they all congratulated Shou.

"Hahaha, Brother Shou!"

"Such a violent explosion could kill even the Mizukage."

"That kid just now is now gone."

An Iwa ninja said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Brother Kari's explosive release is still as powerful as ever."

Another Iwagakure chimed in.

"Okay, no more nonsense."

"Go find those three brats and take care of them."

Shou's expression was somewhat complicated, and he turned around and gave orders to the Iwagakure beside him.

Although his revenge was achieved, Shou was not very happy, but instead felt a sense of emptiness.

Seeing that Shou was not happy about killing the enemy, the Rock Ninjas said no more.

It was naturally not Shou's turn to hunt down the three Chunins.

So a Jonin volunteered and led six Chunins to search the forest.

Five hundred meters away, Mizunoe Ryosuke, who should have been killed in the explosion, was now crouching on the top of a big tree, looking coldly at everything in the distance.

Given how steady Mizunoe Ryosuke is, it is naturally impossible for him to take risks.

The one who went to explore the way just now was just a water clone.

If you don't check, you don't know, if you check, you will be shocked.

Such a terrifying explosion would be very dangerous even if Ryosuke Mizunoe himself went there in person.

The water clone even vaporized directly at the moment of the explosion.

His worries actually came true.

How could such a large number of Iwagakure appear here?

Is it really just to pick up the defecting Nakajima Yukiji?

Is a mere Nakajima Yukiji worthy of such a ceremony?

Mizunoe Ryosuke suppressed his confusion and used secret techniques to observe the movements of the Iwagakure ninja in the distance.

If you look closely, you can see that Mizunoe Ryosuke's eyes are now covered by a cold blue light.

Ice escape technique. Thermal detection.

Seeing the seven Iwagakure ninjas walking towards him, Mizunoe Ryosuke clasped his hands together and instantly turned into the appearance of Mei Terumi.

Ninja must learn ninjutsu and transformation techniques.

Fortunately, he had arranged everything long ago, and nothing was beyond the control of Mizunoe Ryosuke.

On the contrary, at this moment, the offensive and defensive situations alternated, forming a situation where the enemy was in the open and we were in the dark.

"The Third Rule of the Doctrine of the Mean": When you cut the grass, you must remove the roots. No matter what the circumstances are, you must kill the enemy completely to avoid future troubles.

After transforming into Mei Terumi, Ryosuke Mizunoe's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

After arriving at the forest, Iwagakure jonin Ryuhiko quickly gave the order to search in groups of two.

At the same time, a cruel smile appeared on his own face.