These three ninjas were all wearing the same masks, and Kaoru had seen this kind of mask before. It was the kind worn by the Hannya Group of the Land of Woods!
Their speed was extremely fast, as if they had used some kind of Body Flicker secret technique. In the blink of an eye, they had closed the distance with Kaoru and the others!
And based on the direction they were attacking from, the first person they would face would be Mitokado Homura, who was lying on the branch not far away.
"Swish swish swish!" Just as Kaoru was thinking, these three ninjas had appeared in Kaoru's vision!
"Lord Mitokado, be careful!" Kaoru frowned and shouted towards Mitokado Homura on the branch.
"What?" Mitokado Homura didn't seem to have reacted yet. The three Hannya Group ninjas had already appeared below him.
"Found you!" The leading Hannya Group ninja looked at Mitokado Homura and spoke. His voice was hoarse, as if he had done it on purpose!
"Swish!" This ninja took out a kunai and skillfully climbed up the tree trunk, seemingly wanting to directly take Mitokado Homura's head!
"Swish!" At this time, a golden card suddenly arrived in an instant.
"Hmm!" This ninja noticed the flying card. He tilted his body and directly dodged the card's attack.
However, after dodging, he didn't seem to have any intention of stopping. This Hannya Group ninja's feet suddenly pushed off the tree trunk, and his body instantly left this tree!
"Flying Thunder God Technique!" Kaoru's heart stirred!
A beam of light flashed. Using the Flying Thunder God formula on the card, Kaoru reappeared on this big tree, but that ninja was already some distance away from Kaoru.
"This guy?!" A doubtful question suddenly surfaced in Kaoru's heart.
"Take him away!" A certain Hannya Group ninja spoke again. He threw a grappling hook towards Mitokado Homura, who was lying on the branch.
The grappling hook caught Mitokado Homura's clothes and then dragged him down from the branch!
"Uchiha Kaoru, save me!" Mitokado Homura let out a panicked cry. Then, his body was pulled over by that ninja.
After easily carrying Mitokado Homura on his shoulder, these three ninjas moved their feet and began to flee frantically in the direction they had come from!
In the blink of an eye, these three Hannya Group ninjas had run far away, carrying Mitokado Homura. However, Kaoru was standing on the tree trunk with a frown, not continuing to pursue.
Kaoru indeed didn't have any intention of continuing to chase for the time being, because he always felt that there was something fishy about this matter. He had to think it through first.
"Kaoru, what's wrong?" At this time, Yūhi Kurenai also rushed over. She saw the Kaoru who was in a daze and the Mitokado Homura who had disappeared, and then asked, "That, where's Lord Mitokado?"
"He was captured." Kaoru said absentmindedly while thinking.
"Captured? Then hurry up and chase after them. I'll go with you!" Yūhi Kurenai's expression changed, and she said hastily.
But Kaoru remained silent, not answering. These three ninjas who had suddenly attacked had captured Mitokado Homura and immediately retreated.
From their masks, it was clear that they were the Hannya Group from the Land of Woods, but the Hannya Group should have been completely destroyed by himself and Kakashi, even their main base had been destroyed.
What made Kaoru even stranger was that when the Hannya Group ninja who had grabbed Mitokado Homura was facing the card that he had flown over, he had clearly dodged it, but he didn't stop.
Instead, he continued to escape the range of the card, as if he had known long ago that he would use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the side of the card.....
In other words, these three ninjas who had abducted Mitokado Homura knew his ninjutsu situation.
But unless they were Leaf Village ninjas, the Hannya Group ninjas would completely not know that he knew the Flying Thunder God, because all the Hannya Group ninjas who had seen Kaoru use the Flying Thunder God had already died, and it was impossible for it to be spread.
Also, they could clearly have directly killed Mitokado Homura, but they insisted on abducting him. What was their purpose? These various strange phenomena made Kaoru feel that this trip should be a trap!
Perhaps, they weren't Hannya Group ninjas at all. In fact, they were Leaf Village ninjas! And their target wasn't Mitokado Homura, but himself, a trap specifically set for himself!
"Kaoru, what are you still spacing out for? Which direction did those guys escape to? I'll chase after them with you!"
Seeing that Kaoru was unmoved, Yūhi Kurenai immediately said with a worried expression: "Kaoru, if you don't do something, if something happens to Lord Mitokado, you're doomed. You'll definitely be punished by the Leaf Village's high-ranking members!"
Yūhi Kurenai had a face that was full of nervousness. Although she kept urging Kaoru to rescue Mitokado Homura, she was actually not too concerned about Mitokado Homura's situation.
She was only thinking about Kaoru's safety, because Kaoru's mission was to protect Mitokado Homura. If something happened to Mitokado Homura, Kaoru would definitely be implicated.
Feeling Yūhi Kurenai's concern for him, Kaoru was somewhat touched in his heart, but Mitokado Homura's abduction was too strange. It was better not to let Yūhi Kurenai get involved in it.
"There's no need for that, Teacher Kurenai. It's enough for me to go alone," Kaoru said, giving Yūhi Kurenai a reassuring smile.
"Although that Demon-Faced Rakshasa has already been subdued by me, he hasn't died yet. Therefore, I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on him."
"But you......" Yūhi Kurenai was shocked that Kaoru was actually able to subdue the Demon-Faced Rakshasa in such a short time, but she was still somewhat uneasy in her heart.
"It's alright." Kaoru chuckled. "The me of the past might have needed your protection, but it's different now......"
"Different....." Yūhi Kurenai muttered these three words in a low voice. Yes, Kaoru was right. He had become a Chūnin at a young age.
Now he was working for Lord Hokage, and even the important mission of protecting Mitokado Homura had only been assigned to him alone.
This was enough to show how much the Hokage valued him. Now he had easily subdued the Demon-Faced Rakshasa.
He had already surpassed herself and no longer needed her, his teacher, to protect him.
"Then be careful..... I'll wait for you here, until you come back." After thinking it over, Yūhi Kurenai slowly spat out these words.
"Mm." Kaoru put away his smile, nodded seriously, and then with a movement of his body, he chased in the direction that the Hannya Group ninjas had escaped.
"Be careful, I'll always be waiting for you to come back......" Yūhi Kurenai thought silently, looking at Kaoru's back.
After the battle with the Demon-Faced Rakshasa, the sun had already set, and the sky had completely turned into night.
The forest was pitch black, and the calls of birds and beasts came from time to time, adding to the sense of eeriness.
In the forest, Kaoru's small figure was silently advancing quickly.
He had activated his Sharingan, which allowed him to see very clearly even in the dark night. Earlier, his Hawk Spirit had disappeared because its duration had expired. Now this skill was in cooldown and couldn't be used.
However, Kaoru was still advancing towards the south. He knew that this was the direction that Mitokado Homura had disappeared in, because all along the way, he could see a faint trail of blood, and it was this trail of blood that was guiding him.
This trail of blood was still a bright red color, completely unfaded. It was clear that it had been left not long ago.
Blood drops were sometimes on the ground, sometimes stuck to the tree trunks, guiding Kaoru's path forward like this.
The trail of blood was quite obvious, so obvious that Kaoru could tell at a glance that these Hannya Group ninjas had deliberately left it behind, but even so, he still had to follow the trail of blood.
This group of ninjas, who were disguised as the Hannya Group, were using Mitokado Homura, a high-ranking member of the Leaf Village, as bait.
Knowing that it was a trap, Kaoru had no choice but to move forward, or else he would be punished for failing the mission. This feeling made him very unhappy.
As a ninja, you're destined to be constrained by the ninja system, unless you can laugh at the entire world.
Kaoru continued to advance until he came to a place.
"Swamp?" Kaoru looked at the muddy sludge on the ground ahead, lost in thought.
Ahead of him was a huge swamp forest, which seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see.
The swamp was covered with countless vines, and half of the trunks of the large trees growing in the swamp were also submerged in the mud.
The environment looked quite harsh.
However, what Kaoru was concerned about wasn't this, but the situation in this swamp.
At this time, three pairs of footprints were mixed with the previous trail of blood in the swamp, extending into the distance.
It looked like the three ninjas who had captured Mitokado Homura had just waded through this swamp directly, not choosing to jump over from the tree trunks above.
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