Kōtsuki used all his skills and finally managed to lure the people to the designated location.
This place had already left the village, and only yellow sand remained around.
Obviously, the other party's intention to lure Shinji and Hidan here was malicious.
Especially when Shinji saw the corpses lying on the ground and the scattered goods, he immediately became thoughtful, as if he had guessed the other party's plan.
At this time, Kōtsuki didn't pretend anymore, and directly turned around and shouted loudly, "You are not wandering ninjas at all! You are spies from Iwagakure, and your behavior of exchanging information with companions disguised as a merchant caravan here has been discovered by me!"
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, you've been caught red-handed, what else do you have to say!"
Hidan tilted his head, his face full of question marks, what was all this nonsense.
Shinji also clicked his tongue in wonder, today they were probably meeting two figures known for their great talent.
He could actually think of using this method to frame them, and also 'generously' sacrificed a merchant caravan.
Shinji was sure that the corpses lying on the ground were definitely people from Iwagakure, and their appearance here was also an undeniable fact.
This thing was like yellow mud falling on your crotch, it was impossible to explain.
If it were someone else, they would probably be depressed to death.
But now Shinji just wanted to laugh.
"What are you laughing at? If you surrender now, you still have a chance to live."
At this time, Kōtsuki felt a faint unease in his heart.
Because he found that the two people's performance was too calm, that kind of look was like... like watching a clown in a circus perform.
Shouldn't normal people be afraid or angry when they encountered this kind of thing?
However, before he could find the source of his unease, Kōshō arrived with the other two according to the original plan.
"What happened?"
Although Kōtsuki felt uneasy in his heart, he had already fired the arrow and had no choice but to proceed, so he had to immediately fabricate the story according to what they had discussed in advance.
"...I secretly followed them all the way here, and suddenly saw them exchanging information. Then I was discovered by them. In order to hide the truth, they immediately killed the others to silence them, and even wanted to kill me... During the confrontation, you arrived."
A story full of loopholes was made believable in the current environment of 'caught red-handed'.
Kōshō was furious and pointed at Shinji and Hidan and shouted, "Sure enough, I knew you had ulterior motives. Fortunately, Lord Nonota had already seen through your disguise and ordered us to secretly monitor you, so you didn't succeed."
Clap, clap, clap
Shinji couldn't help but applaud.
"What a reversal of black and white, framing someone for murder. But I only have one question now... are there only four of you?"
The unease in Kōtsuki's heart became stronger, but it was too late. Kōshō shouted "Let's do it!" and launched an attack with the others.
Seeing this, Kōtsuki naturally couldn't retreat at the last moment, so he had to bite the bullet and join in as well.
Four puppets with different shapes killed Shinji and Hidan from different directions, with a faint blue light shining on their weapons, obviously they had been quenched with poison in advance.
Dealing with these small fries really didn't interest Shinji, so he said to Hidan next to him, "Don't play too hard, we still have serious business to do later."
"Ah."
Hidan, who had been holding back for a long time, responded casually, and then with a grin, drew out the Blade Scythe!
A few minutes later, the puppets were shattered all over the ground.
Hidan was concentrating on sketching the ritual, preparing to make a sacrifice.
In the middle of the ritual were several fragmented corpses that couldn't be pieced together, and Kōtsuki, who was dying and had a look of despair.
He never thought that the difference in strength between the two sides would be so great.
Even more, he didn't expect that the other party would really dare to kill them!
Weren't they afraid of being wanted and pursued by Sunagakure?!
"You... what exactly... are..."
"Us? I told you from the beginning, we're really just ordinary wandering ninjas. It's just that you insisted on seeking death."
"Sunagakure... won't let you go..."
Pfft!
Hidan nailed him to the ground with a knife, "You're so annoying with your endless chatter!"
Shinji glanced at him and thought to himself, "You're one to talk?"
When they used innocent ordinary people to frame others, they should have thought that this day would come.
After Hidan completed the sacrificial ritual, Shinji said, "Let's go somewhere else directly, we don't have much time left."
Although what happened here wouldn't be discovered for a while, they had to hurry up.
As for these corpses, they would soon be submerged by the yellow sand, so there was no need to care.
...
A few dozen kilometers away from the village that Shinji and Hidan had left, Baki's group, covered in dust, were resting in place.
If it was just the traces of 'Sand Spirit', it would be almost impossible to find, because the other party had a special ability to blend into the yellow sand. If he was determined to hide, he would be almost nowhere to be found in this endless desert.
But that time 'Sand Spirit' appeared to rescue a group of 'like-minded people', which made him traceable instead.
Through investigation, tracking, and baiting, Baki finally caught the other party's tail.
Now the remaining question was how to complete the order issued by Lord Kazekage.
The power and weirdness of 'Sand Spirit' were obvious to everyone, and the two Jōnin who had sacrificed before were a lesson.
They continued on their way the next day.
After walking for about half a day, a figure appeared in the distance, and then struggled to walk towards them, but after only two steps, he fell forward directly.
Baki immediately led people over to check the situation and found that it was someone from the same village.
"Maki? Is that you?"
"Save us... we were attacked..."
Baki's expression turned stern, and he frowned.
When Maki woke up again, Baki knew what had happened.
It turned out that Nonota's group, who were rushing on their way overnight, had been targeted by 'Sand Spirit', or rather, the Cursed Spirits they had captured and sealed these days had attracted danger.
After a fierce battle, all the others were killed, and Nonota used his last chakra to send Maki out, while he was exhausted and captured, his life and death unknown.
"Do you know which direction 'Sand Spirit' went?"
Maki shook her head, but immediately said, "Brother Nonota has the cloth I left on him, we might be able to track him down using Sand Bees."
Sand Bees were a unique creature of Sunagakure village that could sense chakra and were often used for tracking.
Baki and the others happened to be carrying Sand Bees on this mission, so they immediately released them.
Maki immediately took a small piece of cloth from her arms. These special cloths all had traces of her chakra left on them, which were unique.
After sensing this fluctuation, the Sand Bees immediately flew towards a certain place.
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