Chapter 65: Long Spear White Heron
Rat Squad was blocking ahead in the Land of Grass, while Kiiroinu Battalion was pursuing from behind.
Kiiroinu Battalion’s encirclement was getting smaller and smaller.
Byakugan Ninja had already spotted Senju Kashi’s traces before, but unfortunately, the cunning Senju Kashi had escaped.
Yoru patiently waited for an opportunity. He had to do something to delay time, until next month.
Seeing Senju Kashi escaping far away, Fox Squad was also dispatched.
Fox Squad was far from the other ninjas in the battalion. Yoru kept estimating the distance to the battalion’s sensory ninjas.
Purple Cat felt her squad had gone too far, but she didn’t say much. Everything was up to Fox.
After leaving the battalion’s Hyuga Ninja reconnaissance range by several kilometers, Yoru dispatched all three subordinates again to search a small mountain.
The three subordinates went up the mountain from three directions.
After ensuring he was absolutely safe, Yoru performed hand seals and summoned a summoning beast.
A long spear egret the size of a small arm stood on Yoru’s shoulder.
Yoru’s heartbeat was very fast.
If his distance estimation was wrong and the battalion’s Hyuga Ninja saw he had a long spear egret, he could only defect.
Yoru tied the battalion’s intelligence to the long spear egret’s leg and hurriedly made the long spear egret fly away close to the ground.
The long spear egret was used by Yoru as an exclusive communication summoning beast.
In a certain forest at the border of the Land of Grass, Senju Kashi hid in the abdominal cavity of a giant bear that had just died, feeling the bear’s corpse slowly cooling.
This was an anti-tracking method he had figured out. Ordinary reconnaissance ninjutsu would have difficulty discovering a ninja hidden like this.
For longer concealment, he would also use medical ninjutsu to treat the gutted wild beasts, letting them survive longer.
He had been chased and escaped from Konoha’s pursuers for more than ten days.
Such a record was enough to make one feel proud.
Senju Kashi suddenly thought of Teacher Kamachi.
He wondered if Teacher would be proud of him.
Teacher Kamachi had directly charged into the Senju Compound to draw attention for him.
He wanted to contact more Senju clansmen, but in the early morning after the attack, he found many more Anbu around the Senju Compound.
Almost every Senju clansman was guarded by Anbu.
Teacher Kamachi and he hadn’t found an opportunity. Finally, Teacher Kamachi said they could do the opposite: not focus on the Senju Compound, but inform the Senju clansmen at the front line.
Especially Young Clan Head Senju Nawaki. After knowing the truth of the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation, he certainly wouldn’t let it go easily.
Teacher Kamachi must be dead by now.
Before leaving the village, he had also written the secret into a scroll and placed it by the lakeside where he often went with his cousins.
He wondered if his cousin could see the intelligence.
The Anbu’s control over the village was too strong.
Senju Kashi’s mood was very bad.
On the first night back in the village, he should have directly confessed everything to Father.
Since Father retired, he had always avoided worrying Father and rarely talked to Father about his missions.
The father who was like a towering big tree in his childhood had become more and more like an ordinary middle-aged villager after retirement.
The father he had worshipped immensely as a child had become an annoying old man.
Senju Kashi understood that he would definitely die.
Before dying, he thought of that annoying old man.
Teacher was dead, Father was old, and the relatives on Mother’s side had also been annihilated.
Just as Senju Kashi was in despair, he suddenly saw a white flying bird through the gap in the giant bear’s belly.
Senju Kashi’s eyes lit up. Could it be that even heaven couldn’t stand the Uzumaki Clan’s annihilation and gave him hope?
He crawled out of the giant bear’s belly, covered in blood and filth, with intestines still hanging from his shoulder.
The long spear egret saw Senju Kashi and recognized him.
When Senju Kashi was in the Land of Grass, he had seen the long spear egret beside Yuka Uzumaki, and the long spear egret flock also knew him.
On the long spear egret’s leg, he saw a note.
The note contained all the information on the pursuing Anbu Battalion. Kiiroinu Captain, proficient in Fire Release. Two Hyuga Clan Anbu, one Inuzuka Clan Anbu, two Aburame Clan Anbu.
The pursuing battalion had so many sensory ninjas.
In addition, there was an Anbu squad around Young Clan Head Senju Nawaki, waiting like guarding a stump for a rabbit, waiting for Senju Kashi to walk into the trap.
Senju Kashi looked at the intelligence, and his fighting spirit reignited fiercely in his heart.
Who gave him this intelligence?
With this intelligence, Senju Kashi could formulate tactics more calmly.
He must meet the Young Clan Head!
Yoru brought the squad back beside Kiiroinu Captain.
He first glanced at the battalion’s Hyuga Ninja, then at Kiiroinu Captain. No killing intent.
It seemed he hadn’t been exposed.
He casually came beside the Captain and reported that his squad hadn’t caught up to the target.
Time passed day by day, the moon went from half to crescent, then from crescent to half again.
Yoru thought to himself, Senju Kashi’s strength was good. He dragged Kiiroinu Battalion wandering from the Land of Grass to the Land of Hot Water, then from the Land of Hot Water back to the Land of Grass.
However, he still wasn’t smart enough.
Finding another precious opportunity, Yoru released the long spear egret again.
Senju Kashi was hiding by a lakeside, and he saw the long spear egret again.
Two notes were tied to the long spear egret’s leg.
Senju Kashi opened the notes one by one.
The first note contained a suggestion.
The guards around Senju Young Clan Head were tight. Senju Kashi had absolutely no chance of meeting the Young Clan Head.
However, Senju Kashi could use his life to create an opportunity.
Not only was Senju Kashi trying to contact Senju Nawaki, Yuka Uzumaki and other Uzumaki Remnants were also working hard.
The second note was blank.
Senju Kashi suddenly understood the meaning of this note.
He would attract the Anbu’s attention, and the long spear egret would deliver his action scheme to Yuka Uzumaki.
Yuka Uzumaki would use the opportunity he created to contact Senju Nawaki.
Senju Kashi quickly formulated an action scheme, bit his finger, and wrote his plan on the blank note.
The long spear egret dispelled the summoning jutsu and turned into a puff of white smoke, disappearing.
Senju Kashi squatted down and pointed his finger on the ground, beginning to scout the surrounding enemies.
“There is 1 squad plus 1 small squad nearby, a total of 4 small squads, including an elite jonin proficient in Fire Release.
My plan is…”
Half an hour later, Kiiroinu Battalion arrived at the lakeside where Senju Kashi was hiding and found the crocodile corpse where Senju Kashi had once hidden.
Following the blood trail of the crocodile on the ground, they could see Senju Kashi’s escape direction.
Kiiroinu Captain said:
“Senju Kashi is proficient in Senju Sensory Secret Jutsu and seems to know our intelligence well.
Looking at his escape direction this time, it’s straight to the Grass Country front line headquarters.
After being chased by us for twenty days, he might be at the end of his rope, preparing for a final desperate struggle.
Chase, chase after him!”
Kiiroinu Battalion continued the pursuit.
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The full moon was like a silver plate, moonlight like white frost.
Finally, the next full moon arrived, and Yoru breathed a sigh of relief.
He had survived this month. Good luck.
Getting closer to the front line headquarters, Senju Kashi’s trapped beast fight was coming, and Yoru’s opportunity was also coming.
