"Now go, and pay attention to your safety!" The Third Hokage said in the end.
And the four people from the Kakashi squad who were at the scene transformed into four black shadows, and left.
"Kaoru, and don't let me down with your performance ah....."
The Third Hokage exhaled a mouthful of smoke rings after the four Kaoru had left, and muttered to himself.
Early the next morning, in the forest before the Leaf Village's gate.
Kaoru, Yugao Uzuki, Kakashi, and Yamato had already been waiting here early.
Kakashi and Yamato were silent, and Kaoru and Yugao Uzuki, however, were somewhat bored.
"Sigh, Kaoru, and it seems that the Third Hokage values you considerably ah." Yugao Uzuki said to Kaoru with a face that was full of smiles.
"Why do you say that?" Kaoru asked in return.
"Think about it, and Lord Hokage only said that he believed in your strength yesterday even though the two of us are carrying out missions in the Anbu for the first time, and he didn't say even a word to me."
Yugao Uzuki said, and her mouth under the mask even pouted when she said up to this point.
"Perhaps it's because I'm young." Kaoru answered with a smile.
And the Leaf Village's gate opened at this time, and a team of Leaf Village ninjas, who were wearing neat uniforms, walked out from within the village.
"The ninjas who are going to carry out the mission have come out, and we can follow them after they've walked a section of distance." Kakashi said.
"Hmm!" The other three nodded their heads, and there was no other choice, and their mission this time was to protect these Leaf Village ninjas who were carrying out the mission well, and these Anbu ninjas couldn't show themselves before confirming that the Hannya Troupe from the Land of Woods was truly playing some kind of trick.
However, Kaoru recognized the ninja who was leading that group of ninjas in one glance, and he was precisely that hot-blooded man who called himself the "Leaf Village's Proud Azure Beast", and always had the words "youth" on his lips: Might Guy.
"It's actually Guy." Kaoru's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he was probably the only Jōnin in this group, and the others were only Chunin.
"Alright then, we're following them now!" Kakashi said after seeing that Guy's team had walked far away, "Everyone should be careful, and only the Leaf Village's higher-ups and us know about this special mission, and they don't know about it, and you should pay attention to not being discovered by them!"
"Understood!" The three Kaoru nodded their heads, and then followed along with Kakashi.
The ninjas, who were being led by Guy, were running on the main road, and Kaoru and the others could only shuttle through the forest beside the main road.
And half a day had passed just like that with this kind of pursuit.
They had completely been running non-stop during this half a day, and there was no other choice, because the Guy that they had to follow had been running all the time, and was completely like a madman, and he would force them to continue running with "hot blood and youth" as the reason when the ninjas, who were being led by Guy, were unable to run.
This completely didn't seem like they were going to carry out a handover mission, and instead seemed like they were going to pursue the enemy.
Of course, this section of the journey naturally didn't have any problems for the three men among the four Kaoru, but Yugao Uzuki, however, was already somewhat panting.
And Guy had only rested briefly for a short while at noon, and had taken some soldier pills together with his companions, and had continued to hurry on his way.
Kaoru and the others naturally couldn't fall behind, and hurriedly took down a few soldier pills, and hurriedly chased after them as well.
Guy's group and Kakashi's squad finally arrived at the place to trade with the Land of Woods - beside a small stream at the border between the two countries after a long journey of one day and one night.
All of the other ninjas besides Guy, who still had a glowing face, were collapsed on the ground at this time, and they were all howling in their hearts at this time, and it was simply a disaster to carry out a mission together with this madman.
Because Guy's speed of action was too fast, the time that had been agreed upon with the Land of Woods was noon, but Guy and the others had arrived here early in the morning.
The figures from the Hannya Troupe of the Land of Woods hadn't shown themselves on the other side of the small stream yet, and it seemed that they hadn't come yet.
There was no other choice, and Guy and the others could only sit beside the small stream and wait for the Hannya Troupe from the Land of Woods.
"That thick-browed ninja can really run, and he arrived early in the morning even though he had agreed with the ninjas from the Land of Woods to meet at noon."
The Yugao Uzuki, who was hiding not far away from Guy and the others in Kakashi's squad, said with displeasure at this time.
"He's just this kind of personality." Kakashi still had a good understanding of Guy, and said it like that immediately.
"If that's the case, then we can only continue to wait since the Hannya Troupe from the Land of Woods haven't come yet." Yamato said helplessly.
"Not necessarily....." Kaoru, however, said with a smile after hearing Yamato say it like that.
"Not necessarily, and what's not necessarily?" Kakashi asked with a frown on his eyebrows.
"What I mean is that the Hannya Troupe from the Land of Woods haven't necessarily not come, and they should have come here early to set up a trap if they truly have a conspiracy."
Kaoru answered, "And therefore we might as well go to the other side of the small stream to investigate the truth of the Hannya Troupe before the trade has started."
"What you mean is....." Yugao Uzuki said with her mouth slightly open.
"Kaoru's idea is indeed considerably good!" Kakashi nodded his head and said, "If that's the case, then we'll split into two teams, and act separately, and one team will continue to stay here, and the other team will go to the territory of the Land of Woods to investigate the situation!"
"No problem!" The other three all nodded their heads, and said.
"Very well then." Kakashi swept his gaze over the three people before him, "Yamato's Wood Style is best used for protection and defense, and therefore he'll stay here, and my skills aren't bad, and therefore I'll go to scout, and you two....."
Kakashi looked at Kaoru and Yugao Uzuki while saying up to this point.
"Senior Kakashi, and I'll go with you to scout the situation of the Hannya Troupe, and I'm relatively skilled at lurking." Kaoru took the initiative to speak, and shouldered this dangerous mission.
"Alright!" Kakashi nodded his head, "Then we'll do it like this, and Yamato and Yugao are responsible for staying here to protect the people who are carrying out the mission, and me and Kaoru will go to the other side of the small stream to scout the movements of the Hannya Troupe!"
"Then Senior Kakashi, Kaoru, and the two of you should pay attention to your safety ah." Yugao Uzuki said in a low voice.
"Don't worry." Kaoru nodded his head with a smile, and then bypassed Guy and the others together with Kakashi, and detoured over, and arrived on the other side of the small stream.
The other side of the small stream was also a densely packed forest, and it looked boundless.
"Senior Kakashi, and this forest is very large, and we should investigate separately." Kaoru suggested to Kakashi while looking at the verdant tree trunks before him.
"Can you do it alone?" Kakashi asked in return. "Of course it's no problem." Kaoru nodded his head.
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