"Meow~ why does no one ask for my opinion?" Takeshi couldn't help but complain when he saw Kakashi and Obito quickly preparing for mission, and Aburame Shima who had packed his things and was about to go out.
"Don't waste time, let's go quickly." Obito picked Takeshi up and put him on his shoulder, his movements were skillful and there was no sense of personal space of Takeshi. This had become a habit for Obito.
Takeshi putting paws on his shoulders and looked into the distance - Lamenting about not sittong on his golden goose, and Takeshi wouldn't mind being carried by him.
"Then I'll go to the medical tent. It's more suitable for me there." Rin did not follow. Her talents lay in her medical skills.
In addition, although she had learned the Needle Jizo jutsu, and later learned the Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu from Jiraiya, while, she wasn't a burden in combat scenarios.
This was a reconnaissance and tracking mission, which is entirely different. They require more physical strength, endurance and speed, which are not what she is good at.
"Meow~ If you're in danger, summon me immediately, and no need to worry about Obito, he can handle himself." Takeshi said to Rin, and Obito didn't refute. In his eyes, if Rin was in danger, she should summon Takeshi without hesitation.
"It's okay, I still have Nekomata." Rin smiled softly, and then quickly walked towards the medical tent.
Obito was stunned for a moment, and then immediately caught up with Kakashi and Shima, but the word "Nekomata" still echoed in his mind.
'Who is Nekomata? Could it be another summon beast? Is it the same one from Neko Granny's cat castle ? or Is it another cat beast with same name ? So there are two summon beasts with Rin... Sure enough, she is progressing in her own way too.'
But instead of comparing himself with Rin, it is better to find a way to catch up with Kakashi. Depending on the situation, Kakashi might seem to be impossible to catch up to.
"Takeshi, continue sensing the surroundings, notify if you sense someone and get a scent and stay with Obito. I have Pakkun if we get separated anyways." Kakashi ran in front and shouted at the same time.
"Meow~, alright."
"Understood." Obito responded, and suddenly sped up. In the blink of an eye, he was alongside Kakashi and Shima. The speed of the three of them was not slow.
It didn't take long for Takeshi to smell the scent of other ninjas. Most of them were Konoha ninjas, and there was also a lot of ninja dog scent mixed in.
It could be seen that almost all members of the reconnaissance team were dispatched to search for these lurking enemies ninjas.
"Meow~ What will we do if we encounter an enemy later?" Takeshi sitting on Obito's shoulder, turned his head to look at Shima, and asked seriously.
While Takeshi doesn't mind fighting, but he still feels abit unsafe without a Jonin in the team, as having a Jonin like Minato even if it is just watching from the side reduces risk considerably, having a jonin in team is like safety net.
Although he and Obito are stronger than average Genin and most Chunin, Obito is not a jinchūriki, he doesn't know the Eight Inner Gates, and he doesn't have Mangekyo Sharingan...
"Whether you find a trace of an enemy or encounter an enemy, send off a flare. Then pursue the enemy from distance carefully but don't engage the enemy in combat."
"Why?" Obito asked in confusion. In his opinion, after discovering the enemy's traces, wouldn't it be normal to track them down and beat them down? Why can't they fight?
"Do you have to keep displaying your dumbness every time we interact ?" Kakashi commented from side.
"Stupid." Takeshi squinted at him disdainfully, didn't elaborate more.
Shima glanced at him, then laughed dryly and said, 'We are a reconnaissance and tracking force. We only need to find the enemy and send out the signal. Once the location is found, the enemy will never be able to escape.'"
"Hyuga clan?" Takeshi suddenly understood, and immediately understood the hidden meaning that Shima didn't say, 'Though was he afraid that Obito would be unhappy when he heard it?'
The bad relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan is no secret. The two clans are overly reliant and well known for their Eye based Kekkei Genkais and are very difficult to deal with when interacting with each other. Almost every generation will fight openly and secretly.
When Obito was in Academy, he often had conflicts with the Hyuga clan students, so while he did not have good opinions about the Hyuga clan. That is a personal grudge and should not be brought to the battlefield.
He knew it clearly, so after understanding it, he sighed: "It is true that the Hyuga clan is much stronger in this regard. Our clan's Sharingan is better at fighting, rather than reconnaissance."
"You mean, my Hyuga clan members are not good at fighting?" A voice came from not far away. Then, a ninja with white eyes wearing a ninja vest and headband around his forehead came from the side and stared at Obito with an angry look on his face.
'Damn it, this is a Jonin of Hyuga clan! Why is my luck so bad!' Obito thought while cursing his luck.
"Meow~ You're so done." Takeshi stood up and considered whether to change his transport vehicle.
Obito's was nervous, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. 'Why couldn't I control my mouth?', Even though he knew that there were many Hyuga clan members here, he should have known better.
"Hizashi-senpai, Obito must not have meant any disrespect by it, so please don't scare him." Shima said carefully. Although Hyuga Hizashi has a good personality, when a Hyuga meets Uchiha and vice versa, it is normal to expect conflicts.
"I'm sorry, senpai, I..."
"Haha! I'm just joking. While we older members of the clans fight and have conflicts, younger generation shouldn't be involved in this. Please protect yourselves. I'm going ahead." Hizashi smiled and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a cat quickly came over and jumped to him from Obito's shoulder, he immediately dodged to the side... However, the Takeshi's front paws lengthened in an instant and rested on his shoulder. Whoosh~
"Meow!" Takeshi put his paws on Hizashi's shoulder and called out, then carefully observed the Neji's Father.
He looked good when his eyes aren't activated, but with those eyes, he looked a bit evil. Overall he is still had good facial features, no wonder he can produced a lad like Neji who had alot of fan girls.
"..." Hizashi looked at the Takeshi for a few seconds and found that the Takeshi had no intention of going down, so he stared at cat angrily, but the stupid cat refused to leave.
So he rolled his eyes, in an instant, the veins bulging around his eyes as he activated byakugan, looking ferocious.
Most ninja cats and small ninja dogs will run away when they see them, and Hizashi did the same thing. But this Takeshi didn't run away.
Instead, he stared at Byakugan. Those cat eyes were staring without blinking, and that started a staring competition among them, with neither of them blinking.
But as Hizashi was staring he was also using his Byakugan to observe physiology of this cat. Judging from the size of this cat, he should be barely 1-2 years old at most(Nature chakra increased his size abit), but with his eyes... He found that this cat's chakra was much stronger than even strongest of ninja dogs of the Inuzuka clan, but the most special thing was that just his not chakra size, but there's another unique chakra in him.
He had seen this special kind of chakra in the Summon beasts of the Sannins, 'This cat actually knew how to absorb senjutsu chakra just like the summon beasts in the Holy Land? Incredible!'
Hizashi was so shocked that he almost fell from the tree when his foot slipped.
"Meow!" The Takeshi twitched the corners of his mouth, trying to imitate a smug expression.
Although he don't know what Hizashi saw, the fact that the Jonin almost slipped from the tree is quite funny and deserves a good laugh.
"..." Hizashi's face went blank, and then he tried to knock the cat away with a attack, the attack included chakra, so Takeshi jumped away with surprise.
Takeshi flipped in the air, and then the fur on his tail stretched out and wrapped around the tree trunk above. He stayed there for a moment and then fell onto Aburame.
'Ofcourse, this was all planned. The more scared a person is, the more weaker he would be. This is to help him overcome his psychological trauma.' Takeshi thought to himself.
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