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"Takeshi, this belongs to Yamanaka Inoichi. Please help me find him using the scent..."
Minato took out a small object from sealed scroll.
"Meow~" Takeshi sniffed for a moment and quickly jumped down from his shoulder to led the way.
In just three minutes, he led Minato to a tent to the place where the scent is strongest.
"Is he here?" Minato was about to enter the tent when a figure came from behind: "Wait, who-... Oh, Minato, you arrived so quickly."
The visitor held a huge metal rod in his hand. A ninja from the Akimichi clan, and judging from this guy's size and appearance, he should be a younger Akimichi Choza. He looks exactly like the grown-up Choji.
Takeshi turned to stare at the young chubby man, secretly glad that the energy of his Multi-size Jutsu came more from the senjutsu chakra integrated into the body and the calories brought by food instead of fat, otherwise he might have to eat alot more to be able to use that jutsu properly.
Just thinking about it... shudder Would rather not imagine! Although chubby kittens can be cute, he is a ninja cat. Unnecessary just means more area being targeted.
"Yeah, we rushed here immediately after mission finished. I have a body that I need to be checked by Inoichi-san as soon as possible. Is he available right now to come out?" Minato kept the story short and got straight to the point.
"No problem." Choza nodded and immediately took him into the tent. Takeshi was able to follow them in.
The tent looked small, but there was a tunnel inside. Only through the tunnel door did they really see the most secret place of the camp in the basement.
This is the temporary location on the base for the Yamanaka clan and many ANBU ninjas who are good at torture.
He didn't know why, but Takeshi felt cold all over as if he entered the refrigerator. Looking around the room... it didn't seem clean!
Looking around further, he understood the source of the uncleanness. In the entire room, there were either unconscious or dead ninjas laying around. And they weren't cleaning the mess properly, there are alot of blood stains and other stains everywhere and the scent is almost unbearable here. It looked like he entered hell or haunted room from horror movie.
Most of them are ninjas here from Sunagakure Village, but some are Konoha ninjas who died in the battle on their own side - of course, they are spies lurking in the Land of Wind, and were recently exposed in the large-scale cleanup of the Land of Wind.
There are very few spies who can escape to the border before dying. Most of them die in the Land of Wind without bringing back any information.
"Inoichi-san."
"I have the corpse of an Iwagakure missing nin here. Please hurry up and see if you can get something out of him." Minato said as he formed hand seals and unsealed the body.
The corpse was released, and after the smoke flowed away, the corpse of the Iwagakure ninja was displayed in front of everyone. There are scratches on the forehead protector.
This means that even if Konoha takes the corpse to Onoki, that damn dwarf will definitely insist that these are missing ninjas, and they are also chasing them.
Along with that, he may thank them for killing the missing ninjas and give them certain rewards. Basically, the identity of the corpse was of no value whatsoever, hopefully information contained within his mind might be.
"Alright, I'll do it." Inoichi nodded slightly, and without his instructions, a bunch of Yamanaka clan members gathered around.
Obtaining information from the minds of dead person is much more difficult than that of living person, because the memories within dead person's mind is too fragmented.
Most of the information that can be retained after death would be stored deep inside the mind. Mind readers like them need to have a high level of knowledge in this regard.
This information can only be obtained by experience and proficiency.
They moved all the various equipments over, and the appearance of each piece of equipment was so weird that it made Takeshi feel abit creeped out by looking at them.
This room might be haunted for sure, and the Yamanaka clan are quite evil. They can enter other people's bodies. What if anyone is interested in me... Takeshi paused at that thought and looked around to see if anyone was observing with, 'Although I am a cat, there is no guarantee that any of the Yamanaka clan member will want to experience the life of a cat. But knowing how perverted some people can be. No, I can't stay in this damn place.'
The little Takeshi quietly exited the basement. Minato and Choza were focused on the corpse and did not notice his movements.
The others knew that the Takeshi was with Minato, so they didn't stop Takeshi from leaving.
After leaving the tent, he let out a long sigh of relief. This haunted place was too scary for cats. 'Better avoid the Yamanaka clan in future when I notice them!' Takeshi thought to himself.
Not long after, a series of footsteps came from behind. "Your Sensei must have something to do with the Yamanaka clan. Ninjas below Jonin rank are prohibited from entering and exiting this tent without authorization, so you should wait outside." Gaku Inuzuka hadn't gone inside to check, and he knew where Minato was, when he saw the Takeshi's location.
"Thank you, Inuzuka-san." Kakashi bowed politely. Obito quickly followed along in bowing and thanked him, but his hands seemed to be making certain movements, and the chakra in his body did not stop moving. It seemed as if he was experimenting with some kind of chakra nature exercises.
Of course Takeshi knew. Since meeting the Iwagakure Ninjas, Obito has been annoyed that he cannot play any role underground, so he wants to study Earth Release ninjutsu more.
Recently, he has been studying the Earth release chakra nature, but Takeshi still doesn't know Obito's specific idea - To learn the combination of Taijutsu and Ninjutsu from Iwagakure Village and make them Konoha's!
"Inuzuka-san, if you are busy with something, you don't have to worry about us. We won't walk around." Rin said kindly.
"Okay, but you may have to stay here for a while. I'll ask someone to help you get settled first. It's getting late, get a good sleep and wait for the mission assignments tomorrow." Gaku said while smiling, this little girl was quite considerate.
As a Jonin of the reconnaissance and tracking team, he really didn't have that much free time, but it was easy to find someone to lead Minato's team .
He moved his nose and sniffed, and then shouted: "Aburame-kun, take them to find an empty tent to live in first. The rest can be handled tomorrow."
"Yes!" One after another insects started gathering in front of everyone's eyes, but within few seconds, these insects suddenly moved away from Rin and her team in fear, which caused the Aburame Shima's Shunshin jutsu's destination to shift, and he almost fell after appearing.
Shima was a little confused, but after seeing the team of people in front of him clearly, he suddenly realized: "It's you, no wonder."
"Meow~ My Treasure Ninja!"
'Treasure... Ninja?' Shima's expression was confused, and he didn't quite understand why he was referred like that by Takeshi.
Does this mean that he had a treasure that this cat liked and cared about... But after thinking about it, he didn't bring anything along with him that cats liked.
Though if he really thought about it, then this is the only one thing. This cat is not interested in bugs... right?
Shima pushed up his black glasses, and when he saw Takeshi's delighted expression, he immediately became more determined in his suspicions, but then, he immediately used his collar to cover up his shocked expression.
"Inuzuka-san, I need to..."
"I know you have just returned from patrol and are going to rest, so don't worry, this will be quick and simple task. I'm sorry to bother you, Shima." Gaku patted his shoulder and rushed back., his big brown dog followed along immediately, without any hesitation, and his enthusiasm was as if he was chasing a bone.
Shima fell into silence, turned his head and stared at Minato's team, and found that the Takeshi's eyes seemed to be looking at him a little more passionately. 'It's over, my poor bugs...'
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