The three men quickly chased outside the city.
Shintaro caught a glimpse of the girl, so he said to Shikaku and Asuma, "That woman might be the culprit. I'll handle her, and you keep pursuing the others."
He seemed to have taken on the role of captain for a moment.
However, no one would notice this in a crisis, and Shikaku and Asuma continued to chase the Kirigakure ninjas ahead.
Shintaro immediately turned and headed towards the girl.
When the girl saw this, she smiled and ran into the forest behind her.
Shintaro knew it was a trap but had to pursue her.
The girl slipped into the forest and quickly disappeared, but she couldn't hide from the Six Eyes.
Shintaro ran directly to where the girl was. Suddenly, a large net fell from the sky to trap him.
However, he anticipated this and fired a fireball that burned the net to ashes.
The girl pursed her lips and said, "As expected, a net collected from fishermen's boats is unreliable."
Shintaro jumped while running, just in time to avoid a large pit and a trap covered by leaves in front of him.
This surprised the girl, "This...?"
Suddenly the girl noticed the magatama in Shintaro's eyes, "Oh, so it's the Sharingan."
The girl attributed the reason to the Sharingan.
Shintaro approached the girl and asked, "You brought me here without setting fatal traps. What do you want?!"
The girl pointed at him with her hands on her hips and said, "Don't think I don't know what you Konoha ninjas are trying to do here!"
"We're just here on a mission, what are our intentions?!" Shintaro said confidently.
The girl couldn't pretend anymore and said, "I don't know either. I was just talking nonsense to trick my subordinates into acting with me."
Shintaro then knew that his confident pretense earlier was effective, and he had tricked this girl.
He then said, "It's natural for us Konoha ninjas to come to the Land of Waves to complete our mission, but one of our comrades was kidnapped by you Kirigakure ninjas. Do you want to provoke a war between Konoha and Kirigakure?!"
Shintaro's momentum was strong, and the girl, feeling guilty, was overwhelmed by it.
The girl quickly explained, "D-Don't talk nonsense. I thought you were handsome and wanted to take you back to the village and scare the female ninjas there."
Shintaro was speechless. He knew he had been so anxious that his Sharingan opened after Kurenai was kidnapped, but now the other party was telling him that it was just to scare him.
"Then your goal failed. I won't go to Kirigakure with you, and my teacher and friend have already gone to rescue Kurenai."
The girl nodded and said, "So her name is Kurenai. So what's your name?"
"Are you listening to me?" Shintaro asked with a frown.
The girl chuckled and said, "I heard you, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's true. There are three Jonin and more than twenty Chunin there, and I am very strong."
"So what's your name?"
Shintaro felt that the girl in front of him had a strange temperament, so he replied, "My name is Uchiha Shintaro."
The girl immediately responded, "My name is Terumi Mei, you should remember it."
Terumi then formed a seal with her hands and exhaled a thick mist that filled the entire forest.
"I heard the elders in my family talk about the power of the Sharingan, but Kirigakure Jutsu is very capable of restraining your Sharingan. If you still lose to me, just follow me back to the village. I won't mistreat you."
Shintaro smiled and said, "I admit you are very strong, but compared to me, you are still far behind."
"[Fūton: Sunabokori]"
Shintaro then wanted to use Wind Release to clear the thick mist, but as soon as he dispersed some of it, Terumi replenished it.
"You will bear the consequences of underestimating me, Uchiha Shintaro." Said Terumi.
Seeing this, Shintaro abandoned his intention to clear the thick mist.
Instead, he used Six Eyes to directly locate Terumi in the midst of the thick mist. In terms of field of vision, Six Eyes surpassed the Sharingan.
"[Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu]."
Shintaro spat out a great fireball directly at Terumi.
"[Suiton: Suijinchū]"
Terumi spat out a large column of water, blocking the fireball.
"Can't you see me?"
She couldn't believe the other party could lock onto her position in the thick mist and moved within the mist.
"[Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu]."
An extraordinary fireball hit again, once again accurately covering Terumi's area.
"[Suiton: Suijinchū]"
Terumi easily blocked the attack again, thinking: 'He really can detect me! What's going on?'
Unable to figure out the reason after meditating, she stopped worrying about it and immediately used her special skills.
"[Yōton: Yōkai no Jutsu]."
Terumi's hand seal released a large pool of highly corrosive, thick yellow acid, and at the same time, she used her position to create an acid circle around Shintaro.
Then, she formed another seal and used her other Kekkei Genkai.
"[Futton: Kōmu no Jutsu]"
She was a ninja with two Kekkei Genkai.
Terumi took advantage of Shintaro being trapped in the acid and used high-temperature acid mist to completely block the other party's movements.
She then stepped on a large tree and leaped into the air, forming a seal with her hands.
"[Suiton: Raisuiryūdan]"
Terumi spat out a water dragon from her mouth, diving towards Shintaro.
Shintaro trapped in the midst of the acid liquid and acid mist, had no way out and could only let the attack hit.
*BOOM*
Under the influence of the great water flow, Shintaro fell to the ground unconscious.
Seeing this, Terumi retracted her chakra, and the thick mist dissipated. She then controlled the concentration of the acid mist and retracted it as well.
After doing this, she crossed the chasm she created and came to Shintaro's side, but immediately realized something was wrong.
Because the other party wasn't even wet, Terumi screamed inwardly that she had been deceived.
However, from close range, she was immediately restrained by Shintaro and had no time to react.
Shintaro grabbed Terumi's slender and beautiful neck, pressed a kunai to her throat, and said, "You lost."
Terumi asked like a curious baby, "How could you find me in the mist? How could you hurt me by accident just now?"
Shintaro had no intention of answering, instead, he simply guided Terumi to the place where the trap had just been set, removed a hemp rope, and tied her hands.
Terumi cooperated but complained that the hemp rope was too thick and would scratch her skin.
So Shintaro loosened it a bit humanely, then said, "Let's go, I want to use you to exchange for my friend."
He controlled Terumi carefully to ensure she wouldn't escape.
"Friend? Not your girlfriend?" Terumi teased.
"Not yet." Shintaro replied.
Terumi nodded, then suddenly turned and kissed Shintaro, just in time to kiss his cheek.
"She's never kissed you, has she? Then your first kiss will be mine." Terumi said proudly.
Shintaro wiped his face and said, "You're truly interesting, Terumi Mei."