Konoha Ninja Warrior

Sasaki, the leader of the hunting team, spoke very little. After hearing Tokugawa Yukimura's request, he briefly told him the information he learned.

"The livestock in the village began to disappear about three months ago. We didn't care about it before. Every year there are very hungry beasts to poach livestock. We thought it was the same this time." Sasaki's tone was a little angry, "Who knows After two months, the number of missing reindeer has greatly increased, and from the original predation to fill their stomachs, they simply killed the livestock and left them alone."

Sasaki slammed his fist on the table, startling the little kid who was eavesdropping.

"Three months." Tokugawa Yukimura thought, "Have any of you seen its true face during this period? I heard from the village chief that you caught a few."

"No, the few wild wolves I caught were all wandering around the village and were driven out of the group. As for the cunning guy who entered the village, we have never seen him before." Sasaki shook his head, "I arranged more than a dozen traps according to the habits of wild wolves, but none of them were triggered."

"Oh, so it's really quite intelligent." Tokugawa Yukimura thought.

"Then what's the pattern when it commits crimes? Are any villagers injured?"

"It was basically late at night. Although no villagers were harmed, it still caused panic." Sasaki said, with a sad look on his resolute face. "If the livestock herds continue to die like this, several families of villagers will not be able to survive."

"Definitely not." The little one who was eavesdropping ran over with short legs, hugged her father's calf, which was thicker than her waist, raised her head and said, "Dad will definitely catch that hateful guy." As she spoke, she waved her pink little fist to cheer up her father.

"Okay, Dad will definitely do it." Sasaki was also amused by the little guy, and pricked the other's little face with his beard, and she giggled when it was itchy.

"Okay, take care of the house. Dad took this brother to work." After teasing for a while, Sasaki put his daughter down and turned to say sorry to Tokugawa Yukimura.

"No, after all, I also like lively children." Tokugawa Yukimura smiled.

After going out, Sasaki returned to his majestic and cold appearance. He was tall and led the way. Strangely enough, even he who possessed chakra felt a little cold, while the other party was only wearing a light suit. Could it be that he was always there? Are all hunters who hunt in the snow so cold-resistant?

Along the way, Tokugawa Yukimura finally saw what majesty is. Although Sasaki is only the leader of a hunting team and not the village head, he has a prestige in the village comparable to that of the village head. The villagers greeted him in awe along the way. , Sasaki just nodded and scolded those idlers from time to time, and the people he criticized all ran like frightened quails.

"I'm laughing at you," Sasaki said to Tokugawa Yukimura. "This family was the first to discover the loss of livestock."

Under the leadership of Sasaki, Tokugawa Yukimura came to the livestock shed. In the fence with a height of more than three meters, the reindeer who were grazing found a stranger and made anxious calls, even the owner of the breeding could not appease them.

"That's it. Ever since the wild beast killed a companion, the deer herd has been in a state of fear, and any disturbance will alarm them." Sasaki explained.

"Well, this fence was just replaced not long ago." Tokugawa Yukimura asked unexpectedly when he discovered that the fences of the livestock shed were all made of fresh wood.

"Yes, according to subsequent investigations, the beast directly broke through the fence and rushed in." Sasaki nodded.

"Bump into it." Tokugawa Yukimura looked at the fence that was thicker than his own arm, thinking that he had made a mistake. Ordinarily, if it was a ninja beast, he shouldn't be so reckless.

Tokugawa Yukimura took this question to heart, and then followed Sasaki to investigate several other crime scenes. After comparing them in this way, he made an astonishing discovery.

From the beginning of violently breaking the fence to enter, to gradually using obstacles to jump into the deer pen, in the end, facing the fence that the herdsmen raised to three meters, it actually learned to dig a hole in the ground and pass through the fence to enter. Everything shows that its wisdom has evolved by leaps and bounds in just one or two months.

How come it didn't leave any trace during the recent attacks?

Tokugawa Yukimura searched for clues around the deer pen of the breeder's house that was attacked a few days ago, but found nothing. You must know that after the successive attacks, the herdsmen used various methods to prevent their homes from being attacked, including laying sinkholes, reinforcing fences, and raising hounds. Some people even stayed up all night to guard the deer pens. But despite this, it still caught people Take advantage of the opportunity when you are relaxed, and sometimes you can complete an attack in just a minute or two.

Rubbing his sore neck, Tokugawa Yukimura inadvertently looked up and saw the eaves covered with a layer of snow. "Is that so?" Tokugawa Yukimura had an idea and immediately gathered chakra under his feet, stepped on the wall and climbed up to the roof, and A group of villagers below who had never seen a ninja warrior were immediately shocked.

"Sure enough." Tokugawa Yukimura looked, and there was a huge footprint on the soft snow. After a simple comparison, it turned out to be much bigger than his own palm.

However, the appearance of this footprint supports the speculation that the attacker is a ninja beast. Only ninja beasts using Chakra can walk on the roof so lightly with such a huge body, and the noise does not even disturb the people below. Guardian villagers.

But even so, there are still many doubts. Generally, the wisdom of beasts that awaken chakra also increases gradually, rather than progressing rapidly in such a short period of time. Moreover, even if it is a ninja beast, such as the ninja dog of the Konoha Inuzuka clan, Without human training, it is impossible to learn to use chakra to climb such a high eaves. Also, why does this ninja beast only attack livestock and not humans?

A worried Tokugawa Yukimura smoothed out the footprints, then turned over and jumped off the roof. Seeing his expression, the owner of the house cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Has this warrior-sama found any clues?"

Tokugawa Yukimura looked at him, shook his head, and said, "I just want to stand up high and see if I can find anything."

The owner of the house walked away disappointed. Tokugawa Yukimura concealed his discovery, and people were already panicking. If they knew that the ferocious beast could fly over walls and walls, it would really cause panic.

Tokugawa Yukimura called Sasaki to go aside and told him what he had found. After hearing this, Sasaki also looked heavy.

"Be prepared, our opponent is not that simple." Looking at the rolling mountains not far away, Tokugawa Yukimura said.