Konoha I am Uchiha

"On the way to pursuit, we must also pay attention to our own concealment." In the forest, three small figures shuttled between the branches.

"Although chasing the fugitives is our first priority, we must also hide ourselves while taking action. This is the quality that a qualified ninja should have."

Shisui did not forget to teach the two people around him during the journey.

"We have three missions for today's exercise. The first one is to chase the fugitives." Shisui turned around and said.

"I invited a fellow ANBU to play the role of a fugitive. He is a good counter-tracker!" He blinked at Hiiragi and Itachi: "To be honest, I don't know where he is hiding."

"What will happen if we fail to find that senior?" Itachi asked curiously.

"Haha! Then our drill will be much more difficult." Shisui smiled easily: "But I have confidence in the three of us that we will definitely find the 'fugitive' who is hiding!"

Compared to Itachi who was curious and wary, Hiirago seemed much more nervous when he really left the village for the first time.

He said nothing the whole way, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily.

There is no way, the time traveler will inevitably have severe persecution paranoia.

"Hiirago, don't be too nervous." Shisui saw that his brother was a little silent: "If you tense up too much, your physical strength will be exhausted."

"Yes!" Hiiragi agreed, but it was still difficult to adapt to it for a while.

Seeing this, Shisui stopped reminding him. After all, the ninjas needed to adapt to this.

"Brush!" Shisui took the lead and landed at a relatively flat spot in the forest. Itachi and Hiirago stopped behind him and looked around suspiciously.

"Tell me, why do we stay here?" Zhisui asked.

"We have only set out from the village for less than half an hour, and it is not time to rest yet." Itachi answered first. This was not in line with the rest principles taught by the teachers, so he quickly expressed his doubts.

"So this must be related to the enemy we are exploring." Hiiragi agreed: "When we searched for the enemy, we made inferences based on the most likely situation at the time, and we were not necessarily correct."

Itachi quickly understood what Hiiragi meant: "And here, as a place with sparse trees in the forest, it is difficult for the enemy to take advantage of it. He must move on the ground, so he will leave clues!"

"Not bad!" Shisui praised: "In this way, we can confirm the selected direction by exploring places similar to here."

"This can not only confirm the enemy's whereabouts, but also eliminate wrong pursuit routes in advance. It is a very practical trick."

There are a large number of similar places in the forests of the Land of Fire, which greatly facilitates tracking and exploration by Konoha ninjas.

"Of course," Shisui warned: "The enemy is very likely to use this kind of inertial thinking to escape. At this time, it is time to test our pursuit troops!"

"Let's go look for it now and see if there are any clues!" Zhisui did not intervene.

"Yes!" Itachi and Hiirago replied involuntarily.

The purpose of this exercise was mainly to train the two of them, so although Shisui would remind them along the way, he would not interfere easily.

Itachi first found a patch of grass with some twists.

"Very good, Itachi!" Shisui exclaimed, "If it's just fallen grass, it's still possible that it was caused by some animals running around."

"The grass in front of us has obvious traces of manual lifting. Someone should have cleaned up the traces, but due to time constraints, it was not perfect."

Hiiragi didn't see any traces here, and he was a little confused.

We are both Uchiha and received the same education. Could it be that my observation and analysis ability is not as good as Itachi's?

Shisui also came over, and he observed it carefully: "There are no obvious traces on Hiiragi's side, so there are two possibilities."

"One way, the enemy ran in the direction Itachi found; the other way, the enemy did a very good job in dealing with the aftermath, and the direction Itachi found was just to mislead us."

Hiiragi's face turned a little red: "Then what happened this time?"

"Everyone remember, when encountering this kind of situation, the most standard approach is to trace the direction where the ferret found it and mark the other side."

"If a pursuit force catches up next, they will pursue it in another direction."

"Then why not divide the troops?" Itachi asked, "This way we don't have to trouble others."

"Haha! If we have to divide our troops every time we encounter such a situation, then a team ten kilometers away from the village will probably disintegrate."

"Besides, if we encounter artificial traces in the next open area, doesn't it mean that our pursuit direction is correct? How will we notify the team members who are pursuing the other direction?" Shisui answered patiently.

Hiiragi and Itachi both benefited a lot.

"We took advantage this time. I know that guy's anti-tracking ability is strong, but it's not to the point where he can't even see my Sharingan." Shisui closed the Sharingan: "He should be following Itachi. We ran in the direction we found, let’s go!”

In this way, Shisui led Itachi and Hiiragi, and while chasing them, he explained some tips in ninja life to them. Time passed slowly like this.

As the sun set, the three of them finally failed to catch the "fugitive".

"I'm sorry..." Itachi blamed himself: "If we hadn't mastered too few tracking skills, which wasted a lot of time. Brother Zhisui, you should have been able to find the person long ago."

"Don't worry! Itachi, and Hiiragi." Shisui smiled: "Our purpose today is to let you learn some knowledge. Don't worry too much about the rest!"

Hiirago is in a good mood. Self-knowledge will never go out of style, he knows his own weight, and he is also sure that Shisui will not fail to consider such a result, he must have been prepared.

"Okay! The second part of the exercise, camping at night!" Zhisui clapped his hands and announced.

"Hiirago! I'll leave the ingredients to you."

"Ah? I have military food pills, do you want them too?"

"..."

Some time later, around the warm campfire.

Itachi was a little worried: "Brother Shisui... didn't the ninja manual say that it is forbidden to use open flames at night?"

Eating the slightly fishy grilled fish, Hiirago felt a little regretful.

What a mistake. If I had known better, I would have brought some seasonings, even a little salt!

"Well, what you said makes sense, Itachi!" Shisui gnawed on the grilled fish in his hand: "But, isn't it also a good thing to be able to eat warm food and have reliable companions by your side?"

Hiiragi nodded silently.

In fact, he also guessed that Shisui should have made an appointment with the ANBU, and they would not change their actions just because the fire was exposed on his side, so it didn't matter.

If conditions permit, who wants to eat those tasteless Bingliang pills? Hiirago took another bite of grilled fish.

Time passed.

Suddenly, Shisui frowned, and Hiirago and Itachi also heard an unusual sound not long after.

"Ding!"

It was the sound of metal clashing.

Someone is fighting!