"Need ten million?"
Hatake Shoichi came from a traditional samurai family, so naturally, he knew the market rate for black market bounties.
"A bounty of over ten million ryo is already at the level of a Chunin or an elite Chunin."
Misaka Sisters 0015 nodded, "When he defected, he was already a Chunin of Kirigakure."
Uchiha Hezi smiled to reassure everyone, "Don't worry too much. I have mastered the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and both Shoichi and Yakushi Nonou are at the Chunin level now. More importantly, through our special training, we have mastered quite a few Ninjutsu. Dealing with a Chunin will be a piece of cake."
Hezi looked at the sturdy Misaka Sisters 0015 beside her and teased with a smile, "Plus, we have our Sister Moon. Big Sister is super strong; she can take down a kid with one punch."
After she finished speaking, Shoichi and Yakushi Nonou both laughed.
Originally, Hatake Shoichi and Yakushi Nonou were a bit anxious, as they were within the Land of Rain.
Having to fight against enemy Ninjas still put some psychological pressure on these newcomers.
If it weren't for the sturdy and strong 0015 "Sister Moon," who very much resembled a Taijutsu expert, making people feel very secure, their nervousness might have been even worse.
0015 also eased the atmosphere, "Our core objective is not to kill this Nagashima Rusuke, but to find the inventory of Military Ration Pills that Hanzou was commissioned to process."
Looking at Uchiha Hezi and the other two, 0015 continued to explain.
"These Military Ration Pills and medicines are highly likely still hidden in this town. If we cannot seize them smoothly, we will need to try to destroy these medicines."
Yakushi Nonou, worthy of being the future "Walking Shrine Maiden," heard this, and her keen intuition immediately gave her a plan for the mission.
"I am very familiar with the production of Military Ration Pills. When I was an intern at Konoha Hospital, I participated in the large-scale production of Military Ration Pills. There are two steps in the production process that are unavoidable. First, it requires using a large amount of clean water to pre-soak various medicinal herbs. Second, it requires a pharmaceutical molding space with a baking and drying function."
Shoichi and Hezi looked at each other; they understood too. "You mean? The wastewater from soaking the medicine and the medicinal smell emitted from baking the Military Ration Pills can be used as mission clues?"
Yakushi Nonou revealed a lively look in her eyes and said with spirit, "Exactly! For this first step, we have to rely on Hatake Shoichi's tracking Ninja Dog."
Speaking of Hatake Shoichi's family heirloom Ninja Dogs, one has to mention Kakashi and his later team of eight Ninja Dogs.
Kakashi, who loved dogs like his own life, also possessed family-inherited dog-raising skills.
As a samurai-inheriting clan, the Hatake Clan, although their Ninja Dogs were not as famous as the Inuzuka Clan's, were not inferior in combat functionality.
Hatake Shoichi could summon three Ninja Dogs with different functions.
[Green], a giant deep-brown combat-type Ninja Dog, weighing even over 300 catties, with sharp spikes around its neck.
[Akira], a medium-sized yellow Ninja Dog wearing sunglasses. Because it had super night vision, it wore small black round sunglasses even during the day to protect its eyes.
This Ninja Dog looked very similar to the Akino Ninja Dog that Kakashi had later; Akino also always wore sunglasses.
The last one, [Paru], was a special tracking-type Ninja Dog inherited through generations of the Hatake Clan.
This kind of Ninja Dog had very high intelligence.
It could use special Ninja Beast Ninjutsu like [Dog Hair Clone] and [Dog Ninjutsu: Olfactory Spiritualization], and it could also speak human language to communicate.
This small, sniffing-type reconnaissance dog looked very much like a Pug.
It was small and quite cute.
If Uchiha Fucheng saw this dog, he would definitely mistake it for Pakkun.
It was likely that Paru and Pakkun had a blood relationship.
Since they planned to rely on the Ninja Dog's sense of smell, the one Hatake Shoichi summoned was this hardworking little Paru.
"Yo!"
Paru was summoned from a burst of white mist, stretched out its little paw, and greeted everyone, "Hello everyone, I am Paru. Eh? Isn't this Hezi and Nonou? Long time no see!"
Paru's cute appearance was deeply loved by the girls.
Even 0015, Sister Moon, couldn't help but pet Paru's soft little head.
Petting the dog's head!
After hearing Shoichi's request, Paru nodded and said, "Do you have the Military Ration Pills they produced? Different Military Ration Pills might have different smells; let me smell them first."
0015 had already prepared.
She had seized quite a few Rain Ninja Military Ration Pills from the Rain Ninja.
Paru sniffed the scent and waved its paw to point out the direction to everyone.
"Follow me. It rained here two days ago, so the remaining scent is very faint."
Following Paru's tracking, the four people and one dog began their search journey in Tianshui Town.
They began searching for the pharmaceutical workshop and the relevant facilities for the Military Ration Pill warehouse around some streets.
...
Tianshui Town, a cold underground karst cave.
Nagashima Rusuke looked with dissatisfaction at the Kirigakure rogue Ninja he had hired at a very high cost, Kaguya Eita.
In private, Kaguya Eita liked to call himself "Kaguya Eita."
Kaguya Eita, who was always eager for battle, expressed all kinds of dissatisfaction with the damp cave hidden underground.
If it weren't for the employer Nagashima Rusuke repeatedly persuading him, he would have wanted to run to the surface two days ago.
He wanted to have a full-blown battle with the Konoha Ninja who had occupied this place.
"Madman, a pure madman!" The Ninja guard from the Land of Rain, Kai Muyu, who was good at using Water Release and Salamander toxins, also kept a respectful distance from this mentally unstable "teammate."
On the contrary, the few samurai guards got along very well with this Kaguya Eita, who was keen on Taijutsu fighting.
Out of four or five times they drank, three or four times they could be found together.
Kai Muyu came to the employer and explained in detail the intelligence sent by his Summoned Beast, the Salamander. The latest battle situation immediately made everyone vigilant.
"You mean, Lord Doshin was killed by the Uchiha Ninja from Konoha?" Nagashima Rusuke's face showed surprise.
Kai Muyu nodded helplessly, "Yes, the giant Salamander Ibuse, which was contracted with Lord Doshin, has been wiped out by Konoha. This is the latest news from the Salamander clan."
Before the few of them hid in the underground cave, the Rain Ninja led by Doshin were still the largest resistance force in the vicinity.
It had been less than a few days.
And they were wiped out by Konoha?!
The destruction of Doshin made Nagashima Rusuke feel even more of a crisis.
He even considered the idea of actively surrendering to Konoha.
...
"Found it!"
Paru's tail spun, and it looked at everyone excitedly.
Paru was still lying on this wellhead, poking its head into the well and sniffing hard.
"This wellhead has a lateral tunnel opening near the water surface. The scent of the Military Ration Pills is already very strong here. I can be sure that this is the location where the supplies are hidden."
Paru sniffed and said with a certain tone.
"But you have to be careful. I smell the mixed scent of several enemies; there must be multiple people hiding here."
0015 and the others' eyes lit up when they heard this.
They didn't expect that there was a pharmaceutical warehouse hidden underground in this Tianshui Town.
Hatake Shoichi grinned.
Happily handing Paru a handful of baked dog biscuits, Shoichi patted Paru encouragingly, "Well done!"
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