Chapter 199 Location Exposed, Crow Makes its Appearance
Gaa gaa gaa gaa!
Above the Forest of Death, a flock of crows flew by, passing through the intertwined branches, and landed beside each examinee.
What's that noise?
The teeth were still making puzzled noises, looking warily in the direction from which the rattling sound was coming from.
Lacking the ability to communicate with airborne objects, Ya is always annoyed by noises coming from above.
"crow."
Shino replied, and the insects around him scattered and spread up the tree.
"Why are there so many crows flying around all of a sudden? Wait, Ya, what time is it?"
Sakura put down her breakfast, a bowl of porridge she had just made in the morning, and asked Ya what time it was.
"Hmm, according to my biological clock, it's probably around seven or eight o'clock."
Around 7 or 8 o'clock.
Sakura roughly knew what these crows were up to.
However, just in case, we should still treat this matter with caution.
"They might be here to tell us where Naruto and the others are, but it's best to be careful."
Since most of her opponents are from unfamiliar ninja villages, Sakura can't guarantee that one of those villages might have a ninjutsu related to crows.
The bushes above the simple camp moved. Shino secretly had most of the sealing insects on his body surround the tree, while Sakura was ready to use illusion magic at any time.
*Smack*
A crow poked its head out of the bushes in a strange posture.
"Huh?"
Its expression was slightly blank, staring blankly at the three of them.
"Why is this crow acting so silly?"
Ya looked at the crow with a strange feeling. Crows are generally very intelligent, and some crows with special constitutions and chakra can even speak human language.
"Gah, you're the idiot, gah gah!"
Hmm, upon hearing Ya's chirping, Ya suddenly moved its beak and cursed at Ya.
"Holy crap, it can talk!"
Kiba never expected that even a crow as dull as Akamaru could speak human language.
"Hey you, get rid of all these bugs on me right now! It's so uncomfortable!!!"
Shino pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and said calmly, "First of all, I'm not that person. My name is Aburame Shino."
"Second, what are you... Crow? Why are you here? Are you a summoning beast from some team?"
Sakura watched the crow warily as she walked over to Shino's side, while Akamaru barked incessantly at the crow.
"Ugh, this is so annoying! I came here to deliver a message, but if you keep acting like this, the great Lord Crow might not tell you!"
Ya Ya turned her head and said to them, a little angrily.
"And you stupid dog, shut up, caw!"
"Woof woof woof! Woof woof woof woof!"
Akamaru wasn't frightened by what the crow said; instead, he was hurt by the word "stupid dog" it uttered.
You know, as a superior breed of dog from the Inuzuka clan, I can not only learn various ninjutsu and read, but I can also do handstands... cough cough, in any case, I am not a stupid dog!
"Gaga gaga, shut up, gaga!"
Shino and Sakura ignored the fight between Crow and Akamaru, exchanged glances, and shared their thoughts.
"Is the information you're referring to the location of Naruto's team?"
Sakura stepped forward and asked Ya Ya.
"You stupid dog that can't talk, all you can do is bark, that's all you can do! Yes, that's right, shut this stupid dog up right now, or I won't tell you anything."
Ya Ya turned around and looked at the pink-haired girl in front of her. She had seen her in the village before. The shampoo she used was very tasteful and the same one as hers.
"I see. So you're Konoha's summoning beast?"
Sakura made a gesture to Kiba, who nodded, and then gently called out to Akamaru. Akamaru called out once more and then obediently returned to Kiba's embrace.
"Of course! I'm Konoha's dedicated crow officer!"
Crow proudly raised its head, then looked at Sakura and the others, and continued, "You're from Konoha too, right? I remember you, little guy from the Inuzuka clan. The dogs over there are all pretty smart, except for this one."
First, Ya scratched his head, then, upon hearing it say that Akamaru was stupid, he quickly retorted, "Akamaru isn't stupid at all; you just didn't understand what it meant."
Crow glanced disdainfully at Akamaru in Kiba's arms, a hint of envy flashing in its eyes. Crow also wanted to be close to Itachi like that, but Itachi was too cold, unlike Shisui, who usually ignored him.
"And this gloomy brat from the Aburame clan, and you, this very tasteful pink-haired little girl."
It's rare for Ya Ya to say so much.
"Actually, no, but how did you get the idea that I have great taste?"
Sakura poked her hand a little shyly and asked casually.
"Because your hair smells so good! You can tell just by smelling it that you use the same shampoo as me!"
Sakura's embarrassed smile froze on her face. What a joke! She uses the same shampoo as this crow?!
"A lot of crows use this one, but they all got the suggestion from that crow named Parker."
Since crows have the ability to fly, since Itachi became the new leader of Root, he has equipped every Root member who goes out on a mission with a crow, and they can all talk.
This greatly expands the team's field of vision and allows the crows to bring back intelligence when they are in dire straits.
The result was basically that the new Roots, who were protective of their own, led far more troops than the intelligence indicated to wipe out the enemy.
For a long time, crows have been regarded as the new symbol of Konoha's roots in all the major ninja villages.
During an exchange between the Anbu and Root, Pakkun, the ninja dog summoned by the Anbu leader, Blood-Eyed White Blade, exchanged some life hacks with Itachi's summoned crow.
Then word of this shampoo spread among the crows at the roots.
Itachi even allocated a portion of his budget for the care of the Root crows, which made his already high popularity among the crows even more dazzling.
"Oh right, Naruto's team is over there. It's next to that huge building, you can get there by following this little river."
Crow spoke to Sakura, whose body was gradually turning to stone.
"We know about this kind of thing."
Seeing that Sakura was deeply hurt by Yaya's words, Shino stepped forward and spoke up.
"Oh, okay, then I'll be going now."
Crow didn't care how they knew. Anyway, they were all from Konoha, helping each other out, and it had nothing to do with me.
I'm just here to tell them something, how could a little crow know what they did beforehand?
But the next one will be a bit tricky.
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