Shikamaru is the best at figuring out situations. His mind works quickly, even if he knows he has no chance of winning.
At least he did something. He could see things coming.
But this time, going up against Hatake Satoru, he didn't think any of them could get away safely. But those people disappeared right under his nose.
This was just unbelievable.
How did they do it? So many of them, and they didn't find a single clue.
They didn't even know which way those people went, or where they went.
This feeling was too uncomfortable, ruining his plan, and even leaving him not knowing where those people were.
The two chatted a bit as they walked toward the edge of the forest.
Kakashi pulled out a scroll, made some hand signs, and then a Shar-Pei dog wearing clothes jumped out in a puff of smoke.
"Did you call me, Kakashi?"
Pakkun sat on the ground and looked up at Kakashi.
"Yeah, go look for anything in the forest that's new, or doesn't belong, or shouldn't be here."
"If there are any weird smells, tell me right away."
After Kakashi carefully told him what to do, Pakkun said okay and ran into the forest.
"They probably moved around the place where you sealed Hidan, but it's still a distance from the outside to the inside."
"And this forest is pretty big. If you want to search carefully, it'll take some effort."
"Let's split up and see if we can find anything suspicious."
Kakashi patted Shikamaru on the shoulder and discussed with him.
"Okay."
After all, Kakashi was the better tracker. Shikamaru thought for a moment and nodded, agreeing with Kakashi's suggestion.
Then the two of them split up and entered the forest.
Actually, Kakashi had a slight idea about who might have rescued Hidan for no reason.
After all, he had spent a lot of time with that person.
It was normal that Shikamaru couldn't remember who it was, because Hatake Satoru really hadn't been back for a long time. He seemed to live in Sunagakure, always messing around with something there.
Shikamaru had spent time with Hatake Satoru too, but Hatake Satoru spent eighty percent of his time outside the village, even when they were kids together.
That didn't mean much. At this point, Shikamaru would only have a faint feeling of familiarity.
But he couldn't remember who it was no matter what.
As soon as Kakashi heard the description, he had a good idea, but one thing was a little strange.
Why was the other person, who moved like a ninja and threw throwing stars, silver-haired? Wasn't that weird?
Kakashi walked through the forest, thoughtfully remembering what Shikamaru had said.
They had gone to Sunagakure and had seen Hatake Satoru, but Shikamaru hadn't seen Hatake Satoru at all for the past few years.
"Ah... it's that person."
Kakashi frowned, struggled to remember for a moment, and then suddenly hit his other hand with his fist.
Kakashi looked like he had just realized something.
That person should be Hozuki Mangetsu. If it was him, it would make sense.
Ninja, silver hair, and a fairly young voice, and also with Hatake Satoru.
As for the child, Kakashi vaguely remembered that Sakura had a child she thought highly of in Sunagakure, who had red hair.
That child was quite talented in medicine and drugs, although he didn't know what Hatake Satoru was doing bringing that child out at this time.
But maybe he had his reasons.
That way, basically everyone matched up. Kakashi understood and pursed his lips.
It must be Hatake Satoru messing around with something again, and wanted to take Hidan away, and Shikamaru just happened to catch him.
That kind of description, where the whole person's presence disappeared in an instant, was so familiar.
Kakashi had been bothered by Hatake Satoru's elusive nature countless times. This wasn't a rare thing. It was just that Shikamaru didn't know much about Hatake Satoru.
But Kakashi really didn't know what Hatake Satoru was planning with Hidan.
Since they came back from the Land of Wind, Hatake Satoru hadn't contacted him much.
But that's how they were as brothers anyway. Sometimes they talked, and sometimes they didn't contact each other.
So Kakashi had no idea what Hatake Satoru had been busy with recently. Now it looked like that guy hadn't been idle in Sunagakure Village either, and was still messing around with something.
He'd write a letter and ask him later.
If it was Hatake Satoru, they definitely wouldn't find anything even if they investigated now.
This also explained why Hidan, who was buried deep in the pit, could be dug out again in just a few minutes.
Hatake Satoru's strange curse abilities made doing this kind of thing easy.
Now that he had a suspect, these things didn't matter much anymore.
He'd just search a little.
Even if Kakashi was doing it for the village, he couldn't sell out his own brother.
Although this was a pretty serious problem, Kakashi felt that Hidan couldn't be having a good time in Hatake Satoru's hands for some reason.
Hidan couldn't come back. Hatake Satoru could teleport. With just a head, it was estimated that Hidan couldn't even get over there.
"There's nothing here."
Kakashi stood in front of the big pit on the ground, looking a little disappointed at Shikamaru.
Pakkun seemed to want to say something, but then lowered his mouth a little sadly.
"They left too long ago. It's too messy here. There's no information I can smell."
"There's nothing left around here. Even if there was a little smell, these scattered smoke, dust, and gravel have completely blocked it."
Although this situation wasn't impossible, Shikamaru couldn't hide his disappointment and took a deep breath.
"Is that so... then there's no way. Sorry, Kakashi-sensei. You had to come all the way here."
Kakashi paused, a little guilty, and patted Shikamaru on the shoulder, silently apologizing to him in his heart.
He was really sorry. If he hadn't realized that the suspect might be his own brother, he would have told him the information he found.
Hatake Satoru, that guy was always adding to his workload.
"Don't be discouraged. If we find any news about Hidan or these people today, I'll tell you right away."
Kakashi comforted him softly. Spoon.
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