Chapter 252: Seeking the Dragon, Dividing Gold, Observing the Winding Mountains
The tomb of Hokune wasn't far from the Fire Temple. The surroundings were very empty, with no iconic buildings.
Chiriku pointed to a few scattered paper talismans on the ground and said, "A special Barrier was originally set up here, but I didn't expect them to find it anyway."
Naruto looked over. There were signs of violent destruction nearby. If it was Taijutsu, then it shouldn't be stronger than Sakura Bro...
The group, holding glow sticks, followed Chiriku into the tomb. Naruto didn't know how these glow sticks were made, but the tech tree was so skewed that anything seemed normal.
Along the way, Naruto looked left and right, muttering to himself. Sasuke listened closely, and it seemed he was saying something about "Seeking the Dragon, Dividing Gold, Observing the Winding Mountains," something about "When Man Lights the Candle, Ghosts Blow Out the Light; When the Rooster Crows and the Light Dies, Do Not Touch the Gold," and something about pangolin claws...
What is all that stuff? Sasuke shook his head. This guy was having another episode. He should pay more attention to him.
When they reached the place in the tomb where the coffin had originally been placed, Chiriku stopped and said, "It was here. The other party didn't even leave footprints. It looks like they used Earth Release Ninjutsu to break in and transport it away."
"That's certainly possible." Kakashi, the fake Earth Shadow, nodded and summoned Pakkun.
"Yo, long time no see, everyone!" Pakkun raised a front paw to greet them, then his gaze stopped on Sakura.
Sakura shuddered and warned, "What? If you say anything about using the same shampoo as me, I won't forgive you!"
Pakkun twitched his nose and said, "No, I wanted to say, little girl, I really like the scent of your new shampoo. I'd like you to recommend it."
"Don't even think about it!" Sakura roared, raising her fist.
Naruto quickly stopped her, "Bro! Calm down, this is underground, in someone's tomb!"
Kakashi also said, "Alright, stop fooling around. Pakkun, sniff around here."
Pakkun sniffed around the tomb, "Strange, why is there a smell of roasted sweet potato?"
Naruto squatted down and tugged at Pakkun's ears and face, "Are you serious? Who would eat roasted sweet potato in a place like this?"
The others had similar thoughts to Naruto, looking at Pakkun suspiciously.
Pakkun broke free from Naruto's clutches, "My nose doesn't make mistakes."
Since Pakkun said so, it should be true. Although this dog was a bit mischievous, he was quite reliable at critical moments.
"Let's go, let's try to track them outside first." Kakashi still trusted Pakkun.
Returning to the ground, Pakkun stretched out his paw and pointed, "That direction."
Following Pakkun's guidance, they ran for a while, then started climbing a mountain.
Kakashi asked as he hurried along, "Master Chiriku, can you reveal the locations of the other tombs?"
"Of course." Chiriku described the locations of several tombs, "It's getting late, and I've already sent more people to guard the other tombs."
Naruto wanted to say that sending more people at this time wasn't guarding, but pointing out the locations to the other party.
If he remembered correctly, Kaito Kid had used this method to successfully distinguish the police's smoke bombs from the real treasure's location.
"Then why are we still tracking? Let's just go to the other tombs and wait." Sakura directly suggested waiting for the rabbit by the tree. Naruto had reason to suspect she just didn't want to see Pakkun.
"No, it's too late." Kakashi pointed to a plain at the foot of the mountain.
The group looked over and saw four identical coffins running on the ground like they were racing, with no one around.
Naruto activated his mini-map, "There's someone underground, but there should be accomplices. I haven't found them."
Kakashi said, "Let's chase after them first, but be careful. I feel like they're being too deliberate."
Naruto deeply agreed. Thinking about Orochimaru, who secretly dug up graves without the relatives even knowing, this guy was making such a big show of it. There must be something wrong here.
"How about I have a Shadow Clone impersonate you guys and follow them to see what they're up to?"
"Let's go capture the guy in front, and send a Shadow Clone to follow Pakkun. Maybe we can find this person's companions." Kakashi looked at Chiriku. "How about Master Chiriku goes with Pakkun too? Maybe that person is the mastermind."
"Alright." Chiriku nodded in agreement with Kakashi's arrangement.
So the two sides split up, but not in the physical sense.
Team 7 chased after the four crazed coffins.
After about ten minutes, the four caught up, but the four coffins suddenly stopped, stood upright, and then sank into the ground.
Immediately afterward, the ground shook violently, countless stone pillars rose from the ground, and cracks appeared continuously. The four jumped around to avoid them, and were unknowingly separated.
Then, before they could act, the terrain began to change again. The ground beneath their feet shifted, and the stone pillars combined to form a huge maze, greatly increasing the distance between the four.
At this time, the three culprits gathered together: one man, one woman, and one who was neither man nor woman.
The man was called Fudō, and he looked like a brute.
The woman was called Bu Feng, a red-haired, red-clothed Mature Woman who looked very charming.
The one who was neither man nor woman was called Fu'en, with long hair and wearing loose robes. She felt even flatter than Sakura Bro. Although dressed in women's clothing, she looked like a cross-dressing master no matter how you looked at her.
Fu'en held a contour map in her hand, pointing to several locations on the map and saying, "The leader is the legendary Copy Ninja Hatake Kakashi, who is very difficult to deal with.
So I will try my best to use traps to hold him back. We will each be responsible for one of the smaller ones, and then the three of us will work together to deal with him."
These people's intelligence work was probably a mess. They only knew about Kakashi, who was famous many years ago, and didn't understand Naruto's situation.
Of course, it was also possible that their level was not high enough. The important figures of the various ninja villages knew a lot about Naruto.
Bu Feng pointed to Sasuke's location with great interest, licking her lips. "I'll take that handsome young man over there. I wonder what kind of kiss he'll like?"
Fudō pointed to Sakura's location. "I'll take care of that little girl. It shouldn't take too long, and then I can take care of that blond kid. Fu'en, you should just focus on holding back Hatake Kakashi."
Fu'en nodded. "That's fine too."
Fudō and Bu Feng went their separate ways, while Fu'en took out a pen and drew a line near Kakashi's location.
Kakashi, who was climbing a wall, suddenly had a stone slab fall from above, and Kakashi quickly landed to avoid it.
Fu'en didn't give up and drew another stroke.
Kakashi noticed that the wall next to him suddenly bulged, and he did two backflips to avoid the attack, then his feet went empty and he fell into a pit.
Kakashi's two feet were tightly attached to the sides of the spikes at the bottom of the pit, avoiding the misfortune of suffering local damage.
Kakashi looked up at the lid that was gradually closing above him, and scratched his cheek. "Hmm... I feel like I'm being targeted."
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