Tatsumi, who had been playing the role of a prone sniper on the ground, stood up.
Facing Mikoto's question, he didn't answer directly but pointed to the ground.
"Mikoto, take a closer look at the ground. Do you notice anything?"
Mikoto nodded seriously, and then her Sharingan appeared in her eyes as she began to examine the ground.
Although the Sharingan isn't as useful as the Byakugan in reconnaissance, its vision is much better than ordinary eyes.
However, Mikoto, using the Sharingan for such a small task, Indra's coffin lid won't be able to hold him down.
"There used to be some small paths here. However, they've been covered by weeds and fallen leaves," Mikoto said after a while.
"That's right. It should be a road that has been abandoned for a long time," Tatsumi said, looking at Mikoto.
"But this road isn't marked on the map," Tatsumi sighed.
"So the enemy ninjas might use this abandoned road," Mikoto continued Tatsumi's words.
"That's right. Our current mission is to find all the roads that don't exist on the map," Tatsumi bit his finger and formed a seal, "Summoning Technique!"
Then, a large number of snakes emerged from the summoning formation in Tatsumi's hand.
These ordinary pythons aren't very lethal, but they have the advantage of being numerous and extremely stealthy.
As animals, they can integrate into this forest faster than Tatsumi and the others.
In addition, as a group of contract summoning beasts, they are, in a sense, connected in their thinking, and of course, they are mobile.
Once they discover anything unusual, they can notify Tatsumi immediately.
This is also why there isn't a reconnaissance ninja in Tatsumi's team.
These snakes are enough.
However, these numerous snakes cannot perform tasks that are too difficult.
Their intelligence is very low. It's already difficult for them to find roads in the forest that aren't covered up.
But it's already very convenient.
Minato's toads don't have this function.
Toads don't have the ability to summon over a large area.
So, there are always trade-offs.
While having a tongue that is versatile, flexible, and can extend and retract, you inevitably have to sacrifice something else.
Minato wouldn't know, but Jiraiya certainly wouldn't envy Orochimaru.
"Aren't we monitoring other places?" Mikoto asked doubtfully.
"The Land of Fire has many trees. These trees that are decades or even hundreds of years old are the most natural barriers, but they are also the most dangerous mazes," Tatsumi said, touching a huge tree.
If it were in his previous life, such a big tree would definitely be a world record.
With just a few of these trees, Tatsumi could exaggerate and say he had a second ring road, but in a slightly remote area, he should be able to buy a nice house.
Of course, it's more likely to be passively donated to the country.
Bringing back his thoughts, Tatsumi explained, "If you wander around in here without someone to guide you, it's perfectly normal to get lost and starve to death or be trapped for days and nights."
"No one dares to guarantee that they can get out of the forest without following a specific forest route."
"So, the Rain Country's transport team must take a fixed road to successfully carry the gold mine out of the Land of Fire's forest."
Tatsumi analyzed Mikoto's question.
"What we need to do now is to find out one or more possible routes that exist."
"Otherwise, how can we monitor such a large area with just a few of us?" Tatsumi said with a smile.
What Tatsumi said made a lot of sense.
After Mikoto raised her question, she didn't say anything else.
After the snakes all left, Tatsumi clapped his hands, "Alright, while the snakes are looking for a path, let's go find a water source."
"It should be easy to find a water source in the forest near the Rain Country..."
Tatsumi didn't continue, but walked in one direction.
"Is there animal activity here?" Mikoto's curiosity was piqued.
Tatsumi didn't speak, but smelled the air.
There was a bit of a bloody smell in this direction.
However, it was different from the bloody smell of human blood.
The bloody smell emanating from this direction was that of herbivores.
Animals live near water sources because water is a necessity for their survival.
Tatsumi was now heading in the direction where the bloody smell was overflowing, and there was a good chance that he would find the vicinity of a water source.
Sure enough, after walking for nearly twenty minutes, a flowing stream appeared before Tatsumi and Mikoto's eyes.
Mikoto showed a surprised expression.
Mikoto took out a sealing scroll, released the seal, and several empty buckets fell out.
"If we fill them up, we should be able to drink for a long time," Tatsumi nodded and said.
"If we fill them up, we should be able to take a bath once or twice," Mikoto also nodded and said.
"....."
Men and women naturally focus on different things.
The water was quickly filled, and Mikoto put the filled buckets back into the sealing scroll and fastened it.
Nawaki also sent a message through a reserved snake.
He and Kushina had prepared the tent and some other things.
They asked if there was anything Tatsumi needed help with.
Nawaki and the others chose to set up camp in another part of the forest.
Putting the tent deep in the forest, although the humidity is also very high, the concealment is really good.
Tatsumi and Mikoto walked back along the original path.
"You're back?" Kushina greeted when she saw Tatsumi and Mikoto returning.
"Yeah," Mikoto shook the sealing scroll in her hand.
"There's a lot of water in here, we can take a bath."
Kushina showed an excited smile.
"By the way, where's Nawaki? I didn't see him," Tatsumi asked doubtfully.
"He said he was going to catch some prey for dinner," Kushina said.
Tatsumi nodded. After that period of training, Nawaki was already very good at hunting.
Daibaa followed Tatsumi's pants and burrowed to Tatsumi's neck. She whispered the situation.
Tatsumi stood up, "The snakes that were released have confirmed the most likely route. I'll go check the situation later and set up some simple traps."
"Are you going, Kushina?" Tatsumi looked at Kushina.
This might be the last time Kushina came out to perform a mission.
Tatsumi wanted to take her out more.
Kushina nodded excitedly.
"Then Mikoto, it's too dangerous to leave the tent unguarded. You stay here and watch. If Nawaki comes back, you can make some food."
"By the way, don't let Nawaki do it, if you don't want to have diarrhea tonight."
After a simple cleanup, Tatsumi took Kushina and embarked on the road to confirm the forest route.
She was very happy to be able to go out on a mission with Tatsumi.
"Tatsumi, is our location here important?"
Tatsumi glanced at Kushina, and then seriously thought about the configuration of the other teams.
He felt that he couldn't lie with a clear conscience.
Being assigned to the outermost periphery, they were the least important, probably.
But he still said, "That's right, we are the final trump card."
"Just like playing cards, we are the royal flush. No one else can pass us," Tatsumi used a small analogy.
"But Tsunade-sister told me that the royal flush doesn't have the impact if it's played at the end. It must be played at the beginning. If someone plays a pair of threes, you should bomb them. Bomb the dealer so much that they even start to doubt their life."
"..."
The big fat sheep is indeed extraordinary once they make a move.
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