Chapter 177

Terumi Mei and Mizunuki Hikohiko were both startled, then quickly moved to close in on Mizunuki Ryosuke's side.

"What's going on?"

While staying on alert, Terumi Mei whispered her question to Mizunuki Ryosuke.

"It's a Summoning Jutsu."

A flash of profound insight crossed Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes, and he spoke slowly.

As it turned out, the moment Takeda Yoichi picked up that rabbit, Mizunuki Ryosuke had clearly sensed the residual imprint fluctuations of a summoning formation on the rabbit's corpse.

Without a doubt, the truth of the matter was that the moment Takeda Yoichi made contact with the rabbit, someone on the other end had activated a summoning formation pre-set upon it.

Thus, they had reverse-summoned the entire rabbit, along with Takeda Yoichi himself, to the other side.

Having studied Summoning Jutsu in depth, Mizunuki Ryosuke was naturally all too familiar with the fluctuations he had just felt.

"What should we do, Captain?"

Terumi Mei immediately asked Ryosuke.

This rabbit could not possibly have appeared here by accident.

Since Takeda Yoichi had already fallen into the trap, it meant the current situation was one where the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light.

It was possible this was a probe initiated by an unknown enemy.

In a situation where everything was unknown, acting rashly was a major taboo; in such cases, only the most experienced team leader could make the judgment call.

"I sensed the fluctuations the moment the Summoning Jutsu was activated."

"Based on the scale of the technique, the distance of the reverse-summoning could not possibly be very far."

"In other words, Takeda is still in this forest."

"We must not abandon a comrade lightly, so finding Takeda Yoichi's tracks is now our top priority!"

·· Begging for flowers ··

"From now on, do not touch anything here, not even a single leaf!"

Mizunuki Ryosuke commanded sternly, while simultaneously using thermal detection to scout the surrounding situation.

"Yes!"

Terumi Mei and Mizunuki Hikohiko responded immediately.

Just as the three were preparing to move out.

In the forest, from somewhere unknown, a thick white mist suddenly drifted in.

The mist spread at an extreme speed, and in an instant, it had shrouded the entire forest.

At this moment, visibility within the mist was already less than five meters.

"Hidden Mist Jutsu?"

Mizunuki Hikohiko exclaimed.

As a ninja of the Kirigakure village, he was naturally well-versed in his own village's signature jutsu.

"No, this is not the ordinary Hidden Mist Jutsu."

0...

Mizunuki Ryosuke reached out to sense the thick fog around them and gave a negative answer.

"Try dispersing it."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said to Terumi Mei beside him.

Terumi Mei nodded and quickly formed hand seals.

Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

Following this, Terumi Mei unleashed the strongest Wind Style she could currently use.

In an instant, a gale swept through, but the mist in the air remained completely indifferent; even under the blowing of the gale, these mists did not move in the slightest.

The wind seemed to have been swallowed by the heavy fog!

Terumi Mei was shocked; it appeared Mizunuki Ryosuke's judgment was correct. Although a standard Wind Style might struggle to completely disperse the Hidden Mist Jutsu, it would not be unable to affect it at all.

It would not be unable to exert any influence on it.

Rather than calling this fog, "haze" would be a more appropriate term.

Unlike Terumi Mei and Mizunuki Hikohiko, Ryosuke understood the nature of this thick fog even better.

Because he smelled the scent of Yin-Yang Release on the mist shrouding the forest.

Such a large-scale Yin-Yang Release technique could not be broken rashly without finding the right method.

Unlike the five elemental styles, Yin-Yang Release was an entirely unfamiliar domain.

Even for Mizunuki Ryosuke, lacking knowledge of Yin-Yang Release at this moment, it was difficult to break through the surrounding fog.

"I can roughly sense the direction Takeda was summoned to."

"From now on, do not leave a three-meter radius around me."

Hearing Mizunuki Ryosuke's order, the two nodded one after another.

In this deep haze, the remaining three members of the squad officially began the process of tracking Takeda Yoichi's whereabouts. ===== CHAPTER 179 =====