Chapter 67: A Hard-Effective Discovery

After a whole day of searching, there was basically no harvest. Naruto asked the ninjas at the base not to go out for patrol at night, so as not to give the enemy a chance to attack. At night, Naruto once again took Hinata to hide in the fishing boat to pay attention to the movements outside. It seemed that because of the previous loss, the enemy did not dare to act rashly, and did not find Kirigakure taking action all night. It seems that the enemy is the same as Naruto, and will not act without certainty, so they can only pin their hopes on the actions during the day.

The second day's operation still yielded nothing, but Naruto was not in a hurry. Now the two sides were in a stalemate, and whether they could find anything depended on luck. He could use this time to improve Hinata's strength. On the third day, the search still yielded nothing, and Yamato said, "We have basically searched the entire port, and the enemy is very likely not inside the port."

Naruto nodded, and he also used his shadow clone to search, but he found nothing. If the enemy was inside the port, then their hiding method was very clever. The experienced Yamato said: "It is basically certain that the Kirigakure is not ambushing inside the port. If it was a small number of people, we might not be able to find it, but a large number of people are unlikely to have no trace, so I think the enemy is lurking outside the port, and only a small number of people are sent into the port each time." Yamato's words gave Naruto a big clue. No wonder he didn't find anything unusual during the day.

According to Yamato's opinion, Naruto gathered everyone together to discuss. Naruto first told everyone Yamato's opinion, and everyone nodded in agreement. Naruto said: "If this is the case, our previous actions are meaningless. Next, we will discuss the next action plan." Then Naruto took out the map of the entire port, which was usually used by the ninjas in the base, and it was very accurate.

Everyone gathered together to look at the map, and Naruto said, "If the enemy is not inside the port, our search range will be infinitely expanded. From the map, we have no way of confirming the enemy's hiding place."

Shui Hu said: "As a ninja who is good at water escape, he usually chooses a place near water, which will be more advantageous for him when facing emergencies. So this time the enemy must be hiding near a water source."

The Water Leopard and the Water Tiger have a very good relationship. He smiled and said, "Isn't it the same thing? This is the seaside. We can find as many as we want near the water source. Do we have to search the entire sea?"

Although it was a joke, Mizutora's words did make sense. Mizutora was momentarily stifled and had no way to reply. Naruto said, "No, what Mizutora said is very useful. The enemy is likely on a ship at sea, and will use some means to enter the port when action is needed."

Yamato heard Naruto's words and looked at the map on the table and said, "This port has only one entrance to the sea. Although there is no way to find the enemy on the sea, as long as we guard the entrance to the sea, we can intercept the enemy here, and maybe we can follow the clues to find the enemy's base camp."

Hinata whispered, "But even with the Byakugan, we can't search every ship. There are so many ships entering the port every day. If we search every ship, wouldn't it be easy to expose ourselves?"

Naruto said: "The rest of the ships usually enter the port during the day, and the enemy chooses to act at night, so we only need to pay attention to the situation at night. Basically, no ships will enter the port at night, and I doubt that the enemy will come in by ship. The concealment of the ship is not very good. As a ninja who is good at water escape, there is no need to use a ship to enter and exit at this distance. Other methods can be used."

Naruto's team acted decisively and quickly, rushed to the estuary, and found a hidden place to hide. Yamato used Wood Release to create a small underground space, where members could hide underground and observe the situation outside as long as they showed their heads, similar to the current bunkers. Naruto asked Yamato to build a few more such bunkers, so that the team members could observe from all over, but the others could only use telescopes to observe the passing ships. The real main force was Hinata, and this task was perfect for the Byakugan. However, Hinata's chakra amount was also a big problem. There was no way to open the Byakugan all the time, and she had to rest after a while. In this way, the enemy was likely to slip through the gap when Hinata was observing, but Naruto looked at Hinata and had no other way, so he could only do this for the time being. There was no discovery that night. Naruto knew that the other side would definitely become more cautious if a ninja was missing. Everyone was tired for a whole night, and Naruto ordered to rest directly on the spot.

When night fell again, Naruto ordered to continue to observe carefully. In the middle of the night, Hinata's Byakugan finally found something, and chakra fluctuations appeared underwater. It seems that the enemy is likely to enter the port directly from underwater through some kind of ninjutsu. No wonder the enemy could not be found in the port before.

Xuan Guang drew his knife and said, "Why don't we just charge out and catch them like we did last time? This time they definitely won't expect us to ambush here."

Naruto stopped him and said, "Don't act so hastily. We should act according to circumstances."

Then he asked Hinata: "How many enemies are there and how strong are they?"

Hinata observed carefully for a while and said, "There are four people underwater. Judging from the strength of their chakra, they are all jonin, but none of them have chakra as strong as the Kirigakure last time. They are not moving very fast underwater, and they should be observing their surroundings carefully. However, with our strength, it should not be a problem to catch them."

Naruto said: "You stay here and continue observing, Hinata, come with me." Naruto took Hinata and quietly followed the enemy, gradually approaching the port. It can be seen that Kirigakure also sent these people to check the situation.

Four Kirigakure approached the shore of the port and slowly emerged from the water, showing that they were very cautious. However, these were useless to the Byakugan. No wonder other ninja villages coveted Konoha's Byakugan so much, even Naruto was a little tempted.

Naruto and Hinata were lurking on the shore carefully. Unless they had the eye technique of the Byakugan, only a ninja with excellent perception could find them. Just when the four of them showed their heads to observe, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared and hit one of them on the head. The speed was so fast that he didn't have time to react. This attack directly made the Kirigakure dizzy, and his ability to control chakra quickly weakened, and he continued to sink into the water. The other three saw Naruto's sudden appearance and knew that Naruto was very strong. They jumped onto the water with kunai in their hands and prepared to meet the enemy.

(End of this chapter)