"That was terrifying." Guy drew a deep breath and gave Chisen a thumbs-up. "Using psychological suggestion and biology to set traps... Chisen, if you took the Anbu interrogation division's entrance exam, you'd absolutely come first!"
"The interrogation division is too noisy. I don't like it." Chisen brushed the dead leaves back over the fishing line.
Just then, light footsteps sounded on the branches deep in the forest.
Neji dropped from the canopy. Veins bulged slightly around his white eyes, making it clear he had kept his Byakugan active the whole time.
He wore immaculate Hyuga Clan robes, and his breathing was steady. He hardly looked as though he had spent a long time traveling through the forest.
"I've checked every underground shelter within ten kilometers." Neji approached Chisen and handed him a simple, hand-drawn map. "I've used Exploding Tags to completely destroy and bury the three abandoned tunnels Orochimaru dug beneath Training Ground Forty-Four when he attacked Konoha."
Chisen took the map and carefully examined the marked blast sites.
"The depth of the explosions and the amount of soil collapse were well controlled." Chisen studied the figures on the map. "You didn't damage the root systems of the surface vegetation."
"That's not all. I also found something interesting." Neji tapped the edge of the map. "In the forest's northwest corner, near the barrier's edge, there are faint traces of chakra in the soil five meters underground.
"They're extremely well hidden. Without using the Byakugan to carefully filter through the chakra flow patterns in the soil, they'd be very hard to find."
The mood turned serious at once.
Guy's smile vanished, and Tenten's hand went back to her ninja tool pouch.
"Coordinate markers left by spies?" Guy asked gravely.
"It doesn't look that way." Neji shook his head. "The chakra hasn't