Under the guidance of Kakashi's deliberate words, the atmosphere seemed to be directed toward Naruto and Satsuki giving up the tightly trapped Sakura and giving priority to chasing the clones with bells.
However, Naruto knew in his heart that this exercise was not a competition for the bell, but a test of teammate awareness.
I saw Naruto's hands were the same as Hand Seals.
"Bang bang bang bang bang..."
The next moment, a series of identical smoke exploded next to Naruto! A total of twenty Shadow Clones that were exactly the same as Naruto appeared suddenly, filling the empty space in front of them instantly.
"So, so what? Kakashi-sensei."
Twenty Uzumaki Naruto said in unison, and all looked at Kakashi who was guarding the pit with energetic and provocative eyes.
This scene made Satsuki behind her breathe slightly. Seeing so many Naruto in front of her—even though she knew they were just clones—her heartbeat suddenly accelerated unsatisfactorily.
She suppressed her somewhat flustered mood, and then did something that caught everyone's surprise - she quietly and quickly took out the compact camera from the side pocket of her ninja bag, taking advantage of everyone's attention. All his attention was focused on the confrontation, and he activated the Shizune mode. The camera was focused on the twenty high-spirited Naruto figures in front of him, and he pressed the shutter "click" and "click" continuously.
Her movements were astonishingly fast. With the hand speed and stability developed by Hand Seals, she captured dozens of photos from different angles in a very short period of time. Then she quickly put the camera back into place like a magic trick. The whole process went smoothly without making any unnecessary noise.
Just when she finished this series of small actions, the body of Naruto happened to turn around and say something to her.
"Satsuki, listen. I stay here and try to defeat this clone of Kakashi-sensei - or if he lies, this is actually the original body - in short, I have to find a way to save Sakura first. You and all my clones, go into the woods immediately, search for the original body of Kakashi-sensei, and snatch the bell!"
Satsuki nodded immediately to show his understanding. Although it is impossible to determine whether Kakashi guarding the pit is the main body, but combined with the behavior of the clones before, the probability that the main body is hidden among the large troops in the woods is obviously higher.
And only by splitting up in this way can she have the opportunity to personally take back the bell for Naruto.
Without any hesitation, Satsuki jumped into the woods aside. The twenty Naruto and Shadow Clone immediately followed, quickly and orderly dispersing through the forest.
In the blink of an eye, only Naruto's body was left in the open space in the center of the training ground, facing each other with Kakashi, who didn't know whether it was a clone or its true body, and Sakura, who was buried in the soil and had a complicated mood.
"For Ninja who needs to perform tasks efficiently, Sakura, which has lost its ability to move at this moment, will not only be unable to provide any assistance, but will instead become a burden, delaying or even destroying the important goal of snatching the bell."
Kakashi looked at Naruto who chose to stay, and continued his "misleading" in a nonchalant tone, "Naruto, are you sure you want to waste your precious and limited time just to save her?"
Sakura, who was originally moved and hopeful because Naruto had not given up on him, heard Kakashi's cold and realistic words, his eyes darkened again, and he lowered his head silently.
"Kakashi-sensei, let's stop talking nonsense like this to sow discord!" Naruto interrupted him loudly, "Watch the move!"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stepped forward and punched Kakashi! Looking at Naruto who launched an attack without hesitation and always insisted on never giving up on his weakest teammate, Kakashi's mouth curved slightly under the mask and nodded secretly in approval.
But he still looked expressionless on the surface, quickly raised his hands to block, and started a Taijutsu confrontation with Naruto. However, his position cleverly protected Sakura who was buried behind him, obviously to prevent possible accidental injuries when Naruto used a wide range of ninjutsu.
In the woods, it was now a mess. A large number of Naruto Shadow Clone were frantically turning over this area with extremely high efficiency.
They pushed aside the thick bushes, jumped up on the thick branches, carefully inspected every possible hiding place, and even knocked unceremoniously on suspicious-looking rocks or tree trunks with kunai.
It seems that those Kakashi who dispersed and sneaked into the forest have perfectly blended into the environment, completely hidden by their camouflage skills.
Naruto knew in his heart that Kakashi was testing the most basic tracking and investigation skills at this moment... But unfortunately, for Naruto now, he had no need to practice such inefficient things step by step.
"Looking for it! Kakashi-sensei!"
A Naruto Shadow Clone suddenly stopped and shouted to a large tree next to him that looked unremarkable and had nothing in common with other trees. Before he finished speaking, he kicked the tree mercilessly to the side!
Just when the foot wind was about to touch the bark of the tree, the "tree" knew that it had been discovered and instantly released Transformation Jutsu!
Kakashi's figure appeared out of thin air and jumped back quickly to avoid the kick.
However, before he could stand firm, several missiles shot through the air, Shuriken, and had accurately blocked his retreat route, hitting his vest directly!
Kakashi immediately twisted and dodged to the side, Shuriken flew past his vest and penetrated deeply into the trees behind him. But at the moment when he avoided Shuriken and turned his sight, the corner of his eye seemed to catch an extremely subtle and almost imperceptible transparent reflection flashing in the air.
The next moment, a powerful binding force suddenly struck! As if they were alive, dozens of nearly transparent and tough thin threads instantly wrapped around his limbs and torso, pulling him violently backwards and binding him firmly to the thick tree behind him!
Kakashi looked along the thin line and saw Satsuki standing there quietly under the shade of a tree not far away. Her scarlet pair Sharingan still exudes an enchanting light.
The fingers of both hands move cleverly, and there are even a few extra silk threads in the mouth to enhance the control of the line.
"Skillful Shuriken Jutsu... With Sharingan's insight, the timing is really good." Although Kakashi was bound, his tone was filled with appreciation.
However, just when the clone of Naruto was excitedly rushing to snatch the bell, Kakashi showed a slightly cunning smile.
"Sorry, I guessed wrong."
The next second, Kakashi, which was firmly tied to the tree, made a "bang" sound and disappeared into a cloud of smoke - it was still just a clone.
Similar scenes are happening all over the woods. Using Transformation Jutsu as trees, rocks, or hiding underground, or even lurking in the bottom of a lake, Kakashi clones were searched out one by one by Naruto.
Subsequently, Naruto relied on their absolute advantage in numbers to carry out containment, and then Satsuki relied on Sharingan's precise prediction and control skills to capture the key points. Although every time you seize the target, it will eventually disappear, but the process is efficient and oppressive.
Of course, Kakashi is undoubtedly letting go. Each individual's strength he points out is controlled within a certain range.
And he himself didn't know that Naruto, who was directing this large-scale manhunt at the moment, was not doing his best and carefully controlled the level of strength he displayed.