After an impressive display, Hanfu led the others back to searching.
At that moment, Hanfu walked alone in the middle of the river, eyes fixed on the water below. Since they only had to search the middle stretch, the task had become much easier.
Shisui on the left, along with Iruka, Anko, and the others on the right, had also noticeably quickened their pace.
As they moved downstream, the Chakra inside Hanfu slowly dwindled. Fortunately, he had already mastered the perfect version of the Chakra Refinement Technique. With a thought, his Spiritual Energy and Physical Energy instantly began to merge within him as if by instinct, continuously refining wisps of Chakra. The process didn't distract him at all from searching for crayfish.
Half an hour later, the seven of them had walked a full two kilometers downstream.
But they still hadn't seen a single crayfish.
Hanfu looked up at the sky. It was already the end of October, and the sun set earlier with each passing day. By now, more than half of it had sunk below the horizon.
Looks like this is as far as we'll get today.
"Everyone..."
Hanfu had barely started speaking when Shisui suddenly called out from the left. "Hanfu, there's a side channel here!"
Hanfu froze, then hurried over through the water. A patch of dense reeds grew along the left bank. Shisui had already taken out a Kunai and cleared away the obstructing reeds, revealing a small side channel hidden behind them.
Hanfu leaned in for a look and was delighted.
"Are these the crayfish?" Shisui watched the reddish-brown crayfish swimming around in the side channel. They did look bigger than ordinary shrimp, especially their heads, which made up nearly half their bodies.
"That's them!"
Hanfu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Shisui, thank