Settling Down

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Uchiha Shisui stared, dumbfounded, at Houka's string of absurd antics.

"Captain, don't you know where your two friends are?"

He had gone to all the trouble of sending them here, only to find that... the captain was as unreliable as ever.

Houka's expression grew a little awkward. He snorted. "What do you know? This is called secrecy, understand? If even I don't know where they are, then no one else will be able to find them!"

That made so much sense.

Uchiha Shisui pulled his clothes tighter around himself. The Byakugan's vision remained absurdly effective even amid the swirling snow. After scanning the surroundings, he unexpectedly spotted the tracks left behind by the moving carriage.

The three of them followed the carriage tracks forward until they reached a small village.

Houka checked with the Chakra Sensory Technique and found that there were no ninjas in the village.

The three of them then settled down in that little village.

To maintain the Shadow Clones, Houka went without sleep or rest for three straight days. Finally, three days later, a Shadow Clone to the northwest used the Chakra Sensory Technique to locate the chakra signatures of Natsuhi and Hotarubi!

Houka felt as though he had been granted a reprieve. He hurriedly dispelled the two hundred Shadow Clones. In an instant, a vast flood of memories rushed into his mind. He yawned tiredly, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

He slept until the following afternoon before waking up refreshed.

He took out a Military Ration Pill and swallowed it, recalled the Shadow Clone's location, then summoned Uchiha Shisui and Bai and immediately set off.

Five days later, they arrived at an even smaller village. It lay against a small snow-covered mountain and had only a dozen or so households, all