Facing the Battle Alone

While the ninja of that Sunagakure unit held tracking scrolls and searched for Mei Terumi, Uchiha Yue realized that Mei Terumi had already been tracked while traveling with those Kirigakure ninja. It was merely that the Kirigakure team Mei Terumi had been with had no idea Sunagakure's ninja had found their trail. That was why Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi's whereabouts had now been exposed before those Sunagakure ninja.

As for why Uchiha Yue had failed to notice the tracking mark on Mei Terumi, it was because such a mark could not be detected unless it resonated with a tracking scroll. Even someone like Uchiha Yue, whose spiritual energy was exceptional, could not possibly discover the tracking mark on Mei Terumi, much less Mei Terumi herself or those Kirigakure ninja.

That was also why Mei Terumi had never known she was being tracked. Even her Kirigakure companions had no idea that their movements had long since been exposed to the Sunagakure ninja. Then, just as Uchiha Yue prepared to remove the tracking mark from Mei Terumi, it was already too late.

Because the Sunagakure ninja unit before Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi had already assembled.

Their target was now locked onto Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi.

Unless Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi drove back that Sunagakure unit, they could only be hunted down by them!

"Damn it, they found us!"

"Uchiha Yue, let's run!"

Sensing that the Sunagakure unit had discovered her and Uchiha Yue's trail, Mei Terumi grabbed Uchiha Yue's hand, intending to flee with him.

Yet the instant Mei Terumi seized Uchiha Yue's right hand, he suddenly shook her off. His hands flashed through seals before he pressed them against Mei Terumi's body, removing the tracking mark from her. Only after the mark had been removed did Uchiha