wouldn't have seen them," the man began and put his glasses on his nose. "He wore a white top, black pants and some kind of blue scarf around his waist. And a long purple belt. I guess he was your age and maybe a little taller than you, girl. The other boy was about the same age and had white hair. He was wearing a purple top and white pants. He was taller than the other boy, about four inches, "he finished. Taki wrote down the information on a notepad. Somehow the three ninja felt like detectives or police officers.
"And do you also know in which direction you went?" Masaru asked further. The man just nodded and pointed to the large bridge."They went back over the bridge to Hi no Kuni," he began, but was interrupted by Masaru. "Does that mean they came from Hi no Kuni?" He raked. The man confirmed this with a nod. "In any case, they then left for the south."
"South? Direction Cha no Kuni?", Miru considered. "But what is there that might interest you?" - "And that's exactly what we want to find out," Masaru replied to this consideration. "Thank you for all the information," he thanked the man. He just waved it off and smiled.

Now that they had some information about their target persons, the three shinobi set off towards Cha no Kuni. From Nami no Kuni they went over theGreat Naruto Bridgeto Hi no Kuni, where they would be traveling for a few days.
In every village they went to, they asked for people who fit their description, but unfortunately nothing could be found out that way.

"Oh, that's boring!" Masaru complained when they found no clues in the second village either. "Well, we just don't know where exactly you went. South ... You might as well have gone first south and then south-west or west. The witness didn't watch you all the time," replied Miru and sat down on a stone near her. "We don't know where you are going, otherwise it would be easy ..." she mumbled and took a scroll from her backpack, which she opened. It was a map of the world. She let her eyes wander over the map for a few moments before she looked up thoughtfully. "Uchiha Sasuke was with Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi is with Akatsuki, that's what the Mizukage said," she mumbled. "Oh, no!", Masaru uttered annoyed and crossed his arms. "Tell me something new!"
"I think she wants to get on with something, Masaru," Taki brought in quietly and leafed through a small book. "What do you have there?", Masaru asked curiously, without going into what his colleague had just said. "A BINGO book," was the short answer. "Wow! Where did you get that from?" The redhead was already standing next to the younger one and was also looking down at the book. "Borrowed from the library. It's out of date, so you can borrow it, but Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke are both in here. As are some people from Orochimaru, as well as Orochimaru himself, and Hoshigaki Kisame, who is also at Akatsuki ", Taki explained, pointing to the entries of the Uchiha brothers, the Orochimarus and some people who work for him, and the Hoshigaki Kisames.
Miru had now also joined the two boys and nodded, remembering when she had leafed through the book. "At first I didn't notice, but now that I've thought about it, I believe that one of the thieves must be Uchiha Sasuke. Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, who both belong to Akatsuki, are wearing the Pictures both of these black coats with the red clouds on them.This is probably an identification mark of Akatsuki. Our witness described the clothes of the Uchiha as the members of Orochimaru's troops wear. White top, black trousers, purple belt, "she explained and looked at her two comrades. Now Masaru understood too and brought out an understanding" Ahh! ". Miru and Taki had to laugh then." Are you laughing at me? "asked the redhead in protest." No! We don't! ", Miru answered with an ironic undertone in his voice.

Now that she had found out these important details, all that was missing was a clue as to where Uchiha Sasuke and his companion were going. Masaru didn't have the nerve to constantly question passers-by, which is why Miru and Taki took on this task alone for the time being and let their comrade train. There was nothing difficult about it, which is why they could do it well together.

"Yes, recently I saw two boys that fit your description," reported a younger woman at some point. "But they had a girl with red hair and glasses with them." "Oh yeah?" Asked Miru and Taki was already busy writing in his little book. "Could you perhaps describe the girl in more detail? Clothes and such?" Asked the green-haired woman. The woman nodded and thought for a moment. “Well, she was wearing a pale purple crop top, black shorts and black overknees, I think.” Taki nodded and made a note of it. "Besides, she didn't seem to get along with the white-haired boy. Anyway, they were arguing pretty hard when I saw her." Miru nodded too. "And where did you go?" She asked curiously. "As far as I remember, they went north or north-west."
Miru and Taki thanked him warmly and said goodbye to his wife. Masaru trained very close to town, so it didn't take them long to get to him.

"We have new information about the thieves," reported Miru when they got to their comrade's. "So we'd like to keep traveling if Mr. Training doesn't mind," she said sarcastically when Masaru didn't react to the return of his teammates. "Yes, yes," he finally replied and came over to the two of them. "And what did you find out, please?" He wanted to know now. "Well, you'd like to know that. But if you don't come with us, you won't get any information," was the only answer he received from Miru, who had already set off for the north with Taki. "Haha, how funny!" Masaru uttered annoyed while following the two of them.

"We're not going south any more," said the redhead after a while. Miru and Taki stopped and looked at their comrade with a look that said only one thing: Are you so stupid or are you just pretending? "Hey! Don't look at me like that!", Masaru shouted annoyed and crossed his arms. "I'm at least as smart as the two of you!"-" Of course, "replied Miru." And that's why you only realize now, after we've been on the road for over an hour, that we're no longer going south. - Just that you know it now: the thieves have changed their destination. You go north! And that's why we're following them in that direction, "she explained very slowly so that her comrade really understood it." Don't treat me like a toddler! ", Masaru crunched and walked past his colleague. // I won't put up with that! // he thought annoyed and stomped off." But that's just how you behave! ", Miru shouted angrily after him." Man, how he upset me! ", she growled and sat down on a stone. Taki joined her." He'll be back, "smiled the younger one. Miru just nodded with a sigh.

"If we only knew where they came from," murmured Miru, sitting over the map of the world again. It had become dark in the meantime, so she turned on a flashlight. "Then they definitely went to Nami no Kuni to steal the Kubikiri Hôchô." She pointed with her finger at Nami no Kuni. "Then they went south towards Cha no Kuni", she ran her finger along the map to the city in which they had found the witness, "but turned back and are now going north. And in the north is ..." , she ran her finger back up and looked at the map. "Konohagakure! Konohagakure is in the north-west of here!", She stated happily and jumped up. "Taki! Taki! You surely went to Konoha!"
The person addressed looked up; he had polished some kunai in the light of the fire. "Konoha?" He repeated. “Yes, look!” Miru sat down next to the black-haired man, held the card out to him and pointed to Konohagakure. "If you come from Cha no Kuni and go to the north or north-west, then you go to Konoha! For sure!" She exclaimed happily. Taki nodded in understanding. "Then we're going to Konoha too," he mumbled softly. Miru nodded. "Tomorrow we'll be on our way. I hope Masaru has finally settled down!"

"Hey, aren't you broken too? Let's take a break," asked the exhausted voice of a white-haired boy who had dropped to the floor. He took his water bottle from his belt and took a few big sips to quench his thirst. The sweat ran down his forehead and you might think he had a hard training session or a long march behind him, in any case he looked very drained. His two comrades stopped when they heard him and turned to him. "Weakling! It's still a long way to the north hiding place!" The red-haired girl grumbled. "You want to go somewhere else," replied the white-haired man. "So don't worry about me and go." - "I also have work to do in the northern hiding place! I'll go there first!", The girl came back nervously. "Tss", said the boy just annoyed, this chick really went against the grain!While the two were arguing, their third comrade sat near the white-haired man. He wasn't about to interfere. The other two really got on his nerves, but what should he do, after all, he needed them both for his plan. And as long as they don't hit each other's heads, which is all great.

"Wow, that's really huge!", Miru was amazed when she looked at the main gate of Konoha's city wall, which was made of solid wood and at least 10 meters high. "Yes, yes, you can overdo it," muttered Masaru, who had managed to get that far in the two days it had taken them to get here.
The girl just looked at him with an annoyed look before moving on to the gate patrol to get a certificate. This was not difficult, as they had a letter from the Mizukage with them that identified the three of them.

"I think we should look for a place to stay and eat something first, it's getting pretty late," Miru interjected after a while of silence while they wandered aimlessly through Konoha. "Sounds good," Taki agreed with a nod. When he looked around, he immediately discovered a place to stay. "How about there?" He asked, pointing to the house, on the wall of which was a