30 - Hunting mission part 1...

After getting permission from the Hokage, a small team of Anbu started heading outside the village.

The team consisted of a small kid Anbu with a fox mask, a dog-masked Anbu (the captain of the team), a monkey-masked Anbu, and a crow-masked Anbu.

"When we arrive there, me and the kid will change our clothes and act like siblings, while you two will be hiding in the dark for the information. Got it?"

The dog-masked Anbu said while making the plan.

"Captain, don't you think I will look more like a brother to him than you or Crow? After all, he has a brother around his age, while you are..." the monkey-masked Anbu said, teasing the dog-masked Anbu.

"Yes, he is right, Captain..." the crow-masked Anbu agreed.

"What are you guys talking about? Do you want to say that I am too old? I am telling you, I am still young, you guys..." the dog-masked Anbu said angrily, thinking, 'I am telling you I am not older than 20 years old, so how come you say I am not young enough to act as his older brother?'

"No, no, Captain, don't get angry with us. For some reason, we never said you are old. We just said you are..." the monkey-masked Anbu stopped, and the crow-masked Anbu continued, "Yes, Captain. What he wanted to say is, though you aren't old on the outside, reading those books made you almost an uncle from inside..."

"Yes, he is right, Captain..." the monkey-masked Anbu said with a smile.

When the dog-masked Anbu heard this insult, he couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Why, you little...!" But before he could do anything, the other two had already started running faster than usual, and the monkey shouted, "We are going fast, Captain! Prove to us by winning that you are not an uncle..." with that, they vanished from the dog's side after a sudden laugh.

"I will get you for this, you hear me..." the dog-masked Anbu said, chasing behind them.

The fox-masked kid, Kirito, followed right behind the dog-masked Anbu, using his transmission jutsu to appear 8 years old and with black hair.

After half a day of running, they finally arrived in front of Tanzaku City, where they will start searching for information.

After changing clothes, Kakashi instructed Kirito, "You two go in first, me and the kid will go through the main gate."

"This is the last chance, I am telling you, Captain..." the monkey-masked Anbu said, showing one of his fingers.

"Make sure you get the whereabouts of the new killer gang..." Kakashi said with a serious tone.

"Was there really a need for sending us to capture a local killer gang?" Crow asked curiously.

"You don't understand. The reason we were sent is that a team of Chunin led by a Jonin failed to capture them before, so this time we were sent..." Kakashi explained.

"They must have killed the Sand team..." the monkey-masked Anbu said with a serious tone.

"Will we need to kill them as well?" Kirito asked, surprising them.

"I don't know, kid, but we will try our best not to, if possible," the monkey-masked Anbu said with a very serious tone.

"Anyway, remember to come back after 3 hours at the meeting point." Kakashi gave a sigh and said with a serious tone.

After giving a simple nod, all of them disappeared to do their own investigations.

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At the city gate...

After Kakashi and Kirito arrived in front of the city gate, they got stopped by the gatekeepers.

"Hey, you two, stop right there..." said one of the guards, stopping them.

Currently, Kirito is using his transformation jutsu to look 8 years old with black hair, while Kakashi changed his hair color and wore an eye patch to cover one eye. He also used a random samurai face that he had fought a few years ago.

"What is it?" Kakashi said while taking out his sword and pointing it toward the guard.

"Why are you here?" the guard asked, not minding the rude behavior as he had years of experience.

"I brought my little brother to show him around, and when we arrived, we decided to look around a little bit..." Kakashi said, putting his sword back.

"Tell us your name and make sure not to cause any problem. Also, we won't be responsible for your life." The guard said with a nod.

"My name is Meliodas, and this is my little brother, Kumagawa..." After that, they entered the city without any delay.

As they went inside, they started looking around. While walking beside a pub, they overheard someone saying, "You know, I heard that the new murderer gang is staying inside a cave in the northern jungle..."

Hearing this, Kirito looked at Kakashi, who had a serious face, and said, "Do you think this might be..."

"We need to know more. Let's go inside; we will order something..." Kakashi said, leading Kirito inside.

"Yes, that sounds like a plan..." Kirito and Kakashi went inside and sat behind the group from earlier.

"What do you want, sir?" A young girl came and asked them for their order.

"Give me a meat soup and a bowl of rice, and for my brother, the same." Kakashi said while drinking a glass of water.

"Okay, sir, wait for a little while..." the girl went her way.

While giving the order, they kept hearing the details.

"You know, I heard they killed some Sand shinobi a month ago, and the Fire Lord got angry, then raised the bounty to over 3 million for that gang."

"No way! I heard one S-rank missing-nin only gets a bounty of only 500,000 ryo, so how did a new gang get so much bounty on their head?"

"I am telling you, there must be something wrong with this gang…"

"Nah, I think the lord got scared for sudden murder and raised the bounty when some shinobi failed…"

"No, actually that gang kidnapped the Lord when he was coming back from the Land of Snow, but the shinobi from the Fire Temple saved him…"

"No wonder he raised so much bounty on their head…"

"That is why I want to go kill them with you guys…"

"You are crazy! They even killed a shinobi team…"

"So if they did, we are samurais, not some stinky ninja who hides in the shadow… so what do you think…?"

"I am in... So where exactly are they currently…"

"Like I said, they are in the northern jungle, hiding in a cave beside the river…"

"Is the news trustworthy?"

"Of course, it is. After all, I myself saw them going inside and came back for reinforcement..."

By this time, Kakashi and Kirito were done eating and left the pub with a serious face.

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A/N: I want to give you news did you know Kakashi went to the land of snow around this time and rescued the princess..

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