Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 149 I'll Die With You
It's quite easy following Nara Baika; she takes care of everything.

The tracking of the camel caravan went very smoothly, and the caravan did not spot Ye Guang and the others.

Nara Meika kept glancing down, her expression growing increasingly serious.

"This direction... is the direction of Shapo Port."

Ye Guang asked, "Shapo Port? Wasn't Shapo Port destroyed? What's the purpose of sending puppet materials to Shapo Port?"

Nara Baika pondered for a moment and then said:
"We just won a great victory at Shapo Port. I heard that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind is furious. The Sand Ninja failed to protect his more than twenty large ships."

With the destruction of Shapo Port, Konoha will inevitably lower its guard in that direction.

If the Sand Ninja set sail from the direction of Sabo Port and travel upstream through the rivers of the Land of Rivers...
This is a highly successful ambush route.

With the Sand Ninja stalling from the front while their elite forces launch a sneak attack from behind, Konoha is likely to suffer a crushing defeat.

Everything is speculation right now. We need to follow up for at least another day and get accurate intelligence.

The following night, Ye Guang spotted a group of people in the distance through his telescope.

The line was long and disorganized, with most people carrying long strips wrapped in white cloth.

The white cloth, resembling a mummy, is made of puppets.

Some puppeteers also have three or five walking puppets beside them.

The puppets' joints were unusual, resembling human joints but not quite human, creating an uncanny valley effect similar to the phenomenon of transporting corpses.

I don't know how she compiled the statistics, but Nara Baika, after seeing hundreds of shadowy figures, said:
"Approximately 200 puppeteers are advancing towards Shapo Port!"
Leading the way is Camelthorn, the elite Jonin, son of Chiyo, the advisor from Sunagakure!

Chiyo's son, Sasori's parents. Yagami thought to himself, "It seems Sasori's parents are about to die."

Ye Guang thought for a moment. The full moon was coming soon. Did he die at the hands of Scorpion's parents?
He has absolutely no need for puppetry.

Ye Guang said, "Retreat. We have enough intelligence."

The group left quickly.

After getting away from the Sand Ninja Puppet Master, Yagami looked up at the moon.

The moon was already very bright, and it would be full in a day or two.

Walking on the sand, Ye Guang asked, "Jonin Mei Xiang, it seems you know a lot about puppetry."

"Before entering the battlefield of the Land of Rivers, I deliberately paid attention to information about puppetry."

"So, Jonin Meixiang, have you ever heard of using the Shadow Puppet Technique?"

Hatake Sakumo wouldn't let Shinmei's murder go unpunished so easily. Yoru asked casually, carefully observing Nara Meika's expression.

Nara Meika continued walking, her eyes flickering slightly, and said, "Never heard of it. Perhaps it's new information about Sand Ninja Puppet Techniques gathered by the Anbu."

Nara Meika wanted to turn her head, but suddenly found herself unable to move.

The curse mark had silently spread all over her body from the ground.

Nightlight stood still and gestured to Aries, signaling him and his team to stay at a distance and not approach him and Nara Umeka.

Aries and his companions instantly retreated, disappearing into the distance.

Aries thought to himself, "The Anbu really did give orders to kill Nara Baika."

What would it be like if the Dark Division, an assassination special forces unit, came to rescue people?

Aries thinks it's only natural to execute Nara Baika.

But what was the captain's secret technique? I'd never seen it before.

Ye Guang was prepared to die once to try his luck, so he didn't care about exposing his Karma Curse Seal. He carried a kunai and came to Nara Baixiang.

"Recently, there have been some unexpected deaths of ninjas on the front lines."

In the end, only one person from each squad escaped, and coincidentally, those who returned were all Nara ninjas from the squad.

Meika, as an elite member of the Nara clan, and with your exceptional skills in gathering and analyzing intelligence, I'm sure you know more than I do.

I've sent the team away; it's just the two of us here. I hope you can have an open and honest talk with me.

Looking closely at Nara Meika, there was no cold sweat on her forehead, her eyes were calm, and she didn't even exert any effort to resist the Self-Karmic Curse Seal of Nightlight.

Her eyes flickered slightly, and she instead asked:

"Is the Anbu investigating certain unnatural deaths involving Nara ninjas?"

But how do you possess such exquisite sealing techniques?

If I'm not mistaken, this is the secret technique of the annihilated Vortex Clan, the Self-Karmic Curse Seal.

This technique is only used by the elite of the Senju clan and Princess Kushina Uzumaki in the entire Hidden Leaf Village. How do you explain that? Whose side are you on?

Ye Guang knew Nara Baixiang was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect her to directly hit his weak spot. He said:
"You don't need to worry about my affairs, Meika. Let's talk about you first. You were forced into the Land of Wind, but you chose to stay in a respectable inn."

"What I'm about to do involves some torture methods, which won't be so dignified."

Nara Umeka's eyes were unfriendly:

"You went so far as to use torture on a fellow villager, a method far beyond the appropriate level of investigation for the accidental deaths of several Konoha ninja. What is your true purpose?"

Ye Guang scratched his head. Dealing with smart women is really troublesome. Who's interrogating whom here?

“Nara Umeka, my patience is limited. You’re a smart person; you should have realized I’m not joking.” Nightlight said.

"The secret technique of shadow manipulation is the signature ability of your Nara clan."

The greater the ability, the easier it is to lose control.

The ANBU discovered that a small group of Nara clan members were using shadows to manipulate their teammates as puppets when they weren't looking, controlling them to fight the enemy.

Every ninja wants to maximize their abilities, but they shouldn't go to extremes.

Where is conscience? Where is morality? Where is the Will of Fire?
Now that I've found you, it proves I have enough evidence.

Nara Umeka, I'll give you one last 5 seconds to think.

Will you join me in cutting away the rotten flesh within the Nara clan, becoming a model of the Nara clan that admits its mistakes and corrects them, or will you fight to the end?

Nara Baika's expression grew increasingly downcast, and she said:
"Your secret service has already found out, how could our Nara clan not know?"

I was in charge of this matter, but I didn't announce it yet because I was afraid of a scandal.

The fact that the secret service has traced me back to proves that your investigation has been very thorough.

"I'm willing to hand over some intelligence to the secret service. Come here, I'll tell you quietly, but don't let too many people know."

Ye Guang walked over and stood beside her.

Nara Umeka said:
"According to my investigation, the Nara clan has a small group of about 5 people."

These five people believe that in order to succeed, whether it is the success of the mission or personal success, any means should be used.

They studied shadow magic and developed a vile method of manipulating their teammates using it.

Ye Guang asked, "Who are those five people?"

Nara Umeka named five names.

When Ye Guang heard Nara Michi's name, he knew that Nara Baika had not hidden anything.

Nara Umeka said, "I have a survey scroll that I can show you."

Ye Guang thought to himself, "No wonder Nara Shikanobu asked the Anbu to rescue Nara Baika. He knew that there was already a preliminary investigation report scroll and was afraid that the scandal would be exposed."

"I'll find the scroll myself. I can't break the seal for you right now."

"The scroll isn't in the ninja tool pouch; it's under my skirt, on the inside of my left thigh."

Ye Guang suddenly remembered Youjia Whirlpool, who also hid the Vajra Chain Seal Scroll on her inner thigh.

Do women like to hide things like this? Do they think it's a way to be discreet?
Nightlight lifted Nara Meika's skirt and reached under it, finding a scroll.

However, he couldn't pull his hand out no matter what he did.

The shadow beneath the skirt bound Ye Guang's hands! Finally, it bound Ye Guang's body!
Nara Baika hid the scroll under her skirt because there was a shadow under her skirt, indicating a special secret mechanism!
Like Nara Baika, Ye Guang was completely immobilized.

Nara Baika's eyes were full of apology:

"I cannot betray my family, nor do I want to betray my village."

"I'll die with you. No one knows about the scandal of the Nara clan. I'll use my life to atone for my actions..."

The shadow climbed up the luminous throat and pierced it.

Ye Guang thought to himself, "I've extracted quite a bit of information, so it's been worth it."

Just then, two puppets suddenly emerged from underground.

The Sand Ninja Puppet Master has caught up!

The puppet also pierced Nara Baika's heart.

The two of them fell to the ground.

[Host death detected. The Arc of the Moon System is activating...]

(End of this chapter)