Konoha: Who's the good guy?

The next morning, after spending his first night in the mountains of Kumogakure with ease, he brazenly strolled to the mission center with the face of an old man.

After handing in the C-level mission previously completed by the original owner of this face.

I bought a few calla lilies at the flower shop to commemorate the deceased, and then walked to the Yunyin Cemetery.

Ninjas, who constantly walk on the edge of life and death, mostly have an instinctive aversion to death, so apart from the death anniversaries of some important people, not many people are willing to come to the cemetery.

Place a calla lily at the tombstone where you made a promise with Yakushi Nonou.

After finding a close, deceased friend in the memories of the face's owner, the mountain scenery walked to the friend's tombstone.

According to the agreement on the scroll, he should have left after setting down the calla lily to convey the message that the mission was complete.

Wait for the other party to send another agreed meeting time and place before obtaining information on the next assassination target.

But this is too much trouble!

I'd rather spend that time with Xiao Luo...

Hehe, wouldn't it be great to enjoy the beauty of childhood with like-minded friends?

After spending more than half an hour in front of the tombstone paying tribute to his "friend".

Wearing black-rimmed glasses, Pharmacist Nono arrived late, carrying a bouquet of chrysanthemums.

Seeing a calla lily placed in front of the agreed-upon tombstone in the distance, she felt a slight sense of relief.

Last night, when she learned that Redeemed had been assassinated by a ninja using the Water Transformation Technique, she even wondered if it really was an operation by Kirigakure.

If that's the case, her pre-planned schedule will likely be thrown into many more troubles.

Seeing this bouquet of flowers brought her some peace...

???

Seeing the figure standing silently in front of the tombstone not far away, Yakushi Nonou subconsciously doubted her eyes.

this......

Greasy, sleazy, slovenly, and empty...

Okay, I guess I didn't mistake him for someone else!

Good morning!

The sudden voice in his mind startled the unprepared Pharmacist Nonou.

Feigning a dazed look, she glanced around before realizing that the voice was definitely related to that mountain tribe member!

The art of mind-to-body transmission?

This guy's voice is surprisingly young?

"I'm still two months away from turning twenty, of course I'm young."

The voice of Yamanaka Kei echoed in Yakushi Nonou's mind once again.

This time, even though she was on guard, Nono's expression didn't change at all. She walked to her friend's gravestone and put down the chrysanthemum in her hand.

She paused for more than ten seconds before speaking in her mind.

"What is it?"

"To be able to control her emotions so quickly and not let herself speak her mind, she truly deserves to be called a walking shrine maiden."

"It's important business."

"Just give me the task directly. This back-and-forth handover is too much trouble."

"...I'll think about it."

Yakushi Nonou remained silent for a moment, constantly considering the pros and cons of doing so.

Firstly, handing over the entire assassination mission at once is a privilege reserved for a very high-ranking squad leader within Root, which is against procedure.

Secondly, killing them one by one can create continuous psychological pressure, forcing the Cloud Village's higher-ups to quickly shift their focus away from Konoha under the threat of death.

Finally, the phased transmission of intelligence can maximize intelligence security.

Every advantage has its disadvantages.

The Hidden Mist Ninja from the Village of Blood Mist are generally ruthless when they do make a move, unless they are extremely cunning.

If an assassination order were issued, it would be impossible to carry out the assassination every few days given the distance between them.

If there are several instances where someone is assassinated every few days, then...

The Hidden Cloud Village might launch a large-scale spy screening, which would greatly increase the risk of their exposure.

Last night's attack by Yamanaka Kei was extremely successful. Kirigakure is firmly on the blame, and no amount of denial will likely have any effect.

However, the higher-ups at Yunyin have now become more vigilant.

They were also well aware of the Hidden Mist Ninja's modus operandi; if they acted too early, the danger of the assassination mission would increase several levels.

If Shan Zhongjing is captured alive, and she succumbs to torture and confesses...

"I'm glad you're worried the assassination mission will become more dangerous, but I don't like your subsequent concerns."

"...Why can you still hear my thoughts?"

Yakushi Nono's brows furrowed.

As a spy, suppressing distracting thoughts, concealing emotions, and even resisting illusions are all essential skills to learn.

She was certain that she had just reined in her wandering thoughts. The Mountain Clan's mind-to-body transmission technique shouldn't have the effect of memory reading, so why could this guy still hear her thoughts?

"I said telepathy... Okay, okay, you actually guessed right. To make it easier to communicate with spirit beasts, I added a little bit of memory reading to my telepathy technique."

Seeing that Yakushi Nonou was about to turn and leave, Yamanaka Kei quickly stopped his mantis shrimp behavior.

"Rantz, 34 years old, Jonin, skilled in Lightning Release and ninjutsu, trains every afternoon at the training ground beneath the Twenty-Two Stone Pillars..."

Yakushi Nonou quickly recited information about nine high-ranking and mid-level members of the Cloud Village.

Some requirements were as clean and efficient as Redeemer's, while others required feigning a failed assassination attempt. Some even stipulated that water escape techniques could not be used, and fire or wind escape techniques had to be employed instead.

After transmitting all the information, she began to rack her brains to recall all sorts of junk memories, then turned around and left the cemetery.

Those hurried footsteps seemed to be hiding from something dirty.

"Wow~ Someone from Kumogakure is chasing you? Tsk~ One is a dark-skinned taijutsu ninja, ptooey ptooey ptooey, one is a dark-skinned taijutsu ninja, and the other is a white-skinned genjutsu ninja? Genjutsu ninjas are all greyhounds? What kind of nonsense is that!"

While Yamanaka Keishin was filled with amazement, Yakushi Nonou fled in panic.

Watching the other person disappear into the cemetery.

Fearing that the girl might be upset and cause her some problems, he said goodbye and immediately released the mind-to-body transmission technique.

Initially, he didn't intentionally try to spy on Nono's inner thoughts.

He had traveled all the way to the Land of Lightning, and had gotten used to talking to the hawks and eagles along the way, so he casually picked up some memory reading techniques.

After all, anyone facing a summoned beast that can only "screech" has to think of some tricks.

I just didn't expect it.

This trick works quite well on people?

Even a professional spy like Yakushi Nonou couldn't handle this technique well the first time she encountered it.

The only way to distract oneself is to force oneself to recall those trivial memories.

This was because Yamanaka Kei took the initiative to tell Yakushi Nonou about the effects of the technique.

If I don't say it.

If he had asked a few more questions today, he would most likely have been able to find out even the color of this girl's underwear this week.

"Not even a needle prick!"

Shan Zhongjing stayed in the cemetery for another half hour, carefully planning the assassination method, technique, timing, and sequence.

It was almost 10 a.m. when I slowly made my way home.

As a marginal member of the Magnet Release Trojan Squad, the original owner of this body had little presence in the village.

Unless Troy issues a mission call, given the current severe shortage of mission resources in various ninja villages, being able to accept two missions in three months would already be a blessing.

I just turned in a C-level mission.

For a long time to come, he will be able to stay in the Hidden Cloud Village legitimately.

The days that followed for the leaders of Kumogakure...

Hehehe~~~

I leisurely made my way back home through the mountains.

I saw the tiny-looking Yugito Futani squatting in a corner of the rock pillar with her knees drawn up to her chest.

He stepped closer.

"Juice? Milk? Have you had breakfast?"

"Fruit, juice, not yet..."