Red Nara

Suddenly a memory came and I tsked annoyingly - moving everyone the last clone didn't have enough chakra and one team was left behind. Examining the five moving bodies, I was relieved to find that there was no Anbu fuin tattoo on them.

So it was still 'Ne,' though by the involvement of the outsider shinobi, one would assume it was the work of Sarutobi. Just for the sake of interest, I examined their languages, but Zekka Konzetsu no Jutsu (Cursed Tongue Eradication technique) was still missing. I had seen the cursed seal itself in Mito's library, so its falling into Danzo's hands was now a big question mark.

All eight prisoners were safely sealed in the scroll (I'll deal with them at home), and the chakra-saving clones were still in place next to the other two when I got a wave of memories from the spy, and my eyes widened as the bastard baboon sold information about my mission to Kumogakure!

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My mom! Eight teams of three chunin and led by a jonin each! The Raikage clearly had time to read Iwagakure no Sato's bounty page, utilizing such forces for my sake alone! How glad I am that I was able to discover them before the main plan even came to fruition!

The nephews didn't discuss anything in detail in front of the clone, but I could tell from some of their conversations and final instructions that they were going to take me a little farther away from the city, based on the senses of the sensor in charge of the operation. It was he who was watching the merchant's house in anticipation of the target.

At the very edge of my sensitivity, sources of chakra gradually began to appear that corresponded to the commands the clone had detected. Twenty-five relatively small ones (including the cloaked one) and seven rather imposing ones, one standing out even from the rest of the jonin. Had the Raikage really sent the elite?

They didn't look like a gray mass of the village's top echelon of armed forces after all. Most likely some of the Kumonin are clan-based. Xo! If I don't want to get hit big, I should start reducing the number of hunters already at night. From what I understand, it's still lucky that their plan is to form a semicircle of barriers on the Ho no Kuni side and while the least lucky team sacrifices themselves trying to hold me off, the others rush to my aid, tightening the chain and surrounding me from all sides. This tactic will work well even against very strong shinobi - no one can avoid being stabbed in the back if there are enemies on all sides.

After waiting for the kumovians to get into position and lose a little vigilance - after all, I should be resting in the inn at this time and for the sensor did not appear from under the barriers - I created three more shadow clones and sent the six (the last one remained to hold the "portal" for moving the captives) to hunt for the leader, handing the last three vials with colorless liquid. Liquefied sleeping poison, odorless and spreading through the air very quickly.

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