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"The cooperation was alright."

The controlled ninja walked over, and just as he was about to say something more, he heard several other ninjas walking over with a puzzled look on their faces, seemingly attracted by the strange noise from earlier.

"What happened over there?"

"I don't know, let's go check."

The patrolling ninja approached with a puzzled look. Nara Shikaku's expression changed slightly. This was his fault; otherwise, the ninja wouldn't have made a sound to attract people's attention.

Not bad? Not bad at all...

"How to do?"

Yamanaka Inoichi controlled the ninja to turn his head and look at Nara Shikaku. Nara Shikaku put his clever little brain to work and quickly thought of a countermeasure.

"How about this, you attract their attention first, and then I..."

"The art of partial doubling!"

"Secret technique! The technique of parasitizing worms!"

"The future is in your hands!"

Buzz

In the blink of an eye, the patrolling ninjas who had come looking for the sound were pinned down by a large hand, and a blood-stained scarf was used to tighten their mouths. Then, the parasitic insects swarmed up and devoured them without a sound.

"...I...will seek another opportunity..."

Nara Shikaku stared blankly at the three people, Chiaki and the others, who had appeared in front of him. He said with a wry smile, "I haven't finalized my plan yet! What if this whole thing gets exposed?"

"Assassination and stealth are all things that need to be done. As long as no one discovers us, we can consider our stealth a success."

Chiaki retrieved the blood-stained scarf, ran her hand over it, and a large patch of blood that had stained the skin of the ninjas fell off, leaving the scarf clean and tidy once more.

"...Who taught you these stealth techniques?!"

Yamanaka Inoichi also pressed his forehead, feeling utterly exasperated by Chiaki's "unprofessional" remarks.

"cough."

Aburame Shiki cleared his throat and gestured for Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoki to look towards the village square. "I think we don't need to investigate so carefully anymore."

"Ok?"

Nara Shikaku looked over in confusion, only to see that among the group of dissatisfied villagers, a blonde woman had appeared out of nowhere. She was dressed in clothes no different from the villagers, and she pushed up her round-framed glasses as she chatted with them.

Seemingly noticing that she was being watched, Yakushi Nonou, who was mixed in with the villagers, looked up and followed their gaze. When she saw that it was Nara Shikaku, she nodded slightly.

"???"

Nara Shikaku looked at Chiaki in a daze, "You... when did she... sneak in?"

"Just now, when you were saying you were going to perform."

Qianqiu said matter-of-factly, "Otherwise, why do you think I was stunned for a moment..."

"Good guy..."

Nara Shikaku opened his mouth, then looked at Yamanaka Inoichi with a wry smile, "It seems we've all been wasting our time. That young lady's spy skills are far superior to yours."

Yamanaka Inoichi shrugged and said nonchalantly, "That's because they're not very vigilant right now. If it were a different setting, she probably wouldn't be able to blend in so easily."

"But at least for now, she's better than you."

Nara Shikaku showed no mercy to his childhood friend, Yamanaka Inoichi, who broke free from the mind-to-mind transfer technique and returned to his own body.

Akimichi Choza easily knocked the poor lone ninja down. Yamanaka Inoichi then sat up and said with emotion, "Women are at least twice as successful as men when it comes to espionage, especially beautiful female spies, whose success rate is at least three to five times higher."

"Is that why you keep your long blonde hair?"

Chiaki leaned closer and whispered to Yamanaka Inoichi, "If you want to wear women's clothes, I can ask Snake Aunt to make you a set."

"cough……"

Yamanaka Inoichi coughed repeatedly, gave Chiaki a resentful look, and began to consider whether he should cut off his long golden hair.

To be fair, he quite liked his long, golden ponytail.

After a short while, Yakushi Nonou found an opportunity to return to Chiaki's side and said respectfully.

"Lord Chiaki, I'm back."

Her appearance and disappearance did not arouse any suspicion among the villagers. It must be admitted that Yakushi Nonou has taken the art of espionage to an extreme.

"Nonou~ How are you doing?"

Chiaki asked affectionately, and Nara Shikaku's gaze also fell on Yakushi Nonou, whose answer would affect which method he should use to conquer Kikyo Mountain.

Chapter 257 Lusting after her body

"The situation on Kikyo Mountain is not ideal, Lord Chiaki."

Yakushi Nonou respectfully answered Chiaki, her eyes filled with sorrow as she looked at Chiaki and spoke softly: "This time, there are a total of 1,200 ninjas who came to Kikyo Mountain for the first round of defense. Adding the 53 people from Kikyo Mountain Village itself, the total number is 1,253."

"In a team of 1,200 people, the Land of Wind has deployed nearly 50 Jonin, more than 300 Chunin, and the rest are all Genin."

"The leader stationed at Kikyo Mountain is an elite Jonin, who is said to be the most common wind-attribute ninja in the Land of Wind."

"???"

Nara Shikaku became increasingly confused as he listened. His gaze fell upon Yamanaka Inoichi, the professional spy, who was also staring blankly at Yakushi Nonou, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"So many people..."

Chiaki frowned in confusion, pinching her long pink hair. She was only a Jonin at the moment. Including the Ino-Shika-Cho trio present, there were only five Jonin, while Mirai and Yakushi Nono were Chunin. Hatake Sakumo was not included in the list.

In other words, is it really reasonable for a total of five Jonin and two Chunin to take down Kikyo Mountain, which is defended by more than a thousand people, as soon as possible?

Five Jonin against fifty Jonin, two Chunin against three hundred Chunin, and then there are nine hundred Genin left. How do you fight them?

"My strategist, what should we do in this battle...?"

After pondering for a long time, Chiaki felt that this battle was impossible to win, so he could only turn to look at Nara Shikaku.

However, Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi stared intently at Yakushi Nonou without saying a word, creating a very tense atmosphere.

"?"

Yakushi Nonou pushed up her glasses in confusion. She had noticed that Nara Shikaku and the other person were paying attention to her, but because Chiaki was in the moment, she didn't focus too much on them.

"Hey...no..."

Chiaki patted Nara Shikaku on the shoulder and waved his hand in front of Yamanaka Inoichi's eyes, pulling the two guys who were staring blankly at Yakushi Nonou back to reality.

"Ok?"

Nara Shikaku shook his head and exchanged a wry smile with Yamanaka Inoichi, who had also come to his senses.

"What happened to them?"

Chiaki looked at Akimichi Choza with a puzzled expression. Akimichi Choza patted his stomach and said with a laugh, "I'm afraid they've taken a liking to this young lady."

As partners who grew up together, Choza Akimichi knows them very well.

The fact that both of them could show this expression at the same time clearly shows that Yakushi Nonou's abilities are too outstanding and dazzling, even attracting their simultaneous attention.

"!"

Upon hearing Akimichi Choza's words, Chiaki shuddered and glared at Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi with hostility. If she still had a cowlick on her pink hair, it would probably have turned into a sharp sword by now.

"I'm telling you! Miss Nono is mine, and I won't give her to you!"

Hearing Chiaki's blunt words, Yakushi Nonou was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head with a slight blush.

"I...I'll listen to Lord Chiaki."

"???"

Buzz

Chiaki's blood-stained scarf around her neck trembled violently, clearly indicating her considerable dissatisfaction with the situation.

"cough……"

Aburame Shizuka coughed lightly and pressed her middle finger against her sunglasses, saying, "I think there seems to be a slight difference in understanding between you two."

"Their attraction to Yakushi Nonou wasn't purely romantic..."

Nara Shikakuichi waved his hand to interrupt Aburame Shiki, and looked at Yakushi Nonou seriously, asking, "I'll get straight to the point, Miss Yakushi Nonou, I sincerely request that you join the Konoha Think Tank and Intelligence Analysis Team. Would you be willing?"

"wait!"

Yamanaka Inoichi immediately grabbed Nara Shikaku and eagerly asked Yakushi Nonou, "Join the Konoha Intelligence Department, and I'll apply for you to be the vice-captain... no! Captain is fine too!"

"???"

Yakushi Nonou was a little bewildered by the two enthusiastic people and looked at Chiaki helplessly.

"Etc., etc……"

Qianqiu restrained the two excited people and said in confusion, "What exactly is going on? The more you talk, the more confused I get."

"Why do you want my Nono-U? She's the director of my orphanage!"

The shock of the blood-stained scarf subsided, and Mirai clearly realized that she had been jealous for nothing; Chiaki hadn't actually developed feelings for him.

"The ability to infiltrate the enemy camp simply by disguising oneself, and to obtain almost all the enemy's combat intelligence in such a short time, is something even I, the head of the intelligence department, cannot do."

Yamanaka Inoichi said earnestly, "If Yakushi Nonou could join our intelligence department, I believe your talents would be greatly showcased!"

"Bullshit! If she joined the think tank and intelligence analysis team, she would be far more effective than your frontline intelligence department!"

Nara Shikaku immediately launched into a tirade, while Yamanaka Inoichi argued vehemently, "So what if she's a top-tier player? She has the ability to be a top-tier player! Putting her in the back row is a waste of her talent!"

"You're putting such a talented person on the front lines? If something goes wrong, who will take responsibility, you or me?"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Faced with the two arguing over the pharmacist Nono, Chiaki, exasperated, simply stopped them.

"I understand what you mean."

"But do you know that before you, the Root ninjas had already searched for her?"

"what?!"