Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

Chapter 24 Intelligence! (Please vote with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets to follow this story)

Upon entering the Land of Rivers, based on information from Konoha, Hoshino and her companions found a cave on a mountain that had once been inhabited.

"Judging from the marks, it's at least a month old."

Uchiha Shisuido.

Hoshita Shuichi looked around the cave, then said, "Minato-sensei, I'll go outside and take a look."

Minato Namikaze nodded: "Sanyo, you go with Shuichi."

Kurama Yasunaga immediately nodded: "Yes, Minato-sensei."

So Hoshita Shuichi and Kurama Yamayo left the cave and looked around.

Before long, Hoshino Hideichi arrived at the mountaintop and looked south.

He raised an eyebrow, then took a monocular telescope from his backpack and looked down the mountain: "There's a village..."

"There are quite a few people, but the farmland seems somewhat abandoned?"

Hoshino Hideichi frowned slightly. He only saw women and elderly people working in the fields, but no young or middle-aged men.

Looking around the village, children were playing, and occasionally you could see young and strong men.

Too lazy?

After putting away his monocular telescope, Hoshino Shizuka met up with Kurama Yama and Minato Namikaze, and told them what he had found out.

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze asked, "Shuichi, do you suspect there's something wrong with this village?"

Hoshino Hideaki nodded: "The village's information about this stronghold wasn't unfounded. This place is very likely a stronghold of wandering ninjas, but it's been abandoned."

"But there just happens to be a village at the foot of the mountain, which is actually a very good base."

Kurama Sanyodo said, "Judging from the traces in the vicinity, it is certain that someone lived here for a long time."

It's impossible for food, drink, and bodily waste to disappear completely in just a few months, unless someone specifically cleaned it up, but that's clearly not the case.

Everyone understood what Hoshino Shizuka meant. If this stronghold belonged to wandering ninjas or bandits, then the village below was likely within the territory of wandering ninjas or bandits in the past, and thus required offerings.

That way, we can obtain intelligence from it.

"The village is indeed a good place to obtain information."

Minato Namikaze immediately made a decision: "Then let's start by investigating the village."

Kurama Yasunori said, "The simplest way is to bring someone back and interrogate them using illusion magic."

Both he and Uchiha Shisui possess this ability.

Brutal, direct, and simple!

Hoshino Shuichi suggested, "Perhaps we can use a more covert method to obtain information."

Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha both knew that Shuichi Hoshino's underlying meaning was that he was worried about other situations in the village and external forces.

After all, it was previously speculated that there was a high probability of traces of Sunagakure.

Uchiha Shisui said, "If we want to gather intelligence covertly, it's best to wait until night."

Entering during the day, even if you use a transformation technique, will be easily detected.

After all, to extract intelligence, it's essential to do so discreetly.

As for going directly to the village to inquire, that would only alert the enemy, as a stranger entering the village would immediately arouse suspicion.

If you sneak in at night, the illusions you use to leave behind will leave very few traces, and the villagers will mostly just think it's a dream.

Minato Namikaze immediately decided, "Then we'll sneak into the village tonight."

Hoshino Shuichi then suggested, "Minato-sensei, perhaps we can familiarize ourselves with the village in a simpler way first."

Minato Namikaze and the other two immediately looked at Shuichi Hoshita.

Hoshino Hideichi smiled, and the next moment, he transformed into a black cat.

Minato Namikaze immediately recognized it as the stray cat from the team's first mission a few days ago.

Uchiha Shisui's eyes lit up, and he smiled, "Shuichi's method is indeed very good. A stray cat appearing in this place should not attract attention."

Minato Namikaze smiled and nodded: "That's true."

Hoshino Shuichi felt a little strange at this moment, because he had triggered another entry.

Transformation Master

Acquisition requirements: 100 transformation types and meet the requirements.

Entry effect: Ever-changing; it can transform into a bird to fly and a fish to swim.

The effect was amazing, but the difficulty was also incredible.

Humans are one species, cats are another.

He has met the requirements for humans, but not for cats.

Although he has no physical flaws, Hoshino Shuichi is not familiar with some of the habits of cats, which makes it easy for him to give himself away.

But in reality, 100 species is already quite astonishing.

After dispelling the transformation jutsu, Hoshino looked at Uchiha Shisui and smiled, "Shisui should be more familiar with cats."

Minato Namikaze also looked at Shisui Uchiha: "Shisui, then this task is entrusted to you."

"clear!"

Uchiha Shisui nodded.

Minato Namikaze immediately said to Sanyo Kurama, "Sanyo, you're in charge of supporting Shisui."

Kurama Sanyo quickly replied, "Yes, Minato-sensei."

Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou acted immediately.

However, Uchiha Shisui, who had transformed into a wild cat, did not immediately enter the village. Instead, he wandered through the mountains and forests and quickly found a group of tanuki.

So Uchiha Shisui immediately transformed into a tanuki and mingled among the tanuki, getting himself to smell like a wild tanuki.

The ordinary transformation technique has too many drawbacks. Not only is chakra difficult to change, but scent is also a point that is difficult to alter. It can only be compensated for by other methods.

Xingxia Xiu saw all this and immediately gave a thumbs up.

He learned.

If he wants to capture the title of "Master of Transformation," animals would be a strong option for him.

……

Inside the cave, Hoshino Hideichi practiced using the Senbon needles, and before he knew it, it was noon.

Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyou returned together.

"Minato-sensei, Shuichi's prediction was completely correct."

Uchiha Shisui was quite shocked, and then exported the information he had collected.

Although it was just a few fragments of conversation, it was already confirmed that there were two wandering ninjas in the village at the foot of the mountain, who were also the leaders of bandits.

Almost all the able-bodied men in the village were their subordinates.

Meanwhile, those two wandering ninjas do indeed have intelligence sources, and tonight is the time to make contact.

And there will be a deployment tomorrow.

After the intelligence was extracted, the cave fell silent.

The village was a den of bandits, causing considerable damage to the Land of Fire.

Revenge is imperative.

But that was a village.

Should we kill the able-bodied men who participated in the robbery in the Land of Fire, or eliminate them completely?

"What a messed up world..."

Hoshino Shizuka sighed inwardly.

He had heard of similar things in his previous life, but now that he was facing it, if he were to go to the village to take revenge, would he kill everyone or just the able-bodied men? Would he feel burdened?

Minato Namikaze glanced at the three men and then said, "We can ignore the village at the foot of the mountain for now. We'll split into two groups and keep an eye on these two wandering ninjas."

"Yes, Mr. Minato!"

The three, including Hoshino, collected their thoughts and responded in unison.

Thus, Hoshino Shuichi and Namikaze Minato formed one group, while Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyo formed the other, and began to closely monitor the village at the foot of the mountain.

This is a long process.

It wasn't until late at night that the two wandering ninjas emerged from the village and headed west.

Hoshino Hideichi and the others immediately followed, trailing far behind.

(End of this chapter)