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Back at the hotel, Hoshino Hide thought to himself, "It seems I need to approach this from two angles."

"Control the logistics officer of Sunagakure to obtain intelligence."

"Check where the supplies for Sunagakure have been sent."

"Logistics officer, make your move tonight..."

Hoshishita Hide, who is in charge of logistics for Sunagakure, has already obtained a list from Yakushi Nonou.

This intelligence is not difficult to obtain; in fact, it is quite easy to acquire.

However, choosing the right people to gather intelligence is crucial.

Xingxia Xiu doesn't plan to take action against those key personnel; the risk is too high, even though they know more.

However, these individuals are also stronger.

Let's hold on for now.

After making the decision, Hoshino Shigehisa returned his attention to ninjutsu.

In the past two days, he has reduced the number of hand seals he uses, and can now summon his wooden clone to his side with just one hand seal.

The wooden clone can also summon the original body to its location.

Unfortunately, Hoshino's attempt to use a similar technique to the Flying Thunder God technique, where the main body and the wooden clone simultaneously perform a summoning and then switch places, failed.

Even at this point, it still hasn't escaped the realm of psychic arts.

"Perhaps I should change my approach."

"Let's set aside the Flying Thunder God Technique for now and focus on Wood Release."

The fact that Hoshino Shu has been able to use summoning techniques to this extent is related to the unique nature of Wood Release.

Moreover, Jiraiya had said this before.

Without a summoning beast, casting a summoning spell is extremely dangerous and could potentially transport you to an unknown place.

In other words, psychic abilities inherently possess the capacity to teleport oneself out of the body.

Xingxia Show shifted its approach.

He previously used his wood clones as summoning beasts. With the same chakra and the unique nature of the wood clones, he was able to quickly summon them from one another.

So now Xingxia Xiu wants to get rid of the concept of summoning beasts and simply teleport himself out.

Positioning, in this context, refers to positioning through the wooden clone, or through the connection between the main body and the wooden clone.

"Let's give it a try..."

The star below the show split into a wooden clone.

Without going far, right here in the bedroom, I tried to move the wooden clone directly to the main body from a distance, instead of simply moving its position through spirit communication and reverse spirit communication.

Time flew by and it was evening.

Despite his depleted chakra, Hoshino Shigehisa smiled weakly.

I finally did it!

You can teleport yourself directly to the side of your wood clone.

Similar to Jiraiya sending himself to Mount Myōboku.

However, it was unintentional on Jiraiya's part.

Xingxiaxiu is positioned as a wood clone.

In this way, the mutual flashing similar to the Flying Thunder God technique can be achieved naturally.

Of course, it's different from Flying Thunder God.

The Flying Thunder God can leave a mark on kunai, people, or even objects, and then teleport.

The Star Show can only be performed through a wooden clone, which is still too restrictive.

But at this point, Xingxia Show is already very happy.

Moreover, he already has a plan for the next step.

After dispelling his clone, Hoshino got up and went out to enjoy various local delicacies at the night market in Sunagakure.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, and with their chakra almost fully restored, they returned to the inn.

The operation begins.

It splits into a clone and sneaks into the darkness.

About an hour later.

Xingxia Xiu received feedback from her clone about the returned memories.

"Um?"

The Star Show was somewhat unexpected.

"The supplies have always been delivered via the same route, still to the Land of Rivers."

Hoshino Hideaki wondered to himself, "Could it be that Sunagakure is really planning to amass strength for a full-scale attack on the Land of Rivers at the opportune moment?"

"If that's the case, Konoha must prepare for a two-front war."

After thinking for a moment, Hoshinobi Hide quietly left the hotel and went to Yakushi Nonou's house.

He plans to leave Sunagakure tomorrow.

Yakushi Nonou went home early tonight because she knew very well how efficient Hoshino Shu was.

Sure enough, when Yakushi Nonou returned home, she saw Hoshino Shu.

However, she still remembered yesterday; instead of lunging forward, she obediently gave the code signal: "I'm afraid of dying!"

"I'm a good person!"

After exchanging the secret code, Yakushi Nonou sat down next to Hoshino Shu: "Onii-chan."

Hoshino Hide stroked the little girl's hair and said, "I'll leave Sunagakure tomorrow."

Yakushi Nonou's initial excitement immediately subsided, but she quickly put on a gentle smile again: "Yes, don't worry, Onii-chan, I've completely integrated into Sunagakure now."

Hoshino Hide nodded: "You just need to focus on what a medical ninja should do. Intelligence gathering doesn't involve infiltrating a place to steal data. The ninjas you treat are actually the best source of intelligence."

"I will teach you an illusion technique."

Yakushi Nonou's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly.

Immediately, Hoshino Hide taught the art of the Heavenly Dream Walker to the pharmacist Nono.

This technique is currently at the S-rank, but it's not actually that difficult to learn.

The Heavenly Dream Walker's Techniques, as taught under the stars, are directly divided into two parts.

The first step is hypnosis, and the second step is manipulation.

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For Yakushi Nonou, mastering the complete nature would be the best.

However, even without that talent, simply mastering hypnosis would greatly help her in gathering intelligence.

It's important to know that the hypnosis techniques mastered by Hoshino Shu are not limited to the hypnotic genjutsu of the ninja world, but also include the abilities that came from his previous state as a [Hypnotist Master].

A night passed in the blink of an eye.

Pharmacist Nonou cheered herself up and went to work, while Hoshino Shu quietly left.

However, he still left a wooden clone hidden in Yakushi Nonou's house, and taught Yakushi Nonou for two more days before it could be deactivated.

……

In the vast desert, behind the sand dunes, Xingxia Xiu peeked out, watching a procession moving forward in the distance.

That was the logistics team of Sunagakure.

Although ninjas have sealing scrolls that can seal and store things, their capacity is very limited.

of course.

The supplies for Sunagakure are not all allocated from within the village; a large portion is purchased from various oasis cities in the Land of Wind.

The logistics routes for Sunagakure are also formed by connecting a series of oases.

Xingxia Xiu has been with this team for a day and has gained a deeper understanding of Sunagakure.

An hour later, the Sunagakure party arrived at an oasis town.

After resting for two hours, the Sunagakure team was swelled up again when they left the oasis.

However, just when Xingxia Xiu thought he hadn't found anything again.

The team suddenly split into two.

Some went east, and some went north.

"Sunagakure really does have other plans!"

Without hesitation, Xingxia Xiu created a wooden clone.

The main body continued its northward pursuit, while the wooden clone remained heading east.

It was evening.

Following the logistics team of Sunagakure, Xingxia Xiu arrived at a city in the northeastern part of the Land of Wind, which was less than fifty miles away from the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain.

After thinking it over, Xingxia Xiu sneaked into the city.

Firstly, he needed to replenish his water supply, and secondly, he wanted to check the situation inside the city and see if Sunagakure had deployed a large force here.

However, after some investigation, it was discovered that Sunagakure was only stockpiling supplies here and did not have a large number of troops hidden there.

Of course, the supplies were guarded very strictly.

"It seems that Sunagakure has decided to attack the Land of Rain from here, but we don't know when, or whether they are waiting for the right opportunity."

After leaving the town, Xingxia glanced back and headed straight for the Land of Rain, returning to Konoha's frontline headquarters in the Land of Rain as quickly as possible to report to Danzo.

Inside the tent, Danzo pondered for a moment before asking, "A, what do you think Sunagakure's purpose is?"

Hoshino Hide had already considered this, and said directly, "I believe that Sunagakure's main target is still the Land of Rivers."

"While Amegakure's entry into the Land of Rivers certainly gave Sunagakure an excuse to enter the Land of Rivers as well, if we were to go to war with Amegakure with all our might, the outcome of the battle would be uncertain, and Sunagakure would have to worry about having to fight us again after driving out the Amegakure."

"If we can spare some of our forces to invade the Land of Rain, and together with the Iwa ninja, force Hanzo to withdraw his forces from the Land of River, then it will be much easier for the Sand Village to take over the Land of River. We can preserve some of our forces to compete with us for the interests of the Land of River later."

The actions of Sunagakure are somewhat reminiscent of a ninja world version of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao".

After thinking for a moment, Hoshino Hide added, "Lord Danzo, I believe that given the current strength of Sunagakure's attack on the Land of River, they may be intentionally letting Amegakure take over the Land of River first."

Danzo raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "Oh?"

"You mean... deliberately fueling Hanzo's ambitions?"

Konoha had done this before.

Hoshino nodded: "Hanzo currently appears ready to abandon the Land of Rain at any moment, but having conquered the Land of Rivers, he will absolutely not give up the Land of Rain."

"So, facing us, along with the Iwa ninja and the seemingly heavily armed Sunagakure ninja, they will definitely have to redeploy their troops back to the Land of Rain."

"And for Sunagakure, this is the best opportunity to take over the Land of Rivers."

Danzo nodded upon hearing this: "It seems we must prepare to enter the Land of Rivers."

(End of this chapter)