Chapter 107: The Root's Spy

Chapter 107: The Root's Spy

"Hmm... a good dream!" Kiyoshi gave a fair assessment. Although Yahiko was still a child, his desire for peace was commendable, and he also understood that the premise for realizing his dream was to have sufficient strength.

"Heh heh!!!" Yahiko, praised by Kiyoshi, couldn't help but scratch the back of his head and grin foolishly.

"I'm Konan, I like origami and illustrations, and I also hate war! My dream is to live with everyone forever!" Konan then introduced herself, a hint of a smile appearing on her pale but cute little face.

Finally, Nagato, hearing both Yahiko and Konan finish speaking, also opened his mouth, "My name is Nagato, what I like is looking up at the starry sky at night, I also hate war, my dream is to help Yahiko fulfill his dream!" Then Nagato paused for a few seconds, hesitated, and then spoke softly to Kiyoshi, "Finally, thank you, Teacher Kiyoshi, for helping us!"

(The official introduction says Nagato likes looking up at the starry sky, we don't know what kind of hobby this is.)

At this moment, the little one, who had been silent all this time, also jumped up and down barking a few times, as if introducing himself as well.

"Hahaha!" Looking at the lively little dog jumping up and down, the few of them couldn't help but laugh, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.

Just as Kiyoshi and the three little ones were getting along harmoniously.

Kirigakure Village, Miki Tavern.

This was the property of a Chunin named Miki Seto, but his true identity was a spy from the Konoha Root, assigned ten years ago by the Hokage's advisor, Danzo Shimura, the Darkness of the Shinobi. After replacing the original Miki Seto, he had been lurking in Kirigakure Village, responsible for gathering various intelligence for Konoha.

And today was the day he had arranged to meet with his handler, who was disguised as a merchant trading in Kirigakure Village.

Miki Seto hadn't transmitted much useful information for a long time. In recent years, Kirigakure had basically been recuperating, everything was as usual, and there was no intelligence that required his special attention. Until a few days ago, when he accidentally overheard a few Jounin who were slightly drunk chatting in his tavern. Although those few Jounin quickly realized something was wrong and stopped the topic in time, he still heard some key information: battlefield, Land of Rain, Land of Whirlpools, Uzumaki clan, etc.

As a spy with good professional ethics, although he didn't understand what these meant, he still promptly sent an application for an early meeting with his handler.

However, his identity had actually been exposed long ago. The Kirigakure Anbu had been watching him for half a month. Although they didn't know which village he was sent from, his spy identity had been confirmed through a detailed investigation of him. It was just that he hadn't met with anyone recently, and the Anbu was also thinking of seeing if they could catch a few more fish through him.

Inside Miki Tavern, Miki Seto had already met with his handler, codenamed 'Vulture,' who was disguised as a merchant, in the backyard.

Vulture was sent to the Land of Water by Danzo Shimura after the outbreak of the Great Shinobi War, specifically responsible for collecting intelligence on the Land of Water and receiving messages from Konoha's spies within Kirigakure Village.

"Lord Vulture, I have gathered some information, and because I felt it was very important, I requested a meeting with you in advance!" Miki Seto immediately explained his actions. Normally, unless it was urgent intelligence, the agreement between him and Vulture was to transmit intelligence every two months.

"Tell me about it!" Vulture said indifferently. He had been in the Land of Water for so long and had not made any mistakes, and he was very confident in his disguise, so he was not worried about being exposed at all.

"It's like this, a few days ago here, a few Jounin were chatting when they were drunk and mentioned the Land of Rain, the Land of Whirlpools, and the Uzumaki clan. I boldly speculate that Kirigakure Village might also want to participate in the chaotic battle in the Land of Rain, and may have some ideas about our allies in Konoha." Miki Seto reported the intelligence to Vulture.

Vulture was silent for a moment, then replied, "Your intelligence is a bit late. Information from the village has already arrived saying that Kirigakure ninjas have appeared in the Land of Rain. But your second guess is very likely. Kirigakure Village lacks sealing techniques, and they indeed might take the opportunity to attack the Land of Whirlpools. You did very well, and I will ask Lord Danzo for credit for you!"

"Thank you, sir!" Miki Seto bowed respectfully to Vulture.

At this moment, outside Miki Tavern, the first squad of the Anbu's first division, fourth team, had already assembled.

The Anbu responsible for sensing, codenamed 'Moon,' lowered his hands from making hand seals and spoke to the other Anbu, "It is confirmed that the spy Miki Seto is meeting with another person inside. The two presences have remained in one location for over three minutes."

Hearing this, the leader of this Anbu squad, 'Dark,' knew they had caught a big fish, so he immediately ordered, "Move out! Try to capture them alive!!!"

Vulture, having finished the meeting, was about to leave with satisfaction. Suddenly, the back gate was directly shattered, and four Kirigakure Anbu rushed in. Vulture was shocked. He immediately realized that Miki Seto had been exposed and had implicated him.

Dark charged directly at Vulture, wanting to capture him alive. Vulture's face showed ruthlessness, and he immediately pulled out the explosive tags he carried with him, intending to die together with the Kirigakure Anbu. At this time, Miki Seto, who was following him to see him off, was subdued by the Anbu in a single encounter, his hands and feet instantly broken, and he lay sprawled on the ground in despair.

Dark saw Vulture's movement and immediately realized he was going to kill himself. He quickly瞬身ed forward and punched Vulture's arm, not giving him a chance to pull out the explosive tags. The other three, after subduing Miki Seto, left Moon in place to guard Miki Seto, while the other two also surrounded Vulture, intending to capture him alive.

Vulture had no choice but to use his arm to block, parrying the heavy punch. But as Dark punched, his feet didn't stop. The moment the punch was blocked, he immediately grabbed Vulture's arm and pulled it hard towards himself. His left foot flew up, and with a side kick, he directly kicked Vulture towards his supporting subordinates.

Vulture spat out a mouthful of blood in the air and quickly adjusted his posture. Using the force of the kick, he attacked with both hands, simultaneously kicking two Anbu.

"Water Style: Water Flow Whip!"

The Anbu codenamed 'Soul' quickly made hand seals and condensed a water whip, which wrapped around Vulture's kicking leg. He then pulled hard, directly slamming Vulture to the ground.

Vulture, who was slammed to pieces, almost died instantly. He endured the pain and quickly got up, then became entangled with the three of them.

"Bang!"

Vulture took a heavy kick from Soul. This kick was originally aimed at Vulture's abdomen, but Vulture forcibly twisted his body at the moment he was about to be hit, taking the kick with his broken left arm as the price. Using the force, he retreated backwards.

"Not good!" Dark shouted. He had seen Vulture's movement in the air, but it was too late to stop him. So he had no choice but to order the immediate withdrawal with Miki Seto.

Vulture flew backward in the air, took out an explosive tag from his怀中 with his intact right hand, and without any hesitation, channeled chakra into it and detonated it violently. "For Lord Danzo!!!"

"Boom!!!"

A violent explosion echoed throughout the backyard of Miki Tavern. The four Anbu, covered in dust and dirt, rushed out of the backyard with Miki Seto, whose limbs were broken.

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