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  "Hmph..."

  Raikage A sat in his office, his thick fiapping on the desk as he reviewed the iigatio submitted by the ANBU.

  "A total of 980 prohibited books were fiscated, traced back to being printed and published by a publishing house within the Land of Fire..."

  "Hmph, the people of Konoha, the hearts of their ninja are all corrupt!"

  A so express his dissatisfa.

  The retionship between Konoha and their own vilge, Kumogakure, had never been good. He and Killer Bee had once fought Minato Namikaze otlefield, a battle that earned Minato the title of the "Yellow Fsh."

  In the eyes of Kumogakure, Iwagakure was the primary enemy, with Konoha being the sed.

  "Have you figured it out? Is this Konoha's scheme?"

  The ANBU captaied solemnly, "Acc to our iigation, it theoretically shouldn't be... The publisher's president is just an ordinary person named Chief Editor Yamashita, not a ninja."

  "Hmm? Theoretically?" A noticed the key point. "What about in practice?"

  "In practice, we discovered that he had bribed our border patrol in the Land of Lightning, which is how the books were able to be transported into our vilge for sale. It's hard to believe an ordinary person would have the guts to sell banned books; he must be risking his life for money."

  "Hmph. "

  "Typical Konoha scum, always scheming like cowards."

  Raikage A crossed his arms, speaking with disdain, "Whether it's true or not, send someoo iigate thhly!"

  "What are your orders, Lord Raikage?"

  "If there's a possibility that this is Konoha's scheme, we 't alert them."

  A prided himself on being a man who was rough oside but meticulous on the ihough he usually preferred to rely on his muscles over his brains.

  "Send someoo infiltrate Konoha in disguise. If it's firmed that this is just that idiot Chief Editor Yamashita selling banned books for money, kill him... If there's someone behind him pulling the strings..."

  A sharp glint fshed in his eyes. "Then go undercover and bee our spy within Konoha."

  "Uood! As expected of you, Lord Raikage!" The ANBU captain praised repeatedly, then cautiously reminded, "But Lord Raikage, Konoha's security is very tight. Infiltrating will be very difficult, even with our Kumogakure secret teiques. If the identity, gender, and appearance don't match, they might still be exposed."

  "So, who should we send?"

  A pondered.

  The ANBU captain's was valid. Due to Kumogakure's unique geographical location, the vilgers mostly had dark skin, rough plexions, and muscur builds, making it easy for them to be identified by Konoha's people.

  This was something that didn't even require the Byakugan to identify.

  "I've got it!" A smmed his right fist into his left palm. "Summon Samui."

  A moment ter...

  *Knock, knock. *

  "e in!"

  The blonde, blue-eyed Samui ehe room.

  Samui was a tall, voluptuous woman with a curvaceous figure, delicate features, and fair skin that trasted starkly with the typical Kumogakure ninja. She was a mature and sexy kunoichi.

  Despite her appearance, which made it unlikely for her to be a Kumogakure ninja, she was, in fact, a disciple of the Third Raikage, trained isu. She was a loyal and dedicated ninja of Kumogakure.

  (Due to certain uandable reasons, her age has been modified from 12 to 18, and her master has been ged from Killer Bee to the Third Raikage.)

  Due to her special identity, Samui held a high status in Kumogakure, and only orders from the Raikage could mobilize her. Normally, because of her distinctive appearance, she didn't show herself in public often.

  Many Kumogakure ninja were unaware of the existence of this blonde kunoichi within their vilge.

  "Lord Raikage, you called for me."

  Even when fag Raikage A, her expression remained indifferent.

  "Samui, the time has e for you to take a."

  "Your orders."

  Samui's voice was cold. As a ninja, she had long accepted her role. A ninja was a tool, a tool to plete missions.

  "I need you to infiltrate Konoha!"

  A's expression was serious as he pushed a scroll taining a secret teique for cealing one's presend the details about the High-Level Publishing House across the table toward Samui.

  He trusted Samui pletely; she was a rare talent who could maintain her posure and plete her tasks, and she was also his te father, the Third Raikage's, disciple.

  Upon hearing the mission, Samui narrowed her eyes. "Infiltrate Konoha? Has a new genius ninja emerged in Konoha that poses a threat to Kumogakure?"

  Not all ninja methods were honorable.

  In the ninja world, it wasn't unon to infiltrate other vilges to assassinate promising talents. After all, a genius who hadn't grown up was just a genius, not a powerful warrior.

  Samui suspected that perhaps a ninja had emerged in Konoha who could rival the Yellow Fsh, and that was why Raikage A's face was dark.

  If that were the case...

  Samui instinctively touched the short sword at her waist. Even if it cost her life, she would plete the mission. Sacrifig the life of a Jonin to eliminate a genius from an enemy fa was a deal worth making.

  "It's not as bad as you think." Raikage A reassured her. "I need you to infiltrate a publishing house in Konoha and find out the truth behind it."

  "The target is just an ordinary person. Even if you kill him, it won't draw too much attention. But if there's someone behind him, then you'll stay undercover as our spy in Konoha."

  "Huh? A publishing house?"

  Samui, who had initially dispyed a resolute expression as if ready to die, now showed a rare look of surprise on her usually cold face. Despite her best efforts to guess, she hadn't expected such a strange mission.

  "What happened?"

  "That wretched publishing house dared to publish and print prohibited erotic books to sell in our Kumogakure! Even worse, that fool Killer Bee was actually ensnared by such books, ing his training! None of his ret Jinchuriki assessments were up to par!"

  In his agitation, A smmed his fists down, smashing the desk in his office.

  "Samui, tell me, should someone like that be allowed to live?" A gritted his teeth, desperate for his subordinate's agreement.

  "In that case... indeed."

  Samui casually flipped through the information, quickly grasping what had happened, and her gaze grew colder. Corrupting their vilge's Jinchuriki was ohing, but how could someone write such shameless books? Disgraceful! Despicable!

  She put away the scroll and the information, her voice devoid of persoion.

  "I'll make sure to plete the mission, Lord Raikage. I'll get to the bottom of this!"

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