Samui’s wariowards Konoha tio decrease. While Konoha had undeniably been powerful in the past, even fag the Allied Shinobi Forces single-handedly, those days were gone!
Now, even the most prestigious Uchiha the ninja world had bee cowardly and averse to battle, printing articles that reminisced about their past glory.
However, for the sake of objectivity, Samui still wao hear Gojo Kaigetsu’s perspective.
She deliberately softened her normally aloof tone, making it sound sweet and i. “Say, Kaigetsu-kun, what does this article actually mean?”
“Hmm, what it means…” Gojo Kaigetsu lowered his void leaned in spiratorially, his warm breath tig Samui’s soft earlobe. He reveled in the subtle fragrance emanating from the Cloud kunoichi's body heat.
“In my opinion, the Uchiha is pnning a coup!”
“What? A coup!”
Samui’s breath hitched. The dangerous topic that spilled from Gojo Kaigetsu’s lips sent a thrill through her, momentarily overshadowing the disfort of his touch. “What’s going on?”
“Let's ighe initial tent for now. Look at the end of the article he asked me to print…”
Following Gojo Kaigetsu’s guidance, Samui’s gaze moved downwards, eventually nding origuing passage he highlighted.
[This vilge is guilty; everyone in the vilge is guilty!]
“Hiss-!” Samui gasped, utterly shocked by this earth-shatteriion.
She had been too hanks to Gojo Kaigetsu’s subtle hint, the Uchiha’s sinister ambitions were now id bare before her eyes.
This wasn’t an article reminisg about the powerful Uchiha during the Sed Shinobi World War; it was a veiled accusation, implying that everyone in the vilge was guilty in the eyes of the Uchiha .
‘Expressing it in such a subtle way is practically a decration of dissent!’
*Thump-Thump-Thump-*
The silence was so profound that Samui could hear her owbeat.
‘The Uchiha d Konoha are on the verge of a rupture. Konoha is about to face a bloodbath. This intelligence is invaluable!’
Regardless of the oute, a rift between the Uchiha and Konoha would be good news for the Freat Shinobi Vilges, especially for Kumogakure, who would have the advantage of knowing beforehand.
‘Should we suggest that the Raikage attempt secret tact with the Uchiha ninjas? If we could vihem to relocate to Kumogakure, the power of the Sharingan…’ Samui indulged in a fantasy.
She hadn’t expected to obtain such critical intelligence just on her sed day in Konoha.
Admittedly, while Gojo Kaigetsu was undoubtedly a worthless ninja, he was a treasure trove of information for Kumogakure!
“This… how could this be?” Samui feigned a worried expression. “In that case, Kaigetsu-kun must be struggling. As a Hokage advisor, he knows about the Uchiha’s as, but his life is being threatened~”
“Not really struggling, it's just business~ I’m probably the only one in Konoha who would dare take on this job. The Uchiha are truly wealthy; the price they offered was simply irresistible.” Gojo Kaigetsu smacked his lips. “It ’t be helped~”
‘Ugh! Scum of Konoha!’
Samui felt a surge of pt, but her voice remained sweet ale. “So, how many copies o be printed?”
Naturally, she hoped for a rge he more copies there were, the greater the likelihood of a rift betweewo parties, and the greater the be for Kumogakure.
“The Uchiha’s demand is to have flyers with this article pstered all over Konoha!” Gojo Kaigetsu raised his hand, his fingers g into a fist. “So, the more, the better!”
“I’ll leave the printing to you, Ai~ O’s done, I’ll give you a big bonus~”
Gojo Kaigetsu naturally took Samui’s hands, taking the opportunity to cop a feel while her rea.
Having revealed so muformation, Samui should be making her move soon.
He suspected that the moment she left the publishing house, she would use Kumogakure's secret uniethods to rey this intelligence.
“Alright, that’s settled then~ I’m looking forward to it~”
Only after feeling the subtle sheen of sweat on Samui’s hands did Gojo Kaigetsu release them and turn to leave.
Once he was gone, Samui disgustedly pulled out her handkerchief and wiped her hands repeatedly. “That lecherous bastard…”
Samui gazed out the window, her eyes filled with determination. Her brief iion with Gojo Kaigetsu had made it clear what tinuing to lurk in Konoha, by his side, would entail…
She might facreasingly brazen advances from Gojo Kaigetsu, potentially even to the point of tarnishing her ninja way. But for the sake of Kumogakure, she repared to make the sacrifice.
Samui surveyed her surroundings, ensuring there were no Konoha ninja watg, and pted how to transmit the intelligence.
The information about the impending flict between the Uchiha and Konoha was time-sensitive. Every sed ted; it had to be reyed to Kumogakure as quickly as possible.
‘I o tact Mabui today!’
Mabui, another kunoichi from Kumogakure.
Physically, she wasn’t quite as impressive as Samui, the main difference being… her skin tone!
Mabui’s skin wasn’t traditionally bck, but a fiery shade between brown and bck! Moreover, she was slightly less ehan Samui, but her talent for ninjutsu was equally impressive. She was also a Jonin of Kumogakure and had mastered the art of cealing her presence.
Due to her simirities with Samui, she had been designated as a spy ninja by the Raikage’s advisory cil.
More importantly, Samui and Mabui had mastered the Kumogakure Secret Teique: Heart-to-Heart unication. During undisturbed nights, through chakra threads, they could sense each other’s “hearts,” transmitting messages directly across vast distances.
These chakra threads were incredibly subtle, uable even by the Byakugan.
However, this secret teique had a signifit drawback. Whether actively usi-to-Heart unication or not, their emotions were stantly transmitted to each other.
The despair of fag an enemy, the humiliation of having one’s ninja way defiled – these emotions would flow between them, posing a signifit obstacle to their ninja training. One could bee a burden oher. Very few ninjas chose to learn this teique.
‘I’ll transmit the message to Mabui tonight.’
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