Night fell.
Silence reigned.
Lying seemingly asleep in bed, Samui suddenly opened her eyes. After firming that there were n eyes watg her, she discreetly mobilized her chakra.
Bathed in moonlight, her hands moved swiftly, f seals:
"Heart-to-Heart unication Jutsu-!"
‘Mabui, today’s ihe Uchiha …’
With a stoic expression, Samui transmitted the day’s intelligeo Mabui, far away in Kumogakure, pletely unaware of the pair of shimmering eyes her from the window of a nearby low-rise building.
“Ha~”
“Waited all night, and she finally made her move.”
In Gojo Kaigetsu’s Six Eyes world, a near-invisible chakra thread extended from Samui’s heart, stretg towards the northeast of Konohagakure at an arming speed.
Such a chakra thread, except for the Six Eyes, capable of extremely fine chakra manipution, would be uable by any known means.
A mischievous glint flickered in Gojo Kaigetsu’s eyes. If this was their method of unication… he could… directly manipute Samui.
With a few swift movements, Gojo Kaigetsu reached the chakra thread, gently toug the intelligence-carrying lih his hand.
“So eager, huh? ’t wait to have Kumogakure secretly tact the Uchiha?”
“That won’t do~”
“Mabui, oher end of the line, is it?”
Gojo Kaigetsu pondered for a moment, then a sly grin spread across his face as he slowly ied his own chakra into the bridge eg the two kunoichi.
He wasn’t pnning to destroy their unicatiowork, but rather… to join them!
“First, erase the inal ihen…”
“Mabui, top-secret intel--”
“Konohagakure will, at some point iure, modify their ninja headbands, engraving the following message on the back: Please strictly abide by local ws and respect the local s and traditions, including the Shinobi Vilge System.”
“The specific reason for this ge is currently unknown.”
Having aplished his deed, Gojo Kaigetsu retracted his mischievous hands, nodding in satisfa before disappearing into the moonlight.
Samui, her chakra thread now tainted, remained oblivious. Her brow furrowed slightly before smoothing out.
The intel… was transmitted!
Ever cautious, she didn’t linger, opting to move acc to their agreement: intelligend instrus were to be exged the following night.
With that done, Samui massaged her slightly stiff shoulders. She lowered her head, staring at her uoes, and sighed.
As a ninja, her physique was undeniably g. If she could, she’d prefer a body more suited for bat.
Samui stretched nguidly before settling bato bed, drifting into a deep slumber.
…
…
“Raikage-sama! Intel from Samui!”
“Oh? She’s already sent intel? As expected of Samui! Mabui, report!”
The sun had yet to fully rise, but the Raikage, A, was already in his office, pumping iron. Seeing the serious expression on Mabui’s face, he immediately set down his heavy dumbbells.
Mabui’s face was grim. She had no idea how Samui mao gather intel so quickly.
But… due to the Heart-to-Heart unication Jutsu, she could vaguely sehe emotional rollercoaster Samui had experienced yesterday.
If she wasn’t mistaken, it was the feeling of shame!
This emphasized top-secret intel must have e at a cost, something precious to a kunoichi, likely extracted from Gojo Kaigetsu.
Mabui shared a sisterly bond with Samui and uood the importance of this mission. Without dey, she had arrived at the Raikage’s office before dawn.
“Yes, Raikage-sama!”
Mabui straightened her posture, her impressive figure, though slightly less ehan Samui’s, standing tall. “Samui has sent top-secret intel: Konohagakure will soon modify their ninja headbands…”
As Mabui reyed the ihe tension in Raikage A’s muscles involuntarily eased.
“Huh? That’s it?”
Having heard the supposedly top-secret ihe Raikage couldn’t help but feel disappointed. As a battle-oriented ninja with muscles for brains, he had hoped for informatiarding Konoha’s military capabilities, not susignifit details.
“A, you should take this intel seriously!”
The Raikage’s advisors had ehe room unnoticed, the elder at the forefront sternly reprimanding A.
“Samui is not a reckless ninja. If this is cssified as top-secret intel extracted from Gojo Kaigetsu, it must hold value.”
“Old man…”
The Raikage muttered under his breath. The elder was an advisor to his father, the Third Raikage, a trusted fidant, and renowned as the wisest ninja in Kumogakure.
“Then tell me, what’s the value of this intel?”
“It’s just engraving some insignifit words on the back of their headbands.”
“I don’t know,” the elder advisor shook his head holy. “But ecute on their iions!”
The elder advisor paused. “Konoha ninjas wanting to engrave such a message on their headbands likely means they want their ninjas to avoid trouble while on missions outside the vilge, preventing unnecessary flicts with other vilges.”
“Having experiewo secutive Shinobi World Wars, even Konoha’s resources are strained.”
The Raikage crossed his arms, his face filled with disdain. “Hmph, cowardly Konoha ninjas.”
They were Kumogakure! Their blood flowed with muscles and a thirst for battle! How could they possibly agree with such a strategy?
The Raikage ented, “In that case, this intel is even more worthless. We, Kumogakure, don’t…”
“A, you’re wrong again!” The elder advisor smmed his e on the ground in frustration.
“Konoha’s rise to bee one of the top Shinobi Vilges is inseparable from such strategies. Konoha’s Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura are all incredibly wise ninjas. If they approve of this pn, it must have merit. We o follow and learn!”
“Retly, due to missions, our Kumogakure has had numerous minor skirmishes with Iwagakure and nearby smaller vilges.”
“This is detrimental to our development! It’s time to learn from Konoha and focus on covert development and accumuting strength!”
“We o act faster than Konoha!”
The elder advisor smmed his e on the ground again. “Therefore, A, as the Raikage, issue an order to modify the design of our Kumogakure headbands.”
“Engrave the same message on the back.”
“This…” The Raikage was stunned, instinctively wanting to retort, but upoing the elder advisor’s stern gaze, his muscle-bound brain chose to ply.
He waved his hand dismissively. “Mabui, you hahe details.”
“And tell Samui that she’s done an excellent job. Keep it up!”
