Slovenly? Greasy?
Yamanaka Kei subconsciously touched his face. Well, his current appearance did fit the description.
But having lived for so long, this was the first time someone had disliked his appearance.
No, no.
That's not the point. The point is, who's trying to sleep with someone!
Is he that kind of person?
"Huff... What I meant by sleeping, is that you'd fall asleep for a while, not sleep with me."
Yamanaka Kei took several deep breaths, patiently explaining to Yakushi Nonou.
"A secret route?"
Yakushi Nonou frowned slightly, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew that some extremely confidential routes, when transferring personnel, would blindfold the person being transferred, or put them to sleep, to ensure the route's safety to the greatest extent.
If there was such a route, it would indeed be much safer than the retreat route she had prepared in advance.
"Yeah, are you going or not?"
Yamanaka Kei scratched his cheek, asking in return.
For him, safely leaving Cloud Village under the village-wide lockdown wasn't difficult.
The simplest way was to use the Flying Thunder God to directly transfer through space.
As for how to explain it to the Third Hokage when he returned to the village to hand in the mission, that would depend on the attitude of those Old Men.
If they didn't cause him trouble, he wouldn't mind living a peaceful life for a while longer.
He could use the Water Transformation Technique to transfer through groundwater as an excuse to get by.
But if the Old Men were looking for trouble, then sorry, Lord Hokage, it's time for you to retire, the era of young people is coming.
"Can the secret route handle the transfer of multiple people? I also discovered two Konoha spies earlier."
Yakushi Nonou asked again.
Although intelligence members didn't know each other at all, and were in principle not allowed to contact each other or expose their identities.
But when she was collecting intelligence earlier, through observation and summarization, she also discovered two spies who were also from Konoha.
Given the current situation in Cloud Village, if they didn't retreat as soon as possible, they would inevitably be caught.
Once the village's important information was leaked.
No one knew what kind of terrible consequences it would cause.
"...No problem, Training Ground 14 on the east side in an hour."
Yamanaka Kei paused, specifying a location extremely close to a branch of the groundwater vein.
Although he didn't know how many Konoha spies had infiltrated Cloud Village.
But since they worked so hard for Konoha, he naturally wouldn't mind helping them if he could.
"Understood."
Yakushi Nonou didn't go to meet up with Yamanaka Kei again, but turned and headed towards the mission reception desk.
An hour later.
Cloud Village Training Ground 14.
Yakushi Nonou and two male ninjas arrived at Training Ground 14 from different directions.
Yamanaka Kei, who was hiding underground with Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage, glanced at the two people's stat pages.
Seeing that they were indeed Konoha spies, he slowly rose from the ground and gave the secret code to identify themselves to Yakushi Nonou and the two.
"Whew~"
The two male ninjas looked happy and quickly responded with the secret code.
This morning, when they learned that Cloud Village was completely blocked off and a large-scale investigation of spies had begun, they felt like the sky had fallen!
They could only prepare for the worst, destroy all data and intelligence, and wait for the subsequent investigation, hoping to get away with it.
No one knew better than them what would happen to spies after they were caught.
Now that they had a chance to evacuate, it was like a new lease on life for them!
"Priestess, shall we start?"
Yamanaka Kei didn't call Yakushi Nonou by name, but called her by her code name.
"As soon as possible, the operation is too rushed, I can't guarantee that no flaws will be left."
Yakushi Nonou nodded.
The other two male ninjas also nodded.
Nirvana Temple Technique!
Yamanaka Kei clapped his hands, and white feathers fell from around the three of them.
The three people who looked directly at him only felt a trance in front of them, and the next moment they could not resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.
His right hand supported Yakushi Nonou, who was about to fall.
His left hand was carrying the other two ninjas by the waistband of their pants.
He closed his eyes and used the super-strong space perception ability brought by the purple stat [Space-Time Insight] to quickly capture the Flying Thunder God coordinates located dozens of kilometers outside Cloud Village.
Yamanaka Kei activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared with the three of them.
Whoosh~
The scene in front of him changed.
The rock pillars and yellow earth of Training Ground 14 had turned into lush forests and shrubs.
Here is located more than fifty kilometers west of Cloud Village.
It had long been outside the daily patrol range of the Cloud Village guard team.
Yamanaka Kei was on his way from the Land of Iron to Cloud Village when he rested here, allowing the Hawk Falcon Pidgeot to recover its strength.
From the Storage Scroll, he took out a map of the ninja world.
After roughly marking the current location of the three, he stuffed it into Yakushi Nonou's hand.
He glanced at Nonou, who, after falling asleep, had less of the usual feigned cuteness and pitifulness on her face, appearing more serene and peaceful.
He grinned, closed his eyes to gather his thoughts for a moment, and then raised his hand to pat her thigh.
"I hope you like this gift."
He wore a mischievous smile.
Yamanaka Kei clapped his hands, leaving behind a Shadow Clone, and his main body quickly returned to his home in Cloud Village.
The Shadow Clone observed the surrounding environment.
He formed hand seals and used the half-baked Earth Release: Earth-Moving Core to sink the ground where the three were by a section.
Then, he used Earth Release: Earth Cover to create a layer of camouflage above the sunken ground.
After ensuring that it wouldn't be easily seen through by someone passing by, he hid himself underground, concealing his presence.
Near midnight.
Yakushi Nonou, who had slept for nearly ten hours, struggled to wake up from the dream created by the Nirvana Temple Technique.
She pinched the special paper map in her hand and cautiously surveyed the dark environment around her, confirming the safety of herself and the other two Konoha spies.
After groping for a moment, she used a Kunai to cut a slit in the Earth Release: Earth Cover above her head.
Starlight illuminated her eyes.
Using the starlight to check the markings on the map indicating their location, her tense body relaxed slightly.
Returning to the pit, she re-examined the condition of her two companions.
Seeing that they wouldn't wake up for a while,
Yakushi Nonou looked at the river only a hundred meters away.
With the idea of re-disguising herself, she set up a simple warning trap and jumped into the somewhat cold river.
She quickly washed off the disguise on her face and body, removing her scent.
A moment later, looking at the palm-sized, extremely conspicuous 'Zheng Zheng Zheng Xia' mark on the front of her thigh.
She rubbed it for a long time, not believing it.
At this moment, even though she had received professional training, she almost couldn't hold back her tears!
Ten, seventeen times?!
It was just borrowing a secret route...
"Uh... I don't think so?"
Yakushi Nonou carefully felt the state of her body, and after confirming that she was unharmed, her tears retreated again, but her face was a mixture of green and white.
The good news was that she hadn't really been... you know.
The bad news was that she didn't believe this mark was imprinted through her clothes!
Moreover... this thing obviously involved Sealing Technique, and with her ability, she couldn't remove it at all!
If she explained it to others, would anyone believe her?
How would she ever go to a hot spring again?
How would she ever go swimming?
Could she even face people anymore?
"Rogue! Shameless! Pervert! Scumbag! Detestable bastard! Despicable, sleazy, slovenly, greasy man..."
Yakushi Nonou muttered incessantly.
Even if she accepted the other party's favor and safely escaped from Cloud Village.
But this price...
...
"Achoo~ Achoo~"
Yamanaka Kei, far away in Cloud Village, sneezed one after another in the middle of the night.
He felt the memory transmitted back after the Shadow Clone disappeared.
The corners of his mouth turned up.
It seemed that Yakushi Nonou liked his gift very much.
See if you dare to maliciously speculate about me in the future.
He muttered in his heart.
Yamanaka Kei stood in front of the window, looking at the still brightly lit Cloud Village at past twelve midnight.
He silently mourned for the spies of other ninja villages for a second.
Tonight, all ninjas were restricted from going out, and in the area he could see alone, there had already been three bursts of battle from evening until now.
In other words, at least three spies had been caught.
In order to eliminate the hidden dangers in the village as soon as possible and officially start a war against Mist Village, the higher-ups of Cloud Village had really taken ruthless measures this time!
Boom~
Just as Yamanaka Kei was staring blankly at the night sky.
A mass of ghostly blue flames mixed with dark black light billowed up from the streets several kilometers away.
???
The Two-Tails' Chakra flames?!
Yugito?!
Cloud Village's higher-ups, are you all collectively eating shit? Your brains aren't even as bright as Danzo's, are they!
The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee, just had an incident not long ago.
At a time like this, you actually don't guard against those spies making a desperate counterattack, allowing them to get close to Yugito, who is the Two-Tails Jinchuriki?
And those Anbu, aren't you usually more arrogant than the next?
How come when it comes to a critical moment, you all collectively shit your pants?
Yamanaka Kei's expression changed several times.
Logically speaking, as a Konoha ninja, what does the Cloud Village's Jinchuriki have to do with him?
But wasn't he staying in Cloud Village for Yugito?
If his butterfly wings directly caused the little girl to disappear, how could he sleep well at night in the future?
Thinking of that little girl hugging her knees, pitifully squatting at his door, and thinking of the happiness and joy that was about to overflow from her face when she was playing games, thinking of...
"Cloud Village's higher-ups, you really deserve to die!"
Yamanaka Kei cursed through gritted teeth, yanked open the door, and rushed out.
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