Genjutsu

"Bringing Kirigakure's information to a Kirigakure spy, do you know what you're talking about?"

Ao found this awkward excuse very strange.

"Yes, because he said he had been hiding in Konoha for too long." Terumi said seriously.

"Then what's his name?" Ao asked.

Terumi suddenly paused and said, "Uchiha... Shintaro."

Clearly, she also realized something was wrong. The effect of the genjutsu conflicted with her memories, causing her to hold her head in confusion.

"Uchiha Shintaro? That's Konoha's new genius."

Ao thought of something as he spoke.

"Uchiha... Genjutsu!"

He finally understood why Terumi made a mistake.

Byakugan activated!

Veins appeared around his right eye, and the Byakugan vision easily penetrated the eye patch and saw the strange chakra in Terumi's body.

Ao immediately placed his hand on Terumi's forehead.

Terumi's eyes suddenly brightened.

"What happened?" She asked.

Ao recounted what Terumi had done.

Terumi looked at the intelligence materials scattered on the ground beside her, and her memories slowly surfaced.

"I fell under Uchiha Shintaro's genjutsu!"

Ao showed an understanding expression and said, "Tell me in detail."

Terumi then recounted her experience as she remembered it.

"When I was patrolling, I was captured by Uchiha Shintaro. After he pressed me for information but failed, he used the Sharingan genjutsu on me."

"He told me he was a spy sent to Konoha by Kirigakure. He told me information about Konoha's attack on the fortress and asked me to bring him information about Kirigakure."

Ao began his own analysis, "So, Uchiha Shintaro wanted to use you to spread false information and obtain our information. Fortunately... I saw it with my Byakugan."

He lightly touched his right eye, looking somewhat satisfied.

"Then what should we do now? Should we trust the information given by Uchiha Shintaro?"

After all, Terumi was still quite young, so she was confused about handling such a situation.

Ao said confidently: "What information? It's clearly a smokescreen created by Konoha. They must want to divert troops away from the mountains and let us focus on the eastern front, thus taking the opportunity to attack the southern front."

"I will inform the commander on the southern front of this news and deploy troops for support. For the rest, let's follow the plan. If you bring the intelligence back tonight, it will only be false intelligence. Better not meet him. He might realize you've broken the genjutsu."

Terumi found Ao's words reasonable, so she nodded.

Ao then asked her to forge documents.

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Konoha Camp.

Shintaro explained to Fugaku and Shikaku what he had done with Terumi, that he had cast genjutsu on her and set her up.

Fugaku pondered: "Genjutsu must be used continuously to be effective. No matter how high your genjutsu achievement, it will automatically dissipate after a few hours. At that time, won't our goal be exposed?"

Before Shintaro could speak, Shikaku answered Fugaku's question and said: "Even if Kirigakure finds out about the genjutsu, it can't be stopped, so Kirigakure will treat the information about our counterattack as fake news, and our counterattack could be unexpected."

Shintaro spoke at this moment: "My goal from the beginning was to let the enemy discover my genjutsu. Don't forget, they took Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan and put it in the eye socket of fortress commander Ao."

Fugaku and Shikaku both showed understanding expressions.

"In this way, whether Kirigakure discovers the genjutsu or not, it will be beneficial to us." Fugaku said, clapping his hands.

Shikaku asked again: "But we still don't know the specific information about Kirigakure. How will we solve it?"

Shintaro replied: "Of course I need to investigate it myself. Next, regardless of whether Terumi Mei's genjutsu is broken or not, the information will definitely come out tonight. I just need to approach the Kirigakure fortress for a little verification to know whether Kirigakure has fallen into the trap."

Shikaku praised: "Killing two birds with one stone, a great strategy."

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At night, Shintaro came to the place where he had met Terumi before and found a tree with an engraved mark on it.

He checked the information, which seemed quite real. It included information about the number of Kirigakure Ninjas, their defenses, coastal fortresses, and the Headquarters of the Land of Waves, etc.

He took the information into his arms and did not return to the Konoha camp, but instead came to the headquarters under the forest's protection.

After scanning with the Six Eyes, he quickly found that the actual situation did not match the intelligence.

"It seems Ao indeed discovered the genjutsu."

Shintaro judged from the authenticity of the intelligence that Ao had seen Terumi's genjutsu.

And inside the fortress, a group of two hundred soldiers set off from the fortress at this moment, heading straight south.

He then verified that Kirigakure's reaction was as expected, and they indeed thought Konoha would attack the southern front.

The fortress inside was empty, with less than 800 soldiers.

Shintaro was not satisfied with this information. He crossed the sea and arrived at the Land of Waves. Under the cover of dark clouds, the moonlight did not shine on the sea.

So he was not detected at all.

Upon arriving in the Land of Waves, he found that the military strength in the headquarters of Kirigakure's Land of Waves was very inconsistent with the intelligence.

According to the intelligence, more than 5,000 people were stationed in the Land of Waves.

In reality, there were only three thousand Kirigakure Ninjas at the Land of Waves headquarters.

The Land of Waves headquarters served as the coastal fortress's backup force and could support the front lines at any time.

Kirigakure provided this false information only to make Konoha more afraid of Kirigakure on the eastern front, thus ensuring the safety of the eastern front.

However, this gave Shintaro an idea.

Perhaps Konoha could take advantage of it and surprise the enemy.

After Shintaro personally investigated the information and returned to the camp, it was already dawn.

But his energy was excellent, and the continuous [Reversal Cursed Technique] could heal the fatigue of the brain and body.

Fugaku and Shikaku were playing shogi in the camp. They had both stayed up all night, waiting for information from Shintaro.

Shintaro took out two pieces of information from his hands, one was the false information provided by Terumi, and the other was the real information he personally investigated that night.

And false information does not mean it is useless. To deceive Konoha, Kirigakure mixed some real information into the false information.

Initially, he couldn't distinguish it, but now he could differentiate it after comparing.

The false information was more detailed and specific than what Shintaro himself recorded, such as the scale and accurate maps, etc.

These two pieces of information gave a big surprise to Fugaku and Shikaku.

"Good, now we have a clear idea of our counterattack plan."

Fugaku spread the information on the table and said with a bit of excitement.

Shikaku stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Only Shintaro can get such detailed information in one night."

Shintaro waved his hand calmly and said, "Let's make the plan first."