Secret Infiltration

The Sunagakure ninjas inside the fortress immediately reacted.

However, Shintaro began throwing smoke bombs and detonating explosive tags and other ninja tools around him, severely disrupting the movements of the Sunagakure ninjas.

While the Sunagakure ninjas were in chaos, Shintaro's shadow clone took Kosuke and two others directly to the center of the fortress.

According to information obtained by the main body using Six Eyes, the two rogue ninjas were near the center of the fortress.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The surrounding Sunagakure ninjas shouted, but it was difficult to organize an effective defense for a while.

They could only unleash random Wind Element Ninjutsu on the trio, but Shintaro used large-scale fire ninjutsu to push them back.

Among the five chakra elements, fire counters wind, not to mention Shintaro's fire element achievements far exceeded the wind element level of these Sunagakure ninjas.

Kosuke threw various ninja tools around, Hayama slashed wind blades in all directions, while Duy wielded nunchaku, responsible for blocking incoming hidden weapons and kunai.

At this moment, the two rogue ninjas who were reporting various information about the Land of Rivers and the Village of Tanigakure to the Sunagakure officer in the middle of the fortress noticed the commotion outside.

Hayakawa and Moritani were using the information they had about the Land of Rivers and the Village of Tanigakure as bargaining chips to gain protection from Sunagakure Village.

However, the current commotion made them both consider a possibility, 'Could they be here for me?'

The two rushed out to check.

"Konoha?"

They were both shocked to see the Konoha headbands of Shintaro and the others.

"So, that bastard has defected to Konoha?" Hayakawa said angrily.

Moritani disagreed and saying: "Two kids, one old man, and one funny-looking guy with a watermelon head. Does Konoha think these people can kill the two of us? That's too naive."

However, the current situation seemed a bit dire.

The two children, the old man, and the funny watermelon head that Moritani mentioned were actually cutting their way through the Sunagakure ninjas and heading straight towards them.

Hayakawa raised his hand and said: "Something's wrong..."

"Why are they getting closer?"

Moritani looked ahead, "Damn it!"

*Clang* *Clang*

They both pulled out kunai and blocked the explosive tag kunai thrown by Kosuke.

A kunai stuck into the ground and exploded not far away. They moved forward to avoid the blast.

Unexpectedly, in just ten seconds, Shintaro and the others were already close in front of them.

However, Hayakawa and Moritani were not powerless good-hearted people. They immediately reacted and prepared for battle, as long as they could delay for a while.

But Shintaro did not give them the chance to delay.

Genjutsu!

"What?!"

"Sharingan?!"

Hayakawa and Moritani felt something was wrong. They realized they had encountered the Sharingan, yet they still couldn't move, as if they were truly bound by chains.

Shintaro stepped forward with a kunai in his hand, stabbing Hayakawa in the heart and casually slashing Moritani's throat.

Hayama and Kosuke took over the bodies of the two.

Duy was responsible for guarding the area.

The four then prepared to retreat but were blocked by Sunagakure ninjas.

"Konoha ninjas! What do you intend to do?!" A Sunagakure Jonin asked.

Shintaro took out the mission authorization letter and said: "We have received a mission to eliminate rogue ninjas in Tanigakure Village."

"Hmph, Konoha is so domineering, coming to our Sunagakure Village territory to eliminate rogue ninjas?" The Jonin continued to question with a sneer.

"Haha, I haven't yet settled the crime of hiding traitorous ninjas with you." Shintaro said calmly.

The Sunagakure Jonin looked ugly and knew he was wrong.

Shintaro led Kosuke and the other three past the Sunagakure ninjas.

"Make way."

The Sunagakure Jonin stepped back and ordered those around to make way for them.

Shintaro led the others out of the fortress and quickly ran into the distance.

On the way, the shadow clone was released, and Kosuke and the other three continued to carry the rogue ninjas' bodies to Tanigakure Village.

At this moment, inside the fortress, the Jonin ordered a ninja to report to Pakura with an ugly expression on his face.

Pakura was the commander of operations in Sunagakure Village, so of course, she had to be informed about the major incident that happened at the fortress headquarters.

At this moment, a Sunagakure ninja was quietly observing the situation outside from a dark corner of the fortress building.

This Sunagakure ninja was actually Shintaro's real body. He had just taken advantage of the chaos to sneak into the fortress and used a transformation technique to disguise himself.

The Jonin arranged everything and was preparing to return to the fortress to rest for a while, worrying about facing Pakura's punishment.

Just as he was feeling uneasy, a shadow unknowingly spread beneath his feet.

This was precisely Shintaro's Ten Shadows.

The shadow merged with the Jonin's shadow, and the Jonin couldn't move for a moment. His eyes widened, and he wanted to scream loudly, but his own hand choked his throat.

His footsteps began to move slowly, his hand closing around his throat, and he whimpered a little. However, the Sunagakure ninjas who had just experienced an enemy attack didn't notice this small movement at all.

The Jonin walked to a corner with this strange posture, and then the shadow began to rise slowly.

It stopped until it reached the Jonin's neck.

The shadow formed a large hand and grabbed the Jonin's neck. With a click, it broke the Jonin's neck.

Since Cursed Energy replaced Yin chakra, it was harder to detect.

After all, Shintaro was the only one in the world who possessed Cursed Energy.

He rifled through the Jonin's body and found his ID information.

Nakamura Takeshi, currently serving as Pakura's deputy and responsible for building and guarding the Sunagakure Fortress in the Land of Rivers.

Shintaro looked at his appearance, then used the transformation technique to change into Takeshi's appearance, and easily hid Takeshi's body in a corner, burying it with earth ninjutsu, so no one would find it for a while.

Shintaro then used this appearance to openly sneak into the central building of the fortress.

Using the wide vision of Six Eyes to locate the information.

Along the way, many Sunagakure ninjas greeted him, but Shintaro could only gesture slightly to avoid being exposed.

He soon found Takeshi's office.

He pushed the door open and entered, immediately locking the door and began rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the office.

He dug out a pile of documents and found some very important information, understanding the goals of Sunagakure Village.

It turned out that the Third Kazekage had disappeared, but the news was blocked and kept secret.

Sunagakure Village decided to use this incident as a reason to launch a war against Konoha.

Due to the large number of troops being deployed for the war, Sunagakure Village decided to build a fortress in the Land of Rivers, which is located between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, to prepare for troop deployment in advance.

Shintaro took these documents and then opened the door to find Pakura's office, where the fortress personnel list should be located.

Using Six Eyes, he saw that Pakura's door was locked, so he used Ten Shadows to enter through the door's crack and unlock the door.

However, an alarm sounded at this moment, and Shintaro didn't expect Pakura to have made double preparations.

If the key was not used to unlock the door, the hidden alarm inside the door would go off.

Shintaro immediately entered the room, opened the cabinet, and searched for information, and finally found the personnel list information he wanted.

Shintaro stored the information and heard footsteps coming from the corridor.

He immediately stood up and broke the window.

A large group of Sunagakure ninjas immediately headed to the office.

As Shintaro was about to leave the office, a Sunagakure ninja asked, "Takeshi-sama, what happened?"

Shintaro pretended to be angry and said: "It must have been those Konoha ninjas earlier! They stole information and jumped out of the window and escaped. Chase them!"

He then rushed out.

The Sunagakure ninjas ran to the window to check but didn't see any Konoha ninjas on the street outside. People outside were still cleaning up the mess from the Konoha ninja invasion.

The Sunagakure ninjas realized something was wrong and shouted: "That wasn't Takeshi-sama just now! Go and chase him!"