Anbu Base.
The Black Gorilla Squadron Leader spoke in a dark room: "Fox, an urgent mission for your squad. Hunt down two rogue ninja."
"Squadron Leader, are they rogue ninja related to the Uzumaki Princess?"
"No. They are rogue ninja designated by the Yamanaka clan. They must be killed immediately, swiftly. We cannot wait a single day."
Yōkō took the scroll, looking perplexed at the mission details.
This was a critical period for monitoring the Uzumaki Princess, and Uzumaki Mito's funeral was also imminent. He didn't want to miss this feast.
The Nine-Tails, Uzumaki Mito, the Senju clan, Uzumaki Kushina... touching any one of them for a lottery draw could yield something good.
However, Yōkō couldn't say much more.
Anbu-assigned missions must be completed. He could only try to finish the task as soon as possible and return to the village to continue monitoring the Uzumaki Princess.
After carefully reading the scroll twice, Yōkō put it down and went to the locker room to assemble the squad.
Team Fox quickly left the village, heading northwest.
As he walked, Yōkō pondered the mission.
The Yamanaka clan had always been the village's perfect tools; the tasks they handled were crucial and irreplaceable.
Gathering intelligence from enemy ninja corpses, framing others using the Mind Body Switch Technique, relaying commands on the battlefield, etc.
Back in the Capital of the Land of Waves, the Guardian Ninja Yamanaka Kari had shown Yōkō firsthand how the Yamanaka clan's framing methods left the accused speechless.
Controlling the enemy's body meant the enemy couldn't resist at all.
This mission, which the Yamanaka clan strongly insisted the Anbu execute, was so urgent that the Anbu diverted resources from monitoring the Uzumaki Princess to complete it. It was likely that these two Yamanaka rogue ninjas threatened the clan's fundamental interests.
Could it be that they intended to give the Yamanaka secret techniques to an enemy village?
The mission document didn't specify what crime the rogue ninja had committed.
With little intelligence, it was hard to formulate a strategy.
Yōkō glanced at Purple Cat. She was a Yamanaka clan ninja.
The Anbu dispatched his squad precisely because of Purple Cat's identity.
"Purple Cat, the rogue ninja we're hunting are from your Yamanaka clan. Do you have any intelligence on them?"
Purple Cat hesitated and said:
"Captain, the intelligence on the rogue ninja isn't special.
Their strength isn't high, both are at the Chūnin level, so our squad is sufficient to kill them."
"Why did they defect from the village?"
Facing Captain Fox's question, Purple Cat again avoided the subject: "Captain, their matter involves the Yamanaka clan's reputation. I'm sorry, I cannot elaborate further. Their combat power really isn't strong; Captain can just deploy normal tactics."
Yōkō was somewhat confused.
Low strength, involves the Yamanaka clan's reputation, and the Yamanaka clan demands the Anbu kill the traitors immediately.
Then why doesn't the Yamanaka clan send their own ninja? Why must they use the Anbu's hand?
Pursuing them to a town about fifty kilometers from Konoha, Yōkō had the squad search carefully.
According to Anbu intelligence, the two rogue ninja were likely in this town.
The town wasn't large. A brief investigation revealed the situation regarding recent strangers in the town.
A couple from out of town had come to the bathhouse these past few days.
Observing the bathhouse's layout, Yōkō said:
"Purple Cat and I will infiltrate the back wall of the bathhouse, make a small hole in the wall, and scout for intelligence on the rogue ninja.
Antelope and Black Bull, you two will hide in the treetops behind the bathhouse, ready to support us at any time."
Taking Purple Cat to the back wall of the bathhouse, Yōkō used Earth Release chakra to create a small hole in the wall.
Pressing one eye to the hole, Yōkō looked inside the bath.
It was a mixed-gender bathhouse with over ten men and women, but none matched the rogue ninja from the mission.
Yōkō didn't have Jiraiya's peeping habits. He moved to another spot and began investigating the private baths of the high-end suites.
Luck was with them. After making three holes, Yōkō found the targets.
Just as he was about to formulate an attack plan, Yōkō looked more closely:
"Huh? Wrong, it's not two rogue ninja. There are two more people, four in total!"
He had almost acted rashly. The intelligence was wrong. If there were four, they needed to be even more careful.
Purple Cat urgently whispered, "There are four? Please let me see."
Yōkō vacated the hole for Purple Cat to look.
Seeing the faces of the four, Purple Cat felt extremely distressed and said, "Not only are there the two Yamanaka rogue ninja, but also two Yamanaka clan ninja who were originally on a mission at the border. I don't know why they are here."
"You don't know why?" Yōkō whispered:
"Purple Cat, you can't withhold intelligence any longer.
We could assault two rogue ninja, but with four, I fear our squad might suffer casualties.
Casualties aren't scary in themselves; entire Anbu battalions being wiped out is commonplace.
But I, as captain, won't accept casualties due to intelligence issues, especially because the Yamanaka clan actively concealed information.
Anbu ninja are always ready to die for the village, but their deaths must have value."
Purple Cat breathed uneasily and said, "Captain, see for yourself. You'll understand why soon. It's not that the Yamanaka clan is hiding intelligence; it's just too embarrassing to talk about."
Yōkō pressed his eye to the hole again and continued looking inside.
The Yamanaka clan's combat abilities weren't strong, and they hadn't discovered Yōkō yet.
Among the four, the two rogue ninja were in the dominant position, while the two young men who had returned from the border listened carefully to the rogue ninjas' explanations.
The speakers were earnest, the listeners even more so.
Then, a scene appeared that left Yōkō dumbfounded.
He had thought the craziest sight would be a passionate, debauched foursome in the bath.
He never expected this!
Yōkō, who in his previous life was well-versed in Chinese, foreign, European, American, Japanese, Korean, and bizarre media, felt his brain working exceptionally slowly.
What... are they doing?
A man and a woman, the Yamanaka ninjas paired up, using the Mind Body Switch Technique on each other.
The Mind Body Switch Technique allowed Yamanaka clan ninjas to use this jutsu to control an enemy's body.
In the private bath, a woman's soul controlled a man's body, and a man's soul controlled a woman's body.
And then...
What is this?
I!
Slept with!
Myself?
Wait, let me sort this out. It's a bit confusing.
The female Yamanaka ninja's soul enters the male ninja's body, then uses the male ninja's body to engage in battle with her own original female body for hundreds of rounds.
An upgraded version of the Mind Body Switch Technique?
The Mind-Body-Swap-Hearts Technique?
The four people, in two pairs, were developing advanced applications of the Mind Body Switch Technique.
Heretics.
No wonder the Yamanaka clan wanted these rogue ninja killed immediately. These rogue ninja really deserved to die.
At this moment, Yōkō's jealousy towards the shinobi clans reached its peak.
Why?
Why could the Yamanaka clan ninja, who mastered the Yamanaka secret techniques, enjoy such a novel experience?
They really deserved to die!
The shinobi clans were too despicable!
Yōkō took out an Explosive Tag from his tool pouch, raised his hand, and signaled to Antelope and Black Bull behind him to attack immediately!
Right now!
At once!
Although Explosive Tags were expensive, he couldn't care about that now.
After forming hand signs, the Earth Release: Fish in Earth Reflection Technique was activated. The wall rippled like water, and Yōkō sank into it.
Boom!
After an explosion, chaos erupted in the private bath.
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