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"Have the scouts returned yet?"
"No. It's been three hours. Normally, scouts should report back every two hours, but there's been no sign of them."
Inside the tent, a skinny Iwa ninja frowned.
Next to him sat a burly Iwa ninja with patches on his cheeks resembling rosy spots from high - altitude living. He shook his head and said,
"They probably found something and got delayed."
The skinny Iwa ninja hesitated for a moment and then tentatively asked him,
"Lord Tōdo, could it be that something happened to them, which is why they failed to deliver the intelligence in time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the burly Iwa ninja slapped the table.
"No way! It's absolutely impossible!"
"How many scouts did we send out? Not a single one has come back. If something had happened, are you suggesting that all of them met with trouble?"
Tōdo thought this speculation was way too absurd.
There are a dozen scouts!
All of them were highly skilled in stealth. If all of them had met with misfortune, how terrifying would the enemy's strength be?
They could precisely detect the scouts. Moreover, they could prevent them from sending back even a shred of intelligence, causing them to vanish into thin air.
Not even he, let alone the Tsuchikage, could achieve such a thing!
When did Konoha produce a powerful warrior of this level?
"Just wait a bit longer!" Tōdo said impatiently.
After a moment of thought, he added,
"If no scouts return in another hour, send out another group to find out what's going on."
"Understood, Lord Tōdo." The skinny Iwa ninja nodded.
About 500 meters away, Satoru Hyūga was crouching on a tree branch, quietly observing the town.
His body was like a rotting log, emitting no fluctuations.
Windmill Town.
It was a well - known town in the heart of Grass Country, named after the several windmills standing around it.
However, the past tranquility was gone. The town was filled with signs of chaos. Some Iwa ninjas were rummaging through supplies, and there were still a few corpses of Grass Country ninjas on the ground that hadn't been dealt with yet.
Satoru Hyūga frowned and murmured,
"There are about 200 Iwa ninjas here. According to the intelligence provided by Gantetsu, this group is the vanguard force of Iwagakure. Judging from the current chaotic situation in Windmill Town, they couldn't have been here for more than a day."
Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but sigh softly. This was war!
Grass Country was a weak nation, caught in the middle of the great powers. Once a war broke out, it would become a front - line battlefield, at the mercy of the ninjas from the great powers.
The Grass Country ninja village is well - known for being a fence - sitter, kowtowing to whoever is stronger. With the war situation still unclear, they would just cower and hide.
As for the Grass Country ninjas who had the courage to resist... the unburied corpses had already announced their fate.
Suddenly, Satoru Hyūga remembered that the global situation in his past life was very chaotic. Before he transmigrated, he'd heard that the so - called 'Big Mao' and 'Second Mao' (referring to Russia and Ukraine in Chinese internet slang) had gone to war, with a bunch of sanctions and aid involved.
It's been so long. I wonder how things are going over there.
Meanwhile, just as Satoru Hyūga was lost in thought, the Iwa ninjas' camp was in a complete mess.
"It's already evening. Haven't any of the scouts returned yet?"
"Lord Tōdo, so far, none of the scouts have come back. But we've sent out new scouts as you ordered."
Tōdo looked rather grim - faced. As an advance force, they had a small number of scouts. Now, all of them had been sent out, but they still hadn't gotten any useful information.
"What on earth is going on?"
Although he had been quite calm before, as time passed, his heart couldn't help but be filled with unease.
Just then, the door of the camp was suddenly pushed open.
A panicked Iwa ninja rushed in.
"Lord Tōdo, there's something strange going on!"
"Oh, it's the Iwa Jonin of the Sensor Division. Have you found something?"
As the Iwa ninja reported, Tōdo's eyes gradually narrowed.
Up in the big tree, Satoru Hyūga was still quietly observing.
Through his //Byakugan//Byakugan[/b], he could see that in the largest camp, several Iwa ninjas seemed to be discussing something in a flurry. Gradually, they calmed down and gave some orders.
After that, several Iwa ninjas were sent out and scattered in all directions.
Satoru Hyūga frowned slightly.
Obviously, the Iwa ninjas had discovered something and were taking countermeasures.
He had a vague sense of foreboding. It was getting dark, and Satoru Hyūga didn't intend to continue gathering intelligence.
He quietly retreated backward.
But soon, his face turned grim.
The Iwa ninjas who had been sent out earlier had actually made a big detour and gone behind him, quietly surrounding him.
Apparently, they had guessed that he had good sensing abilities. So they set up many distractions to make him think they were sent out on missions and then circled around to the back.
By the time he noticed, the encirclement had already formed.
"Am I exposed?"
Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but tut.
There must be some really good sensor ninjas in this advance force, or they wouldn't have discovered him using the //Rotten Wood Technique//Rotten Wood Technique[/b].
Satoru Hyūga hid in the bushes and quietly backed away.
The enemy had set up many distractions to prevent him from noticing in advance, which also meant that the encirclement wasn't very tight.
If they hadn't locked onto him and only knew roughly where he was hiding, maybe he could escape through the gap in their encirclement.
Satoru Hyūga had no intention of fighting. There was an advance force of over 200 people nearby, and there were even Jonin among them.
Fighting here is asking for trouble.
He noticed a gap in the Iwa ninjas' encirclement. If nothing unexpected happened, as long as he was careful, he might be able to escape through that gap.
But soon, his face turned completely grim.
As he began to shift, the trajectories of the surrounding Iwa ninjas also changed. No matter how he moved, he always ended up right in the center of the encirclement.
"Shit!"
Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but mutter under his breath.
The enemy didn't know his hidden position in advance; they had completely locked him down.
Every time he made a move, the enemy got the information.
"I really kicked up a hornet's nest this time."
Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but feel a headache coming on...
Inside the tent.
An Iwa ninjas was sitting cross - legged, eyes closed. Sweat was constantly dripping from his forehead.
"The target has moved 12 meters in the three o'clock direction."
"The target has changed position and is moving towards the six o'clock direction."
One piece of information after another was transmitted by him through ninjutsu to the surrounding Iwa ninjas' minds.
"Well done, Iwa Jonin!" Tōdo praised.
"Don't worry, Lord Tōdo, He ain't gonna get away."
The Iwa Jonin opened his eyes. His face was a bit pale as he gave Tōdo a weak smile. Connecting with so many Iwa ninjas at once was quite a drain on him.
There was a hint of coldness on Tōdo's face.
"Who would have thought that a Konoha scout had infiltrated here? We must catch him!"