While Soji was searching all over Hozuki Castle for Ryūzetsu, Ryūzetsu herself was also taking action!
Normally, Ryūzetsu should have continued hiding and waited until she found an opportunity to get close to Mui before making her move.
But this time, she felt that things had taken a turn!
After all, Ryūzetsu had been born in Kusagakure and had once been a member of Kusagakure's now-disbanded Anbu.
So how could she possibly fail to recognize Matsuru Noyaku and the other Kusagakure higher-ups?
The moment Matsuru Noyaku and the other Kusagakure higher-ups brought Naruto and Karin aboard Hozuki Castle, Ryūzetsu had spotted them.
Like Mui, she knew that this was not the time when Kusagakure was supposed to deliver supplies. On top of that, nearly all of Kusagakure's higher-ups had come to Hozuki Castle, so she immediately concluded that something had happened in Kusagakure.
It was obvious when one thought about it. With every higher-up of a ninja village leaving, just how chaotic must Kusagakure have become?
Whatever had made Kusagakure's higher-ups decide to do this was certainly no trivial matter!
So, without any hesitation, Ryūzetsu decisively began to act.
After hiding in Hozuki Castle for so many years, she had become intimately familiar with the entire place.
Not only that, she knew perfectly well that the Box of Paradise, Kusagakure's secret treasure, had been brought here.
Furthermore, she had discovered that Mui was secretly extracting Chakra from criminals in Hozuki Castle who possessed large amounts of it, intending to open the Box of Paradise once more!
Thinking of how her beloved Muku had been sacrificed because of the opening of the Box of Paradise, Ryūzetsu immediately decided to stop Mui.
Fortunately, the criminals in Hozuki Castle did not have enough Chakra to open the Box of Paradise, so Ryūzetsu had