Looks like everything really had gone smoothly.
Amid the grass and shrubs around the hidden sentry post, Chiba slowly closed the scroll whose ink had only just dried and carefully tucked it into his inner lining. Then he turned to look at the Anbu Ninja beside him, who was half-crouched on the ground with an intent expression but vacant, dull eyes.
Still, that infiltrator had been far too bold. He had not even released the genjutsu after leaving.
He clearly was not afraid of Konoha finding out.
How arrogant.
Yet Chiba could not help feeling somewhat troubled.
And if that infiltrator truly was Uchiha Nobuhiko, then for him to be so brazen now, to the point of practically provoking Konoha outright—
His strength must have undergone a tremendous, perhaps even explosive leap after successfully fusing the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Judging from his series of schemes, especially what he had done to make Hirohiko awaken his eyes, there was no need to mention how ruthless he was. After defecting from the village, almost no one had been able to confirm his whereabouts. After killing members of his own clan, the Uchiha Clan had likely spared no effort in searching for him.
A search involving an elite clan like the Uchiha Clan was already an exceptionally high-level investigation, far above Konoha's average standard.
Yet even under such a search, he had still been able to evade them calmly, and to this day, no one had caught any real trace of him.
It was clear that this man knew how to endure and possessed considerable strategic ability.
And now, someone who understood restraint and had practiced it so flawlessly was displaying such arrogance.
He probably truly had the capital to be arrogant.
The Eternal Mangekyo he had fused had likely given him power