"Reporting to Lord Chise, these two were acting suspiciously outside the camp gates. They attempted to use your name to avoid verification of the password and force their way into the camp, and they threatened the guards. Preliminary judgment: they are enemy spies. They have been captured. Please decide how to proceed, Lord Chise."
Facing his superior's question, the student guard responsible for escorting them remained calm. After organizing his words, he gave a clear and orderly report.
Sp... spies? Hearing that, Chise Hibiki clearly took a moment to process it, his gaze growing more focused.
At this moment, the two bulky objects thrown onto the ground—no, the two tightly bound ninjas—lay face down, their faces hidden. All Chise Hibiki could see were the dense bloodstains on their bodies from Kunai and Shuriken wounds.
As the overall person in charge, Chise Hibiki naturally knew the camp's position and the threats it faced. Before he took office, the Fourth Hokage had already discussed the appropriate handling methods with him in detail.
Chise Hibiki was no fool. He naturally understood the value of capturing a spy from an enemy village.
There was even a living example right before him. His current assistant had committed the grave crime of betraying the village, yet because he had captured an enemy spy, he had been directly pardoned for that great crime and was even appointed as Chise Hibiki's assistant.
That showed just how valuable enemy village spies were.
However, Chise Hibiki had never expected that only half a month after taking office, he would actually encounter an enemy spy. It was as though a pie had fallen from the sky and landed right in front of him.
Such good fortune left him somewhat unable to react.
"Reporting to Lord Chise, the area around the camp