First came the covert scouting.
In the distant high-rise, inside a shop occupying the top floor of the rooftop, children's laughter rang out nonstop from the amusement park nearby.
Leaning against the railing, Shisui gazed down at the distant Ghoul Headquarters Office Building.
It was situated right in the middle of a bustling downtown district.
It looked ordinary and unremarkable.
Holding a cup of iced drink, Shisui casually observed it from afar.
From daytime until the shopping mall closed, he studied its patterns.
The guards' deployment, shift schedules, patrol routes, surveillance locations, the building's layout, and everything else.
It seemed ordinary, but the defenses were actually extremely tight.
"Sure enough, there's a problem."
"Security at this level..."
It was even more stringent than that of the Ninja Magistrate.
So.
"As long as we can infiltrate and investigate, we'll find something."
In front of a spread-out hand-drawn map, Nawaki spoke to Tsunade.
"It covers not only the area where Konoha's main city is located, but also the vast expanses of land beyond the city."
Tsunade stared at the map in thought.
This was a partial layout of the Underground Base.
No one knew what the complete layout looked like. The section of the map Mimi had voluntarily provided was far from complete.
"What an outrageous undertaking." Tsunade looked at Nawaki and praised him. "You've put a lot of thought into this."
It had indeed taken considerable effort, involving not only gathering the information but also organizing it.
But Mimi was the truly outrageous one.
She had actually created such a terrifying complex underground without anyone noticing.
Although he had known since childhood that Mimi enjoyed digging tunnels, he honestly hadn't expected her to take it to this extent. And this was only part of it. What exactly lay hidden even deeper?