Late at night, a man dressed in a Red Cloud Black Robe and wearing a Spiral Mask quietly approached the Hokage Building under cover of darkness.
He had concealed his presence to an extreme degree. Even sensory-type ninja could only detect him when he came very close.
He was Uchiha Fugaku, disguised as Uchiha Obito.
As a Kage-level powerhouse, he was already exceptionally skilled at concealing his presence.
After fusing with White Zetsu's corpse, which excelled at gathering intelligence and hiding its presence, he had become even better at it.
Earlier that day, someone had infiltrated his secret chamber. While angered, he had also realized this was an opportunity to steal the Scroll of Seals.
With his secret chamber infiltrated, who would have thought that, rather than investigating the break-in while consumed by rage, he would instead head to the Hokage Building to steal?
Four ninja guarded the entrance to the Hokage Building.
Against Uchiha Fugaku, who was exceptionally skilled at concealing his presence, even though one of the four was a sensory ninja, none of them noticed his approach.
Only when Uchiha Fugaku came within less than twenty meters did the sensory ninja among them discover him.
"Who...?"
The sensory ninja wanted to cry out, but before he could—
"Nirvana Seclusion Technique."
Uchiha Fugaku formed hand seals, and illusory white feathers drifted down from the night sky.
All four ninja, including the sensory ninja, felt their heads grow heavy and collapsed to the ground.
The Nirvana Seclusion Technique was a difficult large-scale genjutsu that could be cast on multiple targets at once.
Its power was not particularly high, and it could normally be broken by chuunin or jonin.
However, in the hands of someone at Kage-level who was also exceptionally adept at genjutsu, its power had been elevated to