Among the reinforcements that had come to Kikyo Castle this time were Ninja from the Yamanaka Clan. One of their inherited Ninjutsu could extract residual intelligence from the brains of enemies who had already died.
That was why Hyuga Mirai had packed all the Suna-nin corpses into a Sealing Scroll and taken them away. Thanks to his status and accomplishments at Konoha Hospital, he had obtained quite a few benefits, and the Sealing Scroll was one of them.
Hyuga Mirai had actually already learned how to make Sealing Scrolls. The raw materials were simply expensive, and Konoha Hospital provided him with ready-made ones, so he had never tried making any himself.
"We should be able to get some useful intelligence from their heads this time. Seven of the three squads were Chunin, so they must have received missions from Sunagakure before heading to Sandstorm Town."
Hyuga Mirai said this to Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai while they rested. This mission had gone very smoothly. Other than spending considerable time on the road, it could practically be called a bountiful haul.
Chunin could already be considered the backbone of a Ninja Village. Even in Konoha, excluding the uncountable Ninja within the various Ninja Clans, the number of Jonin was only a little over a hundred.
Sunagakure had even fewer. At this time, the other Ninja Villages simply could not compare to Konoha militarily.
This time, Hyuga Mirai's squad had killed seven Chunin at once. Even if Sunagakure learned of it, they would feel the loss keenly.
"I didn't expect us to deal with three enemy squads so easily. Sure enough, carrying out missions with the Captain is so comfortable~"
Yuhi Kurenai's gemlike eyes curved into crescents as she spoke with a smile.
Hyuga Mirai immediately said with some heartache, "Kurenai, I