We Have a Mole Among Us

"Hiruzen, why is this different from what we agreed on?"

Mitokado Homura quietly jabbed Hiruzen, who was playing dead beside him, with his elbow and demanded in a low voice,

"It must be because you didn't clean up your own mess."

"What do we do now?"

Seeing how smoothly Hiruzen had shifted the blame, Mitokado Homura's expression darkened further. He had no mood to keep arguing and instead asked how they should handle this,

"Relax. The Sealing Squad has always done good work over the years. There have never been any issues with the village barrier, so this shouldn't be a major problem."

Hiruzen knew Tobirama Senju well. This strict teacher of his cared only about results. No matter what happened along the way, as long as the final outcome met his expectations, he would not dig too deeply into the process,

"It had better be."

The well-reasoned reassurance eased Mitokado Homura's mind considerably. As Hiruzen had said, the Sealing Squad under his command had won the Outstanding Unit Award for five consecutive years. Everyone had witnessed its contributions to the village.

"Is the captain of the Sealing Squad present?"

On the other side, following Tobirama Senju's summons, tinged with anger, Mitokado Ki stepped out from the crowd. Soaked in sweat, he shakily pushed up his glasses and forced himself to answer,

"This subordinate is here."

"Mitokado Ki, report the Sealing Squad's main daily duties and deployment arrangements."

Tobirama Senju glanced at the ashen-faced Mitokado Homura from the corner of his eye and asked expressionlessly,

"Uh..."

The question left Mitokado Ki utterly confused. He was nothing more than a human stamp. Ever since taking the position of Sealing Squad captain, other than going to collect rice, flour, cooking oil, and other holiday benefits, he practically never even went to the