Kitahara Kaede's answer was somewhat opportunistic.
Tsukikawa Isshiki glanced at Itachi.
Then he looked at Kitahara Kaede and said,
"This one is rather special. He can stay here."
Itachi did not say a word.
He merely watched Tsukikawa Isshiki quietly.
He remained on guard the entire time.
Tsukikawa Isshiki had learned so much from just one glance at Itachi.
Kitahara Kaede felt bitter inside.
Why had Tsukikawa Isshiki failed to see anything on him?
"By the way, what did you come to see me for?"
Tsukikawa Isshiki asked.
Kitahara Kaede had originally wanted to ask Tsukikawa Isshiki whether he could not see anything unusual about him.
But after thinking it over, he felt that would not be very appropriate.
So he simply said casually,
"I thought your appearance in the outside world was too unexpected, so I specifically came looking for your lair. I didn't expect to actually find it."
Tsukikawa Isshiki smiled when he heard that.
"I doubt your purpose is that simple!"
At last, Kitahara Kaede had a chance to press forward with his own question.
"Of course it isn't that simple. But did you notice anything?"
Tsukikawa Isshiki gently shook his head.
"I have never wanted to discover anything on a future collaborator."
Then he moved away from the subject at hand.
"I need the Ten-Tails' assistance now. We cannot allow the person arriving today to enter the ninja world."
Tsukikawa Isshiki shifted the topic elsewhere.
Kitahara Kaede could only passively accept it.
After all, at present,
the Otsutsuki Clan was indeed the greatest hidden danger.
"I believe it has already heard. I'll wait for it outside."
After saying that, Tsukikawa Isshiki reached forward.
The Bronze Mirror placed in the center immediately shrank into his hand.
Itachi's eyes widened at the sight.
Of course, he made no