Apprehension

After taking out the four Ninja Blades, Yichen explained in detail where these Ninja Blade came from.

After hearing Yichen's description, Saka breathed a sigh of relief, then said regretfully, "So, the crisis in Konoha is over?"

After Saka finished speaking, Mei added, "The Sunagakure have retreated. Their army in the Land of Rain was suddenly attacked by a large number of poisonous insects. Intelligence personnel suspect it's Konoha's Kikaichū."

Yichen was taken aback; he hadn't heard this news before. He asked, "Kikaichū? Poisonous insects? What are the casualties among the Sunagakure?"

Saka shook his head and said, "The information is ambiguous, no specific details are coming out, and our intelligence personnel are probably not doing well either."

Yichen didn't ask any further questions. He thought of a Forbidden Technique of the Aburame Clan that Shino Aburame had stopped Fourth Shinobi War in the original story: the Pot of Poison Technique.

"The Sunagakure are really unlucky," Yichen thought to himself.

At this moment, Saka said, "Our ninjas who were investigating in the Land of Grass have sent back intelligence that a large number of ninjas have died in the Land of Grass, and their bodies have been piled up in a pit and used as feed for some kind of poisonous insects."

"That team of ninjas also discovered traces of poisonous insects migrating from the Land of Grass to the Land of Rain. Fearing trouble, they didn't venture further and instead relayed the information back."

Yichen was taken aback. "Is that so? I didn't hear about it when I was on the front lines?"

Ōnoki explained, "It was discovered by the Anbu and just urgently transmitted back through special channels."

Yichen nodded, no longer dwelling on the details, and then said, "Senior Saka, do you mean that Konoha originally intended to use these poisonous insects against us? But we suddenly tightened our defenses, forcing them to change their target?"

Saka nodded and said, "That's very likely. If Konoha wants to deal with the Sunagakure, they shouldn't be cultivating Kikaichū in the Land of Grass, but should be conducting experiments in the Land of Rain."

"Furthermore, Sunagakure Puppet Master are skilled in using poison; they are better at dealing with poisonous insects than we are, so this technique would be even more effective against us."

Yichen thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. But if word gets out that Konoha is using Kusa Ninja as feed to feed Kikaichū, Konoha's reputation will be ruined. I doubt Minato Namikaze would do that."

At this point, everyone in the room, including the three Hokage's assistants, simultaneously thought of one name: Shimura Danzō.

Once Shimura Danzō, the topic naturally ended. In the Ninja World, there was nothing that no one dared to do, and no one that couldn't take the blame.

After a while, Ōnoki turned his gaze to the four Ninja Blade again and said, "Let's discuss what to do with these four Ninja Blades."

Yichen said, "I and Ikura have taken out all the Exploding Tag from the Exploding Blade Shibuki. There are hundreds of thousands of them, and they've all been sent to the front lines."

Ming was delighted to hear this and asked, as if to confirm, "Are there really hundreds of thousands?"

This is good news. During wartime, when finances are tight, this will save the village a lot of money.

Yichen nodded, not continuing on that topic, and then said, "The four Ninja Blade themselves aren't of much help to the village. There aren't many ninjas in our village skilled in swordsmanship, and the seven Ninja Blades of the Mist ninja are all too special. We don't have the corresponding sword techniques, so we basically can't use them."

"However, these Ninja Blades all have Summoning Jutsu, which is worth studying carefully. We don't currently have Summoning Jutsu that can summon objects, so if we can develop this technique, it will be very useful."

"For example, with this kind of Summoning Jutsu, the Byakugan's safety can be guaranteed."

In fact, this is what Yichen values most.

The seven Ninja Blade can only slightly improve the strength of seven ninjas, but if they can learn the Summoning Jutsu of the Mist ninja through the seven Ninja Blades, then the Iwa ninja will be able to use the Byakugan with confidence.

The strategic value of the Byakugan far surpasses that of the Seven Ninja Blade.

Upon hearing this, Ōnoki and the others' eyes lit up. That's right! By using Summoning Jutsu to give the Byakugan a layer of protection, the village would no longer have to worry about losing the Byakugan.

"Let's leave this to the Barrier Team. After the research is complete, we'll sell the four Ninja Blades to Kirigakure through the black market," Ōnoki decided directly.

After discussing how to deal with the four Ninja Blades, Yichen took out Might Duy's corpse.

Pointing to Might Duy's charred corpse, Yichen said, "This Konoha Genin practiced a Forbidden Technique with terrifying explosive power. I heard him shout before activating Forbidden Technique: 'Eight Inner Gates, Eighth Gate, Gate of Death, open!'"

Yichen didn't know if Might Duy Eight Gates, but he certainly didn't hear it. Yichen was simply informing the people in the conference room of the information.

Yichen continued, "I suspect this Forbidden Technique is called the Eight Inner Gates, and the so-called Gate of Death is probably the strongest move of the Eight Inner Gates."

"And from the name 'Gate of Death,' one can guess that the price for opening the final gate of the Eight Inner Gates is death."

"This Genin died after exhausting his life force. If the other members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had run a little slower and blocked one more attack, at least two fewer people could have died."

"I just didn't notice this Genin's strength at first. I only knew that after he used the Forbidden Technique, the power he unleashed was above mine."

"If I had been on the ground at the time and he had his eye on me, I might not be coming back."

"Hiss~~" Ōnoki and the others all gasped.

Ming couldn't help but ask, "Is he really that powerful? Is this person really just a Genin?"

Yichen shook his head. "I don't know if he's Genin, but one thing is certain, his original strength was definitely not strong."

"Because although his power after unleashing Forbidden Technique is incredible, his technique is not high. This can be seen from some of his attack methods. Apart from his physical attributes, his basic ninja skills are not good."

Upon Yichen's words, Ōnoki and the others' expressions became even more serious.

Judging from Yichen's words, it seems that this Forbidden Technique of Konoha doesn't require much talent, which is terrifying.

If this Forbidden Technique could be popularized...

The thought of this possibility made everyone in the office restless.

If Konoha sent a hundred Might Duy Genin, that would be enough to take down Iwagakure.

Yichen naturally knew what they were thinking, waved his hand, and said, "Lord Tsuchikage, don't rush, let's take a look at this corpse."

Yichen lifted one of Might Duy's arms and explained, "Although the corpse's life force has been completely exhausted, it's still clear that this Konoha Genin incredibly formidable physical strength in life."

"I don't know how he trained, but judging from the strength of his entire body, this ninja is already incredibly powerful even without using Chakra."

"This Forbidden Technique may not require high Ninjutsu or Taijutsu talent from a ninja, but it must have extremely high requirements for physical strength."

Ōnoki approached Might Duy's body, examined it carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Indeed, this Genin's physical strength far surpasses that of any ninja I've ever seen."

As he spoke, Ōnoki pinched Might Duy's leg and explained, "The bone in this leg is broken. It must have been because the body couldn't withstand such a powerful force. This shows how demanding this Forbidden Technique is on the body."

Yichen added, "Therefore, I guess the requirement for this Forbidden Technique is extraordinary physical strength. For an ordinary person to reach that level, they would probably need to undergo unimaginable rigorous training."

"This level of training cannot be sustained by willpower alone; it requires a unique physical talent."

Saka and others felt somewhat relieved after hearing this.

Everyone sat down again.

Ōnoki pondered for a moment, then said, "Pass on the information about this Konoha Genin to the village's Jonin- level. Keep an eye out for Konoha ninjas with special physical strength, and eliminate them as soon as possible if you have the chance."

Saka nodded and said, "I understand. I will increase my Contribution Points for these kinds of tasks."

Seeing that Might Duy's matter was settled, Yichen remembered the Konoha ninja he had captured and said, "When I went deep into the Land of Fire with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, I also captured a Konoha ninja, a Genjutsu ninja."

"Although this person only has the strength of Chunin, he managed to deceive Juzo Biwa, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, by using visual interference and other methods."

"I previously worked with Katsuya to develop some simple visual interference Genjutsu, so I noticed something unusual. I suspect this person is from the Kurama Clan, Genjutsu lineage in Konoha."

Ōnoki was overjoyed and said, "Captured him alive?"

"Yes, he's in the Interrogation Department. I told the people in the Interrogation Department to be careful." Yichen knew what Ōnoki was thinking.

Sure enough, Ōnoki immediately said, "Saka, immediately arrange for the Genjutsu research team to interrogate this person. We must obtain the relevant Ninjutsu of the Kurama Clan."

After saying that, Ōnoki looked at Yichen and thought for a moment before saying, "Call your disciple Katsuya back and let him participate in the interrogation. Since he can develop Genjutsu that interfere with vision, he might be able to learn some of the Five Senses Genjutsu of the Kurama Clan."

Yichen nodded without saying much. Katsuya was indeed the best person to lead this matter, but he lacked the experience and strength, so he could only be a participant for now.

At this moment, Ming asked somewhat uncertainly, "The Kurama Clan's manipulation of the Five Senses should also be Kekkei Genkai. Will the Interrogation Department be able to extract anything useful from them?"

Yichen thought for a moment and said, "We should be able to gain something, at least we can learn something from the application of the Five Senses Ninjutsu."

"Furthermore, although the Kurama Clan is Bloodline Ninja Clan, the number of ninjas within their clan who have awakened their bloodline is not large, and their members who have not awakened their bloodline can also use Genjutsu."

"This means that in addition to bloodline inheritance, they also have other Genjutsu techniques passed down through generations."

Ming Yichen said this and did not object, Iwagakure's Genjutsu foundation was indeed too weak.

He added with concern, "The Kurama Clan is quite famous in the Ninja World, and they probably have genjutsu sealed within their brains, so obtaining Genjutsu won't be easy."

Yichen didn't need to answer; Saka said directly, "That's simple. Just create an opportunity for him to escape, and let the researchers observe him from the shadows. Don't we have the Byakugan? We're not afraid he'll get away."

Yichen thought so too; with the Byakugan, it would be much easier to secretly learn Ninjutsu.

After dealing with the spoils Yichen brought back, Ōnoki said, "Alright, let's discuss the situation now."

At this point, the joy I had felt earlier immediately faded considerably.

Although the Iwa ninja suffered no losses in this incident, Konoha was the biggest winner.

Previously, Konoha faced attacks from all sides and was in a precarious situation. However, in the blink of an eye, the Mist ninja was defeated and the Sunagakure retreated, Konoha suddenly went from fighting four against one to fighting two against one.

Most importantly, Konoha defeated two major powers without suffering significant losses itself.

Apart from the initial two major attacks launched by Hiruzen Sarutobi against the main force of the Mist ninja in the Land of Whirlpools, which resulted in the loss of some ninjas, there were almost no further losses.

Konoha's easy victory over the two great nations made the other two nations more wary of Konoha.

Putting everything else aside, Yichen could sense that in the Tsuchikage's Office, no one wanted to launch another attack on Konoha anytime soon.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the current Cloud ninja's perception of Konoha won't be much better than that of the Iwa ninja.