Information about the whereabouts of a village's Kage was not something easy to obtain. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't just let spies from other villages find out where he was, could he?
If he hadn't been a seer, this mission would have been impossible to complete.
If he failed the mission, they might give Uchiha Yoichi some time off, or have him persuade Uzumaki Mina to join the Medical Division. That way, he would be given another chance at the Jonin Assessment Mission.
Because of their relationship, Uchiha Yoichi could only consider the matter from a somewhat dark perspective.
However, he knew that the Third Kazekage might have died at Sasori's hands, which made things easier. Since he knew the outcome, he only needed to investigate the process based on the result.
Uchiha Yoichi remembered that the Third Kazekage seemed to have been missing for a long time. Since his body had never been found, Sunagakure refused to believe that the Third Kazekage, acclaimed as the strongest Kazekage, had met with an accident.
In the end, their excessive search for the Kazekage caused conflicts to erupt throughout the village, leaving them no choice but to start a war.
For this Jonin Assessment Mission, they only needed to find clues about Sasori. As for anything else, if the Konoha High Command wanted to know, they could investigate it themselves.
After the group of Ninjas settled the details, Nara Shikaku asked, "Lord Jiraiya, when are we setting out?"
"It's eleven o'clock now. We'll leave promptly at two this afternoon. However, once we reach the border of the Land of Rivers, you'll have to split up from us."
Jiraiya's final sentence was directed at Ninjas like Uchiha Yoichi, who had reconnaissance missions. However, aside from Uchiha Yoichi, the other five all had Mission Squads,