"You mean Yu is in grave danger?"
At this moment, amid the chaotic camp, faced with Yumiko so brazenly and bluntly exposing her identity as a spy, combined with Hyuga Yu's earlier subtle warning, Might Duy's thoughts immediately fell into disarray.
Thus, after hesitating for a moment, he did not directly attack Yumiko. Instead, he questioned her.
"That's right, Mr. Duy."
Yumiko nodded at him, her expression grave as she said in a low voice, "We received word that quite a few forces have set their sights on Hyuga Yu. This includes the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from Kirigakure, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki of Iwagakure, and Elder Chiyo of Sunagakure. They're interested both in his Medical Ninjutsu abilities and in his ability to bypass the Caged Bird and perform Byakugan eye-transplant surgery."
"You must know this. You should also have some idea of just how valuable Hyuga Yu is, right?"
Might Duy furrowed his brow. "This..."
As Yumiko watched Duy hesitate, a trace of satisfaction flashed through her eyes.
Under the training of the "Covert Division" established by Ebizo, the first thing every spy ninja had to learn and carve into their bones was—
know yourself.
From the very beginning, Yumiko understood that with her halfway-trained background as a spy, she could never be used as a true infiltrator deep within the core of an enemy village. More than likely, her village had already exposed her openly.
But even so, intelligent people possessed the ability to pry open chaos, reverse light and darkness, and create opportunities to complete their missions and earn chances for promotion.
Approach Might Duy, deliberately show her true side as a Medical Ninja, earn his sympathy, expose herself as a "spy"... and finally achieve her objective!
All of it had been part of Yumiko's