Meiqiu nodded repeatedly. "Yeah, I almost couldn't stop myself from selling you out!"
Shinji glared at Meiqiu.
Meiqiu gave an awkward grin. "But I haven't sold you out yet!"
"Actually..." Shinji's gaze shifted. "We can sell this!"
"Huh?"
Shinji pursed his lips. "I already gave you all my money. I can barely afford to eat now!"
"Th-then we should sell it?" Meiqiu's eyes lit up as he rubbed his paws together. "Don't worry, I'll get us a great price!"
Looking at Meiqiu's greedy expression, Shinji tapped him on the head. "First, the important thing. How did the job I gave you go?"
Meiqiu hurriedly told him how he'd spent five million at the black market to buy the information.
There was no doubt about it.
The furtive figure at the Grass Country black market earlier had been Meiqiu, transformed into a human with the Transformation Technique.
Looking at the map Meiqiu handed him, Shinji furrowed his brow slightly.
The spot marked with an X on the map was on a peninsula where the Land of Hot Water bordered the Land of Water.
The area was known for its complicated terrain. It had mountains and water, as well as many hot springs and underground caves. It was indeed a good place to hide.
Meiqiu said, "A lot of the people in Night Owl's group are Kirigakure missing-nin, so Kirigakure has tried to wipe them out several times, but they never succeeded."
Shinji listened and nodded slightly.
In the original timeline, the Red Eye clan had nearly vanished. The only one who'd appeared was a disabled boy named Ranmaru.
But in this timeline, the Fourth Mizukage had taken power early and hadn't been attacked by Itachi or controlled by Obito as he had in the original timeline. So while Kirigakure had still