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After a brief discussion, Namikaze Minato ultimately rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi's proposal to "drive the Mist Village Envoy out of Konoha."

This left Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had always put the greater good first when handling such matters, feeling rather uneasy. He feared it might lead to an irreparable disaster.

Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's concern, Namikaze Minato immediately decided to have Taka send a squad of ninjas to take up positions at the Ichigo Hot Spring Inn. That way, they could both prevent the Mist Village Envoy from resorting to violence after being humiliated and stop the grieving relatives holding a silent protest from doing anything rash. It would benefit both sides.

But that would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

There was only one way forward for Namikaze Minato and the others: find the ten Root Ninjas hiding in the village!

Namikaze Minato looked at Hanfu, then at "Hanfu." For a moment, he couldn't tell which one was Hanfu and which was Shisui, so he looked at the space between them and asked, "Any leads from Amu?"

"Hanfu" promptly stepped forward. "The target attacked eight villagers during the day. In the evening, he returned home, went to the Vegetable Market as an ordinary villager, and bought seaweed, cabbage, fish tofu, and a fish. Then he went home and cooked. He went to bed not long after dinner. Nothing unusual so far."

This "valuable" intelligence had come from White Zetsu Clone Amu tailing the target at close range.

Taka looked at "Hanfu" in surprise. He even knew what groceries the target had bought. Wasn't he following him a little too closely?

If the target noticed, all their efforts would be wasted.

Taka glanced at Namikaze Minato. When he saw no reaction from him, he swallowed the words on the tip of