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Half an hour later, Hanfu left the small courtyard and quietly made his way to the corner, where he summoned an Anbu ninja and asked whether Mei Terumi and the others had been in contact with any outsiders over the past two days.

"Absolutely not!"

The Anbu ninja declared confidently, "As Lord Hokage instructed, to avoid any conflicts, even their meals were delivered by our people. So there's no way they could have contacted any outsiders."

"Did you tell them anything about what was happening outside?" Hanfu pressed.

"You're Anbu too. You should know the rules," the ninja replied.

Hanfu nodded instinctively. While carrying out a mission, Anbu generally communicated with hand signals. They avoided speaking if they could, let alone talking to outsiders.

In other words...

Hanfu's anger flared. Mei Terumi had actually met with some mysterious ninja behind his back.

And this mysterious person...

The first person who came to mind was one of the Root's King of Scapegoats types.

Then there was Orochimaru.

Some time ago, Orochimaru had snuck into Namikaze Minato's home, trying to drive a wedge between Hanfu and Minato's pure and proper superior-subordinate relationship. Although he'd failed in the end, Orochimaru wasn't the type to slink away with his tail between his legs. He was bound to still be lurking in the shadows, stirring up trouble!

Hanfu pondered for a moment, then left the Hot Spring Inn and headed straight for the Hokage Building.

At the same time,

After seeing Hanfu off, Mei Terumi locked herself in her bedroom.

"Come out," Mei Terumi said, sitting on the Tatami.

A moment later, a White Snake slithered out of a corner and spat out Orochimaru, his body covered in slime.

"How did your talk with Gekko Hayate go?" Orochimaru asked with a faint, amused smile,