"Kakashi?" Akaseki froze at the sight.
"My father asked me to bring this. He wrote down some of his findings from the ruins," Kakashi said, handing Akaseki a scroll.
Akaseki accepted it with some relief. Although White Fang no longer wanted to be a ninja, he had still written out all his intelligence after learning that the village had assembled another team to complete the mission.
"All right. Tell your father I'll definitely put a stop to the Daimyo of the Land of Wind's plot this time!" Akaseki said, reaching out to pat Kakashi's head... only for Kakashi to dodge.
Standing nearby, Kamizuki pretended he had heard nothing about any "plot by the Daimyo of the Land of Wind."
This was not merely an excuse to clear Hatake Sakumo's name. It also meant...
The Hokage Building had fallen for a trap!
In other words, it was also a way of placing the blame on the Hokage Building for accepting the mission.
Whether Kakashi understood or not, excitement flashed in his eyes before he turned and ran back.
Akaseki took the scroll and set off with everyone else, reading it along the way.
White Fang's account gave Akaseki some insight into the "ruins"...
Inside the underground palace-like ruins, White Fang's team had first encountered a large number of ancient-style puppets.
These puppets were not particularly strong, but they could take a beating, regenerate endlessly, and came in vast numbers.
With explosive bursts of attacks, White Fang had carved a path into the latter half of the ruins. He left Kamizuki and the other teammates behind to ensure those things would not cut off their retreat, then continued deeper with Wangjie, who was a sealing ninja.
In the latter half of the ruins, White Fang had faced harsher trials. He was repeatedly