Judging by the chakra of the person approaching, Uchiha Hikari could more or less guess who he was.
"That must be Shimura Danzō, the one you told me about, right?"
Tokiju nodded without a word, silently watching Danzō to see what he was doing here so late at night.
Before long, Shimura Danzō reached the laboratory entrance.
But just as he was about to push the door open, he suddenly stopped and looked toward where Tokiju was hiding.
It wasn't that Tokiju had been spotted. Rather, Danzō's shinobi instincts told him there might be something over there.
When Tokiju saw Danzō coming toward his hiding spot, he grew extremely tense.
His clone had no fighting ability at all. If it were discovered, sneaking in again later would be much harder.
Just as Tokiju was about to dispel the clone, someone opened the laboratory door from the inside.
A man dressed like a researcher came out and spoke to Danzō with an ingratiating smile. "Lord Danzō, you should've let us know you were coming. This subordinate could've prepared a proper welcome!"
Danzō met his subordinate's flattery with a cold stare.
He continued toward Tokiju's hiding spot and glanced around casually. Only after confirming that nothing was amiss did he head inside the laboratory.
Seeing this, the researcher immediately stepped aside and said respectfully, "Please, Lord Danzō!"
"Hmm," Danzō replied coldly, then walked straight in.
Once Danzō had entered, the researcher immediately shut the laboratory door and followed respectfully behind him.
As for Tokiju and Hikari, they had already slipped into the laboratory while the researcher distracted Danzō.
The moment they entered, what they saw made even Uchiha Hikari gag a few times.
Fortunately, Tokiju quickly suppressed her reaction, so she didn't give away their presence.
Tokiju found a narrow, concealed crevice