The next day.
"Priestess, once today's massage is over, I'll be heading deep into the Land of Water. Kirigakure has weathered the Hōzuki Clan's unrest and stabilized, so intelligence is becoming harder and harder to obtain. Will you bless me, Priestess?"
Yakushi Nonō's heart tightened, but the force in her hands did not change in the slightest.
"Jōnin Kawadera, since you already know I'm with Root, and the pressure is so great, why don't we exchange intelligence? That way, our spies won't be unaware of each other and cause needless conflicts."
Kawadera Uchiha boasted, "Don't worry. I know what you don't know, and I know what you do know. There's no need to exchange anything."
Seeing Kawadera Uchiha so confident, Yakushi Nonō could not tell where his confidence came from.
Watching Kawadera Uchiha leave the seaside villa, Yakushi Nonō knew that Kinoe and B had definitely followed him.
After using the Body Flicker Technique to leave town, B said, "This time, we have to catch Kawadera Uchiha slipping up!"
During the mission to recover the Hyuga Clan head family's Byakugan, Kawadera Uchiha had performed too brilliantly. The Hyuga Clan owed the Uchiha Clan an enormous favor, and the two great ninja clans were showing signs of growing closer and forming an alliance.
That was something Lord Danzo did not want to see.
After following him for half a day, the two arrived at the bank of a raging river.
This was one of the more famous rivers in the Land of Water, known as the Inka Rapid River.
Its current exceeded twenty meters per second. Any ordinary civilian without chakra who fell in would certainly die.
B gently rubbed the socket of his right eye. The existence of the Byakugan had left the area around his right eye constantly uncomfortable.