Undercurrents Unceasing, an Infiltration from Lockfront Village

The Land of Hot Water had been infiltrated.

However, it was not a conventional armed invasion, but a covert, spy-like infiltration.

The infiltrators were highly skilled at concealment and disguise. Not only had they evaded and misled the border shinobi's questioning, they had also escaped Anbu inspections several times.

It should be known that Demon Hidden Village's current Anbu were all elites trained by the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Although they might still lag behind the Anbu of the Five Great Shinobi Villages in terms of quality and experience, they were by no means ordinary fools who could be deceived so easily.

Those two points alone were enough to prove that the infiltrators had come prepared and were well trained.

At present, one infiltrator had already been captured and imprisoned in a prison established by Demon Hidden Village, a special place specifically meant for shinobi or exceptionally vicious criminals.

Still, there was something suspicious about the entire incident.

For example, the reason Demon Hidden Village had managed to capture this infiltrator, and even learned that a group had secretly entered their territory, was because this person had turned herself in!

Claiming that she wished to meet Lord Demon Shadow and seek his protection afterward, she had voluntarily confessed.

"Sorry, Arata. There was a problem with my management in this incident. I failed to discover the infiltrators immediately."

"Please punish me."

Seeing the return of the person she relied on, Chino felt the tension in her heart ease, but guilt also appeared on her face.

She was responsible for commanding all forces within the Land of Hot Water aside from the Anbu. Now that such a massive security breach had occurred within their borders, she could not help blaming herself.

"Mm. Then your punishment will be to make