"I found these two boring, so I killed them. I hoped you wouldn't be as boring as they were."
Mirai's words were ordinary, but after Kawahashi Yume heard them, he walked into the ice chamber.
He was timid, but clever. Of course, anyone who had risen to his position was no fool. He had heard and seen it all. Mirai had just killed the two warriors he had brought to warn him!
Kawahashi Yume suddenly woke from his dream. He no longer had the slightest intention of trying to get money from Mirai or ambush him. With Mirai's strength, no matter how he plotted, in this Rain Village, perhaps no one but its hidden leader could stop him.
Although Kawahashi Yume was in charge of intelligence, he still knew little about the ninja world. He merely sighed, stood up dazedly, and looked at the bloodstains, feeling even colder.
"We should go back and report this first. After something this serious has happened to every family, I'm afraid this matter can no longer be concealed..." Kawahashi Yume muttered, then a strange light appeared in his eyes.
"To me, this is an opportunity... Mirai... Hahaha!"
Kawahashi Yume suddenly laughed wildly. Looking at Mirai's already distant back, he was so excited he nearly cried out. Then he took a deep breath and headed straight back to his intelligence office without looking back.
At the Echo Village Tower, Pain's Six Paths—Yahiko's Deva body—stood at the edge of the empty tower, overlooking the entire Echo Village.
Suddenly, Zetsu crawled up from the ground. With half his body exposed, he looked at Pain's Deva body. His voice was hoarse and dull as he suddenly said, "The plan has failed."
"Oh? How did it fail?" Pain's Deva body asked without a trace of expression on his