"Suikazan Fuguki, are you sure your source is reliable?"
When Uchiha Yue heard from Suikazan Fuguki that, at a time when the war between Konoha and Kirigakure was intensifying, the village aiding Kirigakure was actually Konoha—the very village Uchiha Yue belonged to—the teasing expression on his face vanished abruptly. In the next instant, his face was completely expressionless. Even his gaze became somewhat vacant as he stared at Suikazan Fuguki, leaving the man trembling with fear before him.
Without question, Suikazan Fuguki, who had just revealed such classified intelligence to Uchiha Yue, feared that Uchiha Yue would mistake him for someone trying to sow discord. At the same time, he feared that this classified information would lead Uchiha Yue to torment him once again with his overwhelmingly powerful physical strength. Thus, almost the moment Uchiha Yue finished speaking, Suikazan Fuguki dropped to one knee and said, "Lord Yue, the source of my intelligence is indeed accurate."
"If you do not believe me, I have letters here containing intelligence exchanged between Kirigakure and Konoha."
"I... I can hand them over to you right now!"
Seeing Suikazan Fuguki's massive body kneeling before him, Uchiha Yue felt no amusement at the sight. At that moment, when he saw his own reflection in Suikazan Fuguki's frightened eyes, he instead felt that the shadow cast in those pupils was so ridiculous, so tragic.
Sure enough, after Suikazan Fuguki knelt before Uchiha Yue and tried to prove that his classified intelligence was genuine, he took a sealed scroll from his ninja tool pouch. Once the seal on the scroll was released, Uchiha Yue narrowed his eyes and saw Suikazan Fuguki pull out numerous documents marked as S-rank classified intelligence.
Then, taking those S-rank intelligence reports from Suikazan Fuguki, Uchiha Yue found detailed records of transactions between