"Haaah—"
Having stepped into the main hall, Danzo was finally free from Hiruzen's clutches and able to breathe to his heart's content.
This scent?
Twitching his nose, Danzo keenly caught an unusual, strange fragrance within the air permeating the entire hall.
His gaze locked onto the ever-burning oil lamps standing atop the platform, their flames flickering.
Hozuki Gengetsu, who had arrived with the crowd, recognized it at a glance as a specialty of Kirigakure and proudly explained, "These are special candles made from fish oil. Once lit, they give off a scent that clears the mind."
"Indeed. These are small gifts Lord Tobirama presented to Ryūchi Cave on behalf of the Shinobi Alliance."
Tagorihime came to a stop. Her white robe, which had cast a long shadow, fell still as well. Rising lightly onto her toes, she turned around with gentle grace and smiled at the crowd.
The illusion's effects seemed rather good.
Sensing the burning gazes fixed upon her, Tagorihime lightly pursed her red lips, drawing an alluring curve. She tilted her face, allowing the candlelight to fall across her eyes and lend them a faintly hazy, ethereal quality.
For an assessment on this scale, she could no longer use food and cooking to lure ninjas as she had before. Besides, with peace in the Shinobi World, cuisine everywhere had developed at a rapid pace.
The food-based sage technique she created would probably be too easily seen through by these ninjas.
She could only use the smoke found everywhere, mixing it with sage techniques to stimulate the five senses and slightly amplify the desires in their hearts, in order to conduct this large-scale test.
"Lord Raikage, Lord Gengetsu, the White Snake Sage awaits the two of you in the shrine deep within Ryūchi Cave."
The pure sash fluttered as