Departure

After Shiro and the others sorted out the information they had gathered, they handed it all over to Shikaki, and then Taichi others waited for Shikaki's results.

Shiro returned to his room to tend to his injuries from the day, so as not to affect tomorrow's battle.

Fortunately, this time it was only a slight overload, the Magic Circuits was a little overloaded, and it hadn't reached the point of damage. Shiro just treated it slightly and took some medicine that Shiro had prepared before.

It should be fine by tomorrow morning. This medicine is a formula that Shiro found after his Magic Circuits were damaged last time. Although Shiro was already healed at that time, Shiro still prepared some as a backup, just in case.

After that, Shiro began researching Broken Phantasm, but of course, it was only theoretical research, without any practical application...

He wanted to see if he could use this move in tomorrow's decisive battle.

After careful study, Shiro discovered that this move was actually quite simple; it was just a matter of detonation Shiro. The Noble Phantasm was Projection of Shiro himself, so he only needed a thought to detonate it.

The only thing to be careful about is the detonation distance, because the power of different levels of Noble Phantasm is different. Fortunately, Shiro doesn't need to test them one by one.

These were already in Red A's memory; they also fall within the scope of combat experience and knowledge.

After resting for a while, Shiro saw that it was almost time, so he went downstairs to wait for Shikaki's results.

When Shiro came down, Shikaki was still looking at the map and data, deep in thought.

Seeing Shiro come down, Nakamura gave him an inquiring look, Shiro Shiro waved to him, indicating that everything was alright.

Taichi, standing nearby, was also giving Shiro meaningful glances, but Shiro, after watching for a long time, still couldn't figure out what he meant...

He immediately replied in sign language: 'What are you saying?'

"..." "Is your injury serious? Will it affect tomorrow's battle? If it will, then I won't go, to avoid getting injured. That's what I mean."

"..." 'How can I understand so many meanings with just a glance! Don't worry, it'll be fine tomorrow, it won't affect the battle.'

'That's good.'

Shortly after Shiro and Taichi finished their conversation, Shikaki finished his contemplation. He first wiped the sweat from his brow, then pointed to the map and said, "This should be their headquarters."

"Wait, didn't those three people tell us the location of headquarters? Taichi's Genjutsu shouldn't be wrong," Shiro said in surprise.

"That's fake. I suspect they're just throwing out bait; they don't even know the real location."

"Are they trying to buy time so that our mission will fail?"

"That's right, so this time, we need to think about it, Mr. Nakamura."

Originally Shiro and the others planned to go through the motions peacefully. They thought, "You just throw a few henchmen over here so I can finish the mission, and then I'll ignore all this mess."

That's why Shiro and the others brought the three back without any attempt to hide it, in order to tell them to relocate the core personnel as soon as possible to avoid being killed and causing too much tension in the relationship.

But they're probably all staying where Shikaki calculated it to be. Shiro and the others go there, they'll definitely wipe them all out.

The mission requires the annihilation of the headquarters, which necessitates some evidence. Obviously, the information provided by those three individuals is unlikely to be available there, otherwise Shikaki wouldn't have brought it up.

In reality, the proof required for the mission basically contained only a small part of the core information, and losing it would be absolutely devastating. Therefore, the other side must have been determined to drag it out until Shiro failed their mission.

This was also a solution, but they greatly underestimated Shikaki's abilities. With sufficient intelligence, deduce their location was not difficult for Shikaki.

In reality, there's no need to consider what to do now, but Nakamura is the captain, and the final decision rests with him.

Therefore, after hearing Shikaki's words, Shiro and the others looked at Nakamura, waiting for his decision.

"Why are you all staring at me? Go back and prepare for battle. If they want to play around, then we'll play along! Take this mission seriously and try to complete it perfectly."

Upon hearing this, Shiro and the others laughed. Nakamura's decision meant that none of those people, at least those currently there, could escape.

After responding, Shiro and the others went back to their room to prepare.

Back in his room, Shiro began organizing the Noble Phantasm he planned to use for detonation the next day, worried that he might accidentally explode one of his frequently used Noble Phantasm, which would be quite embarrassing.

Shiro prepared one of each of his C-rank and lower Noble Phantasm. He also prepared many E-rank ones, as they have low consumption and can be used more freely.

After preparing his Noble Phantasm, Shiro took out Shuriken, kunai, and other items from the scroll to replenish his equipment.

After checking twice and finding no problems, Shiro began to rest.

The next morning, Shiro and his group set off without being discovered by anyone, leaving behind the dolls Shiro had made in the room as a cover.

That doll could only be made after Shiro had mastered the basics of the Ainsworth Family's Replacement Magecraft. Of course, it couldn't do the same thing as their combined Magecraft and personality substitution; it was still far from being the same.

However, if it's just a matter of changing appearance and aura, it's still quite simple.

When Shiro revealed this move, they were incredibly surprised. This move is a natural counter to sensory ninjas. Of course, this was Shiro's first time using it, and they didn't know if he could hide it from the Byakugan.

Even if it can't be completely hidden, it's still quite impressive; ordinary Sensory Ninjutsu wouldn't be able to detect it.

Nakamura and the others, besides sighing again, didn't know what else to say; in short, all they felt was envy.

Soon, Shiro and his companions arrived at the vicinity that Shikaki, but after looking around, they found nothing suspicious except for a waterfall.

However, Shiro had already sent Gray Snake down to check, and there was nothing inside.

"Shikaki, is there something wrong? There's no Genjutsu involved." Taichi was already using his Sharingan, worried that the other party might have used Genjutsu to block it, but he still couldn't find anything.

"Let's keep looking; it should be around here."

There was no other way but to keep searching. Just as Shiro and the others were about to give up, Shiro's Clairvoyance suddenly noticed something strange about the stone wall next to the waterfall.

He quickly said, "Taichi, Yue, come and take a look! Is there something wrong with that stone wall?"

Upon hearing this, Taichi and Yue turned their heads and began to observe the stone wall. The others did not have such good eyesight and could only wait for their news from the side.

"This is... Earth Release?"

"There should be more than that. There seem to be some traces of Genjutsu, but it looks like it was recently removed. Even someone skilled in Genjutsu wouldn't be able to spot it unless they looked very closely."

"So, this is the place?" Shiro asked, listening to Tsuki and Taichi's conversation.