Early the next morning.
Gentō put away the latest intelligence an Anbu ninja had delivered on Muliujin, the rogue ninja from Amegakure, and Shuguse, the former Konoha research ninja.
He fell into thought.
According to the report, Muliujin and Shuguse had spent several days on the southeastern coast of the Land of Fire, near the ruins of Uzushio Village.
During that time, Shuguse, whose unscarred face made him look like an ordinary person, had disguised himself as a commoner and purchased large quantities of supplies.
Among those supplies were a few tools for digging through earth and breaking rock, infiltration and climbing, lighting and reconnaissance.
Although Shuguse had mixed those tools in with other purchases,
the observant Anbu ninja had still noticed them.
Under Gentō's orders, however, the Anbu ninja had not only deliberately ignored the pair's movements but also provided some assistance to their activities.
Nevertheless, the Anbu ninja tracking them had dutifully reported this intelligence.
They had also noted their suspicion that, while taking a roundabout route, the two were deliberately preparing to explore a tomb.
Meanwhile, after spending several days on the coast,
Muliujin and Shuguse had broken through the encirclement with a female ninja dressed in a blue ninja outfit, her expression cool and aloof, and headed toward the Land of Rain.
Now, after being continuously tracked by the Anbu ninja for half a year as they darted back and forth across the Lands of Fire, Wind, and Earth, the pair,
along with the female ninja who had suddenly appeared with them,
had mysteriously vanished without a trace.
Muliujin, Shuguse, tools, a female ninja in a blue outfit with a cool expression, the Land of Rain, their sudden disappearance...
As these pieces of intelligence came together, Gentō understood at once.
The Uchiha Weapon of the Warring