After entering the Land of Rivers, Genma's hawk-form clone quickly changed course and flew toward the Land of Rain, following the border between the two countries.
The Land of Rain was naturally the best place to sell information.
It was chaotic, and given the current state of the Ninja World, all the major villages had intelligence operatives active there.
Of course, it was dangerous too.
The safest option would actually have been to sell the information to the Bingo Book Exchange, but then Genma wouldn't be able to control the order in which it circulated.
The hawk flew very fast, and an hour later it entered the Land of Rain.
Genma chose a wooded hillside and landed. He first refined plant cells to replenish his chakra, then entered Wood Release Chakra Mode to mask his chakra signature.
After all, he couldn't rule out running into a sensory ninja or getting caught in a fight.
This might expose his identity in the future.
But he wouldn't be the only one with chakra that bore the traits of Wood Release.
After replenishing his chakra, Genma immediately used the Wood Release Transformation Technique.
Long hair, a black robe, and a tiger-striped mask.
"Heh heh heh, I am Uchiha Madara!"
Genma tested his voice. Satisfied, he walked out of the woods.
The black sky blanketed the earth. Outside a small town, two figures raced through the darkness before finally vanishing among a jumble of rocks.
They didn't know that Genma, in hawk form, had been watching them the whole time.
He folded his wings and landed. After ending the transformation, he slipped into a cave hidden among the rocks.
A campfire flickered inside as several people talked.
"Something major must have happened inside Sunagakure. Their border defenses are wide open!"
"What could it