A Maiden's Blush

The three team members reported their inspection results to Yagami.

"Captain Fox, the target's bedding was too neat. The target did not unroll the bedding last night and only lay on the bed for a while. The indentations in the layers of mattresses showed that the target never turned over and seemed to have stared at the ceiling the entire time."

"Captain Fox, the target did not use the bathroom last night. There were no water stains in it."

Yagami was puzzled, but he said aloud:

"The target had been intimate with a female ninja with such a great figure last night. Normally, shouldn't he have done something after getting home?

He did not use the bathroom, and he only lay rigidly on his back in bed. That is far too abnormal. He is highly suspicious."

Purple Cat's pretty face reddened beneath his mask again. What did he mean, "shouldn't he have done something after getting home"? Did men and women always lose control after being intimate?

Antelope spoke last. "Captain, the target used a brush last night."

Yagami said, "That is even stranger. The target turned off the lights and drew the curtains early last night, so why did he use a brush?"

The team left the room.

After returning to ANBU, Purple Cat saw squad commander Kurozaru summon Captain Fox. He did not know what new mission had been assigned.

After a long while, Captain Fox returned and said to Purple Cat:

"Purple Cat, from now on, you will observe all the habits of that Senju female ninja from last night, especially her behavior when she is with the target male ninja."

"Understood."

Purple Cat was a ninja of the Yamanaka Clan, and his abilities were highly valued by ANBU.

For an entire week, Fox Squad did only one thing: every night, they monitored the meetings between the target ninja and the Senju female ninja.

The two met by the lake, beneath trees, and behind houses. Every night, they were intimate for more than half an hour.

They were both at an age of youthful passion. Every time they met, they kissed until they were breathless and caressed each other until they could not control themselves.

Purple Cat went from feeling awkward during the first two days to becoming completely accustomed to it by the end. He learned all of their habits and physical reactions.

A week later, Yagami sent antelope and Black Bull away, then said to Purple Cat:

"Purple Cat, use the Mind Body Switch Technique to control the Senju female ninja and tell the target one piece of information: on the fifth of next month, the Senju Clan will hold a funeral for Uzumaki Mito."

"Understood! ...Hm?"

Purple Cat agreed readily, only to freeze in shock a moment later.

A funeral for Uzumaki Mito?

When they had monitored the Senju Clan Compound last night, had Lady Uzumaki Mito not gone out into the courtyard to look at the moon for a while?

Lady Uzumaki Mito... was she going to die?

"Purple Cat, do not think about what you should not. Carry out the mission."

Purple Cat nodded with difficulty.

The last elder from the generation that founded the village, Lady Uzumaki Mito, was about to reach the end of her life.

That night, Fox Squad waited near the Senju Clan Compound.

The Senju female ninja, who had just gotten off work at Konoha Hospital, saw an ANBU wearing a fox mask suddenly block her path.

"Come with me."

The Senju female ninja thought an ANBU member had been injured and that they needed her to provide secret treatment.

She had received such missions before.

Unfortunately, her boyfriend would have to wait a long time tonight. An ANBU mission could not be delayed, and she had no time to inform him.

After turning into an alley, the Senju female ninja saw an ANBU wearing a purple cat mask.

"Mind Body Switch Technique!"

The Senju female ninja went blank for an instant.

Purple Cat collapsed limply into Yagami's arms.

The Senju female ninja's gaze changed, and her facial features twitched as Purple Cat began adapting to this body.

"Go. You must make sure the target completely believes you. You know what to do."

Controlling this body, Purple Cat arrived in the alley outside the Senju Clan Compound.

This was where she and her boyfriend often got intimate.

The target appeared soon afterward.

Suppressing his embarrassment, Purple Cat imitated the Senju female ninja and threw himself at the target, wrapping both arms around the target's neck.

The awkwardness coursing through his entire body made it difficult for him to continue.

To keep the target from noticing anything unusual, a thought suddenly surfaced in Purple Cat's mind.

Why not imagine the target as Captain Fox? That way, I should be able to make those embarrassing moves, right?

With his eyes half-closed, Purple Cat imagined the person before him as Captain Fox and said:

"Darling, I need to get home quickly tonight. We only have a little over ten minutes."

Their movements became increasingly intimate.

Though he was not doing it himself, and this was not his body, every sensation from the Senju female ninja's skin was transmitted clearly to Purple Cat.

The target's hands roamed over hills and valleys, becoming increasingly improper.

To make the target lower his guard, Purple Cat had no choice but to pretend his body was trembling.

"Darling... no... for many days to come... there... I will not be able to leave the house..."

"What?" The target panted heavily. "Why can't you leave the house?"

Purple Cat said, "Grandma Mito's funeral is coming soon. The clan has suppressed the news, and no one knows that Grandma Mito has already passed away. On the fifth of next month, we will hold a funeral for Grandma Mito."

As though she had remembered something sad, the Senju female ninja seemed to lose interest.

The target's movements slowed as well. He said, "Then hurry back to the clan compound. I will miss you, but important matters come first. Once Mito's funeral is over, we can meet again."

"Alright. I will miss you too."

Purple Cat fled the alley as if escaping, jogging in small steps toward the Senju Clan Compound.

After entering the Senju Clan Compound, Purple Cat controlled the Senju female ninja and left through a side gate on the other side.

Yagami supported Purple Cat's limp body and arrived on the other side of the Senju Clan Compound.

Purple Cat and the Senju female ninja switched back into their own bodies.

Yagami said to the Senju female ninja, "Sorry, but you will have to remain in ANBU until the fifth of next month."

The Senju female ninja held her head and barely kept herself from collapsing. "Why? Why are you doing this?"

Yagami said, "It is an ANBU mission. Do not ask why. I am only following orders as well."

The Senju female ninja was terrified, but she did not dare say anything more.

They took the Senju female ninja back to ANBU and settled her in with good food and drink.

Fox Squad returned to its own changing room. Captain Fox told his subordinates to rest and go home.

Yagami sat in the chair at the center of the changing room, pondering ANBU's arrangements.

He did not know why ANBU wanted to spread news of Uzumaki Mito's funeral. It was not just his team; other teams were also secretly disseminating the information through various methods.

Could this be ANBU's method of targeting the Senju Clan?

The Uzumaki Clan had been exterminated, and Konoha had lost a powerful ally.

If the Senju Clan were exterminated as well, Konoha would become even weaker.

Forget it. Why should an ANBU ninja like him think so much about it?

After transmigrating here, he only needed to do three things: survive, survive, and fucking survive.

Turning his head, Yagami noticed Purple Cat leaning against a locker nearby.

Antelope and Black Bull had already left. Only Purple Cat remained.

"Purple Cat, why are your ears and neck so red? Is it a side effect of the Mind Body Switch Technique?"

Yagami could not see Purple Cat's face. He could only see that Purple Cat's neck was red.

Purple Cat's voice carried a sob. "I do not like that kind of embarrassing mission!"

Yagami paused, then said, "Sorry. I did not know you would react so strongly. Next time, I will find a male Yamanaka ninja to carry out this kind of mission."

"No!" Purple Cat hurriedly said, "I am not refusing your order. It is just... just that I had to imagine that person was you in order to keep going. It made me..."

Purple Cat's face turned even redder. He had let it slip.

Yagami froze.

After more than a month of getting along, had the charm he unknowingly exuded conquered this Yamanaka Clan girl?

He stepped forward, reached out, and stroked Purple Cat's slender neck, white with a rosy flush. Teasing him, he said, "I am right in front of you now. You do not need to imagine him as me anymore."

As the skin of his neck felt Fox's fingertips glide across it, Purple Cat trembled all over.

With a soft whimper, he collapsed into Fox's arms.

Purple Cat had watched lovers be intimate many times, but this was the first time he had truly been caressed by Fox. He became more and more excited, more and more proactive.

In the secret changing room, both of them suppressed their breathing.

Purple Cat's skin was cold and white as snow.

A maiden's blush was intoxicating.

Red and white intertwined, becoming a bewitching pink.