Kawaki Aoba threw the two intruders into the cellar in the courtyard, then set up a genjutsu barrier over the entrance.
Only after finishing all that did he let out a sigh of relief. Turning to Harukawa Rin, he said, "It's safe here for now.
You should head back and rest first. We'll meet here tomorrow night after dark."
"Alright."
Harukawa Rin nodded. "You should be careful too. They are intruders, after all. If they break free from their restraints, it'll be troublesome."
"Don't worry. The barrier I set up won't be easy to break."
Kawaki Aoba waved a hand. "Go back early."
Harukawa Rin said nothing more and turned to leave.
As he watched her figure vanish into the night, the smile on Kawaki Aoba's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a trace of icy killing intent.
He walked to the cellar entrance and looked down at the two bound intruders inside, greed flashing through his eyes.
"The Dawn Organization... intelligence dealers from Amegakure..."
Kawaki Aoba murmured softly. "Looks like I'll be getting quite a few good things this time."
He turned and went inside, pulling out the scroll he had searched off the intruders. He began examining it carefully again.
Though the encrypted writing on the scroll was complex, it was no great difficulty for Kawaki Aoba, who was skilled in decryption techniques.
He took out paper and a pen, comparing the text on the scroll as he began deciphering it.
Time passed bit by bit, and the sky outside the window gradually turned pale with dawn.
Kawaki Aoba finally finished deciphering all the encrypted text on the scroll.
When he read the decoded contents, shock and wild delight flashed through his eyes.
The scroll not only recorded in detail the defensive deployments, patrol routes, and surveillance blind spots