Early the next morning, Aoba was awakened by a knock on the door.
He rubbed his eyes, got up and opened the door, only to find Chiba standing outside.
"Aoba, you're awake?"
Chiba smiled. "I brought you breakfast and came to check on your condition while I was at it."
"Thank you, Sister Chiba."
Aoba took the breakfast from Chiba and invited her into the room. "Sister Chiba, I have something important to tell you."
Seeing Aoba's serious expression, Chiba's heart stirred. "What is it?"
Aoba told Chiba everything about the spy he had encountered the previous night, as well as their conversation.
After hearing him out, Chiba's expression turned extremely grave.
"Something like that actually happened?"
Chiba furrowed her brows tightly. "They actually know about Lord Canglan's puppet core plan. That means there may very well be a mole in the village.
"No, we must report this to Lord Canglan and the Kazekage immediately."
"That was what I thought too."
Aoba nodded. "Let's go find Master now."
The two immediately set off for Canglan's underground workshop.
Along the way, they saw that there were more patrol ninjas in the village than there had been yesterday. Clearly, because of last night's spy incident, the village had tightened its security.
Before long, they arrived at the entrance to the underground workshop.
Aoba knocked on the door, and Canglan's voice came from inside. "Come in."
Aoba and Chiba pushed open the door and entered.
Canglan was already up, organizing blueprints.
When he saw Aoba and Chiba—especially their serious expressions—a sense of foreboding immediately rose within him.
"What happened?"
Canglan set down the blueprint in his hand and asked.
Aoba recounted the events of the previous night once more.
After hearing it, Canglan's face darkened, and his eyes filled with killing intent.
"Someone