Kawaki Aoba ignored his howl. His figure flickered repeatedly, and in an instant, he sealed the bite points of the other three spies. All four lost the ability to commit suicide and could only collapse to the ground, their eyes filled with unwillingness and fear.
"I gave you a chance to confess. You were the ones who failed to cherish it."
Kawaki Aoba slowly returned to stand before the captain. His scarlet Sharingan locked firmly onto the other man's eyes. "Now, tell me everything you know."
The cold power of genjutsu invaded the captain's mind through his gaze, dismantling his mental defenses layer by layer. The captain's eyes gradually became unfocused and cloudy, his hardened expression slowly fading as his tone involuntarily turned obedient. "I... I'll talk..."
Kawaki Aoba's voice remained calm as he pressed in a low tone, "What exactly was your mission in infiltrating Konoha's border this time?"
The captain's eyes were dull as he answered mechanically, without concealing anything. "Investigate weaknesses in Konoha's eastern border defenses, record the shift schedules of patrol ninja, force deployments, and weak points in the barriers. At the same time, secretly search for supply stockpiles and hidden outposts along Konoha's border."
Kawaki Aoba nodded slightly and continued, "Were there only four spies dispatched by Sunagakure this time? Were there further groups infiltrating afterward?"
"More than four."
The captain answered truthfully without resistance. "Five spy squads were dispatched this time, twenty people in total. They infiltrated the eastern, southern, and western border woodlands of Konoha separately to investigate intelligence. Our squad was responsible for the eastern region."
Kawaki Aoba's gaze darkened slightly, but his tone remained steady. "Five squads? Twenty spies. Sunagakure really invested quite a bit this time." Beside him, the puppet master ninja, who still retained part of his awareness, wore