Hinata, Stop Pretending

Huimina spoke up when she heard that. "Yes, I am. What is it, Father?"

Heyan sighed. "Huimina, after we finish this meal and I make arrangements for the caravan, come with me somewhere."

Huimina was very sensible. Rather than question Heyan's decision, she immediately nodded in agreement. "All right."

Elsewhere, in a small town within the Land of Fire that did not appear to be particularly large.

Passerby A had just received a letter handed to him by an Iron Foot ninja.

In an instant, his usual plan to spend some time at the tavern was completely swept away.

Clutching the letter, he immediately returned to the small home he had just bought.

After carefully closing the door behind him, he went straight to a corner where no one could see him and cautiously opened the envelope like a thief.

After reading the contents of the letter, Passerby A immediately seemed to turn pale with shock.

The reason was simple. The contents of the letter were perfectly clear. It was from the leader of the mysterious organization he had somehow joined, the very person who filled him with terror from the bottom of his heart.

The letter's contents were simple and blunt, laying everything out for him clearly.

The core message was nothing more than this: over the coming days, the core members of the Dawn Organization, along with the peripheral members who had been formally incorporated, would gather near his location if nothing unexpected happened.

Of course, they were not actually coming to find him, but Passerby A had already made his own guess as to the specific reason.

After all, this town was perhaps the closest one to the former headquarters of the Hundred Slaughter Group.

After the Hundred Slaughter Group had been ruthlessly suppressed and wiped out,