The study sank back into silence, with only the patter of rain remaining. Narong sat back down behind the desk. A small cluster of chakra flame ignited at his fingertips and burned the scroll recording Jugo's information to ash. The ashes scattered, and his gaze turned deep.
Acting personally was both to ensure that Jugo, this key specimen, was secured, and to personally verify the possibility of All-Encompassing analyzing a sage physique. At the same time, investigating Kimimaro would add another important piece to his future arrangements. Signs of rebellion had already appeared in the Kaguya Clan. This piece might produce miraculous results.
"A sage physique... Shikotsumyaku... and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who is about to be born, as well as... Obito's eyes, those Mangekyō Sharingan that are about to awaken." Narong murmured to himself, the corner of his mouth curving in a cold arc.
In the darkest hour before dawn on the third day, Uchiha Narong had already quietly left Kirigakure. He had changed into ordinary dark traveling clothes and wore a bamboo hat that hid his face. His aura was fully restrained, making him look like an ordinary wandering ninja. With the authority of the ANBU chief and his familiarity with Kirigakure's barrier, his departure did not alarm anyone.
Following the route provided by Black Zetsu, he hid by day and traveled by night, using a body-flicker formula to make ultra-long-distance jumps. This was a simplified version he had improved after analyzing part of Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God principles and combining them with his own attainments in space-time ninjutsu. Though he was not as proficient as Minato Namikaze, it was more than enough for long-distance travel and covert movement, and he did not even need kunai as markers. In just two days, he arrived in the remote mountains