The meeting hall was silent. Though many people sat within it, the atmosphere was exceedingly heavy.
"The Uchiha Clan has truly mastered Puppet Technique."
"In their hands, it's worlds apart from the garbage wielded by those fools from Sunagakure."
The one who started this was none other than the rash Third Raikage.
"Isn't that so?"
"They're practically creating miracles with it now. Look at your side—what use are you?"
"Those two shinobi are basically beyond saving. What a pity."
Ōnoki said this. He was not particularly sympathetic toward the two shinobi; he was merely struck by the Uchiha Clan's strength and their capacity to learn.
(Judging solely by the puppets' designs, the gap between the Puppet Technique currently used by the Uchiha Clan and Sunagakure was like the difference between the T250 and T500 in iPartment.)
Uchiha Yato was fairly pleased as he watched the scene before him.
Afterward, he simply let Uchiha Shisui proceed as he pleased. However he wrapped things up was fine.
Uchiha Yato also had to prepare for what came next. After digging such a massive pit for the other side, they had to put on a convincing performance!
Just as Uchiha Yato and the Shinobi Village Alliance had anticipated, after killing the two men, Uchiha Shisui truly lost his target.
His mission had been to retrieve a classified planning document, not to kill the four shinobi who had intercepted him here.
The excitement in Uchiha Shisui's heart immediately died down.
Seeing that there was essentially no further change in the situation before him, Uchiha Shisui slowly left the area.
He had accepted the fact that this mission had failed. Upon returning, he was willing to accept whatever punishment awaited him.
After he left, and after most of the puppet surveillance devices belonging to the Shinobi