"You bullied her, so you can't bully me too, okay?~"
Everyone present froze for a second after hearing Uchiha Yato say that.
The one whose emotions changed the most was undoubtedly Jiraiya. He had never expected Uchiha Yato to clown around like this and joke with a bunch of bandits.
The few minor bandit leaders who heard Uchiha Yato immediately burst into mocking laughter.
"This little maid is too funny."
"If you bully his master, you can't bully him? Just like a wicked master has wicked servants."
Seeing the situation before him, Uchiha Yato hid behind Jiraiya with an extremely frightened expression, constantly glancing around at the bandits.
Just as Jiraiya was about to mock Uchiha Yato, he heard Uchiha Yato's voice.
"Their so-called second-in-command and the three minor leaders below him probably aren't bandits. They should be rogue ninja."
"Judging from their reactions and unconscious movements, I suspect they're ninja from Kumogakure."
Maintaining that frightened act, Uchiha Yato quietly reported the intelligence he had observed to Jiraiya.
Earlier, Uchiha Yato had shoved Jiraiya to prevent the other ninja from detecting chakra, using one of his little tools to help Jiraiya out.
This time, hiding fearfully beside Jiraiya was not only to observe the group's reactions, but also to pass intelligence to Jiraiya.
Uchiha Yato had deliberately set up that little joke for a very clear purpose: to determine which among them were real bandits and which were ninja disguised as bandits.
After all, ordinary bandits were just ordinary people. They did not possess the powerful chakra fluctuations of ninja.
However, Uchiha Yato possessed a unique ability. By observing subtle changes in people's emotions, he could determine whether chakra existed in their bodies and how it changed.
In such circumstances, especially when a sudden joke was thrown out, even the