After returning to the village, Uchiha Shunichi took out the mass of hair he had been carrying behind him and tossed it to the ninja from the Interrogation Department.
When a woman's body appeared beneath that mass of hair, every ninja present wore a conflicted expression.
It was not because Fū was beautiful, but because her very existence was far too bizarre.
Strictly speaking, Fū could no longer be considered human. The Shinobi World had plenty of people who had become strange in their pursuit of power.
But those who went so far as to abandon their own bodies were truly rare.
"I'll leave her interrogation to you. Focus on finding out who leaked my reinforcement route and uncover the traitor hiding in the village," Uchiha Shunichi instructed the Interrogation Department's ninja before leaving.
"Rest assured, Lord Shunichi. Whoever comes into this place, we'll make them tell us everything," an Anbu Ninja said with a sinister expression.
Uchiha Shunichi had no interest in watching their interrogation methods. He plucked out some of Fū's hair as research material, then left.
Konoha had already conducted a detailed investigation into Sora's identity, and the Fire Temple had also sent over some intelligence through ninja beasts.
In fact, the Fire Temple had sent Sora to Konoha precisely because they wanted Konoha to investigate the abnormalities inside his body.
Unfortunately, that information had arrived a little too late. Sora had already been taken away by his father, who had faked his death.
"Lord Shunichi, I sensed chakra similar to Naruto's!" Karin raced down the street to Uchiha Shunichi's side and spoke breathlessly.
Uchiha Shunichi's interest was immediately piqued.
Putting aside why Karin had not reported it to Konoha, Uchiha Shunichi was actually rather interested in the Nine-Tails Chakra within Sora.
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