Although Uzuki Yugao was only speculating, her concern had also alerted Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"You're saying Ye Fan knows that the Nine-Tailed Fox is sealed inside Naruto?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sounded as though he were pondering the matter, yet also questioning her.
Uzuki Yugao's clone below hurriedly responded:
"Lord Hokage, the Ninja Hound beside Ye Fan knows many secrets. There's no guarantee it hasn't told Ye Fan about the Nine-Tailed Fox."
Among Konoha's younger generation, very few people knew that the Nine-Tailed Fox was sealed within Naruto Uzumaki.
As the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had even issued a strict order forbidding anyone from discussing anything related to the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Under normal circumstances, it would have been impossible for Ye Fan to know.
But—
The white Ninja Hound at Ye Fan's side had once belonged to Aoi Inuzuka. It knew many of Konoha's secrets, naturally including matters concerning the Nine-Tailed Fox.
The Hokage's orders were effective on Konoha's ninjas, but whether they worked on a Ninja Hound—especially one that had lost its former master—was another matter entirely.
A Ninja Hound was loyal to its master first, and the village second.
If Ye Fan, its new master, truly wanted to know something, that Ninja Hound would definitely tell him everything.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had no doubts about that.
After all, for Ye Fan's sake, that Ninja Hound had not hesitated to fight Kakashi, a Jonin senior, and had not even shown the Hokage himself the slightest respect.
Come to think of it, Hiruzen Sarutobi was truly curious.
What methods had that brat Ye Fan used to make the Ninja Hound protect him so fiercely? Even Aoi Inuzuka had not received such devotion from it.
"Lord Hokage, the Nine-Tailed Fox is a matter of great importance. Before we understand why Ye Fan approached Naruto Uzumaki, I