Infiltration

Circling high in the sky, Qian carefully sized up Kirigakure below.

Kirigakure covered no small area. The whole village sat within a vast valley, surrounded by towering mountains, dense forests, and a web of rivers, making it seem extremely well hidden.

However, every gain came with a loss.

This environment did indeed make Kirigakure very concealed, but at the same time, it also meant the village was shrouded in thick mist and dark clouds all year round, with sunlight barely able to penetrate.

Qian guessed that the reason Kirigakure's ninja tended to have more extreme personalities was probably not only because of the village's policies, but also inextricably linked to this environment.

After all, people and their surroundings could influence each other.

At that thought, Qian suddenly shook his head, inwardly wondering why he was thinking about any of this. He was not Kirigakure's Mizukage; these matters were not his concern.

What he needed to do now was infiltrate the place and complete the mission Namikaze Minato had given him.

With that thought, Qian moved a little farther away from Kirigakure, then lowered his altitude and landed on a nearby tree.

Immediately afterward, he released the seal at the center of his brow and activated the Byakugan.

At once, his field of vision changed. Everything before him seemed to turn black and white, and he could easily see through the objects ahead to what lay behind them.

Moreover, he became extremely sensitive to Chakra-related energy.

And in his vision, Kirigakure in the distance looked normal on the surface, but in truth, it was entirely covered by a Perception Barrier.

It was easy to foresee that without the correct coded formula, the moment someone passed through this barrier, they would definitely be sensed by the ninja inside, unless...

He went through