A Plan Against Tianyi

At the Land of Wind front, Hidden Sand Village's command headquarters was buried deep within the hollow of a massive weathered mountain.

The raging sounds of wind and sand outside were filtered by the thick rock walls into a muffled roar.

For several days in a row, even elite puppet squads that had gone into hiding were precisely located and wiped out.

At last, even Elder Chiyo, who had been holding down the rear, could no longer remain seated.

She personally ventured deep into the combat zone to investigate. Although she did not directly encounter Hatake Sakumo or Tianyi,

her seasoned experience and keen instinct for the battlefield

still allowed her, at several skirmish sites, to arrive before Hatake Sakumo could clear the battlefield.

She brought back some of the remaining heads of fallen Hidden Sand Village puppet masters.

At that moment, Chiyo sat cross-legged in the seat of honor. On the ground before her,

several specially treated puppet master heads, their faces ashen, had been neatly arranged.

The Sand Shinobi ANBU had already extracted intelligence from the remaining memory fragments of the dead.

Chiyo slowly opened her eyes, fatigue and cold killing intent flashing within them.

Picking up a freshly transcribed intelligence scroll, she looked toward her younger brother Ebizo, who sat at her side with an equally grave expression.

"From the memory fragments of Kanzo, Fukumaru, and Shazhong," Chiyo said in a dry voice.

"the attacker was Hatake Sakumo, but he was not acting alone.

A Hyuga Clan brat had been following him the entire time.

White hair, Byakugan, very young—probably no more than fifteen.

This brat was present every time several of our squads were found and wiped out."

Ebizo frowned deeply. "We already have an assessment on Hatake Sakumo.

He is not a sensory-type ninja..."

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