Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Three figures leaped and darted along the road to Konoha Hospital.
Hideki was practically bursting with excitement. Plan One, staking the honor of the Senju Clan—this was definitely a code phrase!
A code phrase to notify Root!
I just wonder what's going on with Kumi. Sigh.
Hideki had no idea why Nonō had told him to find Kumi.
Maybe Kumi was also with Root, and her gentle sexiness was merely a disguise.
Or perhaps it was simply because he knew her better. Who knew?
Not long after Hideki left, Terumi Kenjiro returned to his room with Nonō and the innkeeper supporting him.
Nonō briefly looked over the room's layout and had already reached a conclusion. "Rest for now. Konoha Hospital isn't far from here. You'll receive treatment soon."
"Sorry to trouble you. Ah..." Terumi Kenjiro said weakly, then looked at Mei Terumi beside him. "Yū, Daddy's stomach hurts. Quickly make this honored doctor a pot of good tea."
Mei Terumi's pupils contracted slightly. "Yes, Father."
Then, seemingly without a care in the world, she opened the luggage in front of Nonō, took out a tin, and carried it toward the tea table.
But Nonō instantly sensed that something was wrong. She stood and stopped Mei Terumi. "No need, little girl. I... won't be drinking anything from you."
The moment her words fell.
Clang—!
Nonō twisted aside and knocked the little girl unconscious with a single palm strike.
A kunai had somehow appeared in her hand, blocking another kunai. Terumi Kenjiro had suddenly sprung up and launched an attack!
The once harmonious doctor-patient relationship shattered in an instant. The two spies had laid their cards on the table—no more pretending!
"When did you start watching me?" Terumi Kenjiro asked coldly, secretly applying force.
"Us?" Nonō chuckled. "All