"You did well, Luan."
Root base.
Kumi... no, [Luan] had already changed into Root attire and equipment. Her fiery figure was concealed quite a bit, yet she was still strikingly alluring.
Whoosh. A scroll landed before Kumi, followed by Danzo's voice.
"Miko's injuries are severe. She cannot participate in any operations for the time being. Even after recovering, she will return to dormant status."
"This is the mission she failed to complete. Now, you will take her place."
Kumi opened the scroll, surprise appearing in her beautiful eyes.
Miko had always been Kumi's idol.
She was Root's ace spy, having completed countless missions and excelling at disguise. Even after working together for so long, despite clearly knowing her true identity, Kumi would often still have an illusion.
Which one was the real Miko?
The mission someone like that had been assigned should not have been simple.
Yet when she looked at the sole mission in the scroll—the familiar name, the familiar photograph, and the extremely high evaluation...
Kumi was stunned.
[At all costs, make him willingly join Root.]
Was this for real?
A little brat?
And... at all costs?... What exactly did that entail?
"Once you complete this mission, you may head to the Sunagakure front and avenge your parents."
Danzo's voice drifted over lightly.
Kumi froze at first, but soon, her beautiful eyes filled with hatred!
"Yes!"
"Hideki, won't we get discovered? I don't think this is going to work!"
"Idiot... Don't spout nonsense when you don't know anything."
"Kakashi, say that again if you've got the guts?"
"Stop arguing! If he's an ordinary person, then there's no way he can discover us. And if he isn't, there's no way we could avoid being discovered anyway. Got it?"
Hideki patiently explained, or the two of them would start