Sasuke could clearly feel that, bolstered by him and Nine-Tails Chakra, Kageyama's mental defenses against Genjutsu were being peeled away layer by layer, then completely torn apart by the rage originating from the Chinoike Clan.
Kageyama convulsed as though branded by a red-hot iron, foaming at the mouth. Blood began seeping from his eyes, and the whites turned a horrifying crimson—the sign of the Ketsuryūgan's power eroding him.
The entire process lasted less than thirty seconds.
"The estate... Blissful Garden... Minister Fujita's... secret room... beneath the... hot springs..." Kageyama's voice was hoarse and broken, every syllable like fingernails scraping across a blackboard. Screaming, he poured out every scrap of intelligence in his mind: the estate's detailed map, the guards' shift schedules, Minister Fujita's Daily Life habits, and most importantly, the location of the secret room holding the scroll that could undo the Valley of Hell's Master Control Seal.
Once the information was obtained, Kageyama became brain-dead within the Genjutsu. His eyes bulged wide, all light gone from them, and his body slumped down like an empty shell drained of its soul.
Sasuke withdrew his Sharingan, its pattern fading from his eyes. He had still underestimated the combined power of the Sharingan, Ketsuryūgan, and Nine-Tails Chakra. Just imagining that level of pain made him feel sick.
Naruto, however, paid no attention to Sasuke's feelings. He bent down, removed a jade pendant bearing the Fujita family crest from Kageyama's waist, then pulled an authorization slip from his inner pocket. A quick glance confirmed Minister Fujita's personal signature on it.
"Dispose of all the bodies." Naruto gave the order to the Root shinobi and Schola Progenium students nearby, his tone calm as though none of what had just happened mattered.
He walked to the carriage and stopped before the trembling Chinoike girl.
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