Minister Fujita's hot spring villa.
The hot spring reserved exclusively for his use maintained the most comfortable temperature year-round, shrouded in mist like a fairyland. Yet beneath the water lay the entrance to a hidden chamber.
"Right in the very center of the pool floor." Naruto pointed at the surface.
Sasuke activated his Sharingan. His gaze pierced through the rising steam, clearly revealing a stone slab on the pool floor made of a completely different material from its surroundings, as well as the complex sealing formula flowing across it, invisible to the naked eye. Countless fine chakra threads extended from the formula, linking to the entire hot spring pool and forming a precise sensory trap.
"The water temperature, water pressure, chakra fluctuations... any abnormality will trigger the formula," Sasuke analyzed in a low voice. "Once it's triggered, the highly poisonous liquid stored in the pool walls will instantly flood the entire pool."
"Tch, what a cowardly, disgusting bastard." Hozuki Suigetsu curled his lip and rolled his wrist. "But for me, this little trick is no different from going home."
Before he had even finished speaking, his body had already turned into a pool of clear water and silently merged into the warm spring.
Sasuke's Sharingan closely tracked Suigetsu's movements. He could see that the water Suigetsu had become perfectly avoided every chakra-sensing thread, even adjusting its temperature to match the surrounding pool water exactly. Like a ghost that did not exist, he moved through the deadly web of traps without causing the slightest ripple.
A moment later, beneath the stone slab at the bottom of the pool, a crucial chakra node flickered before going dark.
"Done." Suigetsu's voice came directly from beneath the water.
Rumble—
The heavy stone slab slowly slid aside, revealing a pitch-black stairway descending below.
The hidden