Whoosh!
After Tobitake Tonbo endured Mitaraishi Anko's monk-like torment, Hayama Shirakumo emerged from the gloomy forest path.
With a tachi in hand, he saw the others chatting and glanced at the surrounding scene, roughly guessing that his teammates had already finished the battle.
Clang!
He sheathed the tachi on his back.
"The captain's here," Tobitake Tonbo said.
Anko stood with her hands on her hips. Only when she turned and saw Hayama Shirakumo did she stop chattering away.
"Captain, were you hurt?"
"I'm fine. What about you?
Where are the enemies?" Hayama Shirakumo looked around in confusion. He could not find any enemy corpses. Had they escaped?
That made him frown.
"This guy sealed them away with Sealing Jutsu." Anko pointed at Tobitake Tonbo.
She truly admired him for that. It might have looked simple when he collected the bodies just now, but that was Sealing Jutsu—not something just anyone could learn.
Even she, once Orochimaru's disciple, had given up after studying it for a while.
Even the mark on her neck had been sealed with the Third Hokage's help.
Tobitake Tonbo said, "Captain, where's your opponent's corpse?
I've already read everyone else's memories. Yours is the only opponent left."
"Sorry. The enemy was powerful, and the battle was too intense. He was already chopped into pieces. The Mind Reading Technique probably won't work anymore!" Hayama Shirakumo sighed.
The other side had been a ninja from a major nation with extraordinary methods. He had not yet mastered his newly created Vacuum Sword and had directly chopped the man into eighteen pieces.
"I see. That's fine. Next, I'll report the intelligence I gathered," Tobitake Tonbo said.
The others immediately pricked up their ears.
"Based on the memories I read, these people were indeed from Kumogakure. They were also one of two