Mysterious Genjutsu

Three days later.

Kushina's due date finally arrived.

Long Ye, Obito, and Kakashi all climbed onto the roof, facing three different directions as they kept a close watch for any unexpected developments.

"I'm saying, there shouldn't be any surprises, right? Who would be stupid enough to harm our teacher's wife? She's the Hokage's wife. If someone really did that, wouldn't it mean an endless feud with Konoha?"

Bored and unable to keep his mouth shut, Obito started talking.

Long Ye thought to himself:

If I hadn't changed the course of your life, the idiot you're talking about would be you. This was exactly what you did back then—and you actually succeeded.

Seeing that no one answered him, Obito continued talking to himself.

"Is being Hokage really that busy? Our teacher's wife is about to give birth, yet he still can't leave the office."

"What did you expect? But I heard the Anbu brought back some extremely important intelligence. The teacher is currently discussing countermeasures with the higher-ups," Kakashi replied.

Long Ye frowned as he listened.

"Was it a coincidence?" he muttered inwardly.

The Anbu could have brought back intelligence at any other time, yet it had to be now.

What made him suspicious was that Root had people within the Anbu. He had no choice but to wonder whether Danzo was causing trouble, deliberately keeping the Hokage too occupied to handle anything else.

"Probably not. I'm being too sensitive."

Long Ye mocked himself inwardly.

In his eyes, Danzo was rotten to the core. So whenever there was the slightest sign involving that man, he inevitably considered the possibility of a conspiracy.

He glanced down.

The three of them were on the roof, while dozens of ninjas guarded the surroundings. None of them were weak; it could even be said that