Plans

The night was cool as water. Fugaku had planned to set explosive traps, but he called it off.

The timing was wrong. If even one ninja escaped, the Cloud shinobi would send detailed intelligence on the Land of the Moon back to Kumogakure.

Given the current situation in the Land of the Moon, Kumogakure might not notice anything amiss for a while. Sooner or later, though, the truth would come out.

Fugaku wanted to use that time to eliminate as many Kumogakure Ninja as possible, especially the few powerful fighters they had.

He slipped out of the camp, sped through the forest, and headed straight for the nearest city.

Konoha had a secret outpost there. Fugaku needed to send back the details of the situation in the Land of the Moon.

The Forward Camp was a fairly secretive ninja unit, even to Konoha's spies. Learning what went on inside it was difficult.

Outside an unremarkable two-story building in the city, Fugaku released his Black Mist Invisibility. The Konoha spy inside immediately sensed his presence at the door.

A pair of eyes peered through a crack in the door and met Fugaku's Sharingan.

A chill swept through the watcher, and cold sweat broke out down his back.

If Fugaku had not restrained himself, the spy would already have fallen under genjutsu.

The door opened, and Fugaku was ushered inside.

"Lord Fugaku, we weren't expecting you. Everyone's inside."

Fugaku nodded and walked in.

Though it was already late at night, the Konoha spies were compiling the intelligence they had gathered. When they saw Fugaku Uchiha enter, they rose one after another to greet him.

After the Hokage assigned Fugaku Uchiha to the Land of the Moon, he had sent word to the spy network there to cooperate with Fugaku's operations.

"Lord Fugaku,