"The Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields died suddenly. That's why the Capital has been sealed off. Kimura Shikyuu has taken control of the guards and ninja inside the Royal Palace, and he's currently keeping Ishigami Kenya's Peace Faction under house arrest."
Hayato, who was responsible for scouting the Capital, shared his intelligence first. Shisui, who had been investigating Otogakure, followed.
"Although Orochimaru fled, most of the people in Otogakure are still fiercely loyal to him. Several days ago, Kabuto Yakushi relayed Orochimaru's orders, appointing Nagazawa Jun as Otogakure's Acting Village Head. Kabuto also spread false intelligence claiming that the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields intended to destroy Otogakure. I suspect the Daimyo's sudden death today had something to do with Kabuto's return."
After delivering his report, Shisui sighed. Why couldn't Orochimaru ever leave well enough alone? He had come from Konoha himself, so why did he insist on targeting it?
If he could, Shisui really wanted to hit Orochimaru with Kotoamatsukami and change the way the former Sannin thought.
"Neji, Sasuke, what do you think of this rebellion in Otogakure?"
The main purpose of this trip was to train Neji and Sasuke. Now that an opportunity for battle had arisen, Hayato left the question of how to handle it to them.
"In my opinion, we should inform the village of what's happened here first. Zhijiu now controls the Land of Rice Fields. If the Land of Fire isn't prepared, it could suffer heavy losses."
Knowing that Hayato and Shisui were testing them, Sasuke offered his thoughts first. Neji agreed.
"Sasuke is right. After informing the village, we should wait and see for now. We want to grow stronger through battle, but this involves entire countries. We should wait for Lord Hokage's decision before taking action."
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