Fishing for Justice

Oguri Hayashi glanced inside. The space was about ten square meters, filled with many things. However, Oguri Hayashi didn't have time to examine them. He casually tossed Kong Zhange's corpse inside and then instantly vanished from his original spot.

When he reappeared beside Tsunade, he startled her. Tsunade initially thought it was an attack from the person who had merged with the shadows, but Oguri Hayashi's familiar chakra calmed her down.

Chakra could be sensed, and sensory ninja were even more sensitive to it. Although Tsunade wasn't a sensory ninja, she was very familiar with this situation after seeing Oguri Hayashi use space ninjutsu so many times.

Having calmed down, she didn't stop her advance. She leaped forward, stepping on branches. At their level, the chakra recovery speed during such long journeys was faster than their physical stamina recovery. They could already use chakra to travel.

"Where are the enemies?" Oguri Hayashi caught up to Tsunade and asked.

"Ahead."

"How many are left?"

"Three more. One of them can use shadow ninjutsu. I'm starting to fear they might actually be Konoha ninja," Tsunade said with a wry smile.

The three of them were fleeing so quickly that Tsunade couldn't catch up for a while.

She was joking, of course. Let alone the fact that the opponent only used one shadow-related ninjutsu; even if they had used Shadow Imitation, with someone like Oguri Hayashi who had stolen Konoha ninjutsu around, Tsunade wouldn't believe they were Konoha ninja.

She was famous. A normal Konoha ninja would recognize her and understand who she was. Yet, they attacked her without hesitation even after knowing who she was. They even knew about her hemophobia from three years ago. Based on this alone, Tsunade could tell they had come with clear, targeted hostility.

No matter what, Tsunade couldn't let them go.

"Tsunade, I have a plan," Oguri Hayashi said as he continued walking with her. "How about we follow them?"

"They are too weak. The one who fought me earlier was strong, and I couldn't hold back, so I had to kill him. But if we follow them, we might find out where they came from," Oguri Hayashi suggested.

He was indeed very curious about where this group came from, how they left, and more importantly, how they became Konoha ninja.

If they wanted to infiltrate Konoha, it would be simple; they could just plant a suggestion in nearby people. Ninjutsu could achieve such things, and the Infinite Hall, which could traverse various worlds, had no reason why it couldn't do something like this. However, large-scale suggestions and genjutsu were different from directly altering cognition.

More importantly, how would the Infinite Hall arrange their identities?

But if it was only for a short period, large-scale suggestions would suffice.

Oguri Hayashi didn't know how they arrived, but he was very curious about them. This curiosity and investigative spirit made him want to play the long game and catch a big fish.

They were unaware that he and Tsunade were in Takigakure. Their coming to Takigakure could only be for the Seven-Tails.

However, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Fuu, was only three years old. This was precisely why the Waterfall Ninja were so sensitive last time he visited Takigakure – their Jinchuriki was in transition and couldn't form a fighting force.

The fact that they chose this timing to arrive indicated they had capable individuals. If they could defeat the Waterfall Ninja, they wouldn't need to kill the Jinchuriki. Treating the Jinchuriki as a mobile seal, they wouldn't have to fear the Seven-Tails at all.

In fact, even dealing with the Seven-Tails would be enough for them with their abilities.

However, their main objective in the Naruto world was definitely not the Seven-Tails.

It was for some more specific purpose.

Oguri Hayashi knew in his heart that they wouldn't leave until their objective was complete.

So, he wanted to give them some time and space to complete their objective.

Or perhaps... a mission?

Oguri Hayashi's words made Tsunade stop in her tracks and ponder.

"Now that you mention it, it does make some sense," she said.

"Besides, the friction between Konoha and Sand Shinobi has intensified recently. You haven't been back to Konoha to check in for a while, have you?" Oguri Hayashi asked with a smile, standing beside her.

At 1.65 meters, he was only slightly shorter than Tsunade's 1.66 meters. Looking at her at eye level, he smiled peacefully.

Tsunade stared at him for a moment, then shook her head and nodded. "Alright, let's see where these guys came from and what their intentions are."

"Then it's settled," Oguri Hayashi nodded.

"I'll return to the village first to handle some matters. You follow them for now; I'll be there soon."

Tsunade nodded. Oguri Hayashi thought for a moment. "You don't need to follow too closely. Just use ninja reconnaissance techniques to track them. If they don't see you, they might relax more."

Tsunade looked thoughtful. By the time she looked up, Oguri Hayashi had already vanished from her side.

The next second, Oguri Hayashi appeared beside ten High Ninja of Takigakure.

"Was Yamada's body brought back?" Of the original ten High Ninja, only five remained. Oguri Hayashi asked them.

"Yes, Yamada's body has been brought back," they replied respectfully.

"What about the bodies of the two killed by Tsunade?" Oguri Hayashi asked. He had naturally returned to loot their bodies. Although he couldn't sort them out immediately, he could toss them into his space ring and sort them out later.

"They are all here." Only five of the ten remained because the other three were escorting the bodies back, and two were cleaning up the battle traces. The remaining five were guarding the bodies here. Bodies were valuable assets to ninja and could not be discarded.

"Are their belongings also here?" Oguri Hayashi asked, looking at the pile of items on them.

Three Poké Balls, along with other items including their heads, were piled up at their abdomens. An ordinary person would likely vomit upon seeing them, but Oguri Hayashi showed no expression. The five people here were originally Waterfall Ninja, so they also had no expression.

Oguri Hayashi was the same.

"Yes." After receiving an affirmative reply, Oguri Hayashi nodded and grabbed two people, tossing them into his space ring. The spatial gate formed by the space ring was invisible to others. Oguri Hayashi had confirmed this when he fought Kong Zhange. Thus, this move appeared to others as if he had used the Flying Thunder God Technique, effortlessly sending the bodies away.

The ease and contentment of Oguri Hayashi made the other ninja envious. If they also possessed such a ninjutsu, they would at least have the ability to protect themselves when facing enemies.

"Let's return to the village. There are some things that must be explained to them."