Tsunade shook the dust off her fist.
Less than ten seconds had passed between her encounter with Taobo and his defeat.
"You actually dared to fight back."
Tsunade carried an unconscious middle-aged man back into the cabin.
Nawaki hurried over and asked Tsunade, "Sis, is this guy really a spy?"
"Probably. A Kirigakure Jonin showing up on this ship must have gotten his hands on some classified intelligence."
"A Kirigakure Jonin?"
Amamiya Maki interjected, "With Jonin-level strength, he still risked exposing himself to leave the Land of Whirlpools. Whatever intelligence he obtained can't be ordinary."
"That's what I thought, too."
Tsunade nodded in agreement.
"We can't waste any time. Let's leave now and have the Yamanaka Clan interrogate him."
Tsunade spoke immediately.
Naturally, Amamiya Maki and the other two had no objections.
After saying goodbye to Uzumaki Chen, the group took Taobo back to Konoha.
When the ninja on duty at Konoha's main gate saw one of the Sannin return carrying a half-dead prisoner, they didn't even try to stop her. They simply cleared the way.
The Intelligence Division building stood west of the Hokage Building.
The Interrogation Room was on the second basement level, its walls covered in soundproofing barrier formulas.
Konoha Special Jōnin Yamanaka Haizhong was already waiting outside the Interrogation Room.
He had been urgently summoned back, though he was supposed to have the night off.
"Lady Tsunade, what's the emergency?"
"A Kirigakure spy with Jonin-level chakra reserves. This may involve leaked intelligence from the Land of Whirlpools."
With a potential intelligence leak from the Land of Whirlpools involved, Tsunade didn't need to say anything more. He had to get everything out of this man.
Taobo was strapped into the interrogation chair.
Inoichi Yamanaka stood before him, his right hand pressed against the prisoner's forehead. His fingers