Once their eligibility for border verification was confirmed, the Young Action Group was the first to grow excited in the Clan District.
Many thought this was the Uchiha's chance to venture outside the village again.
Some even felt that, since clues related to the Night of the Nine-Tails led to the border, uncovering something this time would clear the Uchiha of years of suspicion once and for all.
Uchiha Jun had the same thought.
He held the travel roster, his eyes shining.
"If we find the Masked Man this time, the village will finally have to shut up, right?"
The Meeting Hall fell silent for a moment.
Gen looked at him.
"Border verification, not a mission to earn glory."
Those words dampened the young people's excitement.
Uchiha Jun frowned.
"Then what is it?"
"An investigation into the trail of the real culprit."
Gen spread out the border intelligence.
"If they dare plant clues at the border, they must already be prepared to lead us to the wrong conclusions. We're not going to prove how well we can fight, nor are we going to claim credit. We're going to turn the clues related to the Night of the Nine-Tails from mere suspicions into records all three parties can witness."
Fugaku sat at the head of the table and nodded.
"Everyone leaving the village must be officially registered."
As soon as the order was issued, some instinctively looked toward Shisui and Itachi.
In the past, the Uchiha had often relied on individual ability and judgment in the field when carrying out missions.
But that would not do this time.
Shisui could not leave the team alone.
Itachi could not contact the Anbu alone.
Gen could not privately track anomalous chakra, either.
Every step had to leave a record of the route, the