Hot Spring Town.
Inside the Hot Spring Inn at the center of town.
Chihane and Chiriku soaked in the comfortable hot spring pool, watching a man with a ten-foot waist frolicking in the water across from them, three shapely young women in his arms.
"Boss, look over there. So plump!"
Chiriku suddenly pointed across the pool and whispered to Chihane.
The moment those words left Chiriku's mouth, Chihane looked at him differently.
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I never knew you were that kind of monk!
As Chiriku spoke, he slowly drifted over, leaving Chihane stunned by his behavior.
What's gotten into this monk today? Something's off. Has he been possessed?
Still, Chihane did not stop him. This was the first time he had seen Chiriku act like this, and he was intrigued.
As it happened, Chihane knew the rather portly man across from them. He just had not expected to run into him here.
This Hot Spring Inn had once been one of Root's bases. Since Danzo's death, it had become an ANBU outpost.
The inn had been in business for over twenty years. With its excellent water and outstanding service, it was a landmark of Hot Spring Town.
No one would have guessed that everyone at this iconic old establishment, from the owner down to the attendants, was a Root ninja with countless lives on their hands.
Many of the Root members here had even settled down and started families.
That was precisely what made Danzo so formidable. Under his control, Root had been the undisputed foremost infiltration and assassination organization in the Shinobi World.
No one would ever suspect that the person sharing their bed day after day might become a ruthless butcher who killed without blinking in the dead of night.
With no interference from Chihane, Chiriku drifted along with