"Lord Danzo, we've lost contact with the people we sent into the Karn Chamber of Commerce. Xia Chuan now only handles desserts and casinos. Pills and everything else have all been handed over to other people."
A Root ninja knelt on one knee and reported the news from the Karn Chamber of Commerce to Danzo. They had not actually lost contact with everyone they had sent in; a few could still be reached.
Root had planted these people themselves, without Xia Chuan's help. The Karn Chamber of Commerce had expanded rapidly in the Land of Fire recently, so Root had seized the opportunity to plant quite a few people inside.
However, most could not access its core secrets, and they had to do a great deal of work every day. Although they earned a lot, Root had not sent them undercover to make money.
"Were they discovered? Or was it something else?"
Danzo frowned as he asked. Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had told him to stop targeting Karn, this concerned his own recovery, so he could not simply give up. No matter how difficult it was, he had to try to uncover information about the Extremis Virus.
Orochimaru kept putting him off, neither agreeing nor refusing, and Danzo was gradually losing patience.
"There's a strong chance they were discovered. According to what the others learned and the intelligence our undercover agents sent back, those people encountered robbers during a delivery mission. Not only were they all killed, but the goods were also stolen."
After a pause, the Root ninja continued his report to Danzo. "On the surface, it looks like an accident, but the people we planted held different positions. Gathering them together was abnormal in itself."
A shadow crossed Danzo's face when he heard this, and he slowly asked, "Did