Kurotsuchi held back her anger and asked with a dark expression, "Which direction did you come from? Did you see anyone strange or anything unusual earlier?"
"Anyone strange? Do you count?"
"...Stop playing games and answer my question!"
Kurotsuchi gritted her teeth in anger. Normally, she might already have lost control and attacked, but faced with this strange group, her instincts told her not to act so rashly.
Having deliberately teased her, Shinji made an effort to 'remember.' "Someone strange? Now that you mention it, I actually did."
"Tell me!"
Kurotsuchi's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly urged him on.
"When we came from over there, I saw a strange man wearing red armor, with steam rising all over his body..."
"Han!"
Kurotsuchi recognized him instantly. There wasn't a second person in the entire Shinobi World who fit that description.
It had to be Han!
And the steam rising from his body meant the situation must have been dangerous enough to force Han to use Boil Release.
"Then what? What happened to the person you mentioned?"
"Hehe~"
"Say something! What are you laughing at?"
Kurotsuchi was getting anxious, but Shinji seemed to be deliberately keeping her in suspense and simply wouldn't speak.
A smile. A polite smile. Still a goddamn smile!
Just then, a seasoned member of the group caught on. He immediately walked behind Kurotsuchi and whispered a few words to her. Only then did she understand, feeling rather embarrassed and annoyed.
"This is more than enough money for your information. Tell me everything you know in detail."
A brown wallet was tossed straight at him. Shinji caught it and opened it, smacking his lips a couple of times as though he wasn't particularly satisfied. Then he glanced left and right before reluctantly saying, "Fine. I'll take a little