"Then we'll leave this matter to you of Konoha."
"Please rest assured. No one would let such a deranged cult get away with this. And thank you for the intelligence you provided. It will help us deal with them better."
"It was only our duty. You of Konoha are far too kind."
At the Yugakure Head Ninja's residence, Xia Yan spoke gently to the old man before him. Clearly, this old man was the Head Ninja of Yugakure.
Wherever there was a shinobi village, it naturally had its own leader, but in the entire shinobi world, only the Five Great Shinobi Villages could use the title of Kage.
The old man had a kindly face, but there were no chakra fluctuations within him. Clearly, he was only an ordinary person.
Yet his way of handling matters was quite distinctive. Even someone as particular as Xia Yan could find no fault with him.
He maintained the bearing expected of a shinobi village's leader while remembering that he was merely the head of a small village. His attitude, neither servile nor overbearing, made Xia Yan feel especially comfortable.
Still, unless something changed significantly, this old man would probably end up dying at Hidan's hands.
After all, Xia Yan knew many things that would happen in the future, and this conversation had further shown him that the old man genuinely longed for peace.
After parting with the old man, Xia Yan led the four back into hiding. As Anbu, they still disliked exposing themselves fully to everyone's gaze.
"Sir, that old man didn't seem entirely truthful." Once they entered a forest, Senju Kenichi, codenamed Sparrowhawk, suddenly spoke. "He gave us a lot of intelligence, but I noticed that he didn't seem to have given it only to us."
"Oh?" Xia Yan tilted his