At that very moment, in a secluded location not far from Amegakure.
"Lord Tenrai, our Amegakure ninja have every one of Konoha's Anbu ninja under surveillance. The moment they move, a storm of attacks will be waiting for them!"
"We've also distributed basic intelligence on these ninja to every Amegakure ninja present. However... we're still missing information on one of them."
An Amegakure ninja knelt quietly before Ibuse Tenrai, a member of Amegakure's elite unit. As he reported, he handed the intelligence he had gathered to Ibuse Tenrai.
The intelligence scroll in Ibuse Tenrai's hands clearly listed some of the abilities Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and the others had displayed. It even included Hana Inuzuka.
Only the information on Uchiha Minato was blank.
As a member of one of Amegakure's elite units, Ibuse Tenrai had purchased intelligence on these people through the underground market long before Kakashi and the others infiltrated Amegakure, just in case.
After all, when two armies clashed, intelligence was what mattered.
Especially when their opponent was Kakashi the Copy Ninja, who had already shaken the entire shinobi world during the Third Shinobi World War!
Although the Yellow Flash's name had shone more brightly in that war, no one dared underestimate the man known as the Copy Ninja.
"Hmph, since they dared infiltrate our Amegakure this time, we'll be sure to teach them a lesson!" Ibuse Tenrai chuckled, a cold glint flashing through his eyes.
"Lord Tenrai, four people infiltrated Amegakure this time, but we only have intelligence on three of them. Could this..." one of the Amegakure ninja asked with some concern.
"The remaining one is a ninja who only just joined Konoha's Anbu. He's only five this year. He can't possibly cause any real trouble. There's no need to worry!"
"The ones we need to worry about most are this Copy Ninja Kakashi and the young prodigy Uchiha Itachi! Both possess the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan!"
Ibuse Tenrai's gaze darkened.
The shinobi world's black market had every kind of intelligence. It was simply a matter of whether one was willing to pay.
"Yes, Lord Tenrai!"
Although that Amegakure ninja felt something was a little off, he also thought, how much trouble could a little kid who had only just joined the Anbu possibly cause!?
Just as they were thinking, another Amegakure ninja ran over. "Lord Tenrai, our sensory ninja have detected four figures moving rapidly, heading straight for the ninja around us!"
"Those four figures are moving in the four cardinal directions!"
"The sensory ninja!? They've finally made their move!"
A cold smile flickered across Ibuse Tenrai's lips.
When two armies fought, support personnel such as sensory ninja were crucial. Without sensory ninja, they would be as good as blind and deaf.
Sure enough, these people were heading straight for the sensory ninja, walking right into the trap he, Tenrai, had laid.
"Excellent, excellent! Today, I'll make sure none of them return alive! Proceed according to plan!" His face filled with excitement, Ibuse Tenrai hurried over to the map and examined the surrounding terrain.
But just as he looked, a streak of lightning suddenly lit up the dark sky. Immediately afterward, a Chidori pierced straight through Ibuse Tenrai's heart, with almost no warning.
A cold glint flashed at the corner of Kakashi's eyes as he wielded the Chidori. "The ones running around were only our shadow clones. Ibuse Tenrai, you've been fooled!"
Just as Ibuse Tenrai seemed about to die, his entire body suddenly turned into a thick cloud of poisonous mist with a puff and vanished without a trace. Clearly, it was merely a shadow clone Ibuse Tenrai had used to deceive them.
At the sight, Kakashi, who had used Chidori, widened his eyes in surprise. He breathed in the poisonous mist and collapsed to the ground.
"Hmph, I knew you'd do this!"
Having pulled off the switch, Ibuse Tenrai slowly walked into the room. As he watched Kakashi on the verge of dying from the poison, the smile on his lips grew wider.
In fact, he had long since laid an inescapable trap here, waiting for Kakashi and the others to come for the leader so he could swiftly finish them off.
But a moment later, Ibuse Tenrai could no longer quite smile, because the Kakashi who had been poisoned suddenly vanished without a trace with a puff.
"A shadow clone!?"
Ibuse Tenrai's expression shifted slightly.
Only then did he realize he had been tricked.
Just as Ibuse Tenrai was thinking this, a flash of light suddenly illuminated the poisonous mist in the distance and stabbed fiercely toward him. It seemed to be the real Anbu ninja Kakashi!
His expression shifting slightly, Ibuse Tenrai had no time to worry about anything else. He hurriedly formed hand seals. "Ninja art: Ibuse Poison!"
According to his intelligence, both Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi could currently only use Shadow Clone, so the one before him had to be the original!
Besides, several shadow clones had already been used for the figures who had drawn the sensory ninja's attention.
The next moment, Ibuse Tenrai removed the helmet from his head. Under the direction of his chakra, the surging poison stored in his air sac gushed out wildly, instantly covering a radius of several meters.
Back then, Hanzo of the Salamander, a top expert from Ibuse Tenrai's own clan, had slaughtered countless Konoha ninja with this very method!
The poisonous mist was thick, yet the charging figure once again vanished with a puff, as though it had never existed.
"M-Multiple Shadow Clone!?"
"Someone actually knows Multiple Shadow Clone?"
Ibuse Tenrai's expression changed completely, and his heart lurched. According to the intelligence he had, none of them knew how to use Multiple Shadow Clone!
Only now did he realize that, from beginning to end, a single person had been using Multiple Shadow Clone to secretly wear him down.
His unstoppable poisonous mist was like a punch hitting cotton, failing to have any effect at all.
Just then, several Amegakure ninja wearing poison-mist helmets hurried over and appeared beside Ibuse Tenrai.
"You've come just in time!"
Ibuse Tenrai inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
The secret art of their Ibuse Clan lay in Ibuse Poison. He only needed five minutes to replenish his poison, and then no one would be his match.
Unfortunately, no sooner had he breathed that sigh of relief than Ibuse Tenrai noticed the scarlet Sharingan of one of them suddenly move...
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
The sound of Chidori rang out once more. In the next instant, Ning Feng, wearing a poison-mist helmet, successfully pierced Ibuse Tenrai's heart...
With a thud, the esteemed Amegakure jonin and expert from Amegakure's elite unit, Ibuse Tenrai, fell to the ground dead just like that, turning into golden light, materials, and equipment that danced through the air!
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