That sweep of his senses let Ye Feng discover something different, and he inwardly admired Minato Namikaze's sensitivity. He whispered something to Minato, who immediately understood why he had felt something was wrong earlier.
Minato secretly formed hand seals. Since Fujiwara Inomura had been watching him all along, he noticed this too, immediately realized something, and subtly readied himself for battle.
Minato unleashed "Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!" A fire dragon charged toward an empty spot, only for six figures to suddenly leap out of it and swiftly flee the fire dragon's attack range.
Minato had sensed that someone seemed to be there earlier, but a careful search had turned up nothing. This had left him uneasy. Any ninja capable of evading his senses was certainly no ordinary ninja, which was why he had asked Ye Feng to sense them.
Ye Feng's sensory ability was good, but the sense of being watched it created was still somewhat obvious. Perhaps that would change once his spiritual power improved.
After detecting the sense of being watched, the six people in hiding had felt something was amiss, but they had not dared be certain they had been discovered. The faint chakra fluctuations confirmed it, and they immediately left their hiding place, narrowly escaping the fire dragon's attack.
The six figures who had suddenly appeared gathered together. A jonin leading them stepped forward and smiled. "We are ninja from Sunagakure, currently heading to the Land of Frost on a private commission. We took the risk of crossing the Land of Fire simply to shorten our journey. Please be understanding and let us leave. Sunagakure will provide some compensation afterward."
"Three jonin and three chunin, all just to complete a private mission? That doesn't seem likely. Since you've entered our Land of Fire, you'd