"You mean, besides us Konoha ninjas, there are two other ninjas in the caravan?"
Nara Shikano woke up from his nap and frowned slightly.
"One of them, or the leader of a small caravan?"
"Yes, patriarch."
Nara Langui reported carefully.
"According to my observation, the spiritual energy contained in the leader's brain is very powerful, not inferior to that of Brother Hai."
As the next generation clan leader of the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Haiichi has practiced the spiritual arts inherited by his family for many years. His spiritual energy is very huge, and he is the best even among the elite Jonin.
If the caravan leader only had some traces of chakra flowing in his body.
Nara Langui would not take it so seriously.
After all, the current world is in chaos, and as a merchant leader, it is reasonable to learn one or two ninjutsu for self-defense.
But a little-known caravan leader whose spiritual energy intensity is comparable to the "Pig of the Mountain" in Konoha's contemporary Ino Shika Butterfly?
In the ninja world, there may be many masters who are independent from the ninja village system, and their reputation is not as good as that of the elite ninjas in the ninja village.
But there is no way that an elite Jonin-level strongman can appear anywhere!
Therefore, as soon as he discovered the situation, Nara Langui interrupted his practice and came back to report the situation to the clan leader.
As for rushing up directly and asking the other party about the situation...
Nara Langui has not yet become so insane and reckless.
"This is very suspicious indeed."
Nara Shikano's frown deepened, and several deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead.
What he was thinking of at the moment was similar to Nara Langui.
If the caravan leader was just an ordinary person who had learned some ninjutsu, Nara Shikano would have pretended not to have seen it.
Anyway, the mission Konoha received this time was to escort a few small caravans to Kyoto, so there was no need to add any extraneous details.
But the problem is that the strength level of the caravan leader is too high, abnormally high!
A spiritual energy comparable to that of an elite Jonin...
Plus the intelligence information about the group of bounty hunters who attacked the caravan that they encountered when they left the village...
Nara Shikano was able to connect the two identities of the caravan leader named "Oya Castle Flame" and "the slayer of the Blood Pond Clan" without much effort.
This inference may not be absolutely correct, but it cannot be denied that its possibility is not small!
If there is no aura of "genocide killer".
For the sake of everyone getting along peacefully during the day.
Nara Kano would still choose not to see anything. At most, he would secretly order everyone to be more vigilant against Oya Castle Flame.
But the negative halo effect of "Clan Slayer" is too strong.
Even if Nara Kano found it troublesome, he would not turn a blind eye to it.
The matter was so important that Nara Kano did not want to act rashly.
"Lan Gui, how did you find out about his identity as a ninja?"
Nara Shikano stroked his beard and confirmed carefully.
"Hai Yi's sensory chakra has been checked more than once by the people inside the caravan, but nothing was found."
Kano Nara's suspicions were reasonable.
Even though he valued Nara Langui, a descendant of the family, in the final analysis, he was just a genin who left the village for the first time.
On the other hand, Yamanaka Haiichi, as one of the contemporary "Pig Deer Butterfly", is very powerful and experienced, and is especially good at spiritual perception.
"Perhaps the caravan leader used some means to interfere with Brother Hai's perception."
Nara Langui provided a possible guess direction, and at the same time took off his sunglasses and raised [lacquer eyes].
"As for how I discovered it... [Paint Eye] has the function of observing the flow of spiritual energy."
The magical abilities mastered by ninjas are top secret information.
But since he had already planned to share the [Lacquer Eye] technique scroll with his family, Nara Langui would not deliberately conceal the information at this time.
'[Paint Eyes] can also see into spiritual energy? '
Hearing this, Kano Nara almost broke his goatee.
'These eyes are really going to become the 'Sharingan' of the Nara clan! '
"Lan Gui, I suddenly regret not taking the [Paint Eye] technique scroll from your hand before."
Nara Kano put down his hand and said with a complicated expression.
"These eyes are more powerful than I imagined."
"I still have the same attitude."
Nara Langui answered meticulously.
“As long as the clan leader is willing, he can take the scroll from me at any time.
"And to be honest, the war is constantly approaching. If the tribe can learn [Paint Eyes], it will definitely enhance their survivability on the battlefield."
As an A-level ninjutsu, [Paint Eye] is naturally very difficult to learn.
But Nara Langui believes that no "Nara slacker" can escape the attraction of "Muji Ninjutsu".
Passion is the real source of motivation.
With great enthusiasm for learning, coupled with the good brains of the Nara clan, Nara Langui felt that it would not be difficult for ninjas of the same clan to learn [Paquer Eye].
In addition, before Nara Langui gave him the [Paint Eye] technique scroll, he first obtained an S-level [Secret Ninja Scroll] from the clan leader, all the medical information on Ninjutsu for the Nara clan, and one million taels per month. Salary, chakra metal...
It’s not that he doesn’t accept the benefits that fall from the sky.
But the patriarch gave too much...
There are so many that even Nara Lan Gui feels a little hot.
"Of course I understand this..."
Kano Nara stroked his beard out of habit again.
As the leader of a clan, he has many issues to consider.
There is no need to say much about the power and functionality of [Paint Eye].
But it can affect not only the Nara clan, but also the relationship with foreign clans.
In Konoha, the Nara clan cannot be said to be very respected, but at least they can be said to be indispensable.
The core of the medical system, the leader of the Jonin class, the Hokage's staff officer, and the official relationship with the Land of Fire...
At present, the strength and status of the Nara clan in Konoha can be said to have reached an extreme state.
In this position, it will not attract covetousness or oppression.
For the Nara clan, this state is the most comfortable.
If this limit state is broken rashly, it will inevitably cause a large number of chain reactions.
The balanced relationship with the Yamanaka and Akimichi clans, the alliance with the Sarutobi clan, the pressure from the real super clans Uchiha and Hinata, and even the possibility of being suppressed by the Hokage...
And if you want to break this limit, you must continue to maintain a comfortable state.
Kano Nara could only think of one solution.
Let’s refer to the example of the Ghost Lantern clan in the Kirigakure Village next door.
The Nara clan, like the Oniden clan, came out with a shadow-level powerhouse like the second-generation Mizukage Kito Genzuki!
'War... clansmen... survival... time... foreigners... Hokage... Lan Gui...'
In just a few seconds, Nara Kano thought of a lot of things.
Finally he made his decision.
"After completing this mission and returning to the village, please give me the [Paint Eye] scroll!
"I will first spread the [Paint Eye] technique in a small area within the clan, and require every clan member who learns the [Paint Eye] to keep it absolutely confidential."
Nara Langui nodded. He fully agreed with the decision made by the clan leader.
But in his heart, he still sighed.
'Clan leader, stop planting flags...'
"Also, Lan Gui."
Nara Shikano stared at Nara Langui with sharp eyes.
Just a few seconds passed, and his anticipation for Nara's acceptance increased a lot.
Now that we have made plans to promote the [Lacquer Eye] technique scroll, the plan to cultivate Nara Langui also needs to be accelerated!
"Do you have the confidence to face the caravan leader, Oya Chengyan, who deliberately hides his identity?"
Nara Langui was stunned.
"……Clam?"
…
Nara Langui walked out of the temporary camp and slowly approached the caravan leader, Oya Shiroyan.
He really didn't expect that the clan leader would take the initiative to send him to deal with the suspicious ninja who was suspected to be an elite jounin.
But are you confident?
Nara Langui took a step forward, and the shadows under his feet undulated like waves. A physical clone that was exactly the same as himself suddenly appeared in front of him.
[S-level technique: Shadow Clone Technique]
The clone stood still, and Nara Langui stepped forward again. His whole body was like a piece of tissue paper, blending into the shadow of the clone.
[C-level technique: Flat Shadow Technique]
'Is this me in the clone state? '
Nara Langui's consciousness was briefly possessed by the [Shadow Clone]. He raised his palm and made a virtual fist.
'This sense of relief, transcending the mortal world, is so exciting! '
If it weren't for the fact that his own chakra amount could not guarantee the performance of [Hiraikage no Jutsu] all day long, Nara Langui would have wanted to live in the state of [Shadow Clone] forever.
He turned around and looked back, looking at the shadow of the temporary camp. After nodding slightly, he took action again.
In the shadows, Nara Shikano, Yamazaka Haiichi and Akimichi Choza were silent.
Nara took Gui and went to test Oya Castle Flame.
The wrong generation of the Pig, Deer, and Butterfly Team are his secret bodyguards!
Nara Langui quietly approached the position of Miyagi En.
The latter, as the leader of the caravan, was leaning next to a carriage, holding a sickle, cutting grass and feeding the horses himself.
The night was dim, and Nara Langui stood in front of the light, and the warm yellow light lengthened his shadow.
"Boss of Oya Castle."
The sudden greeting seemed to startle Oya Chengyan.
He screamed in pain, and the sickle accidentally cut his palm, and a string of blood instantly oozed from his palm.
"Ouch……"
Wearing a very fancy pair of huge diamond-shaped sunglasses, Oya Chengyan turned around with a complaining tone.
"Brother, please stop scaring people from behind at night... What do you want from me?"
Nara Langui looked at Miyajoyan's injured left hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, his main consciousness returned to the shadow, and his clone consciousness came online.
The shadows surged, as if the ink-stained beast opened its fangs and bit into its unaware prey.
Seeing that the shadows of the two people were already overlapping, [Shadow Clone] said straight to the point.
"Boss of Oya Castle, have you ever heard of... the shadow binding technique?"
