Chapter 205: Discovered as Expected (Subscription Required)

Saki Castle,

is the most prosperous city in the Land of Fire besides Kyoto.

The center of a country is often also the center of a country's economic lifeline.

The closer to the center, the harder it is to integrate into it.

This is a city where nobles, ninjas, officials, merchant groups, and samurai are all intertwined.

Although it is not as good as Kyoto, divided into inner and outer cities, the living environment inside is also very particular.

In the city,

the outer circle area is inhabited by ordinary families, which is quite common.

But the inner circle area is completely different. Only some nobles, officials, and wealthy consortiums are qualified to purchase a property and occupy a place in the center of the city.

For example, the Saki clan, who once served as a general and named the city, also took root in the inner circle.

"Saki clan should be ordinary people, right?"

In the inner circle area of ​​Saki Castle,

On a splendid and luxurious teahouse, Xingcai was holding an old cat, casually observing the streets coming and going below from the window.

At this moment, she had changed her appearance. She was no longer a peasant woman, but a handsome gentleman drinking tea and resting in this teahouse.

For ninjas, dressing up as a man is very simple, and it is definitely not the kind of clumsy disguise in movies and TV dramas.

Even the identity she played was traceable. She was the eldest son of a second-rate merchant group in the Land of Fire, and she was a little famous.

"The Saki clan is a family composed of ordinary people. Even if their ancestor was once a general of the Land of Fire, he was just an ordinary person after all, and now is the era of ninjas."

Sitting next to Xingcai, the old cat turned his cat head in confusion, looked at the person next to him and asked: "But why after so many years, they can still occupy such a huge force in the country?"

There was a little respect in the puzzled tone.

During this period of time, following Hinata Xingcai, the old cat also felt the true master-disciple relationship.

Along the way, Hinata Xingcai taught him many things, and was very patient, which was completely different from Ryosuke's violent teaching. It made him feel like he was back to the time when he was a kitten and his mother taught him hunting skills.

"I'm sorry, I can't answer your question."

But unfortunately, in the eyes of the old cat, Hinata Xingcai, who was like a mother, shook her head, "The situation of these nobles is very complicated. Even if I know some relevant information, I can't guess the reason. Regarding this question, maybe you can ask Lord Ryosuke."

The old cat was obviously a little confused about her answer, "But as a person trusted by Lord Ryosuke, you should have obtained the right to use the intelligence agency of the clan, right?"

"But this question is not something that can be thought out by knowing some information." Hinata Xingcai's eyes always looked at the street below inadvertently, "In the long history of the Land of Fire, several daimyo have been replaced."

"The replacement of these daimyo may be the transmission of blood or the victory of talent, but without exception , these daimyo are all from various noble families, and there is no situation where they are born from common people. "

"So every daimyo maintains a respectful and humble attitude towards the noble families after taking office."

After a pause, her tone became a little serious, with a warning, "The world of these ordinary people is sometimes more complicated than our ninjas."

"If you provoke some powerful guys, you don't even know who you have offended, and you get into a lot of trouble for no reason, and then you are engulfed by endless pursuit and siege."

"You have to remember one thing, don't underestimate ordinary people without martial arts just because you have powerful military force!"

"Is it so exaggerated..."

The old cat half-squinted his cat eyes and stared at the closed door of the Saki family below the teahouse.

He didn't understand why these people with no martial arts value had to be afraid of.

Whether as a cat or entering human society, what he saw was the rule that the strong are respected. Only powerful people can be respected and understood. This is an inevitable fact.

Since he awakened the ability to transform and felt the endless powerful force, he has become a little inflated.

It’s not that the old cat doesn’t understand this world or the power of ninjas.

On the contrary, as a cat,

As a member of the top power in the ninja world, Konoha Village, he knows very well how powerful ninjas are.

When he was a wild cat, he had seen the power of humans, and after becoming a house cat, he had seen the power of gods from Ryosuke.

But even so, after awakening the power of the devil fruit, the old cat still set himself at a very high position.

Even in some aspects, such as the basic data of physical toughness, muscle strength, and nerve speed, he felt that he was stronger than veteran ninjas such as the Hyuga Hiashi clan leader and Xingcai teacher.

If it weren’t for his lack of illusions and combat experience, he even felt that he could fight with the Hokage, who he had never dared to think about before.

"You..."

Hinata Xingcai saw the old cat's look and wanted to warn him.

But before she could speak, the closed door of the Saki family suddenly opened.

Then, a lazy figure walked out of the door casually,

Behind him, there were several bowing figures.

Then, the first person who came out seemed to say something to the people behind him, which should be to stop them from following. This made the people behind him hesitate, but they still stopped obediently and did not follow the lazy guy out.

At the moment when she saw the lazy man go out, Hinata Xingcai instinctively turned her eyes away and cast her vision on other people on the street.

Because people with strong enough strength, even if they don't have any special abilities, can clearly feel when they are being watched by others, and some people can even catch who is spying on them in this way.

So, she chose to avoid looking and only use her peripheral vision to monitor roughly.

"The target appears, with red hair, broken arms, and a samurai sword on his waist."

In a very subtle voice, Hinata Xingcai whispered to the old cat beside her.

And soon, when the old cat turned his cat head and wanted to take a look at the target person, she reminded him again: "Don't look too focused, it will expose the fact that you are a ninja cat."

"But I am just an ordinary cat in appearance."

Squatting by the window, the old cat licked his furry paws and wiped them on his face to wash his face, "As long as I don't speak and don't use chakra, can he still read my heart and know that I actually understand human nature?"

As he said, he also looked at some other people on the street, "Do you need me to help you convey any information to others?"

On the street below,

either the two old men playing chess at the stone table by the bridge, or the street vendors shouting loudly, or even the lady with a puppy, these are all members of their team, but like Hinata Xingcai, they are all disguising themselves in different ways to conceal their identities.

Some time ago, after getting the trace of the alien, they followed him all the way.

Originally, they thought that the alien's target was Kyoto City, the daimyo's mansion.

But after entering the Saki Castle, his whereabouts slowly stopped. After some careful illusion induction and inquiry, they found out that the red-haired samurai actually lived in the Saki family's mansion.

"No need!"

Hearing the old cat's suggestion, Hyuga Xingcai sternly interrupted his thoughts, "Being careful and cautious has always been the tradition of our Hyuga clan. I don't want you to be the first reckless man in our clan."

But then, she thought that this was the old cat's first mission, and her serious expression began to ease, "It's better to be careful. You have to be extremely careful with this alien. It's best... to treat him as the same as Lord Ryosuke."

"At least, I can see from the content of Lord Ryosuke's reply that he attaches great importance to this alien, especially his military power."

"His original words suggested that if we are discovered, we should not use tough means to capture him, but directly choose to evacuate. After spending some time with him, you should know the weight of this sentence."

Originally, the old cat, who was still licking his paws leisurely, froze, slowly stopped the action in his hand, and restrained the ease and casualness on his body.

Ryosuke knew his strength.

Even Ryosuke told them so seriously that they should evacuate immediately if they were discovered, so Lao Mao couldn't help but pay attention to the silly-looking red-haired man below.

While they were talking, the red-haired man below had already taken a step and strolled along the street.

From his aimless look, it can be seen that he was indeed strolling, without any purpose, just like...

After a foreigner came to the Land of Fire, he wanted to understand the local customs and customs here. As a traveler, he was leisurely and comfortable.

However, his leisure, in the eyes of others, had a lazy beauty.

Wearing a white shirt with the buttons on it tied casually,

The strong muscles full of security were revealed between the seams of the clothes, and he was wearing a black long cloak as tall as his body.

Although he was wearing a pair of old slippers, but with the exquisite and strange long sword at his waist, he made people feel like a majestic commander. There was a momentum that when he waved the long sword and pointed it in front of him, there would be thousands of troops following him.

For some reason, this man looked particularly eye-catching and dazzling whenever he stood there.

For this reason, Hinata Xingcai and the others were able to observe him more easily, because most people on the street were secretly observing him. If they didn't follow him, they would have a sense of déjà vu.

Even when the man walked out of the street and headed for East Street, many people were still secretly discussing his identity.

Following the man out of the street were the ladies walking their dogs and the street vendors.

"Baiyan!"

In the teahouse, Hyuga Xingcai did not get up and leave.

The role she played was different from the other two, so it was not suitable for her to check out and leave suddenly.

But this did not affect her observation of the situation.

The veins around her eye sockets bulged, and the chakra in Hyuga Xingcai's body slowly flowed.

On the street not far away, the figures of the noble lady and the street vendor who had just left appeared in her eyes.

Hyuga Xingcai's development of the ability of the Byakugan was not enough to allow her to observe objects through perspective. She could only observe the traces of chakra flow through perspective. For people without chakra in their bodies, she could not detect them.

So she could only rely on observing her companions to confirm the situation of the red-haired warrior.

But even if the red-haired warrior had chakra in his body, she did not dare to use the Byakugan to observe the red-haired warrior directly.

But soon...

Her expression was stunned.

With almost no hesitation, Hyuga Xingcai directly stretched her palm out of the window and made a gesture casually.

Afterwards, the two old men who were playing chess by the river slowly stood up, as if they had finished the game.

While discussing the chess game, they cleaned up the table and soon left with their chess equipment, as if they were going home.

But faintly, the direction they walked was the street where the red-haired man left.

"Discovered?"

Old Cat asked in confusion.

And Hyuga Xingcai nodded solemnly, "She has been stopped."

Just now, in her field of vision, the lady walking her dog suddenly stopped. Judging from the body movements revealed by the traces of chakra in her body, it seemed that someone in front of her stopped her.

After all, less than a minute or two had passed, so at first, Xingcai thought it was just a simple chat. After all, Liangyi, the companion who played the lady, was still good in appearance.

But soon, when the chakra flow in the lady and the street vendors wandering around them stopped, and there was a situation that seemed to be cut off, sealed chakra, or coma, Hyuga Xingcai understood that their identities were exposed.

The old cat's expression changed slightly. How long has it been?

It only took a blink of an eye for him to leave this street and leave his sight. He was discovered?

Frowning, Hyuga Xingcai stared at the two chess-playing old men who had just received the order to leave, but soon her expression became a little helpless, "It's over... I caught them all."

In her vision, the two companions who had just left also lost the ability to move further when they entered East Street and reached the middle section, which was the position of Hyuga Ryoi and the others. They were similar to the other two and were suspected to be in a coma.

"Then... should we evacuate?"

The old cat's face was wrinkled like a steamed bun.

According to Ryosuke's instructions, they should retreat as soon as they were discovered.

But from the current situation, their four companions have lost the ability to evacuate, which means that if they evacuate, they will have to abandon these four people.

After hesitating for a moment, Hinata Xingcai cast a serious look at Lao Mao, "... You take the information back to the village and ask for support."

"What about you?"

Lao Mao noticed the hidden meaning in her words.

"I have to go and see... Don't worry, listen to me."

Facing Lao Mao who was eager to speak, Hinata Xingcai did not panic at all, and explained calmly:

"First of all, judging from the fact that the red-haired warrior held back, he should want to learn some information from us, so he will not harm our lives for the time being."

"Secondly, I am the leader of this unformed legion, that is, your temporary captain, and I have the obligation to be responsible for your lives."

"Finally, the information here needs to be passed on by someone, so don't tell me about going together or taking your place. Now... execute the order!"