Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 49 Intelligence
At noon, Tsurugi Izakaya had very few customers.

Qiaoyi sat behind the counter, looking dejected, and idly fiddled with the ledgers in front of her.

Where has he been these past few days? Why hasn't he come looking for me?
Recalling how his movements had become increasingly rapid the previous few nights, her pretty face suddenly flushed red.

She witnessed his growth, both in ninja skills and masculine strength.

Perhaps he accepted some mission and left the village.

The two businessmen entered the izakaya.

"Boss lady, a bottle of sake, please."

Qiaoyi heard the sound first, and her heart tightened suddenly.

That voice...
She slowly looked up and saw a girl, a girl younger than her.

younger sister?

A look of shock flashed across his eyes.

Qiaoyi works as a spy for the village, while her more talented younger sister works as a ninja in Iwagakure.

All the rewards and bonuses that Iwagakure gave to Joi were handed over directly to her younger sister, Mii.

Why is my sister here?
Could my sister be the contact person? Did she come to Konoha as a contact person?

Why did the village do this? She has already done so much for the village.
Qiaoyi has just received extremely important information: Mito Uzumaki will be holding her funeral in five days.

When the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was alive, he did not hide his identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

With Hashirama Senju's strength, the Nine-Tails was nothing to be kept as the village's top secret.

Mito Uzumaki is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki; this is public information.

Qiaoyi knew the village would take this information very seriously, but to her surprise, the village sent Meiyi to find her.

When Mei Yi appears, Qiao Yi has no choice but to risk her life to verify the authenticity of the information.

This was the village's final order to the spy.

Either they successfully gather intelligence, the spy is recalled to the village, and becomes a ninja in the sunlight.

Either the intelligence gathering fails, and death ensues, along with everything the spy cherished as a last thing.

Meiyi disguised herself as a merchant who came to Konoha Village to commission a task, making her identity extremely easy to expose.

"They're here! My family offers three types of sake: mid-range, high-end, and premium. What price range are you looking for?"

"Special Grade, let's try out the good bar in a big village like Konoha!"

The code matched.

Qiaoyi's last hope was shattered; Meiyi's arrival in Konoha was not accidental.

Qiaoyi selected a bottle of wine and gave it to Meiyi.

Meiyi was also very excited; she hadn't seen her sister for three years.

Unfortunately, they couldn't recognize each other and had to pretend they didn't know each other.

Mei picked up her wine glass, looked at it carefully, and found a special mark.

Two days later, the bottle will appear in a nearby trash can, containing the final piece of information that Qiaoyi has confirmed.

The village must have the most accurate information about Mito Uzumaki.

Qiaoyi walked into the backyard and went into the room.

She took out all her money and prepared to take action in the next two days to gather intelligence.

While tidying up the room, Qiaoyi saw a razor.

This is his razor.

I wonder if they've found another little fairy.

He provided nearly half of the funding for her last operation.

Every time he came, he would order a lot of expensive beef and drink sake with the fewest impurities.

If she were truly a villager of Konoha, she might try to be with him.

After knowing each other for so long, he told her a name, but Qiaoyi knew it was a fake name.

He said his name was Mikoto, which was too perfunctory; it's just the name of an ingredient on a sake bottle.

His stable temperament is a great advantage among ninjas.

Many ninjas suffered from mental illnesses; they appeared to be normal people, but were particularly frightening when they went berserk.

Some ninjas were drinking at an izakaya when they suddenly remembered something from a mission and went berserk, smashing things up.

They may have killed the wrong person, or they may have killed too many people. They may have been tortured by the enemy, or they may have been suspected by the village.

Fortunately, this place is very close to the Uchiha Police Department, and Uchiha ninjas will come to deal with the crazed ninjas.

Qiaoyi arrived at the largest sake shop in Konoha Village. "Boss, my izakaya's business has been declining lately, so I'm planning a promotion tomorrow. How much premium sake do you have left?"

"How much premium sake can your shop consume?"

"Prepare at least 20 cases of premium sake every day for five consecutive days."

While chatting with her boss, Qiaoyi gestured to a salesperson.

The salesperson understood Qiaoyi's meaning and quickly stepped forward, using the excuse that an important client had appeared, to take the boss away.

The boss told Qiaoyi to wait in his office, and he would come back shortly.

That salesperson was one of her recruits, who hadn't been of much use until now, when he finally came in handy.

Qiaoyi arrived at the boss's office, closed the door, and took out a key.

This was a key she had secretly made a copy of long ago.

Qiaoyi carefully opened the safe and saw the boss's ledger.

Has the Senju clan suspended its alcohol purchases?

Qiaoyi checked the date; starting yesterday, the Senju clan stopped ordering alcohol.

She continued reading and saw the message that excited her the most.

The Uchiha clan placed an additional order for many cases of liquor!

The Uchiha and Senju clans had an extremely bad relationship and were always the biggest rivals within the village.

Especially after Uchiha Kagami's death, the Uchiha clan's bridge to the outside world was severed.

The fact that the Senju clan cancelled their wine order proves that they knew something bad might happen to the family.

The Uchiha clan, however, placed an additional order for many cases of sake, indicating that they believed something good was about to happen.

Confirming the two pieces of information, Qiaoyi believed that the intelligence her spy teammate had given her was true, and that something terrible was really about to happen to the Senju clan.

This matter can only be the death of Mito Uzumaki, who lived to a ripe old age.

After leaving the sake distributor, Qiaoyi headed to the next location to look for other evidence.

Within Konoha Village, spies from Iwagakure Village were running around, secretly investigating.

Meanwhile, on the border of the Land of Grass, a middle-aged man floated in the air.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, gazed in the direction of Konoha.

Behind him were five Iwa ninja squadrons.

Han, the steam ninja and Jinchuriki of the Five-Tails, arrived beside Onoki.

"Lord Tsuchikage, the troops have assembled."

Han looked at the earthen shadow and noticed that the earthen shadow was undulating quite a bit in the air, proving that the earthen shadow was also somewhat uneasy.

He led his elite troops in a surprise attack on Konoha, taking advantage of the change of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the death of Mito Uzumaki, to strike Konoha hard, thus giving Iwagakure an advantage in the Fourth Shinobi World War.

This is a gamble; success would bring enormous rewards, while failure could mean the death of all three hundred elite soldiers.

Onoki said:

"The more critical the period, the less impatient we must be."

We are massive, hard rocks; we either remain still or, like a mudslide, destroy everything below.

Once the spies have finalized the intelligence, we will launch a surprise attack on Konoha from a thousand miles away!

This is the most precious opportunity that Heaven has given to Iwagakure.

Legend has it that the Nine-Tails is short-tempered and a collection of resentment. Having been sealed away by Mito Uzumaki for so many years, it must hate Mito Uzumaki and Konoha to the core.

With the help of the Nine-Tails, we can definitely deal a heavy blow to Konoha.

In an alley in Konoha Village.

Meiyi picked up a wine bottle from the trash can.

There are several markings on the bottle; those are the coded messages from the spies of Iwagakure.

The intelligence is true!

After confirming the information, Mei Yi left quickly.

After completing her mission disguised as a merchant, she was about to leave Konoha Village.

Meiyi glanced one last time in the direction of Qiaoyi Izakaya and thought to herself, "My sister can finally go back to the village. The sisters won't have to be separated anymore."

In the Land of Grass, Onoki, having received the information, waves his hand in mid-air.

He will personally lead the team to launch a surprise attack on Konoha and severely damage the village!

(End of this chapter)