Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 74 Who is the mole?

Star Ninja Village, Star Shadow Building.

Menma sat in the main seat, toying with a glass tube in his hand. Inside, a three-tomoe Sharingan eyeball was floating in a pale green liquid.

The blood-red pupils gleamed with an eerie light amidst the interplay of light and shadow.

"The opponent's name is Shisui?" The mahjong glass tube tapped lightly on the table. After listening to the battle report from Uzumaki Vanilla and Uchiha Hikaru, he raised an eyebrow: "So is this the left eye or the right eye?"

"Left eye." Uchiha Hikaru sat in the first position to Menma's left, signifying her status within the organization.

From the seat on the right, Kakuzu's hoarse voice came from under his mask: "Uchiha Shisui of Konoha Village made great contributions in the battle against Kirigakure during the Third Shinobi World War. He earned the title of 'Shisui of the Body Flicker Technique' with his special technique, and Kirigakure put a bounty of 30 million ryo on his head."

As a bounty hunter who frequently operates in the underground black market, Kakuzu knows every single person on the bounty list like the back of his hand.

This renowned Jonin was defeated by 'Nameless', and according to their accounts of the battle, 'Nameless' single-handedly defeated three Konoha ninjas.

Although they did not capture any Konoha ninjas, they did manage to take one of Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan eyes.

Kakuzu couldn't help but feel even more wary of 'Nameless's' strength.

There's also Vanilla Uzumaki, who was working with 'Nameless'. Not long ago, she was only a Chunin, but this time she was able to restrain a Jonin and two Chunin from Iwagakure. Her strength has improved too fast!

With one hand on the glass tube, Mianma tapped the cap rhythmically with his index finger, the crisp sound particularly clear in the quiet hall.

He was extremely familiar with the name Uchiha Shisui.

This person's Mangekyou Sharingan is the 'Kotoamatsukami,' known as the strongest genjutsu, which can change a person's will.

Now, they've been forcibly detained by Uchiha Hikaru.

Tsk tsk.

However, Menma remained cautious and did not rush to replace his Sharingan with this one.

If Shisui were to leave some kind of pupil technique in this eyeball, it would be quite troublesome.

Moreover, there are a lot going on lately, and it wouldn't be good if I got bogged down in things.

He put away the Sharingan and said to Uchiha Hikaru, "Well done. I really like this Sharingan."

Uchiha Hikaru feigned indifference, gave a soft hum, and then slightly turned his head.

The upturned corners of her mouth betrayed her joyful heart.

Next, Menma listened to Kakuzu's report on the capture of the two Sunagakure ninjas.

After separating from Yekura, the two tried to infiltrate the caravan and enter Hoshigakure, but were captured by the Anbu led by Kakuzu.

As for Yekura, Menma recalled the stubborn look on that woman's face as she stubbornly tried to form hand seals despite her limp.

"Based on the initial interrogation of these infiltrated foreign ninjas, it can be basically confirmed that someone sent out a distress message from the Land of Bears, or even the Star Village." Menma rested his chin on his hand, looking at Yoru.

The former Third Hoshikage of the Star Ninja Village immediately knelt down: "Lord Shura, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

“I know you don’t have time to do that,” Menma said casually. “Do you have any suspects?”

This made Ye Xing hesitate a bit.

Seeing this, everyone realized that Ye Xing indeed had some secrets.

"You old codger, what's there to hide? Just tell me already!" Kado yelled at Nightstar in a fit of irritation.

Now that things had come to this, Ye Xing could only honestly confess: "Reporting to my lord, Xing Ninja Village... indeed still has two Jonin who are out there."

Night Star spoke slowly.

A year ago, the two ninjas in the village who had made the highest progress in their training using the meteorite, Hotaru and Natsumi, discovered the side effects of meteorite training and decided to steal the meteorite to destroy it. Just as they were about to escape the village, they were ambushed and pursued by Yoru-sei and his ANBU ninja.

However, Ye Xing also knew that the side effects of meteor training had caused many talented young people in Xingren Village to die at a young age. Therefore, he took this opportunity to seal off meteor training and forbid the people of the village from practicing it.

He entrusted the two ninjas, Firefly and Summer, with the important task of monitoring the village's movements from outside.

If someone wants to restart Meteorite Cultivation but they are no longer around, they should ask the two of them to handle it.

Night Star then announced to the villagers in the name of the 'Third Generation Star Shadow' that Firefly and Summer had been killed by enemies who were trying to steal a meteorite, sacrificing their lives heroically.

"Are you sure it was those two who sent out the distress signal?" Menma actually already knew about Hotaru and Natsumi's information, but he was just giving Yoru a chance to see if he would reveal it on his own.

Now, Night Star has withstood the test.

“I’m not... really sure either…” Cold sweat beaded on Ye Xing’s graying temples.

Firefly and Summer are the strongest young people in the current generation of Star Ninja Village, which is why he has high hopes for them.

"Go and bring those two back," Menma said to Yosei. "They should cooperate fully with the investigation. If they did it, I will deal with them; if they didn't, I will add two Jonin to the organization."

Menma vaguely remembered that Xia Ri's Peacock Technique training had reached its peak, making him probably the strongest fighter among the group of Star Ninjas.

However, her husband, Firefly, is in bad shape and may not live for more than a few years after being eroded by the radiation energy of the meteorite.

"Yes!" Ye Xing respectfully accepted the order.

After Ye Xing left, Mian Ma Jiang tossed a scroll to Kakuzu: "Arrest people according to the list, and I'll leave the interrogation to you."

Menma possesses the 'malice perception' of the Dark Nine-Tails, and is very clear about who in the village harbors the greatest malice towards him.

Arrest all these people and interrogate them one by one; we'll eventually find the traitor.

"Hehehe!" Kakuzu put away the scroll and let out a hoarse and unpleasant laugh.

However, just as Kakuzu got up to leave, Kusa Uzumaki stood up and volunteered, "My lord, let me participate in the interrogation as well."

"Hmm?" Menma asked in confusion.

Vanilla Uzumaki explained, "I'm practicing 'Kagura Mind's Eye' and have discovered that this secret technique can sense detailed changes in chakra. It might be useful in the interrogation of ninjas."

It turns out that Vanilla Whirlpool wanted to test whether 'Kagura's Mind's Eye' could be used as a lie detector.

"Okay, go ahead." Menma nodded in agreement.

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The land of rain.

Akatsuki headquarters.

A spatial vortex rippled, and the figure of 'Uchiha Madara' wearing a tiger-striped mask appeared.

"Where did you come from? You still smell of blood." Konan noticed a faint smell of blood and frowned slightly as she stared at 'Uchiha Madara's' ninja sword.

"I went out to have some fun." Obito's face, hidden behind his mask, showed a rare hint of joy.

He had just helped an Uchiha boy awaken his Sharingan, completing the setup for a chess piece.

Pain, who was in the shadows, slowly opened his eyes: "Zetsu brought back some information. That mysterious 'Shura' may be in Hoshigakure."

"What, you're interested in that cowardly guy?" Obito pressed one hand on the hilt of his sword, raised his tiger-striped mask, and met Pain's Rinnegan with his Sharingan.

(End of this chapter)