Naruto: This Uchiha is too innocent.

Soaking in a steaming hot spring on a cold winter's day is simply delightful. The rising steam obscures most of the view and also soothes the restlessness in one's heart.

Uchiha Sora soaked in the hot spring, peacefully closing his eyes, feeling the warm current rush from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

The initial dissatisfaction of having to perform a mission in the dead of winter was dispelled by the hot springs, replaced by ultimate enjoyment.

"This feels so good," he murmured.

Uzuki, wearing a bathrobe, stood on the shore watching Uchiha Sora enjoy himself so much and smiled. He knew Sora would like it.

He didn't immediately soak in the hot spring; instead, he first observed the layout of the pools. He learned from the old man that there were three types of hot spring pools.

Men's bath, women's bath, mixed bath.

They chose the men's bath, which was not crowded, with only a handful of people. But that makes sense, since the mixed-gender bath was right next door, and most people had gone to the mixed-gender bath to join in the fun.

"Brother Kazunari, aren't you coming down?" Uchiha Sora asked, puzzled, as Kazunari Uzuki continued to linger on the shore.

"Okay, coming right away," said Uzuki Kaze. He had memorized the surrounding terrain so that he could immediately escape with the Uchiha clan if anything unexpected happened. This was a habit he had developed over a long period of time.

He approached Uchiha Sora, leisurely squinted his eyes, and began to enjoy this brief moment of peace.

Suddenly, Uchiha Sora heard a series of strange sounds, very faint, masked by the rising steam. He frowned slightly and glanced to the side.

He chose a spot near the barrier, which was the wall separating the men's bath from the mixed bath; in other words, the mixed bath was on the other side of the barrier.

With a slight thought, he gathered chakra in his fingers and gently rubbed a small hole in the barrier.

With one eye pressed against the small hole, Uchiha Sora looked into the mixed bath. The other side was also filled with steam, obscuring ninety percent of his vision. Coupled with his pre-existing eye condition, it took him quite a while to pinpoint the source of the strange sound.

His pupils contracted slightly.

After a long while, he withdrew his gaze with a strange expression. He had witnessed a passionate and lewd scene at the hot spring: a dozen men and women were having sex on the other side?! It was a bit of an eyesore.

No wonder there are so few people in the men's bath. It's so lively in the mixed bath. Who would come to the men's bath?

With a soft sigh, I realized that in a foreign land, the spirit and culture here were so vibrant. Uchiha Sora, who had received nine years of compulsory education, did not understand it, but respected it.

However, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he pressed his eyes against the small hole again to examine it carefully.

Don't get me wrong, he's not a pervert. It's just that he seemed to see a familiar face among those dozen or so people. He stared at it silently for a while, then looked away and shook his head.

No, his eyesight is too bad. He just felt that the figure was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't be sure.

After thinking for a moment, he elbowed Maoyue Fengzhong and said, "Brother Fengzhong, come and take a look."

Uozuki Kaze paused, staring at the small hole with a strange expression.

"Take a look at the nine o'clock position and see if it's one of the targets," Uchiha Sora explained.

Uozuki Kaze paused, then became serious, fixing his gaze on the small hole and watching the group of a dozen or so people locked in fierce combat at nine o'clock.

One of the women was extremely lewd, managing to fight three men single-handedly—truly a heroine among women.

Uzuki Kaze's eyes narrowed, and after only a moment, she looked away, a smile playing on her lips.

"It seems that it was really easy for this mission to end sooner than expected."

Uchiha Sora couldn't see clearly due to his eye problem, but he could see perfectly clearly that the woman was one of the two rogue ninjas. He sneered.

"This is terrible. They've become traitors, yet they still have the mind to indulge in matters of men and women."

Seeing Uzuki Kaze's attitude, Uchiha Sora knew he hadn't misjudged him. After thinking for a moment, he decided, "Shall we make our move now?"

"No, there's still one person who hasn't shown up yet. There's no need to alert them. Besides, there's a high probability that the other person is also in the hot spring."

As he spoke, Maoyue Fengzhong moved to another spot, dug another small hole, and began to observe.

After a while, he changed his position and started digging again, repeating this process five times, but still couldn't find the other person. He frowned, wondering if he had guessed wrong? Were the two not together?

Uchiha Sora, having found nothing in the mixed-gender bath, pondered. The two rogue ninjas were a man and a woman; the woman had been found, but what if the remaining man wasn't in the mixed-gender bath…

He began searching the area around the hot springs. Fortunately, there were only a handful of men bathing there, making it easy to find them.

Finally, he locked onto the depths of the northwest corner, where white steam obscured most of his vision, but he could barely make out a faint figure.

After thinking for a moment, he walked out of the hot spring, pretended to go for a drink of water, and took a walk around the shore. When he returned to the hot spring, a smile appeared on his face. He had found it.

He told Uzuki Kazunari about his discovery, and the latter raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"How about it? Make a move?" Uchiha Sora asked.

Uzuki Kaze chuckled. "Go upstairs first, change your clothes, and then..." A cold glint flashed in his eyes, "...make your move."

The two walked out of the hot spring and went to the changing room to change into their ANBU uniforms.

There are many idlers at the hot spring, so the first step is to drive them away. This is easy; all you need is an explosive tag, and these ordinary people will panic and flee for their lives.

Those two rogue ninjas have already been targeted and cannot escape.

Two thousand taels of silver is enough to complete this task; it's a great deal.

Okay, let's do it that way.

boom--!

An explosion shattered the barrier between the men's and mixed-gender baths, causing chaos in the hot spring pool area.

The screams of women, the terror of men, the wailing of children—a chaotic mix of sounds—were incredibly annoying.

The moment the explosion rang out, Yamanaka Soryu sensed something was wrong and realized that the other party might be rushing towards him. He quickly got up from the men's hot spring and tried to follow the crowd and slip away from the crowd.

However, he had barely climbed ashore from the hot spring in a panic when he encountered a person wearing a fox mask.

Seeing the panic on Yamanaka Sora's face, Uchiha Sora greeted him with a smile, pointing to the mask on his face.

"Mr. Sora, do you know who I am?"

the other side,

In the instant of the explosion, Yamanaka Jimei's body jolted, her legs jerking back sharply. The man beneath her also shuddered, a look of pain on his face.

The others weren't much better off; they were so terrified that they couldn't even lift their heads.

"Get out! Get out!" Yamanaka Jimei realized something, kicked the man next to her away, and rushed towards the exit as if fleeing, only wearing a bathrobe on her skin in a panic.

Before she reached the exit, she froze, her face paling. Uzuki Kazunari had been waiting for her for some time.

Uzuki Kaze laughed and said, "I've observed it; this is the only exit from the mixed-gender bath."

Yamanaka Jimei's face turned deathly pale. Her bathrobe slipped off, and she collapsed to her knees, burying her face in her hands and weeping.