Shindai was sleeping in his tent, but he woke up after only half an hour.
He was starving, incredibly starving.
Shindai patted his pocket, finding nothing but the scroll containing Kannazuki.
"I should have brought some military rations. I'm starving to death… Am I a prisoner now, or something else? Minato Namikaze seems friendly enough; he shouldn't refuse me if I ask for food, right?"
Shindai stood up and walked out of the tent.
"Huh? Why is there no one around? Where is everyone? The security is way too lax!"
…In Minato Namikaze's tent.
A Ninja, who had been observing Shindai from the shadows under Minato Namikaze's orders, came to Minato Namikaze's tent.
"Lord Minato, that prisoner left his tent, but his behavior is very strange!"
Minato Namikaze immediately asked, "What strange behavior did he exhibit?"
"He was calling out, 'Is anyone there?' It seems he was looking for us. We didn't dare to act rashly, so we immediately came to report to Lord Minato."
Hearing the Ninja's report, Minato Namikaze's eyes narrowed slightly.
Minato Namikaze paused, then decided, "Daishi, you disguise yourself as an Iwagakure Ninja and pretend to take him away. If he refuses to go with you, attack him, but don't kill him."
Ueyama Oishi accepted the order and left the tent to carry out the mission.
Minato Namikaze said to Kakashi and the other two, "Follow me; you must hide yourselves well!"
"Yes, Sensei Minato!"
…Shindai called out for a long time outside the tent, but no one came.
Shindai frowned tightly: "No way? This isn't right. This is a Konoha Garrison, right? The security shouldn't be that loose, should it?
Although they might be suspicious of me, worried that I might inquire about the Konoha Ninja in the Konoha Garrison, and thus placed me at the edge of the Konoha Garrison, I was captured here. At the very least, they should have placed one or two guard Ninja outside my tent as a formality, right?
Are they so disrespectful? Or… have they already considered me one of them, so they didn't arrange any?"
Shindai was a bit puzzled.
They… wouldn't trust him that quickly, would they?
"Forget it, I'll put that question aside for now."
Shindai planned to summon a Ren'ying to appeal to the Third Kazekage, to see if he could change his undercover assignment.
If he had to be both an undercover agent and a fighter, Shindai would rather return to the Hidden Sand Village.
Moreover, Shindai didn't know how to make Minato Namikaze trust him and let him enter Konoha.
The pressure now was simply too great; Shindai felt like he had lost a lot of hair.
Shindai didn't want to go bald at such a young age.
Just as Shindai was about to walk a little further away, halfway there, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
Shindai initially thought it was a Konoha Ninja who had heard his calls and came looking for him.
But when Shindai saw the person in front of him clearly, his pupils suddenly constricted.
The guy in front of him was wearing an Iwagakure headband.
Ueyama Oishi had his face tightly wrapped, with only his eyes exposed.
Because his mouth was covered by cloth, Ueyama Oishi spoke in a muffled voice: "You are the Bloodline Limit Ninja that the Hidden Sand Village traded to us. Follow me immediately."
Shindai looked at the Ninja in front of him in disbelief.
No, is Iwagakure crazy? To actually send a Ninja to the Konoha Garrison to find him, are they tired of living? Minato Namikaze is here!
Shindai suddenly looked to his left: "Eh? Lord Minato, you've arrived!"
Ueyama Oishi subconsciously looked to his left.
However, there was no one there at all. When Ueyama Oishi turned his head back, Shindai had already run towards the Konoha Garrison.
Kakashi, hidden in the shadows, saw Shindai running towards the Konoha Garrison and confirmed, "It seems Sensei was right. His target is most likely our Konoha."
Obito asked blankly, "Ah? That's confirmed already?"
Kakashi analyzed, "First, no one was guarding him. He left his tent but called out to our Ninja. Now, encountering an 'Iwagakure Ninja' trying to take him away, he didn't choose to follow the 'Iwagakure Ninja' but ran towards the Konoha Garrison.
This indicates that he doesn't want to leave and return to the Hidden Sand Village, nor does he want to go to Iwagakure, so his only objective can be Konoha."
Obito speculated, "But… what if he really turned over a new leaf?"
Kakashi rolled his eyes at Obito: "You're really naive. Turn over a new leaf? Think about it carefully, he was only brought back by us yesterday. How could he turn over a new leaf so quickly? And if it were you, would you, like him, shout and look for people in an unfamiliar place, especially in a Konoha Garrison that doesn't have a good relationship with his Village?"
Obito thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No."
Minato Namikaze agreed, "Kakashi's analysis is correct. This child's goal seems to be to get close to our Konoha. Next, we'll have to see his strength. From the memory I glimpsed, this child is a genius."
Ueyama Oishi realized that Shindai was running towards the Konoha Garrison and immediately understood that Shindai wanted to call for help.
But… for Shindai, a Hidden Sand Village Ninja, to call Konoha Ninja to deal with him, wasn't that a bit much?
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
Ueyama Oishi made hand signs and pressed his hands on the ground, creating an Earth Release wall that stood in Shindai's path, blocking his way.
"Earth Release: Fissure!"
Ueyama Oishi concentrated Chakra in his palms and struck the ground, causing the earth to crack to attack Shindai.
However, Shindai merely kept dodging, showing no intention of counterattacking.
Ueyama Oishi kept attacking Shindai, and Shindai kept running.
Because he was unfamiliar with the Konoha Garrison, as he ran, Shindai gradually moved further away from the Konoha Garrison and entered a forest.
Ueyama Oishi continued to pursue Shindai relentlessly.
Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze, along with Kakashi and the other two, kept tracking and observing the battle.
Obito saw that Shindai was only dodging and felt confident again: "Is that all? Sensei Minato, you must have misjudged him. That guy only knows how to run; his strength must be very weak!"
Minato Namikaze, however, seriously denied it: "No, Daishi is an elite Chunin. If he were very weak, how long do you think he could run under Daishi's relentless pursuit?"
Kakashi also looked solemn: "That's right. Although his movements are chaotic and he looks flustered, he manages to avoid every attack. But… why doesn't he counterattack? There's no one else around here besides us. If he wanted to hide his strength, there's no need to hide it here."
Minato Namikaze gazed at Shindai, who was constantly using trees and other cover to dodge in the forest, and said, "In the memory I glimpsed, he is very afraid of fighting."
Indeed, Shindai was very scared now. He dared not risk his life. As long as there was a battle, there would be risks.
So Shindai would flee whenever he could; there was no need to take risks.
But now… Shindai was surrounded by several Earth Release walls, with nowhere left to run.