After Minato Namikaze left Kuto's tent, he headed to Kakashi's tent.
Kakashi's injuries had already been bandaged, but Rin Nohara was still checking him for other wounds.
Obito said, clearly annoyed, "Rin, even Kakashi himself said he doesn't have any other injuries, so why are you still checking him so carefully?"
Rin Nohara said seriously, "It's better to be careful. The blade of that puppet Kuto seems to be coated with poison, so the main thing now is to check if Kakashi has been poisoned."
Obito frowned and looked Kakashi over, "He doesn't look poisoned at all, does he?"
Kakashi also said, "Yeah, Rin, I don't feel uncomfortable at all…"
Suddenly, Kakashi felt a wave of dizziness and almost fainted.
Obito quickly supported Kakashi, "Hey, Kakashi, you're not really poisoned, are you?"
Kakashi still tried to act tough, "I'm not poisoned, I just feel a bit tired. It's all because of you, Obito, constantly yapping in my ear, making me even more tired!"
Obito said in disbelief, "Huh? You can blame me for this too?"
"Alright, Kakashi, don't talk anymore, I found the wound!"
Rin Nohara found a small wound on Kakashi's ankle; the wound was slightly blackened.
Rin Nohara immediately treated the small wound on Kakashi's ankle.
Obito looked at the wound on Kakashi's ankle in confusion, "This wound… Kakashi, how did you get it?"
Kakashi was also a bit puzzled, having no memory of when he got this injury. It seemed unlikely his ankle would have been hit.
"This should be the wound Kakashi got when he used Earth Release: Piercing Fang in the previous battle, trying to ambush Kuto but failing, and was grazed by the puppet's blade while retreating."
Minato Namikaze entered the tent, speculating on how Kakashi got injured.
Minato Namikaze asked, "How is it, Rin? Can Kakashi's poison be cured? If it's troublesome, I'll find a Medical Ninja from the Konoha Garrison to come over."
Rin Nohara shook her head and said, "No need to trouble them. This poison isn't very troublesome. This type of poison usually takes effect very quickly, but luckily Kakashi only got a slight graze, so the poisoning isn't deep. It's only now taking effect. We just need to inject a normal antidote into Kakashi's body, and he'll be fine very soon."
As she spoke, Rin Nohara had already injected an antidote into Kakashi's body.
After a while, Kakashi gradually recovered.
Kakashi asked, "Sensei, has Kuto been brought back?"
Minato Namikaze nodded, "Yes, he's been brought back, and after dawn, we'll take him back to Konoha."
Kakashi frowned and said seriously, "Sensei, this Kuto is hiding his strength. He had opportunities to leave the Konoha Garrison but didn't. He's clearly problematic and targeting Konoha. Is it really a good idea to take him back to Konoha?"
Minato Namikaze smiled and said, "It's a very good idea, and it's now confirmed that he is a spy sent by Hidden Sand Village."
Obito said in shock and confusion, "Huh? It's confirmed he's a spy, and that's a good thing?"
Minato Namikaze explained, "Because he can directly communicate with the Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village through Ren'ying."
Obito asked in confusion, "So what?"
Kakashi had already figured out Minato Namikaze's meaning and retorted to Obito, "Idiot, haven't you realized yet? His Ren'ying can directly communicate with the Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village, which means we can get intelligence from Hidden Sand Village through him, or feed Hidden Sand Village false information through him."
Obito suddenly understood, but having been called an idiot by Kakashi again, he grumbled, "I already knew that."
Kakashi couldn't be bothered with Obito's stubbornness.
Minato Namikaze continued, "Just now I intercepted the scroll he sent to the Kazekage, and it was entirely about his desire to return to Hidden Sand Village.
However, I destroyed that scroll. I've already forged a scroll saying that his spying here has been very successful. So, now we need him to stay with us.
As long as he's here, then Konoha, as Kakashi just said, can give Hidden Sand Village false information, which will allow Konoha to gain the upper hand in dealing with Hidden Sand Village.
Furthermore, his spying is not voluntary, and his spying ability and experience are very poor. When you interact with him, don't let him realize that we've already discovered his identity as a spy."
Actually, Minato Namikaze hadn't originally intended to tell Kakashi and the others about Kuto being a spy.
But Kuto's spy identity might fool Obito, but it would be too difficult to fool Kakashi, and even Rin Nohara would be a tough sell.
One could say, Minato Namikaze had never seen a spy with such poor professional skills; he might as well have written "I am abnormal" on his face.
No, it wasn't poor professional skill, but rather a complete lack of professional skill.
So it was better to give Kakashi and the others a heads-up beforehand.
...
After dawn, Minato Namikaze, along with Kakashi and the other two, arrived at Kuto's tent.
Kuto was lying spread-eagled in the bedding on the ground, fast asleep.
Minato Namikaze and the three others twitched their eyes at his sleeping posture.
Sleeping so soundly that he hadn't even woken up after they walked in, how carefree could he be?
Minato Namikaze squatted beside Kuto and patted his shoulder, "Kuto, wake up, it's time to leave."
Kuto was truly exhausted. Under intense mental strain, it had taken him a long time to finally fall asleep, and he had only been asleep for a short while.
So, after Minato Namikaze patted Kuto, the deeply sleeping Kuto did not wake up.
Minato Namikaze patted Kuto again, using a bit more force this time, which finally woke Kuto.
Kuto groggily sat up and rubbed his eyes.
Rubbing his eyes made Kuto's vision blurry, so he didn't clearly see Minato Namikaze in front of him. Moreover, Kuto's mind was very muddled at the moment, and he was in a semi-conscious state.
"Uncle Kaito, I'll be a good spy, please don't really throw me in jail…"
Minato Namikaze and the three others looked at Kuto with lines of black on their faces.
Hey, hey, hey, you're supposed to be a spy right now. Is it really okay to blurt that out directly in front of them?
Isn't that a bit disrespectful?
Kuto's mind gradually cleared, and he saw Minato Namikaze and the three others in front of him, instantly freezing.
What did he just say?
Kuto had just dreamed that when he was in Hidden Sand Village, he refused to go undercover, and then Third Kazekage said he would throw him in jail, after which he begged for mercy…
Could it be… he said it out loud?
Kuto's expression gradually turned to panic.
Minato Namikaze cleared his throat and said, "Kuto, what did you just say? Your voice was too low, I didn't hear it. Did you hear it, Kakashi?"
"We didn't hear anything."
Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara simultaneously turned their heads away, avoiding looking at Kuto, because they were really about to burst.
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