"The target I'm tracking is carrying unconventional items. He might be an important figure. I've decided to follow him and see where he goes. You take the captured target to the 12th Division first, then wait for my orders," Yoruichi informed her subordinates via the Denreishinki.
"Understood. Please be careful, Vice-Captain!"
With her mind made up, Yoruichi suppressed her spiritual pressure and followed the Reigai student.
The Reigai student wasn't strong and couldn't sense Yoruichi after she concealed her presence.
And Yoruichi's Shunpo was at a high level. Even with her spiritual pressure suppressed, she could easily keep up.
An hour later.
The Reigai student still showed no signs of stopping and continued to move at high speed.
"He's running in circles..." Yoruichi thought. The surroundings were familiar; she had passed this place before.
Based on her observation, the Reigai was highly vigilant and had strong counter-surveillance awareness. Even without detecting her, he didn't head directly to his destination.
However, Yoruichi had been trained by the Onmitsukidō, and such simple tricks couldn't fool her.
The Reigai's caution only strengthened her belief that he was an important target.
"Can't be hasty. The Professor always says I'm not calm enough... Patience is key to achieving great things!" Yoruichi suppressed the urge to rush forward and capture him.
A moment later, the Reigai, seemingly convinced he wasn't being followed, changed direction.
Yoruichi's heart leaped with joy, and she immediately followed.
She tailed him to a bustling market.
"Damn, there are a lot of people here," Yoruichi frowned. "If a fight breaks out..."
The Reigai entered the market and blended into the crowd.
Yoruichi quickly followed.
But the street was too crowded. Not wanting to attract attention, her speed was inevitably slowed by the flow of people.
After the Reigai passed an intersection, a merchant caravan carrying goods emerged from another side street, separating Yoruichi from her target.
"I've lost sight of him..." Yoruichi grew anxious. The caravan had forced a distance between them.
Yoruichi couldn't worry about being discreet anymore. She couldn't let him out of her sight for too long.
"Excuse me," Yoruichi pushed her way through the middle of the caravan.
However, after crossing through, she hurried out of the alley but saw no sign of the Reigai.
Swoosh—
Yoruichi immediately used Shunpo to get to a nearby rooftop. Her sharp eyes scanned the street, but there was still no sign of him.
"How did I lose him?!" Yoruichi found it unbelievable.
It had only been a few seconds, and he had vanished!
Her mind raced, and a thought suddenly struck her—
There was something wrong with that caravan!
The Reigai might not have left the caravan at all. He had blended in with them!
Yoruichi quickly turned back to look for the caravan. She saw it was still on the street, not too far away, and breathed a sigh of relief. She immediately followed.
Then, she saw the caravan enter a small courtyard.
Yoruichi jumped to a rooftop to hide herself. Soon, she saw the Reigai student climb out of one of the caravan's cargo boxes.
"So cautious. Even his entry is so secretive. This place must hold a secret. If I weren't so clever, I would have lost him," Yoruichi thought.
"Yasuda-kun, weren't you going to the Academy to report in? Why are you back?" the caravan leader asked the Reigai student.
"Our identities have been exposed. I saw Nakano get captured, so I decided to come back and lie low," the Reigai student said.
"Nakano-kun was captured?" The caravan leader frowned. "You haven't even enrolled yet. Logically, the Shinigami shouldn't know you. How were you exposed?"
"I don't know. Weren't the Shinigami investigating the rampant faith problem in the Hanakare District and surrounding areas? Maybe they were exposed over there," the Reigai student said.
"Even you, who haven't enrolled, were discovered. The ones at the Academy are likely in danger as well," the caravan leader's expression turned grave. "It seems the plan to infiltrate the Spiritual Arts Academy has failed."
"Yes, these Shinigami are a real pain. The operation in the Hanakare District was unsuccessful, and now our partners at the Academy have been found out," the Reigai student said helplessly.
"We need to plan our next steps carefully. Lord Miyamoto needs more hands over there. Your spiritual body is very stable, so go and help him for now," the caravan leader said.
"Yes, sir!" the Reigai student nodded.
After the Reigai and the caravan members entered the house, Yoruichi immediately took out her Denreishinki to notify her subordinates and call for backup.
The people in this caravan were likely all involved. She couldn't capture so many people alone and had to call for help.
A moment later, more than a dozen Onmitsukidō Shinigami arrived at her side.
"Vice-Captain, what's the situation?" Marechiyo Ōmaeda jumped onto the roof.
"The main targets are the blond caravan leader and the one in the student uniform. We need those two alive. For the rest, just do your best," Yoruichi instructed.
From her observation, the caravan leader and the Reigai student clearly had higher status than the others.
"Move out!" Yoruichi gave the signal to begin the operation.
The Onmitsukidō members immediately split up. A few were stationed outside the courtyard to prevent any escapes.
The remaining members were divided into two three-man teams, led by Yoruichi and Ōmaeda respectively.
Yoruichi's team would enter the house from the front, while Ōmaeda's team would enter from the back.
"There's..."
Before a guard could finish his warning, he was knocked out by Yoruichi, who had appeared behind him with Shunpo.
Yoruichi didn't enter directly through the main door but sensed the spiritual pressure fluctuations inside from outside the house.
The people inside had not yet discovered the intrusion, so they weren't hiding their spiritual pressure. Yoruichi could rely on her spiritual perception to approach them silently.
The first target Yoruichi located was the Reigai student, as he was currently in his room.
She took out her tranquilizer crossbow and, through a crack in the window, aimed at the Reigai.
Swoosh—
Before the Reigai could react, he was hit by the dart.
In the next instant, under the effect of the tranquilizer, he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
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