"En, the Anbu also gave me some information about what you said. I probably know what the Cloud Ninja want to do, but..."
"Minato-senpai, do you trust me?" Uchiha En interrupted Minato Namikaze and asked.
"I do!" Minato Namikaze replied without hesitation.
"Alright then! Minato-senpai, please give me command of the Anbu. I will handle the rest, and I guarantee that the Village's interests will not be harmed."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you."
After gaining command of the Anbu, Uchiha En instantly teleported near the embassy where the Cloud Ninja were staying.
As soon as Uchiha En arrived, he saw three familiar faces: Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Oto, and Kakashi Hatake.
Kakashi was the current Anbu Captain, while Shisui and Uchiha Oto were squad leaders.
The presence of these three showed how much Minato Namikaze valued the Cloud Village Envoy.
"En, why are you here?" Suddenly, Kakashi's voice rang out in Uchiha En's mind.
Uchiha En was very familiar with this situation; it was clearly a secret technique of the Yamanaka Clan.
"Hokage-sama gave me jurisdiction over the Anbu. I am now fully responsible for the Cloud Ninja," Uchiha En replied.
"Is that so? It seems sensei is truly wary of the Cloud Ninja, even calling you over."
"How many Anbu did you all bring in total?" Uchiha En asked, changing the subject.
"Shisui and Oto's two Anbu squads, plus me, make 21 people in total."
"That's too many people. Just the three of you should remain to monitor them in secret. I'll have the Police Force handle the overt surveillance.
With you three in the shadows and the Police Force openly, this is the best way to keep watch."
Kakashi nodded and turned to make arrangements. Since Minato Namikaze had handed over jurisdiction of the Anbu to Uchiha En, Kakashi naturally trusted Uchiha En's judgment.
After arranging the Anbu personnel, Uchiha En teleported back to the Uchiha Clan and dispatched the members of the Police Force, instructing them to focus on monitoring the Cloud Ninja.
In the evening, the Kumogakure Envoy came downstairs in groups of three to five, looking like they were going to wander around Konoha, eat, drink, and have fun.
They split into three teams and left.
Kakashi gestured, and Shisui, Oto, and he each followed one group of Cloud Ninja.
Shisui, the strongest among them, tracked the group with the largest Chakra reserves among the three. They were likely the strongest trio in the Kumogakure Envoy.
If there were no surprises, this group was the true core of this Kumogakure Envoy!
Uchiha En also received reports from his subordinates about the Cloud Ninja's movements immediately.
Uchiha En didn't care about this; he had long guessed that the Cloud Ninja would make a move. On the other hand, Asana was a bit worried and left the Uchiha Clan, presumably to keep watch as well.
Unconsciously, an hour passed. Uchiha En received reports about the Cloud Ninja's movements every few minutes from his subordinates.
Just as Uchiha En was pondering what other intentions the Cloud Ninja had besides plotting against the Hyuga Clan, his subordinate reported that some Cloud Ninja had infiltrated the Konoha Orphanage.
Uchiha En was stunned by the news. He never expected the Cloud Ninja to go to the Konoha Orphanage. Was there anything there that the Cloud Ninja cared about?
Soon, Uchiha En got his answer, because Yakushi Nono arrived at the Uchiha Clan.
Yakushi Nono followed a member of the Uchiha Clan to Uchiha En's house.
She carefully raised her head and looked at Uchiha En with curious eyes.
Yakushi Nono was very grateful to Uchiha En, because in a sense, Uchiha En had liberated her from Root.
To be honest, if it weren't for the large family at the orphanage, she wouldn't have been able to stay in Root at all.
Root practically treated the orphanage as a petri dish. As soon as children reached a certain age, they would be taken for training, and as long as they could be used, they would be absorbed without discrimination.
Yakushi Nono was not a fool; she knew very well what consequences children with ordinary talents would face if they were dragged into Root.
They would be cannon fodder!
But if she refused Danzo, the orphanage's funds would be cut off. She was an excellent intelligence agent, but not a Ninja with powerful combat abilities. It was too difficult to support the orphanage's family on mission bounties alone.
Over time, she became more and more deeply entangled, unable to extricate herself.
Just when Yakushi Nono had despaired of life, she remembered Uchiha En, who had spoken up for her on the battlefield in the Land of Wind.
Yakushi Nono knew that the Uchiha Clan and Danzo were at odds; an enemy of her enemy was a friend.
So, with a sliver of hope, she went to the Police Force and found Uchiha En.
Uchiha En agreed to lend her money without a second thought after seeing her, and told her that if the orphanage ever ran short of funds, she could come directly to the Uchiha Clan.
Yakushi Nono had only come to the Uchiha Clan to try her luck, and she didn't expect to actually get the money.
Since then, Yakushi Nono finally had the courage to break free from Root's clutches.
What surprised Yakushi Nono even more was what happened later. On the Night of the Nine-Tails, when the Village was in chaos, Yakushi Nono suddenly felt that the Cursed Seal on her tongue had disappeared.
As a member of Root, Yakushi Nono knew very well what the disappearance of the Cursed Seal meant.
Danzo was dead! Danzo was actually dead?
Yakushi Nono had an unreal feeling.
To verify whether Danzo was truly dead, Yakushi Nono began to collect various intelligence, and then she confirmed one thing: Danzo was indeed dead, and he had died at Uchiha En's hands.
This made Yakushi Nono even more curious about Uchiha En, and at the same time, increasingly grateful.
The number of times Uchiha En had met her could be counted on one hand. His girlfriend, Asana, was a colleague at Konoha Hospital, and they had met more often, but they had no personal interaction.
Considering this, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she and Uchiha En were strangers, yet the Uchiha Clan's funding for the orphanage had never stopped, arriving on time every month, along with various other material support.
Uchiha En had also helped her kill Danzo, freeing her from Root's entanglement, which made Yakushi Nono even more grateful to Uchiha En.
"Yakushi-senpai, how long do you plan to eavesdrop?" Uchiha En asked with a smile.
Yakushi Nono's spirits jolted at his words.
"Yakushi-senpai, how is the situation at the orphanage recently?" Uchiha En asked gently.
As the orphanage's biggest sponsor, Uchiha En, the clan head, was in a sense Yakushi Nono's boss.
Facing her boss's question, Yakushi Nono instinctively became nervous: "Lord En, everything is going smoothly, and the children are all doing very well. Everyone is fine, thank you for your help."
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