After crossing the thick fog area, the field of vision suddenly widened, and there was not a trace of mist.
"What the hell, there's no fog at all once you're out of the fog area," Naruto said. "I thought people in your Kiri Village lived in the fog all year round."
"The Land of Water does have a lot of fog. It's covered by fog one-third of the year, but not all the time," Zabuza Momochi was gushing about his hometown, and Naruto could clearly see the excitement on Zabuza's face.
"Up ahead is the entrance to Kiri Village," Zabuza Momochi pointed forward.
"Wow—" Naruto looked and saw many houses and buildings hidden among the mountains.
"Can we sneak into the village?"
"No. Every time someone gets close to the village, Yagura, the Mizukage, always knows in advance."
"What!" Naruto was greatly shocked.
Naruto thought for a moment and figured things weren't right.
"Looks like we've been exposed long ago. As soon as we passed through the fog area, Kiri Village already knew about our visit."
Zabuza Momochi looked shocked. He was from Kiri Village, yet he didn't even know that the fog area had such a reconnaissance ability.
"Are you overthinking it?"
"Definitely not," Naruto said. "The Land of Rain has a similar Ninjutsu. The rain there falls all year round and can sense every Ninja's Chakra. If someone sneaks in, they'll be detected."
"I think the fog area in Kiri Village has a similar function."
On the other side, inside Kiri Village.
In a pitch - black house, Yagura, the Mizukage, was sitting on his throne. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and red light shone from them.
Yagura, the Mizukage, had sensed that uninvited guests had passed through the fog area and were approaching Kiri Village.
Yagura, the Mizukage, lowered his head and looked at a cold and beautiful woman standing below.
She was Samui, a Jonin from Kumogakure Village.
"You said the Raikage wants to hold a meeting of the Four Kage, excluding Konoha?"
"Yes."
"Konoha's people have already reached the outskirts of Kiri Village."
Samui looked surprised. She really couldn't believe that Konoha's people were so fast.
She had just arrived, and Konoha's people followed right after.
"Let me go and meet Konoha's Ninjas," Yagura, the Mizukage, stood up from his throne.
Yagura, the Mizukage, looked very young. He was a bit short and carried a stick on his back that was longer than his height, with a green flower pinned to the top of the stick.
Yagura, the Mizukage, led the Anbu of Kiri Village and set out together.
Yagura, the Mizukage's figure appeared, and he stared at the empty surroundings.
An Anbu Ninja from Kiri Village came to report: "Mizukage - sama, there are no traces of the intruders."
"Impossible. There must be someone who passed through the fog area. Search, keep searching until you find them."
"Yes." The Anbu Ninjas of Kiri then launched a carpet - style search.
But in the end, they found nothing.
Because Naruto and his group had all teleported back to Konoha Village.
Zabuza Momochi still hadn't come to his senses and quickly asked Naruto: "Naruto, why did we suddenly return to Konoha?"
"We've been exposed. How can we not return to Konoha?"
"Then won't we be unable to enter Kiri again?"
"Don't worry. I've left a teleportation marker[b]teleportation marker[/b]. We can teleport to Kiri anytime."
"Then won't our trip be in vain?"
"No, we've reaped a great deal." Naruto said with a smile. "At least I've figured out Kiri's defense method."
Kiri is a ninja village built deep in the mountains.
There is a fog area on the periphery that never clears throughout the year. Actually, it's a sensor area created using Ninjutsu.
Once an outsider steps into the fog area, the Mizukage will sense the intrusion.
Zabuza Momochi left teleportation points[b]teleportation points[/b] outside the fog area. Then Naruto teleported there and they passed through the fog area together, so they were sensed by the Mizukage.
However, after passing through the fog area, Naruto left another teleportation points[b]teleportation points[/b].
This means Naruto can directly teleport inside the fog area next time. Since he doesn't need to pass through the fog area anymore, he can naturally avoid being detected by the Mizukage.
"Take Kakashi with us. We'll explore Kiri again tomorrow."
The next day, Kakashi was lying lazily on a tree, reading a book.
Naruto walked over slowly and stared at the book in Kakashi's hand.
Kakashi shifted his gaze from the book to Naruto.
"Naruto, what are you doing here?"
"I have intelligence on Obito."
Kakashi shook off his lazy state and perked up.
He closed the book, flipped off the tree, and his movements were so smooth that it was almost seamless.
"Where is Obito?"
"In Kiri."
"What's he doing in Kiri?"
"He's using the Sharingan to control Yagura, the Mizukage of Kiri."
Naruto revealed a major piece of intelligence.
Kakashi's eyes darted around. "Naruto, how do you know?"
"I sent Itachi to investigate Obito's whereabouts. It was Itachi who dug it out." Naruto pretended to be honest, but he was actually lying.
The intelligence about Obito controlling Yagura in Kiri wasn't found out by Itachi at all. Naruto just wanted to avoid trouble, so he simply pinned the blame on Itachi.
"Teacher Kakashi, are you going to Kiri?"
"Go! I must go! If Obito is really there, I must bring him back." Kakashi felt a pang of pain in his heart.
Kakashi wanted to bring Obito back to Konoha and take him to Rin's grave so that he could tell Rin himself what he had been doing all these years.
However, some time ago, Rin's grave was destroyed by unknown people, which made Kakashi extremely sad and angry. Every time he thought about it, he would feel a pain in his heart.
"Then let's get ready to head to Kiri." Naruto reached out his hand.
"Naruto, thank you. I didn't expect you to be the most capable one among my three students."
After saying that, Kakashi reached out and shook Naruto's hand.
Naruto smiled slightly and disappeared instantly with Kakashi.
When Kakashi could see clearly again, he found that the surrounding scenery had changed.
"Kakashi." Hinata greeted Kakashi.
"Hinata? Why are you here?" Kakashi looked at Hinata in front of him. He could hardly believe it.
Naruto said, "No matter where I go, I'll take Hinata with me. Just like you, Teacher Kakashi. No matter where you go, you always bring Jiraiya's books with you."
"That's the most absurd analogy ever!" Kakashi couldn't accept it.
At this time, Kakashi noticed that besides Hinata, there were Zabuza Momochi and Haku as well.
"Zabuza Momochi!" Kakashi was greatly shocked. Why was his former opponent from the Land of Waves here?
"Yo, Copy Ninja Kakashi. It's been a long time since our last fight."
Naruto stepped forward. "Teacher Kakashi, let me introduce you. This is Zabuza Momochi. He's our comrade."
"This time, whether we can expose Obito in Kiri depends on Zabuza. After all, he is a Rogue Ninja from Kiri."
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