Kikai wanted to commit suicide, but he couldn't.
He could only watch as Satoru placed his hand on his head.
Satoru was also impolite; since Kikai was a spy, he should have the awareness of a spy.
The Mind Reading Technique activated, beginning to delve deep into Kikai's mind.
Memories were like a time tunnel, with countless fragments scattered along its sides.
First, the most recent memories.
A flash of fire appeared, a figure lying in a pool of blood.
This made Satoru frown; it was kisuke's family member.
To obtain kisuke's body medium, Kikai had killed kisuke's wife.
This was because kisuke, as a member of Anbu and an elite of Konoha, had been investigating spies who had infiltrated Konoha during these days of heavy losses for Konoha.
Finally, Kikai discovered him, and to eliminate this Ninja who already suspected him, he found kisuke's home.
He obtained the other party's hair and killed kisuke's wife.
"This is war."
Satoru merely sighed, without much emotional fluctuation.
When he was a spy in Hidden Rain Village, he had also killed Ninja from enemy villages; this was normal Ninja behavior.
It was just that now it was a Konoha Ninja, which made him feel a bit emotional.
However, if someone were to kill his family, he would certainly not let the enemy off easily.
"But it's truly strange; he's not a Ninja from the Five Great Ninja Villages,
Land of Woods, a member of the Hannya Troupe?"
Satoru found his identity from Kikai's mind.
He was a former member of the Hannya Troupe from the Land of Woods.
The Land of Woods Hannya Troupe belonged to the Ninja armed forces of the Land of Woods.
Originally, they had established diplomatic relations with the Land of Fire, but eventually, due to greed, they coveted the resources of the Land of Fire and had dealings with Iwagakure, which was discovered by Konoha.
When Itachi was still in Konoha, he had accompanied Might Guy, Kakashi, and other Anbu members on a mission to exterminate the Hannya Troupe.
And the Land of Woods was destroyed as a result.
Satoru had seen these details in documents when he was Acting Hokage.
Kikai's purpose was to spy on Konoha, influence Konoha's defenses, and finally sell the defense intelligence to other great nations to achieve the goal of retaliating against Konoha.
"So loyal?"
Unfortunately, in the end, he was so close, just a little bit away, from being able to eliminate kisuke and continue spying on Konoha.
He failed because of Satoru.
Satoru also learned from his mind that the remnants of the Hannya Troupe were still secretly plotting.
However, their strength was too weak.
If he remembered correctly, the remnants of the Hannya Troupe were eventually dealt with by Danzo.
"Soul Body Separation Technique, a Sealing Technique involving the soul? This structure is truly ingenious."
He also obtained a powerful Ninjutsu from the other party.
And it wasn't some forbidden Jutsu.
As long as one obtains the medium and prepares the Sealing Technique talismans, one can pull out the enemy's soul and seal it.
In addition to the Hundred Puppet Soul Binding Technique, Spiritualization Technique, and Edo Tensei, this was another soul Ninjutsu.
"How was it, Captain Satoru?" kisuke watched from the side, and only spoke after Satoru opened his eyes.
He knew that Satoru was a sensory Ninja, and also the head of the Analysis Team; he was currently using the Mind Reading Technique.
"Just remnants of the Hannya Troupe from the Land of Woods, no useful information.
Kill him."
Satoru didn't even look at Kikai again, telling kisuke.
Everything that needed to be investigated had been investigated, so let the person who should take revenge do so.
Upon hearing this, kisuke removed his mask, revealing his red-rimmed eyes.
Holding a Kunai, he looked at Kikai with a cruel expression.
Ah~
Ah!!!
Ah ah ah~
Satoru left this place amidst the screams... In Konoha's successive spy defense battles, the message was ultimately not transmitted when Konoha was at its weakest.
Nor were the defenses broken by the enemy.
Under these circumstances, Konoha continued to restore its strength under the leadership of Lady Tsunade.
However, Shikaku was a bit distressed.
"Dad, is being the Hokage's strategist so tiring?" Shikamaru saw his exhausted father again.
In these days, it wasn't the first time he had seen him like this.
Every day when he came back, he could feel his exhaustion.
In this situation, even his mother hadn't lost her temper with his father.
Shikaku: "I naively thought before that after Lady Tsunade returned, Konoha's recovery would be orderly, and we would be able to continue living peacefully.
I never thought that Konoha was indeed orderly, but I was the one doing it!"
Shikaku couldn't help but tear up.
These days were truly unbearable.
If it weren't for Konoha, he would definitely have resigned.
He had thought it would be easier when Lady Tsunade returned, but he didn't expect it to be even worse than when Satoru was Acting Hokage.
At least Satoru wouldn't push most things onto him.
Tsunade only made major decisions!
And she often went drinking and gambling.
If it weren't for Shizune by her side, perhaps even the major decisions that the Hokage should make would have been handed over to him, the Hokage's assistant.
"I knew it; this is really troublesome."
Shikamaru muttered.
It was just as he had thought; being a Hokage's assistant was too troublesome.
"It's troublesome, but it's also for Konoha, isn't it?"
Shikaku said with a smile.
Tired as he was, seeing Konoha gradually getting better made him feel much more at ease... Konoha Hospital.
Tsunade's medical Ninjutsu Chakra appeared on her hands, operating on Lee.
Her expression was more serious than ever before.
Her eyes were very solemn, and sweat dripped from her forehead.
On Lee, who was lying on the bed, countless runes assisted Tsunade in the surgery.
Tsunade was not as idle as Shikaku thought.
These days, in addition to handling the tasks a Hokage should do, she was also developing a medical Ninjutsu to create protein cells.
And with her strong accumulation of medical skills, Tsunade had already developed it in less than half a month.
And today, she was treating Lee.
Although she liked gambling and drinking, she was also a woman with a sense of responsibility.
Outside the operating room, Satoru watched Might Guy pacing back and forth.
One circle, two circles... "Might Guy, don't worry, Lady Tsunade's success rate has increased so much, how could she not succeed?"
Satoru finally comforted Might Guy.
"Of course I know it will succeed; I am a person who believes in miracles.
It's just that I still feel nervous; Lee is my beloved disciple.
If something happens to him again... boo hoo... I'm sorry to him; Lee, you must come out.
You are Konoha's Green Beast."
Upon hearing this, Might Guy, who was just pacing, suddenly burst into tears.
He kept babbling.
"Green Beast?" Satoru was speechless.
What a terrible nickname, even worse than his own nickname, Captain Satoru.
Green Fierce Beast would be better.
He used to find it interesting when watching anime, but in the reality before him, he felt very awkward.
But his thoughts were no longer there; Lee's success was inevitable.
After Lee succeeds, it will be time for the battle to retrieve Sasuke.
He wondered if Orochimaru would be able to break through Konoha, which had already made adjustments.
He hoped not, or the plot would completely deviate.
Sasuke still had to go and learn from Orochimaru, take everything from Orochimaru, and finally save the Ninja World.
Satoru did not want to be on the front lines.
He always thought that no matter how strong he was, he should play a supporting role.
If it really didn't work, he would open a back door for Orochimaru, he thought to himself.