- You should have gotten rid of him sooner," the head of 'Not' glared, "but I suggested direct elimination, and there were suitable opportunities.
- And to attract the attention of the clans associated with him? - Sarutobi snorted, leaning back in his chair and searching his pockets for a pipe. - The Triple Alliance and that damned Uzumaki will be digging their noses into the ground looking for the culprits responsible for the elimination of their genius boy," he poured tobacco into the pipe, lit it with a small burst of katon chakra from his finger and took a deep drag. - No, we won't do anything for now, especially since the reward from Iva for his head is very decent and many people will want it.
- Are you suggesting that we trade information to those who want it through a trusty little man? - Shimura chuckled.
- Yes, but only to the most promising and much later - a bunch of "chance" meetings can make Nara start digging themselves in search of the traitor - waved his hand Hiruzen, puffing clubs of fragrant smoke - and so at least there will be a profit, if this splinter could not get rid of immediately and without traces. Especially as long as the young man stays out of politics and doesn't pose much of a threat, unlike Sakumo," he glanced at his companion with a hint.
- I'm working on it," the one-eyed shinobi nodded and suggested, "Then keep this genius busy with something, so he doesn't spend too much time around the jinchuriki and Uzumaki. Or should we try to pressure and recruit him?
- The Hokage smirked, "Preferably all the girls, so that he could shake them more and pull the untalented to the level of a jounin.
- Good idea.
- Then it will be possible to exclude the half-breed from our calculations for three or four years, and then there are various, very interesting options....
***
The ink had already begun to burn off the paper, so as I was frantically unsealing the prisoners, the scroll burst into flames and was destroyed, throwing out the last chunin in a ground-up state. Even better, the basement-laboratory-test site defenses went off in time, packing the site and all its contents into a stone tablet inserted into the grooves of the floor.
Though such fuses are disposable and need to be replaced after each triggering, but the level of protection is reliable - they will seal even the explosion of a dozen reinforced kibakufud, not letting the explosion spread. It's true that the disposal of such things is very complicated and dangerous, but what else do clone technicians need for but this kind of work?
Leaving the sorting, surprise inspection, sweeping, and processing of all the prisoners to four kage bunshins with decent chakra reserves, I headed for the basement stairs - I should at least let Saya know I was back, and take a bath.
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