Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha.

Chapter 233 The Abnormalities of Watergull City

Chapter 233 The Abnormalities of Watergull City

The two figures disappeared simultaneously in the next moment, and at the same time, Tachibana Jiro, who had been wandering around the nearby dark alley, discovered something very strange.

"Something's not right, something's really not right, meow!"

Tachibana Jiro shook his head. In a normal town, even if cats aren't everywhere, it's not like they've been searching for so long without finding a single cat hair.

And whether it was just its imagination or not, Tachibana Jiro always felt that the eyes of those humans were strange, and when they saw it, they were as excited as starving kittens when they found a mouse.

Unfortunately, Tachibana Jiro is currently conducting a secret investigation and doesn't want to easily deal with these strange humans, so he always runs away before they get close.

However, it was precisely because of this that Tachibana Jiro did not notice the furious expressions on those people's faces after it escaped.

"Meow!?"

Just as Tachibana Jiro was wondering why he couldn't find any of his kind in Seagull City, he turned around and bumped into a black cat that had crawled out of a mouse hole.

"Yo, finally found the cat—"

Tachibana Jiro happily greeted the black cat in cat language. Just as he was about to ask his kind about the situation in Watergull Castle, the panicked black cat covered his mouth.

"Meow my foot! Hide!"

The black cat was first startled by the excessively fat orange cat, and then hurriedly looked around to make sure there were no signs of humans before dragging Tachibana Jiro into the mouse hole.

"Wait a minute, meow! This hole is too small, I can't fit in!"

Tachibana Jiro tried to squeeze into the mouse hole, but not only was its ridiculously fat body overwhelmed, its round head completely blocked the entrance, making it impossible to get in even a little bit.

"Idiot, idiot, idiot! How did you get so fat, kitty?!"

The black cat glanced instinctively at Tachibana Jiro's fat belly that almost dragged on the ground, as if it had suffered some kind of mental shock, and said incredulously, "Even if other cats weighed only half as much as you, they would have been caught and eaten by those two-legged beasts long ago, right?"

"Eat them? These two-legged creatures eat cats?!"

Tachibana Jiro's eyes widened involuntarily, his fluffy cat face contorted in a grotesque expression, as if he had heard something utterly shocking: "How utterly evil! Lord Ikezumi was right after all! Watergull Castle—no! The Land of Water is a land steeped in sin, meow!"

"What's so strange about that? Those two-legged creatures are so hungry they'll even fight cats for mice!"

The black cat, however, seemed unfazed, and thought that Tachibana Jiro was making a fuss over nothing. "You should find a place to hide first, otherwise, a fat cat like you will definitely cause a commotion if two-legged creatures find you."

Just as Tachibana Jiro was nervously following the black cat to find a place to hide, Biwa Juzo also arrived at a dilapidated, muddy neighborhood, following the route he remembered.

However, before he could reach the location of the black market, he was blocked by a man with long green hair and sharp teeth.

"What? I thought it was someone spying on me, but it's you—"

The man crossed his arms and glanced at the scratches on Biwa Juzo's headband. His hostile gaze softened slightly. "So you couldn't stand those nasty bastards either, so you chose to defect, Biwa Juzo?"

"—Kurosuki Raiga, so you've been hiding here all along."

Biwa Juzo subconsciously gripped the hilt of the Executioner's Blade. He seemed to know that the Moto Ward of Mizuguro Castle had fallen into such a state, but remembering Uchiha Izumi's previous instructions, Biwa Juzo ultimately did not act rashly.

As a fellow member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Juzo Biwa wasn't absolutely certain he could defeat Raiga Kurosuki. If he were to engage in a major fight with him here, the commotion would only make the investigation more difficult.

The fact that the underground black market in Watergull City could persist for so many years right under the noses of Kirigakure is enough to prove just how vigilant these water rats are, even if there was collusion between Kirigakure ninjas and them.

If Juzo Biwa starts fighting Raiga Kurosuki, the people running the underground black market might immediately abscond with the money and only return once things have calmed down.

"I have a pretty good relationship with the Funaya family. Why don't you come along? Yujiro will definitely welcome you."

Raiga Kurosuki didn't care about the slight hostility shown by Juzo Biwa. After all, most of the Kirigakure ninjas were used to drawing their swords at the drop of a hat and didn't care about human life.

Especially considering they were once elite members of Kirigakure and members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and are now all rogue ninja, the fact that Juzo Biwa only gripped the hilt of his sword and didn't immediately strike is already considered a very restrained reaction.

"I haven't decided yet, let me think about it."

In just a few words, Biwa Juzo realized that Kurosuki Raiga's intelligence source was probably faulty; otherwise, he wouldn't have been unaware that Kurosuki Raiga had actually defected much earlier and would have mistaken him for a recently defected rogue ninja.

"Oh, then think it over carefully and remember to come find me."

Raiga Kurosuki had no suspicions. Compared to the other former members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he got along relatively well with his former colleague, Juzo Biwa.

Of course, it wouldn't be accurate to say that their relationship was particularly good. It's just that Raiga Kurosuki's relationship with others was worse, which made his relationship with Juzo Biwa seem not too bad.

After simply brushing off Raiga Kurosuki, Juzo Biwa didn't try to infiltrate further to gather intelligence. Since Raiga Kurosuki could find him, it meant that the people in the black market had already noticed something amiss.

In this situation, recklessly infiltrating would only alert them. It would be better to pretend to leave and let them lower their guard. Besides him, there's also Uchiha Izumi and that ninja cat gathering relevant information. Ninjas aren't just a profession that can only fight alone; many times they have to and can only choose to trust their teammates.

Compared to Tachibana Jiro and Biwa Juzo, whose investigation missions were not going very smoothly, Uchiha Izumi's investigation was surprisingly successful.

This is certainly not because she is better than Juzo Biwa in terms of ninja skills; it's purely because she benefited from Izumi Uchiha's influence.

The ability to see all the crimes a target has committed is practically a cheat code when it comes to intelligence gathering.

The effect wasn't so obvious when dealing with good people or ordinary people, but almost everyone running the underground black market had an extremely high level of evil and a red name. All Uchiha Izumi needed to do was follow the trail of a red name and investigate the situation of the underground black market in Mizuguro City without much effort.

When the two people and the cat reunited, Uchiha Izumi's face had turned extremely ugly, and the notebook in her hand was filled with all sorts of crimes.