Boom—
Boom—
Tossing the two unconscious figures onto the ground, Seii didn't imdiately cast a technique to read their mories. Instead, he kept his Byakugan activated, carefully scanning the surroundings.
Only after a long while, once he was sure that the sensory barrier in Kirigakure functioned similarly to Konoha's—aning it couldn't detect spatial disturbances within—did he finally feel at ease.
Thinking about it, it made sense. A barrier covering such a wide range would already be impressive if it specialized in one aspect. It was impossible to make it perfect in every way.
Not to ntion, the higher-ups within the village all had their own secrets. If there were a barrier capable of monitoring every movent inside at all tis, it wouldn't exactly be convenient for them either.
Shaking off his thoughts, Seii refocused on the two figures lying on the ground.
Just as before, he raised his hand and ford a seal, activating the Chakra Absorption Technique to drain their chakra first.
Only after ensuring they had no strength left to resist did he move on to the next step—preparing to extract their mories.
However, these two weren't ordinary shinobi. One was an Anbu from Kirigakure, while the other was likely a spy from another village.
Neither of them were easy targets.
That's why Seii hesitated for a mont before deciding which one to start with. After so thought, he chose the middle-aged Kirigakure shinobi.
It wasn't for any special reason—just that this man wasn't particularly important to him.
This way, if anything went wrong during the mory extraction process, it wouldn't be a big loss.
That said, even though he thought this way, Seii still proceeded with extre caution.
True, if sothing happened to the target, it didn't matter much. But if it backfired on him, that would be a serious problem.
The shinobi world was full of secret techniques—who knew if the man's mind contained so kind of trap?
If it were just an ordinary shinobi, it wouldn't be worth the effort. But since this middle-aged man was likely a spy, that possibility couldn't be ruled out.
Better safe than sorry.
And as it turned out, his caution was justified.
Just as Seii attempted to probe deeper into the man's mories, a sealing technique suddenly activated.
Not only did it completely lock away the man's mories, but it also sent a retaliatory force through the ntal link, attempting to seal Seii's own mories as well.
Had it succeeded, he would've been reduced to a mindless husk on the spot.
Unfortunately for the seal, Seii had anticipated such a trick.
The mont he sensed sothing was off, he hesitated briefly before unleashing a surge of ntal energy, forcefully flooding into the man's mind. This temporarily delayed the formation of the seal.
Watching the slowly "squirming" seal, Seii nodded in satisfaction.
In truth, he could have withdrawn his consciousness the mont the seal appeared.
So why did he do the opposite and push forward instead?
The answer was simple—he wanted this sealing technique.
Looking ahead, whether it was capturing more Tailed Beasts or collecting more powerful techniques, he would need to plant spies in other villages.
Using Transcription Sealing to ensure their secrecy wasn't difficult.
But there was a problem—once the Transcription Seal was triggered, those spies would likely be exposed, making it impossible to keep Seii's existence a secret.
Originally, Danzo's Curse Tongue Eradication Seal would have been perfect for this purpose.
Unfortunately, since it was one of Danzo's core thods of controlling subordinates, he hadn't stored it in the secret archives of Root.
So when Seii raided the place, he hadn't found it.
But now, if he could master this new sealing technique and combine it with the illusionary power of his Mangekyō Sharingan, he could achieve sothing similar.
Suppressing his excitent, Seii refocused and carefully observed the intricate structure of the seal before it could fully take shape.
Normally, the symbols of a sealing technique undergo various transformations—compressions, reductions, and even fusions—before the final form is complete.
For an ordinary person, deciphering the original formula from these incomplete patterns in such a short ti would be virtually impossible.
But Seii was different.
He had already mastered nurous sealing techniques to their peak and had even created an S-rank potential sealing technique on his own.
With that level of understanding, his insights into sealing arts far exceeded those of ordinary shinobi.
What others couldn't do didn't an he couldn't either.
Moreover, while this particular sealing technique was unique, its complexity wasn't actually that high—the real challenge lay in the creator's unconventional approach.
As long as Seii grasped the fundantal principles, learning it wouldn't be difficult at all.
Ti passed second by second.
Inside the cave, an eerie silence filled the space.
Aside from the faint breathing of the three individuals, only the gentle sound of flowing water echoed from outside.
Then, in this quiet atmosphere, Seii suddenly opened his eyes.
At the sa mont, the middle-aged Kirigakure shinobi's eyes snapped open as well.
But unlike Seii, who looked satisfied, the shinobi's expression was one of sheer horror.
Blood trickled from all seven orifices on his face, making for a truly grueso sight.
A mont later, his body stiffened, and his life force vanished.
Seii wasn't particularly surprised.
After all, in order to delay the formation of the Locking Heart Seal, he had poured a massive amount of ntal energy into the man's mind.
Under such circumstances, it was only natural that the man's consciousness would "burst."
As for the Locking Heart Seal...
That was the na Seii had given the technique he just learned—the one that had originally been in the spy's mind.
As the na suggested, the seal's function was to "lock" the target's heart, or rather, their mories.
Once activated, the mories would remain inaccessible unless the corresponding "key" was used.
Even soone familiar with the technique wouldn't be able to break it without the key.
That's right—Seii hadn't managed to extract the deep-layer mories from the spy after all.
But even so, just the surface mories had already given him a wealth of information.
As he had suspected, the man really was a spy.
Of course, which village or faction he belonged to was sothing Seii couldn't determine—it was hidden in the sealed portion of his mind.
But he did know why the man was out tonight.
He had been planning to et soone and hand over intelligence he had gathered recently.
That's right—there was another infiltrator in Kirigakure tonight besides Seii.
Or perhaps, they had already been here for so ti.
Either way, they were definitely not from Kirigakure.
A brilliant idea ford in Seii's mind.
Whoever dared to sneak into Kirigakure under such circumstances had to be quite powerful.
And if he wanted to place his own spies within the Kirigakure Anbu, he needed an opportunity.
If he could expose this infiltrator's location, it would undoubtedly draw the village's attention.
At that mont, he could take advantage of the chaos and accomplish his goal without anyone noticing.
As for verifying the intelligence...
The spy had already done that for him.
Among the intel he had planned to deliver tonight was the real reason why Yagura Karatachi had suddenly locked down the entire Land of Water.
Just as Seii had guessed, it was related to Yagura's decision to overturn the Third Mizukage's Blood Mist Policy—though the details were far more intricate.
With this confirmation, Seii could now move forward with his own plans.
But exactly how to proceed...
That was sothing he needed to carefully consider.
With that in mind, his gaze unconsciously shifted toward the still-unconscious Kirigakure Anbu.
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