The next night.
After a busy day, Nono returned to his room again.
First make sure that you are not being monitored, and then make sure that you are not sensing the chakra fluctuations of ninjutsu.
Then she took out a dirty paper ball from her arms, opened it and looked at it, and her pupils suddenly contracted.
Because what was wrapped in the paper ball was actually a square piece of wood with strange symbols painted on it.
Rune piece!
Nono quickly identified it.
Because this was one of her mission targets. She had seen something similar at the root before, but it was burnt...
As long as they get the complete set of rune pieces, the researchers at the root will be able to reverse the programmed sealing technique.
Now Nono finally confirmed his guess.
Jerry is really a rat...
Because she found this rune piece under the jujube tree southeast of the orphanage while taking a walk with Atla.
It just corresponds to the words "southeast" and "date tree" in the message Jerry left for her yesterday.
Although the instructions were not encrypted at all, she was somewhat suspicious and worried that it was a trap.
But the symbol on the trunk of the jujube tree indicating the hiding place is indeed the style that the Rat usually uses...
So Nono decided to take the risk and it paid off handsomely.
So the question now is the situation of the Rat and why we should communicate with her in this way.
This can also be seen from the information provided by the remaining two rats.
"Watch" and "Sleep".
Surveillance is easy to understand. Nono, who can become an excellent medical ninja, must also have a strong chakra sensitivity.
Although she did not know how to use perception ninjutsu, she could keenly sense whether she was being detected by perception ninjutsu.
This is also one of the biggest reasons why she can become the walking witch in everyone's mouth.
While in the orphanage, she always had this feeling vaguely, and was obviously in a perception array.
Occasionally, stronger perception fluctuations appeared near her, but they just passed by and were probably not directed at her.
But this also means that if you want to steal intelligence by sneaking into key areas, you must first crack or paralyze this perception system and cannot act too hastily.
But more importantly, I heard that Jerry once ran away, but was finally caught by Hideki. This was obviously due to the perception array.
Rat should have been preparing to report the situation at that time.
But it probably underestimated the perception array, and failed to escape and was captured.
This is also the biggest mistake made by Rat.
Because it was then put on a collar that restricted its range of movement.
Nono specifically touched the collar and found that in addition to being covered with densely packed runes, it was also made of a very hard metal.
The young mouse in the rat state has no ability to take it off.
But if it is not taken off, it cannot turn back into human form, otherwise the consequences will be absolutely unbearable to watch.
Nono had worked with Rat for a period of time before and knew the weakness of his transformation technique.
That is, you must transform back into human form every few days, otherwise your consciousness will gradually be assimilated by your body.
Therefore, Nono guessed that its countermeasure is to "sleep", that is, to close the main consciousness and avoid being assimilated by the body.
It will only awaken from its slumber when there is an opportunity to steal intelligence and pass on information...
Perhaps this is why the previous information was so simple and crude.
Although there is not much basis for this, Nono believes that this should be the truth.
Otherwise, she would only come to an even more outrageous conclusion.
Someone has already defeated the Rat, and is manipulating Jerry to disguise himself as the Rat and hand over the information he wants.
The only one who can do this is Hideki Kimura.
But that would mean he already knew I was a spy, which was unlikely.
Even if this is true, then the normal thinking would be to either secretly poison him or directly fire him. What's the point of playing such a drama with yourself?
…
Well... of course it's the person who's after you.
At the same time, in the attic.
While Hideki was making something, he distractedly thought:
Nono should have seen the small gift I prepared by now, and I wonder how he would react.
He did not use the telescope to look directly.
Because when he tried to do this during the day, he always felt that Nono's body stiffened for a moment, as if he had sensed something.
So he simply left it alone to avoid adding unnecessary details.
In fact, using Jerry to disguise himself as Rat is already a very risky act, and it can be said that it is a helpless move by Hideki.
After all, a person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.
It would be fine for other spies, but Hideki was really worried about leaving the wandering shrine maiden in his base camp.
But according to the original plot, Nono is a good person who truly cares about children.
Given enough time, he should be able to be won over and even become a secret weapon to take down Danzo.
And even if he drove her away or even killed her, Danzo would only send out new spies or use more radical means.
Instead of that, it's better to leave it...
In the end, for safety reasons, Hideki decided to let Jerry work overtime and help him act out another play.
As expected, sometimes the dead are more useful than the living...
As long as Rat takes the lead and provides Nono with new information from time to time, Nono will naturally not act rashly.
Then she will have more time to integrate into the big family of the orphanage and eventually turn to the light.
As long as he could keep a few key pieces of information from leaking, it would be very cost-effective to use the information that was insignificant to him to keep Nono and Danzo hanging.
In fact, it is not easy to play this scene well.
You need to completely control Jerry's body and show the demeanor of Rat.
Moreover, Hideki didn't know the Root's contact code, and didn't think he could easily deceive the Root's ace spy, so he had to come up with this setting of dormant consciousness.
However, if Rat had been caught by him soon after escaping, then this scenario might not be impossible...
In this way, even if Nono fails to contact Jerry, he will just think that Rat is sleeping and will not be too suspicious.
Even if Nono discovered the trick, Hideki was 90% sure that she would pretend not to know and maintain this tacit understanding with him.
But if unfortunately that one percent possibility happens, then Hideki can only say sorry...
…
A few days passed quickly.
As expected, Nono did not make any unusual movements and began to work quietly.
But what surprised Hideki was that the other female spies were also quite well behaved and there was not much suspicious about them.
According to Hideki's guess, they were probably all vaguely aware of each other's identity as colleagues, so they all wanted others to explore the way for them, which instead created a strange stalemate.
But in this way, Hideki cannot test the effectiveness of his trap.
So he planned to find a way to give them a push after the New Year.
But before that, he had one more thing to deal with...
In the training room lobby that hadn't been open for several days.
"There are not many people here. It seems that everyone is very busy."
Hideki looked at the Might father and son, Obito, Asuma, and Ebisu in front of him and said,
"New Year is coming in two days. Thank you for coming here."
Obito rested his head on his head and chuckled,
"Teacher Hideki, are you planning to give us red envelopes in advance?"
"Well, although it's not a red envelope, it's still a New Year's gift."
Hideki Road,
"In fact, we have already made several sets of training clothes that will be used for the training session next month."
"So I'm going to find someone to test it and see if there's anything that can be improved."
"What? It's just a training uniform?"
Obito looked disappointed.
Asuma, who was standing by with his arms crossed, said with disdain:
"Idiot, have you forgotten the breathing restricting helmet from before?"
"There must be something special about the training uniforms that the teacher made."
Hideki nodded and said:
"Indeed, this training suit is indeed related to the practice of breathing techniques..."
"You won't understand even if you just explain it. Why don't you try it on first and see."
After saying that, he nodded towards Matt Dai.
Matt Dai, who couldn't wait any longer, came to the children and took out four green tights. He said enthusiastically:
"Sorry for the long wait, everyone!"
"This is the most powerful teaching tool for breathing techniques and even physical training - the new tights!"
"As long as you put it on, you will immediately experience the joy of cultivation and the true meaning of youth, and you will never be able to stop!"
Akai's eyes lit up when he heard this.
But Obito, Asuma, and Ebisu all stepped back and asked Teacher Hideki with strange expressions:
"Teacher Hideki, is this tights the training clothes you mentioned?"
Hideki was taking out a scroll at this time. Hearing this, he smiled and shook his head, saying,
"Of course not."
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, he added:
"I still have to carry this..."
After saying that, he shook the scroll, and suddenly several turtle shell-shaped objects appeared on the ground.
When Obito and the others saw this, their faces fell:
Teacher Hideki, you are only making things worse!
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