Ch-07 Shock and Doubt.

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After killing all of their respective opponents, everyone gathered. Karan looked at them and said, "You all did really well." Everyone had smiles on their faces after hearing Karan's words.

"Seal their bodies. After all, this is our first achievement in this battlefield," said Karan.

After receiving the orders, with excitement of their first achievement they immediately sealed the bodies of the Anbu members from Kirigakure.

At dawn, Uchiha Karan and his team returned from patrol. First of all, they went to the logistics department and submitted the bodies of the Kirigakure ANBU. The in-charge of logistics was also shocked, but after confirming its authenticity, and everyone from Karan's team honestly revealed whom they fought and killed.

"Maybe we can find some information from their brains. Thank you very much," said the head of Logistics.

Karan just nodded at this and left.

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At the same time, inside the tent of Commander-in-Chief Torifu Akimichi, he was contemplating how to proceed ahead. Suddenly, a ninja dressed in ANBU attire entered his tent and said, "Chief, there is news about Uchiha Karan."

"How did he and his subordinates die?" asked Torifu Akimichi, as if he already knew that today was Karan's death date.

"No, Chief. Uchiha Karan returned this morning with his team, and they also killed the members of Kirigakure ANBU. After our investigation, we found that among these ten people, two were Jonin and the rest were Chunin."

"What? How is this possible? Were they some Genin who were sent by Kirigakure to assassinate Karan?" exclaimed Torifu.

"You know how difficult it is to qualify for the ANBU, let alone in Kirigakure," said the ANBU member.

Hearing what the ANBU member said, Torifu was astonished. He couldn't believe it for a second, but then again, why would an ANBU member lie? So he asked, "Did you find anything from the head of those Kirigakure ANBU?"

The ANBU member took out a scroll and handed it to Torifu, saying, "This is all the information we obtained from their deceased bodies."

Torifu took the scroll and, upon seeing the battle details, although only a few were recorded, he was shocked. From this information, he could tell that the battle had been crushing. He couldn't believe that a team of five, no older than 12 years old, had the strength to crush an elite ANBU team.

"Is there anything else?" asked Torifu. "As you saw, the purpose of the ANBU members was to assassinate Uchiha Karan specifically. They knew in advance about his location, and you personally assigned him the task of patrolling. Now, the ninjas are speculating if you deliberately revealed Karan's location," said the ANBU member.

Torifu stood up and said, "This is not good. If there is doubt among the army about their chief, it will be very bad." Then Torifu looked at the ANBU ninja and said, "Have you captured any spies within our stronghold?"

"Yes, we captured one a few hours ago," replied the ANBU ninja.

"You haven't charged him with anything yet, right?" asked Torifu uncertainly.

"No, because of Karan's matter, we haven't been able to," the ANBU ninja responded.

"Good. Bring him here, and also inform the head of Logistics to come see me," said Torifu.

"Yes," the ANBU member said before promptly leaving the tent.

After half an hour, the tent of the Chief Commander was filled with elite Jonin and other important individuals, including Fugaku.

Then, the ANBU member brought in the spy. Upon seeing the spy, Torifu addressed Mitokodo Yashima, the leader of logistics and said, "Look at this spy. He is the one who leaked the information about Uchiha Karan, and it was stolen from your department."

"Sorry, Chief. I will keep this in mind for next time and ensure that such a thing never happens again," said Mitokodo Yashima.

"Hmm," Torifu responded with a nod. Then he looked towards everyone present and said, "It seems Uchiha Karan has the strength of a Jonin, but since he hasn't achieved much yet, he cannot be promoted at this moment. However, once Karan and his team accumulate more missions, I will promote them to Chunin. What do you all think?"

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing Torifu's words. Fugaku also nodded in approval.

After that, everyone left the chief's tent, except for Fugaku. He remained behind and said, "From today onwards, I will need the list of Uchiha clan members' deployments. After today's incident, the members of the Uchiha clan have started doubting, and to dispel those doubts, I must have the list of their deployments."

Upon hearing Fugaku's words, Torifu pondered for a moment. He knew that if he didn't grant Fugaku the right to access the list of Uchiha clan members, the blame of every death of Uchiha clan on a mission would be placed solely on him. So he replied, "No problem."

After receiving the assurance, Fugaku left the tent.

The news of Torifu capturing the spy and dispelling doubts among the civilian ninjas spread after his words.

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