Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 103

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 103

Infiltrating Taki was... laughably easy, really.

Eiji could hardly believe that was all the security there was in a ninja village, minor or not. Then again, not many people had access to Senjutsu, so he guessed he couldn't really fault them all that much. However, even with liberal use of arts that few had at their disposal, it'd been too easy. It had the boy a little on edge, if he was honest.

"Relax, that's just you," Kage told him, and Eiji could almost see him rolling his eyes.

"He's right, Eiji, we are good so far," Hachi agreed and he took a deep breath in and shook off his unease.

There'd been no pops between his Shadow Clones. Which meant that his team and them had gotten in with no problem so far too. 'Honestly, I expected some trouble with this part,' He thought to himself as he started moving through Taki in a Transformation Technique. It was time to put all that time of practice in Iwa to test, he supposed.

He hadn't personally done that back then, but this slight change of situation taught him something. Tsuchigumo found it extremely amusing that people didn't know who he was and couldn't see through the disguise. Why? Neither he nor the twins had any idea, honestly, but they just basked in the little one's enjoyment. It was a delight to see her bouncing around or, in Eiji's case, hear her bark/laugh. It was nice to keep the mood up, if nothing else.

Time passed while they were in Taki, and he crossed paths with his Clones and team more than once. They exchanged some information, but it was mainly things that they already knew. They also hadn't found anything about Fu in particular though, but they did find out about the situation. 'So, the reports are true.'

Taki's civilian side was alienating the Jinchuriki. To a point that was worse than Konoha with Naruto, actually, which Eiji found... annoying, to say the least. The fact that it wasn't a grudge or fear, but a purposeful decision only made it worse, really. They hadn't gotten much from the ninja side, but that was to be expected. Still, he had some people very experienced with espionage, he expected it wouldn't take them much to gather some intel on that front.

For the moment, he kept his Senjutsu active as much as possible to try and pick up something. It was his best bet, really. He might be able to go covert without too much trouble, but that and actually getting information were two very different things.

[Senjutsu of the Spiders has gone up a level.]

Honestly, he didn't really need to be good at espionage, not with Senjutsu available.

[Senjutsu of the Spiders- Lvl 16

The user gathers and balances natural energy with their own chakra to increase Physical Stats and gain a sensing ability.

Physical Stat Increase - 160%

Sensing Range - 640 meters]

Senjutsu gave him senses that were, all in all, terrifyingly good. Anything that happened within its range could be picked up on, anything. And the range was growing more and more as time passed and he continued leveling it up. It was really the only thing he needed to try and get some information, really. Only problem was that it was a bit overwhelming, especially when he had to try and listen in on all the conversations taking place and try to filter them.

That part didn't go too well. Senjutsu sense was great when used on focused targets. All but absolute, really. However, spread out like this? That was a little more complicated.