Chapter 13: The Light Curtain Illuminates Once More

After Naruto and the others completed their mission and returned to the Hidden Leaf Village,

The Third Hokage told them everything that had happened.

Upon learning this, Naruto and the others wore expressions of shock, never expecting such a bizarre incident could exist in this world.

Afterwards, the Five Kage Villages established an agreement to simultaneously investigate all information regarding the Anomalous Containment Facility.

Furthermore, the five villages jointly dispatched personnel to search for clues concerning the Anomalous Containment Facility, while maintaining constant combat readiness.

In the days that followed, the light curtain remained inactive for a long time, standing silently in the sky.

Just as everyone believed the light curtain would never illuminate again,

Suddenly, one day, the light curtain in the sky lit up once more.

"Slap!"

"Grandpa!!"

Inside Onoki's office, as Onoki was processing documents that day, a pair of beautiful legs suddenly kicked his door open.

This fright nearly gave the old man a heart attack, causing the documents in his hand to scatter across the floor.

"Kurotsuchi!"

"Are you trying to scare me to death!"

Onoki clutched his buttocks, stood up, jumped three feet high, and pointed at Kurotsuchi's nose while scolding her.

Kurotsuchi awkwardly picked at her fingers, muttering incessantly:

"Oh my, I was just a little anxious, that's all; if it weren't for that light curtain lighting up."

Speaking of which, Kurotsuchi immediately remembered why she had come, hurriedly dragging Onoki out onto the balcony.

Onoki, who had originally been completely bewildered, saw the light curtain ignite again, and his eyes instantly turned sharp.

At that moment, an image and a line of text had already appeared on the light curtain.

"Anomalous Containment Object—Sculpture Little Peanut."

By now, almost everyone across the entire ninja world had seen the image and introduction of Sculpture Little Peanut.

"Hiss~ We barely enjoyed two days of leisure, and this light curtain has lit up again?"

"? Could it be another one? Is there something similar to the Plague Doctor existing in this world!"

"Whoa, brother, don't speak so recklessly, you're scaring me."

"This... why do I feel like this Little Peanut is kind of cute?"

Everyone silently shifted their steps away...

Within the Hidden Leaf Village.

In the Hokage's office, watching the screen light up again, the Third Hokage frowned slightly.

This Anomalous Containment Facility was simply too mysterious; nearly every nation in the ninja world had mobilized, yet they still hadn't found a single clue regarding it.

It was as if it appeared out of thin air and vanished into thin air.

And now, this thing had lit up again, even presenting an inventory of containment objects.

This filled the Third Hokage's heart with immense worry.

What if this current object was something even stronger than the Plague Doctor?

If it were to appear within the Hidden Leaf Village, what method could be used to minimize the losses?

Inside the Hidden Mist Village, Yuan Shi, who had finally managed to calm down, felt an inexplicable tension rise in his heart upon seeing the screen illuminate.

What if this light curtain proceeded to inventory the rogue ninja of the Hidden Mist Village?

Although the Hidden Mist Village's policy toward these rogue ninja was also to kill them all, traitors from one's own village must be dealt with by oneself!

At that moment, the text on the light curtain changed again, and a deep voice echoed once more in everyone's ears.

"Anomalous Containment Object, Sculpture Little Peanut."

"Anomaly Description: The anomalous containment object Sculpture Little Peanut takes the form of a human sculpture."

"When being observed, the sculpture appears as an ordinary statue, displaying no anomalies whatsoever."

Seeing this, question marks once again appeared above everyone's heads.

A human-shaped sculpture? No anomalies at all?

Wait, is this thing really worth bringing out and displaying here?

Is it worthy of being placed in the same category as the Plague Doctor?

What level of status does it have to be grouped with the Plague Doctor?

However, unlike ordinary people,

the Kage of each village remained extremely vigilant in their hearts.

They knew well that when the Plague Doctor first appeared, its initial description also claimed it was harmless to humans and animals, but what happened in the end?

Heh.

The subsequent information perfectly confirmed the correctness of these Kages' suspicions.

"However, once there is no line of sight observing it, or when the observing line of sight is interrupted, the anomalous effect of this project will trigger."

"The specific manifestation of the anomalous effect is: Sculpture Little Peanut will dash to the target's front and kill the target."

"The specific method is: snapping the target's neck."

"I told you, I told you nothing good comes from what's on this list! Look, wasn't I right, folks!"

"Wait, we can't look away? Otherwise, we'll be killed? What kind of thing is this?"