Chapter 567 - 567 The Otsutsuki Clan's Sense of Crisis, The Impending Target of the Hunt

"Why is it this clay again. Who is spreading these things around the clan lands."

After aimlessly searching the eastern district of the clan lands for a long time, the Otsutsuki Third Elder used her on site divination ability and found another large mass of clay. This time, the clay had been artificially disguised, though its color was white, which was somewhat different from the previous muddy yellow.

But the common point of these clays was that they all contained powerful chakra, and their smell seemed the same too, all having a peculiar foul odor characteristic of saliva...

"Your patrol clan soldiers are too lax, aren't they. For every question I ask, you know nothing..."

"Third Elder, please calm your anger, we..."

The patrol squad leader was just about to explain when a spatial channel appeared beside them the next moment.

"Third Elder, the Clan Leader summons you to see him now."

A Clan Leader guard used spatial ability to arrive and conveyed Otsutsuki Yagara's order to her.

"The Clan Leader. Alright... I will go immediately."

The Third Elder was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded in reply.

"Go investigate immediately, find out who is creating this clay within the clan. If you find the person, notify me at once."

"Yes."

After saying this, the Third Elder, suppressing her disgust, used a white cloth to scoop up a small piece of the white clay. Then she directly used spatial ability to head for the main hall of the Otsutsuki clan.

"Clan Leader, you summoned me."

The Third Elder took the initiative to ask. Seeing that there was no one else in the main hall, her gaze towards Otsutsuki Yagara immediately became somewhat ambiguous.

The next second, she boldly walked to Otsutsuki Yagara's side and diligently began massaging his shoulders.

This Otsutsuki Third Elder had a husband, sons, and daughters. As a member of a long lived clan, although her age was great, she showed no signs of aging. Instead, she was full of the charm of a beautiful young woman, with a very fiery figure. Otsutsuki Yagara had a taste for 'stealing' this.

"Yes. I have been feeling somewhat unsettled recently. I wanted to ask you to try divining the reason..." Otsutsuki Yagara directly stated his purpose.

"What. You feel it too. I do as well, and it has reached the point where I cannot sleep at night. Something major is likely about to happen within the clan." The Third Elder exclaimed in surprise.

If she alone felt uneasy, the problem might not be too serious. But now even the Clan Leader had this feeling, meaning this unknown calamity causing their unease could be quite severe.

"Clan Leader, look. This is a piece of clay I found in the eastern district of the clan lands. It contains a large amount of chakra inside... I believe part of the source of my unease lies with this."

The Third Elder directly took out the mud wrapped in white cloth.

"This chakra containing mud is indeed special. Have you investigated how this thing came to be."

Otsutsuki Yagara currently could not discern the trick behind the Explosive Clay, but he believed that since the Third Elder could find the mud, she must have already detected some anomalies.

"The investigation is ongoing. We should soon find the person who created this mud. Then I will interrogate them..."

Since the function of this mud could not be confirmed yet, the Third Elder did not mindlessly call for punishment. First, the person had to be found before discussing anything else.

"Alright. Since you have a lead, go handle it. I will have the clan soldiers fully cooperate with your investigation..." Otsutsuki Yagara instructed with a serious expression.

"Yes."

If it were usual, with the Third Elder coming to the main hall alone, Otsutsuki Yagara would at least pull her aside to help relieve his stress. But now both sides were feeling unsettled. They only wanted to resolve the unknown problem and clearly had no interest in other distractions.

The Third Elder, having received the order, immediately went to execute it.

Within the private illusionary space created after using the Phantom Lantern Body Technique.

"Deidara, you and Sasori should stop laying mines recently. Laying too many carries too great a risk..." Ryun reminded with a serious expression.

The art duo's boldness was too great. Ryun was very worried they might have an accident, or even be exposed.

"It's fine, boss. My Explosive Clay is hidden well enough. Even if one or two clay hiding spots are discovered, it doesn't matter. They don't know what the clay is for. We've already verified this. Even if Explosive Clay is left on the ground, the Otsutsuki clan doesn't know this stuff can explode..."

Deidara explained with a smile.

"Don't think things are too simple. The Otsutsuki clan has many capable people. It's not impossible for someone to see through your clay. It's better to be cautious, to be careful before the decisive battle..." Orochimaru also reminded. He actually also opposed Deidara taking such risks.

"It's precisely because the decisive battle is coming soon that we need to work harder... Besides, I've been laying mines for over ten days, and no one has noticed. This clan simply doesn't have the vigilance of us ninja. You overestimate them too much..." Deidara retorted.

"Also, even if my clay is discovered, it doesn't matter. As long as I don't detonate it, what can they do even if they find it all. At worst, it just means Sasori and I worked for nothing..."

After Deidara said this, Orochimaru couldn't refute further. However, Sasuke spoke up then. "What if they follow the clues and find you, the clay maker."

"Sasori and I use a special transformation technique to change into a new appearance every half day. How can they follow clues to find me." Deidara shot him a glance and retorted.

"..."

"In short, stop the mine laying work first. All personnel maintain a silent state. After I handle the difficult problem at hand, we can directly start the decisive battle..." Ryun said in a tone that brooked no refusal.

By now, the intelligence that needed to be collected was mostly gathered. The coordinates of various Otsutsuki strong individuals were also marked. Once Ryun dealt with that Female High Priestess, the hunting plan could be fully launched.

Under these circumstances, Ryun did not want to take excessive risks.

"Alright... I understand..." Deidara pouted somewhat unhappily, but did not dare to openly oppose Ryun's order again, especially when the boss was serious.

"Teacher, later use Obito to send Kaguya into the Kamui dimension. I need to use her spatial transfer ability in advance." Ryun instructed Orochimaru.

"Alright. Do you plan to start hunting with her." Orochimaru nodded and asked curiously.

"Yes. I want to call that Divine Tree High Priestess down from the tree. But before that, I need to replace her mother, who is the Otsutsuki Third Elder..."

Ryun had already investigated the intelligence on that Female High Priestess and that Third Elder. The simplest way to get that girl down from the tree was to first deal with that Third Elder.