Within the Konoha ninja community, they are absolutely of the not-so-conspicuous type.
"Commanding earth-men, giant water snakes, black beast-type summoning creatures..."
The earth-man possesses stealth abilities that cannot be easily perceived by perception ninjas, an immortal body, and even when its body is severed or its body is blasted by an explosive tag, it will not die.
The water snake can parasitize, and ninja techniques are ineffective against it; they will be converted into chakra absorption, allowing it to release Water Style to attack the enemy and create a favorable combat environment, with astonishing destructive power and defense capabilities. Taijutsu is effective against it.
The black beast can manipulate Lightning Style.
However... the problem is, on the night of the battle, the witch was also summoned, suggesting that the witch may be a non-human species similar to humans.
Or perhaps... the summoning jutsu used by Hakushi is of a special level.
In addition, it seems that the individual can also use Shadow Jutsu similar to the Nara Clan, namely the Yin Style Secret Jutsu.
The shadow has substance, and its attack speed is quite swift and fierce. Even Jonin is not advised to engage it in close combat. A safe distance is over five meters.
It can also mark 'tags' on people, using solid shadows for indirect assassination. To avoid detection, the chakra amount within the shadow is reduced, resulting in a shorter attachment time and weaker lethality. It must hit a vital point to achieve a guaranteed kill.
Whether this is the full extent of its power is yet to be determined.
"Where did that brat find these things?"
Tsunade frowned tightly after reading through.
Based on this intelligence, as well as the observations of the Anbu Ninja that night, even she could not handle these special ability summoning creatures alone.
Just that large water snake alone was extremely troublesome.
Especially its ability to absorb chakra and maintain continuous combat, which is a troublesome and thorny type for most ninjas.
As for the subsequent analysis, it revolves around analyzing its personality, comprehensive ability index, and reasons for defecting.
But this analysis... is merely a set of analysis data; the specific facts need more intelligence to be gathered for further analysis.
In Tsunade's view, analyzing to this extent means the Intelligence Department has already done their utmost.
Other than the battle of that night, the opponent left no valuable information, and when the Anbu went to his residence, all they found were some worthless items.
After reading through the intelligence, Tsunade sat for a while and then left the Intelligence Department to go to the Hokage Building to meet Teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Teacher Sarutobi, I need to take leave."
"Take leave?"
Hiruzen paused from his busy work.
"I'm planning to leave the village for a while."
Tsunade said with a serious expression.
"Where to?"
Hiruzen asked.
"Shikkotsu Forest."
"Katsuyu's dwelling place?"
Hiruzen pondered for a moment, originally worried that Tsunade was going to investigate Hakushi's matters. Since it wasn't about that, there was no problem.
After all, the presence of the other person was too dangerous.
The intelligence from the Intelligence Department wasn't comprehensive, and deeper matters have been kept secret.
"Yes, I have some things I want to understand from Katsuyu."
Although the matter of Minato's resurrection has already been settled, many doubts still remain.
And Tsunade thinks that the Katsuyu of Shikkotsu Forest might know something.
"While I'm absent, find someone else to cover the lessons at the school."
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Land of Demons.
In the forest, Amaterasu in Witch's Attire formed seals with both hands, gathering chakra.
Wind Style: Thousand-Faced Wind!
Countless small wind blades flashing faint white light swept through the forest.
Accompanied by neat cutting sounds, trees on both sides fell, causing the ground to shake and raising dust within the forest.
This wasn't the end; the small wind blades still spun around, skimming over the surface of the fallen trees, shaving off branches and bark, leaving only the solid core inside.
In less than a minute, one person accomplished a task that would take a logging team half a day to barely complete.
The ninja of the Land of Demons surrounding them cheered, using natural energy to effortlessly lift the logs, loading them onto transport trucks to send the materials back.
On the other side, the lightning-transformed Raidenmaru zipped swiftly through the forest. The crowd could only see its figure darting between the trees, causing each tree to fall with joyous cheers.
Again, Amaterasu used Wind Style to shave off branches and bark from the fallen trees, allowing the accompanying ninjas to transport them back.
"This work is so exhausting."
Raidenmaru returned to Amaterasu's shoulder, panting in exhaustion, sweat even appearing on its face.
Although the job wasn't highly difficult, the workload was overwhelming.
It also consumed an enormous amount of chakra; for Raidenmaru, it was more tiring than fighting Konoha ninja.
"Next, we need to deal with the stone mines of the Western Mountain Range. Let's go, sister."
Amaterasu carried Raidenmaru, flying towards the Western Mountain Range.
——In Shion City, the capital of the Land of Demons, transport trucks moved along the road facing the northern urban area, loaded with various types of stone, wood, and construction materials like sand and mud.
Residents seeing this development understood that the military-managed area in the northern city district was about to continue constructing some peculiar building.
Although curious about matters in the military-controlled area, the residents maintained merely an attitude of curiosity and observation, without a sense of rejection.
As the Land of Demons has always been a Neutral Country, it has not been embroiled in war. Historically, the Land of Demons hasn't developed militarily; within the country, the only figure of capability is the Witch they worship.