Chapter 108
Jiraiya took out a pen and was drawing routes on the map, while Tsunade, being preoccupied with answering Haruto Saito's questions, hadn't helped much.
"He's ranked first? Then what about 'Thirteen'? Shouldn't the leader of the Anbu have stronger assassination skills?" Haruto asked in surprise.
"Thirteen's abilities are very similar to Hanzo's because he was personally trained by Hanzo. His main strength lies in his swordsmanship, and his weapon of choice is a scythe. A scythe is a large weapon, not ideal for assassination. So while he does have powerful assassination abilities, in this area, he is not as proficient as Teridou."
"Does Teridou have some kind of special ability?"
"There isn't much information about him, only that he's highly skilled in tracking, concealment, counter-tracking, sensory detection, and reconnaissance, and he has mastered an extremely unique assassination technique."
"That's what you call 'not much information'?"
"Of course. It's not detailed enough. Teridou is always by Hanzo's side, like his shadow. So we can only infer his capabilities from certain battle records, but we don't have concrete details."
"Then how did he earn the title of the number one assassin?"
"There was once a rogue ninja from Kirigakure who defected to Amegakure. He was an elite Jonin named Otsuki Yama Shigeji. This guy brought vital Kirigakure intelligence with him when he defected, which made Hanzo highly value him, even granting him a high-ranking position... But then, just three months after defecting to Amegakure, Otsuki Yama Shigeji betrayed them and returned to Kirigakure."
"A ruse? He was a spy?!" Haruto interjected.
"Yes. Otsuki Yama Shigeji was a spy. He never truly defected from Kirigakure; his so-called betrayal was just a ploy to obtain a specific piece of intelligence from Amegakure," Tsunade continued. "Seventeen days after he returned to Kirigakure, he was dead."