Night Raid's worry for Sheele was not unreasonable.
Sheele's Imperial Arm, Extase, could transform Sheele herself into any form she desired. According to Night Raid members, Sheele could transform into various people, and even various small animals. The naked eye simply couldn't tell the difference.
Of course, the naked eye couldn't distinguish, but what about the Sharingan? The Mangekyo Sharingan? The Rinnegan?
Although not equipped with the strongest Byakugan for reconnaissance, Uchiha Madara's eyes were quite powerful. In other words, almost half of his total strength resided in his eyes.
Could Uchiha Madara see through Sheele's transformation!?
However, Night Raid was completely unaware of Uchiha Madara's true depth. Sheele was even less aware.
Sheele, departing in a hurry, quickly arrived at the Imperial Capital. Although the Imperial Capital's inspection was still very strict, it was much better compared to previous days. In those strict conditions, Sheele could even sneak into the Imperial Capital, let alone now.
Entering the Imperial Capital, she casually changed her identity. She asked a few people and learned about Uchiha Madara, the mysterious and peerless powerhouse most discussed in the Imperial Capital. With a few more tricks, she learned the location of Uchiha Madara's manor. It was simply too easy.
Sheele went to Uchiha Madara's manor. Because of her caution, she did not rashly enter Uchiha Madara's manor. Instead, she transformed into a tabby cat and quietly lay on a house outside Uchiha Madara's manor's surrounding wall, observing the situation inside from a high vantage point.
Who would pay too much attention to a wild cat?
Sheele then lay on this rooftop, observing the situation inside Uchiha Madara's manor's surrounding wall.
Of course, the cautious Sheele would not always investigate in one place. Moreover, Uchiha Madara's manor occupied a very large area, making it difficult to fully explore it from one spot.
Afterward, Sheele transformed into a tabby cat. Without attracting anyone's attention, she separately ran to the rooftops of seven or eight houses outside Uchiha Madara's manor, observing the situation inside.
After observing from seven or eight different vantage points, Sheele finally had a roughly clear understanding of the terrain, topography, gardens, woods, houses, locations, distributions, and so on within Uchiha Madara's manor.
Not only that, but Sheele also thoroughly memorized all sorts of situations within Uchiha Madara's residence and mentally pondered and simulated: What if I'm discovered?
When contemplating and simulating, she had to consider all possible factors, including the timing of possible exposure, the areas of possible exposure, the optimal escape routes if exposed at this time and place, the obstacles she might encounter after being exposed, the escape routes after encountering obstacles, and even how to escape and react if Uchiha Madara or Esdeath, or even both of them, pursued and intercepted her simultaneously.
With just these thoughts, Sheele mentally simulated no less than twenty escape and response plans in her mind.
From this, it can be seen that Sheele was truly not useless. Although her personal strength might have been the weakest in Night Raid, with this level of patience, it was enough to make Sheele stand out in Night Raid.
After completing her mental simulations, Sheele, still a tabby cat lying on the rooftop, raised her head and looked at the sky. It was now probably around 4 PM.
Going in during the day was too dangerous. There was a high chance of being exposed, so Sheele chose to infiltrate at night.
Sheele waited quietly until the sun set and the crescent moon rose. Around ten o'clock at night, Sheele planned to begin her infiltration.
There was a reason for choosing this time to infiltrate.
Firstly, at this time, it was already getting late. After people had worked or entertained themselves all day, sleepiness would also set in. At the very least, their spirits would not be as alert as during the day.
At this time, there should be people around. For the poor, it should be about time to sleep. But for some rich families, they probably wouldn't sleep that early; their nightlife might just be beginning.
What Sheele wanted was for Uchiha Madara to still be awake at this time!
Because if she arrived at two or three in the morning, when people were sleeping most soundly, although the danger of Sheele being exposed would be smaller, the information she could obtain would also be much less.
Facing a manor deep in the night and silent, Sheele could only cautiously and secretly explore alone. But in such a large manor, even if Leone and the others were imprisoned somewhere, Sheele would probably find it very difficult to locate them.
She could only wait until people were still awake but mentally tired. Sheele could then gather a lot of information through conversations between people, or even by personally going to extract information. If the situation went smoothly and her luck was good enough, she might even directly learn the whereabouts of Leone and the others!
Therefore, in Sheele's opinion, this was the best time.
Having made up her mind and prepared, Sheele transformed into a tabby cat and began her operation.
(Hereinafter, simply referred to as Sheele Tabby Cat.)
At night, on the rooftop, Sheele Tabby Cat stood up. Her cat eyes widened in the night, greedily absorbing the faint light, making Sheele Tabby Cat see the dim night clearly.
Following a pipe, Sheele Tabby Cat jumped a few times to the ground. Her footsteps made no sound when she landed due to her padded paws cushioning the impact.
Sheele Tabby Cat acted like an ordinary cat. She observed the top of Uchiha Madara's manor wall. She crouched and exerted force, then silently jumped onto the top of the wall.
Cautiously observing the situation inside, just as she had investigated during the day, Sheele Tabby Cat still silently jumped down and officially entered Uchiha Madara's manor.
Drilling into flower bushes, drilling into groves, bypassing statues, avoiding stone pillars, Sheele Tabby Cat advanced into Uchiha Madara's manor without alarming anyone. Her goal was the largest and most luxurious residence in the manor.
According to Sheele's experience, this kind of house was usually inhabited by the owner of the manor.
In the middle, several fully armed guards patrolled. None of them discovered the hidden Sheele Tabby Cat, which meant she had passed without any danger.
Finally, Sheele Tabby Cat quietly arrived at the residence.
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