Itachi nodded. He'd heard as much himself, though not the suggestion she had local shinobi support. "We are not equipped to take on an entire hidden village, no matter how small. If she's housed somewhere other than the village, we may be able to eliminate her and her cults core members, which is what we were contracted to do." If that caused the hidden village ride up in protest, then it could be considered outside their contractual obligation. Their employer should have researched his enemies better.

"We need more information," Itachi said, which really went without saying. "Preferably as close to the source of our problems as possible. Most everything we pick up here will be second hand at best." But, infiltrating a small cult group or a small hidden village would be difficult to impossible.