Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Snake's Trail
"The first exam is over?"
In the office, the third generation said to Qingyang, who appeared in front of him.
"Yes, my lord, and I got important information. So I ask you to strengthen the supervision of the grass ninja!"
"Oh, what's going on?"
Qingyang's words made the third generation put down the cigarette in his hand, and he knew that according to Qingyang's character, he rarely said such absolute words.
"Now I'm pretty sure that the evil grass ninja has something to do with Orochimaru......
Throwing out such a powerful enough news, Qingyang told the three generations in detail about the two snakes he saw just now that were extremely similar to those used by the Great Snake Pill.
"So that's the case, so it doesn't look like it's chasing after the wind. In that case, I authorize your further investigation into Kusanobi. You can discuss the specific matters with the red bean. ”
Three generations made such a decision and then picked up his pipe again. Qingyang understood what the three generations meant, turned around and left here.
Walking out of the Hokage House, Qingyang hurried to the Forest of Death, which was the examination room for the second exam. It was the No. 44 training ground in Konoha Village, and the danger of this place could be seen from its number.
The Forest of Death is located at the junction of two garrison jurisdictions, half of which belongs to the jurisdiction of Qingyang. The other half of the forest management is under the management of red beans. This is also one of the reasons why Hongdou became the chief examiner of the second exam.
In fact, Qingyang and Red Bean, including the previous Ibiki, are in charge of the garrison of the village. In fact, it can also be seen how much the rights of the garrison have been weakened. There was hardly much to manage, and large chunks of power were divided between the shadows and other departments. This also leads to the fact that the captain of the garrison can be a part-time cadre from another department. At the same time, they can also come to the examiner of the Nakanobu exam at leisure.
On the way to the Forest of Death, Qingyang kept thinking about the words of the three generations.
"Discuss specific matters with red beans......
The meaning of this sentence is not light, which means that the red bean has half of the decision on this task. And in the information of the Great Snake Pill in Qingyang's possession, it is clearly written that his former student is the Mitarai Red Bean, who is now serving as a special ninja.
He didn't know why three generations trusted Azuki so much. But he did not question the decision of the three generations, but chose to implement it.
Just as he was about to reach the Forest of Death, a man was running towards him at a rapid pace.
It's Sogo.
"Sogo, why did you come here. ”
Qingyang blocked Sogo's way and asked him strangely. At the same time, he also noticed that Sogo was carrying a huge storage scroll behind him.
"That's right, I have a very important piece of information for you about the vigilance mission right now, and we need to report it to Hokage-sama immediately. ”
Hearing Sogo say this, Qingyang did not choose to act immediately, but looked at Sogo vigilantly.
"Didn't Izumo and Zitetsu already report today? What kind of information would you send to someone as important as the leader of the reconnaissance squad?"
Sogo was not angry at Qingyang's vigilance, he hurriedly opened his eyes to prove his identity, and at the same time said quickly in his mouth.
"It's because of the important information that I was entrusted with the delivery, and now the wind has decided to temporarily reduce the warning range. Let's go and report to Hokage-sama!"
Seeing the white eye, Haruyo confirmed Sogo's identity. At the same time, he also realized how important this information was, otherwise the wind would not have let Sogo personally deliver it.
"That's the case, then you can come with me! Three generations of adults have authorized me and Azumi to make decisions. Since it's an emergency, let's take it directly to the Forest of Death. ”
As he spoke, Qingyang pressed his hand on Sogo's body.
"The Art of Transpiration!!
Sogo and Haruyo left the ground with both feet.
"Time is pressing, let's fly over!"
The two wasted no time and rushed together in the direction of the Forest of Death. When they flew within the range of the Forest of Death, they were immediately spotted by a patrolling shinobi.
"Hurry up and inform Azuki! I came to her on the orders of Hokage-sama to find her with something important!"
After getting Qingyang's identity certificate, Zhongnin immediately stood in awe.
"It's Lord Qingyang, please wait here for a while. I'll inform Azumi-sama!"
With that, the patrol shinobi turned around and ran towards the temporary headquarters.
Red Beans were sitting there lazily eating meatballs with red bean soup, and suddenly patrolled and ran over.
"Azumi-sama!"
"Huh, what's the matter?"
Red Bean casually threw the leftover bamboo skewers on the trunk of the tree in the distance.
"Lord Qingyang of the Northwest Garrison came over and said that there was something very important. ”
"Hmph, this guy just disappeared with me, and now he's coming over to say something important. Let him come. ”
"Yes. ”
Zhongnin hurriedly went to invite Qingyang and Sogo over, and the two of them came to the front of Red Bean.
"Regarding the security of the village, I suspect that there is something wrong with Kushinobu who took the exam. Three generations of adults have asked me to come and make decisions with you. ”
Without any politeness, Qingyang chose to get straight to the point. His solemnity also dispelled the heart of red beans chatting.
"That's right, so you can share some specific information with me. ”
"Okay, then let's take a look at the information that Sogo brought first. ”
As he spoke, Qingyang turned his head to look at Sogo. Sogo didn't sell it either, and untied the storage scroll on his body.
"Let's take a look, I really can't put into words what kind of tragedy this is...... Solution!"
Sogo didn't seem to want to say anything more, and directly unlocked the seal of the scroll.
"Bang !!"
There was a puff of smoke, and three bodies appeared here. Seeing the state of the three corpses, the middle shinobi on the side actually screamed.
Rao is face of Qingyang and Hongdou, who had already seen many corpses, also changed color.
The three bodies had begun to decompose to a certain extent, and were estimated to have been dead for more than a week. But that's not the reason for their discoloration. It makes them uncomfortable because all three bodies have no faces.
That's right, just no face.
The faces of the three corpses looked as if they had been dug out by life, and the original location of the faces was only a blur of flesh and blood.
"This ...... It's ......"
Red Bean's eyes were frightened, and he said with some uncertainty.
"Elimination of faces. ”
Qingyang said with a cold face.
"You know?!"
Hongdou looked at Qingyang in shock, she didn't expect that Qingyang would know this cruel technique at her age.
"I have his profile. ”
Qingyang briefly said an explanation that only Hongdou could understand, and then asked Sogo.
"Where did you find this?"
"The borders of the Land of Fire. Because that day you came to explain the importance of the task. So we took it upon ourselves to expand the scope of our investigation, and it turned out that we found them at the border junction of the Fire Country and the Grass Country after Izumo and Zitetsu left this morning. ”
Hearing Sogo's explanation, Qingyang completely understood now, and identified the clothes on the three people that had not yet rotted. He immediately identified the three men. They are the three so-called "grass ninjas" who came to take the middle ninja exam!
On the other hand, Hongdou also called up the candidates' information through his own impressions and began to check, and found the goal.
Qingyang and Hongdou, who came to the same conclusion, looked at each other, and the two of them were cold. Because this conclusion is the last thing they want. Where are those three grass ninja Orochimaru's experimental subjects? It's basically Orochimaru's deity who came to Konoha Village in person, and is staying in the Forest of Death now!!
"No! we have to deal with it right away!"
Red Bean did not hesitate at the same time, and at the same time set off into the forest.
"You wait first!"
Qingyang grabbed Hongdou's arm and motioned for her not to rush into the forest first.
"It's been a while since the exam started, and it's useless for you to rush now. It's not a good idea to act rashly. The top priority is to report this matter to Hokage-sama!"
As he spoke, Qingyang took out the scroll he had brought with him. quickly wrote everything on it, and concluded a technique that only he and the three generations could solve.
"Sogo, you run again! You must send it to the three generations of adults as quickly as possible! I don't have time to explain the superfluous words!"
Although Sogo didn't know too much what was going on, he immediately rushed to the village when he saw that Qingyang, who had always been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, had also become out of shape today.
However, it was during the period when Qingyang explained the matter, and the red bean actually took the opportunity to rush into the forest. Seeing this, Qingyang could only stomp his feet in anger and then entered the Forest of Death.
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