Chapter 67: Roots and Leaves
"How's it going?" When the vision caught a certain disciple who made her proud, a smile of relief hung on the face of the three generations of Hokage who approached her.
"Aside from the loss of some excess and necessary fat, it should be pretty good."
Tsunade, who was leaning against the wall, heard a familiar inquiry ringing in his ears, and while giving an answer, he opened his eyes that were calming his mind, and the gloom on his face was slightly suppressed.
"Mr. Ape Fei?" Facing that recognized face, Tsunade subconsciously confirmed.
"Long time no see."
"Oh, it's been a long time." The familiar voice matched the memory, and a smile appeared on Tsunade's slightly pale face.
"Excuse me, this time." A hint of apology appeared in Sarutobi's eyes, and this was also noticed by Tsunade.
"Nothing." In addition, she didn't want to go into the details of her specific situation, and she didn't want to say anything more on this topic.
During the time the two were talking, the Shadow Ninja welcomed another extremely important figure at the same time.
"Any clues?" Before coming to the hospital, he had already been to the scene of the crime, and even he was impressed by the residual tragedy.
The scene where there is very little bleeding is more of a bright red piece of flesh, which can be judged to be cut from pieces of the human body, and the explanation of the other party's behavior is more like simple torture than killing, and the only thing that can be judged is this.
"No suspicious characters were found for the time being, and no one left the village at night." The ninja of the Shadows, who was waiting for orders, responded to the other party's inquiry.
"In other words, is it very likely that the other party is still in the village?" Judging by the time, the time for the dark department to blockade Konoha Village is extremely fast, and it is impossible for anyone to go out during this period, and there is only one possibility left, the other party is hidden in the village.
"The possibility of a foreign village ninja doing it?" Generally when thinking of the attack, it is naturally impossible to suspect the people inside the village at first thought, but it does not exclude some people from other villages who have infiltrated the village, even ninjas, or to put it another way, "spies." ”
"It's not clear, the other party didn't use ninjutsu, the chakra attribute can't be determined, and there are no traces of a fight at the scene, it should be a melee attack, and only one blow stunned the two of them." By the time they were taken to the hospital, the Shadow Ninja had already examined the bodies of the two men, so it was clear that they had been knocked unconscious.
"Where is Hokage-sama?" When I walked into the hall, I was about to ask for an exit, but I didn't need it because I saw a familiar existence.
"Three generations." As he walked in, the conversation between the master and apprentice was inserted.
"Shuo Mao? There you are. Sarutobi looked at the hero of Konoha in front of him, and his gaze subconsciously relaxed.
"Is there anything unusual at the moment?"
"No, I haven't found any clues for the time being, and I plan to ask those two middle ninjas later, and when they wake up, they should be able to provide a little information."
Rather than a meaningless chat, it's important to get straight to the center of the conversation. Obviously, Hagi Shuomao's answer was not so reassuring to him.
"I'm not sure, but."
"Did you find anything?" Sensing Tsunade's intention to speak, he made a natural inquiry.
"The situation of the two people may be a bit bad, although they are not dead, but at least the possibility of ninjas in the future will be extremely difficult."
"What do you mean?" As for Tsunade's expression, neither Sarutobi nor Hachiki Sakumo were a little puzzled, after all, they hadn't confirmed the tragic situation of the two shinobi with their own eyes, and they didn't have any medical knowledge.
"They had massive muscle removal in both hands and feet." Tsunade, who personally healed the two of them, understood better than anyone else that the two of them really paid a huge price, which was enough to threaten the ninja profession.
"To put it simply, the murderer may have experience in medical ninjutsu, and he may also be very studied."
"Why do you think like that?" Regarding the clues that Tsunade suddenly prompted, the two who were serious did not believe and accept it at the first time.
"Humerus to medial to ulnar terminus." Stretching out a plump and seductive white arm, he placed it in front of the two of them, and with the explanation, he stretched out his free right hand to point out the specific parts.
"This piece is the brachialis muscle, and its specific function is to assist in elbow flexion, and now the muscles here have been completely stripped away, along with the abdominal muscles and tendons."
"Tendons have a lot of toughness and tension and don't get tired easily. Its fibers protrude into the periosteum and bone, allowing the muscles to attach firmly to the bone. ”
"The usual elbow flexion is the use of muscle pulling and the lever movement of the bones and joints, and the muscles in this area are completely stripped away." The index and middle fingers stand side by side with a strong will, as sharp as a knife's edge.
"As a result, the act of relying solely on bone and joint movement will be more physically demanding, and the elbow will be extremely tired."
"That is, you think the hands-on person is familiar with the structure of the human body?"
The two of them understood Tsunade's thoughts, and frowned, because such simple evidence was not enough, and ninjas who were also separated from life and death, if they wanted to get some kind of information, they might also use such torture methods.
"Anything else you've discovered?" But from Tsunade's speculation, they also sensed a hint of disobedience.
"In addition to the brachial muscles that have been explained, a total of 40 muscles have been removed by the two, and they are all positioned in the hands and feet, which are the more important muscles of the human body, and none of them coincide."
"The presence of drug paralysis was not detected in their bodies, and if it wasn't for the drug reaction to disappear, the only explanation was that they didn't feel enough pain to wake up in the process of having their muscles removed!"
"You mean." As a ninja who fights with short knives, he may have been the first to understand Tsunade's thoughts.
"When the other party uses the blade to cut off their muscles, the movement is very fast, and at least for a moment, the speed makes them feel no pain."
"A master with a knife?" The Miyome Hokage got such a guess from the words of the two.
"With this level of cutting, the entire Konoha medical ninja may be the only one I can do." Tsunade ignored Miyome's suggestion and continued to think in the direction of medical ninjutsu.
"Besides, the only possibility is that the white eyes of the Hyuga family, who have a complete understanding of the structure of the human body, can do it."
Tsunade's sudden cold addition made the eyes of Sarutobi and Qimu Shuo Shigeru a little offset, for Konoha Village, once it involves family problems, it will undoubtedly become extremely troublesome.
"Are you sure?" After a long silence, I heard the deep voice of Ape Fei Sun again.
If at the beginning they only got clues from Tsunade's words, then at this moment, both of them inevitably believed each other's guesses.
"It's not easy to do this, at least, there can't be anyone in Konoha Hospital who has such an understanding of the human body."
Although there is no positive answer, Tsunade's answer also confirms the inference of a certain direction.
"The Hyuga family is sealed with caged birds, and it is impossible to transplant them!" The sentence that Hachiki Sakumo added was not to explain anything, but to simply state the facts.
"The blood of the Hyuga family, I will find a way to confirm it." The matter of contacting the Hyuga clan, compared to the Konoha White Fang, which symbolizes killing, the only one who can handle it perfectly is himself, the Hokage.
"Are they awake?" Only then did Ape Fei Ri Slash remember the original purpose, but the conversation between the three of them before had extended everything a little far.
"No, the physical pain is not delayed, it is continuous, but they didn't realize it before, and when they had the previous operation, they fainted in pain the moment they woke up, so it shouldn't be so easy for them to wake up until they get through this period of time."
"And, even if they wake up, they probably don't have any clues." Tsunade was able to understand what the two were thinking.
"The only blow injury was in the neck, most likely from the rear, and the blow surface was very narrow, and it was solved with one blow."
Even she is a little depressed about the finesse of the hands-on use of power, because she is more accustomed to using strong force to directly crush the force, and the power of the hands is often not perfectly controlled.
"That is, can't you expect too much from them?" Hachiki Sakumo felt a headache about the current situation, and couldn't help but look at the three generations of Hokage.
"I'll leave the matter to Tuan Zang after that, I'll contact him later, if it's him, it should be dealt with." It is clear that Qimu Shuomao's thoughts are that he is worried that after the news spreads, there will be a lack of a reasonable explanation to the outside world.
"Danzo? That careerist? Tsunade didn't have a good impression of the guy in that impression, and this emotion was directly expressed on her face, and even gave a very reasonable evaluation.
For Tsunade's evaluation, Sarutobi didn't say anything, but he could see the night outside the window from the window of the corridor, and he didn't know why he said something to himself, what he had said in his mouth.
"He is the root in the darkness, and the Hokage will be the leaf in the sun, and the two are interdependent."
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