When Sato Shin came out of the room of the third Hokage, he couldn't help but sigh lightly.

None of the prepared rhetoric was used, and he was originally going to use the lost scroll he got by chance when the three generations of Hokage asked about the source of ninjutsu, but he couldn't use it, because the three generations of Hokage didn't ask him about the source of ninjutsu at all, and he didn't even mention anything about his blood inheritance limit, as if he had forgotten them.

But Sato Shin knows that he definitely didn't forget them, and the reason why he didn't ask was simply because he didn't mean to ask, and to another extent, this is also a statement, as long as you are still a member of Konoha, nothing else matters, and I won't delve into your secrets.

Konoha Ninja Village, a gloomy underground space.

In the room, the oil lamp emits a dim glow, and a man with a bandage in his right eye sits on a futon.

Suddenly.

A ninja wearing a ghost mask appeared silently, then respectfully knelt down on one knee in front of him.

The bandaged man raised his head, his voice slightly dry.

"There's news from Sand Ninja Village again?"

"Yes, Danzo-sama."

The ninja wearing the ghost mask stood up and respectfully handed a scroll the size of an adult's palm to the bandaged man, who was Shimura Danzo.

Shimura reached out and took it, slowly unfolding it.

The joint unified examination held by Sand Ninja Village gathered a new generation of elites from the five major ninja villages and even some other small ninja villages, and this opportunity to peek into other villages will naturally not be missed by Shimura Danzo.

As early as the beginning of the middle ninja exam, he had already ordered the root members lurking beside the three generations of Hokage to send back the news.

This is the third time in a row.

For the first time, he learned that there was a girl named Kagawa Xi in Yunyin Village who could use the S-level forbidden technique Thunder Escape Body, and there was a blood-bound teenager named Ye Cangyao in Shayin Village, so two people were added to his assassination list.

The second time, he learned that there was a girl named Zhaomei Ming in Wuyin Village, who had the double blood stains of dissolving and boiling, so he added one more person to the assassination list.

Anything threatening, anything uncontrolled, is Gen's target for assassination, that's his rule.

"Huh......?"

Suddenly, Shimura Danzo, who was looking at the scroll, let out an unexpected sound.

Next to him, the ghost mask ninja standing next to him immediately looked at him suspiciously and asked in a low voice.

"Tuanzang-sama, what's wrong?"

Although the news was handled by him, he didn't look at it, after so many years of hiding by the group, he naturally understood what to do and what not to do.

"Interesting, good, good."

Shimura Danzo didn't answer, and continued to look down, and after a long time, he raised his head and threw the scroll in his hand to the ghost mask ninja next to him, letting out a strange smile like a night owl.

In this gloomy basement, it is particularly infiltrating.

The Strange Masked Ninja carefully took the scroll, then unfolded it, looking at its contents.

The content is encrypted and needs to be deciphered accordingly to be read, but this is naturally difficult for the Oni-masked Ninja, who can easily decipher it.

He was shocked when he saw what had been deciphered.

"This, how is this possible? Will he be the one who won the first place? ”

The first sentence of the scroll is to inform the name of the participating shinobi who won the first place in the third middle ninja exam and the ninja village to which he belongs, and this content is impressive: The first place winner is Konoha Ninja Village Sato Shin!!

He is naturally no stranger to the name "Sato Shin", and at the behest of Shimura Danzo, Gen paid attention to this young man for a while, and finally gave up due to lack of qualifications, and it was not until not long ago that he was re-included in the watch list.

But it's such a person, and he is actually the one who won the first place in the middle ninja exam, which makes him feel unbelievable.

If it was the previous Zhongnin exam, maybe there was still a possibility, but this year's Zhongninja exam, it is not an exaggeration to call it a monster gathering.

Kagawa Hee, a girl in Yunyin Village who has mastered the S-level forbidden technique Thunder Escape Protector.

The Sand Hidden Village has a genius boy Ye Cangyao who has a scorching blood inheritance limit.

Wuyin Village has a girl with double blood stains.

There is also a genius Uchiha wind from the Uchiha clan, the strongest wealthy family in Konoha.

With these four people, it is impossible to say that it is still possible for an "ordinary teenager" to win the first place?

With doubts, the ghost mask ninja continued to look, and the more he watched, the more frightened he became, and finally a cold sweat slipped from his forehead, and he quickly pleaded guilty to Tuan Zang with a trembling voice.

"Lord Tuanzang, this is my dereliction of duty!"

Obviously investigated this teenager many times, but he didn't notice the "abnormality" of the teenager in the slightest, if it weren't for this middle ninja exam, I'm afraid he would have been kept in the dark, I have to say, this is his dereliction of duty as the person in charge of root intelligence.

"Don't care, it can only be said that he is hiding too deeply, at such a young age, he actually has such a deep scheming, and the most important thing is that he also has an unknown blood inheritance limit, what will happen later, you know what to do, right?"

Shimura Danzo's only remaining eye, calmly and without the slightest emotion, looked at the ghost mask ninja.

"Yes, Danzo-sama, I know what to do."

Cold sweat slid down the ghost mask ninja's forehead again.

"Let's go down."

"Yes."

Two days later.

Sato Shin and the others participated in the competition, and Shinobi returned to Konoha.

In the process, there was an unusual calm, and nothing seemed to happen, but all the Shangnin and the high-level officials of Konoha Village knew that the calm was only temporary, and next, I am afraid that there will be an "aftermath".

This time, Konoha Ninja Village has earned enough eyeballs, not only the genius monster Uchiha Kaze, but also a Sato Shin who beat other participating shinobi and won the first place in the joint unified examination.

Although the other four ninja villages did not say anything, they knew that whether it was Uchiha Kaze or Sato Shin, they were all on the assassination list of each village, and it was likely to be extremely high.

What is the most important thing in a ninja village?

Of course, "fresh blood" is the most important, only the continuous emergence of talented ninjas can ensure that a ninja village is strong and prosperous, and other ninja villages that understand this truth will naturally regard this potential "fresh blood" as the first choice for hunting.

The trouble that may be encountered next, Sato Shin naturally has some guesses, but there is no need to worry for the time being, because there should be very few people who dare to enter Konoha to assassinate.

With the strength he has shown, if he wants to assassinate, he must at least send a number of upper ninjas, and several upper ninjas, even if they are other great ninja villages, should not be arrogant enough to give up at will, so the assassination against him is most likely to be when he receives the task and leaves Konoha.

But that doesn't mean he's safe, because a looming mess has arrived.

On the third day after he returned to Konoha, in the grove where he usually practiced, he was stopped by three masked ninjas.

"Who are you?"

Looking at the three people who faintly surrounded him, Sato Shin's heart became vigilant.

In Konoha, there are only two types of people who can wear this kind of mask, one is from the shadows, and the other is from the root, which is the organization that he is most worried about hidden under Konoha and controlled by Danzo.

"Your Excellency, please, come with us!"

The masked ninja at the head said in a cold voice without the slightest emotion.

Root !!

If it was just a guess before, then after hearing this voice without the slightest emotion, he could already be sure that the three people in front of him definitely came from the organization that was hidden deep in the depths of Konoha - Root.

It's time to come or it's coming!

Compared to this, the inquiries of the three generations of Hokage are just pediatrics, and this is his biggest crisis!!