The man who appeared in front of Sasuke was none other than Mizuki, who was rated as an excellent elite teacher in the ninja school in the past.

He is especially good at teaching students how to use shuriken and kunai, and he is handsome in appearance and gentle in attitude, and can always listen to the students' complaints with the most patience, so he is very different from the stern Iruka, and he is more loved by students.

Provided that he does not fall into the words of a traitor.

Everything in the past is a disguise, then, the nature of this person is worth questioning a little.

A defector ninja judged by Konoha to be dangerous, Sasuke once thought that the other party had already been captured by Konoha's pursuing forces and put in Konoha to reform in the torture room...... Suddenly, there is also an ulterior connection between this guy and Kakashi.

Thinking of this, the corners of Sasuke's mouth twitched, could this guy also be a spy planted in Konoha by the country of ghosts, right?

"Don't be so vigilant, I'm here to meet you."

Regarding the vigilance in Sasuke's eyes, Mizuki smiled nonchalantly.

Sasuke snorted and didn't speak.

Kakashi said, "Indeed, this guy doesn't need to be bothered. ”

"You really like to be sarcastic." Mizuki cut off, then leaned against the wall and asked, "So, when are you going to leave next?" The border of the Fire Nation has been sealed, and it seems that the orphans of the Uchiha clan are still very important to those high-level people. ”

Kakashi handed the lunch box in his hand to Sasuke, and then said to Mizuki, "So as not to have too many dreams at night, I will leave early tomorrow morning." You don't have a problem there, right? ”

"Of course not, but when you get to Orochimaru, this kid's life may not be easy. Moreover, how can you say that Orochimaru is also one of the three ninjas, can this kid really deal with him? If the mission fails, my reward will be gone. ”

Mizuki looked at Sasuke with suspicion.

Whether Sasuke lives or dies, fails or succeeds in the mission, it has nothing to do with him.

But if Sasuke causes him to lose his important job, he won't have anywhere to cry then.

He finally got to this point, and he didn't want to waste his previous achievements and start all over again.

Sasuke was about to open his mouth in displeasure, but Kakashi pressed Sasuke and said in his place, "No problem, Sasuke's ability, as his guide to Shinobi, I'm sure." ”

"It would be nice if that was the case, even if it failed, I don't want to take any responsibility. When the time comes, remember to leave me alone. Of course, if you succeed in killing Orochimaru by then, it would be nice to mention my name a little, I won't ask for too much. ”

"It's like your way of doing things."

"I'm not like you, I'm a family man."

“……”

Kakashi choked.

Suddenly, I felt that this guy Mizuki had also become hateful.

"Then you can continue to rest here, I'll go out to watch the wind."

With that, Mizuki pushed open the door and walked out of the stone room.

"This guy is not alone when he follows the ninja school."

Sasuke said suddenly.

He vaguely remembered that Mizuki in the ninja school was not such a utilitarian teacher.

Or is it that after leaving Konoha, he doesn't need to hide and return to his original nature?

"Don't pay attention to his words, he probably came over to complain because he was bored at work. But he was right, Orochimaru is very dangerous there, if you want to retreat, I can arrange for you to go to the country of ghosts, where you can become stronger and stronger without being threatened by anyone. But when you cross the border tomorrow, you can only choose the route of Orochimaru, which will be full of all kinds of murderous opportunities and threats. ”

Kakashi glanced at Sasuke, ready to give Sasuke a final chance to choose.

"No, there is danger, and there is the motivation to become stronger. It's not necessarily a good thing to put me in a comfortable environment. ”

Hearing Sasuke's answer, Kakashi continued:

"In that case, then I'll talk to you about how to get along with Orochimaru when I see him."

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"It's too reckless."

In Konoha Hospital, in the ward, Shikahisa lectured Shikamaru lying on the hospital bed in a stern tone.

"I was going to report to you, but I was stopped by the shadows and couldn't enter."

Shikamaru, who has already woken up, is still quietly justifying his actions.

"Even then, it shouldn't be so risky, and besides, it's better to pull a group of people into a place like the roots."

"It was an emergency, and I had to do that. As for the appointment from the superiors, didn't I let Ino come back? ”

Shikaku stared at Shikamaru for a while, and finally sighed and didn't say anything.

"I'll wait until you're healed."

"That's Sasuke'......"

"I haven't found it yet, so I'm still hiding somewhere in the Fire Country. But there is little hope of finding him next. Moreover, behind the whole thing, it is not as simple as you think. Someone added fuel to the fire behind this matter. ”

Lu Jiu had a solemn expression on his face.

Compared to Shikamaru, he has collected more clues here, and he knows that Sasuke's escape is a secret trick.

It can be said that the group of Shikamaru is also the object of being used.

"I know, just accept the punishment. I'll reflect on my mistake this time. ”

Shikamaru did not defend himself anymore and calmly accepted the decision to punish his superiors.

"Accept and change, it makes sense. Mere repentance is worthless. In such a situation where the information is incomplete, and you still chase the enemy deeply, if you are on the battlefield, you are all dead, instead of lying here and receiving treatment. ”

Probably thinking that the preaching was almost the same as this, Lu Jiu ended the topic, continued to look at Lu Maru, and asked:

"You shouldn't have taken anything secretly when you entered the root base, did you?"

Lu Jiu's expression became very serious and serious, and the color in his pupils also became cold and frightening, implying a warning.

Although Shikamaru tried his best to maintain his expression, his appearance made Shikaku feel even more suspicious.

"Take things out, don't think about putting them in your hands, and do unnecessary things."

Hearing Shikaku say this, Shikamaru had no choice but to take out a scroll in his arms and hand it to Shikaku.

Lu Jiu took the scroll, opened it, and glanced at it casually, but his expression did not change from beginning to end.

It's like you're determining something.

Finally, he rolled up the scroll, looked up at Shikamaru and asked, "Have you seen the things on it?" Or...... Have you shown it to the rest of the people? ”

He was going to be sure of that.

If it's just Shikamaru who has seen it, it's not too much of a problem. But if you show it to someone else, it will inevitably cause some trouble.

"Don't worry, I haven't had time to watch it yet, and I've never shown it to the rest of the people."

Shikamaru replied honestly.

"It's better to be like this."

"And even without looking, I can guess what's written on it."

The leader of the roots, Shimura Danzo, has a writing wheel eye.

The corpses of dozens of Uchiha ninjas were not buried, but were concentrated in the dark root strongholds, and without exception, the writing wheel eyes were dug up.

In addition, Sasuke made the decision to leave the village directly after reading this scroll, which was enough for Shikamaru to think of a lot of content.

Therefore, even if this scroll is not opened to read, Shikamaru knows what is roughly written on it.

“…… There is no need to intervene in this kind of thing. ”

Shikaku was silent for a moment and said to Shikamaru.

The Konoha Uchiha clan has disappeared into the dust of history, and even the last orphan has made the choice to leave Konoha and continues to be held accountable, which is meaningless.

The most important thing at the moment is the issue of rebuilding Konoha.

Uchiha Sasuke, for him, is just a more troublesome episode.

Compared to the mess left by Danzou and the three generations of Hokage, this is nothing, and it can't be bad anymore anyway.

“…… Sasuke, he'll come back sooner or later for revenge. ”

As Shikaku raised his feet and left, Shikamaru's voice came firmly from behind, as if he saw such a future.

Lu Jiu paused, sighed, didn't say anything, and left the ward.

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Hokage Building.

Located in a small conference room on one of the floors.

"I really can't imagine that this secret file, which has been sealed for a long time, is still known to the people of the Uchiha clan. Now things get really tricky. ”

When Shikaku took the scroll he got from Shikamaru and spread it out for the two high-level advisors of Konoha to see, the brows of the two advisors suddenly furrowed fiercely.

At the same time, they also understood why Sasuke suddenly made the decision to leave Konoha.

"The root ninja in that stronghold has been cleaned up in advance, and it is obvious that someone is inducing Sasuke Uchiha. Do you have any good doubts? ”

Shikaku asked, staring into the eyes of the two advisors.

After Mito Menyan and Koharu looked at each other, they both shook their heads, they couldn't guess who deliberately sent Sasuke to the base of the roots, and obtained the sealed intelligence file from there.

"Is that so? It seems that there is one more trouble to deal with. However, Sasuke Uchiha's departure is a fact, and it's too late to redeem it. I would like to ask, will Itachi Uchiha still be on the side of the village? ”

Lu Jiu weighed the scroll in his hand and looked directly at the two of them.

Konoha now has enough enemies now, the country of ghosts, Orochimaru, if there is one more Uchiha Itachi, Shikaku feels big just thinking about it.

And what makes Lu Jiu feel the most nonsense is that these enemies were all once Konoha ninjas, and they were cultivated by Konoha single-handedly.

Lu Jiu wanted to complain and didn't know where to start.

Before Sasuke leaves, Konoha can also restrain Itachi's actions and positions in the name of protecting Sasuke.

But now that Sasuke has left Konoha, there is a question mark over whether Itachi will still abide by the 'agreement' with Konoha.

The Uchiha's extermination incident, Shikaku was not involved, so he could not know some of the details.

Therefore, it can only be verified by the parties.

"This ...... To be honest, we're not particularly aware of this either. The channel of contact with Itachi has always been in the hands of Hizashi and Tuanzang, and now that Hichicho has passed away, then, the only person who knows how to contact Itachi is Tuanzang. ”

Mito Menyan hesitated for a moment before replying.

The fact that Uchiha Itachi is a Konoha spy is known to only a very few people.

Lu Jiu also confirmed this matter after looking at the file of the root.

Before that, he was also one of the people who was kept in the dark.

After all, the real inside story of the extermination of the Uchiha clan was a product of the failure of the political struggle, and the direct bitter result was that Konoha's military power began to decline rapidly.

The rights and wrongs in it, Lu Jiu didn't want to participate in it at all.

"Elder Tuanzang? I see, I'll go and explain it to him later. Also, and most importantly, I want to know more things. ”

Lu Jiu's eyes burned.

"More things?"

"Yes, what else did I do when the three generations of adults were in power that I didn't know...... I'd like to know all the details. ”

To be honest, Lu Jiu really didn't have a sense of security about Konoha at this time.

First of all, Danzang conspired to take the throne, then the Hokage was forced to commit suicide, the head of the dark department was a spy, and then the Uchiha clan broke out an amazing inside story, and Lu Jiu was afraid that another bomb would come later, which made him anxious and caught off guard.

For this reason, he must know more about the inside story of the village that he once did not know, and when things break out, he can take precautions in advance, so as not to let the village be tossed back to life.

There are countless ninjas who have come to complain for a while, many ninjas are directly unemployed, and the task entrustment system is directly paralyzed, which makes many clients dissatisfied with Konoha and makes the task entrustment volume of the rest of the villages increase by an average of two percent, earning a large amount of development funds.

And these originally belonged to Konoha.

It is estimated that these ninja villages are all in their hearts at the moment, and they can't help but feel grateful to Konoha.

And this kind of gratitude, Lu Jiu is willing not to.

"This ...... It's not necessary. Anyway, it's all over, and it's been so long, so if you go to investigate it now......"

There was a lot of cold sweat on the faces of Koharu and Mito Menyan.

"So, when things happen again, will the two elders be able to take on their due responsibilities as advisors?"

Lu Jiu looked at the two of them with sharp eyes, and asked unceremoniously.

Obviously, Shikaku didn't believe in the ability of these two people to act.

If they really had the responsibility of consultants, Konoha wouldn't be like this, and they would be ruined by a big snake pill.

This kind of remark made the two advisers directly silent.

They also know they can't afford it.

But as Konoha's advisor, he was forced to be questioned by Lujiu's junior, and he still felt a little embarrassed and angry in his heart.

As a result, the scene stiffened for a while.

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The next day, nine a.m.

Kakashi, Sasuke, and Mizuki, who avoided the sight of the Konoha garrison on the border of the Fire Country, successfully crossed the defense line and entered the territory of Tanokuni.

This is a typical small country.

It is surrounded by land on three sides, and only the north faces the sea.

Focusing on the development of forestry and agriculture, the national daimyo is known internationally as a greedy person, and according to Kakashi, Orochimaru's Otoshinobi Village was a ninja village that was successfully established after bribing the daimyo of Tanokuni with a large amount of money.

But in essence, Otoshinobi Village does not serve the aristocratic group of Tanokuni, but only Orochimaru.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to regard the ninjas of the Sound Ninja Village as private soldiers cultivated by Orochimaru.

The station of Otoshinobi Village is located in the northern part of Tanokuni, near the sea. Probably due to the abnormal weather of the Iron Country, the climate of the Land of Fields is much colder than that of the Fire Country.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Sasuke followed Kakashi and Mizuki to the station of Otoshinobi Village.

Unlike Konoha's ninja village, which is full of people, the first feeling of sound ninja village is depressing and dull.

The size of the village is not huge, there are no civilians in sight, there are no shops in sight, and there are cold-eyed, malicious ninjas everywhere.

These ninjas uniformly wore the forehead guards of the sound ninja village, the youngest was about eleven years old, and the oldest was forty or fifty years old.

Some of them, after seeing Sasuke, had a cold murderous aura in their eyes, and silently circled behind Sasuke, wanting to attack and kill Sasuke.

Jealousy, greed, hatred, these people make no secret of their hostility towards Sasuke.

Just when some of them couldn't help but want to make a move, a cold voice came:

"Are you bastards all right? Don't embarrass me here! ”

What appeared in front of Sasuke and the others was a teenager with six arms.

His skin is slightly darker, and in terms of age, he looks two to three years older than Sasuke.

He exudes an aura that is different from that of ordinary ninjas.

At the back of his neck, he has the same curse mark as Sasuke.

As soon as he came, he sharply stopped these incomprehensible behaviors.

I couldn't even see the basic gap between friend and foe, and I thought that in the future, I would continue to train this group of useless miscellaneous soldiers.

At least play the role of cannon fodder.

"But, Oni Boy Maru-sama ......"

"Didn't you hear me clearly?"

The boy named Oni Tong Maru has a terrifying murderous aura in his eyes, staring at the talking Otoshino like a dead person.

is obviously in his twenties, but when he was stared at like this by the ghost boy pill, his face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't dare to breathe.

Although the rest of the people were unwilling, due to the strength of the Oni Boy Pill and the fact that he was Orochimaru's personal bodyguard, they had to temporarily restrain their hostility towards Sasuke, but in their eyes, they seemed to be still telling the words 'This matter is not over'.

In their opinion, a newcomer can directly obtain the weight of Orochimaru-sama, whom they admire, which is difficult for them to accept.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke-sama, Mr. Kakashi, these guys are causing you trouble."

In the face of the weak, Oni Tongmaru naturally has no intention of taking care of it, but he is very respectful to Sasuke and Kakashi.

As for Mizuki, he ignored it.

"Don't talk nonsense, show me the way now."

Sasuke said impatiently.

According to Kakashi, the more arrogant he is, the worse his tone is, the more he will make Orochimaru happy.

"Of course."

Oni Boy Maru didn't care about the dissatisfaction in Sasuke's tone, just smiled and nodded, looking very patient, leading the way in front.

"Mizuki, you can leave."

Halfway through, Oni Boy Maru suddenly said to Mizuki who came over.

Mizuki shrugged his shoulders slightly, and left indifferently.

He didn't want to meet Orochimaru's slimy and gloomy man.

As if afraid that Sasuke would misunderstand, Oni Tongmaru said, "Otoshinobi Village follows the rules of the jungle, and the strong have absolute dominance over the weak. A guy of Mizuki's level is simply not enough to be among the core, and he has no effect on Sasuke-sama. ”

"That means, you're useful to me?"

Sasuke sneered.

"Of course, as the Otoshinobi Four, we are not only Orochimaru-sama's most trusted guards, but we have also developed the spell to the point of state two. Even if we face two shinobi with full firepower at the same time, we can start to solve it. ”

Oni Boy Maru said in a proud tone.

“……”

Sasuke was speechless.

In other words, the combined strength of the so-called four upper ninjas is about stronger than that of the two upper ninjas, but when facing three or even four upper ninjas, the victory or defeat is unknown.

To be honest, the strength of Orochimaru's cronies and guards is ...... Sasuke didn't expect to be so weak.

Even so, they are among the most powerful ninjas in the sound ninja village, which can be seen from the attitude of the surrounding sound ninja towards the ghost boy pill.

Thinking that Otoshinobi Village was just a small place, Sasuke felt that he couldn't be too this village.

He regretted that he didn't choose to go to the land of ghosts.

In this kind of place, can you really make yourself stronger quickly?

Kakashi can't be fooling him, is he?

After all, it's not the first time Kakashi has done this, and he has a lot of previous convictions.

"Then, take me to Orochimaru. I heard Kakashi say that he could gain more power here, so he came here on purpose. If it doesn't satisfy me, I don't want to stay. ”

"Yes, but it can't be done. Lord Orochimaru is out for a while and is not in the village. After a long journey, let's rest here today, and I'll go and have someone prepare dinner. How about meeting Orochimaru-sama about meeting Orochimaru tomorrow? ”

Oni Boy Maru asked with a smile.

"Hmph, then wait for him for a day."

"Thank you so much, Sasuke-sama."

Oni Boy Maru smiled and led the way ahead, so that he could be considered to have made initial contact with Sasuke and move faster than the other three of the four.

His position in the Sound Ninja Village will also be even more unbreakable.

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The land of ghosts.

Compared with the disturbances of the outside world, this is a leisurely afternoon tea time.

"Three generations committed suicide, Danzo lost power, and now Konoha only relies on the leader of the Shinobi squad Nara Shikaku, and two advisors to maintain it. Tsk, that's pitiful. It's a pity that I didn't witness the tragic situation of Konoha with my own eyes. ”

Ayane, who was sitting on the sofa opposite Shiraishi, had a sad and pitiful look on her face, but her tone revealed a sense of schadenfreude.

"It's Orochimaru who should be thanked, if it weren't for him, probably we would have done it ourselves. We're lucky to be able to get out of it now. ”

Shiraishi said with a smile.

Konoha has become such an end, and from his standpoint, it is indeed a happy thing.

No one thought that the contradictions within Konoha would be stimulated to such an extent.

If the three generations of Hokage are strong enough to weaken the power of the roots, it will be difficult to disintegrate Konoha's morale from within, no matter how much they stir up contradictions on their side.

How long will it take for Konoha to recover?

This kind of thorny problem can be handled by Konoha himself.

"What, do you have anything on your mind, Ruri?"

At this time, seeing Ruri standing at the window, where he was silent, Shiraishi asked.

"No, it's not a matter of heart. It's just that I feel a little regretful that I didn't solve the problem of the three generations in person. With his identity, dying on the battlefield is the destination. ”

Ruri turned around and responded to Shiraishi.

"Sure enough, it's your style, you prefer to fight with real knives and guns than this way."

"Well, because I want to try my hand at the level of a Doctor of Ninjutsu."

Ruri did not deny this.

"It's still in the preparation stage, and it's not time to make a big deal for the time being. But before the plan begins, there should be a chance for you to make a big fuss. ”

It seems that he also feels indebted to the glass, so Shiraishi had no choice but to accommodate and say.

"Oh?"

Ruri raised an eyebrow and looked at Shiraishi.

Shiraishi didn't answer, but got up from the couch and stretched.

"Okay, afternoon tea has also been drunk. Next, I'm going to go out. Just in case, I'll take the three doppelgangers of Shadow Dancer, Child, and Fire Elf with me. I'll ask you to help me deal with the affairs of the headquarters for the time being. ”

"Don't you need us to follow?"

"No, there are fewer people for this kind of thing, the better. What's more, I'm well prepared. ”

Under the gaze of the two of them, Shiraishi took a step and left the room.