"I have to say that the leader is a little too partial this time."

On the back of the huge rock, there is a notch for people to sit down and rest, and after disarming the ninjutsu, the oni shark opens his eyes, and this sentence is said to Itachi.

Itachi also happened to open his eyes at this time, and when he heard the ghost shark's words, there was no obvious emotional fluctuation on his face.

"Is it really good to go on like this, Itachi?"

"What do you mean?"

Itachi stood up from the ground and put a hat with wind chimes on his head.

The Sharingan Eye loomed under the cover of the hat, emitting a cold scarlet glow.

"I've heard that Orochimaru had some feuds with you in the past, and this time he plotted to take your brother out of revenge for you. And judging from the leader's tone, it seems that he is also on Orochimaru's side. ”

The ghost shark also stood up from the ground, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, and swept away the dust by the way.

Finally, he put the big sword shark muscle back and hung it up, and turned his head to look at Itachi's writing wheel eyes.

"Orochimaru's importance to the leader is self-evident, and in fact, I'm not mad at this kind of thing. Besides, he was just my spare eye...... That stupid younger brother will be temporarily deposited with Orochimaru. ”

Itachi's tone is always indifferent, or rather a strong confidence that holds everything in his hands.

This kind of self-confidence that is different from ordinary people can be clearly felt even by the ghost shark.

"It's really you, Itachi, it's me, if you want to deal with the three ninjas, it's not so easy, and there is a high probability that you will be killed by Orochimaru."

The ghost shark smiled, and there was nothing other than a smile in his smile.

"You're too modest, Oni Shark."

Itachi's writing wheel eyes are still flat, but the importance of the ghost shark in his words can be heard by anyone.

"No, I'm just telling the truth."

"Let it be so. Next, I will be alone, to deal with some personal matters, and meet in the old place in half a month. ”

Itachi withdrew his gaze, looked into the distance, and said calmly.

The ghost shark raised an eyebrow, and the eyes that looked at the weasel were full of scrutiny.

"Itachi, it's dangerous to act alone at this time. Now it's not just Yunyin who is eyeing our organization, Konoha may also take actual action, and even Iwakuin, who has also lost the tailed beast. If you don't mind, I can act with you, and I'm pretty idle by myself right now. ”

“…… Yes, but not too much. ”

Itachi looked into the distance, and after a long time, he spoke, agreeing to the request to let the oni shark follow.

"Of course, I think you know that I'm the most tight-lipped ninja of all. And if you die, I'll be troubled by that. So, in the coming days, let's be friendly. ”

Listening to the ghost shark's alternative kind words, Itachi snorted lightly, and it was regarded as accepting the ghost shark's kindness.

The Akatsuki organization was originally a concentration camp for renegade, and the defector ninjas here kept each other warm, feared each other, and guarded each other, and there was no real trust in others.

Although Nagato provided a relatively stable living environment for the rebel ninjas, this does not mean that these rebel ninjas will really be loyal to Nagato.

First, due to Nagato's strong strength, secondly, the cost of betraying again was too high, and the heavy profits promised by Nagato caused the apparent 'stability' of the Akatsuki organization, creating the illusion that everyone was fighting desperately for Akatsuki's great cause.

Because of this, even if he knew that the oni shark might have been tasked with Nagato's spying on him, Itachi still gave a certain amount of trust to the oni shark.

The ghost shark can betray himself in the same group, and he may not betray his boss Nagato in the future...... Trust, for the traitor, is a luxury.

Naked interests are the most essential and true portrayal of this organization.

For Itachi, these members are enemies with different positions, but they are also trusted 'comrades', and it only depends on how they define and use their values.

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, let's go."

Itachi shook his head and walked straight forward.

The wind chimes hanging from the hat began to shake, and the crisp jingle of bells drifted into the distance.

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In the empty room, there are about a dozen root ninjas, who are conducting investigation here.

The information files that had been on the shelves, as well as the computer tools that stored the research materials, all disappeared from the room.

Yamanaka's gloved fingers gently touched the empty bookshelves, slowly skimming, as if feeling something carefully.

Then he looked away, scrutinizing every corner he looked.

"How's it going, do you notice an anomaly?"

The voice reached his ears, and he walked over and asked.

Yamanaka turned his head, he first nodded, then shook his head, and said to Togen: "I don't know if this is a breakthrough or not, I have been investigating here for several days, and there is only one feeling I have here, that is, the cleanliness of the data room is a little strange." ”

"Do you feel that way?"

Fetch Root asked.

Obviously, he also felt that the stolen data room was a little weirdly clean.

"Well, it's so clean here, but if you want to say what's weird, I can't say it all of a sudden. This feeling, to be honest, is the first time for me. Well, do you have any other thoughts? ”

Yamanaka frowned, trying to think about what the indescribable weirdness of this stolen data room was.

"Could it be because of the 'word'?"

He paused and said what was in his mind.

"Words? What word? ”

Yamanaka Feng was slightly stunned, staring at the face of the root, not understanding what the 'word' he mentioned at this time meant?

Pointing to the bookshelves, walls, and floors, he said, "According to my observations in the past few days, I think the strangest thing about this stolen data room is that all the 'characters' in it have been taken away. In other words, after the sweep of a certain 'prisoner', there is not a single thing with 'words' written in this data room. The most unusual thing about this is this. ”

You know, even in the reference room, there are a lot of meaningless paper documents, which are not recorded in research materials, such as duty schedules, and other things are also posted here.

There are many more waste products like this, and you can still tell at a glance that this is a waste product, and you don't need to take it to identify it and judge the value geometrically.

However, this kind of thing was still taken away, and nothing was left.

Hearing this from Takine, Yamanaka seemed to understand something, and his face changed.

"I see, this indescribable weirdness is caused by 'words'...... However, why should the other party insist on taking away all the 'words'? If it is to confuse our eyes, it doesn't make much sense at all, and it doesn't need to be done at all. Moreover, some of the words are grumbling engraved on the walls and floors of the officers on duty when they are bored......"

Yamanaka looked at the walls and floors in some places, and the reason why a piece was missing was also found.

Because of this, the mountain stroke is even more of a headache.

Think about what the other party is doing this for, and what kind of information hints they want to leave behind.

However, even though Yamanaka Wind thought about it for a long time, he still couldn't understand what the other party's intention was in taking away all the things related to 'words'.

"Could it be because the thief doesn't have a good brain? For example, the other party can't distinguish which information here is important and which is not, so they take away all the things related to the 'word'......"

This assumption was boldly made.

"No, you don't have to think about it, you know it's impossible. Those who can sneak in silently, and can steal such a large number of information and documents in a very short period of time, must not be general, and it is impossible to not even be able to distinguish such basic common sense. The reason why he did this must have a deeper meaning, and as long as this is discovered, it may be of unexpected help to our investigation......"

Yamanaka insisted on his own idea, believing that the infiltrator who stole the data must have left behind some extremely crucial information by stealing the data and documents with such an unusual behavior.

Otherwise, it would be too child's play to speculate according to the idea of taking the root.

As a shinobi of the roots, Yamanaka Kazuki believes in his keen intuition for many years, which makes him realize that this matter is definitely not simple.

There must be a secret behind it that no one knows, and they don't notice.

Listening to the serious analysis of the mountain stroke, I couldn't help but touch my chin and think, if I had an understanding.

He also felt that his guess was a bit too much for his daughter-in-law, and the inference of the mountain stroke was more in line with the normal logical judgment.

It's just that the root is not as obsessed with the answer as the mountain wind, but says:

"Okay then, but I'm not particularly good at reasoning, so I'll go and report the progress of the work here to Lord Tuanzang first."

"Understood, I'll command the investigation here, you go and report the matter to Lord Tuanzang."

After Yamanaka Wind returned to the roots, he lowered his head again and made a thoughtful appearance, as if he was planning to dig deeper into this matter.

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Late November.

The weather is getting even colder.

The weather was very gloomy on this day, giving a sign that rain was coming.

In fact, this day was indeed an extremely heavy day for Konoha.

That is the third generation of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash, who will be buried today.

The death of the three generations of Hokage has been kept in the hands of the high-level officials, and now the matter is shaken out, and it is only after the new Hokage in Konoha has a stronger self-regulation ability that he dares to announce it.

After all, this kind of thing is too sudden for the unsuspecting.

And the cause of death of the three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash is a little confusing.

According to the official definition given by Konoha, it was a heroic sacrifice under the sudden betrayal of the spy Kikashi and the double assassination of Orochimaru when the protection of the shadows was insufficient, and fought until the last moment.

And after these two successfully assassinated the three generations of Hokage, Kakashi Hachiki, who was trusted by the first two generations of Hokage, left Konoha with Orochimaru and officially joined Orochimaru's camp.

Therefore, when the heroic inauguration of the three generations of Hokage was announced, the S-class wanted document about Kakashi Hachiki, the former head of the dark department of Konoha, was also sent to various countries as quickly as possible and was widely circulated among the people.

Not only that, in the official information released by the Konoha high-level, it was claimed that the reason why the elder group attacked the three generations of Hokage was not out of intention, but was misled by the spy Kakashi Hagi, and he did something wrong without realizing it for a while, and Kakashi Hagi was the nail planted by the traitor Orochimaru in Konoha, and all the criticism that Konoha has encountered during these days is because of Orochimaru's carefully planned conspiracy, and everyone was used by the traitor Orochimaru......

Therefore, in view of the great harm of the traitorous ninja Orochimaru to Konoha and even the ninja world, Konoha will adjust the pursuit of Orochimaru to the highest level next, and it is already an urgent matter for Konoha to bring the traitorous Orochimaru and Kakashi Hachiki to justice as soon as possible.

As soon as such news was announced, it immediately caused an uproar in Konoha Village.

Although most people, according to the expectations of the higher-ups, began to attack the traitorous ninja Orochimaru with fierce words, many ninjas were even more indignant and took the initiative to join the pursuit force that pursued Orochimaru.

But there are also a few calm-going factions who are skeptical about this matter, and even they don't believe that Kakashi, who has made countless contributions to Konoha, will betray Konoha...... They asked the high-level to reveal the true truth, and when they saw the high-level take out the weapon that successfully killed the third-generation Hokage, the White Fang Short Knife, they were directly dumbfounded.

The medical ninja who performed the autopsy on the three generations of Hokage, after repeated examinations, came to the unanimous conclusion that the wound that killed the death of the three generations of Hokage was completely consistent with the shape of the wound stabbed by the White Fang short knife. It can be confirmed that the three generations of Hokage died from the White Fang Short Knife.

This undoubtedly further confirms the testimony of the high-level officials, it was Kakashi Hachiki and Orochimaru who killed the three generations of Hokage without sufficient protection in the shadows.

So, on this day that is not suitable for travel, the Konoha high-level leaders, led by the fifth generation Hokage Tsunade, began to carry out the grand funeral of the three generations of Hokage apes.

Mourn the three generations of Hokage who unfortunately died heroically in this large-scale chaos in Konoha incident.

All the shinobi who stayed in Konoha participated, and even the shinobi who were stationed far away at the border heard about it, and some of them rushed back to Konoha non-stop to participate in the funeral of the three generations of Hokage.

Although the appeasement policy adopted by the three generations of Hokage during the reign of the three generations of Hokage, many ninjas within Konoha were dissatisfied with this, and it also gave rise to a terrorist organization like Root that was separated from the shadows...... But in the thirty or forty years that the other party has been in power, everyone has recognized his great merits.

With the power of one person, he reconciled the friction between the ninja and the common people, and successfully solved many contradictions left over from Konoha history for the stability of the Konoha environment.

Therefore, even the martial arts factions who are dissatisfied with the various appeasement policies of the three generations of Hokage will not be able to openly resist each other's funerals, and it is also a solemn mourning for the death of the other party.

The dead are greater.

"I didn't expect that when I came back, I was either busy in the dark or attending my teacher's funeral...... I don't really know what to say......"

After the crowd gradually dispersed, Tsunade stood in front of the tombstone of the third Hokage of the teacher, looking at the black-and-white photograph with the kind smiling face of an old man with a complicated look on his face.

In terms of policy, she is not a traditional conservative, and what she does is not compatible with tradition.

Because of this, she has a lot of dissatisfaction with some of the policies implemented by the three generations of Hokage.

But this doesn't mean that she agrees with the radical ideas of the martial arts faction in the village, so she resists the martial arts organization led by Danzang on the one hand, and privately believes that this is a cancer of Konoha.

She has never objected to the existence of martial arts ideas, but Tuanzang's martial arts ideas are too extreme, and this kind of excessively extreme martial arts ideas will cause an extremely bloody and brutal high-pressure reign of terror within the village...... The result is an alternative version of the Village of Blood Mist.

"Because of this, your return is crucial, so that it doesn't make Ape Fei's sacrifice meaningless. I'll take care of the Orochimaru matter, you just need to manage the village well. Lu Jiu is a rare talent, you have to make good use of him. ”

Jiraiya, who was standing next to Tsunade, spoke.

"It's too dangerous for you to go alone to investigate Orochimaru, and I heard that he has a huge organization behind him that supports him."

When Tsunade heard Jiraiya's proposal, he immediately frowned and vetoed it.

"That's why I'm going to investigate him, and besides, about that organization, I shouldn't have had a good time lately. I heard that Iwakuin and Yunyin had organized a pursuit force and began to hunt down the members of this organization. Although the two villages are not united, I think that in the face of the joint pursuit of the two ninja villages, even the most powerful ninja can not really be indifferent. ”

After all, people are not steel, and there are always times when they need to eat and sleep, and it is impossible to stay alert all the time, otherwise it will cause a huge load on the body.

Most of the traitors who betrayed the village did not die in direct combat, but it was difficult to survive in the outside world alone, and when they were exhausted, they were easily dealt with by the ninjas, the village's pursuing troops.

"But ......"

"Don't talk about me, your job here is not easy." Jiraiya interrupted Tsunade's words and said solemnly: "You are now the Hokage of the village, and the person you are going to deal with next is much more dangerous than this guy Orochimaru." ”

"The land of ghosts?"

Tsunade knew what Jirai was referring to.

"Yes, the danger of Orochimaru is only for one individual, but the danger of the country of ghosts is for an entire country. Compared to your job, I can't call this difficult at all. I have a hunch that the country of ghosts will soon set off a bloody storm in the ninja world, you have to be careful, don't fall into the other party's way. ”

"That being said, there is actually a lot of trade between us Konoha and the Oni Country. Partnering with the Oni Country doesn't necessarily lead to bad results. ”

Tsunade paused, speaking from a neutral and objective perspective.

"The country of demons is just using trade as an excuse to spy on the reality of our Konoha. The person who led that country, but the great toad immortal prophesied to bring the calamity that destroyed the ninja world. As Konoha ninjas, we must not ignore this issue. ”

Jiraiya said with a serious expression, and the solemnity in his eyes was also silently telling his hostility and fear of the country of ghosts.

“…… You still believe in that prophecy, you know, I don't really believe in prophecy and that kind of thing. ”

Tsunade spread his hands helplessly.

"The Great Toad Immortals are at the same level as the Slug Immortals, and you, who have signed a contract with the Slug Immortals, should know their might. We, mortals, can peek into a corner of the prophecy of the immortals, it is enough to feel that there are no regrets in life. ”

Jiraiya's attitude is unusually resolute.

“…… Sorry, I still can't agree. ”

"I know. But it is my responsibility to guide the Child of Prophecy to save the ninja world. Next, I will take him to Myoki Mountain. ”

"He? Children of Prophecy? ”

Faced with the confused Tsunade, Jiraiya nodded and replied:

"It's Naruto. In the prophecy of the Great Toad Immortal, he will be the key to leading the world towards peace. ”

"A little kid...... Are you serious? ”

Tsunade was taken aback.

"I believe he has that potential."

"That's a bit of a mess."

"This is the Great Toad Immortal's request, it wants to see Naruto."

Seeing that Tsunade seemed to have the intention of refusing, Jiraiya continued: "What's more, letting Naruto go to Mt. Myoki earlier, maybe it will allow him to learn senjutsu in advance, which is also a good thing. Anyway, he has already signed a contract with Miaomu Mountain, and sooner or later he will go to Miaomu Mountain. With me watching him in person, what else are you worried about? ”

"It's because of you stupidity that I feel uneasy."

Just when Tsunade was in a dilemma about whether to agree to Jiraiya's request, Koharu and Mitomenyan, who were consultants, came over.

"Tsunade, let's just take Naruto with Jiraiya, the senjutsu of Myoki Mountain is indeed a powerful trump card. If Naruto can learn the immortal art of Myoki Mountain, Konoha will be more confident in facing other countries. You must know that in the codex left by the first generation of adults, immortal art is also highly respected. ”

"What are you two doing here?"

Tsunade looked at the two advisors.

Mito Menyan didn't care about the unhappiness in Tsunade's tone, but replied, "It's not a bad thing to let Naruto follow Jiraiya to Mount Myoki to learn senjutsu. Now Konoha, in addition to the two of you, needs another deterrent. ”

Mito Menyan probably understood the meaning of Tsunade, and the prophecy was put aside for the first time, so that Naruto could learn the immortal arts of Myoki Mountain and increase Konoha's strength, in his opinion, was the most important thing to go to Myoki Mountain.

And Mito Menyan is right, Konoha does need more new forces, especially the deterrence of top ninjas.

Naruto, who is the Nine-Tails pillar force, can be said to be the most promising one.

"Well, I agreed to that...... However, as for the legacy left by Mizumon and Kushina, let's hand it over to Naruto as soon as possible. After so many years of holding the legacy of Watergate and Jiu Sinai, as a high-level person, you are not ashamed. ”

Speaking of which, Tsunade looked into the eyes of the two advisors with a look of dissatisfaction.

"Because his identity was not disclosed in the past, it ......"

"Wouldn't it be so much trouble if it was made public earlier? And the work of wanting to hide the identity of the human pillar force has not been done well...... I really don't know what you've been struggling with all these years, it's face, or that pitiful and ridiculous self-esteem? ”

Tsunade's spicy critical words made the faces of the two advisors suddenly dull, and they walked away in a gloomy manner.

"You're really unforgiving, just like you used to be. Aren't you afraid that after them, they will stumble you in your work? ”

Seeing the two advisors fleeing in embarrassment under Tsunade's words, Jiraiya was embarrassed.

"If you keep pampering them like Ape Fei Sensei, there will be problems. Don't worry, these two old guys eat hard and not soft, only by doing this, can I successfully control Konoha after that. ”

After Tsunade finished speaking, under the eyes of Jiraiya, he didn't look back and left.

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