In the underground laboratory of Konoha Village, the high-ranking officials of Konoha were staring at the monsters in the iron cage with wide eyes.

The monster in the iron cage has a dog-headed human body, with feet like hooves, fangs in the mouth, and rubberous skin, which looks like a human body structure, but no one with a clear brain will attribute this thing to the human species.

"This is..."

When everyone stopped to observe in front of the iron cage, Tsunade, who was standing in front of the cage, was so fascinated by the fact that he stood a little forward, and as a result, the monster in the iron cage immediately pounced on Tsunade like a mad dog.

But fortunately, Konoha's iron cage is relatively solid and stable, and the monster in the iron cage did not touch Tsunade, but it startled the people behind Tsunade

"Hokage-sama!"

"Tsunade-hime!"

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Tsunade forced out a smile and waved his hand at the two Konoha advisors behind him, but in fact, Tsunade was also frightened by the sudden ferocity of this monster, and there were some waves in his heart.

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At this time, Koharu turned to look at Sakai, who was kneeling on one knee behind him, and asked, "Are you this monster found in the territory of Kawanokuni?" ”

"Yes."

"What the hell is going on?"

At the request of Konoha higher-ups, Sakai recounted his experience.

Including what happened when he learned about Pittman, an outstanding painter like Ike, and what happened when he visited him later, and finally the sudden appearance of a ninja named Kankuro in Sunachin Village, and the words that came out of Kankuro's mouth.

If this series of stories weren't for the high positions of several Konoha high-ranking officials and Tsunade, it would not be easy to reveal their true emotions, otherwise even they would be amazed.

But now is not the time to be surprised, because there are more real issues for them to consider.

"The Sand Ninja Village and our Konoha Village confirmed their alliance for the second time after the middle ninja exam, but I didn't expect them to share information about the monster with us."

"If it weren't for our Konoha ninja who happened to meet us this time, I'm afraid those guys would never have told us, right?"

Koharu and Mito Menyan were very angry at the attitude of the Sand Hidden Village and not reporting it, but Tsunade choked and said, "Didn't we also know a lot of information about the monster, and we didn't tell the Sand Hidden Village?" ”

Tsunade's words left the two Konoha high-level advisors speechless, and Tsunade turned around and asked about Sakai.

"Sakai, are you sure that these monsters called ghouls can convert humans into ghouls?"

"Yes, I saw a ghoul dressed in Pittman's house with my own eyes, and the sand ninja didn't dispute my inference."

Tsunade pondered for a moment, then said, "In that case, it can be guessed that ghouls have some way of infecting humans to become their own kind." ”

"Although I don't know exactly what kind of way it is, from a medical point of view, it is very likely that it is common blood contact."

"Sakai, were you injured during contact with a ghoul?"

"Huh? Well, yes. Sakai paused for a moment and nodded solemnly.

Sakai did suffer a lot of injuries at first, but he had already been treated with a hemostatic bandage during the return to Konoha Village in Asuka.

"You'd better go to the hospital for a full body check-up first, in case anything else happens..."

Tsunade's words made everyone present, especially Sakai, feel tense.

If even Tsunade, who is the pinnacle of medical ninjas, thinks that he may be infected, then...

"Yes, then I'll step back first."

Sakai left in a hurry, and even used the teleportation technique, and the whole person instantly turned into a black shadow and left the underground laboratory.

After Sakai left, Tsunade continued, "Now it seems that Jiraiya's original speculation was correct. ”

"Jiraiya's speculation?"

"What speculation?"

Mito Menyan and Koharu didn't know why, and Tsunade slowly said what Jiraiya had told Tsunade when he left Konoha Village with Naruto.

"There's always some bone-chilling darkness in places that humans don't usually sweep over, and even if we don't see them often, we can never ignore their presence."

"Before, our thinking was too narrow, and we adhered to too many factional antagonisms between countries and villages."

"But maybe this crisis has nothing to do with any ninja village or ninja organization, but is a terrible existence that all mankind needs to face together."

"They..."

Tsunade still remembers Jiraiya's solemn eyes at that time, Jiraiya is also a casual and carefree person, and Tsunade has never seen such a rigorous and serious Jiraiya.

However, at that time, Tsunade was not very clear about what Jiraiya was saying, or did not realize the seriousness of the problem as Jiraiya did.

But this incident has taught Tsunade that those monsters that are not even recorded in Konoha's oldest texts do not exist only in the territory of the Fire Country.

The ghouls found in the Land of Wind in the Sand Ninja Village are new monsters that have never been found in the Land of Fire and Konoha Village before, and if it weren't for Sakai's chance encounter this time, Konoha Village would still be in the dark.

In other words, in those more distant countries and regions, there are also very likely to be some terrible monsters.

What about the land of water, the land of thunder, and the land of earth?

The territory of these countries is not much smaller than that of the Fire Country, is it that there are many strange events and monsters on the territory of these countries, but because of the closed and opposing policies between the various ninja villages, Konoha Village does not know.

Perhaps the existence of these monsters is not much easier than the known Xiagai Zerg, Star Color, Mi Go, Man-Eater and so on in Konoha Village.

If there were only one or two such strange creatures, it might just be a matter of one country and one ninja village.

But if it is really as predicted by the Great Toad Immortal, the power of the old days is being revived, and more secrets buried in the ancient history will gradually be revealed...

If by that time, the ninjas of this world have not been able to unite and remain in the closed stage of hiding information from each other, then this world may be really dangerous...

After pondering in his heart for a long time, Tsunade waved his hand and said, "Immediately contact the Kazekage of Sand Hidden Village for me, I want to talk to him." ”

"But it's best to inform him to come to our Konoha Village in person, I want to see him in person."

"Tsunade! What are you doing? This kind of big thing is not discussed in the village first..."

Tsunade's sudden attitude startled the two Konoha advisors.

You must know that the meeting between the shadow level is not a trivial matter, especially since the last middle ninja exam, whether it is Konoha Village or Sand Hidden Village, they are avoiding the shadow level ninjas on both sides from getting together, so as not to be caught by some strange monsters.

And talking to the young Kazekage, the two advisors felt that now was not the time.

Because according to the information, that fifth generation of Wind Shadow, I Airo is not prestigious, whether it is in the Sand Hidden Village or the Wind Country, and there is a feeling of being set aside.

At this time, I was in contact with my Airo, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble to Konoha Village.

But Tsunade's toughness was far beyond the imagination of the two Konoha advisors, and as soon as the opposition of the two came out, they were immediately dismissed by the tougher Tsunade.

"Don't forget, I'm the Hokage of Konoha Village!"

"Immediately go and inform the Wind Shadow of Sand Hidden Village!"