Chapter 84: Missing
The news of Tsunade's disappearance was learned by a small number of high-ranking people on the front line of the Konoha battlefield the next day.
The raging fire burning in the forest more than thirty kilometers away and the rising black smoke can also be seen in the town of Kuromaru, and at the beginning, Orochimaru just asked people to investigate.
Just waiting for the investigating ninja to find that the mark left by Tsunade and the others had disappeared and might point to the center of the fire, Jiraiya immediately brought someone over.
The terrain of the Land of Rain is damp, coupled with the continuous rain, after burning for five or six hours, the fire gradually extinguished, but there was a scorched black crater of two or three kilometers long left in place, a large number of ancient branches were slightly bald, leaving only bare black tree trunks, some embers burned tenaciously in the corners, and a little green smoke came out of the sparks that had not been completely extinguished buried under the ashes, and the whole fire pit looked like the scenery of purgatory.
The temperature inside the freshly burned fire is still very high, but for a ninja as a creature, it can sometimes be ignored.
Jiraiya led a group of people to quickly run around the fire to find possible clues, and soon locked the last clue on a huge crater caused by Bai Ming's trap that caused the explosion, and someone found a burnt and deformed kunai and some corpse charred lumps near the scene, as well as a ninja forehead guard that was lucky enough to only burn half of it.
Jiraiya sank suddenly, and the information from other regions did not allow other Konoha ninjas to enter this area, and only Tsunade and his party entered this area.
Judging from the traces left behind, it is clear that Tsunade and his party have suffered a terrible trap.
But what is the trap that makes it impossible for her to escape.
I don't believe that there is a share of the corpse in the ground, and from the perspective of the ninja, it is speculated that if the rain ninja did it, the other party will definitely not let go of such an important person as Tsunade dying here.
After all, as the granddaughter of the first and second Hokage, and the disciple of the third Hokage, Tsunade's identity and the various secret intelligence information of Konoha she has are destined to be worth more than killing him.
It's just that the fire that Bai Ming put before leaving was too thorough and too wide, and the traces left behind were almost destroyed by the high temperature of the flames, and everyone searched carefully around the fire and around it several times, but they didn't find any useful information.
"Jiraiya-sama, please take a look at this."
There was a ninja who seemed to have found something near the trap, holding a light blue crystal necklace that appeared to be some kind of ore as the main body.
In the heat, the necklace was not even burned.
Jiraiya looked at the necklace, his pupils shrank, his hands trembled a little subconsciously, and the uneasiness in his heart was confirmed.
As a teammate who had been together for so many years, how could he not know the necklace that had been worn on Tsunade's body.
This necklace is actually a talisman, which was given to her by the first Hokage-sama and has been cherished by Tsunade.
But now the necklace is here, so Tsunade?
He forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, took the talisman, and said in a deep voice, "This matter is kept secret for the time being. ”
"Let someone go to Inuzuka's house and fetch a few ninja dogs who are good at tracking."
He glanced back at the scorched pit fire and got up and hurried towards Kuromaru.
He didn't believe that Tsunade would die, and if he wanted to find Tsunade, he would have to borrow the power of Konoha to make it possible.
Soon, the news of Tsunade's disappearance was known to some of the higher-ups in Konoha.
As the current patriarch of the Senju clan, after checking the relevant information, Senju Kazuhiko immediately asked people to contact the spy ninjas lurking in the rain ninja village to inquire whether Tsunade might fall into the hands of the rain ninja.
At the same time, the underground gold exchange office also has an additional intelligence reward.
A mysterious man wearing a mask of a laughing Maitreya, the cost of intelligence information involving him reached 10 million taels.
After the arrangement on the surface was completed, Senju Kazuhiko recruited his henchmen, who were also Qianshou and people of the Senju clan.
"Kazuhiko-sama." Senju and the people came to the tent, and there was no one else except Senju Kazuhiko who was here.
"And people, you know the news of Tsunade's disappearance."
"Yes, Kazuhiko-sama." Senju and the people looked at him with some confusion.
"I want you to take some of your people to investigate this matter secretly." Senju Kazuhiko said in a deep voice.
"Kazuhiko-sama, do you mean..."Senju Kazuto, who was still a little confused, suddenly reacted to something, and his expression suddenly became serious.
He remembered something, this war to invade the Land of Rain, the Thousand Hands Clan originally didn't want to participate, since the death of the second Hokage, the influence of the Thousand Hands Clan in Konoha has been declining day by day, and it has been low-key to a certain level.
Originally, I wanted to spend a period of time in a low-key and stable manner, and cultivate the outstanding people in the clan, so as to make the Thousand Hands Clan prosperous again.
But in the early stage of the war, the third generation and several Hokage assistants secretly visited the Senju clan, and the Senju clan was forced to participate in the war this time.
Although on the bright side, the Thousand Hands Clan got the leadership of this war and won victories one by one on the battlefield of the Land of Rain, but what they paid was that more than 100 elite personnel in the clan had died in battle.
But even with such a painful effort, the feedback to Konoha is like falling into a dark pool, and the positive credit of the Thousand Hands Clan is silent, but the small losses of the sneak attack of the Rain Ninja Village some time ago have been rumored.
In addition, there are the disciples of the three generations, the squad where Tsunade-sama is here, but they continue to make a name for themselves on the battlefield, which also makes the influence of the Hokage family a lot greater.
It's just that Tsunade-sama, who is a disciple of the third generation, is also a member of the Thousand Hands Clan after all, and he is also the best ninja of the Thousand Hands Clan.
It was also because of the presence of Tsunade that the Senju clan agreed to be the main force in this war.
Because of Tsunade's identity and position, if she can gain greater fame, she will be the best candidate for the fourth generation, which is also what the third generation faintly promises.
But just as he was about to win a great victory against the Land of Rain, Tsunade suddenly disappeared.
This can't be remembered by a thousand hands and even a thousand hands and many people.
"I'll wait until I find the news of Tsunade, if it's really ..."Speaking of this, a hint of fierceness flashed in Senju Kazuhiko's eyes.
The Thousand Hands are much weaker than before, but if anyone really makes it the object of bullying, then no one can stop them from taking revenge.
They are a thousand-armed clan, once the leading one in the Warring States period, and now the first ninja village in the ninja world.
After explaining the thousand hands and people, he handed over the amulet left by Tsunade, "Let someone give this to the rope tree." ”
"Until Tsunade comes back, he'll keep this."
Konoha. Hokage Building.
Upon learning of the news of his beloved disciple's disappearance, Ape Fei Ri Slash immediately became furious, although the main purpose of accepting this disciple was to win over the Thousand Hands clan and stabilize his position as a third-generation target.
But after more than ten years of getting along, he really loves his disciple and has a heart for his daughter.
Although many things have made this disciple know that it is a kind of harm, what he represents behind him is no longer alone.
For his own disciple, he had a lot of calculations, but he didn't plan to let her suddenly disappear on the battlefield of Yunin.
And missing on the battlefield, to say something nice, can only be described like this, and to say something ugly, it can actually be said to be death by default.
There are too many calculations involving various interests in Tsunade, and there are too many flaws in the handling style of acting so roughly, so that Sarutobi instinctively suspects an old friend.
"Ryuji, you go check the roots and see if their recent movements are related to Tsunade's disappearance."
He pondered for a moment, and with a gesture of his hand, a member of the shadows wearing an animal mask appeared in front of him, kneeling on one knee.
"Hey! Hokage-sama! ”
The shadow figure disappeared in an instant.
This situation is not only the Hokage Building, in fact, the major families with a little strength in Konoha are also secretly collecting information related to Tsunade's disappearance, and instinctively suspect the most likely to attack, and secretly say in their hearts that they are really dark.
But what no one expected was that Tsunade's disappearance was really just a simple accident.