The commotion in Konoha lasted all night.
Whether it was a fire in the village or an explosion outside the village, countless villagers were uneasy and frightened all night.
Crazy speculation: Is there going to be another war?
Fortunately, the stormy night passed.
The village was not attacked again.
It gave countless people a little peace of mind.
However, as the fire at the [Orphanage] subsided, its hidden darkness was also revealed, causing shock again.
After all, no matter which hidden village you are in.
The death rate of ninjas is very high!
If it were during a war, the death rate would have increased several times!
This also resulted in a large number of orphans.
Originally, these orphans would all be adopted by the village or [orphanage].
It can also be regarded as a guarantee and explanation for those heroic ninjas who sacrificed their lives.
But now?
The [Orphanage] was burned down, exposing the bloody laboratory below.
Only then did the villagers find out.
Where is this [Orphanage]?
It's basically a devil's cave that eats people without leaving any bones!
Seeing the children's bones being dug out one after another, the villagers who were watching were all jealous! Everyone is angry!
After all, no ninja wants to see that.
He is working hard for the village outside.
Instead, when he was killed in battle and the child was sent to the [Orphanage], he became a test victim at the root!
He was tortured and trained to death by them repeatedly.
Or, he was trained by them to be a dead soldier without emotions!
Who can bear this?
So, many ninjas soon launched a vigorous protest over this.
Demand a strict investigation of [Orphanage]!
Severely punish those behind the scenes!
After all, the battle outside the village is too far away. Anyway, there were not many casualties in the village, so it was of little significance to most villagers.
On the contrary, the issue of the [Orphanage] that is so close is related to the safety of every ninja's descendants.
Compared with the two, everyone naturally cares more about the latter.
…
at the same time.
Compared with the indignation of the lower class villagers.
At this moment, the top management of Konoha were also worried.
There were too many big things that happened last night.
The [Orphanage] was destroyed, the [Backup Vault] was stolen, a high-level consultant died suddenly, and a suspected tailed beast from another village attacked...
Any one thing is enough to give Konoha's administrative department a headache.
But now, they are all superimposed together.
This is simply killing people!
At this moment, the third generation Hokage Sarutobi, who has white hair, a sad face, and a listless spirit, is sitting alone in the Hokage's office, sighing secretly...
He doesn't understand why so many bad things always happen during his term of office!
I only blame myself for getting old.
And he doesn’t have the same prestige and strength as the first generation of adults.
Otherwise, who would dare to miss their own Konoha!
Why……
"Dong dong dong -" there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
An ANBU ninja entered, knelt down on one knee, and took off his mask.
"Oh, it's Kakashi!"
"Have you done all the statistics?"
"What are the casualties of ANBU and Gen?"
Sarutobi calmed down his expression and asked pretending to be calm.
Kakashi lowered his head and quickly reported:
"In the village, 11 ANBU ninjas were killed."
"Outside the village, 8 Anbu ninjas were killed and 46 Root ninjas were killed..."
"hiss--"
Sarutobi took a deep breath and his face turned even darker.
Such a loss is the most tragic since the three wars!
Leave the ANBU aside for now.
This time, I'm afraid Gen's spine will be definitely broken!
Danzo's subordinates may not even have half of their available manpower now...
"Is there any clue about the thief that the backup vault was stolen from?"
"without."
Kakashi shook his head.
The ANBU had already searched the treasury and the backup treasury from the inside out.
Various ninja dogs and beasts were also dispatched to assist in the search.
However, there is still no clue.
It's as if those thieves can completely disappear out of thin air...
Hearing this, Sarutobi frowned.
This is already the second time the vault has been stolen!
However, this time we don’t even know who the thief is!
We can only vaguely infer that there may be a presence in the [Akatsuki] organization.
In addition, one of his own consultants died tragically because of this!
Being so cowardly will bring disgrace to the whole of Konoha!
How could he not be angry?
"Why--"
"What about the attack outside the village last night?"
Kakashi quickly handed over a stack of reports.
Inside is a detailed reconstruction report of the entire incident, together with Anbu and Genbu, together with the remaining ninjas from last night.
Sarutobi took the report and read it carefully.
After a while.
Only then did he exhale a breath of turbid air, with a complicated look on his face.
After all, judging from this report alone.
The attack that happened last night was so outrageous!
Itachi's initiative to inform, the Uchiha ninja's secret defection, Danzo and Gen's designed ambush, the sudden appearance of the tailed beast attack...
When these events are strung together, it is simply more outrageous than the Great Ninja War!
There are too many coincidences here...
Originally, Sarutobi was still doubtful.
There is a strong connection between the group of people who attacked outside the village and the people who stole the spare treasury.
But now it seems that the connection behind this is becoming more and more confusing!
The most important thing is.
After a busy night, I couldn't even find out the identity of any enemy in my house.
It’s too passive!
"Kakashi, what do you think?"
"Do you think these attacks are related?"
Sarutobi took the initiative to ask Kakashi.
I hope to use his shrewd mind to figure out the relationship...
"I can't analyze the [Orphanage] side."
"But the theft of the backup vault and the attack outside the village should not be by the same group!"
"If both are from the same group, then since they can sneak into the village quietly, there is no need to launch an attack outside the village."
"Leading the jinchūriki or tailed beasts directly to launch a surprise attack in the village will definitely cause greater casualties!"
"So, I guess."
"The group of people outside the village should be attack troops sent by other hidden villages."
"It's just that I happened to bump into a few people from the Uchiha clan who were about to defect. Only then did they quickly silence the five of them."
"Then they suddenly discovered that there were actually a large number of root ninjas following behind the five of them."
"So, I thought the surprise attack was exposed. I had to use [Tailed Beast Jade] to attack in a hurry, and then quickly evacuated..."
Kakashi expressed his inference.
This is also the most reasonable explanation in his opinion.
After all, they had no idea that someone had learned the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.
You can easily jump repeatedly inside and outside the village...
Hearing this, Sarutobi nodded slightly.
In his opinion, this was indeed a very reasonable guess.
A clear explanation of the suspicious points in this attack that started but ended...
Sarutobi: "Are those five people sure to be Uchiha ninjas?"
Kakashi: "I'm not sure. Their bodies were extensively burned and their faces could not be identified."
"But the eyes of the five people were gouged out, unless it was to collect the Sharingan. Generally, the eyes of the corpse would not be deliberately gouged out."
"Okay, I understand."
Sarutobi nodded and fell silent.
While tapping on the wooden table, he racked his brains and thought.
I began to think about the five hidden villages one by one in my mind.
Since there are tailed beasts joining the battle.
There is no doubt that the scope of suspicion has been locked between the other four hidden villages and Takigakure.
The Uchiha [Hen Hidden Village] who was supposed to be the biggest suspect was directly excluded.
Secondly, although [Takigakure] has tailed beasts, it is just a small hidden village.
Only those who have eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard would dare to offend Konoha.
Therefore, his suspicion is not high.
Then, Sarutobi had doubts about the [Kirigakure Village] that was allied with the [Hogakure Village].
However, the great changes in [Mist Hidden Village] happened three days ago.
The news over there was only passed back to the village yesterday.
In a hidden village in Nuoda, a coup took place, Mizukage died suddenly, power changed... and other major events.
There must be a lot of government affairs waiting to be dealt with.
How could it be possible to organize people non-stop and send out jinchūriki to attack Konoha?
Two days, separated by an ocean.
The ninjas of Kirigakure Village didn't even have time to reach Konoha!
Therefore, Sarutobi eliminated [Mist Hidden Village] from suspicion...
"The remaining three families that are most suspicious are [Iwagakure Village], [Kumogakure Village] and [Sunagakure Village]!"
"Damn it, which one is it?"
Sarutobi frowned and muttered a guess.
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