The country of Whirlpool, which had been silent for a long time, is in chaos again.
According to intelligence from the Eastern Border Defense Force, Kirigakure ninjas have appeared in the Country of Whirlpool for many days in a row, peeking into the eastern region of the Country of Fire.
It is a well-known fact that the Eastern Border Defense Force, as Konoha's famous fish-bellied ninja army, lacks strength, so it is normal for them to immediately report the enemy situation to the village and request tactical guidance without further investigation.
As for the proposal initiated by Hatake Sakumo to confirm the authority of Konoha's various ministries, the heads of Konoha's ministries and jounin classes formed a joint meeting to begin preliminary communication, but there were many obstacles to the progress of communication.
The jounin class wanted to further restrict the power of each department, and each department wanted to use the opportunity of confirming power to seize more power outside the original boundaries of their responsibilities. It was extremely difficult to advance the progress of the talks.
Even the police department was no exception. Chief Uchiha and the other four parties were equally unyielding and aggressive in the joint meeting, intending to seize all ANBU's power in the village.
As the initiator of the department's authority confirmation proposal and the organizer of the joint meeting, Sakumo Hatake understands that reform will never be accomplished overnight, and it is bound to be subject to all kinds of nonsense and rumors, which is also normal.
The beginning of the entire power confirmation proposal, that is, the turmoil caused by the conflict between the police department and the ANBU, was gradually overshadowed by the joint meeting.
At the same time, the information coming back from the eastern border defense forces is becoming more urgent day by day.
The day before yesterday, it was said that Kirigakure was peeping along the coast. Yesterday, it turned out that a small group of Kirigakure elites had landed in the Country of Whirlpool. Today, it was reported that the Kirigakure ninja army was building a camp and sending a reconnaissance ninja team to the eastern part of the Country of Fire. Then Wouldn't it be possible that Kirigakure would defeat the Eastern Border Defense Force and invade the eastern region of Fire Country tomorrow?
The Hokage sent out multiple ANBU teams one after another with the intention of entering the Kingdom of Whirlpool to investigate Kirigakure's movements, but unexpectedly, all ANBU teams had no news and never returned.
At this time, the Country of Uzumaki where Kirigakure was entrenched was like a giant whale devouring all things, swallowing up all the Konoha ninjas who intended to enter the Country of Whirlpool.
But Uchiha Tokko felt something was wrong.
Because according to the report of the Ninja Cat Clan that he entrusted to go to the Country of Whirlpool to investigate the news, the Ninja Cat was injured by a group of unidentifiable ninjas not long after arriving in the Country of Whirlpool. Fortunately, he was able to escape by removing the psychic spell in time.
And the unknown group of ninjas who attacked the ninja cats seemed to be extremely familiar with the characteristics and habits of the ninja cats!
The most abnormal thing is this.
If the other party is indeed a Kirigakure ninja, then they will never have to change their appearance to hide their identity. The arrogant Kirigakure ninja would like to put his name on his forehead and publicize it everywhere, and he cannot do such sneaky things. .
As an ally of the Uchiha clan since the Warring States Period, the Ninja Cat Clan has always helped the Uchiha Clan with intelligence and arms sales, and rarely directly participated in battles. Therefore, the relationship between the Ninja Cat Clan and the Uchiha Clan is not widely known in the ninja world. Besides the Uchiha clan, very few people know about the characteristics and habits of ninja cats.
"Kirigakure... the ninja cat..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu was pacing back and forth in the police department office and thinking, the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.
There were no relevant details of the Second Ninja World War in the memory of his previous life, so he could not make judgments based on the original 'foreseeing advantage'. Furthermore, Genshi Kirigakure was killed in the battle of the Whirlpool Kingdom. If the historical trajectory of the country changes accordingly, it is theoretically normal...
But too many normal things stacked together are abnormal. Coupled with the targeted attacks encountered by the Ninja Cat Clan, everything becomes suspicious.
He also asked Elder Setsuna about this matter, but the Great Elder could not give any special strategies with limited information, and it was impossible to find out whether the intelligence of the Ninja Clan had been leaked, so Elder Setsuna just asked He still had to pay close attention to the developments in the village in the near future. After all, Danzo was too petty to let the bloody conflict between the police department and the Anbu subside.
"There is too little information...it's really troublesome..."
Uchiha Tokko became increasingly irritated.
This annoyance comes out of nowhere and has no origin.
It was as if something bad was about to happen.
Uchiha Tokko took a deep breath and decided to skip work and go back to his clan to calm down.
On the other side, Hatake Sakumo was in the Jonin class conference room, continuing to talk endlessly with the heads of Konoha departments.
"Knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door of the Jonin class conference room.
"come in!"
Hatake Sakumo, who was also tortured by the official talk of the heads of various departments, spoke up.
An ANBU pushed open the door and entered.
After the ANBU ninjas saluted the heads of the various departments one by one, they said to Hatake Sakumo: "Your Excellency Sakumo, the Hokage has summoned you for something, please take the time to go there."
Hearing this, Mito Kadoyan stood up immediately, "Since the Hokage has summoned us, our meeting should be postponed a little longer. We can't delay Sakumo-kun's important event!"
So the heads of each department immediately stood up and dispersed, except for the unsociable Chief of Police Department Uchiha Shifang who still sat where he was.
"Chief Commander Yifang...I'm sorry. Let's discuss it next time when we have time." Hatake Sakumo also said to Uchiha Yifang a little embarrassedly.
"It doesn't matter..." Uchiha Quartet didn't take it seriously. "Confirming the authority of the ministries is an important task. There is no need to rush it. We can discuss it next time."
After that, he packed up his things and got up to leave.
The ANBU ninja was still standing at the door. After politely turning aside to let Uchiha leave, he continued to look at Hatake Sakumo.
"...Hokage-sama, what can I do?" Hatake Sakumo looked at the empty conference room and sighed.
"I don't know about it. I was just ordered to convey it." The ANBU ninja also said extremely respectfully: "But there was an urgent report sent back from the root before, maybe it is related to the country of whirlpool."
"The Kingdom of Whirlpool..."
Hatake Sakumo pondered for a moment, "Kirigakure..."
The ANBU ninja stopped talking, and Hatake Sakumo didn't think too much, so he followed them to the Hokage Building.
…
"Dong dong..."
Arriving at the door of the Hokage's office, Hatake Sakumo knocked twice.
"Lord Hokage, I have been ordered to come here."
"Sakumo-kun, come in."
The Sandaime's voice came from the office.
Hatake Sakumo opened the door and entered.
In the Hokage's office, in addition to the Sandaime himself, there was a ninja who was covered in blood and simply wrapped in a bandage.
His attire is similar to that of an ANBU, but his mask has a strange patterned texture.
It's the root...
Hatake Sakumo also had concerns in his mind.
"Sakumo-kun, there is a potentially difficult task that needs you to handle personally." The Sandaime handed over an intelligence document still stained with blood.
Hatake Sakumo was reading while listening to the Sandaime's introduction to the mission.
"Kirigakure has been making a lot of noise in the Country of Whirlpool recently. The Eastern Border Defense Force sent a detachment to land for reconnaissance the day before yesterday, but they have not returned yet, and the ANBU team sent later has not been heard from since arriving in the Country of Whirlpool..."
"Is Kirigakure's actions so big?" Hatake Sakumo also frowned, "Based on this estimate, it is estimated that a large number of Kirigakure ninja troops may have secretly landed..."
The intelligence documents in his hand did not contain much content, and many of them were "speculations"...
"This is exactly what I am worried about." The Sandaime nodded in agreement with Hatake Sakumo, "If Kirigakure is allowed to establish a ninja camp in the Land of Uzumaki, it will be very detrimental to the village's subsequent response, so I need Sakumo You are carrying out this intelligence reconnaissance mission..."
"Only you can make me feel at ease."
The Sandaime's words were extremely sincere.
"Leave it to me!" Hatake Sakumo said with determination on his face, "I will complete the tasks assigned by the village!"
"This task is no small matter..." The Sandaime also expressed his admiration, "You know, both ANBU and Genbu lost a lot of people in the Kingdom of Whirlpool. I have thought about it again and again, and it is true that only Sakumo-kun can do it... "
"Thank you, Hokage-sama, this is your job as a ninja of Konoha!"
"Sakumo-kun is worthy of being recognized as the heir to the Will of Fire..." The Sandaime sighed: "In addition to you, I also summoned Tokumitsu-kun. He should be here soon."
"Tokumitsu-kun, are you going too?"
Hatake Sakumo was a little strange.
"There is also a mobile unit that you can bring with you. You can arrange the details yourself. If you feel that there is insufficient manpower, I can also transfer a few more ANBU teams to you."
The Sandaime explained: "We are still unable to grasp the current situation of Kirigakure. We need Sakumo-kun to go and find out. It is always good to bring more people, it is better than fighting alone..."
"Knock knock!"
There was another knock on the door.
"Is it Tokuguang-kun? Come in."
Uchiha Tokko opened the door and entered the Hokage's office.
"Lord Hokage, please come and report."
Uchiha Demitsu said calmly.
As he entered the office, he quickly scanned the room.
There were three people in the Hokage's office, namely Hatake Sakumo, the Sandaime and a wounded ninja in ANBU uniform.
"Tokumitsu-kun, I need you and Sakumo-kun to perform a mission."
The Sandaime said straight to the point: "It's about the Kingdom of Whirlpool. You must have heard about it recently, right?"
Hatake Sakumo handed the intelligence document to Uchiha Tokimitsu.
Uchiha Tokumitsu flipped through it casually and threw the document back to the Hokage's desk.
"This piece of information is too crude..." Uchiha Tokumitsu was a little unhappy, and the irritability in his heart became stronger. "It is impossible to analyze Kirigakure's intention from it..."
"Yes, so I need you and Sakumo-kun to lead the troops to investigate clearly." The third generation said: "In addition to the mobile troops under your command, if you need other cooperation, you can just ask."
Another meaning of "If you need cooperation, just ask" is that the conditions are open but the task cannot be refused.
Uchiha Tokko's brows furrowed even more.
"What are the criteria for completing this mission?" Uchiha Tokko asked: "Is it to confirm the existence and intention of Kirigakure or to expel Kirigakure?"
"Just understand Kirigakure's movements and purposes..." The Sandaime was very patient this time: "Until the situation in the Uzumaki Country is clear, it will be difficult for the village to mobilize and form a ninja army on a large scale..."
"So... this mission is just intelligence?" Uchiha Tokumitsu said with a mocking look on his face, "Can't the intelligence department even handle this kind of thing?"
He has been feeling inexplicably irritable lately, so he doesn't want to leave the village.
"Anbu and Nebu... have sent out eight teams, but no effective information has been obtained..." The Sandaime said with some helplessness: "Only one from Nebu can return. There is no news about other teams, and the information obtained is also... "
"Tsk..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu clicked his tongue without meaning, took two steps forward, and looked at the injured root ninja.
"Tell me briefly about the battle you encountered and the information about the other party." Uchiha Tokumitsu asked the root ninja.
"The morning before yesterday, we encountered a Kirigakure ambush in the eastern sea of Whirlpool Country. The nine enemies were all jounin, and one of them used ice escape ninjutsu."
The introduction of the Root Ninja is very reasonable. It is really easy for nine Kirigakure Jonin to destroy a team of Roots. He is lucky to be injured and escape. Besides, the iconic ice escape ninjutsu of the Minazuki clan has appeared, and even more It was clear that the other party was the Kirigakure ninja.
But Uchiha Tokumitsu has determined that the root ninja is lying!
Because the ninja cat who was assigned by him to explore the country of whirlpool arrived at the country of whirlpool from the eastern sea the day before yesterday, and the ninja cat rode a homemade canoe and used the wind escape ninjutsu to blow up the wind and sail across the sea!
There is no reason why the roots crossing the sea were ambushed, but the undisguised Ninja was able to land!
"The roots... Kirigakure..."
Uchiha Tokko's heart became increasingly irritable.
He was inexplicably reminded of the heroic figure of Sunagakure, Hayakura.
It is almost certain that the reconnaissance mission of the Kingdom of Whirlpool will be a big pit.
And it is very likely that it is a trap set by Danzo!
"I understand, how about setting off tomorrow night under cover of darkness?" Although Uchiha Tokumitsu was turbulent in his heart, he still looked calm on the surface.
"No problem!" Hatake Sakumo agreed happily.
The third generation also nodded happily.
After returning to the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately summoned the deputy officer Uchiha Kage of his secret guard.
"You will lead the secret guards to the eastern border tonight and cross the sea to enter the Kingdom of Whirlpool tomorrow afternoon!"
Uchiha Kage came over in a hurry, and Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't show any politeness and gave direct orders.
"As you command!"
Uchiha Kage immediately knelt down on one knee and accepted the order.
"Remember! The secret guard cannot mention this trip to anyone! Not even clan members!"
Uchiha Demitsu's tone was extremely harsh.
"yes!"
"Also, we were summoned to the Country of Grass, and two squads were transferred from the stationed Red Guards. They also lurked at the eastern border. Everyone they saw along the way back was to be killed. No trace of their whereabouts was allowed to be revealed!"
Uchiha Tokko's tone contained even stronger murderous intent.
"As you command!"
"Go ahead……"
Uchiha Tokko nodded and asked Uchiha to step back.
"You're plotting against me, right... It's a pity that I'm neither Sakumo nor Hagura..."
He plans to use the power of his subordinates to destroy the secret peeps in one fell swoop!
The scarlet Sharingan was extremely obvious in the darkness, and Uchiha Tokumitsu exuded a cold and murderous aura, eager to choose people and devour them.
Sorry, the update is late...
(End of chapter)
