The incident in which the son and daughter-in-law of Chiyo, Sunagakure's top adviser, were killed by members of Sakumo's team caused quite a stir among Konoha's top brass.
Since Sunagakure declared war on Konoha more than two years ago, this is Konoha's only major victory on the battlefield.
It can be said that this victory is no less than a victory in a war of considerable scale.
As the son and daughter-in-law of high-level advisors, they are also the top masters of Sunagakure's puppet army. The information and secret techniques recorded in their heads are very important to Konoha and must be taken seriously.
Therefore, when the ANBU got the news through the messenger, the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately informed the four members of Sakumo's team to return to the village immediately to rest.
The most important thing is to get some important secret information and puppet secrets from the harvested corpses of the two puppet masters, and find ways to target the puppet troops.
This is very important for Konoha now.
So, after receiving the Hokage's order from the ANBU, Sakumo took Shiraishi and the others back to Konoha Village after being away for several months.
"I'll hand in the task, and you three will be free to move around first."
"yes."
At the entrance of Konoha Village, the four of them began to separate. Sakumo was going to the Hokage Building to submit a task. The three of Shiraishi had nothing to do and first found a place to fill their stomachs.
They had been traveling at full speed since morning and were so busy that they didn't even eat breakfast. The three of them were already hungry. Of course, at this time, they had to have a hearty meal in the village.
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"Hokage-sama."
Sakumo knocked on the door and came in, bowing slightly to the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen who was sitting next to the desk.
Later, he discovered that two consultants, Koharu and Mito Monobu, were also here, and he nodded slightly to them to show courtesy.
The two consultants went to Daming Mansion a few days ago to collect war supplies, and they returned safely yesterday with this batch of supplies.
However, because the mission completed by Sakumo's team this time was extraordinary, the two of them sat here as bystanders to witness.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sakumo. You did a good job this time. This way, there shouldn't be much of a problem with the safety of the Fire Country. Just leave the rest to the ANBU."
"yes."
Considering that Sunagakure suffered heavy losses this time, it is really not a wise move to continue sending elite troops deep into the Land of Fire to carry out secret sabotage.
Therefore, the next security work in the Land of Fire can be left to the ANBU and the Konoha ninjas at other outposts.
Team Sakumo's months-long mission ends here.
"Has the body been handed over to the Torture Department?"
"It has been handed over, and no one of the enemies has survived."
Although Shiraishi and Ruri made the first contribution that day, the other Sunagakure ninjas who scattered and escaped, as well as the suspected earth escape ninjas from Iwagakure Village, were chased and eliminated by Sakumo and Ayane, among which Tenzhu Jōnin also contributed a part. strength.
At this point, the Sunagakure team that was giving Konoha a huge headache had been completely wiped out.
The difficulty and importance of this task can be set to S level.
Hiruzen nodded, looked at advisors Koharu and Men Yan and said, "Next, let the ninjas of the Yamazaka clan investigate carefully, and they can get the enemy's secrets."
"Just do this. The weakness of the puppet army must be found out as soon as possible, so that Sunagakure can also know how powerful we are."
Koharu and Men Yan are also very satisfied with the performance of Sakumo's team. They are indeed the best Jonin in Konoha, even better than the Sannin.
"Your Sakumo team did a very good job this time. The rewards for the missions in the past few months will be calculated as one S-level mission and five A-level missions."
Hiruzen smiled in relief.
Sakumo had no objection.
If one S-level mission and five A-level tasks were divided up, even Shiraishi and the three of them could each get at least one million taels of reward.
Of course, financial rewards are only secondary.
This time Sakumo's team has made such a great contribution, and the funds are only the most basic reward. There will definitely be more generous rewards later.
It's just that for a while, the Hokage himself didn't think of a better reward, so this matter may be delayed for two or three days before the reward will be implemented to everyone in Sakumo's team.
"Lord Hokage, regarding my share of reward, please distribute it directly to the other three people. They need these things more than me."
Sakumo said.
"You're still the same, Sakumo."
When Hiruzen heard Sakumo's request, he gave him a helpless look.
"After all, I wasn't the one who solved those two puppet masters, right?"
Sakumo smiled.
After the mission, Hiruzen had already understood that although it was not Sakumo who eliminated the two puppet master jounin, if he hadn't been the first to severely injure those two people, no one else would have gotten the credit.
But now that Sakumo said this, Hiruzen could only let it go.
Because he really had nothing to reward Sakumo with.
Even if Sakumo was asked to view the Sealed Book before, he was laughed at and rejected.
He is Konoha White Fang, and his sword skills are all he has.
Ninjutsu and genjutsu will only affect the speed and power of his sword.
But this does not mean that Sakumo does not know Ninjutsu. On the contrary, his talent in Ninjutsu is also outstanding, but he is a pragmatist.
For him, as long as he can kill the enemy with White Fang Tojutsu before he can use Ninjutsu, that's all.
The White Fang dagger in his hand is his most powerful 'ninjutsu'!
After reporting the mission, Sakumo left here.
"Seeing the outstanding young people emerging in the village, I really feel that I am much older."
Xiaochun suddenly sighed.
"We are only in our forties, and we are not old enough yet." Men Yan said unfaithfully.
"That is to say, I can still stay in this position for about ten years."
Hiruzen also intervened in the conversation between the two.
"Hiruzen, have you decided who will be the next Hokage?"
Xiaochun asked intentionally or unintentionally.
Hiruzen fell silent for a moment. He really hadn't decided on this matter yet.
The so-called Hokage is to select the most famous, most powerful and most characterful ninja from among the many jounin.
Currently, Sakumo is the jounin closest to the position of Hokage. His reputation is higher than that of the three ninjas, his strength is stronger than that of the three ninjas, and his character is not worthy of doubt.
He is ruthless to his enemies and cares deeply for his colleagues, but he is not very good at expressing himself. He treats everyone equally.
It can be said that he is a qualified candidate for Hokage.
The most important thing is that Sakumo's strength is still improving by leaps and bounds, and he is far from reaching the peak age of a ninja.
Even so, he is now a great jounin in the village.
Ten years later, he will be even more terrifying, and will be a nightmare that will never go away to his enemies.
"He is not suitable to be Hokage."
Hiruzen said.
Koharu and Men Yan glanced at Hiruzen in surprise.
"As long as you know it well. After all, he has Uchiha ninjas in his team now. He has not only reached the level of Jonin at a young age, but he is also a member of the Uchiha radical faction. You must be careful at all times."
Hearing Men Yan and Koharu talking to the Uchiha clan again, Hiruzen melancholy took another puff of cigarette and spit it out.
"Okay, I'm prepared for this, you guys go back first."
He was unwilling to quarrel with the two of them on this kind of matter. Compared with this, he still had to complete today's work.
And how to further reward Sakumo's team is also a relatively important issue.
The annihilation of Sunagakure's troops this time is of great significance. As long as the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan are used, not only can various confidential information in the enemy's mind be obtained, but also many of Sunagakure's secret techniques, including information on the puppet troops, can be obtained.
Even without these, just stabilizing the internal situation in the Fire Country is worthy of heavy praise for Sakumo's team.
But thinking about the two girls in Sakumo's team, one was from Uchiha and the other was from Hyuga...it was a bit difficult for Hiruzen to handle.
He did have some ambiguous thoughts about the Hyuga girl's origins. The key was that Ruri, who was highly regarded by most of the elders of the Uchiha clan's powerful faction, definitely had no shortage of resources.
If she really wants a reward, she can only open the Book of Sealing to her once and let her choose a ninjutsu to learn from it.
But for opening the Sealed Book to the ninjas of the Uchiha clan, Hiruzen could imagine that Men Yan and Koharu would definitely come over to preach to him with long faces.
Later, Hiruzen picked up Shiraishi's personal information book. Well, this one is easy to get rid of. High-level ninjutsu, more advanced medical-related books, etc. can be used as rewards this time.
