The meeting with the ANBU 'root' ninja ended in less than ten minutes.
After that, these people hibernated secretly again. It is estimated that they will only come to join together again when the official action is taken to confirm the preparations of both parties.
Arriving at a hidden patch of grass, the three of them sat down in a circle.
"Speaking of which, what is the ANBU 'root' organization? Is there such an organization among the ANBU directly under the Hokage?"
The Hokage is directly under the ANBU, and special courses are set up in the ninja school textbooks. The main reason is to prevent future ninjas from mistaking the ANBU of their own village for the enemy. In order to avoid this embarrassing situation, all Konoha's Ninjas all have knowledge of this organization.
The ninjas who can join ANBU are all masters. The main composition of ANBU is seventy people, divided into four squads. Each squad has four squads, and the four squads have a total of sixteen squad leaders.
And the strength of each squad leader is at least a special level.
Used to protect the safety of Naruto and perform various high-risk confidential tasks, it can be said to be a ninja protecting Konoha in the dark.
But Shiraishi had never heard of the "roots" of Anbu, so he became suspicious of the identities of those ninjas.
Ayane also shook her head. The affairs of ANBU were kept secret. Most ninjas knew about the existence of such an organization, as well as the composition and number of troops.
As for who will join them, and what the ANBU ninjas are good at, these are all secrets.
Liuli frowned slightly, folded his hands on his chest, and was silent for a while before speaking: "I heard about the ANBU 'root' from the old man in the clan before. It is said that it was another high-ranking member of the Senju clan. This force is directly under the command of the Anbu. This force is deeper hidden than the ordinary ANBU, and the tasks it performs are more shady. They pursue the strategy of 'prefer to kill the wrong one, never let it go', and silently protect Konoha in the darkness."
"Pursuing a strategy of preferring to kill the wrong person before letting go? Will Hokage-sama acquiesce in such a thing?"
Shiraishi was puzzled by this.
If this kind of thing comes to light, it will cause a huge blow to the reputation of the top brass headed by the Hokage.
Even after ANBU captures someone, they still have to go through an interrogation stage to determine whether a person is an enemy or a friend.
People with the "root" of Anbu do not need to do this. As long as they are judged as enemies subjectively, they can be directly obliterated.
If this kind of organization is not operated properly, it can easily cause huge loss of reputation to the rulers of the authority, leading to them being forced to step down.
"This matter should be acquiesced. Without acquiescence, Gen will not grow with the help of ANBU. The ninjas of this organization have no names, no feelings, no past, and no future. They only have tasks that must be completed in their hearts. "
After listening to Ruri's narration, Shiraishi and Ayane remembered this mission. The ANBU 'Gen' people planned to make their own suicide bombs to destroy the supply points of the Sunagakure ninjas, which indeed met the category of machines.
The only purpose of their existence is to complete their mission.
As for the means and sacrifices, those are things that will be considered after the mission, or there is no need to think about it.
"What a horrible bunch of guys."
Shiraishi sighed with emotion.
No matter when, this kind of person who doesn't even care about his own life for a certain goal will make people feel scared from the bottom of his heart.
Without the abyss of darkness, there would be no beautiful and calm lake.
No matter what era we are in, we need these people who work silently in the dark.
"So, let's get down to business, what do you think about this mission?"
Liuli spread out the map given to them by the ninjas from ANBU's Roots on the ground. It was a precise map of the Kingdom of Kawa, with all places recorded on it, and distance and environmental information were marked.
Liuli pointed to an area in the belly of Kawanoguni, where the supply point of Sunagakure Village is located, and where Shiraishi and his team will attack this time.
Shiraishi looked at the map and said slowly: "The supply point is very close to Sunagakure's camp. Judging from the distance marked above, it only takes ten minutes for support to arrive. In other words, our feint attack caused a large-scale commotion. There is only ten minutes of action until we are safely out of the battlefield. It is too much with the strength of the three of us."
The division of labor in the plan is very clear. Shiraishi and the three of them are responsible for feinting, causing maximum commotion, and then quickly leaving the battlefield. The ninjas switching ANBU roots will self-destruct and destroy all the supplies at the Sunagakure supply point to complete the mission.
The difficulty of the task lies in how to quickly and effectively cause a large-scale riot within ten minutes, attract the attention of the Sunagakure ninjas, create a reliable offensive environment for the ANBU 'root' ninjas, and then how to evacuate the battlefield in time to avoid being attacked by yourself. The human detonating talisman was affected.
"No matter how you look at it, ten minutes is too short."
Ayane nodded, agreeing with Shiraishi's statement.
The number of Sunagakure ninjas guarding the supply point in Kawano Kuni will definitely not be small, not to mention jounin-level ninjas. In such an important area, even if more than ten jounin-level ninjas are deployed, it is not an exaggeration.
In addition to jounin, there will not be many chuunin equipped. To complete the feint mission under the siege of so many jounin and chunin, the time limit is ten minutes. In theory, this is an almost impossible task. Task.
"If it causes a commotion, I can use a large-scale fire escape technique. And because there are important supplies there, the Sunagakure ninjas will not use large-scale ninjutsu attacks, so this is a more advantageous place for us. But we want to start from It is not easy to escape from Sunagakure's encirclement. I remember that before you came out this time, you made a lot of very practical props."
Liuli glanced at Shiraishi.
"I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly."
Shiraishi sighed helplessly, took out a scroll from his ninja tool bag, spread it on the ground, and unlocked the sealing technique on it. A bunch of things appeared along with white smoke.
"these are……"
Ayane picked up a projectile that looked like a smoke bomb and showed curiosity.
"Smoke bombs containing highly toxic substances have longer range and duration than ordinary smoke bombs, and they also have an antidote."
"But if the enemy uses wind escape to spread..."
"It doesn't matter, I will use fire escape when the time comes. If the enemy uses wind escape to attack, it will strengthen my fire escape and expand the range of fire escape."
In this way, the enemy's wind escape cannot be used easily, and the three of them can use the poisonous mist to carry out a feint attack and make a big fuss there.
However, after that, they will face the pursuit of a large number of Sunagakure ninjas, and how to escape requires careful planning.
At this time, the sky had darkened, and the river valley area at the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Sichuan had been shrouded in darkness, with bursts of cold wind blowing.
"Let's talk about the retreat plan as we go. We have to get to the mission location in the middle of the night, and there are less than six hours left. Time is very tight."
This time it was a surprise attack plan, so we didn't have too long to think about countermeasures. We had to destroy the supply point before it could be transferred.
Otherwise, once the timeliness of the information has passed, it will not be that simple to find out the location of Sunagakure's supply point again.
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Late at night, the Konoha camp on the border of the Land of Fire was so quiet that there was no sound of insects chirping.
In a tent, the simple electric lights inside were a little dim, so that only the center of the tent was lit, while the edges of the tent were still covered in darkness.
Tsunade was standing in front of a table sorting out some information.
Because this information is of great importance, it needs to be reviewed carefully.
At this moment, a white-haired ninja came in from outside.
"Tsunade, are you still working? It's already this time."
The visitor was none other than Jiraiya, who was also a Sannin with Tsunade. As soon as he came in, he smiled at Tsunade and said hello.
"It's you, Jiraiya. What's the matter?"
Tsunade raised her head and glanced at Jiraiya, then continued to lower her head to carefully check the information.
It can be seen that she is not in the mood to talk to anyone now.
Seeing Tsunade like this, Jiraiya sighed softly and said, "I'm sorry about the rope tree. If I had been here at that time..."
If he could come back as soon as possible when Sunagakure and Konoha went to war, and take care of it with Orochimaru, he might be able to avoid the tragedy of the rope tree.
However, this matter has passed, and people cannot be resurrected. Seeing that the smile on Tsunade's face was much less than before, Jiraiya felt worried and guilty.
"This has nothing to do with you!"
Tsunade's tone was very cold.
Hearing Jiraiya talk about the rope tree, Tsunade felt a pain in her heart, but she quickly cheered up and was not knocked down by such a thing.
She was now burdened with the wealth and lives of a large number of Konoha ninjas, and she must not show weakness at such a time and make others look down on her.
"..."
Jiraiya stood aside silently, not refuting Tsunade's words.
"Now that you're back, just hurry up and do your job. Don't hinder my work here."
Tsunade's tone softened, but her intention to drive him away was clear.
Jiraiya didn't say anything, but a disappointed expression appeared on his face.
"etc!"
Tsunade suddenly stopped him.
"What's up?"
Jiraiya felt strange.
"The mission of this surprise attack on the Sunagakure supply point is Sakumo's team, right?"
Tsunade suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the moment.
"It's Sakumo's team. Because this task is very important, and only Sakumo is suitable to complete this task, the higher ups gave this task to his team to complete."
This mission to cut off Sunagakure's supply point is related to the future direction of the war.
If the mission can be completed perfectly, then Sunagakure Village will be self-defeating due to insufficient supplies, and Konoha will achieve maximum results with minimal sacrifice.
At that time, the two sides will enter a peace negotiation meeting to end the war that has lasted for more than two years.
If it fails, it means that the war will continue to suffer. This is not a good result for Konoha and the Fire Nation.
The best result is to end the war quickly, and the two sides enter a peace negotiation meeting to end the war through peace talks.
And Jiraiya has great trust in Sakumo's ability, and he also has great confidence in this mission.
It's probably not just him, the other side of the village is probably already drafting the peace treaty documents between Konoha and Sunagakure.
Seeing Tsunade's increasingly uncomfortable expression, Jiraiya felt a sudden change in his heart and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"
"The information here conflicts with the plan that Orochimaru and I made. And this is not the usual communication signal of ANBU at all..."
Tsunade took out one of the numerous documents.
After hearing this, Jiraiya's expression changed.
"Jiraiya, when you were in the village and received the information from the ANBU, were you sure that it wasn't compromised?"
Tsunade frowned and looked at Jiraiya.
Because the matter was of great importance, the information transmitted from Konoha this time was sent to Jiraiya by the ANBU, and then Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, personally escorted it to the front line to ensure that it was foolproof.
"Impossible! I have been operating with Sakumo's team on the way. It is impossible for anyone to tamper with this information!"
Jiraiya snatched the information from Tsunade and read it carefully from beginning to end.
His face is getting worse and worse.
"W-what's going on? Why is the content here different from what Sarutobi-sensei explained?"
Jiraiya's shoulders began to shake, looking at the information displayed above in disbelief.
"It seems that you were fooled. Since there was no accident on the way, there is only one possibility. You are in the ANBU at Konoha Junction and are not a subordinate of Sarutobi-sensei."
Tsunade's words were like a bolt from the blue, making Jiraiya's body stiffen and cold sweat break out on his face.
This is totally bad!
The fact that the mission could not be completed was secondary. If Sakumo's team died without a burial place in this mission because he accidentally fell into the enemy's plan, then the real problem would be the real problem.
"No, I have to get them back!"
Jiraiya was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and rushed out of the tent without caring about anything.
"Wait, Jiraiya, don't be impulsive, even if you rush over now-"
However, by the time Tsunade caught up with him, Jiraiya had already disappeared into the darkness of the night and was nowhere to be seen.
"This fool, if he rushes to the rescue so recklessly, he could easily be ambushed by the enemy!"
Tsunade cursed in a low voice and could only stare helplessly at the door of the camp.
