met free Chapter 289 Sometimes as timid as a mouse
Chapter 289 Sometimes as timid as a mouse
"Shimura...Danzo?"
Uzumaki Naruto felt that his memory was not very good, but it was not the case that after three years, he would not forget everyone in the village who was as important as the Sandaime.
He indeed did not know Danzo Shimura.
It was not difficult for Haruno Sakura to see that Uzumaki Naruto was in trouble. She was no longer the weak Genin who begged the Hokage not to put her in Team Three.
The day he was lingering outside the Hokage's office was the same day that Sarutobi Hiruzen received the notice.
They knocked on the office door, but no familiar voice came from inside.
After a while, strangers wearing fox masks appeared beside him. They were wearing the same clothes, gray tights, pure black hand guards, and sharp claws that shone with cold light.
These people are not to be trifled with. Haruno Sakura immediately wanted to cower. The masked man did not emit any murderous aura, and even carefully concealed his own aura. If he had not shown up on his own initiative, Haruno Sakura would not have been able to notice that this person had appeared around her even after she left.
It is the absence of breath that makes it seem terrifying.
She subconsciously looked at Xiao Li and Tian Tian who were going with her. As expected, they were seniors who were one year older than her. They gave the masked man a look and then turned around and continued to knock on the door.
"I..."
Why must you say it today? Besides, she didn't come here to see the Sandaime today. Haruno Sakura folded her hands in front of her chest nervously and was about to step back, but a pair of hands held her steady.
A pair of hands that are not warm or strong, but extremely familiar.
She turned her head subconsciously and saw that it was Hatake Kakashi. He had finished his last mission and it was time for him to report. But... as Kakashi's student, how could Haruno Sakura not know? Kakashi's reporting time was never in the morning, but in the evening. Only when they had to complete the mission would they choose a sunny day. After all, the teacher's work should be distinguished from his own tasks as a jonin. This is what a qualified adult should do.
"Xiaoying, you guys go back first."
"As for the shift change, I will talk to Hokage, okay?" Hatake Kakashi stared motionlessly at Tenten and Rock Lee who had solemn expressions, as if he was making a request, but did not leave them any chance to struggle.
Tiantian glanced at the Anbu again, and without saying anything more, he took Xiao Li and left.
The Hokage, who was silent inside, was holding the leaf. It was a green color that did not belong to this season, and the sunlight shone through the veins of the leaf, which was extremely charming.
If his own death notice was not engraved on it, Sarutobi Hiruzen might have been interested in adding it to his collection, taking it out from time to time to marvel at the stroke of fate.
The words on the notice were very small, barely enough to penetrate the upper surface of the leaf. If he was not a killer, he must be a unique craftsman in the world.
Even Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't have the confidence that he could carve the words so neatly and cleanly - it looked as if the leaves had extended new veins, using their own flesh and blood to congratulate the death of the Sandaime Hokage.
Even when death is approaching, there will not be such a strong sense of fatalism.
"No... not yet..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke each word clearly, then waved his hand to signal the Anbu to assemble - in addition to this, they also had to drive away the known visitors.
Now he didn't have the time to deal with conflicts between children or unnecessary beliefs. As for teammates, they were all the same, right? They were all ninjas of Konoha, so what difference did it make who they were on a mission with?
When he became a Genin, the concept of a three-person team had just been proposed, and no one was able to choose their own teammates - what mission to carry out, with whom to carry out the mission, and who will lead the team, wasn't it all a matter of a word from the people above?
But after all, he was also a practitioner of the new policy, and the emergence of such a group of spoiled children could prove his achievements. Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen decided not to argue with the children.
But the leaf in his hand still made him feel uneasy. He was the top man in the village, so what kind of person could have such an open and aboveboard way of sending an assassination notice to him?
"A week later..." He muttered to himself, raising his hand to pass the leaf to the Anbu in front of him: "What do you think?"
Jia was flattered. Apart from the fact that he happened to be on duty today, he could not think of the second reason why the Hokage asked him. He was the successor of Wood Release - but he was just a laboratory product. Compared with the first generation Hokage, he was far from being as good as he was.
As Orochimaru's experimental subject, he is not conspicuous even in the Anbu, and will never appear as the optimal solution at any time, except when monitoring Uzumaki Naruto.
It was just that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was now being led out of the village by Master Jiraiya, and that person had also specified that he should not follow. Master Jiraiya's words were not important, what was important was that Master Hokage agreed, and he returned to his guard duty.
A held the leaf in one hand and put the other hand behind his back, staring nervously at its contents... and craftsmanship.
"Lord Hokage..."
"There are traces of chakra on it, but it's not Wood Release... it's pure chakra control."
Jia's hands were shaking, which was not a good thing for a member of the Anbu directly under the Hokage. But he could no longer stop the shock in his heart. If it was just a craftsman, it would be fine. But if it was a ninja, even he himself did not have the confidence to control chakra to such a level.
The mark under the depression is so shallow that even if you feel it with your fingertips, you can't find any abnormality.
But every inch of it is precise - the handwriting is neat, but there is no way to tell the font or the writer's personal style, which is the best evidence.
Wood Release is a type of Release that requires a relatively high level of chakra, and as a user of Wood Release, he naturally has a more delicate control ability. If even he can't match him, then how many people in Konoha can fight against him?
If the opponent has some rare bloodline limit...
Jia looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen cautiously and began to have some outrageous thoughts.
What does he think? If such a master is now active as a ninja in Konoha, there will be no need for Sarutobi Hiruzen to be the Hokage.
Of course, this also applies to his great benefactor, Danzo Shimura.
"I think... he is quite an expert. It is not an exaggeration to issue a warning." After Jia finished speaking, Kakashi beside him spoke up: "Even if you have the Sharingan, not everyone can do this."
"He can also deliver things in without anyone noticing..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, which was why he asked the two to come to him.
"Kakashi, let Gai take care of your remaining student for now."
"You two will stay with me for the next few days and make sure to catch the criminal who sent out the notice."
"No matter life or death."
With a Sharingan and a Wood Release, Sarutobi Hiruzen must have been hit hard by the Chunin Exam.
Even though Gaara didn't cause devastating damage to the village as the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beast, the battles with Rock Lee and Uchiha Sasuke were enough for Sarutobi Hiruzen to sense, and if the Jinchuriki was serious, turning Konoha to ash would be a matter of a blink of an eye.
Gaara is still only the One-Tail. A Jinchūriki who can control the Tailed Beasts may be more dangerous than a runaway Tailed Beast.
"Yes."
The two of them responded in unison, accepting the mission. They turned into two black shadows, one bright and one dark, lurking beside Sarutobi Hiruzen for one day, two days...regardless of day or night.
This day was exactly the day in the notice. It was a normal, sunny day, and even the people walking on the road looked the same as usual.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was not cheerful, but at least he was calm.
I don't know what those useless people usually do. After a week, they haven't found any useful clues. He cursed in his heart, staring at the clock on the wall, watching the minute hand move.
According to the preview, he would die of cardiac arrest and excessive blood loss in three minutes.
That's a sophisticated way of putting it - a killer should also be a sophisticated person.
With Kakashi standing on the side and Kabuto hiding in the dark, Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to see how the killer would appear and kill him again, causing him to die from excessive blood loss.
Time passes by every second, and even my nerves become more tense.
"It should be alright now."
He muttered to himself, as the minute hand was about to move to the next minute.