If anyone is the most embarrassed right now, it is undoubtedly Uchiha Tatsumi and Mikoto.
Not only did they have to bear the strange looks from the surrounding ninjas, but they also had to watch the Uchiha clan's ninjas act so stupidly that they picked their feet.
At this moment, Uchiha Tatsu even felt that the red collar on his chest...ah, the fan behind his back became even more colorful.
He was a little lucky. Fortunately, he had a jounin vest as a cover, otherwise he would have had to use earth escape to burrow underground.
But Uchiha Tatsu was still a little unhappy.
"Rose Tree, are there any flowers on my face?"
The rope tree chirped and said, "No, I just have a question for you. Is the one at the front the bastard of your clan leader, Uchiha-san? My eyesight is not very good, please help me take a look."
He pointed at the person speaking to Orochimaru at the front, and at the same time emphasized the word Uchiha.
Uchiha Chen said angrily: "You're not my bastard, how do I know! You damn dwarf, don't you dare to see me try again.
Ouch, you dared to jump up and hit me on the knee. "
Shengshu's face turned red, and he explained to the people around him in a panic: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I'm only one centimeter shorter than him..."
While the two were noisy, the ninja at the front had already begun condolences.
"Congratulations, Orochimaru-sama, and congratulations, Jiraiya-sama." The ninja wearing the ANBU fox mask bowed before continuing.
"According to Hokage-sama's order, our ANBU and some remaining ninjas from the villages are waiting at the border of the Land of Fire as the response force this time."
"Of course, we are also responsible for supervising the safety of the prisoners brought back from the Kingdom of Wind."
Orochimaru sneered, there are thousands of ninjas here, but they still can't watch over the Third Kazekage? If you want to be responsible, you should come from the Kingdom of Sichuan. Now you have to do this kind of work in the Kingdom of Fire.
The food looks too ugly.
"Where is the seal of the Third Hokage-sama?"
"it's here."
For formal things, how could they not be prepared if they wanted to get a share of the pie? Soon, the leading ANBU ninja took out an appointment letter signed by the Hokage.
After Orochimaru took it, he only glanced briefly. The Third Hokage had already told him in detail about the appearance of the responding ninja troops during the intelligence exchange.
As mentioned before, Mito Monobu, who was forcibly promoted to leader, could not control the root cause at all. In other words, the Third Hokage was just showing off. It didn't take long for Danzo to return to the position he had been knocked out of.
At the same time, the Uchiha clan, which blocked the trade between Sunagakure and merchants in Damingfu, also returned.
No matter how powerful the tiger is in a cage, its lethality will decrease. This sentence is very suitable for the Uchiha clan, so unfortunately, they did not gain much advantage from the Suna Ninja.
So Uchiha-san, who was eager for the right to speak, focused on this response task, or to get a share of the pie at Danzo's suggestion.
It may be ironic to say that now is actually the honeymoon period between Danzo and the Uchiha clan. This can be seen from Uchiha Mountain temporarily handing over the position of the security team to Danzo.
But how to put it, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. As long as the benefits given are enough, even Danzo will occasionally help a group of Uchiha clan. Anyway, everyone gets what they need.
"By the way, you are really the ANBU directly under the Hokage, and not some other miscellaneous people?"
As if it was a joke, Orochimaru spoke in a hoarse voice and asked.
"The ANBU is originally under the unified jurisdiction of Hokage-sama, how can there be any other existence? You are kidding." The leading ANBU ninja wore a mask and couldn't see his expression clearly, but he still said with a chuckle.
There is no problem in saying that. The Roots are also part of the ANBU in name, but what surprises Orochimaru is that now that the Roots members are so advanced, they have learned to fake smiles
While the two were talking, the jonin who was closer already understood what was going on.
It's nothing more than some ninja clan in the village who are unwilling to be left alone and want to take a spoonful of the fruits of their victory.
Although they were very unhappy, they were still ninjas from the same village, and with the Hokage's warrant, it was impossible to take action.
Moreover, this kind of struggle itself is a matter for the upper echelons of Konoha. As the sword in the hands of the village, they are not qualified to care about this kind of thing.
However, this attitude of wanting to fight among themselves before returning to the village really chilled this group of ninjas who were fighting to the death on the battlefield.
The problem is that this kind of shameful thing has been completely pushed away by the leading ANBU.
After all, the ANBU of Konoha is indeed directly governed by the Hokage, but only those who have a deeper understanding of the ANBU will understand the existence of the roots.
But this did not prevent them from glaring at these ANBU, including the ninjas of the Uchiha clan.
"Then the prisoners, including the Third Kazekage, will be left in our charge?"
"Can."
Orochimaru just chuckled and agreed simply.
"We are all Konoha ninjas, we understand each other."
"Yes, it's great that Lord Orochimaru can be so sensible. Since it can be done without further delay, the border of Fire Country is not safe. It will take about five days for us to return to Konoha, then we Let’s leave quickly.”
The ANBU ninja was already prepared to be made difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so simple. It was so simple that it gave him the illusion that it was not that easy to refuse to apply for a card in a barber shop.
... .emmm
At this time, Jiraiya stood behind without saying a word. He already understood why Orochimaru made that plan.
From a standpoint, he certainly didn't want his friend to do something that would harm the ninjas of the village, but there was a bigger premise before that: Jiraiya was also the apprentice of the Third Hokage.
There are many factions at the top of Konoha. In addition to the Third Hokage, who is the highest on the surface, below them are not only the roots of the ANBU, the elders of Konoha, but also various large and small ninja clans.
How else can I say that fighting with others is endless fun.
Konoha's biggest enemy is not outside the village but inside the village. The other four major countries are just rotten fish and shrimps.
Jiraiya could raise objections, but he couldn't stop them. As Orochimaru said, even the Third Hokage acquiesced to this plan, so what could he do
Persuade these ninjas to go back
He's not that naive yet.
However, he felt a little tired. Suddenly, Jiraiya missed his life in the Land of Rain.
Maybe it’s time to take a quick trip.
... ...
Just when Jiraiya was still uncertain whether to stay or not, the ANBU headed by him had already issued an order to gather most of the Uchiha ninjas and ANBU at the Kazekage Cage, while the remaining ones gathered at the puppet master Chiyo. side.
As the troops began to advance, the root ninja walking at the far end of the team felt a little relaxed and contented.
As long as they are inserted into the team, they will have a share of the credit. Even if it is only a small amount, it is enough for their leader to gain more benefits in the game with Naruto.
As for Uchiha, they may have benefited a lot, but they will undoubtedly be hated by more ninjas, after all, they are not wearing masks.
Who can say the gains and losses
... ... ..
As the speed increased, two days later, the entire team was less than half the distance from Konoha.
Just when everyone began to look forward to the scene in the village again, the cage engraved with fine sealing techniques shimmered with a faint light. The light was so weak that even the nearest Uchiha ninja did not notice it.
Immediately afterwards, the sealing technique that was fixed outside the lock and written on a special scroll quietly lifted a corner.
It took a total of nearly four days. Feng Ying, who was imprisoned in the cage, relied on his right hand that could only move, and drew up the technique to break the anti-seal bit by bit.
Finally he completed his redemption and was about to successfully escape from prison.
At the moment when the seal was broken, the Third Kazekage was a little excited. The chakra that was originally only very small in his body began to increase again. After waiting silently for a while, the obscure feeling slowly disappeared.
He feels very good now, except that there is less chakra, there is no difference from before.
And what to do next
Do you want to forgive the ninjas of Konoha like your old father
The Third Kazekage shook his head. Forgiveness was impossible. He already felt that his sword was thirsty.
... ... .(To be continued)