Late at night, when the surroundings became quiet, Uchiha Tatsu changed into ANBU clothes, put on a fox mask, and left the room quietly.
He was going to a forest in the northwest corner of Daming Mansion, where there was a team of ANBU ninjas entrusted to him by the Third Hokage.
Speaking of which, he had never entered an ANBU before, and he did not know that Uchiha Mountain had ever thought of sending him there.
But now he somehow entered the ANBU, and he suddenly transformed and became a squad leader.
This is really... a wonderful thing.
After leaving the city, the young man headed west. After an unknown amount of time, he branched off from the smooth avenue into a trail and entered a lush forest.
After arriving at his destination, he stood on the branch of a big tree and looked up. Four ANBU ninjas had appeared on another tree, looking at him from afar.
"Kun?"
"curtain!"
After a simple exchange of codes, the young man took out an appointment letter from his ninja bag and shot it at the person standing in the front like a shuriken.
The ninja stretched out his right hand to hold the piece of paper, glanced at it, and then nodded to the other three people while relaxing.
The young man was the first to ask: "I don't know what to call this person. I hear your voice... sounds like an acquaintance?"
The man laughed loudly: "It seems that the old man didn't tell you."
"Brother Shinnosuke?"
"It's me. After three years of separation, Chen, you are fine again."
The man took off his mask, revealing a bearded face.
At this time, the wind was blowing and the leaves were swaying. The young man also took off his mask, revealing his snow-white teeth.
… …
In a basement somewhere.
Shinnosuke took Uchiha Tatsumi for a brief tour of their team's base.
The young man walking behind couldn't help but ask: "Brother Shinnosuke, why do you have such a big beard now?"
"Why, wouldn't it be better to be more mature?"
"But you are too familiar with me... so familiar."
Shinnosuke snorted: "You know nothing! This is how you feel manly."
"The problem is... you have been performing tasks here. Who are you showing your manhood to?"
“…”
The young man continued quietly: "Now I understand why Uncle Hokage wants to have another child."
Shinnosuke strangled Chen's neck and said angrily: "...You brat, you still have such a strong mouth!"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
"Old man...how is he doing lately?"
After a while, Shinnosuke couldn't help but ask.
"It's good... I've just been very busy. Why, aren't you going to go back and take a look?"
"I can't get away."
"Excuse me, but I heard that you haven't been back for more than a year."
Shinnosuke sighed: "Are you going back to scold me?"
"Uncle Hokage doesn't mean that either."
"I know... but I really don't want to go back now. I'm weak and can't help the old man much, and I don't have a girlfriend. I might as well continue to practice outside for two years."
The boy sighed.
In fact, Shinnosuke is not weak...but it also depends on who he is compared with.
In front are the Sannin and White Fang who are a few years older; behind are Himeji and Tatsu who are a few years younger; and above them is a powerful father.
Against this backdrop, he appears to be particularly weak.
Shinnosuke is also a decent man, which is why he leaves the village on a long-term mission.
If he still doesn't do well, he will have no choice but to return to the village and inherit hundreds of millions of family assets... Ahem, this is an exaggeration, but it is still easy to be the head of a certain department.
"Stop talking about that, why are you the one who became the Twelve Guardian Ninjas?"
Chentan spread his hands and said: "Uncle Hokage insists on me coming, but I don't want to come either."
Shinnosuke sneered: "The daimyo still doesn't trust us, otherwise he wouldn't have formed any guardian ninja."
"That's true," Chen sighed and asked, "How is Kirigakure Village doing now?"
"All the spies have lost contact... The ninjas sent later have also disappeared."
"Since when?"
Shinnosuke thought for a while and said: "This has been the case since the Third Mizukage left the village. He has returned to the village now, but the situation has not changed."
"This is strange," Chen hesitated for a moment, "I have also met the Third Mizukage, and from his words and actions, I can see that he is a very gentle person.
There is another question, can the ANBU identify every spy who has sneaked into Konoha? "
Shinnosuke shook his head and said flatly: "It's impossible."
"How did the Kirigakure Village do it?" the young man murmured.
Who could achieve such accurate intelligence... He could only think of one person.
- Bai Jue.
"Did Madara take action?!"
He still remembered Zabuza who single-handedly killed all the students of that year... In other words, before the third war, Kirigakure Village was the land of blood mist.
But no matter how you look at it, the Third Mizukage is a moderate, and he has just signed a series of trade agreements with Konoha...
Uchiha Tatsu fell into thought.
"It is assumed that something has happened to the Third Mizukage, but it cannot have happened in the village. Madara wants to control Kirigakure Village, so once there is a battle, the noise will not be too small.
In other words... the accident happened before returning to the village! "
He suddenly opened his eyes and asked softly: "Brother Shinnosuke, was there anything unusual before the third Mizukage left the Land of Fire?"
"abnormal?"
"For example, disappeared for a while."
Shinnosuke shook his head: "No, the Kirigakure team left under ANBU surveillance the entire time."
"Have you found any traces of battle?"
"have!"
"take me."
… … …
Uchiha Tatsu couldn't help but frown as he looked at the crumbling ground.
With his strength, one can feel a silent murderous aura.
And you can still see obvious traces of water escape on the ground... Was it left on purpose
Although it was already May, he could still feel the cool breeze at the seaside.
The young man stood up and sighed: "Stop exploring the Kirigakure Village..."
Shinnosuke seemed to be infected by Chen's chilling aura. Although he was a little confused, he still nodded.
"I just hope...it's not for me."
Uchiha Tatsu looked at the dark night and couldn't help but sigh.
… … (To be continued)