Hatake Sakumo immediately noticed such a bright spot, because before these ninjas came out, the third generation had already sent out all the ANBU ninjas in Konoha Village.
This also illustrates a very obvious truth.
That is, these people are not the ANBU ninjas of Konoha Village that he knows!
Before he went to the Third Ninja War, the Leaf Village did not want him to participate in the war at this time. He could feel that the third generation had a very strong fear of him. This fear prevented him from doing his best for the village. A force.
At that time, the third generation made a very suffocating decision, that is, to let the ANBU ninjas in the village enter the battlefield first. You must know that ANBU ninjas are not suitable for going to the battlefield, because the tasks that ANBU ninjas have always performed are in relative distances. Speaking of concealment, it is not an open and honest battle on the frontal battlefield. Although ANBU ninjas can also hide on the battlefield, there is no way to fight completely as an assassin when the number of people is huge.
It was precisely because of this wrong decision that almost all the ANBU ninjas in Konoha Village were killed and injured. Only two people came back alive, and these people in front of them all wore masks of ANBU ninjas. So what if they were not ANBU ninjas? Woolen cloth
A small question mark instantly popped up in Hatake Sakumo's head.
"Root Ninja!"
Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise. Now he had guessed that the origin of these ninjas belonged to the roots of Danzo Shimura.
There were many ninjas at the scene who didn't know the roots, but this was not a secret to Hatake Sakumo.
After all, Hatake Sakumo's ginseng leather half-sleeved Hokage robe is already considered a prominent person in Konoha Murakami, but he does not have any real power.
Hatake Sakumo's tone was very solemn, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, including the root ninja who rushed towards him from the opposite side.
The root ninjas at the scene did not expect to be recognized after just one meeting, but when they saw that the person in front of them was Hatake Sakumo, they felt a sense of clarity in their hearts.
If it were this man.
Not that it’s a problem!
"????"
The Konoha Village ninjas at the scene suddenly became confused. Their excitement, which had just surged like a roller coaster, instantly became calmer. They even felt a little bit of something bad in Hatake Sakumo's tone. , but it became tense again.
It seems that the situation is a bit complicated!
The Konoha Village at the scene could no longer withstand such repeated tossing, but they did not expect that when they faced such a situation now, they were very calm.
That’s right, it’s calmness!
Originally, they thought that they would never be able to withstand any such setbacks again. They just wanted to return to Konoha Village smoothly and then start practicing quietly. They had not practiced particularly seriously before.
But now they find that people will eventually get used to it and adapt.
As long as they experience these things more often, they will gradually become indifferent and many things will pass like this.
All of a sudden.
The ninjas of Konoha Village, who had experienced so many things just now, calmed down and did not have any complaints. The eyes they looked at these root ninjas became very calm and dignified, as if they were waiting for Hatake Sakumo. The words behind.
"Why do you root ninjas go out of the village to do missions?"
Hatake Sakumo said loudly that there was a hint of ominous premonition in her heart. After all, the past practice of root ninjas was to never leave Konoha Village. They only solved problems within Konoha Village, although he knew Many of the problems dealt with by these root ninjas involved the dark side, but he still didn't have much thought about it.
Because the root has always been such a setting.
So he didn't have much dislike for the roots in the darkness, nor did he have much favorable impressions, but when the roots came out of the darkness and came to the light, and left the Leaf Village to perform the mission, it made him feel This matter is a bit big.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
After hearing Hatake Sakumo's words, the root ninjas at the scene stopped one after another and stood on the ground or branches. Each of them had different heights and ups and downs.
The eyes of these root ninjas passed through the eye holes of the masks and glanced at the ninjas of Konoha Village. Everyone's eyes were like this. There was a searching look in their pupils, as if they were looking for some target. .
Such undisguised eyes made the ninjas of Konoha Village clearly feel a sense of being scrutinized, as if they were goods placed on the shelves, and these were wealthy buyers. When thinking about which one to buy to live a better life, they know that they are not the target of these people.
These people are looking for something!
Everyone, including Hatake Sakumo, was aware of this problem.
who
Who are they looking for
Hatake Sakumo felt that their target should be the target of this operation, which gave him an ominous premonition again. He vaguely guessed something, but he was not sure, because once he thought so, it would be equivalent to In his mind, Sandai's decision took on a new character.
It seemed to be responding to everyone's doubts.
After scanning around, these root ninjas did not see Namikaze Minato. Then they looked at each other and shook their heads with regret in their eyes.
"No."
One of the root ninjas who seemed to have some status shook his head and said in a hoarse and low voice, as if he didn't want people to guess who he was.
It can also be seen from such actions that these root ninjas know that the tasks they have to do are not available on the table, but they have to do these tasks on the table.
This gave rise to the current problem.
"Keep looking."
The root ninja said slowly. He knew that this mission was very important to everyone on the scene. They had to shine Minato Namikaze on them to complete the mission. They had to see people alive and see corpses.
No, you have to see the corpse alive, and you have to see the corpse dead, so it cannot be alive. They must ensure that Namikaze Minato cannot return to the village alive!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Accompanied by the sound of breaking wind one after another, the root ninjas on the scene did not stop here, but ran in the direction where these Konoha Village ninjas were running. People from both sides passed each other, and there was no produce any intersection.
"etc!"
Hatake Sakumo immediately shouted at these root ninjas, but his words did not receive any response. Now none of these root ninjas listened to him.
If they were ordinary ninjas from Konoha Village who were going out on a mission now, they would definitely stop when they were called by Hatake Sakumo after meeting Hatake Sakumo, because Hatake Sakumo's identity and status are all here.
But these people are not ordinary Konoha ninjas, but root ninjas. They originally did not take orders from anyone except Danzo, let alone that their mission is now at an extremely anxious level, so it is even more impossible. There will be a moment of pause here to let Hatake Sakumo say something.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Almost in an instant, these root ninjas on the scene had left here, leaving them with psychedelic backs.
These root ninjas are very fast. They are originally good at speed. After all, if you want to assassinate, you need to be very fast so that the enemy cannot react. They shuttle through the woods, and these people in Konoha Village themselves are I was very tired and had no way to catch up.
After a while, these root ninjas had disappeared. If so many pairs of eyes hadn't seen it, they would have felt that these root ninjas had never been here.
"hateful!"
Hatake Sakumo clenched his fists tightly. He saw so many root ninjas heading in the direction behind them. He had already guessed what kind of mission these root ninjas were going to do, but this could almost be said to make the root ninjas go to the direction behind them. Let's go out in full force. He alone can't stop so many ninjas.
"Sakumo-sama, who are these people?"
The person who had just asked the question plucked up the courage to ask again. Suddenly everyone's attention was once again focused on Hatake Sakumo, including Aoba, who was already disguised as a ninja of Konoha Village among the crowd. .
Of course, Aoba himself is a ninja of Konoha Village, and the disguise mentioned here is just to pretend to be a ninja of Konoha Village on the battlefield.
"They're root ninjas!"
Hatake Sakumo's face was livid. He knew very well how dangerous the Root Ninjas were, but he couldn't explain some specific things about the Root Ninjas to these people because it involved some big names in Konoha Village. Secrets, and these secrets cannot be easily disclosed to the public.
"They are out on a mission."
Hatake Sakumo had something to say in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it, and he didn't know whether he should say it or not. These words made him feel very uncomfortable, and he felt very suffocated.
"Based on my guess, I don't know what to say. Judging from the way they looked at us just now, they are looking for someone among us, which means that someone among us is their mission this time. Target."
"but… "
"They didn't find it!"
"Through such changes, I can make some inferences, that is, the root ninja. The target of this execution is in our ninja army, but not among our current people."
Hatake Sakumo suddenly stopped when he said this. He did not continue to say anything else, but everyone knew what he said next even if he didn't say it.
"Namikaze Minato!"
"Watergate!"
"Is it Minato?!"
"Or Kushina?"
"It must be one of Minato or Kushina!"
“…”
The Konoha Village ninjas at the scene suddenly became excited, their eyes became solemn and serious, and their entire expressions changed, because they had discovered the key point in this matter, that is, only Minato and Kushin Unfortunately, two people were not among them.
According to Hatake Sakumo's analysis, the targets of the mission that the root ninjas want to perform are people in their ninja army, but they are not with them, so the only ones left are Namikaze Minato who chose to sacrifice for them, and those who stayed with them. Uzumaki Kushina is alone.
"But… "
The ninja who just asked Sakumo Hatake spoke again. Every time he asked a question, he would ask a very critical point, and this time was no exception. He did not disappoint anyone present, including Aoyu.
"Why are the root ninjas looking for Namikaze Minato or Uzumaki Kushina?"
This person's question immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and almost everyone's eyes fell on them.
Among the crowd, not far away, the corners of Qingyu's mouth were slightly raised, revealing a satisfied arc.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
At this stage, all the Konoha Village ninjas on the scene already know the goal of the Root Ninja, so the Root Ninja can no longer hide it whether it succeeds or not.
The man behind Root Ninja is Danzo Shimura.
Everyone knows that the person Shimura Danzo supports is the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"this… "
When Hatake Sakumo faced this problem, he finally became unable to continue talking. Even the names of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina were not the reason why he said it. It was very simple. After all, it was If the man in the half-sleeved Hokage robe continues to speak, no matter what he says is correct or wrong, it will have some impact on him. Of course, what he cares about is not the impact on himself but he is afraid that his words will have an impact on the people present. Here comes a misdirection.
"You can realize it yourself."
Hatake Sakumo said such a relatively inscrutable statement because he knew very well that now was not the time for him to continue talking nonsense, and he also understood that the Konohagakure ninjas present were not fools. You should be able to guess a rough idea.
"I see."
"I guessed it too."
"I also know what's going on."
"I'm still wondering why the ninjas in Kirigakure suddenly found our location accurately and only wanted to find Minato Namikaze."
"Now another root ninja is looking for Namikaze Minato."
"All questions point to Namikaze Minato!"
"There are huge problems here."
“…”
The Konohagakure ninjas at the scene said one sentence after another. After Hatake Sakumo's instructions, they had already guessed what this matter was about. All the questions were related to Namikaze Minato, so Who on earth would want to harm Namikaze Minato
If it hadn't been for the appearance of the root ninjas of Konoha Village, they might not have thought in this last direction, but at this time, they already had a vague answer in their hearts.
(End of chapter)