"It's here!"
Hiruzen saw Kumogakure's envoy group walking over from afar, and a smile appeared on his face.
This scene was exactly what he was looking forward to.
He had been looking forward to the end of this war since the beginning of the war between Konohagakure and Kumogakure.
Following the arrival of Kumogakure's envoy group.
Peace was getting closer and closer.
Under the watchful eyes of Konohagakure ninjas, Kumogakure's envoy group walked steadily into Konohagakure.
When the Kumogakure Advisor walks into Konohagakure.
Hiruzen immediately greeted him.
"You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time." Hiruzen smiled and said. From the looks of it, he seemed to be talking to an old friend who he had known for many years. He did not look like someone sent by the enemy to negotiate, not to mention that he did not know this Kumogakure Advisor who was walking over.
"We were ambushed by Kirigakure since yesterday. We had no choice but to come late. Thank you for your understanding, Third Hokage-sama!" The Kumogakure Advisor nodded to Hiruzen, and a smile appeared on his face. However, it was just a fake smile. It was not a sincere smile that came from the heart. Anyone could see this.
"Let's stop talking here and follow me to the conference room!" Hiruzen smiled and said to the Kumogakure Advisor. He still liked this harmonious atmosphere, even though it might be fake.
"Well... wait a minute!"
After hearing Hiruzen's words, the Kumogakure Advisor hesitated a little, but he still felt that it was better to say it here.
"Is there a problem?" Hiruzen asked doubtfully. Not only was he puzzled, but even Danzo and the others around him looked at the Kumogakure Advisor in surprise, not knowing what the latter meant.
"There is one thing I think it is better to make it clear here so as to avoid some unnecessary misunderstandings as much as possible."
The Kumogakure Advisor said with a gloomy face.
He knew that doing this was actually a kind of risk.
But he had no choice.
This risk was something that he had to take.
If he didn't say it now, things would change when he arrived at the conference room. It was very likely that the situation would be even more passive.
"Please speak." Hiruzen nodded to the Kumogakure Advisor. He still maintained the initial harmony. He didn't feel any dissatisfaction because of Kumogakure's request.
"Wait a moment."
The Kumogakure Advisor turned around and looked at the Kumogakure ninja behind him. He then nodded at him.
Then.
The Kumogakure ninja, who was standing at the back, walked over.
These ninjas stood in two rows.
They were holding a huge thing in their hands.
It looked a little heavy.
It was just that this thing was covered with a layer of black cloth.
It was impossible to tell what was inside from the outside.
For a moment.
Including Hiruzen.
A big question mark appeared in the minds of every ninja present.
Almost every ninja's eyes were focused on the thing that was covered in black cloth, and their eyes were full of doubts.
What was inside this?
Everyone had their own thoughts and guesses, but this did not stop them from feeling curious about the thing covered in black cloth.
Just as everyone was puzzled.
The Kumogakure ninjas directly carried this thing covered in black cloth to the front of the Third Hokage.
"Third Hokage-sama, before you open this black cloth, listen to my explanation first..."
The Kumogakure Advisor was still very careful and cautious about this matter. He had to ensure that no accidents would happen. He had to make sure that the Third Hokage could calmly face this matter so as not to throw the root of the disaster onto Kumogakure.
"You said..." The smile on the Third Hokage's face disappeared. He gradually realized that there seemed to be such an important matter under the black cloth.
But...
At this moment, he couldn't figure out what was going on.
What could it be?
Hiruzen's curiosity was fully aroused. The more the Kumogakure Advisor tried to hide it, the more confused he was about these things.
The other party was so cautious...
This means that the problem here must be very serious!
"Phew..."
The Kumogakure Advisor took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled. As he breathed, he tried to calm his emotions as much as possible so that he could face these things calmly.
After adjusting his mood.
This Kumogakure Advisor looked at Hiruzen with a serious look in his eyes.
"It's like this..."
This Kumogakure Advisor immediately organized his words and began to explain the entire process to Hiruzen.
"Yesterday, after we were attacked by Kirigakure, we found two people tied to the tree after we escaped from danger. When we looked carefully, we found that they were both your Konohagakure's Anbu."
When the Kumogakure Advisor said this.
Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Especially the Anbu present.
They were all extremely shocked in their hearts.
They never thought that the Kumogakure Advisor would actually say such words.
"Anbu?"
After hearing the Kumogakure Advisor's words, Hiruzen immediately frowned. His eyes were filled with deep doubt. Recently, he had not heard any news about the disappearance of an Anbu. In particular, a few days ago, he had just conducted a great purge in Anbu and had not encountered the disappearance of Anbu personnel.
According to what the Kumogakure Advisor said, the person under the black cloth should be Konohagakure Anbu, which was simply impossible!
In a split second.
Hiruzen's eyes became solemn.
In his opinion...
There was something fishy about this.
This matter was definitely not that simple!
He faintly suspected that this Kumogakure Advisor was lying to him. There might be something extraordinary inside this black cloth.
Instantly.
Hiruzen narrowed his eyes slightly and focused on the black cloth.
"According to what you said..."
"The two ninjas that are hidden under this black cloth are Konohagakure Anbu?"
"Can the two of them possess such a large size?"
Hiruzen asked the Kumogakure Advisor. Although he asked, he was actually thinking of exposing the other party's scam. If he hadn't just checked the Anbu name list, he might have been fooled by this Kumogakure Advisor in front of him.
Just through one sentence, Hiruzen had already guessed that this Kumogakure Advisor had come with ill intentions. He was not as sincere as he appeared on the surface, and there might be unexpected situations in this matter.
Danzo stood next to Hiruzen, his face indifferent and without any expression. In his heart, he had already begun to calculate this matter silently. However, he thought a little deeper. After all, he knew that two of his Root ninjas had disappeared.
But...
Danzo faintly felt that it was a bit inconceivable.
Could it really be such a coincidence?
In Danzo's opinion, the two Root ninjas who had gone missing were very likely Gasshi's spy.
But if that was the case, how could those two people be tied up?
Unless...
A ruthless look flashed in the depths of Danzo's eyes. If it really was those two Root ninjas, then there was only one possibility.
Kumogakure wanted to use this method to get rid of Gasshi's invasion!
Thinking of this.
Danzo's eyes also became gloomy, waiting for what this Kumogakure Advisor was going to do next.
At this time.
All the eyes of Konohagakure ninjas were focused on the Kumogakure Advisor.
And everyone had a strange look in their eyes.
It was as if they had seen through him, but they did not expose him and continued to watch his performance.
"???"
Big question marks popped up in the Kumogakure Advisor's head one after another.
He vaguely felt that something was wrong.
However, he had already thought back and forth on the way here.
He did not feel that there was any loophole.
The most important thing was...
This was not something he made up at all but something he had truly experienced. He was only thinking about what method he could use to make it easier for Konohagakure's ninjas to accept, not to make up any excuses.
"There are not only two Anbu here; there is also a tree. Because they are tied up on the tree and were covered with paper tags, we cut off the tree and brought it here," The Kumogakure Advisor immediately explained.
"You said that our Konohagakure Anbu was covered in paper tags and tied to a tree trunk. The most interesting thing is that you did not dare to untie these two people and chose to cut the tree and bring it over?"
Hiruzen's brows fiercely jumped.
Really.
It was extremely awkward!
Hiruzen looked at this Kumogakure Advisor with eyes full of pity. He felt that if the other party were a little more attentive, he would not make up such a ridiculous excuse. It was really too clumsy.
"It is indeed... like this..."
The Kumogakure Advisor smiled embarrassedly. He was a little embarrassed by the way Hiruzen looked at him. This idea was also proposed by him.
The main thing was that they, Kumogakure, really did not know much about paper tags. The paper tags pasted on their bodies were too complicated. He did not dare to tear it rashly. Not only was he afraid of taking the blame for killing Konohagakure Anbu, but he was also afraid that the paper tags on them would cause harm to Kumogakure ninjas. In the end, he could only use this method to solve it.
"I will let you see it now!"
The Kumogakure Advisor felt that the foreshadowing was almost done. It was time to lift the black cloth. He had to let Konohagakure's people know what was going on.
Just as he raised his hand in the direction of the black cloth.
The Konohagakure ninjas, who were watching the situation, took a step back one after another. Everyone's eyes instantly became serious and nervous, as if they were facing a great enemy.
Even Hiruzen, who was not far from the Kumogakure Advisor, stared in the direction of the black cloth with wide eyes. His left hand reached into the ninja bag at his waist, putting on the appearance of being ready to fight at any time. After experiencing Sunagakure's invasion, even Hiruzen became much more cautious.
Bang!
Just as the Kumogakure Advisor was about to reach out and remove the black cloth covering the tree trunk, an extremely subtle explosion sounded from the tree trunk.
Now that everyone was very nervous, it did not attract much attention.
Only the Kumogakure ninjas, who were in charge of carrying these trunks, could faintly hear a little noise and determined that the source of the sound was the two people covered in black cloth.
Could it be...
Fart?
These Kumogakure ninjas did not pay much attention to this sound. After all, the two Konohagakure Anbu who were tied to the trees were not dead but two living people.
It was normal for living people to fart.
If it were a dead person...
That was a scary thing.
This was nothing more than a normal occurrence.
They did not care at all.
...
At the same time.
Aoba leisurely sat on the cliff next to the Hokage Rock and looked at the small houses below; he felt quite comfortable.
At this time.
A message suddenly appeared in his head.
It was the advanced paper clone that had just disappeared.
When Aoba arranged these two Root ninjas, he did not kill them, but he left an advanced paper clone on the clothes of one of them.
The setting that Aoba gave this advanced paper clone was that once they were transported to Konohagakure, they would immediately remove themself and send this information over.
Now, Aoba had received this news.
"Hahaha!"
Aoba suddenly burst out laughing. He did not expect an opportunity to appear now, allowing him to carry out the last step of his plan.
Then.
With a thought, Aoba slowly got up and took a few steps back to the back of the cliff, leaving a part of the space here.
As he continued to retreat.
His body was still hidden in the blind spot of Konohagakure.
No one could see him!
At this time.
Aoba crouched and slapped his hand on the ground.
Hum!
Along with the movement of Aoba's chakra, he immediately drew a black circle pattern on the ground. It was his Flying Thunder God Formula.
With the appearance of this Flying Thunder God Formula, Aoba stood up again, then gently waved his right hand, and suddenly a piece of paper flew out.
A small black circle suddenly appeared on the paper, which was also his Flying Thunder God Formula.
In the blink of an eye.
Aoba created two Flying Thunder God Formula.
This was the method he had tried when he was training, combining Shikigami no Mai(Dance of the Shikigami) and Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique) together.
Of course.
This was not the method he had used before.
This was the advanced method that Aoba had thought of. He called this move - Kamiton: Hiraishin(Paper Release: Flying Thunder God)!
"Kamiton: Hiraishin no Jutsu(Paper Release: Flying Thunder God Technique)!"
Aoba's mind suddenly moved, and he started the first step of Kamiton: Hiraishin no Jutsu(Paper Release: Flying Thunder God Technique).
In an instant.
The piece of paper in his hand suddenly disappeared.
This piece of paper was a part of his body, and it contained his chakra. After using Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique), it instantly disappeared.
"Kamiton: Hiraishin - Dōrai(Paper Release: Flying Thunder God - Guiding Thunder)!"
Aoba's eyes flashed with a bright light, and the moment he finished speaking, the chakra he contained on that piece of paper suddenly activated.
Hum!
The ground in front of Aoba had already been engraved with the Flying Thunder God Formula.
Two figures suddenly appeared there.
...
When Aoba used Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique) on the paper with the Flying Thunder God Formula on it to instantly appeared directly on the tree trunk, just between the Root ninjas and the trunk.
After the paper reached this position, black lines immediately appeared on the paper. It was a special sealing technique.
These were the sealing techniques that could release the two Root ninjas from the paper tags binding.
From a certain point of view.
This piece of paper was more like the key to unlocking the paper tags on the two Root ninjas.
It was just that the key was inserted; it hadn't been pulled out yet.
And the appearance of this piece of paper.
It was like a piece of a puzzle.
It just so happened to fill up the missing pieces and directly integrate the paper tags into a complete set.
The next moment.
This piece of paper suddenly stuck to the two Root ninjas. The paper contained a vast amount of chakra covering the bodies of the two Root ninjas.
"Kamiton: Hiraishin - Dōrai(Paper Release: Flying Thunder God - Guiding Thunder)!"
Just as this piece of paper was pasted on the bodies of the two Root ninjas, Aoba spoke at the same time at the peak of the cliff. Then, the piece of paper seemed to come alive, directly sending the two Root ninjas away through the method of Kamiton: Hiraishin - Dōrai(Paper Release: Flying Thunder God - Guiding Thunder).
At this point.
Below this piece of black cloth.
It was no longer a ninja tied into the tree trunk.
Instead, it was a tree trunk that was covered with paper tags.
Along with the appearance of that piece of paper, the seal on it continued to change, and it turned into a summoning seal at a very fast speed.
...
Konohagakure, on a cliff near the Hokage Rock.
Aoba looked at the two Root ninjas that appeared in front of him.
"You guys did well!"
Aoba praised the two Root ninjas. After he said this, he reached out his hands and touched the two Root ninjas.
Hum! Hum!
In an instant, two spatial fluctuations appeared. Under the effect of Hiraishin no Jutsu, the two Root ninjas directly flashed and fell heavily on the watchtower on the third floor.
After sending the two Root ninjas away, Aoba turned his head and looked in the direction of Konohagakure's main entrance. He immediately used his perception ability to feel the ball of chakra at the main entrance.
"It's a pity that I can't personally go to the scene to watch..."
Aoba said indifferently. These were all things that had happened under his arrangements. He still wanted to take a look. This was also the reason why he had personally come out.
"However..."
Aoba looked in the direction of Konohagakure's main entrance from afar, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an arc of anticipation.
"We should be able to see fireworks here, right?"
...
At this moment.
Under the watchful eyes of Konohagakure's ninjas, the Kumogakure Advisor put his hand on the black cloth.