Facing Eaton's question, Hiruzen was already a little confused. This situation was completely out of his expectations. Even now, he still felt that it was a bit inconceivable. He never thought of it at all.
This matter had happened too suddenly!
Iwagakure actually went directly to sneak attack without saying a word.
This kind of thing actually happened to the greedy Onoki.
All of this did not make sense.
It was not what Hiruzen had expected.
However.
This was exactly what happened.
After hearing Eaton's question, Hiruzen understood that there was a mistake in his decision, but there was no way to explain it.
"I really never think this would happen!"
Hiruzen shook his head. His face turned pale. Although he sent out these people this time, he was a little selfish and wanted to see if he could find out who was the ninja from the Uzumaki Clan. But he never expected that it would end up like this.
"Sandaime-sama..."
Eaton looked at Hiruzen, and the anger in his heart dissipated a lot. He did not want to be too aggressive. After all, this was still Konohagakure, and Hiruzen had the final say.
Of course.
His anger dissipated.
It was only because he had become calm.
It had nothing to do with Hiruzen's attitude.
At this time.
In his eyes.
Hiruzen could be said to be synonymous with hypocrisy!
"Iwagakure launched a surprise attack on us. In the end, under a very coincidental situation, only the two of us came back alive. Now, Iwagakure's ninja army will probably march straight into the Country of Fire territory. I think we have to send capable people to guard the border!"
Eaton told Hiruzen his opinion.
No matter what.
He was after all a Konohagakure's people.
Right now, he did have a problem with Hiruzen, but he would not affect the rise and fall of the village because of his own personal opinion. This was not something that he, as Konohagakure Intelligence Division Captain, could do.
"I understand!"
Hiruzen immediately nodded. After that, he walked toward Eaton and patted his shoulder with both hands.
"Eaton!"
"It's great that you can come back!"
"Fortunately, you brought back such important information!"
"You stay here and wait..."
"I have something else to say to you!"
After saying that.
Hiruzen turned to look at Aoba. He did not care how Aoba survived. What was important was that he knew that Aoba's identity had nothing to do with the people he was searching for.
"Aoba, are you tired? You can go back and rest!"
Hiruzen gave the order to leave. He did not care much about Aoba's opinion. After all, to him, Aoba was just a small character.
"Yes."
Aoba nodded. He did not intend to stay here. After he exchanged a look with Eaton, he immediately left.
When Aoba left.
Shikaku also left.
He left this place to Eaton.
As Hokage Building Advisor. He understood that the most important thing was to assess the situation. Now, it was obvious that Hiruzen wanted to talk to Eaton about some more private topics. At this time, he should leave this place wisely.
...
Aoba walked in front.
Shikaku followed behind.
The two of them maintained a stable distance, one in front and one behind.
Soon.
Aoba went down the stairs and walked toward the entrance of the building. Just as he reached the entrance, a voice sounded from behind him.
"Aoba, there is something I am very curious about. Since you escaped from the front line, why is there no trace of injury on your body?"
Shikaku's voice slowly sounded.
There was a questioning tone in his voice.
Suddenly.
Aoba stopped in his tracks.
He stood at the building entrance and slowly turned his head around. He stared at Shikaku who was not far behind him, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up into a wicked smile.
"Make a guess!"
Aoba's tone was slightly mischievous as if he was joking with an acquaintance. After he finished speaking, the corners of his mouth curled up even higher, and he no longer cared about Shikaku.
"Be more serious." Shikaku immediately frowned. He was now a Hokage Building Advisor, not an ordinary person. Knowing that he was an official, Aoba could not casually talk to him like this.
"Brother Shikaku, your imagination has always been very rich. You can even guess that I cheated on the exam. Then why am I not injured? Can't you guess?"
Aoba smiled and shook his head. Then, he did not explain anything and walked away.
Shikaku did not chase after him.
He watched Aoba disappear from his sight seriously.
He knew.
When Aoba does not want to say it.
Then he definitely wouldn't say it.
It was useless to chase after him.
He was just asking to be humiliated.
"What is the reason?"
Shikaku pinched his chin and thought. He had a very strong feeling that something was going on here. However, he couldn't tell what was wrong. The doubts in his heart became even stronger.
...
After Aoba left the building, he directly walked in the direction of Anbu's dormitory.
He did not explain anything to Shikaku.
The reason was very simple.
There was nothing to say.
He couldn't use the truth to explain, and he couldn't say that he used space-time ninjutsu. It was fine if Eaton knew about it, but Shikaku couldn't.
So...
He could only tell lies.
However.
No matter what kind of lies he said, or even if he told the truth, in Shikaku's eyes, this could be a lie and then he will speculate.
Rather than this.
It was better to let Shikaku directly speculate!
This way, he was also happy to be idle.
...
Aoba soon returned to Anbu's dormitory. After creating a shadow clone in his room, the shadow clone figure suddenly flashed away.
Swish.
Aoba's clone used Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique) and appear in a forest. This was not a place in Konohagakure, but a place close to the front line.
It was also the place where he left with Eaton not long ago.
The pieces of paper on the clone's body flew up. At this time, he had already become another person. This person was Sunagakure's Third Kazekage.
After Aoba's clone changed into the Third Kazekage's appearance, he controlled the chakra in his hand and slapped it toward the ground.
The magnet release chakra started to draw out the iron matter on the ground, forming black particles. These particles were iron sand.
Immediately after.
The shape of the iron sand changed.
It directly turned into a disk.
He stepped on the disk and instantly rose into the air, feeling as if he had become Green Goblin.