"Minato-dono, Kakashi, Kanpū, please."
In the Sunagakure's main camp, Yashamaru took Kanpū's group of three to a rather spacious red sand and gravel house.
The place where Kanpū and Kakashi were before was a temporary lounge, and this is their residence for the next few days of negotiations.
"If you have any requests, please let me know at any time."
Yashamaru pointed to the cabin next to the house and said, "I'm staying next to you."
"Thank you."
Minato smiled and thanked him, then he brought Kakashi and Kanpū into the red house.
After closing the door, Minato turned around, and his serious eyes swept back and forth between Kakashi and Kanpū.
"Minato-sensei, what are you looking at?" Kakashi was puzzled.
"That Sunagakure's Shinobi named Mukade just now died of the Cloud-Style Kenjutsu Flame Slash."
Minato opened his mouth slowly, and his eyes finally fell on Kanpū, "Kanpū, what do you think?"
Kanpū nodded: "Yes, yes, it must be Kumogakure's Shinobi!"
Minato looked at him and did not speak.
Kanpū was a bit at a loss, and when the awkward atmosphere grew stronger, Kakashi's lazy voice sounded from next to him: "Minato-sensei, are you thinking that he did it? That is impossible! I've seen the corpse, and in order to cause such a wound, not only it requires Cloud-Style Kenjutsu, but also huge strength. This guy should not have such strength."
Minato said: "No, he has."
When Kanpū followed Minato into the rear of Iwagakure's territory, although he didn't show it deliberately, how could someone as sharp as Minato fail to notice it?
Upon hearing this, Kakashi looked at Kanpū in surprise: "Are you… very strong?"
"Generally average, third in the Shinobi World." Kanpū said modestly.
Kakashi rolled his eyes, turned his head and said to Minato: "Even if he is strong, but when the screams sound, isn't this guy stayed in the camp?"
"Kanpū is a Kekkei Genkai Shinobi. His Transparent Release can make him invisible, and ordinary Sensor Ninjutsu can't detect it! When the Sunagakure's Shinobi found the corpse, it must be very chaotic outside, and Kanpū can use Transparent Release to escape from the crime scene perfectly." Minato said.
"That..."
Kakashi seems to be in a period of rebelliousness. No matter what Minato said, he has to argue with a few words, "How could he know Cloud-Style Kenjutsu Flame Slash?"
Minato nodded: "This is what I also don't understand."
After the two finished speaking, they turned their heads and looked at Kanpū simultaneously.
Kanpū feels that he could rescue himself, but in front of him is Minato, and regardless of he managed to rescue himself or not, if Minato is disgusted with his actions, his previous efforts will be wasted, and he will definitely not be able to enter Minato's Hokage Guard Platoon in the future.
'In this case, I had to 'confess' to get more leniency.'
Kanpū converted the dynamic vision talent into the benevolent eyes talent, and then said: "You may not believe it, but when I was at Anbu, my first mission was to guard the Konoha Prison. Back then, an accident happened, and two Kumogakure's Shinobi broke the Chakra seal somehow and attacked me."
"The Kumogakure's Shinobi attacked you with Flame Slash?"
Minato asked, he had a vague impression of this, but he only knew that two prisoners had unlocked the Chakra seal, and the specific details were not clear.
Kanpū nodded.
"Then you learned it?" Kakashi raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes were full of 'you sure can brag'.
Kanpū continued to nod.
Minato was in shock, 'If this is true, then Kanpū's talent in Kenjutsu is too terrifying right?'
Then he asked again: "Then why did you kill that Sunagakure's Shinobi named Mukade."
"It was a self-defense."
Kanpū said righteously, "It was Mukade who led me outside the camp, and then attacked me, because of the circumstances, I had no choice but to fight back!"
"Well… it doesn't sound credible at all." Kakashi shrugged and said.
Kanpū is depressed when he saw this, 'Which side is this guy standing on?'
Helpless, Kanpū had no choice but to sincerely explain with a face full of sincerity: "At the late stage of the war against Sunagakure a few months ago, my close combat unit fought against Sunagakure's Puppet Brigade many times. At that time, I assassinated many Puppet Master with Transparent Release. Minato-sama should know about this."
Minato nodded in agreement. It is precisely because Kanpū killed too many Shinobi from the Puppet Brigade that Sunagakure sent Pakura to target Kanpū, and Kanpū was finally sent by Orochimaru to the Land of Rain.
After that, Kanpū followed Danzō to perform the mission, and later, Minato came to Land of Rain.
"In other words, Mukade is from the Puppet Brigade? He saw you and remembered his companions you assassinated, so he just…"
Kakashi touched the chin and said, "So that's how it is, that makes sense."
As he said that, he patted Kanpū's shoulder and gave a thumbs up, "Good job!"
Minato sighed: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen, it's my fault."
When Minato chose Kanpū as an entourage, he was only thinking about Kanpū's resourcefulness, but ignored what Kanpū once did in the Sunagakure Battlefield. That's why he is now targeted by the Puppet Brigade's members, but after thinking about it…
Minato turned his attention to Kakashi again. Speaking of which Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo, was on the Sunagakure Battlefield too in the Second Shinobi World War, stepping on countless Sunagakure's Shinobi's corpses, forcibly obtained the title of Konoha's White Fang after killing a lot of Sunagakure's Shinobi.
'If Sunagakure's Shinobi knows that Kakashi's father is Konoha's White Fang, not only Puppet Brigade's members, I'm afraid all Sunagakure's Shinobi in this camp will target Kakashi.'
Minato wanted to facepalm at this moment: 'What stupid things have I done?'
"Minato-sama, I'm sorry, it's mostly my fault!"
Kanpū doesn't know what Minato was thinking, but he insisted on the principle of admitting his mistakes, standing upright when beaten, having a correct attitude, and carry all the responsibilities by himself.
Minato sighed deeply and said: "Kazekage-dono has determined that Mukade was killed by Kumogakure's Shinobi, so this is the end of this matter! But Kanpū, don't leave this house in the next few days."
"I understand, I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Kanpū apologized, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart,
"How pitiful." Kakashi chuckled happily.
"Kakashi, especially you!"
Minato turned his head and looked at him with a serious expression, "You also need stay here too, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to leave this house!"
"I am implicated because of you."
With helplessness in his eyes, Kakashi tilted his head and rolled his eyes towards Kanpū.
'Why are you blaming me?'
Kanpū rolled his eyes back at him.
...
The next day, Minato was invited by Rasa early in the morning to discuss the alliance.
Kakashi walked around the room, feeling bored, and finally walked to the ceiling and crossed his hands near his chest.
Kanpū wanted to go to sleep, but it is a pity that Kakashi hangs upside down from the ceiling and kept looking at him, so Kanpū really couldn't sleep!
After thinking about it for a while, Kanpū got up and shouted at the door, calling Yashamaru, who is next door.
"Excuse me, what do you need?" Although Yashamaru is an Anbu, this guy is a Medical-nin, so when the war is not tense, he is quite free.
Kanpū smiled and invited Yashamaru in, and then asked: "Yashamaru-san, we are really bored here, can you please tell us about the Land of Wind's local customs, legends and unofficial history, etc., to relieve our boredom?"
Kanpū is naturally not interested in Land of Wind's local customs, legends and unofficial history. His real goal is the ancient kingdom of Rōran!
After finally slaughtering Mukade, then, shouldn't the Ryūmyaku from the ancient kingdom of Rōran fall into his hands?
But Kanpū still doesn't know the specific location of the ancient kingdom of Rōran, which is not okay.
Faced with Kanpū's request, Yashamaru pondered for a while, nodded and agreed, and then sat there and told Kanpū about the Land of Wind's desert cultures. No matter what Yashamaru said, Kanpū said he was very interested and asked Yashamaru to give him the location. Unconsciously, a long time passed, and in the evening, Yashamaru finally mentioned the ancient kingdom of Rōran!
"Ancient kingdom of Rōran?"
Kanpū pretended to be calm and asked, "It looks very mysterious, Yashamaru-san, please tell me about this kingdom."
Yashamaru said: "It is said to be a kingdom, but it is actually just a city located in the depths of the desert. Because of the poor roads, they have very little communication with the outside world. However, this kingdom is indeed very interesting. The ruler is a woman who calls herself a queen."
"Queen? It sounds very exciting…"
Kanpū's eyes brightened, and he still showed interest in what Yashamaru said, so Yashamaru told him about some legends of the ancient kingdom of Rōran. Then, as before, he smiled and said, "Yashamaru, if we really form an alliance, I would really like to go there and have a look. Can you tell me the specific location of this kingdom?"
'Sure enough, it's the same again.'
Yashamaru's mouth twitched slightly: 'You have said this sentence from the beginning to end. If you really want to go anywhere, you might as well join our Sunagakure directly…'
"You can't…?" Kanpū looked down, and under the influence of the benevolent eyes, Yashamaru suddenly felt a torture of conscience.
"If you really want to go…"
Yashamaru sighed weakly and said, "I'll tell you…"