At eight o'clock that evening, after Kanpū and Peppa changed shift, he rushed back to wild team's locker room on the third floor of Hokage Tower to change his clothes, put down the insect's child, and then left Hokage Tower.
On the way home, Kanpū feels something is not right as he walks.
It's pure intuition, and there is no basis for that.
Kanpū frowned and turned to enter a Ninja Tool's shop next to him, and while pretending to look at the kunai, he looked at the entrance of the shop from the corner of his eye, and at the same time, he formed hand seals with his hands to use Sensor Ninjutsu.
The sensory tentacles quickly spread outwards, and soon, thirteen vague human-shaped lines appeared in his mind, all of them are Genin.
Now that the situation in Konoha is tense, most of the Shinobi above Chunin in the village are basically dispatched, so the Shinobi who stay in the village are mostly Genin.
So here comes the question, there are only these 13 Genin within two kilometers, and checking on their location, the nearest one is 300 meters away from him, separated by two streets, so how could they monitor Kanpū?
'Is it an illusion?'
Kanpū frowned, and slowly put away his Sensor Ninjutsu.
Leaving the Ninja Tool's shop, Kanpū calmly continued to go home, but soon the uncomfortable feeling reappeared.
'It is definitely not an illusion, someone must be following me'!
'After being tempered on the battlefield, Kanpū is more willing to trust his instincts.'
'The stalker can escape my Sensor Ninjutsu, is he hiding underground?'
'Or is there any Secret Technique that can isolate Sensor Ninjutsu?'
Sensor Ninjutsu mastered by Kanpū is relatively rubbish, so even if there is any Secret Technique that can be isolated, it is not uncommon.
'However, who would try to follow me?'
'Also, I was followed as soon as I left Hokage Tower, so it was obvious that the other party has already knew about my whereabouts.'
'Root?'
'The one who can know my whereabouts, except for Anbu is Root.'
As the king of Konoha's blame, Kanpū's first suspect was obviously Danzō!
With a suspect, Kanpū quickly found out the truth with snakeskin reasoning: 'After so many days, Orochimaru must have found that the Body Revival Technique scroll I gave him was heavily watered, deleted, and faked! So as a good close friend of Orochimaru, Danzō couldn't help but stand up to enforce justice on behalf of the heaven, and destroy me on behalf of the Moon!'
'As long as I enter the no-man's land, the Root's Shinobi will definitely jump out, and then force me to either join Root or become closer with nature (death)!'
'No way!'
Without saying anything further, Kanpū turned around and walked back, and then hid in Hokage Tower.
'Hokage Tower is Anbu's territory, so you can't bear to do it here, right?'
Kanpū wandered around on the first floor, second floor, and third floor, and then accidentally find a secret room!
This room is located in the deepest part of the second floor of the Hokage Tower. There are two Anbu guarding the entrance. Before Kanpū could approach it, the two Anbu immediately cast their gazes at Kanpū and solemnly warned Kanpū to leave.
'What is in that room?'
'Why are there Anbu guarding it?'
'Is it the place where the Scroll of Seals is kept?'
Kanpū walked toward the rooftop while thinking about it, but at the stairs, the uncomfortable feeling reappeared!
'That Root's Shinobi actually entered the Hokage Tower?'
'So blatant?'
'Why didn't Anbu find them?'
'Or… it's not Root who is tracking me, but Anbu?'
Kanpū went up to the rooftop, and his thoughts revolved.
'If it is Anbu tracking, then what is their, no, Sandaime's purpose?'
'The Abyss?'
'Impossible, except for the Sunagakure Battlefield, the Abyss has not appeared in the last few months, and the only ones who know the Abyss are me and Sandaime. Others don't know, so even if they follow me, it will be useless.'
'Then, if the Abyss is ruled out, there is only one possibility left.'
'Sandaime already knows about my deal with Orochimaru!'
'Orochimaru... Could it be because of the heavily watered, deleted, and faked Body Revival Technique, he deliberately retaliates against me?'
The more Kanpū thought about it, the more likely he felt it was. Orochimaru said similar threats before the transaction, but he didn't expect that Orochimaru would do it after the transaction!
Kanpū was feeling helpless, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there's something wrong.
'If Sandaime already knew about my transaction with Orochimaru, shouldn't it be more than just tracking and monitoring?'
Moreover, the Body Revival Technique is very important to Orochimaru. If he actively exposes the details of the transaction in order to retaliate against me, it is too irrational and does not conform to Orochimaru's personality.'
After thinking about it for a long time, Kanpū still didn't understand the hidden meaning, but the only thing he was sure of was that he should be safe, so he jumped off the rooftop decisively and went straight home.
After arriving home, Kanpū took a bath and went straight to sleep.
With Anbu watching him, he didn't dare to take out the huge scroll. Otherwise, how would he explain the origin of the scroll?
What Kanpū didn't know was that in addition to him, Wild Cat and Peppa were also monitored by Anbu, but the latter didn't find out about it.
Three days passed in a flash.
In Hokage's Office.
Anbu Commander, Eagle carefully reported the surveillance situation to Hiruzen.
"So, all three of them are normal?" Hiruzen asked.
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Eagle said, "The three of them have always kept their distance from Orochimaru, and there's no suspicious behavior."
"I see." Hiruzen sighed in relief.
"Hokage-sama, since no abnormalities has been found, should we remove their surveillance?" Eagle asked.
Hiruzen nodded slightly: "Remove it."
"What about Orochimaru? Do we still need to monitor him?" Eagle asked.
Hiruzen hesitated, 'That's right, what about Orochimaru?'
'Anbu only monitored Wild Boar, Wild Cat and Husky for three days, and the surveillance was removed after it was seen that everything is normal. However, Orochimaru has been monitored for nearly a month and everything is normal. Should I continue to monitor it?'
'No matter what, Orochimaru is my own disciple!'
Hiruzen remembered of the old days, and his heart softened.
At this moment, Mountain Pig suddenly appeared: "Hokage-sama, Eagle-sama."
"Why are you here?" Eagle asked in doubt. After all, at this point in time, Mountain Pig should be watching Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru-sama took Anko to the mission hall to pick up a mission, so I took the time to come here."
Mountain Pig replied, then turned to look at Hiruzen, "Hokage-sama, Orochimaru-sama should be bringing his disciple, Anko to leave the village, do you want to stop him?"
Hiruzen fell silent for a while, then finally sighed and shook his head: "No need, remove the surveillance."
"Yes!"
Hawk and Mountain Pig nodded in response.
...
After picking up a random mission in the mission hall, Orochimaru brought the lively Anko straight to the entrance of the village.
With no obstacles along the way, Orochimaru realized that his plan had succeeded.
As people get older and their energy fades, any trivial matter will arouse their suspicion. The higher the authority, the more so, and Hiruzen is no exception!
So Orochimaru took advantage of this and gave a hint to Hiruzen through Danzō, and successfully transferred Hiruzen's attention from himself to Kanpū, Wild Boar, and Wild Cat!
According to Orochimaru's understanding of Hiruzen, before there is conclusive evidence, Hiruzen would definitely not act, and he must have dispatched Anbu to monitor Kanpū's group of three and look for evidence.
Except for Kanpū, the other two are naturally not suspicious. As for Kanpū, Orochimaru believed such a smart thief will not be found out. If this happens then, Hiruzen will find the innocence of Kanpū's group of three, and through their innocence, it will influence Hiruzen's view of himself!
It's complicated, but also very useful.
Orochimaru looked back at Konoha and smiled coldly: 'Sensei, you are really old.'