"As expected of a genius Puppet Master!"
On the vast and boundless sea, an afterimage rides the wind and waves, as if scissors cut the sea surface, drawing a huge white pattern, rippling to both sides.
Orochimaru is standing on the back of human puppet, Kagero, at a speed of 100 km/h. The oncoming wind in front of him, water splashed everywhere, and he looked so free.
He looked down at the masterpiece Sasori made with appreciation in his eyes.
The puppet Kagero is half-floating on the surface of the sea, and the joints of its limbs were immersed in the seawater and spun wildly, setting off a huge reverse thrust, enabling it to move quickly on the surface of the sea.
Orochimaru turned his head and looked behind him. Sasori was flying in the air like a kite, and a faintly discernible rope was tied between him and the puppet Kagero.
And Sasori is also using this rope to continuously pour Chakra into the puppet Kagero as the fuel!
'It's really a genius idea!'
The corner of Orochimaru's mouth showed a smile.
'In this way, we can completely get rid of the people who are following us.'
'But it's not over yet.'
Orochimaru sneered: 'Gekko Kanpū, I will wait for you at Ryuchi Cave, hehehe!
...
At the same time, Kanpū's group of three, who lost the trail of Orochimaru and Sasori, brace themselves and sailed forward for a long time, but the sea is so vast here, so how can they find Orochimaru and Sasori?
Helpless, they had no choice but to wait for the information from the shadow clone.
Unfortunately, two days later, after their shadow clones arrived to the dock on the other side of the Land of Tea, they searched for a while, but they found nothing.
After receiving the memory of the shadow clones, three people look at each other depressedly.
Kanpū coughed dryly, and found a way out for himself: "Well, he is the legendary Sannin at any rate. It is normal not to be able to catch him."
"Hey, you are the one who stubbornly said before that Orochimaru and Sasori would cross the Land of Tea on land." Kakashi gave him a sideways look, deliberately annoying him.
Hearing this, Kanpū was furious: "It's not like we find anything in your way."
"At least my direction is correct." Kakashi spread his hands, with the look that say 'I just handsome, I'm pretty, I'm born beautiful, I can't even do anything about it, what can I do, I'm also desperate'.
Kanpū is so angry that he almost crushed his own teeth, 'You will get my revenge sooner or later!'
"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Shisui persuaded from the side.
After the three finished quarrelling, they turn around and return home.
Under Shisui's Genjutsu, the six sailors they hire were not affected by the 'ghost ship' incident, and they took them back to the Land of Rivers safely.
When the three people left, the Genjutsu effect disappeared, and the six sailors immediately recalled the ghost ship. The fear in their hearts suddenly sparked into huge flame, and almost drove them crazy. It didn't take long for a new legend about ghost ship to appear and spread along the coast of the Land of Rivers!
Eight days later, Kanpū's group of three returned to Konoha and rushed to Hokage Tower to report to Minato.
At the door of Hokage's Office, Kanpū saw Kinoe.
Speaking of which, since he practiced in seclusion before, his shadow clone has replaced him in Anbu to sign in, so he never came to meet Minato, so this is the first time he saw Kinoe.
"Is this brat a newly added bodyguard?" Kanpū looked up and down at Kinoe, who was in his early ten years, and felt him a little familiar, especially the face helmet on his face, coupled with those huge black pupils, and then, a name flashed through his mind like thunder.
'Tenzo!!'
'Wood Release!!!'
'I, I, I… No, I am a principled person. I'm going to collect Sharingan, Byakugan, Sensor Ninjutsu, Senjutsu, Biju's Chakra, I don't want Wood Release… I'm a handsome man who can withstand temptation!!'
Kanpū silently took out his small notebook and wrote md. (T/N: In Chinese, Wood Release is Mù dùn.)
"My name is Kinoe, I am a member of Hokage Guard Platoon who recently joined. Please take care of me."
Kinoe bowed politely, then pushed the door open, and invited the three of them in respectfully, "Please come in."
After entering the office, they saw Minato is sitting at the desk, bathed in the sunlight outside the window, correcting the paperwork.
"Hokage-sama, we are back." The three knelt on one knee.
"Get up."
Minato put down the pen in his hand, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, it failed."
Although Minato had never fought against Orochimaru, since he is as famous as his teacher, Jiraiya, he estimated that he wouldn't be caught by Kanpū's group of three easily.
However, it doesn't matter if they can't catch him. After all, this mission was meant to give these three experiences.
"Sorry, Hokage-sama, I have let you down." Kanpū said with a look of guilt, and silently praised his acting skills in his heart.
"Hokage-sama, there is an important piece of information!"
Shisui said, "When we were tracking Orochimaru, we found that Sasori of the Red Sand has been with him."
"Sunagakure's S-Rank Missing-nin, Sasori of the Red Sand…"
Minato's brows wrinkle slightly, 'S-Rank Missing-nins from two Great Shinobi Villages is together? Is there any conspiracy?'
"Do you know the reason why they are together?" Minato asked.
Shisui shook his head, Kakashi shook his head, and Kanpū also wanted to shake his head, but he couldn't help Minato if he shook his head, so he deliberately showed a curious expression, and guessed: "Hokage-sama, Orochimaru and Sasori are both powerful and S-Rank Missing-nin. Could it be that they form an alliance to fight against the pursuit of Great Shinobi Villages?"
"Alliance?" Minato was startled.
Kakashi, who is next to him, frowned, and started complaining, "Impossible! Missing-nin are either cruel or rebellious. Three or five Missing-nins are bound to kill each other when they see each other, how can they form an alliance?"
Kanpū curled his mouth and said without thinking: "What if there is an SS-Rank Missing-nin suppressing them?"
"Shinobi World's highest Missing-nin rank is S, where did you get that SS?" Kakashi continued to complain.
Minato lowered his head, and a thoughtful look flashed in his blue pupils.
At first, he felt that Kakashi was right, as it is impossible for Missing-nin to coexist peacefully and form an alliance.
But after a while, he felt that what Kanpū said was reasonable. As long as there is a strong leader, that leader can forcefully suppress the other Missing-nin and make them obedient.
A few figures then appeared on Minato's mind. Obito, the mysterious Shinobi who saved Obito in the Land of Grass's underground, Orochimaru, Sasori of the Red Sand, Kirigakure's Missing-nin, Yuki Aoi, the Abyss…
He then shook his head, emptying his thoughts, and then said with a smile: "Well, Kanpū, Kakashi, don't argue, Anbu has a department responsible for collecting information, and I will ask them to pay special attention to this matter later. You should go back and rest for two days."
"Yes!"
The three people responded, and then exited Hokage's Office.
Kinoe stood outside the door, practicing hand seals with both hands. Seeing them coming out, he hurriedly lowered his hands, like a child who was caught stealing candy.
Kakashi glanced at him, then walked around him and left. Shisui smiled at him and walked around him too. And Kanpū… didn't leave.
He came to Kinoe, deactivated his Transparent Release, and lit up the kind eyes and benevolent eyebrows.
(｀・ω・´)
"Your name is Kinoe, right?" Kanpū asked with a smile.
Kinoe was startled, and suddenly realized that the Senior in front of him looks so kind, making him feel comfortable from the bottom of his heart!
He hastily nodded: "Yes, my name is Kinoe, hello Senpai."
"My name is Gekko Kanpū."
Kanpū smiled softly, and Kinoe seemed to be dazzled by the sunlight in his eyes. He then deliberately asked, "Your name is so strange, is it a code name?"
Kinoe nodded slightly: "It's the code name given to me by my instructor."
"What about your real name?" Kanpū asked.
Kinoe shook his head: "Senpai, I only have a code name, no other name."
"How can we do that!"
Kanpū's face turned serious, and he said righteously, "Everyone must have a name! That's right, I will pick one for you, um… how about Tenzo?"