The next day, early morning.
The first thing Sarutobi Hiruzen did when he came to the Hokage building was to quickly ask the Anbu... Did the Whitebeard Pirates leave Konohagakure?
Soon, the Anbu ninja gave him, the Third Hokage, a good news and a not-so-good news.
The good news is that the Whitebeard Pirates have indeed left Konohagakure.
They left this morning.
All the survivors of the Uchiha clan also left with them.
As for the Uchiha clan leaving with the Whitebeard Pirates, Sarutobi Hiruzen had expected it a long time ago. After all, several core figures of the Uchiha clan are Whitebeard's children. Where else can the Uchiha clan go besides following Whitebeard?
After all, they also don't trust the village.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't have much reaction after he heard this.
After all, he couldn't stop the Uchiha clan from leaving Konohagakure.
Unless using forceful means.
But if they use forceful means to stop them, what's the difference from fighting with the Whitebeard Pirates?
Sarutobi Hiruzen is a bit cowardly.
He dares not to do it.
But this is not the bad news in the mouth of the Anbu ninja, at least in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, this is not bad news.
"So... what is the bad news?" Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned, and he questioned the Anbu ninja in front of him.
The Anbu ninja told him what he knew: "Hokage-sama... Half an hour before the Whitebeard Pirates left Konohagakure, they forcibly broke into the largest bank in Konohagakure."
"They... took all the cash and gold stored in the Konohagakure bank. The few ninjas guarding the bank dared not resist and had no ability to resist."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "???"
"WHAT?!!" Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes widened, and the volume of his voice rose several degrees, "Whitebeard's pirate crew robbed Konohagakure's bank before they left?"
"Yes." The Anbu ninja said quietly, "Their actions were very swift, by the time we Anbu had not reacted... they had already left with the stolen money."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."
He just remembered, the other party is a group of desperate pirates!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face turned somewhat green.
The good news that brought him a bit of joy before, at this moment, has completely disappeared.
He couldn't help but hurriedly ask, "Loss... how much money was lost?"
You know, the funds that the Land of Fire Daimyo allocates to Konohagakure every month are all stored in Konohagakure's bank!
The most critical point is that at least eighty percent of the Sarutobi clan's liquid assets are also stored in Konohagakure's bank!
Under these circumstances...
How could Sarutobi Hiruzen not be anxious?
How could his face not turn green?
The Anbu ninja quickly answered, "According to the rough statistics of the people at Konohagakure's bank, the amount of paper money stolen is about 700 million ryo, and the value of the gold stolen is about 300 million ryo."
"...Hokage-sama? What's wrong with you?" The eyes under the Anbu ninja's mask suddenly widened.
Because he saw that the Third Hokage in front of him was completely stunned.
He also saw that the Third Hokage's body was somewhat staggering.
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not answer him.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was a bit dizzy from the "bad news" that the Anbu ninja said.
"Hokage-sama..." At this time, the Anbu ninja added, "According to the description of the witnesses, Whitebeard also said a sentence at that time - Konohagakure should prepare more treasures here next time, why one of five major ninja village only have a few hundred million ryo and a little ryo?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes went black on the spot, and he fell to the ground in anger.
The dentures in his mouth fell to the ground, and coincidentally, his only remaining front tooth was also knocked out.
"Hokage-sama!"
The Anbu ninja was suddenly startled.
He hurriedly ran over to help.
"Medical team!!!"
...
"...It hurts, it's dizzy. What's wrong with me? Did I just faint?" Iruka struggled to open his eyes, and found that the back of his neck was aching.
The feeling he got... was as if someone had used a thick wooden stick to hit the back of his neck hard.
Hmm?
Wait!
Something's wrong!
Where is this?
Iruka struggled to open his eyes, and suddenly widened a few points.
The scenery he saw in front of him had nothing to do with his familiar home.
Looking around, there was a forest in front of him, it was obviously a wilderness.
Iruka also saw a group of people in front of him, most of them were very short people, they all looked like children.
Of course, there were also many adults.
The clan emblem on their clothes was somewhat familiar, isn't this the Uchiha clan's emblem?
Iruka wanted to move a bit, but found that his hands and feet could not move, as if they were bound by something.
Iruka's expression changed drastically.
He tried hard to struggle, and at the same time looked down at his body.
"Rope?"
"Don't waste your effort, this is a steel rope as thick as a finger. My Shikotsumyaku can't break it, let alone a common ninja like you." A flat voice sounded from beside Iruka.
Iruka hurriedly turned his head to look... and found a child of not great age, who was tied up with a rope just like him.
"What is this?" Iruka looked around, he found that he and this child were actually trapped in a prison cart!
No wonder he felt some bumps, it turned out that the prison cart was being pulled.
Hmm?
Being pulled?
Iruka's gaze followed the two chains connecting the prison cart and looked in one direction.
He saw a familiar figure appear in front of him.
At this point, if he still doesn't know what situation he is in, he might as well dig out his brain and feed it to the pigs.
"Naruto!" Iruka couldn't help exclaiming: "You tied me up? You kidnapped me?!"
The familiar figure in front of him, it turned out to be Naruto who used the prison car as today's special training project!
Naruto looked back at him, showing a sunny smile: "Iruka-sensei, are you awake? You've been 'sleeping' from last night until now, you've 'slept' for more than ten hours."
"I told Karin to be lighter, but she accidentally used too much force, which made you sleep for so long."
Iruka's face couldn't hold back instantly: "And Karin?"
"I'm sorry, Iruka-sensei." Karin's voice came from the left side of the prison car: "After all, the teacher is a Chunin, so I used a bit more force."
"...And, who else was involved?" Iruka asked a question with a twitching corner of his mouth.
Karin answered: "And Sasuke and Haku!"
Iruka: "..."
Iruka, who was paralyzed in the prison car, was a bit at a loss, and even more desolate.
"So... we have already left Konohagakure?" Iruka's face was complex.
"That's right!" Naruto responded: "I think we can't do without Iruka-sensei, after all, Pops said that pirates also need to have some culture, otherwise they won't have enough ability to be a team captain."
"So..." Naruto said: "We just came to tie up Iruka-sensei!"
This reason is too reasonable, making Iruka unable to find a rebuttal.
It made Iruka want to cry without tears.
But do you need such a violent method to tie yourself up?
He thinks that if Karin uses a little more force.
I'm afraid his neck will be broken by Karin!
"That..." Iruka tried hard to calm his ups and downs, and then hurriedly whispered: "Naruto, can you let me down and let me walk by myself?"
Iruka doesn't want to get on the ship.
And he doesn't want to be a pirate!
He's a good ninja school teacher.
How come he was suddenly tied up?
Iruka was thinking about how he could run back to Konohagakure village?
"No way!" Karin on the side answered for Naruto: "Iruka-sensei, do you want to run?"
Iruka's expression changed, he quickly coughed twice: "No! Absolutely not!"
...
On the other side.
Haku asked Neji next to him: "Neji-kun, are you a little embarrassed?"
"...Indeed it does take a little mental building." Neji did not deny, he nodded with a complex gaze.
Neji left Konohagakure with Haku.
But he hasn't recognized Whitebeard as his father yet, and he hasn't officially joined the Whitebeard Pirates.
Neji looked forward.
In his Byakugan vision, he could see Whitebeard's tall figure.
This man can give people a huge sense of oppression.
Is this the man with the powerful strength to shatter destiny?
Neji knew that if he wanted to have the power to resist destiny, joining the Whitebeard Pirates was inevitable.
And, Neji thought, the Whitebeard Pirates are not the kind of extremely evil pirate group he imagined.
This is more like a harmonious family.
Everyone in the family has their own duties, there is no deception, no distinction between the main family and the branch family, and even more so, no "caged bird" curse mark.
Does Neji hate such an atmosphere?
No, he doesn't.
He is envious.
Neji is just a bit dazed... so a bird wanting to break out of its cage just needs to acknowledge Whitebeard as its father.
Just as Neji was secretly making a decision in his heart.
Suddenly, the voice of Whitebeard walking in front rang out, "Gurararararara, we have a little bug following us! You silly sons, in the absence of danger, can't your Observation Haki sense what's behind?"
Whitebeard grinned, "It seems that your Observation Haki still needs more practice!"
"Oh?" Kisame, who was carrying the large sword Samehada, looked back, "That is..."
Kisame's eyes narrowed, he saw a sneaky figure hiding behind a tree not far away.
The reason he could see the other party was because the other party didn't notice that one of her hands had already been exposed.
"Interesting, it's a little brat I've never seen before, did she follow from Konohagakure?" Kisame was interested, "I'll go catch her!"
Kisame's figure disappeared in an instant, and when he appeared again, he was already behind Yamanaka Ino.
Kisame could hear the little devil in front of him letting out a sigh of relief, "Phew... luckily, I thought I was discovered."
Ino followed.
She, whose love brain was acting up, was fearless like a wild boar in heat.
She actually left the village alone, and secretly followed behind Whitebeard's pirate crew with a suitcase.
Ino didn't know why she could sneak out of Konohagakure.
All she remembered was that when Whitebeard's pirate crew left Konohagakure, the two Chunin guarding the gate suddenly fainted for some reason.
So, Ino took advantage of the great opportunity and ran out.
"Haku and the others are going far away..." Ino muttered in a low voice, "I need to catch up with them quickly."
This place is a wilderness, if she doesn't catch up with Whitebeard's pirate crew, Ino is still a bit scared.
Although Ino is also quite afraid of pirates, thinking about Haku being inside, she is not afraid.
However, the next second.
Ino found that she couldn't drag her suitcase.
Although there were a lot of things in the suitcase, which made it hard for her to drag it before, but it wasn't to the point where she couldn't drag it!
Ino was suddenly startled, and a few drops of cold sweat oozed from her fair forehead.
Her slowly moving gaze shifted downward, and she saw a shadow under her feet.
"Gulp!" Ino's throat surged, and she hurriedly looked back, and saw a shark face appearing in front of her.
"AAAAAAHHH!!!"
The scream echoed through the sky.
Reaching E6 note.
It lasted for a long time.
In the end, Kisame watched as the little kid's eyes rolled back and she fainted in front of him.
It seemed that she was frightened and fainted.
"Tsk tsk, do you want to follow Haku?" Kisame held Ino by the back of her collar, lifting her entire body up, "This clan emblem? Konohagakure's Yamanaka clan?"
He noticed the Yamanaka clan emblem embroidered on Ino's body.
After all, Kisame had stayed in Konohagakure for a while, and he had collected some information about each ninja clan in Konohagakure.
When Kisame, holding Ino in one hand and Ino's luggage in the other, walked out slowly.
Everyone just needed to look back, and they could see the unconscious Ino.
"Is this... that girl?" Neji frowned.
Ino left quite an impression on him.
During the third round of the Chunin exams, this girl was always shouting Haku's name behind him.
Neji didn't know why, but he didn't have a good impression of her.
Maybe it's because she's too loud.
"Eh? Ino?" Haku also recognized Ino, because during the time at the ninja school, Ino often stuck to him.
Just like a piece of chewing gum, no matter how hard you shake it, you can't shake it off.
Kisame came over, opened the iron gate of the prison car, and casually threw Ino in.
Then, Kisame explained to Haku: "I just heard that this little kid was muttering your name."
Haku was taken aback.
He immediately reacted, and he said helplessly: "I didn't expect that I have left Konohagakure, and I still can't shake her off?"
Haku looked at Ino's unconscious profile, and he shouted to Pops: "Pops! Can we keep her?"
Whitebeard glanced back, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Gurararararara! Stupid son, as long as they are people you are recognized, our Whitebeard Pirates can absorb them all! It depends on whether she is someone you are recognized."
Whitebeard gave the decision to Haku, which is also a training for these stupid sons and daughters to stand alone.
Haku was thoughtful when he heard Whitebeard's words.
Although he always felt that Ino was hard to shake off like a piece of chewing gum, he had to admire Ino's courage.
She dare to leave Konohagakure alone and quietly catch up with the Whitebeard Pirates, Ino is too "persistent", right?
Haku gave a bitter smile.
People in the ninja world generally mature early, he knew Ino's thoughts.
"If we leave her behind, she might die here, right?"
Haku muttered a sentence.
He felt that no matter whether he was interested in Ino or not, he couldn't let a girl's courage go to waste, after all, his character is like this.
So, there was one more person in the prison cart, a frightened Yamanaka Ino.
For the Whitebeard Pirates, anyway, there is one more mouth to feed.
Maybe one day Pops can have one more daughter!
It can only be said thanks to Konohagakure's "gold coin explosion".
...
At the same time.
Somewhere in the ninja world.
Puchi! The sharp blade easily beheaded a ninja, the huge head rose to the sky, and blood splashed upward.
The head fell to the ground and rolled several times, the face was frozen with horror and despair.
Biwa Juzo shook his wrist, and the blood on Kubikiribōchō was shaken off.
He turned his head to look at Uchiha Itachi next to him, and praised: "It's a powerful Genjutsu, as expected of the famous Sharingan!"
"When I was in the Land of Water, I also saw two ninjas with Sharingan, one was Uchiha Shisui, and the other was Hatake Kakashi."
Biwa Juzo "tsk tsk" said: "They are the same as you, they are all ninjas of Konohagakure!"
Uchiha Itachi didn't make a sound.
He silently took out a scroll, squatted down and sealed the head on the ground in the scroll.
When he stood up again, Itachi spoke with a blank expression: "The mission to hunt down the A-level rebel 'Tsuchiyo' of Iwagakure Village has been completed, we should go back to report to the leader."
He looks like a ruthless task machine, during the time he joined the Akatsuki organization, he was either performing tasks or performing tasks.
"You are so boring!" Biwa Juzo stepped on the headless corpse under his feet, squinting his eyes and looking at Uchiha Itachi: "I always feel you are weird being a partner with you, I can only talk a few words a day."
Itachi was slightly shocked in his heart, was he too silent and suspected by the other party?
Itachi, who had never been an undercover agent, immediately realized that his behavior was not quite right.
After he put away the scroll, his expression was unchanged: "What do you want to ask? It's best to make a long story short."
Itachi only wanted to complete all the tasks assigned to him by the organization.
And then find an opportunity to go back to Konohagakure to find Sasuke.
Because, he received a message, his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke, recognized Whitebeard as his father!
It was the leader of the Akatsuki organization who actively told him this information, Itachi didn't know how the other party got this information.
The leader might want to use "I know you have a younger brother in Konohagakure" to hold onto Uchiha Itachi.
Itachi mainly didn't expect Sasuke to actually join the Whitebeard Pirates!
This is completely different from what he expected, and it is also different from the fate he arranged for Sasuke.
In Itachi's mind, Sasuke needs to go step by step according to his own ideas, so that he can revitalize Uchiha!
But Sasuke is contrary to his own ideas.
Itachi doesn't like the feeling of things being out of his control, he thinks Sasuke made a wrong decision.
He needs to find an opportunity to return to Sasuke's side.
To correct Sasuke's behavior.
He also knows that it's not good to impose his own ideas on others, but... this is the destiny of Uchiha!
If Sasuke feels family affection in the Whitebeard Pirates.
Will he still hate his brother?
Does Sasuke still have the motivation to become stronger?
Itachi believes that he has always loved Sasuke deeply, everything he does is for Sasuke's sake, and it is for Sasuke's good.
His idea is not wrong.
The various thoughts that flashed through Itachi's mind were finally interrupted by a sentence from Biwa Juzo: "Ha, you finally willing to talk with me?"
"As for what to talk about..." Biwa Juzo grinned: "Why not, let's talk about why join the Akatsuki organization?"
Itachi: "!!!"
For a moment, Itachi suspected whether his identity was exposed?
But Biwa Juzo's tone is also very relaxed, just like normal talking.
Itachi was a little wary in his heart.
If the other party suddenly makes a move, he will immediately use Tsukuyomi!
"When my life is quite confused, the Akatsuki organization suddenly appeared. Everything went smoothly and naturally joined." Itachi's answer was ambiguous, he did not tell the truth.
"Ha, then I'm different from you." Biwa Juzo carried Kubikiribōchō, he said: "I lost interest in this ninja world, just so, the philosophy of the Akatsuki organization makes me feel a bit interesting."
Biwa Juzo also did not tell the truth.
Itachi is for Konohagakure Village, undercover in the Akatsuki organization.
and Biwa Juzo is for Kirigakure Village, undercover in the Akatsuki organization.
...
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