Chapter 279 Sarutobi's Secret Actions
No one knows for the time being that Uchiha Itachi uses his shadow clone to study. The Uchiha clan has more things to do, and the clan leader Fugaku is also very busy. Mikoto has to take care of housework and Sasuke, and in her eyes, Uchiha Itachi is very sensible and almost does not need his parents to worry about him.
After learning to be low-key and patient, Uchiha Itachi's performance in the class is just the normal first place. After the ninja school strengthens education, every class of students will have a first place in the grade. Some people's performance is not worse than Uchiha Itachi, and after all, Itachi is the son of the Uchiha clan leader, so the first place in the grade is not amazing.
During the class time of the ninja school, Uchiha Itachi came to a remote forest outside the village. The consequence of the increase in Konoha's tasks is that there are not enough people. More than half of the Anbu directly under the Hokage were sent out by Rope Tree to perform tasks at the border or enemy countries. Those
who stayed in the village were also stationed in various important departments, so they were much more relaxed about other aspects; but Rope Tree generally did not leave the village, and he also practiced the Wet Bone Forest Immortal Technique and Perception Ninjutsu, so his safety was guaranteed.
After Uchiha Itachi arrived, a man jumped down from the tree and said to Uchiha Itachi: "Itachi, you just need to practice well in the future. The ninjutsu you control now is far beyond people of this age. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are the most outstanding genius of Uchiha.
But you have to find your own fighting style next, which means you need a lot of fighting and don't put down your Sharingan. I can't help you with this. I'm really sorry, Itachi."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke said to Uchiha Itachi. After teaching Uchiha Itachi for a while, he knew why his father valued this genius so much. The difficulty level of ninjutsu seemed to be the same for Uchiha Itachi. The factors that restrict his strength now should be chakra and experience.
Moreover, after being secretly taken to the Nara clan by his father and told Uchiha Itachi, Pig, Deer and Chou clans about the miserable situation, Uchiha Itachi empathized and opened his Sharingan, which has now evolved to two magatama.
"It has nothing to do with Mr. Shinnosuke. The help you and the Third Hokage have given me is enough. I am really grateful."
Uchiha Itachi bowed and said. The Third Hokage contributed greatly to his rapid progress in the practice of Fire Release. He would remember this in his heart.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke pretended to hesitate and said, "Itachi-kun, in fact, the Sarutobi clan has a way to take you away from Konoha, but only on Saturdays and Sundays. Father misses you very much, and Minato-kun."
"Can it? It's completely fine at home. Father and mother won't care about me."
Uchiha Itachi said quickly. There happened to be a test in two days. He controlled some of the written test scores, and then used the shadow clone to review at home on Saturdays and Sundays. No one would notice him.
He didn't like his father's theory, and he hated his parents using Sasuke as a helper to make friends and build relationships, but no one would care about his words; only the Third Hokage and Sarutobi Shinnosuke Jonin were willing to treat him as a peer, and taught him ninjutsu and various skills.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke said, "In that case, let's gather here on Saturday morning, Itachi-kun."
"Yes, Shinnosuke-sensei."
After Uchiha Itachi answered, the two began today's training, now focusing on fighting and sparring; Sarutobi Shinnosuke is also an elite among the jonin, with no flaws in his ninjutsu, so it's no problem for him to serve as a sparring partner for Uchiha Itachi.
"Four Purple Flame Formation!"
The eight members of the Sealing Class worked together to create a sealing space of about 100 meters, directly sealing Hanzo and a group of Konoha ninjas inside; this Four Purple Flame Formation is very tough, and even Hanzo can hardly destroy it for a while.
"What do you mean by this!?"
Hanzo's face darkened, and the three subordinates around him instantly surrounded him. Konoha's action was full of malice, and he couldn't help but ask loudly: "I have told the Hokage of your village about this visit before."
"We know, Mr. Hanzo, but Danzo was a high-ranking official of Konoha before. He has many secrets of Konoha in his head. This matter is of great importance, so I hope you can surrender on your own initiative and go with us to Konoha's interrogation class to confirm that you have not explored Danzo's brain, and the reward will naturally be offered."
One of the six Anbu accompanying Konoha spoke, and then he slowly took off his mask, revealing his original face.
"Konoha White Fang?"
After hearing his words, Hanzo saw the people behind Konoha White Fang, and his heart was immediately filled with anger and said: "Is Konoha doing this to go to war with the Rain Ninja? No country will trust Konoha anymore!" The man
with white hair and only a Sharingan should be Konoha White Fang's son Hatake Kakashi, and there is also an Uchiha clan member who is about the same age as Hatake Kakashi, who should be Shisui who can blink, as well as the Byakugan and the faintly flying swarm of insects.
The most troublesome one is Konoha White Fang. Hanzo had seen Konoha White Fang on the battlefield of the Rain Country. In terms of strength and character, Konoha White Fang was much stronger than the three ninjas at that time. Now he is very old.
Hatake Sakumo drew out a short knife that flashed with white light, and said calmly: "Please surrender, Mr. Hanzo, in this way you may still survive and take the bounty."
There will be consequences for doing this, but the impact is not great. No other country will know about it except the Rain Ninja Village. Even if it spreads, it's okay. Konoha has now almost rejected all other bounty missions from other countries.
There were too many tasks from the daimyo to complete, so how could they care about other small countries? Moreover, Hatake Sakumo had a much longer-term vision than Hanzo. He dared to come with a reward of 500 million taels, and he only brought a few people with him.
"Stop talking nonsense. I am a demigod in the ninja world. Surrender? Don't think I am afraid of Konoha!"
Hanzo shouted loudly, and then pushed his men aside, while he took out his weapons and took off the mask on his face.
However, the Konoha ninjas were not afraid of the poison of the salamander. Each of them brought an antidote, and the poison of the salamander was not a threat to them at all. Hanzo knew that this might be his last battle. His eyes were as sharp as a hunter's as he locked onto Konoha White Fang. In his opinion, among these people, only Konoha White Fang was the most threatening to him.
Whoosh.
Crack!
With two very slight sounds, Hanzo and Hatake Sakumo disappeared at the same time. Then there was a crisp sound of metal collision in the field, and then White Fang's short knife was seen to resist the sickle in Hanzo's hand.
"So fast, I almost couldn't see it clearly with my Sharingan. In terms of speed, these two people are not inferior to my fastest instant body technique at all, and even stronger."
Uchiha Shisui thought in surprise, but he immediately ordered: "Go!"
The fight in the Four Purple Flame Formation was about to break out, and the battlefield was quickly divided into two parts. However, after dealing with Hanzo's guards, Hanzo's situation was very uncomfortable.
Konoha had targeted defenses against Hanzo's instant body technique, fire escape and poison, so Hanzo's fate was doomed.
A few hours later, after the battle, the Four Purple Flame Formation was immediately lifted, and the medical ninjas who had been in place for a long time quickly stepped forward to be treated by others.
Even with advance preparations and several strong ninjas, casualties were still almost present, and even Hatake Sakumo was seriously injured.
However, they got Hanzo's body and the seal scroll that sealed Danzo's body. After a short rest, Hatake Sakumo and his group returned to Konoha. After
making a plan against Hanzo, Rope Tree knew that the Rain Village was finished, but Konoha was short of manpower and it was not easy to use troops against the Rain Ninjas; but Rope Tree was unwilling to waste this opportunity, so he went to find Kahn, his brother-in-law.
Usually, when he didn't ask him for help, Rope Tree would respectfully call him "Daimyo-sama", but he found that if he asked Kahn to do something, the success rate of calling him "brother-in-law" would be a little higher, especially calling himself "Uncle Yoko". Recently, Orochimaru
seemed to be very busy, and it could be seen from the funds consumed. Rope Tree probably guessed that Orochimaru was in Ryuchi Cave, but he signed a contract with the Wet Bone Forest, so he couldn't find Orochimaru.
Kahn was not stingy and directly gave Rope Tree 200 biochemical mechanical warriors, which were the mature type after cultivation; they had skin and appearance similar to those of living people, but they were outright killing machines.
With the military guarantee of biochemical mechanical warriors, plus the information about Rain Village obtained from Hanzo's head, Rope Tree was 80% sure to capture Rain Village.
After convening a meeting of the senior ninjas to tell this matter, Uchiha Fugaku overwhelmed everyone and grabbed the position of commander. At the same time, he also asked Uchiha Shisui from the Anbu to be his deputy.
Although he was a little younger, no one would question Uchiha Shisui's strength and qualifications.
The other ninja clans and senior ninjas more or less saw that Uchiha Fugaku wanted to give Shisui the opportunity to establish military exploits, but they had no choice. Who made the clan have no younger generation as outstanding as Uchiha Shisui, and no one would compete for it. The previous generation of ninjas might not be able to compete with Shisui.
After the discussion was finalized, Uchiha Fugaku led his men to prepare for departure. Before leaving, he reminded Mikoto to take care of the family affairs. After the rapid movement collision
late at night
, the pharmacist Nono was gasping for breath like a dehydrated fish, lying on Kahn's chest, and it took a long time for him to recover.
Afterwards, Kahn and Nono talked about the future plans. He confessed to Kushina about the relationship and the strengthening of the body; but Nono remained silent and stretched out his fingers to draw on Kahn's chest.
She knew more than Kushina, such as the hidden three-tailed Jinchuriki, which Kushina, the naive, didn't know.
But there was nothing she could do, because she fell in love with Kahn unknowingly.
Kahn chatted with Nono for a while, and when Nono fell asleep late at night, he left.
He was a little curious about what Orochimaru had researched in the past two years. After hearing from Nawaki that the Seven-tailed Jinchuriki of Takigakure had rioted some time ago, Kahn instantly guessed that this was Orochimaru's action.
If it was true, he would definitely blame Orochimaru after they met, asking why he didn't take the opportunity to pull out the tailed beasts when the tailed beasts were rioting. After
summoning a small snake and asking it to tell Ichikishimahime about the summoning, Kahn felt the summoning call from Ryuchi Cave within a few minutes.