The Hokage building, in the office of the Hokage.
Since the incident of Kirito's assassination, in less than a few minutes since it happened, the incident reached Sandaime's ears.
Sandaime immediately ordered the ANBU to investigate.
"Has the matter been investigated clearly?"
An hour later, Sandaime inquired to the ANBU in front of him with a serious expression.
He had only just withdrawn all the ANBU who had been watching and protecting Kirito today, and for this to happen, it was a slap in his face.
If he wasn't able to find out the truth as soon as possible and bring out the mole, he was afraid that it would be difficult to give an explanation to Lord Mito.
"Ha, Yamanaka Jonin has already read the assassin's mind and found out that it was a mole within the Torture Department and the guardian team in the hospital, after the incident, those people have already fled in fear of their crimes ahead of time, and the ANBU division is organizing manpower to go after them."
The ANBU division immediately made a reply.
"Is that what Yamanaka Yun said, where is that assassin now?"
Sandaime sniffed, information about Yamanaka Yun flashing through his mind as he continued to ask.
"Ha, according to Yamanaka's Jonin's report, that assassin's brain was laid with a very secretive spell seal, and just as he tried to delve deeper with his mind-reading technique, the spell seal kicked in, and he himself suffered a considerable amount of injuries, and according to the autopsy report from the medical ninja directly under the dark division, the situation is true."
The ANBU replied, then presented a scroll with both hands.
Sandaime took the scroll and opened it up for a quick read before taking a puff and sighing, "Well done, those involved in the assassination must be recaptured as soon as possible, as alive as possible, go."
"Ha."
The ANBU obeyed the order and quickly made a seal, turning into white smoke and disappearing in place.
" Yamanaka Yun ..."
Sandaime continued to look at the report that could not find a single loophole on the scroll and muttered.
His understanding of Yamanaka Yun was quite deep, one of the most outstanding current ninja of the Yamanaka clan, because of his outstanding strength, he almost became the clan leader, but then for some unknown reason he voluntarily withdrew from the race for the clan leader and took the initiative to apply for a transfer to the front line to carry out a garrison mission.
Yamanaka Yun did this for ten years, he seldom came back to Konoha during this period, because of his outstanding sensory ability, he repeatedly caught enemy ninjas who wanted to infiltrate Konoha, which is considered to be a great achievement and has great prestige in the garrison.
It was precisely because he valued Yamanaka Yun's loyalty to Konoha as well as his outstanding sensory ability that he transferred him back to Konoha's main camp and entrusted him with the important role of captain of the Konoha Hospital Guard.
Over the years, Yamanaka Yun had always worked diligently and had never made a mistake, yet today was the only day that something went wrong.
Although he didn't quite believe that Yamanaka Yun would betray Konoha, after this incident today, he had to re-investigate Yamanaka Yun.
The hospital had always been one of the safest places in Konoha, and with the presence of a large number of important non-combatants, assassinations like today's could never happen again.
Yamanaka Yun was to blame for his dereliction of duty in this matter today, and must be punished and severely investigated.
"Come here."
Sandaime quickly made a decision and spoke.
In the next moment, an ANBU wearing a dog mask appeared in front of him.
"Pass on the order to remove Yamanaka Yun as the chief of guards at the hospital, investigate him in secret, and have Hyuga Shan assume the position of chief of guards on a temporary basis, furthermore, allocate a squad, no, just one person to monitor and protect Kirito again."
Sandaime ordered.
"Ha."
The ANBU immediately obeyed the order, and then made an Body Flicker Technique to leave.
Only when the ANBU left did the serious expression on Sandaime's face slowly disappear, followed by a small smile.
The reason why his mood had improved was because Kirito had surprised him too much.
The autopsy report pointed out that the assassin had the strength of a special Jonin, Kirito was safe and sound, and even used sealing jutsu to capture the assassin after he used Mystical Palm Technique to heal the other party's injuries, this display of strength really surprised and delighted him.
According to his judgment, in terms of overall strength, Kirito already has the strength of a Jonin, or at least a special Jonin.
In a young age, he has this kind of strength, when he grows up in the future, he will be able to be a proper Kage-level candidate.
Konoha is lucky to have such a genius.
"Such an outstanding Konoha bud must be protected, Kirito will be an important pillar of Konoha in the future."
Sandaime thought with relief.
But soon, the smile on his face disappeared and he began to frown.
He suddenly remembered his old classmate who had been imprisoned.
"I hope it won't be him ..."
Sandaime let out a long sigh, a few bleak moments showing on his face.
His people had told him that Root had recently become active again after being silenced for some time.
In fact, the Root Division had been secretly disbanded by him and had dispersed most of its personnel to various borders and battlefields.
After all, Danzo had already stepped down, and it would be a bit dangerous for him to take control of the Root Division, a group of threatening hawk faction ninjas.
However, according to his investigation, there was still a large portion of the list of Root Section personnel that had been destroyed ahead of time, and he, the Hokage, knew nothing about where the people on this list had gone or who they were.
The only person who could know the top of these lists now was Danzo.
Sandaime would like to use illusions and mind-reading techniques to force his old classmate to tell him the information on the list, but he can't help it that his old classmate's heart is ruthless enough to directly plant a spell seal on his own brain, and also set up the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing on his own body.
Once he dares to use force, with his old classmate's character, he will definitely choose to fight to the death.
"Danzo, you'd better not do anything dangerous again, otherwise, I'll make you regret it."
Sandaime quietly made up his mind.
For the sake of the village's safety, people like Danzo who disregarded the big picture and possessed great power in the village really couldn't be overly tolerated.
There was also a limit to his patience.
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Yamanaka clan territory.
Yamanaka Yun walked in the clan territory, he had a rare chance to go home early to rest today, the reason was that he was temporarily suspended from his duties, until a new order was issued, he would be given a period of rest, and the hospital guard duty would have to be carried out by someone else.
Yamanaka Yun had expected this outcome, he didn't feel anything wrong, the only thing that made him feel a bit upset were those little tails hiding in the shadows.
He was a sensory ninja with outstanding abilities, how could those ANBU hiding in the shadows and following him not be able to hide from him.
Although he felt unhappy, but he was now the object of suspicion, he had to endure, purely as if he could not see.
As usual, he greeted some acquaintances in the clan along the way, bought some more food halfway, chatted with some people with a smile and a laugh, and returned to his home.
"I'm back."
Yamanaka Yun returned home and said this to the empty home.
After saying that, a trace of loneliness appeared on his face, but he quickly re-disguised it.
He casually put the things he bought on the floor, then he went to the bedroom, sat down, picked up a photo frame on the nightstand, and looked at the photo of the blonde young woman with a cheerful smile on it and dazed, his eyes filled with love.
This daze lasted for over an hour.
"Rin, I will help you get your revenge, it's already close, and Danzo promised me that as soon as I get rid of that little brat, he'll tell me all about those real culprits who killed you back then."
Yamanaka Yun muttered, cold frost gradually spreading across his face.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the front door.
When Yamanaka Yun heard the commotion, he put down the photo fondly and reorganized his emotions and report, and moved to leave the bedroom.
When he left the bedroom, a white transparent Kirito slowly appeared in the air as he looked at the picture of the blonde young woman on top of the frame, a thoughtful expression on his face.