Chapter 530 The Truth

Coming out of the torture room, Lu Jiu first looked up at the still pale moon in the night sky, and then let out a long breath, as if to release all the pressure of these days.

Since the end of October, the burden on him has basically never stopped.

During the period, he experienced various ups and downs. Even he felt physically and mentally exhausted.

But, now is not the time to rest.

From Danzo, he has already got enough information, including the root plan at the beginning, and he also has a detailed understanding.

The relationship between the various camps in this secret wrestling has finally been smoothed out a little bit, so that it will not be like the blind man touching the elephant a few days ago, resulting in many unfavorable things that are not good for Konoha.

Next, maybe it is the time when I am really tired.

This turmoil is far from subsided.

"Mr. Lujiu!"

Lu Jiu was about to return to the Hokage Building with Anbu behind him, when suddenly a figure flashed in front of him.

is an Anbu ninja wearing a beige windbreaker, and holds the position of squad leader in Anbu.

The Anbu of this position, the ninja level, basically start as a special ninja.

He was the only one who rushed here, without leading his subordinates.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Jiu heard the panicked voice of this Anbu, and felt a little uneasy. Maybe something terrible happened in the village again?

"Master San-daime...he...he died in the line of duty!"

Anbu Ninja stammered out this sentence.

The air was suddenly quiet.

Shikajiu and the four Anbu behind him all had their eyes widened, and their pupils dilated violently, as if they had heard something absurd and bizarre, and they were shocked on the spot.

"What did you say? How could Hokage-sama..."

Shikajiu took a step forward, grasping Anbu's shoulders tightly with both hands, his eyes filled with horror.

"It's absolutely true."

The tone of Anbe Ninja also became sad and sad, and he lowered his head.

"Go back. Go back now!"

Lu Jiu's mind was blank, he almost instinctively made this decision, and his feet began to run in the direction of Hokage Building involuntarily, using all his strength.

Anbu's ninja took a full beat, but then he mustered all his strength to catch up with Shikajiu's footsteps.

In the Hokage Building, in a quiet room connected to the corridor, the surrounding space of the quiet room is occupied by the Anbu and controls it.

In the center of the quiet room, there are two figures standing.

Transferred to Koharu and Mito Menyan.

The two of them also stared at the corpse lying in front of them with unbelievable shock.

Three generations of Naruto Sarutobi Hiruza.

What killed him was a short knife.

Pierced the heart and died.

Besides, Asma sat there blankly, her eyes were empty, as if she had lost her soul, her head was lowered, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

boom!

The door of the quiet room was roughly pushed open.

Lu Jiu led Anbu and broke in directly.

Because it was an extraordinary period, the two advisors didn't care about these formalities.

"what happened?"

The first thing Lu Jiu said when he came in was to question.

"Come and see for yourself."

Sleep-turning Xiaochun made way for Lu Jiu to clearly see the dead body in front of him.

Lu Jiu's face was solemn, and he walked forward with heavy steps, until Ri Zhan's body was clearly in sight, and his body froze.

"When we came, the breath of Ri Zhan had already been cut off."

Mito Menyan made a timely comment.

Lu Jiu sullenly, without saying anything, continued to walk a few steps forward, squatted down, and carefully examined Ri Zhan's body.

Finally, he fixed his eyes on the dagger that pierced Hizan's heart, his eyes were horrified.

"This is... Kakashi's..."

what happened?

Why does Kakashi's White Fang Dagger appear here?

And it still pierced Hokage's heart?

Didn't Danzo say that Kakashi had 'died in the line of duty'?

Zanzhu Xiaochun stood up and said at this time: "No, that is not Kakashi's short sword. Although the style is similar, there are still slight differences. Kakashi is good at lightning escape. His short sword is sharper and narrower than this short sword in order to ensure the ability to charge forward, and the blade will be lighter and thinner."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Jiu locked on the short knife again, and found that it was indeed as Zhuanju Xiaochun said, the plane of the blade of this short knife should be slightly thicker, and the thickness of the blade should also be slightly thicker, which is convenient for slashing.

If this short knife is focused on slashing and is suitable for wind escape, then Kakashi's short knife is designed to adapt to thunder escape and facilitate dashing.

"Then this is..."

"Sakumo Hatake's short sword."

Ban Zhuan Xiaochun said this sentence with a gloomy expression.

She can't be wrong, the appearance of this knife, even after nearly twenty years, she will not forget it, but it is deeply imprinted in her mind.

"Hatake... Sakumo?"

This name is quite unfamiliar to today's new generation of ninjas.

Even a jounin like Shikajiu, the first time he heard this name, he had to think about it before he remembered who it was.

Kakashi's father.

Konoha's first white teeth.

For a ninja with a title, the name is generally much lower than the popularity of the nickname.

"That person has been dead for many years, right? Are you trying to say that he is not dead?"

Lu Jiu pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth, very reluctantly.

Konoha Baiga is a ninja of the same generation as the Sannin. When these people became famous in the ninja world, he may have been studying in a ninja school.

Back to bed, Xiaochun glanced at Asma who was beside her, sighed, and said, "This is suicide."

"suicide?"

Lu Jiu felt even more outrageous.

"Asma saw this with her own eyes, and there are no traces of fighting around. Suicide is more likely."

Turning to bed, Xiaochun said.

Lu Jiu frowned, still feeling a little weird.

"Then, why did Hokage-sama do this? Although it is inevitable to take the blame and resign, I believe that Hokage-sama's heart will not be so fragile."

Returning to sleep, Xiaochun and Mitomenyan exchanged glances, and from their mouths spit out the name of a person that Lu Jiu could not have expected:

"Hatake Kakashi."

"Are you... serious?"

After being taken aback, Lu Jiu narrowed his eyes and looked at the two consultants.

Mitomonyan was about to speak, as if he had sensed something, he turned around with Zhuanzhu Xiaochun and looked towards the door.

A figure stood there panting.

Judging from the tiredness on his face, he hasn't had a good rest for a long time.

"Ji Lai Ye?"

"Master Jiraiya?"

Lujiu and the others looked at Jiraiya who appeared at the door in surprise.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with surprised eyes, Zirai also had a strange face, gasping for breath, and said inexplicably: "Why are you looking at me like this? Didn't the old man suddenly call me back? Really, give me a little more time, and I can find Tsunade. So, why did the old man suddenly ask me to come back..."

Jiraiya's words suddenly froze.

The familiar figure on the ground came into view, causing his brain to go blank and stop functioning.

In the room, there are only two consultants, Lu Jiu, and Jiraiya.

After Hizan's body was restrained by Anbu, the four of them sat in this room without saying a word.

Finally, Jiraiya also broke the oppressive silence.

His fist slammed on the coffee table in front of him, making a loud noise.

I saw a ferocious expression on his face, his eyes were full of anger that was about to go berserk, and he couldn't hide the pain and annoyance. He immediately asked the two consultants: "Why didn't you inform me about such a big thing?"

He blamed and resented for their inaction.

Day was killed.

The mentor died.

died in front of himself.

This kind of thing is unacceptable even to Jilai.

Facing Jiraiya's anger, Zhuanju Koharu and Mito Menyan were speechless. After all, they were also implicated in this matter.

All previous actions were restricted by Danzo. Under the 24-hour monitoring of the roots, it is impossible to send information to the outside.

"Master Ziraiya, calm down first. Things have already happened, so let's think about what to do next."

Lu Jiu dissuaded him.

"How can I be calm about this kind of thing?"

Seeing that Jiraiya was still angry and unable to calm down, Shikaku still responded with a calm attitude: "If this continues, it will only make Konoha's situation worse. When this happened to Hokage-sama, everyone feels the same grief, but grief can't solve the problem."

"Damn it!"

Ji Lai also stood up, hit the wall with his fist directly, and immediately smashed a sunken pothole in front of him, as if he wanted to vent out the anger and sadness in his heart.

None of the three of Lu Jiu stopped Jiraiya from venting.

I think venting my inner boredom in this way is the best solution.

After Ziraiya finally calmed down, Lu Jiu slowly said: "Although the personnel of the Anbu and the security team can still be transferred, many functions of the village are currently at a standstill. Right now, the most important thing in the village is to make these departments work again and resume development. I will personally lead these matters. The duties of the two consultants remain the same, and they still focus on appeasing people. As for Ziraiysama..."

Seeing Jiraiya still trying to restrain himself, Shikaku said with a headache: "Master Jiraiya, use a little time to find out what happened to Konoha during this period. After calming down, let's talk about Tsunade-sama."

Jiraiya's current state is really not suitable for carrying out the task.

Shikajiu didn't expect that Jiraiya would return to the village at this time. When he thought that this was a trick set up by Danzo in the name of Anbe, in order to prevent Jiraiya from meeting with Tsunade and miss the election meeting of the Fifth Hokage, Shikaku shook his head helplessly.

Danzo calculated his own people, but forgot that he was not the last oriole, and ended up in a miserable end in jail instead, so that Lu Jiu really didn't know what to say.

And Kakashi... Thinking of this, a glint of haze flashed in Lu Jiu's eyes.

He had doubts about Danzo's testimony before, but looking at it now, I'm afraid what Danzo said is true, and Kakashi may really be from Orochimaru's side.

Maybe, after forcing the Third Hokage to commit suicide, he himself still stayed in the Konoha and did not leave.

Thinking that there is such a bomb that may be detonated at any time among the leaves, Lu Jiu felt restless for a while.

"That day, let's block the news first, there is no need to create more panic. Wait until the village stabilizes, and then announce the news."

Mito Menyan suggested.

Lu Jiu nodded in agreement, "Yes."

"Then how will the cause of death be announced..."

Turning to bed Xiaochun frowned, feeling very embarrassed about the issue of announcing the cause of death.

No matter what happens, committing suicide will not only lose face for Hirizan, but Konoha will also lose face along with it.

"Wait for the investigation results from the Anbu side. If Kakashi is really from Orochimaru's side, it is said that Hokage-sama was assassinated by Orochimaru and Hatake Kakashi, and died heroically. There are too many conflicts in the village, so we can only transfer them to the outside world to reduce the pressure on the village."

This method was also used in Hidden Sand Village during the Third Ninja World War.

From the effect point of view, Sand Hidden Village was indeed in the early stage at that time, successfully alleviating the pressure of public opinion on the mysterious disappearance of the third Kazekage, and transferring the internal struggle to the outside, sharing it with Konoha.

Now Shikahisa intends to use the same method, and let Orochimaru share the pressure of Konoha.

Not just Hokage, but all the pressure of speech that Konoha has received these days can pour dirty water on Orochimaru.

Although Lu Jiu also thought about letting the Oni Nation to share the burden, but thinking of the Oni Nation's strong style, it is estimated that the dirty water has just been poured, and Konoha will face the Oni Nation's army the next day, causing very serious diplomatic problems.

Compared to the country of ghosts, Orochimaru, as a traitor, has no international credibility at all, and his power is also weaker. He has no room to justify or refuse Konoha's official conviction.

What's more, this is not out of thin air. Behind these things, there may be signs of Orochimaru's manipulation behind the scenes.

"It's really a headache, and fortunately the Kingdom of Ghosts hasn't come to make trouble now, otherwise..."

One Orochimaru has already made Konoha so tired.

If the country of Oni also came to meddle, Lu Jiu couldn't imagine what Konoha would be like.

"Well"

Shikamaru sat up from the floor slowly while feeling dizzy, looked at this strange place that was not his own room, then shook his head slightly, trying to think about what happened before he fell into a coma, and why he appeared in such a place.

Then, the scene where Sasuke punched himself in the abdomen with a fist, was struck by lightning, and finally lost consciousness and passed out in his mind.

"Oops! That guy Sasuke wouldn't"

Thinking of something, Shikamaru's face changed in shock, resisting the discomfort in his body, he quickly got up and stood up, stepped on the edge of the window, jumped easily to the roof of the opposite building, and started running towards the Hokage Building.

In the process of rushing to the Hokage Building, Shikamaru noticed that the sky was bright at this time, which proved that he was in a coma for at least ten hours at Sasuke's house yesterday.

"Damn it, Sasuke, don't do stupid things!"

The series of things that happened to Konoha recently have already caused the high-level executives to be overwhelmed. If Sasuke goes to add trouble to them again, some very unpleasant things will probably happen.

Thinking of this possibility, Shikamaru galloped even faster.

About ten minutes later, Shikamaru finally arrived at the Hokage Building from the Uchiha Clan.

When he arrived at the Hokage Building, due to the excessive force, his shoulders heaved up and down, and he couldn't stop panting.

Shikamaru was just about to enter, but was stopped by the guard at the dark part of the entrance.

"Irrelevant people are not accepted here now, please leave here!"

Anbe ninja exuded an aura of indifference, staring at Shikamaru coldly.

They know Shikamaru, the son of Konoha Jonin squad leader, but even so, they will not let Shikamaru enter the Hokage Building because of their duty.

"Wait, I have something important to report to my superiors!"

Already expected this kind of thing to happen, Shikamaru said with a pre-thought-out rhetoric.

"No. Get out of here quickly, or don't blame us for being rough!"

Anbe ninja refused coldly.

"I really have important information"

Chick!

Kunai flew past Shikamaru's cheek, drawing a wound on his face.

Shikamaru took a step back in fright, his face turned pale.

These **** Anbu!

Shikamaru cursed inwardly, but there was nothing he could do.

He knew that the Hokage Building would be heavily guarded, but he never expected it to be so strict.

Could it be that something extremely serious happened here while he was in a coma?

"Say it again, get out of here!"

The two Anbu pulled out the ninja swords behind them, their eyes were cold.

The order given to them by their superiors is that no matter who they are, as long as they are irrelevant personnel, all are not allowed to enter without a permit.

If you break in by force, you can use violence to suppress it.

"Okay, I get it, don't do anything, I'm leaving now...Well, I want to ask, did Uchiha Sasuke come here last night? After asking this question, I'm leaving."

Shikamaru raised his hand and stepped back, signaling that he was harmless.

"Sasuke Uchiha? No, he hasn't been here."

An Anbu said coldly.

As long as there is something wrong with Shikamaru, they will immediately take an act of force to control him. Even the son of the Jonin squad leader is no exception.

After getting this answer, Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief, took a last deep look at the Hokage Building, turned and left.

Judging from the news revealed by Anbu, Sasuke has not taken action yet, or he is in the process of taking action at this time, but due to the heavy security of the Hokage Building, he cannot enter.

Therefore, it can be concluded that Sasuke is hiding somewhere at this time.

Shikamaru believes that the most important thing right now is to find the trace of Sasuke.

"What, you said Sasuke-kun is missing?"

Came to Sakura's house, Shikamaru told Sakura that Sasuke disappeared last night.

But judging from Sakura's surprised tone, Sasuke has never been here.

"Yes, I thought that Sasuke would come to stay with you after leaving home. It seems that I was thinking too much."

Shikamaru had a headache and pressed his head.

"No, since the riot yesterday afternoon, I haven't seen Sasuke-kun. I've been staying at home to study something, and I haven't gone out."

Sakura shook her head.

Immediately, she worriedly asked: "By the way, what happened to Sasuke-kun? Why did he disappear?"

"Come with me, one more person will give you more strength. I will explain the details to you on the way, Sakura. I hope the worst will not happen."

Shikamaru made an invitation.

"good."

Sakura didn't hesitate, when it came to Sasuke, she agreed without hesitation.

With Sakura joining, Shikamaru took him to continue running in Konoha Village, and then revealed to Sakura the reason for Sasuke's disappearance on the way.

After Sakura heard this, the worry on her face deepened.

Kaleidoscopic Sharingan...Village executives...Investigation...These things are connected in series. Like Shikamaru, Sakura and Shikamaru both think of some bad things.

Shikamaru's second target is Naruto.

As a member of the seventh class, Sasuke has the best relationship with Naruto and Sakura among the same students.

If Sakura didn't find any trace of Sasuke here, then she might have gone to Naruto to hide.

Although this possibility is very small, Shikamaru does not want to let go of any doubts.

"What, it's Shikamaru and Sakura, what's the matter with you two?"

Amidst the knock on the door, Naruto got up from the bed in a daze, and then opened the door in a daze. When he saw that the people looking for him were Shikamaru and Sakura, his sleepiness suddenly decreased a lot.

"Looking at you, you seem to have figured it out."

Shikamaru saw that although Naruto had dark circles on his face, his complexion was much better than yesterday.

"It's okay... I just think it's a bit strange to take on the identity of the Son of Hokage. The rest of the place is pretty much the same as before."

If you want to talk about the change, that is, the people in the village, the way they look at me has gradually changed.

The adults who hated him in the past, and even suggested that children of the same age bullied him, came to him to apologize yesterday in a strange way, hoping that he would not pursue it, and would be willing to make compensation.

It's just that Naruto is not interested in this.

I have almost forgotten those things.

If it weren't for these people to come to him, Naruto would have almost forgotten how these adults bullied him.

So much so that, in his current room, there are apologies sent by others everywhere. They are all valuables. Naruto can't stand the insistence of these people if he wants to refuse.

Having won a lot of bonuses from the Kingdom of Ghosts, he has no difficulties in life for the time being, and it can even be said that he has a lot of money.

"Yeah?"

"Don't talk about me, why did you come to me early in the morning? If you came to mediate me, you don't need to. In this case, Iruka has comforted me many times."

Naruto looked at Shikamaru and Sakura, wanting to know what they were doing when they came to find him at this time.

"Let me just say it straight, Sasuke may want to trouble the higher-ups because of some things. I came to stop him from doing stupid things, but he is missing now, so I came to you to try his luck."

Shikamaru explained concisely.

Obviously, Sasuke is not here with Naruto either.

"What? Why did Sasuke do this?"

Naruto was taken aback.

"The one from yesterday... Forget it, you should join in, and I will explain to you later that the most important thing right now is to find Sasuke. So, you should understand."

Shikamaru thought that with Naruto's brain functioning ability, he might have to explain a lot before Naruto could understand.

But now time is tight, he doesn't have time to make Naruto understand with long speeches.

"Yeah, I see, finding Sasuke is the most important thing now!"

Naruto acted like I understood.

"That's it. Since Sasuke is not with you and Sakura, it is almost impossible to find Sasuke by searching like a headless chicken. Therefore, we need more manpower and professional tracking ninjas."

Shikamaru thought for a while and said.

"Shikamaru, you mean..."

Sakura understood something.

"Sakura, you and Naruto go find the people from the eighth class, and I'll find the people from the tenth class. We will meet up in the center of the village."

Although the Hokage building is completely under martial law, the rest of the village is relatively loosely managed.

With the personnel of the Anbu and the security team, the security of the village is much safer than before.

"I see, Naruto, come with me. Let's go get Kiba and the others."

"oh oh!"

Although he didn't understand very well, Naruto still nodded, quickly went back to the room, changed into the clothes he was going out, and left with Sakura.

Half an hour later.

In the center of Konoha Village, on the roof of an apartment building, Naruto, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji gathered here.

"What are you doing, Sasuke is too foolish, isn't he? He didn't ask us to help with such an important matter, and he didn't treat us as old classmates at all."

Iba put his ninja dog Akamaru on top of his head, and said with an unhappy face.

Seems resentful that Sasuke left him alone, making him feel disrespected.

Akamaru lay on Ya's head, also barking twice, agreeing with Ya.

"That's to say, but Sasuke, who is so ruthless, is very attractive. If it's elopement, I don't mind."

Ino blushed shyly and became intoxicated.

"Ino, what are you talking about? Is now the time to say such things?"

Sakura stared at Ino indignantly.

"I mean, Sasuke must have had a hard time staying in the group with only women with wide foreheads for the past six months."

"Do you want to fight, Well Boar?"

Sakura's fist stiffened.

"Hehe, she is a lady, and only a broad forehead like yours is keen on violence. It's really ugly."

Ino fiddled with his long hair and said in a condescending tone.

"You two stop arguing, Sasuke's situation is very bad now. Before solving the grievances between the two of you, find Sasuke first."

Shikamaru stepped forward to dissuade him.

Ino and Sakura both snorted, turned their heads away, and completely ignored each other.

"Well, I also think this is better..."

Hinata echoed in a low voice.

"Indeed, according to my judgment of the situation, right now we should..."

Shi Nai lightly pushed the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, expressing his opinion.

"That's it, Kiba, you are responsible for locking the traces of Sasuke through scent. Shino, Hinata, and Ino, you use bugs, white eyes, and sensory ninjutsu to search for Sasuke's traces. Sasuke must be hiding in a corner of the village now. He must be found as soon as possible. Once he starts contact with high-level people, it will be too late."

Interrupted Shino's speech, Shikamaru made a final decision and proceeded with the task arrangement.

"yes!"

Jokes are jokes, and everyone generally understood the situation Sasuke was facing at this time, and followed Shikamaru's arrangement to start searching for Sasuke's traces in the village.

In the dark underground waterway.

Big side and Akamaru on top of the head, sniffing for a certain smell that might be left in the surrounding air, they kept pushing forward.

Behind him, Shikamaru and the other seven followed Kiba carefully, carefully observing the surrounding environment, trying to find the trace of Sasuke.

"Ichigo, are you sure Sasuke has been to this kind of place?"

Naruto couldn't help asking.

Yatou did not turn back, and continued to move forward.

"I must have been here, the smell of Sasuke remains here, and the smell is very new, Sasuke must be hiding somewhere here."

His tone was very firm, and he also had strong confidence in the family's secret arts. He didn't think his nose would make such a low-level mistake.

"However, Sasuke's chakra is not felt here at all."

Ino kept the seal posture and walked forward. Within her perception range, she didn't sense Sasuke's chakra.

"Shino, Hinata, how are you two doing?"

Shikamaru tilted his head and looked at Hinata and Shino.

Shino and Hinata shook their heads, expressing that they didn't notice Sasuke.

Just when Shikamaru was about to ask something more, Kiba suddenly shouted:

"right here!"

Fang turned around and pointed at the wall next to him without gaps, attracting everyone's attention.

"here?"

The rest were surprised.

"Yes, Sasuke's smell suddenly disappeared here. Judging from the freshness of the smell, it was about ten minutes ago."

"Ten minutes..." Shikamaru talked about this time, stepped forward and asked again: "Are you sure, Kiba?"

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that."

Ya definitely nodded.

Shikamaru turned his gaze to Ino, Shino and Hinata.

"Sorry, I still can't sense Sasuke's Chakra."

Ino let go of his hand and said helplessly.

Zinai recalled the flying parasites, shook his head and said, "The bugs didn't gain anything."

Hinata also closed her eyes and shook her head at Shikamaru.

Her white eyes also didn't notice anything abnormal.

"Tooth, maybe you feel wrong?"

Ino hesitated for a moment and asked.

She doesn't think her perception ninjutsu will make mistakes.

"Impossible, Sasuke's smell disappeared here."

ya insists on his own opinion.

When Ino was about to argue, Shikamaru interrupted the dispute between the two, looked at Naruto next to him and said, "Naruto, use your move called Spiral Maru to hit this wall."

"Eh?"

Naruto was stunned.

The rest of the people also looked at Shikamaru with puzzled eyes.

"Naruto, hurry up."

"Oh well."

Hearing Shikamaru's voice again, Naruto formed a seal and summoned a shadow clone beside him.

I saw the shadow clone using both hands on the right hand of Naruto's body, stirring the chakra airflow like noodles, and quickly condensed into a chakra ball the size of a fist.

"Screw pill!"

Without hesitation, Naruto aimed at the wall pointed by his teeth, and pressed the chakra ball in his hand away.

Boom!

A crack appeared in the wall instantly, and gravel flew all over the place.

"What?"

Although the wall is cracked, the area damaged by the spiral pill is not large, which is different from the scene Naruto expected.

"Shikamaru, this wall..."

"Ah, there is something wrong with this wall. Naruto, don't stop, keep using the spiral pill."

Shikamaru picked up a piece of gravel from the ground and ordered Naruto.

"good!"

Naruto was full of energy for a while, gathered a large amount of chakra, and released more than ten shadow clones in one breath.

I saw the shadow clones form a team in twos, making spiral pills in batches in their hands.

"Naruto's chakra level, to be honest, is a bit exaggerated..."

Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but twitch their eyes, and had a more intuitive understanding of Naruto's Chakra level.

The main body and the shadow clone condensed spiral pills, rushed forward one after another, and smashed the spiral pills in their hands against the wall.

As a result, the bombardment sounded one after another, and the ground buzzed and shook, making everyone almost unable to stand still.

However, the effect was remarkable, and an incomplete circular hole appeared in front of everyone.

This is a secret passage.

"It's really secretive enough, it's even hard to see through the boundaries of secret techniques and blood succession."

Shikamaru took out a small flashlight from his ninja bag and smiled.

Although the process was a bit complicated, it was finally resolved.

"Do you want to go in?"

Tooth asked.

"That's the only way. Those responsible for perception, search, and medical treatment stand inside, and the rest are scattered outside. Naruto, use your shadow clone to open the way ahead."

Everyone nodded and followed Shikamaru's order.

Naruto let his more than a dozen shadow clones enter the passage first, and take the danger at the forefront of the team.

The rest followed behind, pacing forward cautiously.

Although this is in the village, it does not rule out that there are unpredictable dangers in it.

Combat may occur if necessary.

It's just the situation inside the tunnel, which is somewhat different from what Shikamaru predicted.

Except for the humid environment, there was no danger along the way.

"Look, these people are... Anbe?"

Through a long and narrow corridor, a spacious place similar to a hall, four ninjas wearing Anbu costumes and masks fell in a pool of blood.

Shikamaru glanced at Naruto, and Naruto nodded, and asked Kageko to turn over the corpses of these Anbu ninjas.

"It's not Anbe. It's Gen!"

Shikamaru saw the mask on the face of the dead body. Compared with Anbu's mask, the color was more complex and vivid, but overall it gave off an uncomfortable atmosphere. He immediately guessed something, and his expression changed drastically.

"root?"

"It's the subordinate of the person called Danzo! It's also the high-level executive Sasuke wants to investigate!"

Shikamaru said in a deep voice.

"The one who succeeded the Fifth Hokage..."

In everyone's minds, a gloomy and terrifying old man's face suddenly appeared, and they shuddered.

Shikamaru looked worried, and he began to retreat in his heart.

Gen matter, he only knows a little superficially, but he also knows how huge this organization hidden in the dark part of Konoha is.

If you continue to go deeper, accidents are likely to happen.

"Wait, I feel it, Sasuke's chakra! It's right ahead! And, he's the only one, there's no one else but us!"

Ino suddenly shouted in surprise.

"What did you say?"

Only Sasuke?

Shikamaru thinks of something bad, this root base, maybe...

Impossible, the lowest strength of these people is Chunin, and there may be Jonin. With Sasuke's strength, it is absolutely impossible to solve these root ninjas alone.

"Go and have a look! Everyone must be careful, if something goes wrong, retreat immediately!"

"good!"

Naruto's shadow clone is still clearing the way ahead, responsible for testing whether there are traps ahead.

Pass through the hall and enter a deeper passage. In the passage, more corpses of root ninjas were found.

It made Shikamaru more convinced that the deaths of these people had nothing to do with Sasuke.

But why is Sasuke here? Why are you here?

These questions may only be clarified by finding Sasuke himself.

Everyone pushed along the passage without saying a word.

After about two minutes, they finally came to the end and came to a spacious circular room.

In this room, there are a lot of books and scrolls.

Several bookshelves were knocked down, and the body of the root ninja was lying on it. The blood splattered on the books and scrolls, which had not yet dried up.

Like the root ninjas out there, these are corpses.

"Sasuke!"

At the end of the room, a figure stood there, scanning with a scroll in his hand.

And on the table in front of him, there were a lot of opened books and scrolls in a mess, some scrolls even rolled to the ground, and they were opened for a long time without being rolled up.

However, facing the voice from behind, Sasuke just stared at the scroll in his hand, as if he didn't hear the voice calling himself.

Just as everyone was about to approach, a burst of laughter suddenly came from Sasuke's position, stopping everyone from stepping forward.

They couldn't seem to understand why Sasuke was laughing at such a time.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Sasuke looked like he had discovered some very funny joke, which made him unable to restrain his inner urge to laugh.

Of course, this may also be laughing wildly, laughing crying, or laughing sadly.

"I see... this is the truth... the truth... That fellow Itachi... Uchiha... Hahahahahahahaha!"

started laughing again.

It seems that there is a kind of madness that cannot be ignored, burning with what little reason he has left.

Sasuke's pupils became redder and blood red.

In those ferocious pupils shining with crimson light, he faintly felt the stinging scorching breath, and finally, three dark and deep Gouyu emerged.

Sasuke also had a smile on his face.

It is a twisted smile that is entwined with darkness, madness, and wants to destroy everything!

Everyone looked at Sasuke's unstoppable crazily laughing back, and their hair stood on end.

(end of this chapter)