Chapter 536 Departure

The man who appeared in front of Sasuke was Mizuki who was rated as an excellent elite teacher in the past ninja school.

Especially good at teaching students how to use shuriken and kunai, coupled with his handsome appearance and gentle attitude, he can always listen to the students' complaints with the most patience. Therefore, he is completely different from the strict Iruka, and he is more loved by the students.

The premise is that he has not become rebellious.

Everything in the past was a disguise, so the nature of this person is worthy of a little questioning.

Knowledged by Konoha as a dangerous defected ninja, Sasuke once thought that the other party had already been captured by Konoha's chasing force and placed in Konoha's torture room for reformation... From a sudden look, there is also an ulterior connection between this guy and Kakashi.

Thinking of this, the corner of Sasuke's mouth twitched. Could this guy also be a spy planted in Konoha by the Kingdom of Demons?

"Don't be so vigilant, I came here specially to meet you."

Mizuki smiled indifferently to the vigilance in Sasuke's eyes.

Sasuke snorted, but didn't speak.

Kakashi said: "Indeed, this guy doesn't need to pay attention."

"You really like to be sarcastic." Mizuki snorted, and then leaned against the wall and asked: "So, when are you going to set off next? The borders of the Land of Fire have been sealed off. It seems that the orphans of the Uchiha clan are still very important to those high-level people."

Kakashi handed the lunch box in his hand to Sasuke, and then said to Mizuki: "In order to avoid long nights and dreams, we will leave early tomorrow morning. Are there any problems with you?"

"Of course not, but when he gets to Orochimaru, this kid's life may be difficult. Besides, Oroshemaru is also one of the three ninjas. Can this kid really deal with him? If the mission fails, my reward will be gone."

Mizuki looked at Sasuke suspiciously.

Whether Sasuke lives or dies, whether the mission fails or succeeds, has nothing to do with him.

But if Sasuke cost him an important job, he'd have nowhere to cry.

After finally getting to where he is today, he doesn't want to waste all his efforts and start all over again.

Sasuke was about to speak out, but Kakashi pressed Sasuke and said instead of him: "No problem, Sasuke's ability, as his guide Jonin, I'm sure."

"It's fine if this is the case. Even if it fails, I don't want to take any responsibility. When the time comes to fail, remember to leave me alone. Of course, if you succeed in killing Orochimaru at that time, just mention my name a little bit. I won't ask too much."

"It really looks like your style of doing things."

"I'm different from you, I'm a family man."

Kakashi choked.

Suddenly, he felt that this guy Mizuki also became hideous.

"Then you guys continue to rest here, I'm going out to watch the wind."

After speaking, Mizuki pushed open the door and walked out of the stone room.

"This guy looks like he is in the ninja school, he is not alone."

Sasuke said suddenly.

He vaguely remembered that Mizuki in the ninja school was not such a highly utilitarian teacher.

Or, after leaving Konoha, he doesn't need to hide and restore his original nature?

"Don't pay attention to what he said. He probably came here to complain because he was bored at work. But he was right. Orochimaru is dangerous. If you want to retreat, I can arrange for you to go to the kingdom of ghosts. There, you can grow stronger in peace and will not be threatened by anyone. But when you cross the border tomorrow, you can only choose the route of Orochimaru, which will be full of murderous opportunities and threats."

Kakashi glanced at Sasuke, ready to give Sasuke the last chance to make a decision.

"No need, only when there is danger can there be motivation to become stronger. Putting me in a comfortable environment may not be a good thing."

Hearing Sasuke's answer, Kakashi continued:

"In this case, let me and you talk about how to get along with him when we see Orochimaru."

"So reckless."

Konoha Hospital, in the ward, Shikajiu lectured Shikamaru who was lying on the hospital bed with a stern tone.

"I was planning to report to you, but I was stopped by Anbu and couldn't enter."

Shikamaru, who had come to his senses, still quietly defended his actions.

"Even so, it shouldn't be so risky, and it's better to drag a group of people into a place like the root."

"The situation is urgent, so I can only arrange it that way. As for the transfer order from the superior, didn't I let Ino come back?"

Shikajiu stared at Shikamaru for a while, finally sighed, and didn't say anything.

"As for your departure, we will talk about it after you recover from your injuries."

"That Sasuke over there..."

"He hasn't been found yet, and he should still be hiding somewhere in the Land of Fire. But there is little hope of finding him in the future. Moreover, the whole thing is not as simple as you think. Someone is behind this matter."

Lu Jiu had a serious expression on his face.

Compared to Shikamaru, he has collected more clues. Knowing about Sasuke's escape, someone is secretly playing tricks.

It can be said that people like Shikamaru are also being used by others.

"I know, just accept the punishment. I will reflect on my mistake this time."

Shikamaru did not make any more excuses, and accepted the decision of the superior to punish.

"It is meaningful to accept and change. Simple repentance is worthless. In such a situation with incomplete information, you still chase the enemy deep. If this is on the battlefield, all of you will have been killed, instead of lying here for treatment."

Probably felt that the lecture was not too low, so Shikajiu ended the topic, continued to look at Shikamaru, and asked:

"When you entered the root stronghold, you shouldn't have taken anything secretly, right?"

Lu Jiu's expression became very serious and serious, and the color in his pupils also became cold and scary, implying a warning.

Although Shikamaru tried his best to maintain his expression, his appearance made Shikajiu feel more suspicious.

"Take things out, don't think about putting them in your hands, and do unnecessary things."

Hearing what Shikaku said, Shikamaru had no choice but to take out a scroll from his arms and hand it to Shikaku.

Lu Jiu took the scroll, opened it, glanced at it casually, and his expression remained unchanged from the beginning to the end.

It seems to be confirming something.

Finally, he rolled up the scroll, looked up at Shikamaru and asked, "Have you seen the things on it? Or...have you seen it for others?"

He wants to make sure of that.

If Shikamaru has only seen it, there is no big problem. But if it is seen by other people, it will inevitably cause some troubles.

"Don't worry, I haven't had time to watch it yet, and I never showed it to anyone else."

Shikamaru answered honestly.

"It's better that way."

"And I can guess what's written on it without even looking."

Root leader Shimura Danzo has Sharingan.

Dozens of Uchiha clan ninja corpses were not buried, but instead were gathered in the dark root stronghold, and without exception, the Sharingan was dug out.

In addition, Sasuke made the decision to leave the village directly after reading this scroll, which is enough for Shikamaru to think of a lot of content.

Therefore, even if the scroll is not opened for reading, Shikamaru still knows roughly what is written on it.

"...you don't need to get involved in this kind of thing."

Shikahisa was silent for a moment, then said to Shikamaru.

The Konoha Uchiha clan has disappeared into the dust of history, and even the last orphan has made the choice to leave Konoha, and it is meaningless to continue to pursue responsibility.

The most important thing right now is to rebuild Konoha.

Uchiha Sasuke, for him, is just a more troublesome episode.

Compared to the mess left by Danzo and Sandai Hokage, this is nothing, anyway, it can't be worse.

"...Sasuke, sooner or later he will come back for revenge."

When Shikahisa raised his foot to leave, Shikamaru's voice came from behind firmly, as if he had seen such a future.

Lu Jiu paused, sighed, left the ward without saying anything.

Hokage Building.

Located in a small conference room on a certain floor.

"Unexpectedly, this long-standing secret file was known by the Uchiha clan. Now things will become very difficult."

When Shikahisa took the scroll he got from Shikamaru and spread it out for Konoha's two senior advisers to watch, the two advisers frowned suddenly.

At the same time, they also understood why Sasuke suddenly made the decision to leave Konoha.

"The root ninja in that stronghold has been cleaned up in advance. It is obvious that someone is inducing Uchiha Sasuke. Do you have any good suspects?"

Lu Jiu stared into the eyes of the two advisors and asked.

After Mitomonyan and Zhuanju Xiaoharu looked at each other, they both shook their heads. They couldn't guess who deliberately asked Sasuke to go to the base of the roots, and obtained the sealed intelligence files from there.

"Is that so? It seems that there is one more troublesome thing to deal with. However, Uchiha Sasuke's departure has become a fact, and it is too late to redeem it now. I want to ask, will Uchiha Itachi still stand on the side of the village?"

Lu Jiu weighed the scroll in his hand, looking directly at the two of them.

Konoha has enough enemies now, the country of Oni, Orochimaru, if there is another Uchiha Itachi, Shika Hisami feels overwhelmed just thinking about it.

And what makes Lu Jiu feel nonsense the most is that these enemies were once Konoha ninjas, cultivated by Konoha.

Lu Jiu wanted to complain but didn't know where to start.

Before Sasuke leaves, Konoha can also restrain Itachi's actions and positions in the name of protecting Sasuke.

But now that Sasuke has left Konoha, it is a question mark whether Itachi will still abide by the 'agreement' with Konoha.

Shikajiu was not involved in the Uchiha genocide event, so he has no way of knowing some of the details.

So we can only ask the parties for verification.

"This... To be honest, we are not particularly clear about this matter. The channel to communicate with Itachi has always been controlled by Hizane and Danzo. Now that Nikizan has passed away, then the only person who knows how to contact Itachi is Danzo."

After hesitating for a moment, Mitomonyan replied.

Uchiha Itachi is a Konoha spy, only a very small number of people know.

Lu Jiu was able to confirm this matter after reading Genbu's files.

Before this, he was also kept in the dark.

After all, the real inside story of the extermination of the Uchiha clan is the product of the failure of political struggles, and the direct bitter result is that Konoha's military power began to decline rapidly.

The right and wrong in it, Lu Jiu didn't want to get involved at all.

"Elder Danzo? I see, I will continue to explain to him later. In addition, there is the most important point, I want to know more things."

Lu Jiu looked at it with burning eyes.

"More things?"

"Yes, when the three generations of adults were in power, what else did they do that I don't know... I want to know all the details."

To be honest, Lu Jiu really doesn't feel safe with Konoha at this time.

First, Danzo conspired to rise to power, then Hokage was forced to commit suicide, and the head of Anbu was a spy, and then the Uchiha clan revealed a shocking inside story. Shikajiu was deeply afraid that another bomb would hit him badly, and he was caught off guard.

For this reason, he must know more inside stories in the village that he did not know before, so that when things break out, he can take preventive measures in advance, so as not to let the village be tossed to death again.

Countless ninjas have come to complain these days. Many ninjas lost their jobs directly, and the task entrustment system was directly paralyzed.

And these originally belonged to Konoha.

It is estimated that these ninja villages are all in their hearts at the moment, and they can't help feeling grateful to Konoha.

Lu Jiu would rather not have this kind of gratitude.

"This... is unnecessary. Anyway, everything has passed, and it has been so long. If we go to investigate now..."

Back to bed Xiaoharu and Mito Menyan both had a lot of cold sweat on their faces.

"Then, when something unexpected happens again, will the two elders be able to shoulder their due responsibilities as advisors?"

Lu Jiu looked at the two of them with sharp eyes, and questioned them bluntly.

Obviously, Lu Jiu did not believe in the ability of these two people to act.

If they really had the role of consultants, Konoha wouldn't be like this, being messed up by a mere Orochimaru.

Such words silenced the two consultants.

They also know that they cannot bear such responsibilities.

But as Konoha's advisor, he still felt a little ashamed and angry when he was forced to question by a junior like Lu Jiu.

So, the scene froze for a while.

The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning.

Kakashi, Sasuke, and Mizuki, who avoided the sight of the Konoha garrison on the border of Fire Country, successfully crossed the line of defense and entered the territory of Tanokuni.

This is a typical small country.

Surrounded by land on three sides, only the north faces the sea.

Focusing on the development of forestry and agriculture, the daimyo of the country is known to be greedy in the world. According to Kakashi, the Otonin Village of Orochimaru was successfully established after bribing the daimyo of Tanokuni with a lot of money.

But in essence, Otonin Village does not serve the aristocratic group of Tanokuni, but only serves Orochimaru.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to regard the ninjas of Otonin Village as private soldiers cultivated by Oshemaru.

The residence of Yinnin Village is located in the northern part of Tanokuni, near the sea. Mostly due to the abnormal weather in the Land of Iron, the climate of the Land of Fields is much colder than that of the Land of Fire.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Sasuke followed Kakashi and Mizuki to the residence of Otonin Village.

Different from Konoha's Ninja Village, which is full of people, the first impression of Otonin Village is that it is depressing and dull.

The size of the village is not too big. There are no civilians or shops here. You can see cold-eyed and malicious ninjas everywhere.

These ninjas uniformly wear the forehead guards of Yinnin Village. The youngest is about eleven years old, and the oldest is forty or fifty years old.

Some of them, after seeing Sasuke, had a murderous look in their eyes, and walked around behind Sasuke silently, trying to attack and kill Sasuke.

Jealousy, greed, hatred, these people make no secret of their hostility towards Sasuke.

Just when some of them couldn't help but want to do something, a cold voice came:

"You **** have nothing to do? Don't embarrass me here!"

What appeared in front of Sasuke and the others was a boy with six arms.

The skin is slightly dark, and in terms of age, he is two to three years older than Sasuke.

He exudes an aura different from ordinary ninjas.

At the back of his neck, there is a curse mark like Sasuke.

As soon as he came, he sternly stopped these overwhelmed actions.

I can't even see the basic difference between the enemy and ourselves, thinking that I will continue to drill this group of useless miscellaneous soldiers in the future.

At least it must play the role of cannon fodder.

"But, Kidomaru-sama..."

"Didn't you hear me clearly?"

The boy named Kidomaru, with a murderous look in his eyes, stared at the talking Otonin as if he was looking at a dead person.

Obviously in his twenties, but being stared at by Kidomaru, his face turned pale immediately, and he didn't dare to breathe.

Although the rest of the people were unwilling, but because of Kidomaru's strength and his status as Orochimaru's personal bodyguard, they had no choice but to temporarily restrain their hostility towards Sasuke, but their eyes still seemed to say 'this matter is not over yet'.

In their view, it is difficult for them to accept that a newcomer can directly gain the respect of Master Orochimaru whom they admire.

"Sorry, Mr. Sasuke, Mr. Kakashi, these guys have caused you trouble."

Facing the weak, Kidomaru naturally had no intention of responding, but he was very respectful to Sasuke and Kakashi.

As for Mizuki, he ignored him.

"Stop talking nonsense, show me the way now."

Sasuke said impatiently.

According to what Kakashi said, the more arrogant you speak, the worse your tone will make Orochimaru feel happy.

"certainly."

Kidoumaru didn't care about the dissatisfaction in Sasuke's tone, just smiled and nodded, looking very patient, leading the way ahead.

"Mizuki, you can leave now."

Walking halfway, Kidomaru suddenly said to Mizuki who was following.

Mizuki shrugged slightly, and turned away indifferently.

He didn't want to meet that slimy and gloomy man in Orochimaru.

As if afraid of Sasuke's misunderstanding, Kidomaru said: "Otonin Village follows the rule of the jungle, and the strong have absolute control over the weak. A guy like Mizuki is not enough to be among the core, and he is useless to Sasuke-sama."

"It means that you are useful to me?"

Sasuke sneered.

"Of course, as the Otonin four, we are not only Oshemaru-sama's most trusted guards, but we have also developed the curse seal to the point of state 2. Even if we face two Jonin with full firepower at the same time, we can also solve it."

Kidomaru said proudly.

Sasuke was speechless.

In other words, the combined strength of the so-called four Otonin is probably stronger than that of two Jnin, but when faced with three or even four Jnin, the outcome is unknown.

To be honest, the strength of the trusted guards around Orochimaru... Sasuke did not expect to be so weak.

Even so, they are among the top ninjas in Otonin Village, as can be seen from the attitude of the surrounding Otonin towards Kidomaru.

Reminiscent of the fact that Yinnin Village is just a small place, Sasuke feels that he can't be too demanding on this village.

He regretted not choosing to go to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

In this kind of place, can you really make yourself stronger quickly?

Kakashi is not fooling him, is he?

After all, this is not the first time Kakashi has done this, and he has many previous convictions.

"Then, take me to see Orochimaru. I heard from Kakashi that I can get stronger power here, so I came here on purpose. If it doesn't satisfy me, I don't want to stay."

"Yes, but this can't be done. Oshemaru-sama is out for the time being and is not in the village. The journey is exhausting. Today, you two should rest here. I will get someone to prepare dinner. How about meeting with Oshemaru-sama tomorrow?"

Kidomaru asked with a smile.

"Hmph, just wait for him for a day."

"Thank you so much, Sasuke-sama."

Kidoumaru led the way with a smile. In this way, he was initially in contact with Sasuke, and he moved one step faster than the other three of the four.

His position in Yinren Village will become even more unbreakable.

The country of ghosts.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of the outside world, here is a leisurely afternoon tea time.

"The third generation committed suicide, and Danzo lost power. Now Konoha is only supported by Nara Shikahisa, the Jonin class leader, and two advisors. Tsk tsk, it's really pitiful. Unfortunately, I haven't witnessed Konoha's tragedy with my own eyes."

Sitting on the sofa opposite Shiraishi, Ayane had a sad and pitiful look on her face, but her tone revealed a kind of gloating.

"It's Orochimaru who should be thanked. If it weren't for him, we probably would have done it ourselves. We are so lucky to be able to remove it now."

Shiraishi said with a smile.

Konoha has come to this end, from his standpoint, it is indeed something to be happy about.

No one thought that the internal contradictions in Konoha would be aroused to such an extent.

If the third generation of Hokage is strong enough to weaken the power of the roots, even if they stir up conflicts on their side, it will be difficult to disintegrate the morale of Konoha from the inside.

How long will it take for Konoha, who is in such a situation, to recover?

This kind of thorny problem, let Konoha handle it by himself.

"Why, what's on your mind, Liuli?"

At this time, seeing Liuli standing by the window, who was silent there, Baishi asked.

"No, I can't say it's on my mind. It's just that I feel a bit regretful that I didn't solve the third generation personally. In his capacity, death on the battlefield is the destination."

Liuli turned around and responded to Shiraishi.

"Sure enough, it's your style. Compared with this method, you prefer to fight with real swords and guns."

"Well, because I want to try the level of Doctor Ninjutsu."

Liuli did not deny this.

"It's still in the preparation stage, so it's not appropriate to go to war for the time being. But before the plan starts, there should be a chance for you to make a big fuss."

It seemed that he also felt that he owed Liuli, so Baishi had no choice but to say accommodatingly.

"oh?"

Liuli raised her eyebrows and looked at Baishi.

Shiraishi didn't answer, but stood up from the sofa and stretched himself.

"Okay, I've finished my afternoon tea. Next, I'm going to go out. Just in case, I will take the three avatars of shadow dancer, red child and fire elf with me. Please help me with the affairs of the headquarters for the time being."

"Don't we need to follow?"

"No, the less people you have to explore the road, the better. What's more, I'm well prepared."

Under the watchful eyes of the two, Shiraishi stepped forward and left the room.

(end of this chapter)