Konoha Thief

Chapter 160 Summoned
"Teacher Gennosuke, at this distance, I probably didn't recognize you."

These words seem very plain, but they are actually a multiple-choice question: Did Gennosuke Aoki take the initiative to say hello to usher in possible doubts and troubles, or did he feel like he slipped away and pretended that he had never met such a beautiful woman as Rena Kitami? ?
Just like a fork in the road and a wrong path, different choices will lead to different results.

For Aoki Gennosuke, the choice at this moment seems to determine his destiny. In the future, whether to hold his head high and be a big man, or to be a wife with a low brow and a pleasing eye, is the choice at present!
Well, the ending didn't surprise Xia Shu at all, so he shook his head while holding his forehead, then turned and left immediately.

No matter what, he is still ten years old, and it will be his turn to worry about this kind of thing for at least six years. Now he should go home, take a shower, change his clothes, scent his hands, and prepare for a fight.

On the relatively remote east side of Muye Village, most of the residents are widowed elderly people, so there is a unique clean atmosphere.

Marustar house.

After lunch, Kosuke Maruyoshi made a pot of tea for himself, and moved out the reclining chair and coffee table, intending to bask in the sun in the small courtyard and enjoy some leisure time.

There was a burst of mist from the tea, exuding a faint fragrance, which was even in line with Gu Jie's intentions. He nodded with a smile, and raised his glass to drink, but suddenly frowned and paused, glanced sideways, and slowly put down the teacup.

"It's Sakumo." Kosuke Maruyoshi looked sideways at the person who came.

At some point, under the locust tree planted in this courtyard, a tall and straight figure appeared. Although he was wearing an Anbe mask, his white hair made people know his identity.
"Senior Kosuke." Hatake Sakumo took off his mask, revealing a resolute and serious face.

With his status, Kosuke Maruhoshi's identity is not a secret, and because of Konoha-ryu's swordsmanship, there have been discussions and exchanges before.

"I heard that Hokage-sama is going to award you half-sleeved honors in recognition of your meritorious service in the Second Ninja World War. Is this why you are here?" Maruhoshi Kosuke smiled kindly, found a cup again, and poured it He poured into the light green tea, then raised his hand as a gesture.

"Thank you." Hatake Sakumo is a rigorous person, even if his expression is a little serious, he is not lacking in etiquette.

Kosuke Maruhoshi chuckled, sat down again, and waited for the other party to drink tea.

After drinking the teacup, Hatake Sakumo gave a compliment, and immediately returned to the topic.

"This visit is about Kosuke-senpai's previous mission." Hatake Sakumo said directly.

"Oh." Maruyoshi Kosuke nodded slightly, as if he had expected it, and murmured: "That Iwain who mastered Iwain's earth escape secret technique should have a high status. If he can dig out the secrets in his mind...well, I'm afraid it won't work. Although Yan Yin was not the main force in the destruction of Ushio Village, he also participated in the plunder later, and he may have improved in the sealing technique. However, it is not enough to directly peek into the mind, and there are traces of ninjutsu practiced in the body. You can’t cover it up, so you can gain more or less.”

After the crusade and support mission of Mount Chize, the scorched body of the bandit leader was brought back naturally, and he handed it in together when submitting the mission. This was originally a means of gathering information in the ninja world.

"Did Sakumo come here to ask what kind of ninjutsu Scorched Earth used?" Kosuke Maruyoshi came back to his senses, looked at Sakumo Hatake and asked.

The lives of ninjas are very fragile, and there are never many people who lose their lives before they can play their cards. Therefore, there are always various ways to collect information on ninjas from enemy countries.

At this moment, it is the opposite for Iwagakure Scorched Earth. Collecting information only from the body is accurate but inefficient, so asking Kosuke Maruyoshi, the person who is fighting with him, can be as easy and labor-saving as knowing the answer and then deducing it backwards.

However, upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo shook his head in denial.

"Isn't that why?" Maruhoshi Kosuke was taken aback.

"Shimura Danzo-sama sent me to summon you." Hatake Sakumo immediately announced the answer, but this left Kosuke Maruyoshi at a loss.

In order to integrate and stabilize the large and small forces in Konoha Village, the Second Hokage Senju Higashima recruited six disciples, including Uchiha Kagami who can fight against the Senju clan, and Mitomon Yan and Zhuanju Koharu. Commoner ninjas, as well as small family ninjas like Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, and secret technique family ninjas like Akimichi Torukaze.

Compared with those people, Maruyoshi Kosuke is only a registered disciple, and he has inherited some Konoha-ryu swordsmanship and a few water escape ninjutsu from Senshou Feijian.

For this reason, Kosuke Maruyoshi had contact with six people, especially Shimura Danzo.

The regret of losing Naruto's place by mistake made Shimura Danzo embark on a dark road. The "root" of Konoha, which was born out of the Anbu training institution, is his mission to carry out the mission of walking in the darkness where the sun cannot shine .

In order to support and maintain the roots, Shimura Danzo once recruited Kosuke Maruyoshi, hoping that Kosuke Maruyoshi could train his subordinates for him, but it violated Kosuke Maruyoshi's expectations, so he directly refused.

Many years have passed since this incident, and now Shimura Danzo summoned him, obviously not for this matter.

Facing Maruyoshi Kosuke's questioning gaze, Hatake Sakumo said slowly: "Senior Kosuke's encounter with Iwagakure ninjas during his mission has attracted the attention of high-level officials, and Danzo-sama is one of them."

"So that's how it is." Kosuke Maruyoshi understood what he said, and then he seemed to glance at Sakumo Hatake casually, and said, "Sakumo, the high-level contest is like a silent thunderstorm. Now that the war has ended, the accumulated grievances are still there It has not dissipated, and with the gentle temperament of the third Hokage who tends to be conservative, he will definitely maintain this rare peace and veto the radical and sharp thoughts of Lord Danzo, and each other is like a spear and a contradiction. And since you will be the half-sleeved Hokage, you will be the fourth Hokage in the future You have the opportunity to fight for it, and it is best to abandon the previous background."

Hatake Sakumo used to work for Genbu, a sharp blade polished by Shimura Danzo. During the war, he entered Anbe and won the reputation of Konoha Hakuga in the ninja world. The purpose seems to be contrary, so Maruyoshi Kosuke's persuasion is really normal.

"Thank you, Senior Gusuke, for your concern." Hatake Sakumo quickly calmed down and thanked if he wanted to move.

"Hehe! Then let's go together." Maruyoshi Kosuke put down the teacup in his hand, a little regretful that this pot of good tea might only become herbal tea.

Immediately, the two of them disappeared in the same place, heading towards the roots that are even more mysterious than Konoha Anbe.

In the dark base, the light is extremely dim, and people who have just entered this place may not even be able to see clearly the people walking towards them, so they rush forward in a daze.

Hatake Sakumo and Maruyoshi Kosuke were not in this category, they stepped into it very quickly.

At the same time, after bathing and changing clothes and lighting up the incense, Xia Shu stretched out his hand towards the void.

(End of this chapter)