Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

"Uchiha Ichigo" Sarutobi Hiruzen was really startled this time, and he jumped up.

In fact, due to Senju Tobirama's perfect concealment measures in recent years, the name Uchiha Ichigo has been rarely mentioned in Konoha. Even Tsunade, who had a close relationship with him at the time and was about to discuss marriage, is having a hard time. When I saw him once, I gradually became distant.

Everyone seems to have forgotten that Uchiha Madara's adopted son, the young patriarch of the Uchiha clan, and the former genius Uchiha Ichigo, but these people definitely do not include Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After inheriting the position of Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally took over the hot potato of the Uchiha clan, so he also understood the importance of Kurosaki Ichigo better. This was not because of how terrifying Kurosaki Ichigo's strength was. But his identity is too important.

You must know that although Senju Tobirama has tried his best to weaken Kurosaki Ichigo's presence and influence in the Uchiha clan in recent years while dealing with foreign wars, even so, if Kurosaki Ichigo falls into If someone has the right to use his identity to do something detrimental to Konoha, the degree of damage to Konoha will definitely be no less than experiencing another ninja war.

It was precisely because of this that Sarutobi Hiruzen lost his composure after hearing Koharu's words, and even shouted out loudly regardless of his demeanor.

But after all, he had gone through a lot of wind and rain, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's castle was much deeper than before, so he reacted immediately after seeing Koharu's glare when he moved to bed, and immediately suppressed the shock on his face. And looked around and found that no one was watching around. It seemed that their exclamation just now did not attract anyone's attention.

After confirming that there was no one around, Sarutobi Hiruzen turned serious, leaned slightly closer to Koharu, who was sleeping, and said in a voice that only two people could hear clearly, "Are you serious? You really discovered Uchiha." Ichigo"

"I haven't seen him for a long time, how can I be really sure?" Xiaochun shook his head before sleeping, and then stood up, "But I have a deep memory of his back. The back I saw among the group of warriors just now Very similar to Uchiha Ichigo’s.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked solemn, "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go over and take a look to confirm." As he said that, Sarutobi Hiruzen took the lead and jumped off the roof of the tent. Koharu jumped down after him, and the two of them quickened their pace and headed towards Walking towards the gathering place of Iron Kingdom warriors in the distance.

However, in order to prevent outsiders from being suspicious, Sarutobi and Hiruzen were not that fast. They rushed to the ground in such a hurry, and it took a full 5 minutes to arrive at the camp of the Iron Kingdom warriors.

It is said to be a camp, but it is just a small open space surrounded by a series of wooden fences on a gentle slope of the hillside. The personnel responsible for maintaining the Iron Country for this Five Shadows Conference are stationed here. .

After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen is also the new Hokage. He is the initiator of this Five Kage Conference and is still quite famous. So when he saw him and Koharu coming over, a fully armed samurai and several subordinates arrived early. The entrance to the camp was ready to welcome the two of them.

"Sarutobi-sama", the leading samurai, bowed his hands to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu Koharu from a distance. Although he is the top leader of the samurai here, his official position in the Iron Country is not high. Facing a leader of a big country like Sarutobi Hiruzen, he still felt three points shorter unconsciously and said respectfully.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also bowed his hand, but he just nodded casually and responded absently to the other party's enthusiasm, "Thank you, Nakatani-kun."

Although he was polite, his mind was not here at all. Instead, he was looking into the crowd. However, the last time he saw Kurosaki Ichigo was many years ago. For a while, he could not even remember Kurosaki Ichigo's appearance. , let alone find someone who looks similar to Ichigo Kurosaki.

"Sarutobi-sama, what are you?" The samurai named Zanguo Nakatani saw the anxious look on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face, and couldn't help feeling a little strange, so he asked.

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could answer, Koharu, who was sleeping next to him, rushed to say, "Ah, that's it. We just seemed to see a familiar figure of yours in the distance. It seemed to be a companion we met before, so I thought Come and look for him.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen also nodded in agreement, with a nostalgic look on his face, as if he really wanted to find a long-lost friend.

"I see, but you two may be disappointed. We are all brothers born and raised in the Land of Iron." Zanguo Zangtani nodded in relief, but still made way for the two of them and made a gesture of invitation. "Would you like me to help you two?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately rejected the other party's proposal, "It's not necessary, the two of us can just look for it." As he said this, Sarutobi Hiruzen gestured to Koharu, who was sleeping, and asked her to go in and search, while he and Nakatani Zang Dou started chatting.

After sleeping, Koharu also knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi could not help her at all in finding people, so he entered the samurai's camp alone to search.

"I don't know what kind of friends you two adults are looking for." Although he is the leader of the samurai here and is responsible for various matters of the Five Shadows Conference, he has always communicated with lower-level personnel in each ninja village. So at this moment, having a direct conversation with Sarutobi Hiruzen, a great figure in the ninja world, Zanguo Nakatani still felt a little frightened. He was silent for a long time before he asked.

Hearing the other party's question, even though he knew that the other party probably didn't mean anything, Sarutobi Hiruzen still couldn't help but his brows jumped twice before he smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just met him last time I came to the Kingdom of Iron." Just a friend."

Perhaps it was Hiruzen Sarutobi's infectious smile that dispelled the other party's nervousness. Zanguo Nakatani gradually relaxed and said, "Hey, Sarutobi-sama, do you still know people from the Iron Kingdom?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen first took a look around and found nothing unusual before replying, "This is natural, but the last time I came to the Land of Iron was ten years ago."

"Ten years ago," Nakatani Zodou thought for a while. Ten years ago, he was still a little ordinary samurai. "Ah, ten years ago seems to have been the time of the first Five Shadows Conference. "

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded with a smile, "Yes, I was one of the entourage led by the First Hokage at that time. It was at that time that I also met many friends from the Iron Kingdom, such as Mifune."

"Ah, Mifune-sama, you are a talented samurai from our Iron Kingdom." Zangoto Nakatani was a little surprised to be able to name a name that he was familiar with from Hiruzen Sarutobi, but he immediately realized his gaffe, immediately stood at attention and lowered his head. Said, "I'm sorry to interrupt you."

"It's okay," Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a hearty smile and shook his hand at Zanguo Nakatani. In his life outside of the war, he had always been a gentle and easy-going person. Naturally, he didn't like others to talk to him in a formal way. .

The two of them chatted happily for a while, and then they saw Xiaochun walking out of the tents in the samurai camp. Although there was no expression on his face, there was a look of disappointment in his eyes.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked over with inquiring eyes, and Koharu shook his head slightly when he turned to bed. He couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Seeing Koharu coming over, Zangoto Nakatani asked, "I don't know if Lord Tsunden has found his friend?"

"No." Xiaochun replied simply when she went to bed. She seemed to be in a bad mood, and even her voice was a bit colder.

Zanguo Nakatani was a little embarrassed for asking for trouble, and said indifferently, "Well, that's really a pity."

But at this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked Zanguo Nakatani, "By the way, Nakatani-kun, I wonder if anyone left here before we came here."

"Um, what about this?" Nakatani Zanguo was stunned when Sarutobi Hiruzen asked, and then he immediately recalled, "It seems that someone left."

When they went to bed, Koharu and Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at each other, the flame of hope flashed in their eyes again, and they quickly asked, "Really, where is it?"

When Nakatani Zangdou saw two such big guys looking at him expectantly, he couldn't help but panic. He immediately tried to think back, "I remember, uh, I remembered, there were a bunch of troops transporting supplies that just left."

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his head and glanced at Koharu Koharu. Koharu recalled that she had indeed found a lot of supplies piled on the ground in the samurai camp just now, but she was busy looking for Kurosaki Ichi. Mamoru didn't pay attention, and when he thought of it, he immediately nodded slightly to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After receiving a positive answer from his companion, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked, "I wonder where that army went, Nakatani-kun."

"Green Anaconda Road is that one," Zangdou Nakatani knew this very well and immediately pointed it out to the two of them. "Brothers who come to deliver supplies always take this road."

Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly thanked "Thank you very much, Nakatani-kun. We still have to go find that friend, so we won't stay any longer."

After hastily saying goodbye to Nakatani Zanguo, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Koharu who went to bed once again embarked on the road of searching for people.

This green anaconda road really lives up to its name. The black turned soil, patches of white snow, and exposed moss everywhere make it look like a giant green anaconda lying under the snow and occasionally revealing its majestic green anaconda.

It's just that at this time, neither Koharu nor Sarutobi Hiruzen had the time to think about whether this road had a good name. They were looking forward to actually finding the person they had always wanted to find in that supply force. .

Finally, after the two of them ran around, they finally saw a small team of several people from a distance.