Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

"and many more"

Far away, Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted loudly, and his voice reached the ears of this samurai team from a distance.

"who"

Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's shout, someone immediately shouted loudly and took out their weapons and looked warily at Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tenzin Koharu who were approaching their group.

However, although these warriors all took a defensive posture, after all, the Iron Country had been at peace for a long time, and they did not have much sense of crisis or vigilance, so they were not very nervous.

"Don't worry, I'm Sarutobi Hiruzen, I'm here to find someone." As the distance gradually approached, Sarutobi Hiruzen no longer tried to cover up to prevent the target from escaping, and directly loudly stated his purpose to everyone.

The other party's self-introduction caused a commotion among the samurai. As samurai who delivered supplies to the Five Shadows Conference, they had naturally heard of the name of the Third Hokage.

One of the samurai asked his companion in a low voice, "Did I hear you correctly? He said he was Hiruzen Sarutobi. Are you telling the truth?"

"If you ask me, then who should I ask?" The samurai's companion obviously didn't know the answer, so he retorted angrily, and then patted the person next to him on the shoulder, "Hey, have you seen Sarutobi Hiruzen?"

The man next to me replied "Of course not"

Ignoring the whispers of the samurai, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu, who had gone to bed, had already arrived in front of them.

Fortunately, these warriors were not too stupid and had the minimum of vigilance. When they saw the two approaching, they immediately raised their weapons and said, "Don't come here."

Sarutobi Hiruzen pulled Koharu, who was about to use force to subdue her opponent. After giving her a look, he turned to the samurai, with a gentle smile on his face, "I really am Sarutobi Hiruzen, you don't want to Nervous." As he spoke, he raised his hands above his head to ease the other person's emotions.

Faced with Sarutobi Hiruzen's magnanimous appearance, these inexperienced samurai looked at each other at a loss. They looked at each other and could no longer question sternly, so they all put down their weapons. .

After a while, a warrior who looked like a leader came forward. After thinking about his words, he said, "Well, who are you?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not answer immediately, but looked back at Koharu, who was sleeping next to him, "Have you noticed anything?"

When he went to bed, Xiaochun had already walked around the warriors several times, but did not find the familiar figure. He even looked carefully at the wooden cart carrying supplies pushed by the warriors, and there was no sign of anyone hiding, so Still shaking his head in disappointment.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's disappointment was beyond words. He was about to answer the leader's question when he heard the sound of running behind him.

As soon as they heard this voice, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu, who had gone to bed, were instantly excited. They thought that the purpose of their trip had been leaked. They immediately looked back and secretly prepared to fight.

Unexpectedly, the two of them looked back and found that it was Zangato Nakatani who had been talking to them for a while before. He had already taken off the helmet that was in the way and held it under his ribs. His face was flushed with tears. beads of sweat.

"Nakatani-kun, what are you doing?" Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Koharu, who was sleeping, and signaled her not to act rashly. He put down his hand that was about to reach into the ninja tool bag and stepped forward to ask.

"Huhu" Zangato Nakatani, who rushed forward, took two quick breaths and then said intermittently, "I just thought that they in Kamakura might not know Sarutobi-sama, so I came to inform them."

After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen turned around helplessly and exchanged glances with Koharu, who was sleeping with him. Then he supported the panting Nakatani Zanguto and said, "That's really troublesome for you, Nakatani-kun. We just need you to explain to them." Our identity.”

After being supported by Sarutobi Hiruzen, Nakatani Zanguto was a little flattered and kept saying "It should be, it should be"

As he spoke, he walked towards the samurai leader named Kamakura. Although Zanguo Nakatani was not a big shot in the Iron Country, he was still the person in charge of the Five Kage Conference. Kamakura naturally knew him. Speaking of which, Kamakura also Even half of Zangdou Zhongya's subordinates naturally didn't dare to make excuses and hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"Nakatani-sama" Sarutobi Hiruzen just helped Nakatani Kuroto for a moment. Seeing him panting, Kamakura quickly stepped forward to support him and said.

As a samurai, although Nakatani Zanguo's physical fitness is not incredible, it is not very bad either. He was just out of breath because he was in a hurry. At this time, he took a rest and quickly recovered. He pushed Kamakura away and pointed. Pointing at Sarutobi and Hiruzen, they introduced him and said, "Ahem, I'm fine. Why don't you guys meet Sarutobi-sama and Tensho-sama as soon as possible?"

It was only then that the samurai were sure that the person who appeared in front of them was really the Third Hokage. They quickly stood up straight and said with a little respect, "I have seen Sarutobi-sama and Tensho-sama. I was really rude just now."

"It's easy to talk." Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly waved his hand, then stepped forward and asked Kamakura, "By the way, your name is Kamakura, right? I just want to ask you something."

"Ah" Kamakura didn't expect that one day he would be educated by a big shot like the Third Hokage, so he couldn't help but look at Zanguo Nakatani beside him with some confusion.

Nakatani Zodou patted Kamakura's head with hatred, "Why are you, Sarutobi-sama, asking you something?"

"Oh," Kamakura reacted and said quickly, "Ask me, Sarutobi-sama, and I promise to tell you everything I know."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded. Until now, he had no hope of finding Ichigo Kurosaki here. Just out of a sense of responsibility, he still asked, "Are these the people you came out of the camp just now? Did you see any others?" Those who leave the camp”

Even Koharu had no hope for Kamakura's answer when he went to bed, but under such circumstances, his answer shocked the two of them, "Yes."

When Koharu went to bed, her pupils shrank instantly. She didn't know if it was due to a woman's sixth sense. She had a premonition that the person Kamakura was talking about was related to Kurosaki Ichigo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted quickly enough and immediately asked Kamakura, "Who and when did that person leave?"

"Well, there must be three people who ran away," looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, Kamakura felt a little nervous for some reason, and quickly recalled, "They were originally met on the way we came here, and they said they were coming with us. Look at the scene of the Five Shadows meeting.”

Speaking of this, Kamakura secretly glanced at Nakatani Zouto, because strictly speaking, outsiders are not allowed to come here, but the Iron Kingdom has always strictly maintained neutrality, so it has been at peace for a long time. Some people in the country want to come over and see what outsiders look like. , and ordinary warriors would not refuse.

As expected, after hearing Kamakura's words, Nakatani Kuroto's eyebrows rose. However, because Sarutobi and Hiruzen were still there, he did not have an attack for the time being. He just said angrily, "Look at what I am doing, hurry up and continue telling Sarutobi-sama."

"Yes," Kamakura nodded in agreement and continued, "They are a boy and two girls. The boy is called Isshin, the girl is named Nari, and the other is named Yumi."

At this time, Xiaochun finally couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward and said, "Is the person named Isshin about 1.8 meters tall, with orange hair and brown pupils? And one of the women is about 1.6 meters tall with blond hair. green pupils"

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought how could Uchiha Ichigo be so careless and still use his true self when wandering around, but he didn't want to think that the next moment Kamakura said in surprise, "Hey, Sir, how did you know about the blond woman you mentioned?" It’s Nellie.”

"Well," Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment before he said, "Ah, those people are our friends. We haven't seen them for a long time. I seemed to have seen them just now, so I came here to look for them."

"Ah, what a coincidence that the three of them parted ways soon after we left the camp, and we don't know where they are now." Kamakura obviously doesn't have that much thought, and he believed what Sarutobi Hiruzen said. , and felt sorry that they could not find their old friends.

"Then can you tell them where they went?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked after going through mountains and rivers, doubts, no path, dark flowers, bright flowers, and village after village. He couldn't help but feel confident and asked.

"Oh, go over there." Kamakura pointed to the north, thought for a moment and then continued to add, "We separated at the first fork in the road after we left the camp. They were going to the north. road.”

After missing Ichigo Kurosaki again, this time Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu Koharu looked at each other, but they were not discouraged. Instead, they ignited a stronger fire in their hearts because they knew that they had grasped the truth this time. information, just follow this information and search for it as soon as possible.

After bidding farewell to the warriors again, the two quickly rushed back to the first fork in the green anaconda road outside the warrior camp.

Standing at the intersection, Sarutobi Hiruzen said to Koharu who was sleeping, "The troops are divided into two groups and I will go back to find Men Yan and the others. You should follow this road first, but even if you find the target, don't alert the enemy and wait for reinforcements to arrive."

"it is good"

After returning to bed, Xiaochun simply replied with one word, and then embarked on the journey alone.

However, what neither Hiruzen Sarutobi nor Koharu expected was that just to the south of that fork in the road, Kurosaki Ichigo was leading Nariko and his new companions to walk with difficulty in the roadless ice and snow.