Ninja Ice House

During this year, the changes in the reclusive Danzo Shimura's style of conduct made the strategy of the entire "Root" organization very different from before.

The previous actions of being proactive, expanding influence outwards, and committing to combating all internal and external threats to Konoha Village have gradually become less common.

As the prestigious ANBU training organization within Konoha Village, the activity of "Root" directly proves the ambition of Shimura Danzo.Many Anbu who came out of the "root" directly took orders from the current Hokage, and some were controlled by Shimura Danzo at the same time.

For example, this is the case for Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate, but the latter died early. The former worked for the third generation of Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, while also accepting assignments from Shimura Danzo for a long time.

In the past few months, the number of orders from the "second" superior had decreased, and they were even ignored, leaving the Anbu radicals including Uzuki Yugao more or less at a loss as to what to do.

Fortunately, the "tentacles" protruded by Danzo Shimura retracted, Tsunade's authority was demonstrated, and the village did not cause major turmoil.

The "ANBU Training Camp" is still running step by step. Over the past year or so, it has provided Tsunade with nearly ten very capable masters.As for how many of them were arranged by Gushan Bushui to enter the death chamber, it's hard to say more.

After another day of routine training, Sai, Nobu and Sora received orders from their superiors.

Respectfully, under the guidance of the guide, they walked into the dimly lit room. The three of them knelt on one knee and lowered their heads, not daring to peek into the face of their immediate boss.

Shimura Danzo, who was sitting on his knees in the shadow, remained motionless. After he realized that the person he had summoned had arrived, he said in a dry voice:

"You are the best among this group of elites. You have an extremely important task that you need to complete."

"Please order."

Nobu and Sai answered very seriously. The former seemed to have a lot of warmth in his words, while the latter promised like a machine, without any ups and downs.

Sora was not familiar with Shimura Danzo, but he also knew that this was a big shot who could decide his own destiny, so he followed suit.

Danzo Shimura ordered very simply:

"The three of you will act in the name of a combined team. The teacher who leads the team will be arranged by Tsunade to go to the Kingdom of Wind to investigate the 'Gathering of Eight Heroes'..."

After a pause, without waiting for a response from his subordinates, Danzo Shimura continued,

"This is just an official statement. Our people have been lurking in for a long time and know the secrets very well. Your mission is not to investigate, but to secretly wait for an opportunity to assassinate Uchiha Sasuke..."

Assassination, but not directly killing, proves that it is not important whether it can be killed or not. The key is to have the action of assassination to show it to those who need it.

"Don't tell anyone about this, including the fifth generation and the leading jounin..."

"I don't know how far I have to go?"

The letter asked very calmly. Shimura Danzo glanced at the other party and said indifferently:

"Use your best. If you and Sai are captured, surrender and break into it. If Sora is captured, rescue him."

If we can't do it, we'll all die.

"As ordered."

Assassination and then escaping unharmed does not require them to actually do anything, but represents the "root" organization and Shimura Danzo to express their attitude.

Shimura Danzo, who was once assassinated by Uchiha Sasuke, actually showed no desire for revenge and ignored Uchiha Sasuke, who was prospering in the ninja world. It was really weird.

As for the real purpose, or in other words, the plan of Gushan Bushui who controlled it behind the scenes, it has always been clear.

Mix the water and look for opportunities to make first moves.

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One day later, the three of them were brought to Tsunade and met with their leading teacher, Tenzang, who was proficient in Wood Release.

After accepting the mission, they went home to prepare for departure tomorrow morning.

Soon after, he completed an S-level mission and met with Kakashi Hatake, who had only been back in the village for two days.

"The Godaime, are you looking for me?"

"Kakashi, wait a moment..."

After stamping the important documents at hand, Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head, and said to the white-haired Jonin,

"Tenzo, who goes by the alias Yamato, and people from three 'root' organizations, are preparing to secretly sneak into the Kingdom of Wind. Among them, Nobu and Saoi are people whose origins Danzo elders refused to provide, so they are suspected of being hostile. The guy..."

"A marginal figure who wouldn't be a pity even if he died?"

"No, they are all real elites. Saoi is very good at fake paintings of super beasts and is a first-class sneak assassination wizard. Nobu is a talented and well-developed leader-type elite. After Sora has made up for the basics and shortcomings, The explosive power of the pseudo-Jinchuuriki is extremely terrifying, even if it is Tenzang, it is easy to miss if it is careless. But..."

When she mentioned the three people provided by Shimura Danzo, Tsunade felt suffocated.

Jiraiya suffered a big loss at the junction of the Land of Wind and the Land of Sichuan, which shocked Tsunade. Although that place was very dangerous, the Leaf Village would not be frightened by such difficulties, and the investigation would definitely still be necessary. Continue, but you have to think carefully about who to send.

With the strength of the Tenzang team, even if they encounter a master like Orochimaru, they can still hope to escape unscathed. As long as they do not face a full-scale confrontation with large organizations such as the "Eight Masters", safety can still be guaranteed.

The time Jiraiya was repulsed, it was because he underestimated the enemy and put both sides on the table. With no way to retreat, they had to throw away their cards and fight to the death.

Most of the encounters were actually not that tragic. The Tianzang team was there for reconnaissance, not as a pioneer. There was no need to fight alone and fight to the death.

Even so, Tianzang can be trusted, but Tsunade cannot trust any of the other three people.

"Elder Danzo, why did you let these three people come here? Especially Sora..."

The danger of this pseudo-Jinchuuriki is self-evident. He is not a Konoha ninja, and he even has a lot of quarrels with the Konoha Village. Although the "Root" organization is powerful, he wants to shape Sora in such a short period of time. It is almost impossible to become a powerful master who is loyal to Konoha Village.

"Are you going to use him as cannon fodder?"

"I don't know. Elder Danzo is becoming more and more mysterious. No one knows what he is thinking, how serious his injuries are, and whether he is really going to retire."

He is over 70 years old. Konoha ninjas of the same age have either retreated to the second line or have died in battle. It is not easy to still hold power at this age.

After fighting for the Leaf Village for so many years, there is no credit but hard work. Tsunade has a lot of dissatisfaction with Shimura Danzo, but considering his qualifications and meritorious service, plus the fact that he has not done anything embarrassing recently, it's not right Any restrictions on Tsunade's governance should not be overly suppressed.

"Let's not mention these for now. This mission is very important and dangerous. I intend to follow you as a secret aid and observe what is happening in that place from another perspective."

"As ordered."

There are two groups of people, one bright and one dark, and they are all powerful elites. It cannot be said that they are not ignored.

"In addition, Uchiha Sasuke is your student, and his sudden defection is also shocking. Elder Danzo is unwilling to reveal more information, so we can only start with Sasuke. We must find out what happened that day. , let Uchiha Sasuke attack Danzo Elder, and he is not even willing to seek justice from me, the Hokage, and wants to defect."

Not only did Tsunade want to figure this out, Kakashi Hatake would not let it go.

As the leading teacher of Class [-], it is really shocking that his favorite student defected inexplicably.

Although there are rumors that he was bewitched by Orochimaru and wanted to follow him, learn advanced secret techniques, and become stronger so that he could take revenge by killing Itachi Uchiha.But he rejected Oto-nin's solicitation last time. Logically speaking, he should have given up the idea of ​​looking for Orochimaru. Why did the situation suddenly take a turn for the worse?

What does it mean to attack Elder Shimura Danzo?

There should be no direct grudges between the two, right?

It's really a pity that the good Team [-] fell apart like this.

The first time he led a team, such a big mistake was made, which made Hatake Kakashi feel a little helpless. He obviously felt that he had done a good job, but he felt that it was counterproductive, and he seemed to do too much and make many mistakes.

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After accepting the mission, leaving aside the two Jonin and three members of the "Root" organization who are secretly heading to the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Wind already has the extremely powerful Uchiha Sasuke, together with Lin Eoyu Yuri and Lao Zi. , met with Tatsumi and Fuma Arashi.

When he saw two strange guys, especially Fuma Arashi, the rebel ninja from the Sound Ninja Village, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help but become wary.

Although I didn't know each other before, I still felt a sense of fear, which was constantly coming out of my instinctive perception.

Lin Yuri and Lao Zi are not interested in the so-called alliance at all, and Uchiha Sasuke is not very persistent, but his desire for revenge is getting stronger and stronger.

In addition to Uchiha Itachi, the hatred towards Konoha Village also began to rise.

Yes, Danzo Shimura's memory did contain the memory of launching the "Root" organization to annihilate the Uchiha family, but there was no content to excuse Uchiha Itachi.

In Shimura Danzo's view, Uchiha Itachi was also a traitor who killed his compatriots, but the difference was whether he was active or forced.

And Uchiha Sasuke even saw Uchiha Itachi kill his parents "with his own eyes".

The misunderstanding did not seem to be resolved due to the involvement of intelligence. Instead, because of specious memories and subjective thinking, Uchiha Sasuke became increasingly difficult to understand and very dissatisfied with Uchiha Itachi's strange and unpredictable actions.

Uchiha Sasuke may not entirely side with the Uchiha family, but he will definitely not side with the traitors.The Leaf Village is an enemy with the hatred of annihilating the clan, and Uchiha Itachi is an enemy and a traitor. Maybe the latter is more tempting to kill.

Precisely because the person he wanted to kill was so powerful, Uchiha Sasuke felt more and more that his own power was limited. There must be many, many powerful people to charge for him. The culprit must be killed with his own hands. Others seemed not necessary. Got my hands on it.

After meeting and chatting for a while, Tatsumi said bluntly:

"We can agree to advance and retreat together and form an alliance, but forget it about integrating into one. We are not forces in a system. If we rashly get together, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"It is definitely impossible to integrate into one organization, but it is not impossible for multiple organizations to work side by side under one banner, such as..."

"what?"

Looking at Tatsumi's half-smiling expression, Uchiha Sasuke didn't understand why at first. After more than ten seconds, he finally came to his senses.

"Wait, you mean, Ninja Village?"

"Yes."

Tatsumi answered directly in the affirmative,

"Isn't Konoha Village a union of ninja clans established by the feuding Uchiha and Senju clans? If the Nidaime hadn't opened up the ninja school as a place to train civilian ninjas, maybe the current Konoha Village wouldn't be the same. What changes have there been? There are also Kirigakure Village and Sunagakure Village. Aren’t they also ninja villages with many mountains and endless attacks on each other? They are all hidden dangers that were not solved back then, and they are fundamentally crooked.”

In fact, the situation in Kumogakure Village is similar, except that the Raikage of all generations have always been strong and able to control the situation; on the other hand, the weak Iwagakure Village needs to be united, but its handling of the Jinchuuriki is really too harsh. .

"Ninja Village, is this what you mean?"

"That's right, we, the Zahe Zhong, are on the coast of the Kingdom of Sichuan. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Wouldn't it be better to be a local bully? We have the golden waterways in the southern seas in our hands. We need money and people, and we are in short supply. It is a legitimate foothold. Moreover, what can we do with just the two of us? If we want to increase our momentum, we must have a cooperation framework and a leader. Otherwise, a ragtag group of people will not be able to accomplish anything..."

Uchiha Sasuke, who originally just wanted to build a powerful organization to serve himself, never thought that there was such a way to play.

"However, the order of one village and one country has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people since its establishment. If you want to build a new ninja village out of thin air, who should you replace it with? There is a village but no country. It won't work. The country of Sichuan is too small to support you. My crazy thoughts..."

"If there is no country, then create one."

Feng Molan said leisurely,

"Not all countries in this world exist for granted. The country of Whirlpool can be restored after being destroyed for decades. Moreover, so many ancient countries in ancient times perished one after another, which led to the current situation. The country of ancestors that is too far away is Forget about it, Izumo, Tsukushi, Inaba, etc. all have only fairy tales left for future generations to remember."

"Izumo is still there, but he has merged into the Country of Fire. Kosugi and the Daimyo are both descendants of it..."

"Then where did other countries and daimyo, big and small monarchs come from?"

Fuma Arashi's rhetorical question left Uchiha Sasuke speechless.

After a long time, he asked in a deep voice,

"What do you think you have?"

Seeing that the other party took the bait, Feng Molan and Tatsumi looked at each other calmly, and the latter said leisurely,

"Divide the Kingdom of Wind, merge most of the Kingdom of Sichuan, and establish a new country..."

"Will the Gushan family agree?"

"Then it depends on what you are willing to pay. It all depends on people. If you don't try, how will you know they don't agree?"