The walking dragon son

The core location of Konoha Ninja Village in the Land of Fire is naturally the Hokage Building where past Hokages have their offices.

This round building, which is not too tall, is the heart of the entire village, where all major decisions in the village are made.

The nearly 70-year-old Sandaime Hokage stood in front of the window, the tobacco in his pipe lighting up from time to time.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's life was quite eventful. When he was young, he showed his talent and was spotted by the second generation Hokage of the village and accepted him as his disciple.

Then he experienced Uchiha Madara's defection, the death of the first Hokage due to illness, and the ensuing Ninja War.

Later, he was appointed to become Hokage in times of crisis, and eventually led the village to win war after war.

In the process, he watched with his own eyes the disciples he had trained with his own hands grow and gain fame, and he saw with his own eyes that the talent pool in the village became more and more prosperous.

At this point, he can say that he is worthy of Teacher Tobirama's trust and sacrifice.

But then three disciples ran away or even defected one after another. The Nine-Tails Rebellion caused the death of the fourth generation Hokage in his prime. The Uchiha clan conspired to rebel and was exterminated by Itachi.

The dazzling talents in Konoha that he had high hopes for were withered one after another, all of which made the old man more and more exhausted.

But what is gratifying is that the war is over, and new seedlings of Konoha have begun to grow vigorously in the peaceful era.

But I don't know why he always feels uneasy lately.

Just then, a man kneeling on one knee appeared behind him. The man was wearing a gray ninja vest and a bird-print mask on his face, showing no features that indicated his identity.

The Assassination Tactics Special Forces, or Anbu for short, is a special organization created by the Second Hokage directly under the Hokage.

In short, it is Konoha's secret service. It is mainly responsible for protecting the Hokage and preventing foreign enemies from invading the Konoha ninja village. Sometimes it is also responsible for reconnaissance of enemies and assassinations.

The bird-faced ANBU raised a scroll and said, "Lord Hokage, the investigation on outsiders in the village has been completed."

The matter starts from yesterday. Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had "occasionally" free time yesterday, was using a crystal ball to observe the public sentiment as usual, and then he saw a special building.

It used to be an izakaya, but it started to be renovated yesterday.

I heard that the customer who bought the place was quite generous. He paid a large sum of money for the construction team to add some extra work, and a two-story building was quickly built.

The style of that building was incompatible with the rest of the street, especially the special symbol flag flying on the top of the building, which made Sarutobi Hiruzen suspicious.

As the shadow of a village, he naturally wants to take precautions before they happen, and it is natural for him to investigate.

Opening the scroll, Hiruzen Sarutobi saw almost all the itineraries of Ciel and his party since they came to this world.

Including how much money Ciel exchanged for a large amount of gold, how he purchased real estate and built that building, and what the guild called Fairy Tail he established did.

Ciel had no intention of hiding it, so the information on the scroll was very clear, especially about Fairy Tail's main business.

Sarutobi Hiruzen exhaled a puff of smoke, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

The ninja world also has organizations such as the Master House and mercenaries. On the surface, it seems that the guild is the same type of place.

But the question is what do you think in Konoha Village?

As we all know, one of the important functions of the Ninja Village is to accept various commissions from the outside world, which is also an important part of the Ninja Village's income.

And because a great ninja village like Konoha has strong strength and credibility, even guests from other countries will come to Konoha to issue commissions.

If you open such an organization in Konoha, you don't really think you will be competitive, do you?

On the one hand, he felt that Fairy Tail would not threaten the village, and on the other hand, Konoha did not have any rules against opening a master house in the village, so Sarutobi Hiruzen put the matter aside.

Although there is still a vague feeling of uneasiness, it is more urgent to deal with the classification of Ninja School graduates now. After all, there are many people who need special attention this year.

Not to mention the descendants from various ninja clans, the two people, the orphan of the fourth generation Hokage, the nine-tailed jinchuriki Uzumaki Naruto, and the last survivor of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Sasuke, must be dealt with carefully.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind soon changed.

A few days later, Sarutobi Hiruzen stared blankly at the report in his hand, which contained information about a commission from Fairy Tail.

After finally handling the class division matters, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly remembered Fairy Tail. Curious if it was closed, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked specifically.

Unexpectedly, I got a report of a big incident in Fairy Tail.

In the beginning, as Sarutobi Hiruzen expected, Fairy Tail was completely uncompetitive compared to Konoha.

But he ignored one difference. Konoha Village divided the entrustment into different levels according to the difficulty of the entrustment, and the charging standards for different levels were formulated by Konoha itself.

But in Fairy Tail, the client can decide the amount of the reward.

Of course, compared to Konoha, which assigns commissions directly to ninjas, in Fairy Tail, whether or not to accept a commission depends on personal wishes.

If the remuneration is too low, it is possible that the commission will remain on the display board and no one will take it.

Previously, a village came to issue a mission to defeat bandits. Unfortunately, the money brought by the people who came was not enough to pay them.

The Fire Nation official who managed that village was a 100% corrupt official, and the villagers had already been stripped of all their property by him.

After the bandits appeared, the greedy and stingy guy was not even willing to take out a tael to pay for the commission.

But considering that in the Kingdom of Waves, craftsmen have to pay for national infrastructure out of their own pockets, it is not a new thing for nobles to have this virtue.

The villagers who were raided by the nobles and bandits came here after hearing that they could entrust ninjas to fight against the bandits. Unfortunately, the money they had left was not enough to pay the reward.

Then the frustrated villagers passed by Fairy Tail, which was located in the block between the Hokage Building and the Konoha Gate.

After hearing about this, Natsu decided to accept the commission at that time, and then he and Happy set out for the village.

Then there was the report from Hiruzen Sarutobi that a mountain was leveled by bandits.

From the perspective of a ninja who values ​​​​secretness, Natsu's way of completing the commission is too willful, and it is simply random.

But this approach allowed everyone to see the strength of Fairy Tail.

The client couldn't understand what a powerful ninja looked like, but demolishing a mountain looked really scary.

In fact, this is not just a matter of bluffing. Hiruzen Sarutobi, who has the title of doctor of ninjutsu, knows very well that most ninjutsu cannot do such a thing.

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but recall the battle that created the current terrain of the Valley of the End. I'm afraid only the first-generation Senbokujutsu and Uchiha Madara's Susanoo could easily do the same thing!

Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his beard, his face became more confused. Obviously no one in Fairy Tail can feel chakra, why do they have such power?

Why did a group of people with special powers come to Konoha? What is their purpose?

Looks like more attention needs to be paid to these guys! As for the temptation... Sarutobi Hiruzen knew his old friend hiding in the darkness very well, and he would do it even without his own orders.

If something goes wrong, the worst possible thing is to let the old friend take the blame, so that the situation will not get out of control.

After so many years, he has long mastered the correct usage of that old friend.

Sure enough, the office door was soon pushed open. A shadowy old man with bandages on his face and arms walked in.

"Monkey, there are people who don't know the truth in the village. As Hokage, you should take action!"

"They entered the village through formal channels. I have no reason to target them!"

"Their power is dangerous!"

"That's why we can't act rashly!"

"Sarutobi, you will regret it!"

"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"

Bang!

The door to the Hokage's office was hit hard again.