The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

After putting the "Star" away again, Qingsi prepared to go to another dimension to see if this Ten-Tails fragment had any effect on his little Ten-Tails.

"Takamagahara!"

The eye technique was activated, and Qingsi's figure disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he had arrived at Isshiki's Otsutsuki ruins. No, now it should be Qingsi's Otsutsuki ruins.

Walking up to the little Ten-Tails, Qingsi greeted the big guy in front of him in a friendly manner, and then took out the "Star".

As soon as the breath of "Star" appeared, the little Ten-Tails reacted immediately. Its big eyes of Samsara were filled with desire, and the little Ten-Tails that was imprisoned in place also began to struggle violently.

"Sure enough, my guess was right, and this thing has an extraordinary effect on my little Ten-Tails." Feeling the constant "want to eat" thoughts coming from the little Ten-Tails, Qingsi smiled, then casually threw the "Star" in the direction of the little Ten-Tails.

Seeing the "star" flying towards it, the little ten-tail stopped being restless, opened its big mouth, and quietly waited for the "star" to arrive. The "star" flew into the little ten-tail's big mouth, and was swallowed by the little ten-tail with a "gulp". Maybe it was because it had been hungry for too long, a small "star" made the little ten-tail make a swallowing sound.

As soon as the "Star" entered the mouth, the effect was immediate. The already huge body of the little Ten-Tails became visibly bigger. Although the Ten-Tails chakra contained in the "Star" was not much, its quality was high. This tiny bit made the little Ten-Tails, which had been dry for a long time, grow significantly.

Qingsi shook his head and laughed. Looking at the little Ten-Tails which had begun to digest the "Star" and was in much better condition than before, Qingsi activated "Takama-ga-hara" again and left the different space.

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On the Konoha side, when Hatake Sakumo returned to the village injured, all of Konoha F4 were shocked. They did not expect that Konoha White Fang, who led a whole team of Anbu to chase the Sand Village ninjas, would fail and be injured. Although other Anbu ninjas left nearly half of the Sand Village ninjas in the pursuit, they also suffered heavy losses under the attack of Hakura Shokutun, losing about one-third of their manpower.

In the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was talking to Hatake Sakumo.

"Sakumo!" The Third Hokage took a long puff of his cigarette and said, "Please introduce the situation!"

"Hokage, the leader of the Sunagakure team this time is Chiyo's son Imu. Imu's wife Juntsuki is also there, as well as Sunagakure's Scorch Release ninja Yekura. We caught up with them in the southern part of the Land of Fire, and Imu and Juntsuki teamed up to stop me. Just when I was about to kill them, the bounty hunter Kakuzu appeared and saved them." Hatake Sakumo narrated calmly, without any intention of shirking responsibility.

"Kakuzu? Is he the rebel ninja from Takigakure Village?" Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned. He didn't understand why there was a bounty hunter involved. Since when did bounty hunters dare to hunt down the ninjas of their Konoha.

"It's him!" Hatake Sakumo's eyes showed a trace of resentment. If this cornerman hadn't come out to mess things up, he would have brought back the heads of Imu and June. "According to my guess, it should be a bounty mission issued by Chiyo through the underground gold exchange."

"However, I have basically obtained his intelligence in this battle!" Hatake Sakumo continued, and his mind couldn't help but recall the battle between him and Kakuzu.

The strong lightning blade split the raging sea of ​​fire, and then Hatake Sakumo held the White Fang short sword, and with the speed of lightning chakra, stabbed directly into Kakuzu's heart. Kakuzu, who wanted to resist, overestimated the defense of his hardened earth spear and underestimated Hatake Sakumo's instant burst ability. The White Fang short sword had been performing mediocre before stabbing Kakuzu's heart, but at the moment of contact, the lightning flashed, and one strike directly pierced through the hardened body of the earth spear and pierced Kakuzu's heart.

But Hatake Sakumo did not expect that Kakuzu, whose heart was pierced, was unharmed. No, it cannot be said that he was unharmed. Hatake Sakumo keenly noticed that a broken white mask appeared under Kakuzu's feet.

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"That's right. According to my observation, although Kakuzu is known as the 'Immortal Ninja', he is not truly immortal. Instead, he has five hearts with different attributes. If you want to kill him completely, you have to destroy all five of his hearts!" Hatake Sakumo told the information he had deduced from the fight with Kakuzu. He had basically seen through Kakuzu's abilities, and the next time they fought, he would definitely kill him under his white fangs.

After listening to Hatake Sakumo's story, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment, then said, "It's a pity that we couldn't keep Iki and June this mission, but it can't be said to be a complete failure. After all, half of the elite troops who invaded Sunagakure were killed. Record Kakuzu's intelligence and then report it to all the jonin. He dared to attack our Konoha ninjas, hum!" At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed a hint of the domineering aura of the shadow of the strongest ninja village.

"Yes! Lord Hokage!" Hatake Sakumo responded.

"Oh, right!" Hatake Sakumo suddenly remembered something and added hastily, "Kakuzu also mentioned that he had fought with the first Hokage!"

"Impossible!!!" Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils contracted and he subconsciously denied it. He had witnessed the inhuman power of the First Generation. How could a small Kakuzu fight with the First Generation and still be safe and sound?

But he reacted quickly afterwards. He remembered that his teacher, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, once jokingly told him during a chat that not long after Konoha Village was established, Takigakure Village sent an Anbu ninja to assassinate the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. However, the opponent was captured by the First Hokage as soon as he threw a shuriken from eight hundred miles away. Presumably, this Takigakure Anbu was Kakuzu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen understood, and then signaled to Hatake Sakumo that he knew about this matter. Seeing this, Hatake Sakumo did not investigate further.

"Oh, by the way, I will have a meeting with the Hokage's assistant and two advisors later. The war with Sunagakure has officially begun. You go back and prepare and hand over the work of the Anbu to Shinnosuke. You will lead the war with the Sunagakure Village this time!" Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly composed himself and added that he wanted to pave the way for his eldest son.

Hatake Sakumo nodded and then turned to leave. Hatake Sakumo was a very standard ninja, born in the Hatake clan, which was originally a samurai family. Although it has now become a ninja family, the samurai's belief in "loyalty" has been passed down and inherited by Hatake Sakumo, so he did not resist the orders of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third Hokage, at all.