Naruto: Legend of Konoha

"Minato, tell me what you think." The Sandaime Hokage smoked his big pipe and said to Minato with encouraging eyes, "I want to hear your opinion on the whole matter first."

"Yes, Hokage-sama, the whole thing has been weird since he discovered Sunagakure's goshawk. Why did Sunagakure's goshawk pass by our route? Why did Danzo-sama order me and your direct ANBU? We went to retrieve the gold, but when we arrived at the place where the gold was robbed as mentioned by the Sandaime Kazekage, all that was waiting for us was an attack from unknown forces." Minato's expression was unusually solemn, and he slowly concluded, "The enemy's attack on us The information is well known.”

"You mean, we have a spy in Konoha, who is this person?" the Sandaime Hokage asked tentatively.

"This is the only way Danzo-sama can explain it," Minato said firmly.

"This kind of suspicion is a crime that will lead to chaos, and we need concrete evidence." The Sandaime Hokage had actually already made such a guess in his mind.But now even a young junior feels that there is something wrong with Danzo, so it seems that Danzo has something to do with it.

Danzo, what do you want to do?

The heavy speculation made him forget his favorite pipe for a while.

"You go back first." The Sandaime Hokage said to Minato.

But Minato still stood there, and the Sandaime Hokage asked again, "What else do you want to say?"

"I think there is something suspicious about April Qingshui. People from the root have had private contact with him. Although Mr. Danzo said that April Qingshui rejected his invitation, that is just his words. No one can prove this time. According to Danzo-sama, the mission allows us two young people to cooperate with each other. But why is it only me and not April Shimizu who is going to find a trap like gold?"

The Sandaime Hokage looked directly at Minato. From Minato's eyes, Sarutobi saw only calmness, as if the killing plan against him had never happened.

He was very calm and rationally analyzed all the facts that happened, which is a rare quality.

This young man is a junior whom he and Jiraiya have devoted their efforts to training.Neither he nor Jiraiya was wrong about the person. One day in the future, Minato will definitely become an excellent Hokage.

I remember Jiraiya once mentioned that Minato might be the son of the prophecy mentioned by the Great Toad Sage.The first possible son of the prophecy is a young man with the eye of reincarnation.

To be able to compare with the legendary Samsara Eye, this young man is really amazing.

"Well, the ANBU has preliminarily verified Shimizu's report, and there is nothing wrong with it." The Sandaime Hokage seemed to think that answering Minato's concerns was too perfunctory, and added, "I will pay attention to your questions."

"Okay then I'll take my leave now" Minato turned and left the Hokage's office.

"Hey" the Sandaime Hokage sighed heavily, too many things have happened recently.

The three-tailed Isoe appears in the world, Sunagakure intends to plot against Konoha, Amegakure fights the Rinnegan, and there is also a letter written by the Sandaime Kazekage, saying that gold has been robbed, and then there is an attack on the heir of Konoha Hokage, and there may even be a traitor.

All of this is shrouded in fog and undercurrents are surging.

In the past, he could let his favorite genius disciple Orochimaru come forward to deal with these headaches.However, ANBU recently submitted multiple secret reports on Orochimaru and Gen's private contacts.

Why even Orochimaru has a problem?

In comparison, new jonins like April Shimizu seem insignificant in the eyes of the third generation. After several amazing missions, strength and interests are what the big shots at the top will really value.

"Jiraiya is back. Call Jiraiya over." The Sandaime Hokage could only place his hope on Jiraiya at this time.

"Old man, I'm already here," Jiraiya had already appeared at the door of the Hokage's office. He explained, "Seeing as you called Minato in the middle of the night, I knew something was wrong."

"Something happened." The Sandaime Hokage said straight to the point, "Someone wants to kill Minato."

"Who?" Jiraiya said solemnly.

"A group of ninjas of unknown origin, led by a guy wearing a white whirlpool mask. They are extremely powerful and can use wood escape." The Sandaime said seriously. This information was reported to him verbally by Namikaze Minato alone and was not recorded in On the ANBU mission log.

In that ambush, an entire ANBU team of 36 people plus the remaining 3 people from Minato's group died, and only Minato survived.

"Wood Release: The First Hokage's Wood Release" Jiraiya said in surprise.

"Yes, Minato said it himself. So I want to ask you to go to the place where Minato was attacked and see if you can find any clues. It is currently guarded by ANBU. We have information about the enemy this time. Nothing.”

"For the position of Hokage." Despite Jiraiya's usually silly and unreliable appearance, when he encountered something serious, his mind would spin very quickly, "Is it Danzo?"

"It's just a guess, but there is no evidence." The Sandaime Hokage frowned and continued, "But Danzo also suffered heavy losses this time. This is not like what he would do. And for him, he would only suffer losses if he turned against Hanzo. "bigger"

"Bitter meat scheme" Jiraiya continued to guess.

The two of them shook their heads. At this point, there was no way to make further inferences without enough information.

"That ten tons of gold was robbed is false news," Jiraiya asked again.

"I have already sent someone to Sunagakure to verify this matter. As time goes by, we should be back tomorrow and we will have the results by then."

"So you think the Sandaime Kazekage also has a problem?"

"The letter here is indeed the Sandaime Kazekage's handwriting and his seal. If Sunagakure doesn't give us a reasonable explanation for this, I will personally come forward." At this time, the Sandaime Hokage had a chilling air.

Hiruzen Sarutobi has always played the role of a rational politician, acting and speaking with restraint.But he is also the shadow of a village, the most powerful man in the village

How should you calm down the anger of a strong man, Sunagakure?

You must know that the loss was a total of 39 Konoha ANBU elites plus the heir who tried to assassinate the next Hokage.

Sandaime Kazekage, are your hands stretched too long?

Jiraiya picked up the letter from the Sandaime Kazekage, read it carefully, and then sighed: "Danzo has a problem, Kazekage has a problem."

The two have a tacit understanding so far. If they continue to expand this topic, it will basically prove that one of the most respected and respected senior officials in the village colluded with the enemy to betray Konoha.

This will definitely cause a bloody storm

There must be sufficient evidence to make such an inference.Unreasonable suspicion will only divide the village, because no one can guarantee that this is not a trick of the Sandaime Kazekage. You know, that man is a man with the ambition of a great country.

"By the way, before you leave tomorrow, you can contact Yue Shimizu by the way. The ANBU report said that he narrowly escaped after fighting with the owner of the Samsara Eye.

"He's a student of Nagato and Kosuke Maruboshi." Jiraiya might not be able to remember Shimizu's name, but Kosuke Maruboshi was quite familiar to him. This was a man that even the second-generation Hokage valued.

"Yes, a boy with dark red hair, about fourteen or fifteen years old. Counting how many years you have been away from them, you are about the same age."

Nagato Jiraiya’s former disciple has grown up

The Sandaime Hokage pondered for a moment and continued, "I saw a report saying that April Qingshui developed a new technique, the Muji Thunder Release Ninjutsu, which was performed with the help of a Thunder Release Chakra Kunai. It's incredible, but it's just the key physical evidence. It was lost but because I borrowed it from Gu Jie, I checked with him later and found that it was indeed the case."

The Sandaime Hokage thought it would be a good idea to let Jiraiya come into contact with Shimizu, as Jiraiya always looked at people with a vicious eye.

"Do you think there is something wrong with this April Qingshui?" Jiraiya asked doubtfully.

"Danzo asked me to give Yuki Shimizu to him. He believes that the disappearance of one of his root members is related to Shimizu."

"What about the evidence?"

"He didn't. He asked for someone to be handed over and then he would give me evidence."

"Old man, you just let Danzo intervene in this matter so easily. This is at least an ANBU member directly under you."

"Ahem, there is someone who cares more about Shimizu Maru Hoshi Kosuke's appearance than me, and will guarantee him with his life."

"Then what do you think? Is there any problem with Qingshui in April?"

"Logically speaking, it is impossible to carry out such an S-class mission with such heavy casualties. But now the whereabouts of the remaining three people are unknown. The Kingdom of Rain is under martial law again. How can we investigate?" The Sandaime Hokage shook his head and continued He said, "I can prevent Danzo from intervening. But do you think there is any other way besides letting the ANBU Criminal Trial Team intervene in this matter?"

"Have"

The Sandaime Hokage took a puff of cigarette: "You tell me."

"believe him"

"Hey, if it hadn't been for that incident before, I would have completely believed that he did it for the benefit of the village, but I'm afraid that such an arrogant young man would inevitably have some ideas." The Sandaime Hokage sighed and continued, "Since Maruhoshi Kosuke has said so, now is not the time for internal fighting. So Jiraiya, please help me go and see this young man."

"it is good"