Konoha: Starting from Sage Transformation

In the Kingdom of Fire, in a border town, all members of the White Fang team used the power of transformation to arrive safely here.

This is a relatively prosperous town, but its prosperity is based on the war between Konoha and Sunagakure, because the main consumers here are those Konoha ninjas who have just escaped from the battlefield.

The most shops here are izakayas and massage parlors.

Here, Kirito saw many Konoha ninjas coming in and out of these izakayas and massage parlors. Most of the people who came out had relaxed expressions of relief on their faces.

"Let's separate here for now. Teacher, I have something to do."

Hatake Sakumo took Kirito and three people into the town, and then checked into a hot spring hotel. After soaking in the hot springs and eating a sumptuous lunch, he smiled and said to the three of them.

"What are Mr. Hatake going to do? Are you going to do something inappropriate for children like the Konoha ninjas in town?"

Kirito heard this and joked.

"Ahem, cough, cough~, children, stop worrying about adults' things."

Hatake Sakumo's face suddenly became embarrassed, he coughed a few times, and then said with a straight face.

When Naoki saw this, he looked at Hatake Sakumo with a blank expression, completely unable to hear what Kirito was saying.

But he was very interested in the things that Kirito said were not suitable for children. He thought that as long as he did these things, he could grow up quickly, and immediately said: "Hatake-sensei, can you take me there?"

At this time, Chizuru showed a look of contempt at Hatake Sakumo and Naoki.

"No, you three are free to walk around the town, but you must act together. Naoki must listen to Kirito and don't act without permission. That's it, I'm leaving first."

Hatake Sakumo sternly refused Naoki's request, and then warned the three of them.

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot and quietly used the teleportation technique to leave.

"mean."

The naive Nawaki said dissatisfied when Hatake Sakumo didn't take him to play with him.

Then, he suddenly thought of a good idea, and immediately used the multiple shadow clone technique to create more than ten shadow clones, then took out his wallet and distributed the money to them.

"Please, everyone, let us taste all the delicious food here together."

After Shengshu distributed the money, he said excitedly to the shadow clones.

"Oh~"

All the shadow clones of the rope tree immediately responded in unison, and then ran out of the hot spring hotel and started a gourmet trip together in this bustling town.

"Kirito, Chizuru, the three of us should also go to the town and have some fun."

After all the shadow clones left, Naoki said to Kirito and Qianzuru on the side.

"Okay, it's rare that I don't have to continue eating sand in the desert. It's really time to relax."

Kirito agreed.

Chizuru originally planned to refuse Naoki's invitation because she planned to stay here and continue training, but when Kirito said this, she no longer insisted.

Although the days in the Devil's Desert were short, they were very stressful. In just ten days, she felt as if several months had passed.

"Then let's go play."

Chizuru thought to himself.

But the next moment, she remembered something and decisively used the shadow clone technique to create a shadow clone.

As soon as the shadow clone came out, she left without saying a word.

Seeing this, Kirito narrowed his eyes and without saying anything, started to hold Naoki and Chizuru's hands to leave the hotel.

While the three Kiritos were having fun in the town, Hatake Sakumo, who had used the art of transformation, entered the toilet of a tavern in the town. After he turned a faucet inside, a secret door was opened immediately. A smell mixed with corpse odor and preservatives suddenly came from inside.

Hatake Sakumo entered without changing his expression. This was the gold exchange house in the town, a place where bounty hunters often came.

In addition to being a Konoha ninja, Hatake Sakumo's second-level identity is that of a senior bounty hunter. However, his identity as a bounty hunter was transformed into a person called Night Blade after he used the technique of transformation. Wandering Ninja Vest.

"I didn't expect that the person who came in was Mr. Ye Ren. I was really disappointed."

The person in charge of the money exchange was a middle-aged man wearing a toad mirror. When he saw Hatake Sakumo's changed appearance, he suddenly showed a surprised expression, and then said respectfully.

"Don't talk nonsense, I need information about Sunagakure's unknown source of funds."

Hatake Sakumo glanced at the middle-aged Toad Mirror with cold eyes and said coldly.

In addition to providing bounty hunters with the function of exchanging bounties, gold exchanges also offer information transactions.

The backers behind these gold exchanges are basically high-level officials from various countries. They have many secrets in the ninja world and have many informants. The intelligence network is very developed. As long as there is enough money, bounty hunters can obtain themselves from the gold exchanges. Wanted information.

Hatake Sakumo received a new mission assigned by the third generation, but found that the third generation did not give any useful information. The first thing he thought of was to try his luck at the gold exchange house to see if he could find the hunter he wanted to hunt this time. Kill target.

Among the many S-level missions he has completed over the years, the information provided by the gold exchange is very crucial and saves him a lot of time and energy.

"I'm very sorry. I don't have the information you want, Mr. Ye Ren. In fact, we also want to know. If Mr. Ye Ren has the opportunity to get this information, our gold exchange office will be very happy to buy it."

The middle-aged Toad Mirror heard the words and immediately responded.

In the past year, a large amount of gold has appeared on the market, which has long attracted the attention of the big people behind the gold exchange. Many big people want to find out where Sunagakure got so much gold.

But Sunagakure hid this secret very well, and deliberately released a lot of false news, completely muddying the waters and killing many powerful bounty hunters and enemy ninjas.

In order not to damage their reputation, gold exchange houses now dare not sell relevant information.

Although Hatake Sakumo had already expected this result, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and sighed secretly: "This mission is indeed very difficult."

This mission didn't even know who the target was, which really gave Hatake Sakumo a headache.

From the current point of view, if the White Fang team wants to complete the mission, the only way is to sneak into Sand Hidden Village to find the mission target.

Suddenly, Hatake Sakumo noticed the hesitant expression on the middle-aged man Toad Mirror's face. He immediately took out a pile from his body and put it on the table, then pushed it in front of the other person and continued to ask: "What do you want? Supplementary explanation.”

"Recently, a new force has appeared on the intelligence black market. Their intelligence power is very strong. A lot of the intelligence business of the money exchange has been taken away by them. Maybe they will have what you need, but their charges are It’s a little strange.”

The middle-aged man in Toad Mirror collected the money calmly, and then whispered.

"Where can I find them?"

When Hatake Sakumo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked.

He is not afraid that the information dealer charges strange fees, but he is afraid that the information dealer does not have the information he needs.

The middle-aged man in Toad Mirror did not continue to answer Hatake Sakumo's question immediately. He just smiled at Hatake Sakumo and rubbed the substance and thumb of his right hand against each other.

Seeing this, Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with the greed of the man in front of him, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

But in the end, he didn't choose to do anything to this person here.

If he kills the other party, the money exchange will just lose a greedy branch leader, and he will be on the money exchange's blacklist and lose the money exchange's intelligence network.

Soon, Hatake Sakumo left the money exchange.

The middle-aged man in Toad Mirror watched the door of the money exchange close again, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, and then he continued to lie lazily on the table, and fell asleep instantly.

But the next moment, he woke up again and said somewhat confusedly: "Did I just fall asleep?"

Half an hour later, Hatake Sakumo entered a drugstore and asked the boss to buy four medicinal materials. The boss invited him to a dark room in the store because one of the medicinal materials was not here.

There weren't many things in the darkroom, just a table and two chairs, and a candle burning on the table.

"Your Excellency, please wait here for a moment. Our person in charge will be here soon."

The drugstore owner said to Hatake Sakumo expressionlessly, then left quickly and closed the darkroom door.

Hatake Sakumo was a brave man, so he was not afraid of the other party's tricks, so he sat on one of the chairs and waited.

After a while, the darkroom door opened again, and a woman with long red hair walked in.

"With red hair and this powerful chakra, is this woman from the Uzumaki clan?"

Hatake Sakumo looked at the red-haired woman and thought in surprise as he felt the terrifying amount of chakra coming from her body.

The amount of chakra in the red-haired woman's body has far exceeded the level of an elite jounin.

Although the other party didn't feel threatening to him, he could tell that the red-haired woman in front of him was an elite jounin.

The head of a branch of a little-known intelligence organization is actually an elite Jonin, and he is probably a member of the Uzumaki clan. From this point of view, the power behind this mysterious intelligence organization is indeed not simple.

The red-haired woman wore an exquisite silver mask, revealing her delicate chin. She quickly sat across from Hatake Sakumo and asked, "What information do you hope to get?"

"The source of the unknown funds behind Sunagakure?"

Hatake Sakumo didn't talk nonsense and immediately told the information he wanted.

When the red-haired woman heard this, she was silent for a moment, then she used her psychic skills to summon a scroll, then opened it and replied: "We have the information you want to ask about, but we need you to sign this contract before we can do it." Tell it like it is.”

At this time, Hatake Sakumo's eyes were already staring at the thing on the open scroll on the table. It was an extremely complicated sealing circle.

In his eyes, he could only see that this was some kind of contract-type sealing technique with strong binding force.

"What's this?"

Hatake Sakumo said coldly.

If the other party does not explain clearly the content of this sealing technique, it is impossible for him to sign it.

"Please rest assured, this is just an equal contract signed by Death as a notary. I will also write my name on it with blood, and then tell you the true information. In exchange, you need to be there when we need it. It’s time to provide us with information.”

The red-haired woman said truthfully.

As soon as she finished speaking, she bit her index finger and took the lead in writing her name on it.

"Uzumaki Ryoko is indeed a member of the Uzumaki clan."

Hatake Sakumo clearly saw the name written by the red-haired woman on the scroll, and showed an expression that was true, and then thought about whether he really wanted to write his own name on it.

It was just his first meeting with the red-haired woman, and he had no sense of trust at all. If the other party was lying to him, and the sealing technique on the scroll was not at all the equal contract signed by the God of Death as a notary as the other party said, then he would be in trouble. Inside.

But the next moment, a gust of wind suddenly appeared in the dark room, and the candle light in front of Hatake Sakumo suddenly turned into a faint blue.

I saw a burst of chakra emerging from Uzumaki Ryoko's body at this time, and it was transferred to the sealing technique on the scroll through her fingers.

Soon, an illusory figure appeared in front of Hatake Sakumo.

It was an evil ghost dressed in white, with purple skin, a terrifying face, and two red horns on his head. He wanted a short knife in his mouth, which looked very much like the legendary God of Death.

The white-clothed demon was obviously intelligent. Its eyes first glanced at Uzumaki Ryoko, and then looked at Hatake Sakumo.

When Hatake Sakumo was looked at by the other party, he instantly felt creepy and had a strong sense of threat.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that the God of Death will not attack anyone who has not violated the contract."

Ryoko Uzumaki saw that Hatake Sakumo looked like he was facing a formidable enemy and comforted him.

Hatake Sakumo didn't speak, his eyes continued to stare at the God of Death, so strong that if the God of Death made any rash move, he would immediately kill Uzumaki Ryoko who had summoned the God of Death.

But the fact is just as Uzumaki Ryoko said, the God of Death did not make any further moves, but just floated quietly in the mid-air between the two.

Seeing that the God of Death was still taking no action, Hatake Sakumo finally confirmed that what Uzumaki Ryoko said was true, as well as the authenticity of the seal scroll in front of him.

"This organization is really not simple. There must be powerful ninjas who are proficient in sealing techniques behind it. They can actually create contract sealing techniques that use the God of Death as a witness."

Hatake Sakumo turned his attention to the scroll again, becoming increasingly wary of the power behind Uzumaki Ryoko.

But now he had no time to dig deeper into the forces behind Uzumaki Ryoko. He continued to be silent for a moment, afraid of his index finger, and then wrote his true name on the scroll.

After writing his name, Hatake Sakumo instantly found himself being targeted by death again, and then a heartbreaking pain appeared in his body.

But the pain disappeared in just a moment.

"It turns out that your Excellency is Konoha White Fang. I really admire your name for a long time."

Ryoko Uzumaki was surprised when she saw the name written by Hatake Sakumo on the scroll.

"It's okay to say it."

Hatake Sakumo was not interested in Uzumaki Ryoko's compliment and said coldly.

This death contract is too evil, and now he just wants to get the information and leave quickly.

"certainly."

Uzumaki Ryoko said with a smile, and then told what he knew about the source of Sunagakure's unknown funds.

As Uzumaki Ryoko revealed more and more information, the expression on Hatake Sakumo's face became more solemn.

. . .

At night, in the hot spring hotel above the town, the White Fang team gathered in a room to discuss things.

"That's probably the content of the mission. Do you have any doubts?"

Hatake Sakumo said with a serious face.

After returning from the mysterious intelligence organization, he thought for a long time and finally decided to share all the hard-earned information with Kirito and the three of them.

For example, this mission is likely to be blocked by the Third Kazekage, the top power in Sunagakure Village, and besieged by many elite Sunagakure ninjas. Once the mission fails, the chance of escape is very low.

"It has only been less than a month since we started the mission. Does the Third Generation Sir think too highly of us by asking us to carry out such a mission?"

After hearing what Hatake Sakumo said about the new mission, Chizuru stared at Hatake Sakumo with a frosty face and said.

Just kidding, let the White Fang team go deep into the Sunagakure Village to assassinate the Sunagakure big financier who is likely to be protected by the Kazekage. Is this something the White Fang team can do with their current abilities?

Even if they could do it, would they still be able to leave alive?

Once the Kazekage is assassinated, they will definitely be chased by Sunagakure madly and relentlessly.

A large part of the reason why their White Fang team has been able to get away with Sunagakure's pursuit is that they use guerrilla tactics flexibly and never stay in one place for a long time. Now let them take the initiative to break into the enemy's base camp, which is completely Give up their advantage to fight the enemy.

The shadow clone she sent out during the day had already learned about the recent events in Konoha from some tribesmen in the town and realized that this mission was probably a conspiracy.

Chizuru is an outstanding ninja, but he is not a ninja who is willing to die. At least the current Konoha is not worth her death.

She was unwilling to do this kind of task that obviously had the nature of sending someone to die.

"Is this mission difficult? Isn't it just to go to Sunagakure Village and kill someone? Kirito has the art of spiritualization, so he can sneak into Sunagakure Village and kill the target. We only need to protect Kirito's body then. That’s all, and Kirito has the Suzaku puppet, so we can leave safely even if the mission fails.”

Shengshu was too ambitious and didn't realize how difficult this task was. Instead, he said excitedly.

Hatake Sakumo just said that as long as their White Fang team can complete this mission, then they will become the heroes who end the war between Konoha and Sunagakure.

If he accomplished this, he would definitely be one step closer to becoming Hokage.

"Hmph, as smart as you are, the information that Kirito knows the art of spiritual transformation has been leaked for a long time. Sunagakure saw that he knew this information, wouldn't they be on guard against Kirito's art of spiritual transformation? You put it so lightly, you just It’s just to ask Kirito to risk his life to verify whether Sunagakure has a way to restrain the spiritual art. What a fool.”

When Chizuru heard Naoki's words, he immediately yelled angrily and glared at Naoki with his Sharingan.

Naoki didn't expect Qianzhe's reaction to be so strong, and was startled. He was instinctively angry, but when he heard what Qianzhe said, his anger suddenly disappeared, showing a guilty expression.

He really didn't think that much just now. If what Chizuru said is right, then his suggestion just now is harming his good brother Kirito.

When he thought that his good brother might be killed by him, Naoki immediately apologized to Kirito with a guilty conscience: "I'm sorry, Kirito, it was my lack of consideration. Don't mind, I didn't mean anything else."

"I know, I don't worry about it."

Kirito said with a smile, dismissing this unhappiness easily.

Then, he turned to look at Hatake Sakumo and asked: "Hatake-sensei, what do you think? The task that the Third Generation has given us this time is quite difficult. If what you just said is true, this The mission is obviously beyond our capabilities, and not to mention success, the information we have now is very limited, and it is impossible to complete it in a short time."

Rasa's Magnetic Release and Sand Gold is absolutely top secret in Sunagakure. Only a few core executives know about it. Konoha now has no idea that Rasa is the source of Sunagakure's unknown funds.

The information that Hatake Sakumo received from Uzumaki Ryoko was actually what he instructed Uzumaki Ryoko to tell the other party. The content did not mention that Rasa was the big money owner. It only stated that Rasa was the magnetic release of Awakened Magnetic Release and Ash Gold. The ninja and now are protected by the third Kazekage.

The reason why Kirito didn't want to use Ryoko Uzumaki's hand to tell Hatake Sakumo the complete information was actually because he wanted Hatake Sakumo to retreat and prevent the White Fang team from carrying out such a dangerous mission.

He is now a highly skilled person and it is true that he is bold, especially since he has reached level 5 of Thunder Release and has mastered the art of spiritualization. He is fully confident that he can escape even if he is exposed in the Sand Hidden Village.

But this is not necessarily the case for Naoki and Chizuru. They lack powerful means of escape. Once they are surrounded by enemies in Sunagakure Village, they will definitely die.

Seeing that neither Chizuru nor Kirito was willing to carry out the new mission, Hatake Sakumo sighed in his heart, and then said expressionlessly: "The mission must be carried out, but..."