Konoha starts with a young bird

Chapter 114 Kakashi

There have been many turning points in the history of Konoha.

But Konoha's 48th Nine-Tails Rebellion not only led to the fall of the most dazzling genius in the ninja world at that time, but also caused nearly half of Konoha's elite ninjas to die in the hands of Yaohu.

If that year was the weakest non-war period since the establishment of the village, then the Uchiha extermination in Konoha's 57th year was another turning point for Konoha to slip directly down a ladder!

The three generations are old and no longer in their prime, and the few shadow-level ninjas in the village defected and defected, and those who went out went out, and the next generation suffered heavy losses, and there was a phenomenon of incompleteness. Before the new generation grows up, there can only be a few. Not many elite johnin support.

This is an unprecedented moment in Konoha's history. Although there were frequent wars during Hokage's tenure, the village would always be guarded by two or three powerful ninjas.

At this time, Konoha hadn't completely recovered from the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and suffered a heavier blow. It can be said that this year was the weakest beginning of Konoha's strength in 60 years.

Zhou Lai gently pulled out the ninja knife from the opponent's back, supported the body that was about to fall to the ground, and took out a scroll from the ninja bag behind him with one hand to seal it inside. Not the first time.

But Zhou Lai couldn't see the slightest trace of relaxation in his eyes, and he looked at a direction in the village with his brows tightly frowned.

He is now in a dense forest outside the village, less than five kilometers away from the Uchiha family.

In this short period of half a month, this is already the fifth foreign ninja who died in his hands.

The task given to him by Sandai Hokage is to monitor any suspicious persons near Uchiha.For every ninja who died in his hands, Zhou Lai would hand them over to the special department of Anbu to check their identities.

But the result surprised Zhou Lai. The first four ninjas came from four different forces, but the only thing in common was that they all had the shadow of a big country behind them.

"This guy, will it be that force?"

Uchiha's actions are becoming more and more obvious now, but Zhou Lai didn't see the third generation's substantive attitude towards Uchiha at all, but the ninjas in the nearby roots came and went frequently, obviously preparing in advance.

Zhou Lai can understand the idea of ​​the three generations of Hokage focusing on the overall situation, and also knows that a war with Uchiha will be a catastrophe for Konoha no matter what the outcome is, but now facing the aggressive Uchiha For the wave family, timely stop loss is the real priority of the overall situation.

Shaking his head, Zhou Lai stretched out his hand to erase the slight traces of battle around him, and his body slowly faded and disappeared into the air again.

These things need to be decided by Konoha's senior management. Although he disagrees with some of the three generations' ideas, he just thinks about it and just does his job well.

And now it's not time for his shift change, he still has to work hard in the evening.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Zhou Lai, who had just disappeared, heard slight footsteps in the distance, as well as the rustling of leaves mixed with the hem of his clothes.

Not long after, I saw a group of four ninjas rushing towards the Uchiha family from another direction in the village.

"Is it root again?!"

Zhou Lai looked at their combat uniforms which were different from Anbu's, and the delicate eyebrows that had just eased were piled together again.

The group I saw today is already the third root team, what the hell is that old guy in Danzo doing.

Although I don't know the specific time when Uchiha was exterminated by Itachi, I still know that the development of the matter did not happen overnight. Before the extermination, the two sides must have gone through a series of indirect negotiations.

But now things have not fermented to the extent that they should. According to the time, Uchiha Itachi and Danzo should not start actions in the near future, but what is the situation?
Zhou Lai's eyes were full of doubts, and he suppressed the thought of catching them to ask for information. He squatted on a branch and watched their backs as they went away. He handed the scroll in his palm to a small psychic beast that had just been summoned.

Although Danzo is a bit unscrupulous and his ideas are a little radical, his loyalty to Konoha is indeed true, and Zhou Lai will not make trouble for himself with him.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Zhou Lai returned to the hidden state again.I began to think about where to take Xiyan when I was free.

Time passed by little by little, and the noon sun had completely drawn out the horizon at this time, and the surrounding dense forest, which was not very bright at all, could not see any light at this moment.

The surroundings were eerily quiet. The birdsong and insects that should have existed seemed to be suppressed by the darkness on the ground, making no sound at all.

None of the three groups of root ninjas that Zhou Lai saw today returned to the village, and they seemed to have completely merged into the surrounding darkness, or stayed in that direction forever.

However, these things have not been of special concern for weeks, and the intelligence information has been transferred to the Hokage office along with the body of the ninja assassinated by him today.These should be a headache for Konoha's senior management.

He just needs to do his job well.

"Snapped!"

Sporadic fires suddenly appeared in the pitch-black dense forest, and disappeared in a flash. The dark shadows shrouded again, and the surroundings fell into silence again.It seemed that what had just happened was a hallucination.

But Zhou Lai knew it wasn't, this was Anbu's special handover method, but it seemed particularly abrupt here.

"Shift change!"

A gossamer-like voice came from Zhou Lai's ear, Zhou Lai's squatting body suddenly froze, and turned his head to look at him with some surprise.

This voice is a little familiar, but also a little strange. It is familiar because he respected the owner of this voice in his previous life and sympathized with his experience.Strangeness is because he has not had too close contact with the other party so far.

"Senior Kakashi, be careful!"

Zhou Lai's appearance behind Kakashi stopped him from chewing under the mask, and he glanced behind him in surprise.

He was surprised that the other party could recognize his identity from the voice, and what was even more surprising was that he hadn't noticed how the other party appeared behind him just now.

But his cold personality suppressed his doubts in his heart, and he hummed lightly and stopped talking.Until Zhou Lai disappeared and never looked back.

咻咻~
The body continuously takes off, lands, and takes off again.

Zhou Lai quickly returned to the headquarters of the assassination special forces in the center of the village.

After the task is over, it is necessary to come to the headquarters immediately for task backup, and all kinds of detailed information will be analyzed and processed by professionals again.

This kind of thing won't take too long, but it is very important, even though Zhou Lai is the vice captain of the dark team, this kind of thing is also indispensable.

(End of this chapter)