Konoha's New Third Hokage

Chapter 501 Disappearing Blood
When Hatake Sakumo received the order, he was slightly surprised. He had just finished a mission and hadn't returned to the village. He didn't know that such a thing had happened until the order signed by Hokage was delivered to him. .

Ever since Asuna became the Guardian of the Twelve Ninja Warriors, Hatake Sakumo volunteered to take charge of the tasks in the relevant areas of the capital, with the intention of providing immediate support when any situation arises.

Now, the time that Hatake Sakumo expected has finally arrived.In these years, when he occasionally went to the capital, he would meet with Asuna. Compared with the past, Asuna's appearance has undoubtedly become more mature, his strength has become stronger, and he has richer combat experience .

But even so, after hearing that Asuna, Mizuki and Tobi went to investigate together, Hatake Sakumo still couldn't help worrying in his heart. He hadn't seen Tobi's battle with his own eyes, but he knew that Asuna almost lost his life in the battle with Tobi. Just died, no matter what method Kite uses, it proves that this person is dangerous.

"Master Sakumo, what's the matter?" said a fat man next to Hatake Sakumo. He is a member of the Akimichi family, named Akimichikan, and is now Hatake Sakumo's subordinate.

"I have received a new appointment, you go back first, I have to wait for others here." Hatake Sakumo put away the appointment letter, glanced at everyone, and said.

"Ah?" Sakumo Hatake's subordinates were very surprised. However, Sakumo Hatake is a young generation who has attracted much attention in the village. It is not surprising when he receives a mission, and they did not ask what kind of mission it is.

If it was a mission that could be said, Hatake Sakumo would have told them just now, but now Hatake Sakumo has put away the appointment letter, which shows that this mission has a certain degree of secrecy. As a ninja with certain experience, Hatake Ki Sakumo's subordinates were not so unwise to ask.

"Is it a very troublesome task?" Qiu Daokuan asked although he couldn't ask specific content, but some brief information could still be revealed.

"It's troublesome. You don't have to worry, I will try my best to deal with it." Hatake Sakumo smiled.

"With Master Sakumo's ability, there is no task that can stump him." One of the female subordinates said with a smile, she had full confidence in Sakumo Hatake.

"Don't say that, there are many things that I can't solve." Hatake Sakumo shook his head and said, "I can't honor the celebration banquet right away, wait until I go back."

"That's it, Lord Shuo Mao, don't forget." Everyone expressed their understanding, chatted happily for a while, and left in a noisy manner.

Afterwards, Hatake Sakumo's subordinates returned to the village first, while Hatake Sakumo stayed in the nearby stronghold related to Konoha Ninja Village, waiting for the arrival of his two elders - Inuzuka Shigeru and Yamanaka Takuma, both He was the one who fought side by side with his teacher, Masaki Fengmori, and was very popular in the village.

Hatake Sakumo waited for two days, and Inuzuka Shigeru and Yamanaka Takuma arrived. Because there were some things that needed to be discussed, they were delayed for a while. After the discussion, the two rushed over.

"Mr. Mao, Mr. Takuma." Hatake Sakumo shook hands with the two, took them to a private room, and asked, "Any new clues about this matter?"

"No, everything can only be known by the lord." Shigeru Inuzuka said, "In short, our goal is to try not to let the opponent's conspiracy succeed, and to make the opponent appear to be wrong, so that the village has a reason to condemn."

Hatake Sakumo knew more or less what the senior management in the village thought, nodded slightly, and said, "Well, let's pick up Asuna and the others first."

"Asuna, it's been a long time. She should be a big girl now." Shigeru Inuzuka showed a nostalgic expression, and said to Sakumo Hatake, "You should see her occasionally when you go to the country, right?"

"Well, Asuna has indeed grown up." Hatake Sakumo replied with a slight nod.

"It's time for a girl of this age to find someone else, but Hokage-sama doesn't seem to have any clear wishes." Inuzuka Shigeru said halfway, when he suddenly saw Hatake Sakumo's expression strange, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Hatake Sakumo quickly shook his head, with a wry smile in his heart. He didn't know when his feelings for Asuna had changed a little. When he realized it, he felt very embarrassed, because The age gap between him and Asuna is not small.

Despite the age gap, Hatake Sakumo has special feelings for Asuna, even he himself finds it unbelievable.In the past, Asuna was just a little sister. He certainly didn't think so much at that time, but after Asuna became his subordinate, it became different.

In the process of getting along day by day, Asuna's inner nature gradually attracted Hatake Sakumo. It may be because of this that Hatake Sakumo's relationship has just changed. The opportunity may be that Asuna used too much secret technique, almost When he died due to backlash.

However, because of his age and status, even knowing about his feelings for Asuna, Hatake Sakumo was hesitant, but he had no intention of giving up. He hadn't looked for other women in these years.

Sakumo Hatake's father has always wondered why his son didn't find a girlfriend. The conditions are so good that there is no need to take the initiative. Anyone is willing to post back, but Sakumo Hatake doesn't.

Later, Masaki Kazaki also seemed to see Sakumo Hatake's thoughts, and hinted at Sakumo Hatake's words in several conversations, which made Sakumo Hatake very embarrassed, but he felt a sense of being recognized, which never passed. Then hesitated.

It's just that not many people know about this matter. Inuzuka Shigeru said it in front of Hatake Sakumo, which made Hatake Sakumo a little confused about what to say.

Before the two continued to question, Hatake Sakumo changed the subject, saying that it was time to see Asuna and the others. Seeing this, the two didn't say much.

The three went to the agreed place together. At the same time, the representative of the Daimyo Prefecture from the capital also set off. After bidding farewell to everyone, Asuna and Mizuki walked slowly behind Tobi.

"I heard that the representative of Konoha Ninja Village is Hatake Sakumo. You should know him, right? He is a student of the Third Hokage, so you don't know him?" Tobi suddenly asked as if he was bored on the road.

"I know, we have carried out missions together before." Asuna replied silently.

"He seems to be called White Fang, tsk tsk, I didn't expect your village to send such a person here, so it shows that it attaches great importance to this incident." Yuan said.

"Of course it is important. If the local nobles are related to the followers of evil gods, it will be a big trouble. Our Konoha Ninja Village must not condone such a phenomenon." Ruixi said seriously.

"Hehe, they have a cooperative relationship with your Konoha Ninja Village. With the strength of your Konoha Ninja Village, if the other party really has a relationship with the evil god believers but doesn't realize it, it will really be embarrassing." Kite Said with a smile.

"There is no evidence yet, so don't make random guesses, and I think that lord is innocent." Asuna said looking at the back of Kite.

"Whether you are innocent or not is not up to you, but depends on the evidence." Yuan shrugged.

"Since there is no evidence now, don't treat the other party as a criminal. He is a local nobleman, and he has credit for guarding the place." Asuna said calmly.

"The little girl's words are not forgiving at all, so let's see if the lord is innocent." Yuan snorted softly.

Not far from the country, the three of them stopped. This is the place where they agreed to meet. Tobi stepped aside as if admiring the environment, but Asuna and Mizuki did not dare to be careless to him because they were with Tobi. Stay alert.

"Don't be so nervous, there won't be any danger here." Sensing the emotions of the two girls behind her, Yuan slightly turned her head and said.

"The best ninja is to keep fighting anytime, anywhere." Ruixi said, her eyes turned red, and she opened Sharingan through this topic.

Ruixi immediately looked at Yuan, and Yuan's body moved slightly, just blocking the blind spot of Sharingan's line of sight, so that Ruixi could not clearly see the scene behind the hole in his mask.

"If you are so nervous all the time, the girl's skin will be wrinkled." The other party said something playfully, as if it was humorous.

"That's true." Ruixi nodded, her eyes turned black again, and she exchanged a slight glance with Asuna. From the performance just now, it can be seen that Kite is indeed avoiding the observation of Sharingan. I really don't know what he is hiding. .

Thinking back now, Tobi seems to have been intentionally preventing others from probing. Every time she appeared with the daimyo at the same time, in front of the daimyo, neither Mizuki nor Hyuga Nyza could use the pupil technique to observe, although Hyuga Nyza had used it a few times before. Baiyan, but considering that it was all suggested by Tobi, maybe when Hinata Hizashi used Baiyan, he would hide his secrets.

In other words, can the secret of the kite be opened or closed according to one's own will?
While Asuna and Mizuki were thinking, Tobi—that is, Uchihaya—was also thinking about it. From Mizuki’s actions just now, he vaguely judged what the two were trying to test, and he wanted to keep writing as much as possible. The wheel eye card may have a miraculous effect at some point, but now the opponent has already noticed it.

However, Uchiha is also confident that during this period of time, the other party will not be able to discover his secret. Anyway, the final battle is getting closer and closer, and there is no need to keep it secret by then.

The three people present had their own thoughts and waited quietly. As time passed by, they suddenly heard the sound of someone approaching rapidly.

The three of them immediately looked over and saw Sakumo Hatake and others coming out of the forest. Asuna saw Sakumo Hatake nodding towards herself and Ruixi, she felt a little happy because she hadn't seen Sakumo Hatake for a long time.

Afterwards, Asuna saw Inuzuka Shigeru and Yamanaka Takuma behind Hatake Sakumo, who were also her elders, so she couldn't help but waved her hand and greeted them.

"Long time no see, Asuna, Mizuki." After the three of them landed on the ground, they stepped forward quickly, Inuzuka Shigeru smiled at Asuna kindly, although Inuzuka Shigeru has the unique wild traces of the Inuzuka family , but after getting older, this wildness gradually restrained.

"Long time no see, Uncle Mao and Uncle Zhuomo." Both Asuna and Ruixi greeted the two of them, expressing their joy.

After saying hello, Hatake Sakumo's eyes moved to Uchiha Keya, he knew that this person was the kite that the village was wary of, and he was really dressed in a mysterious and mysterious way.

At the same time, Hatake Sakumo could also sense a hint of danger from this person, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart, but he still had to get along with him on the surface.

"You are Hatake Sakumo, who is called White Fang." Uchihako also nodded slightly, "As expected, you are full of vigor, which is not easy."

"I don't dare to be. You are highly valued by daimyo. Compared with you, I still have a big gap." Hatake Sakumo smiled.

"Haha, that's too modest." Uchiha Pok also waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's stop here for the greetings. Now that everyone is here, it's about time we set off for our destination."

"You're right, it's not too late, let's go." Hatake Sakumo said, glanced at the others, and saw that no one had any opinions.

A group of people immediately headed towards the lord of the destination. The lord there has been notified of this matter. Because there is no evidence, it is impossible to arrest a nobleman. They are only required to monitor and restrict their movements. This is also reasonable Although it seems to the lord that he was treated like this inexplicably, it is really unjust.

But what can be done?The elite samurai under the command of the daimyo died inexplicably, and it happened that he asked the other party to take out the secret medicine for training.

"Oh, what a pity." In his mansion, the lord shook his head and sighed. He heard that the representatives of Daming Mansion and Konoha Ninja Village were coming soon. Although he felt a little uneasy, he trusted Konoha Ninja Village and thought Ye Ninja Village will definitely prove his innocence to himself.

And just as he was pacing around the room, perhaps because he was too anxious, for some reason, a vase next to him suddenly fell towards him. The lord was caught off guard and stepped back quickly. With a bang, the vase shattered.

However, he suddenly slipped his feet and fell, and he couldn't help crying out in pain. The people outside rushed in to see the fragments of vases on the ground, and the lord's palms were covered with blood. They were shocked and turned pale. Get up and call the doctor to help.

In the midst of the commotion, no one noticed a shadow appearing on the ground, took away part of the lord's blood, and then quickly disappeared on the ground, as if it had never appeared before.

(End of this chapter)