In Konoha, I collected corpses on the battlefield for ten years

A line of blood spread from the back of his head to his forehead.

He had blocked Kaze's sudden attack, but it had also exhausted all his strength. But for Kaze, this was just a probing attack; his real attack would come after.

This is experience!

While Hiishi was an elite Chunin, he specialized in concealment and disguise. Coupled with his decade-plus of lurking in Konoha, his actual combat experience was lacking. Choosing to directly confront Kaze, who excelled in taijutsu at this time, was equivalent to facing a Jonin head-on.

Death was inevitable from the moment he chose to pursue relentlessly.

Moreover, he used the most unreasonable method to face the most reasonable Kaze.

Iwagakure Village, I can't go back...

In the last moment before his eyes lost focus and his consciousness faded, Hiishi recalled his homeland, which he longed for day and night.

His body swayed slightly, and with unwillingness, he fell in front of this brat he didn't even take seriously.

Thump.

Kaze lowered his head and looked at his hands; he also couldn't quite believe it.

Just now, his body's movements, consciousness, and reactions were almost all instinctive. He barely thought, and the other party fell.

To use a popular phrase from his previous life...

I haven't even used my strength, and you've already fallen.

"Why bother? Why bother? I just wanted to quietly loot a corpse; why insist on sending another one?"

He clearly just wanted to silently open blind boxes until he had the ability to protect himself, but he was forcibly blocked and even had his corpse stolen, which left him speechless for a moment.

Taking out a scroll, he quickly collected Hiishi's corpse, not having time to deal with the bloodstains and traces of battle on the ground.

Whoosh!

Taking advantage of the power boost from the card, he quickly withdrew and left.

Guessing that Konoha's Anbu would probably arrive soon, Kaze didn't want to meet them, much less appear in the sight of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.

Almost as soon as Kaze left.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several Anbu ninja figures appeared at the place where they had fought.

"The commotion just now was indeed here."

One of the sensory-type ninjas, through the holes in his mask, briefly scanned the surroundings and basically determined the general situation.

"The dead one is a ninja with unfamiliar chakra; he should be an intruder."

Walking to the bloodstains on the ground, he reached out and touched them.

The other two ninjas also came over.

"The blood is still warm."

One of the Anbu ninjas, proficient in Earth Release ninjutsu, said, "The Earth Hiding Technique was performed perfectly; he's at least a Chunin."

"The battle was simple and efficient; the deceased had almost no power to resist."

The three couldn't help but look at each other, surprise flashing in their eyes.

"To be able to eliminate a Chunin in such a short time, it should be a Jonin from the village. The residual chakra fluctuations around here feel somewhat familiar, but I can't quite remember who it is for a moment. It seems they don't intend to meet us."

They originally thought that there would be Konoha ninjas who needed their support, or might even already be dead, but they didn't expect this result.

"But, where's the corpse?" someone couldn't help but ask.

That's right, where's the corpse?

"Organize the information and report it to Lord Hokage."

Chapter 7: Hiishi's Obsession (Please Collect and Recommend)

"An unknown ninja, quickly killed in the village by a Konoha Jonin? And in the end, not even the corpse was left behind?"

Listening to the Anbu ninja's report, Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a pipe in his mouth, was somewhat surprised.

The death of an outsider ninja was not a big deal in itself, especially at a time when the situation was so tense.

Fortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi was busy with the deployment of scouts on the Fire Country border, so he hadn't slept late at night and happened to hear the Anbu ninja's report.

However, for Konoha, which was gradually emphasizing defense, a Chunin should not have been able to infiltrate Konoha so easily.

So...

"It may be an undercover agent planted by other hidden villages in the village. I don't know if it was discovered or actively exposed for some reason, but since they abandoned years of operation, it must be for something more important. Anything that has existed will inevitably leave traces."

As expected of the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi grasped the key to the matter in a few thoughts.

Taking a deep puff of smoke, he ordered, "Check those people being watched by the Anbu one by one to confirm their identities."

As the Hokage, he certainly knew that there were undercover agents in Konoha Village, not just in Konoha, but also infiltrators set up by Konoha's Root in other villages.

The reason he hadn't chosen to remove them was because sometimes, the value of an undercover agent whose identity was known was definitely higher than removing them.

"Yes."

The Anbu ninja next to him responded and quickly disappeared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up, walked to the window, looked at the quiet and peaceful Konoha Village under the moonlight, and exhaled a wisp of white smoke.

Konoha was established by the First Hokage Hashirama Senju and the Uchiha clan's Madara Uchiha. The Second Hokage Tobirama Senju turned the tide and withstood the attacks of the major hidden villages that were ready to move because of the death of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's confrontation. When it was handed over to him, Konoha was scarred and devastated.

Now, after decades of his proper management, Konoha has finally returned to the top of the ninja world again.

But now, the ninja world is in turmoil.

War is coming again.

Clicking his tongue, "The corpse, where did it go?"

......

The corpse, of course, was transported back to the morgue by Kaze.

No one would have thought that the Konoha Jonin sensed by the Anbu ninja would be him, this unremarkable corpse collector.