The man standing at the top of the ninja world

Naruto Office.

The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was sitting at his desk as usual and processing documents seriously. Konoha Village is the most prosperous ninja village in the entire ninja world, so he, the Hokage, has countless things to deal with every day.

Time passed by little by little. After who knows how long, the Third Hokage raised his head and looked at the clock hanging on the wall and found that it was almost noon.

He put aside the document he had just finished processing, leaned his body on the chair, shook his sore wrist, and said to himself at the same time: "It's already noon before I know it."

dong dong dong.

Just then, there were several knocks on the door.

The Third Hokage heard the sound and immediately sat up straight, put his hands on the desk, and then said: "Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and three male ninjas wearing Konoha Jounin vests appeared in front of the Third Hokage. They walked into the Hokage's office and stood in front of the desk.

The Third Hokage looked at the three people, his eyes lit up, and he said with some joy: "Zhiyong, you are finally back."

Then, he asked with some anticipation: "How's it going? Have you found out the traitor and the specific information about the mysterious organization?"

The three people standing in front of the Third Hokage are all ninjas of the Yamanaka Clan. The leader is the current leader of the Yamanaka Clan, Shiyu Yamanaka. He has the strength of an elite Jonin and is also the head of the Konoha Interrogation Department. The other two are both Yamanaka. The Jonin of the clan, the attainment of the Heart Turning Technique can be ranked among the top ten in the mountain clan.

After discussing with the three Hokage advisors Mito Kaden, Koharu, and Danzo Shimura, the Third Hokage unanimously determined that the group had ambushed the first class led by Tsunade and the sixth class led by Jiraiya. Among the mysterious ninjas in the class, the leaders Toudou and Kakuzu belong to a mysterious organization that is hostile to Konoha. There is also a traitor in the Land of Fire who leaked information to them.

The traitor who leaked information to Toudou and Kakuzu was among the ministers of the Fire Country who knew the information about the mission, and this traitor must also be a member of that mysterious organization.

Therefore, in order to find out who leaked the information about this mission, and in order to find out who this organization hidden in secret against Konoha is, the Third Hokage sent three ninjas from the Yamanaka clan headed by Shiyu Yamanaka to the front. Go to the capital of the Fire Nation to search the memories of those Fire Nation ministers who knew about it.

Now a week has passed since the three people set off. The Third Hokage has been eager to know who the traitor is and the specific information of this mysterious organization, so he is so happy to see the three people back.

The three of them knelt down on one knee after hearing this, with disappointed looks on their faces. Yamanaka Shiyong said: "I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, the three of us failed to live up to your expectations and failed to find out the specific information about the mysterious organization. This The mission failed."

"The mission failed?" The Third Hokage was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became serious. He looked at the three of them and asked in a deep voice: "Zhiyong, what's going on? How could the mission fail? Is it His Highness the Daimyo? Don’t you agree to let you three check the memories of those ministers?”

The reason why the Third Hokage was so suspicious was not without reason. Those ministers of the Fire Nation who knew about it were all the most valued ministers of the Fire Nation's daimyo, Akira Shinichi. They were high-ranking officials of the Fire Nation. They held high positions in the Fire Nation and controlled There are many secrets of the Fire Nation, and it is normal for Akaka Shinichi not to agree to let Yamanaka Shiyu and three others examine the memories of these informed ministers.

Yamanaka Shiyong quickly shook his head, "That's not the case. Lord Hokage, you have misunderstood. His Highness the Daimyo did not stop our actions. On the contrary, His Highness the Daimyo supported us very much."

"After the three of us arrived in the capital, we immediately met with His Highness the Daimyo and informed him of what happened to the first and sixth squads during their mission. When His Highness the Daimyo learned about it, he was very surprised and angry."

"We immediately proposed to check the memory of the minister who knew about the mission, and His Highness the Daimyo agreed to our request without hesitation."

"That's right." The Third Hokage nodded, and then asked in confusion: "Since His Highness the Daimyo has agreed, how could your mission fail?"

In the opinion of the Third Hokage, the biggest obstacle to this mission is the Fire Nation daimyo Akaka Shinichi. Since Akaka Shinichi, as a daimyo, has agreed, then those ministers of the Fire Nation who knew about it faced the three people including Shiyu Yamanaka. Absolutely powerless to resist, I can only obediently let them check my memory.

Yamanaka Shiyong said: "Lord Hokage, the specific story of the matter is this."

"After His Highness the Daimyo agreed to our request, he asked us to stay. He sent people to summon the ministers who knew about it so that we could check the memories of these ministers. After we waited for a while, the ministers who knew about it came one after another. Came here."

"After the informed ministers arrived, the three of us were ready to check their memories one by one. But what we didn't expect was that at this moment, the finance minister suddenly took out a knife and slit his own throat."

"It happened so suddenly that the three of us had no time to stop it. We could only watch the Chancellor of Finance die. After the Chancellor of Finance died, a large ball of flames immediately burst out from his body, and his body was instantly destroyed. Burn to ashes.”

Hearing this, the Third Hokage frowned and asked in a surprised tone: "What are you talking about? After the Minister of Finance died, his mountain management department burst into flames, and his body was burned to ashes in an instant?"

"That's right." Yamanaka Shiyong nodded, "It seems that a ninja must have arranged a powerful fire escape ninjutsu on the Minister of Finance in advance."

"When the three of us saw this, we suspected that the Chancellor of Finance was a traitor. But the Chancellor of Finance was already dead, and there was not even a body left. Facing a pile of ashes, our mind-turning technique had no effect at all."

"In desperation, we had to check the memories of other ministers first, but after we carefully checked the memories of the remaining ministers, we did not find any information about the mysterious organization, and these ministers also No information was leaked to Toudou and Kakuzu.”

"So the three of us all believe that the dead finance minister should be a member of that mysterious organization, and he is the traitor who passed the mission information to Toudou and Kakuzu."

Yamanaka lowered his head and said with a face full of shame: "Hokage-sama, I am really sorry. You gave such an important task to the three of us, but the three of us failed to complete the task and did not get any information about the mysterious organization. information, please punish us."