Naruto is in my heart

On the outskirts of Konoha Hidden Village in the Land of Fire, Kakashi Hatake was walking at the front, leading the genin team led by Shikamaru through the woods.

"This mission is really dangerous for these little guys. Although they didn't help in the end, the genin completed the mission. It seems that our jounin's strength evaluation and reputation evaluation will become worse~"

Behind them, Naruto and others who were returning to the village were talking and laughing on the way, seeming to share interesting people and things they encountered during previous missions.

"Thanks to their mental state being able to maintain such a high level, I have to take some time off after returning this time and have a good rest."

When we returned to the village, it was already evening.

"I'm finally back. It feels good to be back in the village. I wonder if Teacher Kai is back. Naruto, do you want to go with us to sweat the sweat of youth later~"

As always, Xiao Li showed his big white teeth that could make people dizzy.

"Uh-huh," before Naruto could speak, his stomach began to growl.

"Ahahaha, it seems that my stomach has started to protest. Next time, when I come back from the mission, I will naturally eat a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen to restore my energy to the best state. Well, bye. "

Without waiting for Xiao Li's reply, Naruto said hello to everyone and quickly disappeared around the corner of the street.

"Well, I'm still in a hurry to eat ramen as usual." Kakashi blinked his exposed fish eyes, then turned back and saluted the others.

"Then everyone is dismissed. Today, Shikamaru and I will report the basic situation of the mission to the Fifth Generation. Tomorrow, the remaining members of your team will listen to the teachings of Hokage-sama~"

Generally, for C-level and above tasks, after the team leader completes the report, the entire squad will be evaluated by the Hokage on the task and suggestions will be given.The overall evaluation of the mission will affect the assessment results for promotion to chuunin or even jounin, and the guidance and advice of the Hokage will be very valuable for genin or even chunin in future training or mission execution.

"Hi~"

Everyone began to disperse and go home, or go to have dinner together.

"Then Shikamaru, follow me to the Hokage Building first."

"It's really troublesome, Kakashi-sensei. With you as a Jonin here, there is no need for me, the temporary captain, to report."

"Let's go~"

"Damn it, I ignored it"

Shikamaru had no choice but to follow him obediently.

"Dong dong dong, sorry, come in~" Kakashi and Shikamaru knocked on the door for a long time. When no one responded, they opened the door and walked in.

An empty office and neatly stacked documents on the table appeared in their sight.

"It looks like you're not here, Kakashi-sensei, did you remember it wrong?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Before returning to the village, I asked Parker to bring the news back. The time is still set by Tsunade-sama, so Tsunade-sama won't go to the toilet and be late."

Kakashi scratched the silver hair on his head with his hand and made the same appearance.

"Well, I dare to say it. It seems that a certain teacher is the real late king." Shikamaru muttered in his heart, with a look that had nothing to do with him.

"Do you want to wait here?"

"You're already here. It's hard to leave in this situation."

The two looked at each other lazily, and their firm eyes revealed their next actions.

The two of them turned around at the same time to reach for the door handle, but when the door handle suddenly turned, the two quickly returned to their original positions.

"Kakashi Jounin Nara Shikamaru"

It was Shizune who came in, holding a stack of documents that had just been collected.

"Senior Shizune"

"Um"

Shizune didn't notice the change in their expressions and passed directly between them.He put the files on the desk and talked to the two of them while sorting them.

"Tsunade-sama has received the news that your mission has been completed. Tsunade-sama said that someone was often late, so he went to do other things for the time being. I think it will be just in time when he comes back."

"This is actually a waste of time." Kakashi said "hmm" calmly on the surface, but there was a trace of frustration in his heart.

"In other words, our trip to the adult world was in vain. If it's all right, I'll go home first."

"Me too", Kakashi was about to leave with Shikamaru, but was interrupted by Shizune.

"Tsunade-sama went to attend the funeral."

"Um"

Shikamaru who walked to the door stopped when he heard this.

"funeral"

"A funeral? Didn't you hear the main gate virgin iron and the others mention it?" Kakashi reacted instantly.

"What is the funeral that cannot be announced?" Shikamaru asked curiously.

"As we all know, selecting people with special talents or considerable strength from ninjas to join the Hokage's secret mobile force is called ANBU."

"The dead ninja was from the ANBU." Shikamaru had heard about the news about Konoha's ANBU, but this was the first time he heard about the funeral that could not be made public to the whole village.

"Yes, ANBU ninjas often perform some highly confidential missions. If the mission fails, there is a risk of information leakage, so they usually perform special spells on some ANBU ninjas. If a life is accidentally lost, The technique will be activated immediately, and within a few minutes, the body will automatically dissolve, leaving the opponent without any information," Kakashi explained with some shame.

"In that case, I remember that Kakashi-sensei used to be in ANBU, right?" Shikamaru suddenly remembered someone.

"That's right, there are two marks on my left arm, which are the spells that were applied when I was in ANBU. After leaving ANBU, the spells were released, but the marks remained."

Immediately, Kakashi's eyes became serious, "Do you know who the dead Anbu is? Regardless of whether you are familiar with it or not, the Hokage-sama has gone, and I think I should be there too."

After all, Kakashi once served as the captain of the ANBU, and there was almost no one he didn't know in the ANBU.

"" Shikamaru swallowed when he heard this.

"Hey," Shizune sighed, "it's Keita XIV, the former captain of Class Zero."

"It's Akira and the others who guide the Jonin." Shikamaru frowned and gritted his teeth.

"That's it." It seemed that Kakashi was used to seeing the sacrifices of ninjas, and it seemed that the mask covered his face full of sorrow. Kakashi walked straight out of the Hokage's office.

"Then let's go and give one away."

Kakashi patted Shikamaru on the shoulder and said.

"Ah, Ming Ming will probably be very sad."

When Shikamaru said this, Shizune also delivered news that shocked the two of them.

"I don't know whether I should tell you or not. Yushan Ming has actually left the village for more than two days. It will be almost three days until tonight." Shizune looked troubled for a long time, but finally said it. After all, the dead people and They are somewhat related.

"Well, is that guy going?" Shikamaru suddenly turned around in shock.

"Think about it, how could that guy be so calm and calm like a monk when he is so similar to me, but he has never encountered such a thing? Think about it, if something happens to Mr. Asuma, I You won’t stay in the village honestly.”

"Tsunade-sama knows about this, right?"

"Originally the news was sealed, but when Jiraiya-sama informed Keita [-]'s brother to collect the relics, it happened to be heard by Akira Tamayama who came to report to Tsunade-sama. By the time we found out, it was already too late," Shizune said slightly Briefly explain the situation three days ago.

"The ANBU who can carry out the mission alone will encounter unexpected events. The opponent is", Kakashi held down the excited Shikamaru with his hand.

"Three of the Kirigakure Ninja Seven, just like Momochi Zabuza," Shizune explained in detail, "However, Tsunade-sama has sent support to find Tamayama Akira."

At this time, an ANBU ninja came in from the window.

"Hey, isn't this Kakashi-senpai?"

"Who are you with this voice?"

"I am Tenzo"

"Oh"

""

After Tenzo bowed, he asked Shizune.

"Where is the Fifth Hokage? I have important things to report." Tenzo seemed to feel a little uneasy under his mask.

"Hey Tsunade-sama, she is over there at the cemetery."

Shizune and the three of them came to the cemetery.

At this time, in the cemetery, rows of standing stone tablets were neatly lined up. Entering this place, it was open on all sides and surrounded by large areas of woodland. Come to think of it, there could not be other buildings in such a solemn place.

At the very front of the cemetery is the huge stone monument marked by the Konoha Ninjas, which contains the history and inscriptions about the hard struggles of Ninjas of all races and villagers in the early days of Konoha's construction.

Below the stone monument, there are the tombstones of the past Hokage, neatly placed in the front, no different from the tombstones of other ninjas, the only difference is that the top of the tombstone is engraved with the word "Shadow".

Then came the heroes of Konoha, who were ranked according to their positions.

The burial ceremony was already over, but it happened that next to the tombstone of Keita [-] were two old friends of Tsunade Senju.

"The Broken Rope Tree hopes that you can accompany this new neighbor and watch from the other side of the world that this village with our common memories will become more beautiful."

"Master Tsunade"

Just when Tsunade was lost in memories, three people from the Hokage's office arrived.

"What's wrong? Didn't Kakashi ask you to wait in the office?"

Tsunade now hid her weak side and regained her aura as the Fifth Hokage of Konoha.

"Tsunade-sama, the sun has set now."

"Well" Tsunade turned back and looked in the direction of Hokage Yanyan, "So it's already so late? Sorry, I'll go back and continue working."

"Hokage-sama" Just as Tsunade took a step, Tenzo came to Tsunade.

"Tianzang, I remember not sending you to find Yushan Ming?"

"Yes but when I get there"

"That's it." Kakashi saw a person slowly approaching them from the shadows of the woods from a distance.

Just as Tenzo was explaining, Kakashi's reminder caused their eyes to turn in the direction he was looking.

As the figure walked out of the shadows, there was a lot of blood on the man's face. He was holding a scroll in his left hand, and the entire arm of his right hand was black. The dilapidated ninja costumes all revealed that this man had experienced an extremely cruel event. fighting

"That's Akira" Shikamaru recognized it first and rushed over.

"Ming, you're gone." Nara Shikamaru wanted to go over and help him, but was pushed away unnaturally by his right hand.

"What's going on?" Shizune looked solemnly at Yushan Ming, who was getting closer. "It seems that the injury is not serious, and"

"Get out of the way," Kakashi pulled Tenzo to lean back, "This guy is no longer conscious, and now he comes back only with obsession."

"Obsession" Tsunade immediately asked Tenzo, "What's going on? Didn't Tenzo ask you to bring him back?"

"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, when I arrived, he was already like this."

"Bang", his eyes were completely dimmed as he stared at the photo on the inscription of Keita [-]th. He placed the scroll in front of the tombstone. He slowly formed seals with his hands, unlocked the seal of the scroll, and then removed it from the ninja bag. He took out a package of pastries and set them aside.

"Teacher Keita, I'm sorry I came back late."

After Yushan Ming bowed to the tombstone where sacrifices had been prepared, he fell to the ground.

"What is going on?" Looking at the three sacrifices that were bloody and unrecognizable, Tsunade pulled Tenzo's clothes and asked.

"This guy killed three of the Kirigakure Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

Kakashi stared at Akira who was helped up by Shikamaru and Shizune, and helped Tenzo tell the result.

"One man killed three jonin" Shikamaru said in disbelief.