A God of Death in Konoha Village

With the help of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama's secret wood escape technique, Konoha's construction progressed rapidly.

Although less than half a year has passed, Konoha is already densely packed with houses, almost saturated with residents, and its prosperity is not inferior to that of large cities with a long history.

Walking on the streets of Konoha, there are many pedestrians coming and going.

Kurosaki Ichigo walked among the crowd, showing no signs of curiosity.

It has been about half a month since he came to this world of ninjas. He has gradually adapted to the life here and no longer looks curious at people's dressing up.

But at this moment, Kurosaki Ichigo's face was a little gloomy, as if he was thinking about something.

Following him was a teenage boy with black hair.

Seeing his companion's sullen face, the young man spoke to console him, "I don't think you need to keep getting angry with Uncle Madara, Ichigo."

Kurosaki Ichigo glanced at the boy, looking a little helpless.

This black-haired boy's name is Uchiha Watari, the son of Uchiha Madara's younger brother, Uchiha Izuna.

In order to keep Kurosaki Ichigo's secret from another world, Uchiha Madara lied to the outside world that he was his illegitimate son.

Even though Kurosaki Ichigo understood this, he couldn't bear to change his name to Uchiha Ichigo, so at the adoption ceremony a few days ago, he publicly contradicted Uchiha Madara several times.

In the eyes of uninformed people, Kurosaki Ichigo's move was because he was dissatisfied with Uchiha Madara, so Uchiha Wataru spoke up to persuade him.

Because Uchiha Wataru treated him very kindly, the two of them were already considered friends in just a few days.

Kurosaki Ichigo smiled bitterly: "I told you, Watari, Madara and I have nothing to do with each other."

However, Uchiha Watari didn't believe what he said at all: "I know Ichigo, you must be very dissatisfied with Uncle Madara, but..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kurosaki Ichigo had already walked far away.

Seeing this, Uchiha Watari quickly chased after him: "Ichigo"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked back at him: "Hurry up and follow..."

Before he finished speaking, Kurosaki Ichigo was startled.

"What's wrong, Ichigo?" Uchiha Watari followed up and saw that he was still stunned, so he couldn't help but asked curiously.

Kurosaki Ichigo came to his senses: "Ah, no, it's nothing."

Perhaps because he was once a god of death, his spiritual sense is extremely keen.

The moment he turned back, Kurosaki Ichigo sensed the fierce murderous intent from a pair of green eyes in the crowd.

But when he wanted to look for it carefully, the murderous intention suddenly disappeared.

"I have just come to this world. There shouldn't be anyone releasing murderous intent against me," Kurosaki Ichigo said in a perfunctory manner, secretly comforting himself, "Maybe it's my illusion."

"Then let's go back quickly. Today is the day when the Ninja School is completed, and there will be a celebration." Uchiha Watari thought that Kurosaki Ichigo was still thinking about Uchiha Madara and didn't care about his strange behavior.

Kurosaki Ichigo nodded: "I understand."

A short man with a mean face glanced at the backs of the two people as they left, then turned around and entered the crowd, leaving without a trace like a drop of water merging into the sea.

After twisting and turning along the spacious streets of Konoha, the short man came to a luxuriously decorated hotel and walked in without stopping.

After going upstairs, he came outside a guest room, raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times.

"who"

A man's calm voice came from inside.

The short man did not answer, but knocked on the door a few more times according to a unique rhythm.

creaking,

The door was opened a crack, and the short man squeezed in like a loach, and then gently closed the door.

"Kakuzu-sama, you are back"

There were three people sitting in the room. When they saw the short man coming in, they quickly said hello in a low voice.

The short man named Kakuzu nodded, and then with a bang, his figure was enveloped in a cloud of smoke.

When the smoke dissipated, Kakuzu had transformed into a tall man. It was obvious that his previous appearance was disguised by a transformation technique.

After returning to his original appearance, Kakuzu sat down and said, "How is it? Did you gain anything?"

One of the middle-aged men, Zhihui, said in a deep voice: "We have found out Senju Hashirama's schedule. He works in the office until about eleven o'clock every day. By that time, the guards in the Hokage Building have already taken a break."

"Is the news accurate?" Jiaodu frowned.

Working until all the guards have left is too careless for a leader.

But when he thought that the opponent was Senju Hashirama, who was invincible in the ninja world, he felt that this was very natural for him.

Zhihui was quite confident: "There should be no problem, because I heard this with my own ears from the guards of the Thousand Hands Clan."

"You entered the Senju Clan's territory" Kakuzu asked.

"That's right," Zhihui nodded affirmatively, "Today there is a celebration in Konoha. Except for a few places, all other places are open. I followed the crowd and sneaked into the Senju clan area."

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes: "It seems that the Senju clan is very arrogant, even the defense of their own clan is so lax."

Another young subordinate, Wei Dao, also said: "Not only them, but also the Uchiha clan is like this. I sneaked in today to investigate."

"Oh, how about the defense of the Uchiha clan?" Kakuzu suddenly became interested.

Wei Dao recalled: "It's very ordinary. I even released chakra in front of the guards before, but no one noticed at all."

Kakuzu sighed: "Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, hehe, with these two people, the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan will have the confidence to be so lax in their defense."

After hearing his words, the three subordinates looked at each other, and then the yellow-haired man Qingjue, who had been silent for a long time, asked hesitantly: "Kakuzu-sama, do we really want to..."

Qingjue lowered his voice as he spoke, as if he was afraid of something: "Assassinate the Hokage of Konoha?"

"You're scared?" Kakuzu raised an eyebrow at him.

Qingjue said quickly: "For the sake of the village, of course I won't be afraid, but...can we really kill him? That's Senju Hashirama?"

As the leader of the Senju clan and the strong man who ended the Warring States Period, Senju Hashirama has already reached the pinnacle of the ninja world.

That's why Qingjue seemed so uneasy when it came to assassinating Senju Hashirama.

In fact, not only him, but also the other two people also changed their expressions.

"And once the assassination fails, our Takigakure Village will..." Zhihui said hesitantly.

"Hmm, do you think that without assassination, our Takigakure Village will be stable?" Kakuzu snorted coldly.

Seeing that everyone turned away, he continued: "The village has received news that Senju Tobirama intends to unite Kumogakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure and Sunagakure to form an alliance of five major shinobi villages. We, Takigakure, will be excluded. Once If the alliance succeeds, Takigakure will be squeezed out of the center of power in the shinobi world. At that time, what is the difference between us and other small hidden villages like Amegakure and Kusagakure?"

Even if they didn't say these words, the three of them knew it very well.

As a force whose strength is second only to Konoha and other five major ninja villages, Takigakure will definitely not be satisfied with its status as a small hidden village.

However, the strength of the country of Taki is relatively weak compared to the five major countries, so Takigakure cannot squeeze into the alliance circle planned by Senju Tobirama.

In order to destroy Senju Hashirama's plan, the senior officials of Takigakure Village came up with a magical method, which was to assassinate the No. 1 Senju Hashirama in the ninja world.

In their opinion, as long as Senju Hashirama dies, Konoha will fall apart.

When the shinobi world is in chaos, Takigakure will naturally have a place in the center of power.

As for whether Kakuzu could succeed, the senior management never thought about it. Anyway, even if they failed, they would have nothing to lose.

After all, they knew very well that even if Kakuzu, who was loyal to the village, failed, he would choose to commit suicide and destroy all the information. There was no need to worry about Takigakure's plan being leaked.

However, what the senior officials did not expect was that as a person who could risk his life for the village, Kakuzu was far more radical than they imagined.

Looking at Kakuzu who was silent and seemed to be thinking about something, Zhihui and the other three looked at each other, and then each took out a scroll.

"This is our result, Lord Kakuzu." Chihui, the oldest, said, "All the information we collected has been recorded on it."

"I'll leave the rest of the assassination to you." Weijima bowed to Kakuzu.

Qingjue said in a deep voice: "We are leaving Konoha today."

Since the mission to assassinate the Hokage was extremely secretive and dangerous, the strength of Chihui and the others was of no use at all.

So the plan from the beginning was that they would leave Konoha after the intelligence collection was completed.

However, Kakuzu spoke coldly: "No, you three stay, I have another task for you."

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and then Zhihui tentatively said, "But the plan says..."

"Don't worry about any plans. The most important thing is to destroy Senju Tobirama's plan." Kakuzu interrupted him, and then glanced at the three of them with cold eyes, "Tell me, do you have the consciousness to sacrifice your lives for the village?"

The three of them looked at each other, then nodded heavily after hesitating for a while.

Then Qingjue asked: "I don't know what your plan is, Kakuzu-sama."

"That's good," Kakuzu showed a rare smile when he saw this, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his green eyes, "My plan is that for the sake of the village..."

"go to hell"