In the silent archives room, Morino Ibixi looked at the ashes in front of him, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

'How could he commit suicide? How come this method of suicide is so similar to Anbu's method of suicide? '

After a moment, a large number of ninjas wearing animal masks appeared in the archives room, wary of their fallen companions.

"Ibixi, why are you here?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was wearing a black combat uniform, glanced at the archives room and quickly noticed the ashes on the ground and the ninjas who fell on the ground.

"Hokage-sama, the Ministry has temporarily obtained some encrypted information, and the people in the code class are deciphering it overnight. However, when I rushed nearby, I found a dazzling white light emitting from the archives room."

"When I got here, I found a man in black robe breaking in here, seemingly looking for something. Before I could take action, the man used a method similar to ANBU suicide and turned into a pile of ashes."

When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard this, his expression instantly became solemn.

Being able to master this secret technique similar to that of a dead soldier means that this action against the archives was definitely premeditated. It can even be said that there is definitely a bigger black hand behind the dead soldier.

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at the unconscious ninja again, his expression becoming more cautious.

"A trap has been set on him. Even you can't dismantle it? It seems that that person has quite a lot of combat experience. He is probably a veteran who has been on the battlefield. How is his strength?"

"Very strong, not just an ordinary special jonin level. It's just..."

Morino Hiki was silent for a while, with a somewhat hesitant expression.

"What happened? Are there any other clues?"

Seeing his hesitant look, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked again.

"Yes, I always feel that that person's breathing rate is a bit strange. Compared with ordinary people's breathing, that person's breathing is more... standard, just standard, as standard as a clock."

"Even when I appeared behind him, there was no confusion in his breathing, as if he had expected it."

When Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ihiki Morino were discussing clues, the detonating charms on the unconscious ninjas lying on the ground were all removed.

Then the four people were woken up by the ANBU around them.

"Hokage-sama, the missing information in the archives has been confirmed. What the attacker stole was the ANBU mission record of the Fourth Hokage-sama."

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's originally serious expression became even more ugly, and the wrinkles on his old face could kill a few bugs.

"The Yondaime Hokage's ANBU information? What are the thieves looking for? Is there any important information in the Yondaime's mission records?"

When the members of the code class who woke up heard this, they tried hard to recall their memories.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally said:

"Lord Hokage, there is no information about the village in the mission records of the Fourth Hokage. The real secrets have long been stored separately in other hidden locations."

"Stored in the archives are the mission records of the Fourth Generation before he became Hokage. The only thing that can be confirmed is that there are still backups of the lost data."

"Really? That's all thanks to you, Toda."

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, he asked the laboratory team to collect all the ashes on the ground and followed Toda to another secret place where the backups were stored.

Morino Ihiki also followed to protect the safety of the Third Hokage.

Soon, in the hidden basement of Konoha Village.

Toda, the code squad member and administrator of the archives, handed the information to Sarutobi and then left with Morino Ihiki.

He hasn't finished deciphering the information yet, and Morino Ihiki will not let him rest before interpreting the information.

Looking through the information in his hand, Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into deep thought again.

'There is no information about the village. What is that person's purpose?Didn't he come here for Konoha from the beginning? '

Sarutobi, who was puzzled, had no choice but to leave and go to the Hokage's office.

There was such a big commotion in the archives. I believe he had also heard the rumors. Ask him if he has any clues.

At this time, late night had already fallen, and eye-catching lights appeared in the Hokage's office, which had been plunged into darkness.

As the tobacco burned, the smoke slowly drifted around Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The sound of a cane appeared outside the office. Looking at Danzo who was slowly sitting in front of him, Sarutobi spoke first.

"The archives were attacked. The barrier team did not find any traces of outsiders. What was taken away were the records of the Fourth Hokage's previous missions."

Danzo said while looking at the information pushed in front of him.

"I understand, 'Gen' will fully cooperate. Where is the other information?"

After Danzo read through the mission information at hand, he immediately expressed his attitude.

Since someone can hide from Konoha's perception barrier, it means that the attacker this time has been lurking in the village for a long time.

This incident is not like Orochimaru's rebellion. Someone can take action in the heavily guarded Konoha Village, which means that other villages have already extended their hands into Konoha.

Chop off this hand in a bad way. As the chief instructor of ANBU training, how can he convince the public with his reputation as the actual master of 'Gen'.

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on the door, and the ninja from the laboratory class walked in with the information from the expedited laboratory test.

"Lord Hokage, Lord Captain, the analysis of the composition of the pile of ashes has been completed."

When the test results were placed in front of Sarutobi, Sarutobi, who was originally quite calm, suddenly changed his expression, and even the pipe in his hand fell to the ground out of shock.

"how is this possible?"

Danzo, who was sitting opposite, saw this and couldn't help but wonder what was written on it.

After a while, Sarutobi, who had calmed down, put the analysis report in his hand on the table and picked up the pipe that had fallen to the ground.

However, the two of them could still see Sarutobi's inner unrest.

"Did that test result say anything extraordinary?"

"You'll know just by looking at it."

After handing the information to Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi took two deep puffs of cigarette to ease his inner shock.

"How is this possible? Isn't that person a powerful ninja who can defeat two special jounin head-on? How can he be an ordinary person who has never condensed chakra?"

Danzo's single eye looked at the members of the laboratory class standing there, waiting for his answer.

"Although inexplicable traces of chakra burning were detected on the ashes, after using the most sophisticated detection equipment to detect it, it was confirmed that this person did not originally possess chakra."

"The reason why Ninjutsu can be used is also because of the unknown chakra that burns the body. As for why, the laboratory class has never encountered such a situation..."

After a long silence, Danzo spoke.

"I see. I have never condensed chakra, but I can use ninjutsu that defeated two special jounin? Does such a thing really exist?"

Putting this information away, Danzo walked towards the door.

Originally, he thought it was just an ordinary espionage operation, but now it seems that there is something behind that person that can subvert the world!

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