Konoha: The road to the gods starting from Kannabi Bridge

Chapter 228 Investigation

The secretary who served the Third Raikage and the Fourth Raikage was attacked and killed in the hinterland of the village. This incident immediately caused an uproar in Kumogakure Village. The scene of the crime was blocked by the Anbu, and the Fourth Generation was training in the indoor training ground. Raikage interrupted his training and came to the scene of the crime himself.

Takaj's hedgehog-like body remained in place.

until--

The arrival of the Fourth Raikage Ai.

"Is this... wood?"

Ai stood next to Takay's body, looking at the wooden thorns protruding from Takay's body, and frowned involuntarily.

"It looks like wood."

beside him,

The speaker was Rabbi Kiri, the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki.

"Are the people from the corpse disposal team here?"

Ai looked at the ANBU captain wearing a white cloak.

"Already arrived."

"Then work quickly."

"Yes, Raikage-sama."

Experts from the Anbu corpse disposal team immediately surrounded Takai's body and began to examine Takai's body, searching for any valuable clues and information.

at the same time,

Ai looked at the remaining ANBU and asked coldly: "Did you witness Takai's murder?"

"Yes, Raikage-sama."

The three Anbu knelt down on one knee and lowered their heads in shame.

"Tell me carefully! What is going on?"

Ai did not direct his anger at the three Anbu.

"Since about noon, 'Hokui' has been stationed in the square in front of the Raikage Building. Although it was a bit strange, it was not too abnormal behavior, so we just marked him and did not take action. Capture him."

The eldest of the three ANBU raised his head and answered aloud.

"Hokui...is this the name of the perpetrator?"

Ai asked.

The total number of ninjas in Kumoyin Village exceeds 10,000. It is impossible for him to accurately grasp the information of so many Kumo ninjas.

He only knows the name and general information of every jounin and special jounin. As for chuunin and genin, only a few people deserve to be named by him, and this 'Hakui' is obviously a very ordinary chuunin or genin. .

Before this incident, there was almost nothing that would attract the Raikage's attention.

"Hokui is a chunin who was promoted last year due to his merits in guarding the rear grain road during the war. He is already forty years old this year. His performance has always been mediocre. There is nothing worthy of extra attention. This is our Information found after marking Hekui.”

"We suspect that the real Hekui has been killed. The perpetrator should be disguised as Hekui, and it is not a disguise made by simple transformation. Before Hekui kills Master Takayi, we have no Sensing any problems, I thought... he was just a thread, and I didn't expect that he would be able to kill Lord Takai in such a short period of time."

The older ANBU reported in detail.

At the end of his speech, his voice couldn't help but contain a hint of dejection and frustration.

He truly felt wronged.

Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with what they did today. Everything was done according to the principles summarized by the ANBU predecessors. I thought that even if there was something wrong with this Hekui, it was probably just a test. piece.

So they were not in a hurry to take action.

I was thinking of following this thread secretly to see if I could catch the person behind the scenes who was planning some unknown conspiracy.

can result,

But this chess piece suddenly broke out and showed terrifying methods. In an instant, he killed Takai-sama, who was not even considered a weakling among jounin. This is really... so unfair! After all, the perpetrators have such strength. Unless they notify Lord Raikage immediately, nothing they do can change the current outcome.

But no one in the ANBU would alarm the Raikage-sama over such a trivial matter.

but,

<divclass="contentadv">Such words are difficult to say. If you say it like this, it will inevitably give people the feeling of shirking responsibility, and it will also feel like placing the responsibility on the Raikage-sama.

can only say,

Bad luck for them!

"Killed Takai in an instant?"

Ai frowned more and more.

Takai used to be the secretary of his father, the Sandaime Raikage. After he succeeded to the throne, he chose to continue to reuse Takai as his secretary. It can be said that Takai is the confidant of both father and son, so he It's clear what kind of abilities Takaj has.

Although Takay has been a secretary for a long time as a civilian, it seems that he has wasted his skills, but in fact, he will regularly take time to perform tasks to maintain his combat effectiveness. Occasionally, if he has time, Takay will also work with him. At the request of the Raikage, we competed at the indoor training ground of the Raikage Building!

Therefore,

He was sure of Takay's strength.

Even he had to go all out to kill Takay in an instant.

That is,

The perpetrator was probably of similar strength to his Raikage.

If that's the case...then we can't blame these three Anbu for failing in their duties.

"Everyone, get up! Takay's death has nothing to do with you." Ai glanced at the three ANBU who were kneeling on one knee, "Tell me, what did Takay do at that time? Even if he was in a flash He was killed, but with his ability, he was still able to deal with it." However, Takayi's response failed to stop the assailant's killer.

The last sentence,

Ai didn't say it out loud, but kept it in his heart.

"...Takay-sama did not take any preventive measures."

It was the older ANBU who answered after two seconds of silence.

"Nothing at all?"

"It can't be said that there was nothing. Master Takai seemed to want to speak at that time, but he just made a tone and then stopped speaking. Then the assailant threw a long wooden thorn, killing Lord Takai."

"It sounds like Takay is being controlled, maybe it's an illusion."

Kirabi spoke up.

"Illusion?"

Ai also thought of this possibility.

Immediately,

He turned his attention to the experts in the corpse disposal team who were still examining Takai's body. Based on his understanding of the field of intelligence search, if the body was intact, it would be possible to find out whether the deceased had traces of being controlled by illusions. Yes, I just don’t know...

Is the body of this hedgehog-like Takai considered complete?

"How did the perpetrator escape after killing Takai?"

Ai continued to ask.

"It seems that he used the Earth Escape and Stealth Technique to escape underground."

"Like?"

Ai raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, judging from the form of expression, it is the art of earth escape and stealth, but...the earth escape and stealth art that I know can only be said to be able to hide the person's figure, but not one's own breath. In the end, At least we can't avoid being caught by the Sensing Ninja until we're far enough apart, but the moment the perpetrator sneaked underground, we lost the lock on his aura."

"It's like...it just evaporated and disappeared in that moment!"

The older ANBU replied with a wry smile.

"..."

Ai's eyebrows furrowed into a knot, and her judgment of the perpetrator's danger was raised again.