Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

Aoba did not really leave, on the contrary, after Naruto left, his figure appeared again by the river. But this time, the person standing in front of him was not Naruto, but Uchiha Sasuke.

At this moment, Sasuke was looking at Aoba with red eyes.

In fact, Sasuke himself didn't know why he rushed out. At this time, the night of the genocide had just passed. He hadn't even accepted it in his heart.

In most cases, his schoolmates would not mention this matter in front of him. Suddenly hearing this from a stranger, young Sasuke could not control his emotions at all.

"You know he..." Sasuke started to get excited again, even though Aoba didn't understand what he was excited about.

Speaking of which, the two protagonists in the Naruto world are really miserable.

They are all the kind of people who have lost their entire families and bear a blood feud. The only difference is that Sasuke's actions are closer to the three views of normal people. Kill my entire family and I will kill you.

The later Naruto is even more outrageous. Just your parents, if they die, they die. I forgive you, Obito. By the way, I also forgive Neji who just died less than a day ago...

"In fact, there is no official ninja in Konoha who doesn't know about that."

"Do you know where he is?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know. Uchiha Sasuke, I don't dare to say that I understand your feelings. In fact, there are not many people in the entire ninja world who dare to say that they understand your feelings. However, as an adult, I can still give you a little warning.

Everything should be planned before action. Uchiha Itachi is a very powerful ninja. He is powerful in all aspects. To defeat such a ninja, anger and hatred alone are far from enough.

You can keep the anger and hatred, which will give you motivation. But at the same time, you must also keep a certain level of rationality. That will allow you to make the right decision.

Come practice climbing trees and treading water with Naruto. Chakra control training will help you regain your sanity."

There was a certain coincidence in the contact with these two children, but there was also the factor that Qingye deliberately catered to them.

After all, they are two children of destiny, and Qingye is also prepared to leave a little bond from childhood. One day in the future, it may be useful.

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It's time to go on a mission. This mission has a big team. Anbu and Root each sent out a team. Including Aoba, there are a total of nine people in the pursuit team.

Whether it was the ANBU or the Root, they all wore masks, and Aoba could only recognize a few of them. The only thing that could be confirmed was that one of the ANBU team members was from the Hyuga clan, one was from the Aburame clan, and another one was carrying a sword, which Aoba deduced to be Gekko Hayate.

Swordsmanship was popular in Konoha for a while. That was when Hatake Sakumo became famous. Konoha's White Fang was feared by the five major ninja villages.

At that time, there were many admirers of White Fang who learned swordsmanship.

Unfortunately, after White Fang's death, this trend quickly declined, resulting in very few sword users in Konoha today. The famous Three-Day Moon Dance was only passed down by less than a handful of people.

The guy in front of me who occasionally coughs lightly should be the tubercular ghost Yue Guang Ji Feng who later appeared.

In the original story, he was the examiner of the Chunin Exam when he first appeared. Now it seems that he retired from the Anbu because of his poor health.

In this way, there is an offensive swordsman, a tracking and sensing Hyuga, an auxiliary trap-setting Aburame, and the remaining one should be a ninjutsu-type ninja.

The composition and combat effectiveness of this team are very balanced and strong.

As for the Root, Qingye had no way of judging. After all, the guys in the Root rarely showed up. Qingye had no experience of working with the Root. He didn't know their configuration, and he didn't know anyone familiar with them.

The person in charge of this operation is the captain of the root.

"The personnel have arrived, and the action has begun."

A group of nine people left Konoha and embarked on the mission to hunt down Orochimaru.

In the original work, there is little description of Orochimaru during this period, and Aoba doesn't know where this guy is.

However, if we calculate the time, he should have already started to prepare for the construction of the Sound Village. After all, according to the time, the Chunin Exam will be held in a few years, and the Sound Village will have been established for some time.

Building a ninja village is not something that can be done in a day or two, so it is entirely possible for him to start preparing now.

Qingye had no hope for this mission. First of all, in terms of combat power.

If the nine of them work together, they will definitely be able to fight Orochimaru.

And there are at least two kendo masters in the team. This is obviously also prepared for Orochimaru. The cutting damage of swordsmanship obviously has a certain restraining effect on Orochimaru's soft body flow and snake-type ninjutsu.

But Orochimaru knows more than just these conventional ninjutsu. At this time, it is unknown whether he has completed the Impure World Reincarnation. Even without this forbidden technique, this guy is still proficient in countless ninjutsu of various types. There are endless trump cards.

If there is any disunity in the team, it will be impossible to please him.

But in fact, this is absolutely impossible. First of all, the people of the Root cannot be trusted. Because at this time, Orochimaru and Danzo should have been in contact. The Sharingan in Danzo's hand should have been transplanted with the help of Orochimaru.

They are now in a cooperative relationship. So the people from the Root cannot be trusted. And even if they are not in a cooperative relationship, Qingye will not trust the Root. Similarly, the Root will not trust him.

Aoba could easily guess that this operation was ostensibly to hunt down Orochimaru, but in reality it was a test of his loyalty.

But he couldn't guess what hidden task was hanging at the root.

Because the Root had the information in advance, the group traveled overnight. There were almost no obstacles along the way. Qingye was not familiar with the group and did not communicate much along the way.

In fact, considering the level of this team, there are really not many in the entire Fire Nation that can threaten them.

After leaving the Land of Fire, Root led everyone towards the Land of Water Trap.

"The Land of Water Trap is not the Land of Fields." Aoba thought to himself. It seems that Orochimaru has not yet gone to the Land of Fields to prepare for the establishment of the Sound Village.

However, Taki Country has its own ninja village. And Taki Village is the only country outside the five major countries that has tailed beasts. Compared with other small countries, this country still has a certain strength.

"Orochimaru's base is in the valley ahead. It has been confirmed that he is in the base. We will rest here now and start the operation at midnight tonight."

The leader of the root issued an order, and then everyone began to rest on the spot.

Qingye found a big tree, leaned against it and closed his eyes. For a moment, everyone fell into a silent rest.

But in the air where no one was looking, a leaf above Qingye's head suddenly broke off. Then, it flew lightly into the sky, slowly crossed the hillside, and fell into the valley.