Travel through Konoha and open treasure chests

"..."

Although they were very reluctant, Bai Mingyu and Itachi had no choice but to turn around and walk back. .Following Kakashi and the other two members of the Sixth Team, they quickly returned to the locker room they just left.

Hinata Asuka and Yamato seemed to have received the news in advance. The two of them had been guarding here early, with their masks tilted on their heads. When they saw Bai Mingyu and Itachi coming in, they waved hello.

Others also came over one after another.

Bai Mingyu looked around at the growing crowd and felt something was wrong. He lowered his voice and asked Kakashi: "Captain, what happened?"

Kakashi looked back at him and hesitated: "The situation is a bit complicated. I can't explain it at the moment. Let's wait until everyone is here."

"Arrived?"

The ANBU ninjas are basically elites carefully selected from the village. Since they are elites, there will definitely not be too many of them. Counting all the departments including the Equipment Department and the Interrogation Department, there are only one to two hundred people. But Kakashi obviously did not mean to wait for all ANBU members from all departments to arrive, but to refer to the ANBU members who are currently in the village and have no missions.

In that case, there should be ten or twenty people.

"It seems like something big is going to happen..."

In this formation, could it be that someone stole the Sealed Book again?

This thought flashed through his mind, and Bai Mingyu stopped talking. He walked to the changing chair next to Hinata Asuka and Yamato and sat down. People around him were standing or sitting, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.

In the next few minutes, seven or eight people came back one after another.

Some of them were obviously in a hurry, as if they had just been called from other places, and their expressions were somewhat unhappy.

Finally, the last Anbu came in from the outside. The entire locker room was already crowded. Kakashi put down his arms in front of him and stood up: "We are almost here. Can we start talking, Akagi-senpai?"

Assassination department chief Sarutobi Shinnosuke, codenamed Akagi.

In the past month, Bai Mingyu had seen him several times. Before, because of Sarutobi Aoi's incident, Sarutobi Shinnosuke came over to express his gratitude to him and Itachi.

The eldest son of the Third Hokage was the second-in-command of the entire Anbu. He was tall and tall, and Asuma was even more exaggerated. He was nearly two meters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body that could not be concealed even if he was wearing an Anbu uniform.

"Okay, then I'll start talking."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke nodded, stood up from his chair, and coughed: "I'm sorry to inform everyone to come back at this time. I know some people are still on vacation, but there is nothing I can do. There is indeed a very urgent task, and Kiri It’s related to the current situation in Hidden Village.”

"Ok?"

Bai Mingyu frowned secretly.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke continued: "More than two months ago, an ANBU team was sent to the Kingdom of Water to collect information about Kirigakure. In the past, the latest information would be sent back every once in a while... But a week ago , this team suddenly lost their traces, and the village searched for their whereabouts through various channels, but found nothing. We guess that something happened."

Konoha started infiltrating Kirigakure Village a few months ago.

Previously, Kirigakure Village was known as the Blood Mist Village. Due to the policy promulgated by the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, it had been in a state of seclusion, making it difficult for other villages to obtain useful information. But a few months ago, the Kaguya and Oniden tribes took the lead in launching a rebellion. Although it was put down, Kirigakure also suffered heavy casualties, and the entire village's defense was not as strong as before.

Including Konoha Village, Sunagakure Village in the Kingdom of Wind, and Iwagakure Village in the Earth Kingdom all sent ANBU ninjas to sneak into the Kirigakure Village.

The missing team was the elite of the second team of the Intelligence Search Department.

Two of them are ninjas, and the other two also have the strength of elite ninjas. They are both experienced ANBU elders. It stands to reason that even if they encounter Kirigakure head-on, as long as they are not surrounded by a large number of enemies, there should be one or two who can. Escape with your life.

But something happened.

There was no news for a whole week, which was probably a sign of bad luck.

"Before contact was lost, that team sent back a very important piece of information."

Kakashi continued: "Several ninjas from Kirigakure Village concealed their identities and sneaked into the capital of the Kingdom of Water, trying to assassinate an important person in Daming Prefecture. Although there is no direct evidence, they were probably influenced by Kirigakure. Instigated by the top management of Hidden Village...the disappearance of this ANBU without any reason may also be related to this matter."

"Assassination of the Daimyo?"

Bai Mingyu thought.

The relationship between the ninja village and the country it belongs to is actually very subtle.

According to a more popular view, the ninja village is a military institution. The many elite ninjas headed by the Five Shadows symbolize most of the domestic military power. The daimyo is in charge of the economic lifeline of the entire country such as population, land, taxation, etc., and is also the nominal ruler of the country.

Generally speaking, the status of the latter is higher than that of the former. The most direct evidence is that the appointment of the Five Shadows in the past dynasties must be approved by the daimyo of the country. At the same time, many of the village's material and military expenditures also come from the daimyo's approval.

In return, the ninja village must protect the safety of its own country and nobles such as daimyo, and send troops to fight when facing invasion.

But this is only a superficial relationship. After all, the shadow is not a subordinate of the daimyo. If the ninja village is strong enough, the shadow can force the daimyo to make various concessions.

Even in some small countries, some people try to combine the power of the shadow and the daimyo, such as Sanho Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Country.

The Kingdom of Water is another exception.

The situation in the five major countries and several other countries is relatively stable, and the division of labor between the shadow of a village and the daimyo of the country is relatively clear. Even if there is some filth under the table, the face is still acceptable. Only the Kirigakure Village and the Kingdom of Water have been turbulent in recent decades. The various bloody policies promulgated by the Mizukage himself not only cultivated a group of lunatics who were fond of killing, but also affected the political situation of the Kingdom of Water.

In order to compete for the position of heir, some nobles of the Kingdom of Water will even hire ninjas from Hidden Kiri Village to help them assassinate their competitors.

Of course, if this kind of thing is not recognized openly, it would be better if the assassination succeeds. If it fails and is captured, the hired ninjas of Kirigakure Village will be regarded as traitors and suppressed with cruel means.

……

"So, Captain Kakashi, what do we need to do?"

An ANBU ninja asked.

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