
House of Patriarch Uchiha, Uchiha Clan Courtyard.
Uchiha Fugaku quietly sat by the lake, thinking of some things.
At this moment, a Shinobi Uchiha rushed in and whispered lightly, “Patriark, we heard that the leader of the Kumo delegation, is, Watanabe is kidnapped and killed by a bounty-nin for a high bounty placed on Watanabe's head!”
“He was kidnapped and killed!?” – Fugaku's face turned serious after listening to the news.
After these last few days of trial, the leader of the Kumo delegation finally agreed to meet with Uchiha Fugaku tonight.
To that end, Fugaku had patiently waited for midnight to come, but now he had received an unreasonable news.
Watanabe will seize this opportunity and send the Shadow Clones tonight and use this opportunity to further provoke an internal conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage faction.
Watanabe would never have thought that as his Shadow Clone slipped out of the assigned mansion, it was spotted by a pair of Eagle and Anbu Cat.
Fugaku was obviously a little frustrated and spoke after a bit of thought, “Where is Shisui, isn't he responsible for protecting Kumo's delegation tonight?”
Ninja Uchiha shook his head, “There is no clear information, the situation there has been taken over by the other Anbu and Chunin ninjas, the process of Watanabe's disappearance is also very strange, the, there were no signs of battle near the assigned mansion, which was completely unreasonable!”
Hearing this, Fugaku also frowned slightly and finally ordered, “Find Shisui and get details about what really happened, I want every detail!”
“Ya!” – Ninja Uchiha nodded respectfully and disappeared.
At this moment, Fugaku looked towards the full moon in the distant sky, his face filled with doubt and confusion.
After some evaluation, Fugaku has confirmed that Uchiha Shisui is leaning on the side of the Hokage faction, for this reason, the Uchiha Clan continues to fail in their attempts to make contact with the Kumo delegation. Otherwise, if Shisui was on the side of the Uchiha Clan, then using his identity, making contact with the Kumo delegation was an easy matter.
Shisui's attitude further strengthened Patriarch Uchiha's determination to bring Shinichi back to the Uchiha Clan, in his plan, as soon as Shinichi returned to the Uchiha Clan, and the Uchiha Clan tried to launch a coup, the Uchiha Clan said, then the Konoha Council of Elders will no longer trust Shisui and keep him away from the Hokage faction, leaving with no choice, Shisui must return to his family and apologize to all Uchiha whose beliefs have been violated.
For this reason, Fugaku never confronted Shisui about his intentions, nor did he ever think of going against Shisui.
Because to Fugaku, Shisui was not only an extremely valuable combat personnel of the Uchiha Clan, but that child was also similar to his nephew, he said, and which parent will not forgive their child if they make a mistake?
Therefore, Fugaku was willing to let Shisui understand that only the Uchiha Clan would belong to him.
And Fugaku also knows that once Shisui and Shinichi return to the Uchiha Clan, then with the combined power of the three Mangekyou Sharingan users, coupled with all of Jonin's elite and other top Uchiha Battle personnel, the, The Uchiha clan would be able to defeat him completely, the Hokage faction and take over the Hokage position without the difficulties the Uchiha had wanted for many years.
But is that really what he wants? Fugaku was not sure, after all, he also loved his village, if there was a chance, he did not want to take over the position by force!
Therefore, there was doubt and doubt in his eyes, and it would only materialize when he was alone!
A moment later Fugaku sensed the presence of another Uchiha ninja rushing towards him and his face returned as usual.
Ninja Uchiha arrived with the latest report, “We have discovered that Sandaime himself brought a large number of Anbu ninja to hunt down the bounty-nin responsible for killing the head ninja Kumo.”
Fugaku was not surprised by this and immediately got up and ordered, “Gather Konoha Police forces with members of Jonin level!”
The Uchiha ninja was astonished and asked, “Patriark, are we also going to be involved in that capture!?”
Fugaku nodded, “Sandaime himself is chasing the bounty-nin, this shows that the matter is undoubtedly serious, our internal conflicts should be put aside for now, if the bounty-nin passes easily, he said, then the reputation of Konoha will be affected, besides.it will also be a good opportunity to make contact with the Kumo ninja!”
Ninja Uchiha understood and immediately nodded, “Ya, then, I will issue an assembly order on behalf of the Patriarch!” – by saying that, the ninja disappeared.
“Hmm!”
Using this opportunity, asking Kumo's delegation if Shinichi actually defected to Kumogakure would also be the best chance.
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New Root Base.
Roots of the rest of the ninja Root constantly came and went, reporting all sorts of information to Shimura Danzo, who was sitting in his chair.
Upon hearing that Sandaime himself was leading Anbu to hunt down the mysterious bounty-nin, Danzo showed an attentive look and asked the people next to him, who was not the only one, “Have you discovered the identity of these mysterious bounty-nin?”
Ninja Root next to him nodded and gave a copy of the file recording information about the mysterious nin bounty, “From the description of the clothes he was wearing, he said, the party seems to be a bounty-nin that goes by the name ‘ Suijin,’ who recently garnered quite a bit of fame in the black market circles, for his efficiency and strength as well as perfection in completing his tasks.”
“Suijin!?” – Shimura Danzo frowned when she saw the copy in her hand.
“In addition to a brief description of the clothes he was wearing, and his name, the information simply stated that he was a top-tier bounty-nin, other than these three details, there was no other useful information.
Seeing Danzo's anger, the root ninja immediately knelt down and hurriedly explained in a panic, “I'm sorry Danzo-sama, but this, the character of ‘Suijin’ just appeared, before this, there is no any information about him.from our data file, therefore, we can not find any information!”
“Incompetent!” – scolds Danzo loudly,
“.....” Ninja roots it remained silent and did not dare to raise his head, fearing he would only make Danzo-Sama even more angry.
After a while, Danzo calmed herself down and continued by saying, “Continue the investigation, I wonder who is hidden behind that mask, the other party had the courage to enter my Konohaku so immorally and cause such chaos, I wonder. That gave him such courage! Find out everything about him, from his identity to his background, the person he works for, his family, his strengths, his weaknesses, his secrets, anything to everything we can use, that is understandable!”
“H-hai, so clear, Danzo-Sama!” – Anbu hurriedly nodded and disappeared.
With a quiet room, Danzo stood up and looked out the window at the full moon with an inexplicable expression.
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In the woods outside Konoha's eastern outer walls.
Suijin glanced at Dog's right hand and then his gaze moved towards the bloodstains on the ground.
In the previous confrontation, Chidori Dog slightly rubbed Suijin's right arm, therefore, a small wound appeared on her arm that was giving off a trace of blood.
Although it was not something to worry about, it was still a bit troublesome if not dealt with quickly.
After all, as long as these few drops of blood were dealt with, Suijin could avoid being tracked and chased because of the smell.
This is something that must be closely guarded when facing the masked Dog Anbu, that is, Hatake Kakashi, after all, he has a group of eight ninken that are very precise as his summoning beast, moreover, Hatake Kakashi's own sense of smell is also very frightening.
After making up his mind, Suijin quickly scored the seal and muttered,
“Pers Air: Water Collision Wave!”
Instantly, a large amount of water formed a surging vortex around Suijin that continued to rise upwards and explode from above in the form of a huge wave that covered the entire battlefield.
The momentum of the waves was so high that it seemed to almost drown the entire surrounding forest area.
The face of the Anbu Dog behind the mask was inexplicable and he hurriedly shouted towards his friend, “Be careful!”
The monkey replied with a nod, “Ya!”
The two quietly jumped at the same time, but they did not take their eyes off Suijin's body, continuing to pay attention to his movements.
Water Collision Waves swept through the ground and increased the water content around it. With that, Suijin again scored a hand seal and shouted, “Water Element: Multiple Water Dragon Bullet Technique!”
Three water dragons with a diameter of over a meter; condensed from the surrounding water and instantly rose hovering around Suijin providing protection.
Suijin waved his hand towards the Anbu Dog and Monkey on top of the tree, and two of the three great dragons immediately rushed towards the two Anbu.
Anbu Dog did not dare to be rash and immediately printed a hand seal,
“Pers Air: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!”
Instantly, the water dragon was also raised by the Anbu Dog, using the surrounding water, and the water dragon collided with the opposite water dragon, protecting the Anbu Dog.
The Anbu Monkey also did not let his guard down and constantly dodged the blood-tracking water dragon, seeing the Water Dragon not giving up the chase, Anbu Monkey, watch, kicking the tree trunk with all his might broke it in one shot and then again kicking the broken trunk towards the incoming water dragon, neutralizing the attack.
However, the brief opportunity where the Anbu Dog and the Anbu Monkey retreated was not wasted by Suijin, who detonated the third Water Dragon that blocked the second view of Anbu and immediately turned around and flew towards the depths of the forest.
At this moment, the voice of the Anbu Dog came from behind,
“Call: Ground Element: Fang Tracking Technique!”
Puffs... Puffs.... Puffs..... Puffs....... Puffs…
Instantly, eight holes appeared on the ground around Suijin, eight Ninken jumped out from the ground and pounced on Suijin from all sides.
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