
Could it be that Guy with his Anbu Monkey vest returned to the village, he did not care that his breathing was irregular, he hurriedly searched for the whereabouts of the Eagle and Cat of Team-11.
The first place he was looking for was clearly in and around the mansion assigned to the Kumo delegation, which was supposed to be guarded by Team 11. Even after searching the entire parameters of the mansion, he did not find any traces of the Eagle and Cat, many questions flowed in his heart, ‘Where could the two of them go? If they weren't here then most likely they would have gone looking for Watanabe, or maybe after two bounty-nins? But if that's the case, why don't we meet them? If they are not present here, then only one case is possible!”
Monkey clearly understands that the only other possibility behind their mysterious disappearance is that they both meet with a bounty-nin somewhere else and are defeated.
However, he tried to avoid thinking about this possibility, as it involved the possibility of something he did not want to think about or accept.
But the current situation did not give him any other choice, so he returned to the point where the Cat and the Eagle were placed, and estimated the possible direction they could take, so he went back to, he also ordered some Anbu to search for Cats and Eagles.
After a long search, along all possible routes, the team arrived in the forest past the outer wall.
“Dog and I intercepted the enemy ninja more than a few dozen miles ahead, according to the path that the bounty-nin had taken, he should have passed through this area of the forest first, he said, search the whole forest in this area!”
“Ya!”
With that said, Anbu became busy in their search.
The monkey itself was not free and continued the search.
Not long after that he received a message from one of the Anbu teams.
Arriving at their place, he felt that the temperature around him was quite low compared to other forest areas.
This caused him to hesitate and he sped up his pace.
Arriving on the spot, the Monkey finds an ice tree shrouded in some kind of Genjutsu spell that begins to fade from being hacked by the sealing masters.
As soon as Genjutsu's charm is gone, a hollow ice tree is revealed, and in the hole section of the ice tree, he finds Hyuga Kuroto with her Anbu gear, unconscious and tied with some injuries.
Similarly, Uchiha Shisui with her Anbu Cat gear was also found unconscious and tied up in a hollow section of another Ice tree that was also enclosed within the Genjutsu spell.
The life and death status of both shinobi is unknown…
“Kuroto..., Shisui..!” – in panic he could not stay calm and subconsciously called the real names of both of his teammates.
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3 Days later.
Team-11 is currently called to the Hokage office.
Of the four members of Team-11, Hatake Kakashi had his right arm wrapped in bandages, with his face somewhat pale, it seemed like he was injured after the battle.
Hyuga Kuroto and Uchiha Shisui also had bandages wrapped around their bodies, the wounds they suffered at the hands of the Elite Uchiha were all healed, the reason for bandaging the bandages was frostbite.
It was not strange that Kuroto and Shisui were suffering from Frost Bite because they were trapped in an Ice tree cage when they were unconscious.
Among the four members of Team-11, only Might Guy was unharmed and looked perfectly fine and energetic.
At this time, Sandaime looked through the report and asked with a tired look, “How did you two hurt?”
“The injury will recover soon.” – says Kuroto.
Sandaime nodded, and asked, “I've read the report, so after you learned that Watanabe used a shadow clone, the two of you rushed towards the Hyuga Clan based on the little memory that Shisui extracted from the Shadow Clone, you both rushed towards the Hyuga Clan based on the little memory that Shisui extracted from the Shadow Clone, and also use the crow. a call to pass this information to Kakashi and Guy?”
“Yes, but unfortunately it seems Watanabe never made it to the Hyuga Clan territory and was killed halfway through, as for the message delivered to Kakashi-san and Guy-san, they did not receive the message. By the time the crow summoning reached their place, the two were already gone! ” – Shisui clear.
“We reached the territory of the Hyuga Clan and were confused because there was no sign of Watanabe, after adjusting from Patriarch Hyuga that Watanabe did not arrive here, the situation was a bit confusing, the, we thought of coming to the Hokage tower to inform the matter.but halfway we met Homusubi if the description was correct, the person looked suspicious, so chased after him all the way, he said, we reached the forest past the outer wall and there was a short battle when suddenly two more with similar disguises appeared, we were unable to fight the three of them and therefore, we were unable to fight, we were defeated and encased inside an ice tree when Guy found us. ” – Kuroto explained.
“Two more?” – Sandaime has a doubtful face.
“Ya, Hokage-sama, one of them should be Homusubi according to the description, the second one is Suijin, while we do not know the third one, but the element seems to be Wind because it has the symbol of the Wind Chakra Nature. on the chest part of his robe and green mask.” – Shisui replied.
“And what about its capabilities?” – asked Sarutobi.
“He showed nothing but Taijutsu, but I estimate that his strength is not inferior to the other two, in fact, from the way the other two behaved before him, she seems to be superior to you in terms of hierarchy. !” – Kuroto replied while shaking her head.
“Name?” – ask Sandaime-sama again.
“They did not reveal it.” – said Shisui.
Sandaime, Guy, and Kakashi inevitably pity Kuroto and Shisui must face three such monsters at once, no wonder they both disappeared all night!
Sighing softly, Sandaime asked, “And can you make sure that ‘Homusubi’ has Mangekyou Sharingan?”
Shisui and Kuroto had already discussed this part and, Shisui nodded, “Ya, I'm sure of it!”
Sandaime asked again, “Could Homusubi actually be Uchiha Shinichi behind that mask?”
Shisui replied, “I'm sorry Hokage-sama, but the mask that Homusubi wears has a seal engraved in it that protects from the Byakugan's perception as well as the Sharingan's perception, so it's hard to judge given the brief encounter we had when they met. make a sneak attack!”
Sandaime nodded and said nothing more.
Whipping the smoke, Sandaime thought, ‘Watanabe wants to cause a war, but before he can finish what he planned, he is killed by three bounty-nin who have high Kage level power, but before he can finish what he planned, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not know whether he should be happy or angry.
He is certainly happy that Watanabe's scheme failed, but he is also angry that Kumogakure dared to plan such an action against Konoha, but Sandaime cannot do anything against them.
He was also saddened that there were strong individuals who did not mind sneaking into Konoha and causing such chaos.
But he is also happy that the problems Konoha will face because the nin-bounty will be far less than Watanabe planned.
At the same time, he was also helpless as he could do nothing to any of the three parties.
Sandaime did not doubt Shisui and Kuroto's report, as facing three strong men like that was definitely not a joke, the entire Anbu unit combined with the Uchiha could not deal with just two Amatsukami members, either, what can only two members do on the faces of three Amatsukami members?
The only thing that worried Hiruzen was the reaction of the Uchiha Clan.
From Hiruzen's point of view, the most likely possibility is that Homusubi is Uchiha Shinichi, but Fugaku did not explain this in the report, the report said, and based on what the Uchiha Clan had done in the past few months, the patriarch seemed to be dead.
Uchiha Shinichi had actually betrayed Konoha and killed so many or so shinobi roots, Hiruzen could not help but worry.
While Sandaime was busy with his thoughts, Kakashi said, “Hokage-sama, inevitably I noticed one thing.”
Sandaime turned towards Kakashi and gestured for him to continue.
Recalling his thoughts, Kakashi said, “Both, no, the three bounty-nins of Amatsukami, only killed Watanabe during the entire failure, aside from Watanabe, they did not kill a single other shinobi, not even Kuroto, and Shisui was only left unconscious, and tied up, wrapped in an ice tree, but not killed, it was strange from the common behavior of a bounty-nin.”
Sandaime also has a thoughtful outlook, he pays attention to these details but he also seems unable to understand this pattern of behavior.
Kuroto was fine while listening to this, her face was natural with the situation, and had a pouting expression that also showed confusion.
Shisui also frowned, but the frown was for another reason, meanwhile, her heart was beating very fast.
Kakashi continued, “And the same bounty-nin, the runaway ninja from Sunagakure and Takigakure, killed five of our Anbu in just one encounter, Suijin, Homusubi, and the third, sneaked into the village, the, breaking away from multiple sieges, going through so many battles, meeting so many teams, during the entire failure, they did not kill a single shinobi aside from Watanabe, either, there must be something wrong with this kind of behavior pattern that is completely different from how normal bounty-nin behavior is!”
Kuroto couldn't help but look at Kakashi with a helpless expression, ‘You don't have to make trouble for me Kakashi!’
Kuroto knew that this detail would be known sooner or later, and he was completely helpless about it.
Clearly, he could not kill the shinobi from his own village if there was no reason for it, moreover, if he were to cut down Konoha's shinobi like vegetables then there would be almost no combat power left in the village!
Even Sandaime felt too weird about this pattern of behavior, and inevitably thought, ‘Is Amatsukami's goal really a gift in Watanabe's head? Or just to shift the blame of Watanabe's death to themselves so that unnecessary war and bloodshed can be avoided? Or do they work in a way where they do not take a single life apart from the target they are aiming for?’
After all, Kakuzu and Sasori did not mind killing!
Thinking of this, Sandaime decided to conduct an investigation on all the missions that the Amatsukami members had completed through the Dark Market circle to examine their behavior patterns, which they had, do they use the same methods and do not take any action.Single extra lives or quite the opposite?
With that decision, Sandaime had another discussion about the possible identity of the three and then disbanded team-11.
After leaving the Hokage's office, Kuroto and Shisui bid farewell to Kakashi and Guy.
After walking in the distance, Kuroto said to Shisui, “Choose a target as soon as possible!”
Shisui obviously surprised, “Very urgent ?!”
“Yes, we don't have much choice, Sandaime suspects. Although we have established Amatsukami's deterrence, our actions are still suspicious for him, as soon as we cause some problems like ordinary bounty-nin, his suspicions should be lightened, so eliminating some Uchiha would be the best option! – After a short pause he continued, “Remember to choose a sibling partner as the first target!”
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