
The timing of Anbu's appearance is a bit strange. After all, they came right after Orochimaru left the place.
If they came while Orochimaru was still around, they would most likely attack Orochimaru.
Although almost everyone knew about Sannin, not everyone had ever seen her face.
They probably only ever saw Sannin's face from the photo, and in such a dim environment, they would not be able to see Orochimaru's face.
But even if they knew about Orochimaru, they would not be afraid of Orochimaru's reputation.
After all, Orochimaru was the one who would come to their village.
The first thing to put aside was that Anbu who came first was not the one who attacked the Kaguya clan. Only a dozen shinobi who came afterward were supposed to be the ones who eliminated the Kaguya clan and came after hearing the battle.
So where did the first Anbu come from?
It was far from Kirigakure and there would be no Anbu patrolling there.
Moreover, the patrolling Anbu could not possibly send five Jonin and five Chunin just for that.
Jonin is an important force in a village. It was impossible to send them to patrol like that.
Most patrol shinobi are shinobi who have a special Ninjutsu that is suitable for this kind of work.
Then did Anbu who came there try to chase and kill someone?
It was also impossible, after all it was strange that they did not send a stronger line if they needed to kill someone strong.
And the Anbu line-up doesn't have an elite Jonin on their team. Just Jonin and Chunin.
Therefore, this line was clearly prepared for Kakashi.
Kakashi opened his eyes and he muttered to himself: "Obito, is that you?"
With the White Zetsu Sensor Ability, finding Kakashi was not a difficult thing, and if the White Zetsu really did find him, there was a high chance he would tell Obito about Kakashi.
What would Obito do after hearing that?
He had no idea why Kakashi had come to Kirigakure. What's he thinking?
For mission? Or for Rin?
This might be a question in Obito's mind.
But right now Obito is still hiding in the dark.
Perhaps those people were the ones Obito had sent to test Kakashi's strength.
Kakashi silently thought with a bitter smile: "Obito, to face you in the dark, what should I do?"
Shaking his head, Kakashi still hadn't thought of anything.
His strength was still lacking, he did not have the qualifications to talk to Obito at the moment, and he could only wait for when he could talk to him.
Thinking of this, Kakashi once again entered dreamland, the damage to his body and soul made Kakashi very tired, and he could only sleep to recover as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, Ninjutsu's medical Yugao isn't bad. Kakashi's wounds have basically healed. The reason why he could not wake up at this moment was more due to the side effects of the Sharingan usage and the damage from the Cursed Seal.
After a few days of rest, he might make a full recovery.
The boat swayed in the sea and it took several days before Kakashi's group returned to the Fire Nation.
"Kakashi-Senpai, how are you doing?"
Tenzo saw Kakashi get out of bed and asked with concern.
"Ah, I'm almost healed, have we reached the Fire Nation?"
"Yes, we're finally here."
"OK, then it's time to go back and submit the mission report."
“Yes, Senpai.”
Konoha Village, Land of Fire, Hokage Office.
"Oh? It turned out that the situation in Kirigakure was now that bad. Very sad.”
“Yes, Sandaime-sama. There's one more thing I need to report to you. ”
"What's wrong?"
"I met Orochimaru on a mission."
"What's? Orochimaru?”
Sandaime's complexion changed, since Orochimaru defected, This beloved disciple of his became his greatest regret.
According to their intelligence, Orochimaru was supposed to be in the Sawah Land, how could he be in the Fatherland?
"Yes, it's Orochimaru. I was injured in the middle of the mission, then I met Orochimaru, and he gave me the Cursed Seal on my body.
Sandaime was surprised once again. He walked over to Kakashi and looked at his neck. Sure enough, there were three black Magatamas exactly the same as the one Anko got. The difference is, there is a black circle mark on the outside of Magatama.
Sandaime, known as Professor, certainly knew what the circle sign was.
This was the Evil Sealing Method, but it could only temporarily suppress the Cursed Seal, and would not be able to remove the Cursed Seal.
"Sandaime-sama, do you know how to release this Cursed Seal?"
Sandaime shook his head and said, "No, this kind of Cursed Seal merges with Senjutsu Power, and I don't know anything about Senjutsu so I can't erase it."
Kakashi hearing this couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Even though he was expecting Sandaime's answer, he still felt a bit confused when Sandaime said it himself.
Seeing Kakashi's expression, Sandaime was helpless. He had not expected his favorite junior to be tagged by Orochimaru.
“Kakashi, you don't need to be discouraged, although I don't know how to get rid of the Cursed Seal, but Jiraiya might have a way. After all, he also has research on Senjutsu.”
“I also thought about this, but the whereabouts of Jiraiya-sama is uncertain, I was worried..”.
Sandaime showed a smile on his face and said, “It's okay, Jiraiya sent me a letter earlier and told me that she would come back later. I'll tell him about it when he gets back here.
Kakashi smiled and said, "That's great."
"Well, you shouldn't be doing any missions for now, lest you miss the time when Jiraiya returns."
"I understand, Sandaime-sama!"
After Kakashi left, Sandaime sighed but he then muttered something with a smile.
"I didn't expect Kakashi to grow up to this point."
Kakashi did not tell Sandaime about the battle at Kirigakure, but Sandaime could see it from the Mission Scroll.
The Mission Scroll submitted this time was not written by Kakashi, but rather by Shisui.
After all, Kakashi was severely injured before, so he had no power to write.
So Shisui, who is doing a mission with Kakashi, does his job.
Kakashi doesn't mind, after all, it's okay even if it's not him who wrote it.
Shisui wrote about the situation back then in Mission Scroll, and of course he did not write about Orochimaru.
After all, it was better for Kakashi to explain this to Sandaime himself.
It was a case outside of missions and did not need to be written in Mission Scroll.
"The Terrible Lightning Element, the Powerful Sword technique, the instant movement, Sakumo, your son is becoming more and more like you."
Looking at the window, Sandaime's face showed a nostalgic expression.
Remembering about Konoha in the past who had tremendous power. Sannin, Yellow Flash, Konoha White Fang, plus Sandaime himself, there were six Kage level Experts in the village!
Back then, Konoha itself was not afraid of the other four Great Shinobi Villages.
But now, there was only Sandaime left over sixty years. He's feeling very tired.
But he did not dare to go down, behind him were thousands of villagers.
"Haahh, if only Tsunade and Jiraiya could return to the village to help me, I wouldn't have to work like this."
Sandaime sighed while continuing to deal with the pile of documents.