Chapter 196: meet
Chapter 196 Meeting
In Konoha Hospital, the medical staff rushed to the operating room one after another, looking hurried.
The reason is that Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, went out to perform a mission and was seriously injured.
Jilai is not only a disciple of the previous generation of Hokage, but also a mentor of the fourth generation of Hokage. He is also a Konoha ninja who has made outstanding contributions to Konoha.
If something unexpected happened to Jiraiya, it would be a great loss for Konoha.
A lot of people gathered outside the operating room.
As Minato of the Fourth Hokage, he also resigned from his afternoon work due to his busy schedule, and rushed here as soon as possible to understand the situation.
Teacher is dying since he came. As a disciple, Minato should be duty-bound to stand here and take care of him.
After an unknown amount of time, the door of the operating room finally opened, and Tsunade walked out from inside with a pale and tired face.
"Master Tsunade, how is Jiraiya-sensei?"
Minato stepped forward with an anxious expression on his face, wanting to know what's going on inside.
Tsunade looked up at Minato.
"It's Minato. Don't worry, Jiraiya's injury has been initially suppressed, and it won't continue to deteriorate. But the next step of surgery is still needed to make him recover."
Tsunade answered wearily.
She hates the feeling of having an operation. Although she is not the surgeon, the chills still hit her heart.
But Jiraiya has become like this. As a friend, I must do my best to heal Jiraiya's injury.
"Is that so?"
Minato breathed a sigh of relief, then thanked Tsunade and said solemnly, "Thank you very much, Tsunade-sama."
"No, this is what I should do."
At the beginning, he failed to save the lives of his lover and younger brother. If Jiraiya's life cannot be saved this time, Tsunade will not be able to forgive himself no matter what.
"Speaking of which, I need a ninja from the Yume clan, and a ninja from the Hyuga clan to help."
Tsunade expressed his request.
"Ayurome and Hinata?"
"Yes. Jiraiya's injury should be caused by some kind of special explosive bug. I need the oil girl's knowledge about bugs. In order to ensure the safe completion of the operation, I also need the cooperation of Baiyan."
Although there is a high probability of completing the operation with his own ability, Tsunade wants to complete the operation as much as possible.
Besides, there are these resources inside Konoha, so it would be a waste to not use them.
"I see."
Minato nodded, and let the two accompanying Anbe go to Hinata and Yume Clan respectively.
Just as Anbe left, another person came to visit Jiraiya, and it was the former Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi who had retired.
He heard that his disciple Zilai was dying, so he immediately put down his work and came here in a hurry.
"Minato, Tsunade, what happened to Jiraiya?"
"The deterioration of the injury has been suppressed, and the follow-up surgery is not a big problem."
Tsunade did not say that it could be 100% successful, because the explosive worms in Jiraiya's body are really strange, and they have already merged with Jiraiya's body. It is not that simple to remove them safely.
Even the well-informed Tsunade saw this kind of injury for the first time.
Inviting ninjas from the Yume clan and the Hyuga clan is to avoid more risks.
"Is that so?"
Hizhan let out a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, he looked at Minato and asked, "Speaking of which, Minato, how did Jiraiya become like this?"
Hi Zhan only knew that Jiraiya was seriously injured and dying, but he didn't know the specific reason.
Tsunade also looked at Minato curiously, and she was also curious about who hurt Zirai.
Among the famous ninjas known in the five major countries, none of them used this kind of explosive bug that resided in the human body to kill the enemy.
Therefore, after treating Jiraiya, she will also record this injury in Konoha's medical system, so as not to suffer.
Minato said without concealment: "It is the bounty hunter group Xuan Yuanzhong of the underground black market."
In the underground black market, there are both maverick solo bounty hunters and group bounty hunter groups. These bounty hunters known as groups are more difficult than solitary bounty hunters.
"Xuan Yuanzhong?"
Whether Hirizhan or Tsunade heard this name, they couldn't help frowning.
If I remember correctly, these guys also appeared during the battle with Iwagakure more than two years ago. They were hired by Iwagakure's third generation Tsuchikage Onogi and attacked Konoha's supply points several times, causing a lot of trouble for Konoha.
It's just that the Konoha ninja who had fought Xuan Yuanzhong at that time did not have the same injuries as Jiraiya.
Are you hiding your clumsiness?
"Yes. Xuan Yuanzhong is a group of five people, and the bounty offered by each person is not very high, but the bounty offered by the five people is also among the best in the underground black market. According to the information collected by Konoha, when they first debuted, it should have been six or seven years ago. Because they have become more famous recently, they are called "ninja hunting ninjas" by many people.
Minato speaks out what he knows.
Hizhan nodded, similar to what he understood.
"Five people can hurt Jiraiya to this extent, this is not something that ordinary bounty hunters can do."
Tsunade looked serious.
Generally speaking, bounty hunters are unworthy guys.
But there are also those powerful free ninjas and samurai who are not affiliated with the country and ninja village system, and are engaged in underground black market work.
Obviously, Xuanyuanzhong is such a group.
"yes."
Minato also sighed.
His teacher, Jiraiya, is one of the Sannin at any rate, and is the most powerful ninja in the ninja world. There may be carelessness in this, but being able to defeat Jiraiya also shows some problems.
Xuan Yuanzhong is by no means a normal ninja mercenary.
The combined strength of the five is even higher than that of Sannin.
It was also the first time for Minato to feel that the underground black market is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. There are not many bounty hunters as powerful as Xuan Yuanzhong, but there are definitely many.
"Besides, I am more worried about Kakashi's safety than Jiraiya-sensei."
Minato frowned, but the clouds lingered.
"Kakashi? What happened to him?"
"In order to let Jiraiya-sensei escape safely, Kakashi alone led away the pursuers of Xuanyuan, and there is no news yet."
Minato replied.
Both Hizan and Tsunade fell silent.
If Jiraiya was seriously injured and unable to fight at that time, it is indeed the best choice for Kakashi to lead away the pursuers and let the rest of Anbu send Jiraiya back to Konoha safely.
But that is a powerful enemy that even Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, can defeat. With Kakashi's strength, it is likely to be a disaster at this moment.
Compared to Tsunade's sigh, Hirizan's face is not only a sigh, but also guilt.
Konoha and him owe too much to the surname Hatake.
Not long after, Anbu returned and brought over the ninjas from the Hyuga clan and the Yuujo clan.
Hyuga Hinata, and Yume Shiwei are the Hinata and Yume ninja brought by Anbu.
Tsunade led the two in and started the follow-up surgery.
After Minato saw Tsunade and the others enter, only herself, Hirizhan III Hokage, and Anbe, who was safely deployed around, were left in the corridor.
"My lord, I have something I want to discuss with you, can you come here?"
Minato made a certain decision, and said to Hizane.
"Huh? Sure."
Ri Zhan froze for a moment, followed Mizumon to leave the corridor outside the operating room, and found a secluded place to stop.
"You can talk here, Minato."
Hirizhan was curious about what Minato would say to him.
Minato didn't speak immediately, but took out a scroll from his arms and put it in front of Hizhan.
"This is the information brought back by Jiraiya-sensei and Anbu, and I have already sent people to the stated den to conduct on-the-spot investigations. I believe there will be results soon."
Minato's nonsensical words made Hiruza even more inexplicable.
I had no choice but to take the scroll, open it and read the contents inside.
At first, his expression was normal, but after a long while, Ri Zhan's face was covered with livid color, and he was so gloomy that he couldn't speak.
The surroundings fell into a dead silence, and the atmosphere fell to freezing point in an instant.
Finally, Hizhan closed his eyes tremblingly, closed the scroll, and clenched his fists tightly.
"I don't want to ask about the root matter, but I think Elder Danzo needs to limit it."
It means that if Hirizhan misses the old relationship and is unwilling to make a move, then he, the Fourth Hokage, will serve.
At that time, it will not be a simple reprimand, but let Danzo spend the rest of his life in prison, depriving him of all political power.
The meaning of Minato could not be clearer.
Hirizhan took a deep breath, and said to Minato: "No need, leave this matter to me, and I will give you a satisfactory answer, Minato."
He knew that Watergate would gradually gather power, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
And after getting enough evidence, instead of dealing with the roots himself, he handed it over to him, the predecessor of Hokage.
Hi Zhan smiled wryly in his heart.
I underestimated him.
Minato is better than I imagined.
It's just that his other talents are just overshadowed by his incomparable strength.
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Farewell to Minato, Hirazan took all Anbu he belonged to and ran towards Konoha's root stronghold.
In the lowest space of the root stronghold, the researchers wore white medical uniforms and white masks, and continued to conduct wood escape experiments in the laboratory equipped with research equipment.
The experimental subjects in this laboratory are all excellent babies and children who have the probability of awakening Mutun.
Danzo stood in front of a transparent cylinder filled with Mutun solution, staring at the long-haired boy inside with fanatical eyes.
About eleven or twelve years old.
In the entire wooden escape experiment, this is currently the closest adult wooden escape experimenter.
And even Orochimaru didn't know the existence of this child, he deliberately concealed it and kept it alone.
Orochimaru missed the Fourth Hokage, and it is no longer worth his cultivation. If Oroshemaru knows that there is an adult among his experimental subjects, some unpleasant things will definitely happen.
After all, at this time, he still needs Orochimaru's mind to cultivate more wooden escape ninjas for him, so he can't fall out with Orochimaru for the time being.
As for when you don’t need it, just kick it away.
When necessary, Sannin is also a stepping stone for him to be promoted to Hokage.
As far as this goal is concerned, I believe it will not take long before it can be truly achieved.
Hizhan is old. Although Namikaze Minato is strong, he is just a puppet who knows nothing and was pushed to the front by Hizhan. As long as Hizhan trips him, Konoha will be in his hands.
Five generations of Hokage Shimura Danzo, none other than him.
"Master Danzo."
A researcher comes over.
"What's wrong?"
"The rest of the test subjects are all dead. Do you want to start the next round of experiments?"
"All dead?"
Danzo is not satisfied with this result.
Although an adult body makes him happy, he doesn't think there are too many Mudun ninjas. It's better to say that the more the better.
So after hearing the researcher's results, his complexion was naturally not good.
So much manpower and material resources have been invested, even with the risk of going to prison, the result is only one adult...
This made Danzo very dissatisfied.
"Yes. Also, there are not enough experimental subjects."
"A new batch of experimental subjects will be sent over soon, enough for your research. You only need to think about how to cultivate new adults, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
"yes."
The researcher nodded, walked to his work station, and started a new round of experiments.
Really useless. Danzo secretly commented a few words on these researchers.
If all these resources were thrown at Orochimaru, there would probably be new results already.
However, Dashewan should not be exposed to too much. He hopes to get Dashewan's assistance, but he doesn't want him to get too many things.
For Danzo, the threat of Orochimaru is far greater than that of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
Proficient in ninjutsu, physical jutsu and illusion, able to independently create ninjutsu and secret arts, and also a genius in research, whether it is commanding battles, fighting alone with the enemy, or having a political sense, he is a superb ninja.
In addition to having a gloomy temperament and easily scaring children to tears, Orochimaru can be said to be an all-round perfect existence.
This is exactly where Danzo is afraid of Orochimaru.
Suddenly, there was a noisy sound in the research room, and the panic calls of a large number of researchers made Danzo wake up from his thinking.
When he turned his head to look, he saw a large number of Anbu popping up out of nowhere, surrounded by ninjas in Anbu costumes in all directions, and instantly controlled the researchers in the laboratory and knocked them to the ground.
"Day...Day cut..."
Danzo finally realized something when he saw this scene.
The fact that I studied Mu Dun behind Ri Zhan's back was exposed again.
But he forced himself to calm down.
It doesn't matter, Ri Zhan will remember the old relationship, and will only teach him a few words.
Compared to the success of the Mutun experiment, these innocuous lessons will not cause Danzo any trouble.
It's just that he slashed his face again, without the hesitation and complicated expression that Danzo hoped to appear.
It seems that he ignored Danzo, but surrounded by Anbu ninjas, he gave orders to Danzo coldly:
"From now on, root ninjas are not allowed to take half a step away from Konoha, otherwise they will be shot to death!"
Shoot to kill? Danzo stood there in a daze.
What does it mean?
Take half a step away from Konoha, and shoot and kill his subordinates?
What about the wood escape experiment?
What about Yu Yin's filial piety?
"Day cut..."
"Shut up!"
This is the first time that Danzo really felt Hirizhan's anger in a real sense, and his heart trembled with fear for no reason.
"From now on, I will ask the Anbu of the three classes to monitor you. Your every move, including sleeping and eating, will be under the surveillance of the Anbu. Whoever you meet, what you say, and what you do, the Anbu will also truthfully record it, and you will stay there 24 hours a day."
"..."
"It is enough to maintain the basic living expenses at the root. I will hand over the management of Yuyin's affairs to others. Danzo, you should have a good rest."
Hi Zhan left these words and walked outside.
Before leaving, he gave Anbu an order:
"All the experimental subjects here are recovered."
Danzo's lips muttered twice, but in the end he didn't say anything.
The experimental subjects in the laboratory, whether dead or alive, were recovered one by one by Anbu.
In the end, the Anbu of the three squads, a total of twelve people, followed Danzo.
"Danzo-sama, from today onwards, please give me your advice. When you sleep and eat, we will be inseparable."
"..."
Danzo knew that he was finished.
Looking at the determination Ri Zhan showed just now, he will never stand up.
Including Orochimaru.
He has a problem here, and Orochimaru will also be monitored by Hizan's Anbu.
The degree of monitoring is lighter than him, because the Anbu manpower under Hizan's command cannot be so sufficient, but Orochimaru's actions will be much restricted.
Roots... in name only.
Ri Zhan's words determine the life and death of the roots.
Is this the power of Hokage? If I can gain such power, Konoha will definitely become stronger and stronger under my leadership! Danzo lowered his head, his body trembled, and his eyes showed unprecedented desire and ambition.
So, the matter is not over yet, as long as I am still alive, there is a possibility of turning over.
A temporary failure was not enough to defeat Shimura Danzo.
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The change at the root did not cause any big disturbance in Konoha.
In the depths of the leaves, that is the domain of roots.
But because it is a root, it cannot survive standing in the sun.
If the roots appear in the sun, it means that the big tree Konoha has collapsed.
Of course not only the roots, but even the consultants fell silent, as if they were restricted at the same time.
Because of this, Minato's work has become busy recently.
It takes time and a lot of money to recruit Anbu staff, cultivate cronies, and establish one's prestige in Konoha.
Even though Minato wanted to complete it quickly, he knew that there was no rush for such a thing.
Without two or three years, it will not be effective.
At the same time, Minato and his predecessor, Sarutobi Hiruzen, sent Anbu to go out to find Kakashi.
Because Kakashi has not returned for a week, this makes them very worried about Kakashi's safety now.
Although he knew that Kakashi's hope of being alive was slim, he was not willing to give up like this.
Therefore, we should also pay attention to the news of the underground black market. If Kakashi unfortunately dies, his body will definitely be sold by Xuan Yuanzhong to the underground black market for money.
After all, Kakashi is worth 15 million taels in the underground black market. With the greedy personality of a bounty hunter, he will never let go of such a huge sum of money.
The only good news is that Jiraiya has successfully removed the worm-shaped mass after Tsunade's surgery, and is completely out of danger. He is still recuperating in the hospital and will not be able to get out of bed until half a month later.
Not only that, in order to guard against the ninjutsu of the Xuanzu, Tsunade began to study the explosive bugs of the Xuanzu, hoping to formulate a medicine to restrain the explosives.
Ordinary ninjas may not need it, but those junin who have high rewards on the underground black market will definitely need corresponding drugs to kill the explosive worms in their bodies when they fight against Xuan Yuanzhong.
For this reason, Minato also generously allocated funds to Tsunade's drug research.
Xuan Yuanzhong is a group of lunatics who sacrifice their lives for money, and they may target Konoha Ninja in the future.
The drugs researched by then will have a huge effect.
Among them, the Nara clan and the Yuu clan also made great contributions.
The Nara family provided medicinal materials, and the Yume family provided knowledge about insects, which was of great help to Tsunade Pharmaceutical.
This also increased the influence of Water Gate in the village.
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"Namikaze Minato...Namikaze Minato..."
In a remote place in the Uchiha Clan, listening to the news collected by Lihuo, Uchiha Sifang murmured to himself.
In his plan, the appearance of this character was completely unexpected.
In fact, the war ended so abruptly that this yellow flash seemed to pop out of nowhere.
After reviewing Namikaze Minato's record, Elder Sifang was also amazed at this young man who was as old as Liuli.
But because Minato just came to power not long ago, Elder Sifang didn't know what path Konoha would be led by this young Fourth Hokage in the future.
But one thing is certain, that is, if the third Hokage continues to rule, the Uchiha clan in Konoha will perish sooner or later, which is what he is sure of.
"What do you think of him?"
Elder Sifang looked at Lihuo.
The other party is not young anymore, and there are some wrinkles on his face.
Li Huo thought for a while and replied: "If you want me to say it, he is a pretty perfect ninja. He is decisive and kills with one blow. It is completely different from the third Hokage."
"I didn't expect such a ninja to appear in the Thousand Hands faction."
Elder Sifang had a strange face.
"Yeah, he is a monster, just like Liuli."
"Then which one do you think is stronger, he or Liuli?"
"This... I can't judge. But in terms of speed, Namikaze Minato must be stronger."
Crap! Elder Sifang said such a sentence in his heart.
Have learned the technique of Flying Thunder God, if you still can't gain an advantage in speed, then space ninjutsu is too cheap.
"By the way, there is one more thing."
"explain."
"Three Hokages approached Fuyue before, and the two communicated for about three to four hours. I don't know what they said."
Li Huo said.
"Want to write a bad check again?"
"After all, it was us Uchiha who lost the battle."
"It's enough to be dormant if you fail. There is no one who doesn't fail. Only the one who survives to the end may become the winner. Senju is now dead in name only, and Uchiha... depends on how the Fourth Hokage operates."
Elder Sifang said calmly.
Quiet away from the fire.
Not long after, a maid came over.
"Elder, please see Chief Fuyue."
"Let him in."
Elder Sifang nodded.
The maid went down, and soon Fu Yue came in, followed by a child.
Uchiha Itachi.
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