Five-Man Team vs. Two-Man Team (Third Update)
The next day, at 11:00 AM, at the Konoha Gate.
A young monk dressed in the robes of the Fire Temple arrived breathlessly in front of the two gatekeepers.
"Quickly! Quickly take me to see the Hokage! Something has happened at the Fire Temple!"
"What?! Even Chiriku deserves to die, Akatsuki!"
In the Hokage Office, Tsunade, after listening to the monk's report, angrily slapped the desk in half.
The Fire Temple is the national temple of the Land of Fire and has deep ties with the Daimyo. Its Chiriku, was one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
The Akatsuki of destroying the Fire Temple was tantamount to a severe slap in the face to the Land of Fire and Konoha.
If the culprit cannot be apprehended before fleeing the Land of Fire, not only will the Daimyo be unable to explain himself, but Konoha's prestige throughout the entire Ninja World will also be diminished.
Now she finally understands what Hawking saw when he was predicting the future.
"Shizune, immediately gather all the ninjas who are not on missions. I need to conduct a thorough search of all towns and key roads near the Fire Temple and make sure to capture those two Akatsuki members!"
"Yes, Lady Tsunade."
Shizune nodded and was about to leave, but Tsunade immediately Tsunade her.
"Oh, right, tell Naruto to temporarily stop training, and then have Kakashi Yamato bring Team 7 over as well."
Currently, among the village's ninjas who are not on missions, only Asuma, an Elite Jonin, is available. If it weren't for Hawking's prophecy, she would definitely have had Asuma lead the team to complete this mission.
However, according to Hawking's prediction, Asuma will inevitably die at the hands of those two Akatsuki members on this mission.
Therefore, Asuma definitely cannot be sent out this time.
After much deliberation, she could only suspend Naruto's training for half a day and let Kakashi lead the team to complete the mission.
Compared to Asuma, Kakashi is stronger in both strength and strategy. With Yamato's assistance, they should be invincible.
Ten minutes later, on the rooftop of the Hokage Building, Tsunade recounted the events and mission that had occurred at the Fire Temple.
Upon hearing of the death of his former friend Chiriku, Asuma was filled with grief and anger, and immediately vowed to personally kill the two Akatsuki members who killed Chiriku to avenge his friend.
However, Tsunade said:
"Kakashi will lead this mission. Asuma, you stay in the village to continue preparing for your marriage to Kurenai."
"Lady Tsunade, it's me."
Asuma was about to retort when Tsunade Teuchi:
"The rest of you go and get ready. Asuma and Team 7 stay behind."
"Lady Tsunade, the wedding is still a few days away. My mission won't delay the wedding."
As soon as the other ninjas left, Asuma made a request to Tsunade.
After learning that Hong was pregnant, he immediately began preparing for their wedding, but the wedding date was still a few days away, so he wasn't too busy at the moment.
"Chiriku is my dearest friend, I can't let him die like this."
"Asuma, there's a reason I don't want you to go. Do you remember what Hawking told you yesterday?"
Tsunade to stop Asuma from asking.
Asuma paused for a moment:
"Lady Tsunade, do you really believe what Hawking said yesterday?"
"At first I wasn't so sure, but now I do. He did it yesterday."
Tsunade recounted all of Hawking's predictions from the previous day, leaving everyone in the audience Captain Marvel.
I never imagined that someone could actually predict the future.
"Even if Hawking saw me being killed by the two Akatsuki, with Kakashi and Yamato joining the team now, I believe the outcome wouldn't be the same. In fact, with me on the team, the odds of victory would be even greater."
Asuma analyzed the situation after calming down.
Tsunade shook her head upon hearing this:
As Hawking said, fate is unpredictable, and if you want to change your fate, you can't rely on luck.
Therefore, I think the safest way is to prevent you from joining this mission.
"Grandma Tsunade is right. Asuma- sensei, don't worry, with Team 7 here, we will definitely be able to capture those two Akatsuki members and avenge Master Chiriku!"
Naruto clenched his fists and made a firm promise to Asuma.
He was also very angry when he heard that the Fire Temple had been massacred.
He went to the Fire Temple to carry out a mission some time ago and met Sora, who is a good friend there.
Now that Sora is traveling abroad, the Fire Temple has been destroyed. How heartbroken Sora must be.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you."
Hearing Naruto's inspiring words, Asuma sighed and nodded with some relief.
With Kakashi leading the team, he really didn't have much to worry about.
"Naruto, when the time comes for you to summon Hawking, you can summon him and see if you can get some more specific details so that you can find those two people faster."
Seeing that Asuma's problem was solved, Tsunade gave Naruto a few more instructions before finally looking at Kakashi and Yamato:
"I'll leave the rest to you. Just send any news back to the village as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, Lady Tsunade."
Kakashi and Yamato responded simultaneously.
With everything ready, Kakashi and Yamato led Team 7 and a makeshift group of over twenty ninjas, leaving the village and speeding towards the Fire Temple.
Apart from Naruto, all the other ninjas on this mission Chunin or higher level. They were very fast and carried Soldier Pills as a supplement. They arrived near the Fire Temple in just two hours.
Kakashi divided the group into six groups of five. He, Yamato, Sakura, Naruto, Sai went directly to the Fire Temple to check the situation, while the other five groups were scattered around the Fire Temple to search for clues.
Upon entering the Fire Temple, Team 7 quickly learned from the old abbot that Xiao might have taken Chiriku's body to the Exchange Shop.
After informing Tsunade using the Ninja Bird and receiving her approval, Kakashi instructed the other five teams to enter the nearest town to wipe out all the Exchange Shop bases and search for clues about the two Akatsuki.
Their group also chose the nearest town.
After searching, they actually found the Akatsuki's Immortal Duo, Kakuzu and Hidan, in the town.
Kakashi, Yamato, Naruto, Sai, and Sakura —the five-member Team 7 Konoha— are officially battling the Akatsuki's Immortal Duo.
Meanwhile, in the Marvel Main World, Hawking was still undergoing intense physical training in the school's Combat Simulation Room.
Currently, thanks to the technological support of the Beast, the Gravity Chamber that Green Goblin is researching can barely achieve twice the gravity, so he added it to the Combat Simulation Room without hesitation.
While not as effective as Wanda's Chaos Magic, it's still usable for daily training.
"It's almost time; it's time to learn Sealing Technique."
Yesterday, Tsunade promised him that starting today, he could learn all the Sealing Technique in Konoha.
After taking a shower and checking the time, Hawking confirmed that he had loaded the Naruto template and Reverse Summoning to enter Mount Myōboku.