Late at night, when the surroundings became quiet, Uchiha Chen changed into Anbu clothes, put on a fox mask, and left the room quietly.
He is going to a forest in the northwest corner of Daimyo's Capital, where there is a team of Anbu Ninja given to him by Third Hokage.
Speaking of which, he had never entered Anbu before, and he did not know that Uchiha Yama had ever thought of sending him there.
But now he somehow joined Anbu, and he suddenly transformed and became a squad leader.
This is... a wonderful thing.
After leaving the city, the young man headed west. After an unknown amount of time, he branched off from the smooth avenue into a trail and entered a lush forest.
After arriving at his destination, he stood on the branch of a big tree and looked up. Four Anbu ninjas had appeared on another tree, looking at him from afar.
"Kun?"
"Curtain!"
After simply checking the codes, the young man took out an appointment letter from Ninja Pouch and shot it at the person standing in the front just like throwing Shuriken.
The ninja stretched out his right hand to hold the paper, glanced at it, and then nodded to the other three people while relaxing.
The young man took the lead and asked, "I don't know what to call this person. I hear your voice... sounds like that of an acquaintance?"
The man laughed loudly, "It seems that the old man didn't tell you."
"Brother Shinnosuke?"
"It's me. After three years of separation, Chen, you are fine now."
The man took off his mask, revealing a bearded face.
At this time, the wind rose and fell, the leaves swayed, and the young man took off his mask, revealing his snow-white teeth.
In a basement somewhere.
Shinnosuke took Uchiha Chen for a brief tour of their team's base.
The young man walking behind couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shinnosuke, why do you have such a big beard now?"
"Why, wouldn't it be better to be more mature?"
"But you are too familiar with me... so familiar."
Shinnosuke hummed. "You know nothing! This is how you feel manly."
"The problem is... you have been here performing missions. Who are you showing your manhood to?"
"..."
The young man continued quietly, "Now I understand why Hokage Uncle wants to have another child."
Shinnosuke strangled Chen's neck and said angrily, "... You brat, you still have such a strong mouth!"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
"Old man... how is he doing lately?"
After half a ring, Shinnosuke couldn't help but ask.
"It's good... but I've been very busy. Why, aren't you going to go back and take a look?"
"I can't get away."
"Excuse me, but I heard that you haven't been back for more than a year."
Shinnosuke sighed, "Are you going back to scold me?"
"Hokage Uncle He didn't mean that either."
"I know... but I really don't want to go back now. I'm weak and can't help the old man much, and I don't have a girlfriend. It's better to continue training outside for two years."
The boy sighed.
In fact, Shinnosuke is not weak... but it also depends on who you compare with.
In front are Sannin and White Fang who are a few years older; behind are Himeji and Chen who are a few years younger; and above them is a powerful father.
Against this backdrop, he appears to be particularly weak.
Shinnosuke is also a decent person, so he left the village to perform a long-term mission.
If he still doesn't do well, he will have no choice but to return to the village and inherit hundreds of millions of family assets... Ahem, this is an exaggeration, but it is still easy to serve as the head of a certain department.
"Stop talking about this, why are you acting like Twelve Guardian Ninja?"
Chentan spread his hands and said, "Hokage Uncle insists on me coming, but I don't want to come either."
Shinnosuke sneered, "Daimyo still doesn't trust us, otherwise we wouldn't have formed any Guardian Ninja."
"That's true," Chen sighed and asked, "How is Hidden Mist Village doing now?"
"All the spies have lost contact... all the ninjas sent later have also disappeared."
"Since when?"
Shinnosuke thought for a while and said, "This has been the case since Third Mizukage left the village. He has returned to the village now, but the situation has not changed."
"This is strange," Chen hesitated for a moment, "I have also met Third Mizukage. From his words and actions, I can see that he is a very gentle person.
There is another question, can Anbu identify every spy who infiltrated Konoha? "
Shinnosuke shook his head and said flatly, "Impossible."
"Then how did Hidden Mist Village do it?" the young man murmured.
He could only think of one person who could provide such accurate information.
——White Zetsu.
"Did Madara take action?!"
He still remembers Zabuza who single-handedly killed all the students of that year... In other words, before Third Great Ninja War, Hidden Mist Village was Bloody Mist Village.
But no matter how you look at it, Third Mizukage is a moderate, and he and Konoha have just signed a series of trade agreements...
Uchiha Chen fell into deep thought.
"Suppose something happened to Third Mizukage, but it couldn't have happened in the village. Madara wants to control Hidden Mist Village, and the movement will not be too small in the event of a battle.
In other words... something happened before returning to the village! "
He suddenly opened his eyes and asked softly, "Brother Shinnosuke, was there anything unusual before Third Mizukage left Land of Fire?"
"Abnormal?"
"For example, disappeared for a while."
Shinnosuke shook his head. "No, the Kirigakure team left under the surveillance of Anbu the whole time."
"Did you find any traces of the battle?"
"Yes!"
"Take me there."
Uchiha Chen looked at the dilapidated ground and couldn't help but frown.
With his strength, one can feel a silent murderous aura.
And you can still see obvious traces of Water Release on the ground... Was it left on purpose?
Although it was already May, he could still feel the cool breeze at the seaside.
The young man stood up and sighed, "Stop the investigation of Hidden Mist Village..."
Shinnosuke seemed to be infected by the chilling aura that Chen invisibly revealed. Although he was a little confused, he still nodded.
"I just hope... it's not for me."
Uchiha Chen looked at the dark night and couldn't help but sigh.