Konoha, Hokage Building.
"Lord Hokage, the mysterious intruder's true identity is Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki from Kumogakure. She was driven off by Hyuga Sho... cough, cough..."
Hyuga Sho coughed several times.
He had used Orochimaru's Vanishing Facial Copy Technique to disguise himself as Gekko Hayate.
After returning to Konoha,
he immediately reported the secret mission he had been assigned to the Konoha High Command.
Orochimaru had once bragged that
after using the Vanishing Facial Copy Technique and adjusting his Chakra Fluctuation,
even if he stood right in front of his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the other party would not be able to see through him.
At this moment,
Hyuga Sho was facing more than just the Third Hokage.
There were also his three colleagues.
Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
These three gave Hyuga Sho a strange feeling.
Shimura Danzō was one thing.
The auras of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura... although they were doing their best to conceal them, they seemed to be considerably stronger than before.
What happened to the three of them...?
Hyuga Sho kept this question in his heart.
"Hmm."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff from his tobacco pipe and nodded.
As he grew older,
the pressure might have grown even greater instead.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was smoking more and more frequently.
However, there was still a trace of delight between Hiruzen Sarutobi's brows.
The reason was...
Hiruzen Sarutobi's two direct ANBU, Elite Jonin who were his left and right arms...
The couple's child was on the way.
What did an ANBU member's pregnancy have to do with Hiruzen Sarutobi's happiness?
It did matter.
According to Gui's report,
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eldest son and daughter-in-law
had always been diligently serving in the ANBU.
Now... with his daughter-in-law pregnant, it meant the old Sarutobi family's line would continue.