In Hokage's office, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi is staring at the scroll in his hand.
With a regular knock on the door, Nara Shikaku, wearing a jounin vest with two scars on his face, pushed the door open and entered.
"Lord Hokage!"
"Oh, it's Shikaku, you came just in time, look at this." Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi put down the scroll in his hand, and green smoke rose from the pipe.
Shikaku walked to Hokage's desk, picked up the scroll on the table and read it carefully, his brows gradually furrowed as he glanced over the text.
Hiruzen Sarutobi added a little tobacco to the pipe and continued to smoke.
"Lord Hokage, how to confirm the authenticity of this commission?" Shikaku asked his first question after reading the document.
I saw that the signature of this commission scroll was the leader of Hoshigakure, Third Hoshikage--Yahoshi!
"Moreover, it is said that Land of Bears fell into civil strife, and the ninjas of Hoshigakure attacked the nobles including Daimyo of the Land of Bears. If Hoshigakure is controlled by the mysterious ninja as stated in this commission, then are these Hoshinin who slaughtered the daimyo the subordinates of the mysterious ninja, or the ninjas of Hoshigakure?"
As the think tank around Third Hokage Hokage, Shikaku not only has a high IQ, but also has strong strategy and judgment. He has been the squad leader of Jonin Council for a long time and was also the frontline commander when Third Shinobi World War was there.
At the time of Fourth Shinobi World War, as the chief of staff of Shinobi Allied Forces, after Fourth Raikage went to support the front line, Shikaku was ordered to assume the responsibility of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and was eventually killed in the battle by the ultra-long-range strike of Ten-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb.
Konoha and Shikaku are properly high-level figures. He is qualified to interrogate a lot of information collected in the village.
Naturally, Shikaku also heard about the drastic changes that Shinobi World reported from Land of Bears in the western part of the continent some time ago.
Just because Land of Bears is located in the remote western part of the Shinobi World continent, separated from Land of Fire by several countries, the information transmission is very slow, and the intelligence obtained by Konoha is also limited.
Some of the information was even sent back by spies placed by Konoha at Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a puff of smoke and said slowly, "The killing of daimyo is a serious crime of rebellion. Iwagakure and Sunagakure will definitely be questioned by their daimyo, and ninjas will be sent to Land of Bears and Hoshigakure to collect intelligence, or even suppress the rebellion of Hoshinin."
"Originally I didn't want to send ninjas to get involved in things so far away, but the daimyo also asked..."
Hearing that it was his own name who asked, Shikaku nodded in understanding.
Konoha is, in the final analysis, just a military organization that takes orders from the big names.
"Then who are you going to send to lead the investigation?" Shikaku thought about it.
According to the request for help, whether Hoshigakure is controlled by powerful ninjas or they rebel on their own, it shows that the enemy's strength will not be low. If it is just an ordinary Chunin, it will be difficult to complete the mission.
"Shisui, that kid hasn't been on a mission for a long time." Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his right hand lightly on the table.
"Do you want Shisui Uchiha to lead the team?" Shikaku was deeply impressed by this somewhat special Uchiha.
During the Third Shinobi World War period, he commanded the troops on the front line to fight against Kirigakure. Shisui Uchiha fought under the name "Body Flicker Shisui" during the war and had great military exploits!
However, because he was too young, Shisui was not promoted to Jonin until after the war.
Recently I heard that Shisui Uchiha is working in Konoha Military Police Force. He rarely does tasks, but is mostly responsible for mediating conflicts between Konoha Military Police Force's colleagues and the villagers.
"There is absolutely no problem with Shisui's combat effectiveness. I suggest adding a sensory ninja and a specialized ninja from Taijutsu." Shikaku expressed his thoughts.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. "Then let Homon Hyuga and Hayama Shirakumo go together."
Homon Hyuga and Hayama Shirakumo are both ninjas who performed well in Third Shinobi World War. Among them, the fifteen-year-old Homon Hyuga has been promoted to Special Jonin, Hayama Shirakumo is still Chunin, but he is quite accomplished in Taijutsu, and he is only just a step away from being promoted to Special Jonin.
"Yes, then I will call the three of them to come." Shikaku has no objection to the combination of these three people.
Shisui Uchiha has the strongest combat power, Homon Hyuga has the strongest reconnaissance ability of Byakugan, Hayama Shirakumo has a calm and meticulous personality, has participated in many battles, and is very strong in both command and battlefield adaptability.
And the most important thing is that Shisui Uchiha is not as arrogant as other Uchiha. If Hayama Shirakumo puts forward an opinion, Shisui, as the captain, can analyze the pros and cons and decide whether to adopt it.
Soon, the three people were taken to the Hokage office.
I personally took over this S-class mission from Hiruzen Sarutobi!
After the three of them made preparations, they set off.
Two days later.
In the forest to the west of Land of Birds, three figures were speeding through the forest.
"This S-level mission is thanks to you." Hayama Shirakumo, who was carrying a long sword and had a scar on his right lip, chatted with his two teammates.
The lowest reward for an S-level mission is one million taels, and usually only jounin can accept it, let alone this mission of investigating a ninja village.
"Senior is joking. Even Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist praised your Vacuum Sword. I believe you will be promoted after this mission is completed." Shisui Uchiha turned his head slightly and showed a sincere smile to Hayama Shirakumo.
The three of them had fought side by side during the Third Shinobi World War period, and coupled with their respective abilities and specializations, they quickly developed some tacit understanding.
Shisui Uchiha said to the two of them, "I heard that Hoshigakure has a meteorite of some kind, which is a treasure coveted by all countries?"
"Haha, that kind of thing." Hearing Shisui's question, Homon Hyuga was the first to laugh.
Shisui looked at Homon Hyuga, the senior who was two years older than them, with some confusion.
"It's said to be a treasure, but I haven't seen Hoshigakure cultivate too many powerful ninjas." Homon Hyuga slowly said to Shisui Uchiha, "Although their village has a "shadow", they just call themselves it. Whether it is combat power or overall strength, Hoshigakure is just a small ninja village."
"Takigakure was valued by Lord First Hokage, and was given a leader as a gift; even Amegakure produced a strong person like Hanzo the Salamander, Hoshigakure... I'm really sorry, I didn't hear anything."
Homon Hyuga's introduction made Hayama Shirakumo on the side also become curious about Hoshigakure: "If the star is of no use, why was it attacked by the mysterious ninja?"
"Well, we'll find out after we investigate." Homon Hyuga said, the three of them had arrived at the Land of Bears border, and Homon Hyuga opened Byakugan.
Their mission is to investigate the situation of Land of Bears and the rebellion of Hoshigakure. If there is really a mysterious ninja controlling Hoshigakure, if the strength allows, they can fight with it and help Hoshikage regain control of the Ninja Village.
As long as they can complete this task before the ninjas sent by Iwagakure and Sunagakure, then Hoshigakure will become an ally of Konoha in the western part of the Shinobi World continent, helping Konoha to contain some of the forces of the two major ninja villages.