Leaf 54, autumn.
The night is sultry.
Sparse lights in the row of houses were dim.
Due to the large-scale investigation in recent days, there are far fewer pedestrians on the street.
A perceptive person will close the door of his house as soon as it gets dark.
Turn a deaf ear to what is going on outside the house.
This situation has been going on for a week.
And as time went by, the genius boy Uchiha Clan also disappeared.
The village, which had just experienced a partial change of power, seemed to have an undercurrent surging below.
Nara Clan.
Clan Head study room.
Shikaku was sitting in front of the coffee table, looking through the files in front of him.
The originally smooth brows have become wrinkled after a few days.
His fingertips pointed at an account diagram spread out on the table.
It is densely packed with various lines and markings, intertwined together.
Leaf This big tree, the rotten roots at the bottom have even grown into the top crown!
After looking at it for a long time, he rubbed his brow and leaned back on the chair.
I pressed my swollen and painful temples hard, and a sentence suddenly came out - investigate what needs to be investigated, arrest what needs to be arrested, and kill what needs to be killed!
In recent days, it seems that there have been several huge amounts of unknown expenditures directed at the outskirts of the village.
To be precise, they are several abandoned strongholds of Root Organization.
"The remnants of Root Organization? I didn't expect that even if it was destroyed, there would still be residual power hidden."
"It seems that it's time to give those families a beating..."
"But... the Byakugan mentioned in the report..."
"I hope it's not Hyuga Clan..."
Thinking of the relationship between the Hyuga Clan and Jhin, Nara Shikaku's brows became even more painful.
He couldn't figure out how Hyuga Clan, who was standing firmly behind Jhin, could come to the abandoned stronghold on the outskirts of the village!
Even, come into contact with other ninjas from the big village!
Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant backyard.
Choza's huge body is struggling to squeeze onto the small bench.
In front of me is a mountain of ingredient lists and a thick Logistics report.
He rubbed a series of numbers on the report and his brows gradually knitted into knots.
"Meat consumption... is 30% less than the same period last month..."
"There are more vegetables and grains?"
Choza muttered angrily,
"The patrol team's rations have not changed, and the Anbu rotation has not increased... There is no fighting on the front line. Where did the extra food go?"
Gudu!
After pondering for a moment, he took a sip of herbal tea.
Trying to suppress the uneasiness in my heart.
Recently, the families responsible for Logistics in the village seem to be a little too quiet.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
After hesitating for three minutes, he grabbed the list and walked outside.
Yamanaka Flower Shop underground, intelligence analysis room.
Inoichi sits with eyes closed.
Countless subtle spiritual threads connected dozens of shimmering crystal balls in the room with him as the center.
These are the communications Node monitored by the Yamanaka Clan.
Suddenly!
Buzz!
One of them quietly lit up with a faint white light!
An invisible white pupil flashed past.
"Byakugan? Hyuga Clan?!"
He tightened his mouth and quickly felt it with his heart.
"No! This is...Kumogakure's secret message?!"
"Why is there a secret message from Cloud Village on the edge of Forest of Death?!!"
After noticing something strange, he opened his eyes suddenly and ejaculated!
There, it's the hinterland of Leaf!
Kumogakure A high-level secret message used for emergency contact and positioning guidance appears in the hinterland of Leaf. What does this mean?!
Yamanaka Inoichi's heart sank instantly.
At that moment, I could no longer hold myself back and got up and left.
Likewise, Military Police Force.
Temporary command post.
Uchiha Fugaku sat in the main seat, with scarlet eyes Three Tomoe slowly turning in the dim light.
The atmosphere is solemn.
"Clan Head!"
At this moment, a Uchiha Jonin walked in quickly and said quickly,
"The third patrol found traces of battle at Forest of Death!"
"Lightning Release Chakra and soil attribute Chakra remain on site!"
"Preliminary judgment... at least five more Chunin level ninjas from outside the village have infiltrated."
"And, it is very likely that it is Kumogakure..."
"Lightning Release? Earth Release?" A cold light flashed in Fugaku's eyes, "Cloud Village and Iwagakure?"
Realizing something was wrong, he suddenly looked at the Hyuga Branch Family Jonin who was in charge of contact.
Suppressing the anger in his chest, Lian took the opportunity to ask, "Hyuga Fu! You Hyuga Clan have been responsible for monitoring over there, has there been any change?!"
Tick.
After hearing Fugaku's words, Hyuga Fu immediately broke out in a large amount of cold sweat on his forehead.
At this critical moment, if there is a bad answer.
But it will bring big trouble to the Hyuga Clan.
So after thinking for a while and reviewing the previous news, he spoke:
""Return, return to Master Fugaku! Everything at the checkpoint is normal!"
"The disciples of the Branch Family are on duty day and night. Unless Byakugan leads the way, there will be no way to avoid their detection."
Byakugan?
Fugaku nodded silently.
Who doesn't know how much Hyuga Clan values Byakugan.
More serious than their Uchiha Clan.
There are even some restrictions left on purpose.
Therefore, it is impossible for Byakugan to lead the way in other villages.
And Byakugan from this village...
After thinking about it, he shook his head and looked at Hyuga Fu: "But I just received news that ninjas from other villages have sneaked in."
"I hope you can go back and report to Master Hyuga Clan to immediately conduct a thorough re-investigation of all checkpoints in the southeast and surrounding areas!"
"Otherwise..."
"Yes!" Hyuga Fu responded solemnly.
I was very anxious.
He was also very surprised as to who could escape their Hyuga Clan detection!
After the arrangements were made, Fugaku's voice became much lower.
Looking at the night outside the window, deep worry appeared in his eyebrows:
"Also... send additional scouts and perception teams to ensure the safety of Lord Jhin and Lord Jiraiya."
Leaf is running at high speed, and the cancerous tumors in the body are being removed one by one.
In other words.
Leaf is getting better, but it's also getting weaker.
More than a dozen families were implicated.
Even Leaf cannot bear the consequences for a while.
But now, at this embarrassing moment, threats from the outside quietly appear.
After all the patrol team's tasks were completed, he turned and looked out the window.
Mangekyo slowly rotated in his eyes.
Pictures flashed through it and he murmured:
"Raikage and Tsuchikage? These two old guys have a very keen sense of smell..."
"Huh... maybe it's time for Fourth Shinobi World War to come too?"