Root's Frustration, Uchiha Visitor!

The Root squad's faces changed drastically.

A Root member who was about to ask questions was stopped by Orochimaru.

"Sawada-kun, tell me about it."

Orochimaru's face was full of a strange expression as he spoke slowly from his chair.

Sawada Seiichi was burly, with a scar on his face, and exuded an aura of iron and blood.

A quick glance revealed he was a rough fellow!

However, when his eyes opened and closed, they gave off a surprisingly agile feeling.

"Lord Orochimaru, it's exactly like that!"

"I have a good impression of Takada Fujiwara's squad; they are all practitioners of the Will of Fire."

"Even after just fighting with Sunagakure, they still didn't want to rest, but instead, with the spirit of shining and contributing to Konohagakure, they came to me for a mission two hours ago."

"And they even requested that the more dangerous the mission, the better."

"What wonderful ninjas they are!"

"So, after much thought, I felt I should give them an opportunity to contribute to Konohagakure."

"Considering Pakura secretly went to the Land of Rain a few days ago, and we did indeed figure out Pakura's true objective, we naturally assigned this A-rank mission directly to them."

Sawada Seiichi said with emotion.

Coupled with his rough face, which was strikingly similar to the Fourth Raikage, A, he gave off a strangely convincing power.

Orochimaru: "..."

Root squad: "..."

At this moment, their mouths twitched, and black lines appeared on their foreheads.

Will of Fire?

If this wasn't such a coincidence, they might have actually believed Sawada Seiichi's tall tale.

Heh, what a joke!

A smart man like Orochimaru could easily guess the truth. It was highly likely that the peculiar actions of Sunagakure made the Nara Clan Member in Takada Fujiwara's squad sense something was wrong, which led to the current countermeasure.

However, the problem now was, why was Sawada Seiichi helping them?

Wait a minute...

He suddenly thought of Hatake Kakashi in Takada Fujiwara's squad, and Hatake Sakumo was Sawada Seiichi's former superior and had saved him several times on the battlefield.

"So--that's how it is!"

"I understand what happened. Jonin Sawada, you can go back to your work."

Orochimaru nodded slowly.

He didn't delve deeper into the matter, as it had nothing to do with him.

Although he had some cooperation with Danzo, he wasn't Danzo's subordinate.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The Root squad couldn't stand it and directly blocked Sawada Seiichi.

"Jonin Sawada, you violated procedures!"

"Takada Fujiwara's squad is related to Lord Danzo's plan, but it was ruined because of you, you bastard."

"Come with us, you need to be punished!"

The Root squad was clearly furious, and their tone was naturally very cold.

However, unfortunately.

Sawada Seiichi's face was full of disdain; he couldn't even be bothered to look at them directly. "I have the authority to issue missions below A-rank based on battlefield conditions and to deploy Konoha ninjas below Jonin to execute battlefield missions."

"This is a mission granted to me by the Hokage, and your Root has no authority like Anbu, so you are not qualified to question or interrogate me."

"All my actions comply with Konoha law. Either you produce the Hokage's order now, or get lost immediately!"

After speaking.

Sawada Seiichi snorted coldly and casually crossed his arms before leaving.

As for this.

Despite their anger, the Root squad couldn't say a word.

Use force?

Impossible!

Sawada Seiichi was not an ordinary Jonin, but an elite Jonin with authority.

Simply put, he was a high-ranking member of Konoha's core!

Unlike those rogue ninjas, he belonged to Konohagakure's mission management department, with authority nearly equal to that of an Anbu captain.

What about Danzo?

Although he was a Konohagakure elder, the leader of Root, and an aide to the Hokage, at most he could only command ordinary Jonin of Konohagakure, and only those without any specific positions.

As for Konohagakure's elite Jonin and ordinary Jonin who held positions, only the Hokage had the authority to command them.

This was the Hokage's bottom line!

If Root could command ninjas of this level, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have been sidelined as Hokage long ago.

So, heh.

It was precisely for this reason that Sawada Seiichi had no reason to be afraid.

Not to mention that he himself was an elite Jonin, and unless Danzo acted personally, he truly wasn't afraid of mere Root ninjas.

And even if Danzo were to make a move, Sawada Seiichi was confident he could escape!

Root only had some special privileges when dealing with the Uchiha, and this was also deliberately allowed by Sarutobi Hiruzen. Root truly didn't have many special privileges in other aspects; at most, they had a little autonomy.

"Lord Orochimaru, farewell!"

"Let's go!"

The leader of the Root squad gritted his teeth in anger, but still led his team away from Kikyo Mountain Camp.

There was no other way.

This had already exceeded their scope of authority, and this matter had to be resolved by Lord Danzo.

As for... chasing the Takada Fujiwara squad?

Forget it!

They had received a mission with considerable freedom and absolutely no time limit. The Land of Rain was vast, and without corresponding contact methods, even if the entire Root force was deployed, they would most likely not find any trace of them.

Orochimaru watched the Root squad leave quietly, then couldn't help but show a faint smile.

"Takada Fujiwara squad?"

"This is getting more and more interesting!"

"Is it just pure luck? Why don't I believe it?"

"Uchiha Jin, you genius, I'm becoming more and more interested in you!"

Orochimaru's eyes flickered, but after only a moment of thought, he let the matter go.

At this point in time, he wasn't that interested in the Uchiha.

Half an hour later.

A team of Uchiha arrived at the tent, and the Uchiha leading them spoke respectfully, "Lord Jiraiya!"

"Uchiha Kou, this is quite rare." Orochimaru said, somewhat surprised, "What brings you here to see me?"

Uchiha Kou bowed slightly, then slowly said, "After discussions between the clan head and the Hokage, it has been decided that our squad will act simultaneously with the Takada Fujiwara squad to participate in the mission!"

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru fell into thought.

A moment later.

He began to understand!

Uchiha Jin was only five years old this year, but he had already awakened his Sharingan. It was obvious that the village knew about this.

And neither his teacher Sarutobi nor the Uchiha were willing to give up on this genius.

Teacher Sarutobi wished for Uchiha Jin to maintain the status quo, but the Uchiha now regretted it somewhat and hoped to have Uchiha Jin undergo clan training. Therefore, with neither side able to convince the other, was this kind of awkward joint mission execution created?

However...

To be able to make a weakling like Fugaku fight so aggressively with Sarutobi Hiruzen to achieve this outcome was enough to show how much the Uchiha clan cared about this newly emerged genius.

Heh.

This is getting more and more interesting!