Shoulders Burdened with Responsibility! (Please Subscribe)

After Danzo was captured, the Anbu, who had been on standby for months, gradually returned to their busy routines. The missions that had piled up during that time were assigned to the various divisions one by one. Finally, the Sixth Division, where Hanfu served, received a mission.

Anbu Captain Hawk personally handed the Mission Scroll to Hanfu and instructed him to complete the mission exceptionally well!

Hanfu opened the scroll and saw that the client was Kusagakure!

Several days earlier, villages near the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Earth had begun disappearing one after another. After repeated searches turned up nothing, the Kusagakure Ninja had finally been forced to seek Konoha's help under mounting pressure!

As Hanfu read, he listened to Hawk ramble on, and soon learned a few things beyond the mission itself.

For a long time after Konoha had helped Kusagakure rebuild years ago, the two villages had maintained close relations. Konoha, in particular, had wielded considerable influence over Kusagakure!

But as time passed, Kusagakure gradually developed and grew stronger, and a new generation of ninja matured quickly. The hearts of the village's leaders, including its chief, began to grow restless. Little by little, they erased Konoha's influence over Kusagakure, hoping to become a powerful village that was completely independent!

So if internal pressure in Kusagakure hadn't become too great, they never would have asked Konoha for help.

"Husky, if you complete this mission exceptionally well, you'll be able to restore Konoha's influence in Kusagakure!"

Hawk clenched his right fist and thrust it into the air. "Do your best!!"

Hanfu's face twitched.

That was all well and good, but...

An entire village had disappeared. Had Nagato used Shinra Tensei on it?

Honestly, Hanfu didn't want to touch a mission this "terrifying."

But he