The reason a secret remained a secret was that only one person knew it. Once two people knew a secret, it would not be long before a third did as well.
Orochimaru knew the Fourth Hokage had not died, so Danzo knew too. Nara Shikaku knew, so Tsunade knew as well.
However, as long as the Fourth Hokage's exact location was not exposed, then no matter how wildly the rumors spread outside, they would remain nothing more than rumors.
After leaving the Kurama Family estate, Houka went to find Anko Mitarashi. This girl had loved dango since she was little. Her figure still looked pretty good now, but later on, heh heh—one look at her would be enough for any man to avoid pregnancy.
Houka searched through Konoha's dango shops one by one and soon spotted Anko Mitarashi.
She held four or five skewers of dango in both hands, her mouth stuffed full as her eyes kept drifting toward the shop, looking like she was eating from her hands while eyeing the bowl.
Houka deliberately made a little noise, then turned and quickly left.
As a Special Jonin of the village, Anko Mitarashi was highly vigilant. The moment she saw Houka's suspicious back, she grabbed her dango and gave chase. As she ran, she stuffed all the remaining dango into her mouth, then fired the leftover wooden skewers at Houka like Senbon.
Houka casually dodged a few times and led her to a secluded spot.
"Who are you?!"
Anko Mitarashi stared at Houka's back, two Shuriken already in her hands.
Houka slowly turned around, the Three Tomoe in his eyes spinning rapidly.
The instant Anko Mitarashi saw the Sharingan, she knew something was wrong. Before she could react, though, her mind grew heavy and muddled. She desperately tried to regain