After the mission was completed, under the leadership of Jiraiya, Tsunade Senju, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and under the escort of Anbu Ninja, Namikaze Minato carried the unconscious Uzumaki Kushina, and some members of Anbu took the injured, and all the personnel rushed back to Konoha. Ww WCOM
In this battle, the explosion of Nine-Tails and the actions of Raikage Guard caused many Anbu Ninjas to die on the battlefield, and also caused many Anbu Ninjas to be seriously injured. Uzumaki Kushinas also went berserk, expending a lot of energy and being in a state of exhaustion and weakness. Many people had to be hospitalized.
After half a day of urgent march, the Anbu members returned to Konoha. Because Tsunade Senju had to control the injuries of the Anbu jounin and Chunin who had traveled a long distance, they aggravated their injuries. After saying hello to Sato Hideaka, they followed the injured to Konoha Hospital to assist in treatment!
Guren needed to report the mission situation of Yugakure as soon as possible. After handing over the injured to several Anbu teams that had assigned tasks, he led Sato Hideaka, Flying Eagle and other Anbu members to Hokage Building...
In Hokage's office, Third Hokage is sitting in the office and working...
Guren came to the office door and knocked lightly. After Third Hokage said "come in" in a slightly old voice, he led his team into Hokage's office.
"It's Guren. Is Land of Hot Water's mission to destroy Jashin Cult completed?"
Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting at the desk, raised his head, glanced at the Anbu team and asked.
Guren led the team, took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Sarutobi Hiruzen. He lowered his head and said respectfully, "Lord Third, the A-level mission of exterminating the immortal cult was perfectly completed. Anbu suffered four casualties and two minor injuries. This is the letter of thanks that Mr. Yukage asked me to forward to you!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen opened the letter he received, looked at it carefully with his wide eyes, nodded and said, "Yeah, you have completed the task very well this time, Yukage is also very satisfied, especially Qing got special praise from Yukage. It seems that Qing performed well in this task!"
"Qing's performance is indeed enough to stand alone. In this incident of Jinchūriki being kidnapped by Cloud Village, he resisted Cloud Village In the process of Raikage Guard, the three-person organization of "Mirage Eagle", "Qing" and Hyuga Clan's "Hizashi Hyuga" defeated the opponent with fewer strikes and more strikes!" Guren nodded, obviously he was extremely satisfied with the performance of Sato Hideaka.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's cloudy eyes couldn't help but light up, and he sincerely praised Sato Hideaka: "I see, Qing, it seems that your growth rate is far beyond my expectation. You can be on your own in such a short time..."
"This is also the result of Mr. Team Guren's careful teaching." Sato Hideaka said neither humble nor overbearing.
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and shook his head. In front of everyone, he didn't want to praise you too much. He just said to the remaining seven Anbu Ninja who came back, "Okay, this A-level mission has been a long journey and you have gone through a big battle. You must be very tired. Please take a good rest and relax and take a short holiday."
"Guren, please stay for a while and report the specific mission details to me. The rest of you can go back and rest!"
When Anbu heard Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, they all exited Hokage's office and prepared to return to Anbu's base. Anbu's uniforms needed to be taken off at the base and placed in their own changing rooms. This was also to prevent Anbu's identity from being exposed.
Sato Hideaka also followed Anbu's troops and exited Hokage's office. After all, these high-intensity missions were either long journeys or fighting, and they rarely stopped. He was also very tired, so it would be best to take a vacation and relax.
Wait until all Anbu Ninja leave the Hokage office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the office chair, lit the cigarette and took a puff, frowned and asked Guren: "Land of Hot Water's Konoha resident spies, what is the situation now? And the so-called Undead, what secret techniques do they use to achieve immortality, Guren, do you understand clearly?"
"Our resident spy recommends Konoha Anbu will complete this mission. After we solved Land of Hot Water's internal worries, Feudal Lord of the Land of Hot Water gave us promotions or rewards. As for Jashin Cult's Undead, I don't know the production method. I only know that it seems to be related to the altar. Also, I brought back this... the head of the leader of Jashin Cult!"
Guren carefully reported the internal situation of Land of Hot Water, and took out Jashin Cult Leader's head from a scroll. At this time, Jashin Cult Leader's head had been sealed by Sato Hideaka's crystal, but the facial expressions inside the crystal seemed to be still changing, painful, uncomfortable, weak, and powerless...
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Jashin Cult Leader in the crystal statue and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is this Jashin Cult Leader not dead even after its head was cut off? What a terrifying vitality..."
"Yes, even if his body was cut into several pieces, he could still speak. At that time, I couldn't help but feel scared when faced with such a situation. However, now that Jashin Cult leader's head is still there, we can find special members of the Intelligence Department to search for the memory inside the leader's mind, and maybe we can know how to survive his death!"
Guren nodded and felt something, and then analyzed his own.
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said as if to the air, "Well, Swift Eagle, let Inoichi come to my office and ask him to bring Memory Search Device with him!"
"Yes, Lord Third."
Hokage A cold, brief and powerful voice came from an unknown corner of the office, and then in the calm office, there seemed to be a breeze, and the paper documents on the desk were blown up gently, and then fell down.
A black shadow flashed between the windows, and then the previous calm was restored!
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In the ANBU base, inside the narrow room with the house number "Ao":
Sato Hideaka took off the somewhat dirty beige windbreaker and Monkey Mask on his face and placed them in a special locker. Every time a task is completed, these uniforms will be checked by the staff and they will choose to clean or replace them...
When needed for the next mission, these clothes will be replaced with clean or brand new uniforms!
Changing back into his previous casual clothes, Sato Hideaka walked through the secret passage and came to the street. The dazzling eyes shone on his face, as if the darkness, gloom and the doubtful emotions of killing had been swept away from his body, and he looked at the streets with people coming and going, traffic and noise.
Everyone's face was filled with relaxed and happy smiles. They wandered among the bustling shops, restaurants, and clothing stores, holding the money in their hands to buy the products they liked. Sato Hideaka couldn't help but touch the ninja bag.
There are three bouquets of crystal roses here, which were specially picked at Rose Street and have not been stained with blood!
Just when Sato Hideaka was about to go to the Konoha Academy, he heard villagers gathered in groups of twos and threes, seeming to be chattering about something, and the content even related to the existence of Anbu:
"Do you know that a big thing happened to Konoha recently? I heard from Konoha's Minister Anbu that a ninja named Hatake Sakumo happened again recently. During the mission, Konoha's important secrets were leaked to Sunagakure, which caused great losses to the entire Konoha... and even the entire Land of Fire."
"Isn't Anbu directly managed by Lord Third? I really didn't expect that Third Hokage would hand over such an important department to such a person with low ability. I, do you think this Hatake Sakumo might be a spy of Sunagakure?"
"Spy... Even if he is not a spy, his ability is not worthy of being a minister of Anbu. If he leaks secrets to his opponents, how much damage will be caused to our country, and how much can he bear alone? I also heard that the main responsibility this time lies with him."
"..."
Public opinion makes gold, but accumulation destroys bones!
Hatake Sakumo task failed, this should be true.
If Sato Hideaka remembers correctly, in the anime, Hatake Sakumo only failed one mission in his life, and that was the mission before committing suicide. In order to save the lives of his companions, he chose to give up important information and failed the mission.
But how can the secret mission of Anbu be known to ordinary people, and how can it be spread to the streets so quickly in such a short period of time? To be able to spread this information to the entire Konoha so quickly, there must be a powerful force secretly pushing and inciting this public opinion...
The purpose is obviously to target Hatake Sakumo, or his identity as Minister Anbu!
Could it really be...Danzo? (To be continued.