Medical Squad Selection?

"Kakashi?" Danzo asked doubtfully.

"Yes." Aburame Ryoma continued:

"The other team consisted of one chunin and two genin."

"All three were dead. Judging from the mission report, Kawata Nao killed all three."

Danzo instinctively focused on Kakashi.

"Penetrating wounds... Kakashi..."

Was it Chidori?

Danzo could not be sure.

Aburame Ryoma suddenly recalled something else and added:

"Lord Danzo, that other squad had a Hyuga clansman with them."

"The Hyuga are too arrogant to join a genin squad."

"He was an Academy student named Hyuga Seisen."

"Hyuga Seisen... There's no need to investigate him. Focus your efforts on Kakashi's teammates."

"Yes, but Hyuga Seisen was also connected to the deaths of the other two bounty ninja. Those two bounty ninja had provided us with experimental subjects as well."

Danzo frowned, irritation rising within him.

Why is it Hyuga Seisen again?

Why was this person like a fly, buzzing endlessly in his ear? He was everywhere.

Ever since Hiruzen had recommended him, that person had disgusted him every day.

At the thought, the nameless fire in his belly burned even hotter.

"Sound out Hyuga Seisen and see if he knows anything."

"Yes."

"Has the personnel application been approved yet?"

Danzō Shimura suddenly remembered this matter.

After failing to get personnel from Hiruzen Sarutobi last time, he had switched to bombarding him with paperwork.

Under the banner of Konoha's grand development plan, he pressured him every few days.

He used righteousness to coerce Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But that bastard Hiruzen agreed on the surface.

In reality, he fobbed him off with a batch of deadweights like Obito Uchiha and Hyuga Seisen.

The two sides had gone back and forth several times without any result.

In fact, after sparring with Hiruzen Sarutobi a few times, Danzo felt some regret.

He should not have used Asuma to provoke him out of a momentary fit of anger. After all, Hiruzen was the Hokage.

Regret was one thing, but making him lower his head and admit his mistake was impossible.

It only strengthened his resolve to become Hokage.

Aburame Ryoma could not quite keep up with Danzo's train of thought. Why had he suddenly jumped to this matter?

Still, he answered quietly, "Not yet."

"If Hiruzen tries to fob us off with this Hyuga Seisen again, just agree."

"Once we get him here, it won't matter whether he knows anything or not."

"As long as he enters Root and receives the curse mark, it will no longer be up to him."

"If he really is useless trash, send him on a mission and get him killed. That way, he won't disgust me every day."

"Put your efforts into investigating Kakashi."

"Yes."

The next day.

Hyuga Seisen went to the hospital as usual to work himself to the bone.

As he passed an intersection.

He suddenly felt a chill behind him.

His senses picked up a sharp gaze fixed on him.

He was startled. Why did this feeling seem so familiar?

He pretended not to notice and continued forward.

"Hyuga Seisen!"

The person behind him called out.

Only then did Hyuga Seisen turn around in confusion.

A ninja wearing an ANBU mask stood on the rooftop, looking down at him from above.

"Who are you?"

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The other party jumped down, but his chin remained slightly raised as he looked down at Hyuga Seisen with utter arrogance.

"I am an ANBU member. I am here to conduct a routine inquiry."

"A routine inquiry?" Hyuga Seisen was puzzled.

"Regarding the deaths of the three members of your squad, as well as your killing of two bounty ninja."

After Yuhi Shinku submitted the mission report, hadn't ANBU already come to learn the specific details afterward?

Why were they here again?

Feeling the chill and killing intent emanating from the other party, Hyuga Seisen came to a realization.

This is probably Root.

Without revealing anything, he repeated the story he had given Yuhi Shinku at the time.

Sure enough, this "ANBU" used the deaths of the three squad members as a pretext for questioning him, yet rarely asked about the details of how they had died.

Instead, he was extremely interested in the big man and the two brothers.

Fortunately, after ANBU had questioned him last time, Hyuga Seisen had already prepared contingencies for every detail of this part.

He laid out his prepared account point by point.

During the process, he noticed something.

This "ANBU" kept circling around the subject, trying to conceal his true purpose from Hyuga Seisen through repeated questioning.

At the same time, he was verifying the truth of the events Hyuga Seisen had described.

But Hyuga Seisen had prepared for all of this. His powerful mental energy made his mind far clearer than that of an ordinary person.

And he was not a child. He could roughly sense what the "ANBU" was truly interested in.

Whether the scattered words of those three people had revealed any intelligence.

He had nothing to hide in that regard, so he told the truth.

After all, he had not obtained any information from them.

The documents seized from the three had also all been submitted.

Seeing that he could get no further information, the "ANBU" did not even say goodbye before vanishing with the Body Flicker Technique.

"Looks like Root has deep ties with those bounty ninja."

Hyuga Seisen thought to himself.

He suddenly felt an urgent sense of pressure. Once he had dealings with Root.

It meant he had entered their field of vision.

Now, there was not only the Third Shinobi World War, but also the threat posed by these rats within Konoha.

He headed straight to the hospital.

Delayed by Root for quite a while, he arrived at the hospital somewhat late.

He hurriedly changed into medical protective clothing and began his rounds for the day.

Konoha Hospital was still in its infancy and had not yet become like it would be in later years.

It did not strictly divide into numerous departments based on illnesses.

The nurses handled recording the patients' feelings and conditions.

He was only responsible for checking on the patients' recovery.

With medical ninjutsu, such a heaven-defying miraculous art, there were not as many hospitalized patients as there would be in later years.

And with the Byakugan, examinations went quickly as well.

His rounds soon ended.

He hurried to the conference room to attend the daily morning meeting and discuss treatment plans for difficult cases.

The hospital did not know where Hyuga Seisen had learned such extensive knowledge and experience.

But since his medical knowledge was more solid and comprehensive than that of most doctors.

And he could offer highly practical suggestions every time.

He had to attend the daily discussion meetings as well.

The moment he entered the conference room, he felt that far fewer doctors were attending the morning meeting today.

Even Hattori Yoshiko, the leader of his group, and Ishida Yuki, the deputy leader, were nowhere to be seen.

The patient being discussed at today's meeting was severely injured, and after a full two hours of discussion, it still had not ended.

Yet he had not seen either of his two group leaders all this time.

He poked his colleague Chiba Yuzu beside him and asked quietly:

"Yuzu, where are our two group leaders? Why aren't they here?"

"Ah! They didn't come?" Chiba Yuzu turned to look around, and sure enough, neither of them was there.

"They may have gone to participate in the medical squad selection."

Hyuga Seisen was startled.

"Medical squad selection?"