The stone room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Jonin, the man on duty, looked at the information on the table and his face was ashen.
At the end of the long conference table, an old man named Jonin, who had never said a word, suddenly stood up.
The chair slid back violently, making a harsh scraping sound on the stone floor.
Everyone stared at him.
Old Jonin's face was as white as paper, and even his lips were trembling.
His eyes were fixed on the two lines of the scroll, and he looked back as if he was electrocuted.
The hand holding the water glass was so hard that the joints turned white, and the whole person was shaking uncontrollably.
the supreme commander asked sharply.
"Say! What did you find!"
Old Jonin's voice was tight, as if someone had strangled his neck, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Lord Commander, this kind of information..."
He took a deep breath of air, his voice hoarse horribly.
"Back then, before our Explosive Tag warehouse was bombed, a scroll like this also appeared on the table."
"Exactly the same ink marks, exactly the same seal!"
The air pressure in the stone chamber instantly dropped to the extreme.
"That time, the senior management thought it was a conspiracy by Konoha, and they investigated for several days before confirming it."
"But when we react, the village's high-end combat power will not be dispatched in time..."
Old Jonin's hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the cup steady, and water spilled all over the table.
"You all know the final result."
"Hatake Sakumo That mad dog, he's the only one!"
"He forcibly penetrated the three lines of defense we are proud of! That Short Sword chopped from head to tail, just like chopping melons and vegetables!"
"Our entire elite team was able to come back panting in the end, but it wasn't even enough for a small change!"
This bloody memory is a scar that the entire Iwagakure senior management cannot touch.
If the intelligence had been believed immediately and Lord Tsuchikage personally led the ambush, the legend of White Fang of the Leaf would have ended long ago.
There is no way Iwagakure will become the laughing stock of the entire Shinobi World!
Old Jonin slapped the table hard, causing the water glass to shake.
"We missed it that time and let White Fang drive straight in!"
His voice became sharp, revealing uncontrollable panic.
"This time, we must not make the same mistake again!"
"The reappearance of this information is definitely not a coincidence! Those four people are the root of Konoha's future and their hope!"
"We must keep all their lives here!"
After the shock, the senior executives of Iwagakure in the stone room quickly came to their senses.
Once Kannabi Bridge is bombed, the frontline supplies will be completely cut off.
This war has just begun, and their backbones will be broken directly by Konoha!
The camp was quiet for two seconds.
The supreme commander gave a backhand punch and hit the edge of Sand Table hard.
Sawdust flew everywhere.
The murderous intent in his eyes was so intense that he made a decision on the spot.
"Notify Lord Tsuchikage."
"Activate the highest combat readiness!"
"Then give me the order! Issue the highest-level killing order!"
"All mobilizable elite troops will immediately abandon their original mission and the entire army will assemble in the direction of Kannabi Bridge!"
"Consider these four Konoha Ninja as a threat to Konoha's overwhelming power!"
"Seventh Assassination Squad, carry the heavy Explosive Tag, take the west ridgeline to outflank!"
"Third, Fourth Elite Squadron merge, bring special toxins, and press forward from the south bank of the river valley!"
"Send sentient ninjas five kilometers ahead and set up a three-layer early warning network! Even a fly flying over has to be reported to me!"
"None of them can escape! They must be hanged at Kannabi Bridge!"
"Four people?"
With a wave of his hand, the commander omitted all pre-war mobilization.
"Everyone moves out.
I don't care if there are four or forty of them, even if we draw the core strength of the frontal battlefield, we will still defeat this team."
"Nail their lives to Kannabi Bridge!"
Outside the stone room, one hundred and twenty Iwagakure elites poured into the darkness like a torrent, rushing towards Kannabi Bridge at full speed overnight.
This number is enough to change the situation of any battle.
And their current target is just four children in their early teens.
at the same moment.
Konoha, deep underground.
Root Base The air is always filled with that damp, musty smell.
In the dark passage, the light of the torch kept shaking on the stone wall.
A Root ninja wearing a tanuki mask knelt on one knee on the cold stone slab, his voice silent.
"Master Danzo."
"The psychic beast sent back news that the intelligence scroll targeting Uchiha Ye and others has been successfully placed on the desk of Iwagakure's frontline command post."
"Iwagakure Commander-in-Chief issued the highest-level killing order."
In the darkness ahead, the sound of the cane tapping the ground was slow and heavy.
Shimura Danzō took half a step out of the shadows, half of his body was covered with bandages, and his remaining left eye glowed with a cold light in the darkness.
"Iwagakure is a bunch of trash. They could destroy such good cards back then, so let Hatake Sakumo go."
"We must not count on them this time."
He snorted coldly and knocked the wooden crutch hard on the stone surface.
"Pass the order."
"If Iwagakure fails to save Uchiha Ye's life in Kannabi Bridge, our people lurking at the border will personally take action to end it."
The masked ninja hesitated for half a second and asked in a low voice.
"Sir, the other three people in the team traveling with Uchiha Ye..."
"Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara, how to deal with them?"
Danzo turned around, his back was skinny, and there was a hint of undisguised malice in his eyes.
"Kill them all by the way."
A few words, crisp and concise, without any warmth.
"Uchiha Ye, this little brat is so talented that he doesn't act according to common sense."
"Hiruzen protects him, Minato also protects him."
"This kind of uncontrollable Uchiha is a time bomb if left in the village. Sooner or later it will turn into a monster and must die outside."
"For the sake of Konoha's future, let the four of them sacrifice themselves gloriously at the hands of Iwagakure for the sake of the village."
"Take care of it cleanly and burn the body on the spot without leaving any traces."
Danzo stared into the eyes of the masked ninja and added the last sentence.
"Remember, bring Uchiha Ye and that Obito and Sharingan back to me intact."
Danzo looked at the bandage on his arm and thought silently in his heart.
Sharingan This kind of power can only be of maximum value if it is in my hands.
The masked ninja nodded in agreement without emotion, Hand Seals with one hand, and Body Flicker Technique disappeared in a burst of smoke.
The night is getting darker and heavier.
There is no official transfer order.
Sixteen heavily armed Root elite killers with cold auras quietly dispersed into the night and left Konoha in the name of "routine intelligence detection."
Within Hokage's Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood in front of the window.
There is an anonymous report just sent from ANBU on the desk.
It is clearly recorded above that Root's sixteen elite personnel experienced large-scale abnormal transfers and their whereabouts are unknown.
Hiruzen put the pipe in his mouth and took a deep breath.
Kakkō flickered in and out among the tobacco, and thick smoke overflowed from his nose, blurring his expression.
Danzo This time he mobilized sixteen elites privately without reporting the situation and leaving the village. This is indeed a hand stretched too far.
Hiruzen frowned.
But then I thought about it, the war on the front line is now tense.
Danzo Although the methods are dirty, the transfer of these sixteen people will most likely go to the front line to spy on the enemy's high-level intelligence.
Konoha We need intelligence to support this war.
Danzo has been doing this kind of shady thing for decades.
Hiruzen turned over the report and put it at the bottom of a pile of documents to be signed.
He did not take care of it, nor did he issue any instructions to send ANBU to intercept or track it.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
Third Hokage's compromise and acquiescence this time, a combination of circumstances, completely let go of the deadly poisonous blade that stabbed Konoha's future hopes.