"Is that so? Then notify Hikari and have her take Kakashi and the others."
Minato soon received Kazan's reply from the ANBU.
In fact, he had never intended to send Kazan in the first place.
Kazan was Konoha's ultimate weapon. With him guarding the village, Konoha would be impregnable.
Especially after the Nine-Tails' rampage, both Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi preferred to keep Kazan stationed in Konoha.
The reason he had sent the ANBU to notify Kazan was a request from the Miko of the Land of Demons.
That country held a special position in the shinobi world.
Every generation produced a miko with profound "spiritual power," whose role was to seal the unkillable demon Moryo.
No one knew where Moryo came from. All they knew was that he could not be killed and commanded an Undead Army.
Many years ago, Moryo had led his Undead Army in unleashing a great catastrophe.
In the end, the miko of the Land of Demons had stepped forward and sealed him away.
But as long as Moryo remained alive, the Five Great Nations could never escape the shadow cast by him and his Undead Army.
That was how the Land of Demons had gained its special status today.
During the past three Shinobi World Wars, the Land of Demons had enjoyed even more peace than the Land of Iron.
The great nations had all tacitly agreed to keep their battlefields far from the Land of Demons, because they needed the miko to confront Moryo, who could emerge at any moment.
The request had specifically named Kazan, perhaps in the hope that the Ghost of Konoha's astounding power could eliminate Moryo for good, settling the problem once and for all.
"Yes, Lord Fourth Hokage!"
The ANBU vanished in a flash and headed into Konoha's