As elite Ninja, every member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja had a place on the Bounty Station's wanted list. But after that battle, only two heads remained, worth a combined bounty of 65 million ryo—
One was Asuma Sarutobi, worth 35 million ryo, and the other was Chiriku of the Fire Temple, worth 30 million ryo.
The other ten Guardian Ninja were said to have died in that battle.
The infighting among the Guardian Ninja had also destroyed the previous Daimyo's trust in them. He disbanded the organization, and the Land of Fire's Twelve Guardian Ninja ceased to exist.
Konoha was no longer entrusted with protecting the Daimyo, either. Instead, he arranged for Samurai from the nobility and private soldiers to guard him.
But Itachi's earlier actions had already proved that these replacements could protect nothing compared to the Guardian Ninja.
At the very least, they had failed to protect the previous Daimyo.
"Given the current situation between the Land of Fire's Daimyo faction and our village, if Asuma really accepted the proposal to reorganize the Guardian Ninja, you can see what they were arguing about..."
Kakashi shook his head after explaining. "You only need a rough understanding of this. Asuma has probably already left to carry it out, so there likely isn't much to worry about now."
"So that's what happened."
Shikamaru nodded. Asuma was his teacher, after all. Now that he knew the details, he understood a little better.
"Let's put that aside for now. Naruto, I came to see you about something else."
Kakashi quickly explained the suspicious circumstances the Fifth Hokage had previously discovered in the disappearance cases, and asked Naruto to investigate as he traveled through the various countries in search of the tailed beasts.
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind."
Naruto nodded. It was