Helping each other with countless me.

Chapter 49 You take the credit, but I'll take the blame!
"Meet the Sandaime."

In the detention room, Namikaze Minato slowly stood up and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"sit down."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, with his hands behind his back, pulled out one hand, waved at Namikaze Minato, and sat down himself.

"I'm sorry, Hokage, I leaked the secret to Yakushi Nono. At that time, I thought she was Uzumaki Kushina. In the end, I still couldn't get over it myself."

Licking his lips, Minato Namikaze spoke and said that it was normal because Yakushi Nono was not imprisoned with him to prevent the two of them from making false confessions. However, if that matter was asked about it, the matter could be a big deal or a small one, so it would be better to be frank with the Sandaime.

"That's all small stuff."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Namikaze Minato.

"What you may not know is that the whole Konoha has spread the news that I used you to design a reserve Jinchūriki, called the 'Hero Saves the Beauty' plan, and that you were rescued by the Cloud Ninja Shadow, and that Uzumaki Kushina's seal summoning technique failed, which are also spreading like wildfire..."

"Cloud Ninja??"

"Who else could it be but them?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and patted his knee.

"The big guy, the Third Raikage, only looks a little reckless, but he is actually a very scheming person. However, once the Cloud Ninja's Lightning Chakra Armor is fully operational, it will make it impossible for him to think about overly complicated problems to a certain extent. But if anyone treats him as a fool on weekdays, he will only sell them out."

"He must have noticed your talent, a genius who can use the Flying Thunder God Technique at the age of eleven. If it weren't for Kotori Mitsuha's cross-legged kick, you would have been taken directly to the Cloud Ninja. He couldn't figure out the details of Kotori's Wood Release Cyberpunk at the moment, so he didn't dare to gamble. After all, his son is nearby."

“So, he deliberately spread these rumors.”

"Yes, you and I both know that the plan is actually true. I am really optimistic about your future. Therefore, as long as the rumor can alienate the relationship between you and me, or if the rumor forces me to compromise with the entire Konoha and cannot reuse you, then he has succeeded. After all, a Konoha ninja suspected of having a relationship with the Kumo Ninja Kage is enough to alert most of the Konoha clans."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Minato Namikaze lowered his head. He also knew that the Sandaime's wish was to integrate Konoha, but this was an arduous task. Before that, he could no longer provide any help. After all, they had fallen into a vicious circle.

He has to prove his innocence before he can join the inner circle.

But he had no way to prove his innocence, because the story of the hero saving the beauty was true, it was just the black market that intervened, and the death of Minister Baku gave Konoha a perfect excuse. But once he accepted the memory exploration technique of the Yamanaka clan, not to mention the damage it would cause to his soul, just involving the Sandaime was also an unacceptable thing.
In other words, his once-cherished idea of ​​changing the world seemed to be stillborn.
"hehe."

Looking at the young man in front of him who seemed to have lost his edge in an instant, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and waved his hand.

"No, you actually still have a chance. Danzo."

As the third generation's words fell.

Danzo Shimura walked in with a cane and one eye covered. He glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen, snorted coldly, and then spoke.

"Yakushi Nonou knew the real secret of the 'hero saving the beauty' incident. I was worried that her existence would affect the dignity of Konoha's Hokage, so I executed her and announced to the public that she died at the hands of the Kumo Ninja."

"What!!"

Namikaze Minato stood up suddenly.

"Very good, remember your current state."

Shimura Danzo sneered and continued.

"She will join my Root. As for you, because of the death of Yakushi Nono and the huge public opinion within Konoha, you finally chose to defect to the Cloud Ninja."

"Go undercover as a Cloud Ninja"

Namikaze Minato sat down slowly, with a thousand thoughts in his mind.

That’s right, for him, this is the best solution without involving the Sandaime. As long as he does something that is enough to hurt the Cloud Ninja, then the so-called relationship between him and the Shadow of the Cloud Ninja will naturally fall apart!
"But. Will the Cloud Ninja believe it so easily?"

"I will." Shimura Danzo grinned.

"After you defect, someone on the Cloud Ninja side will naturally take care of everything for you, including, but not limited to, making the Cloud Ninja believe that you have betrayed, making the Cloud Ninja believe that Yakushi Nono is really dead, and even letting you gain some credit in the future in order to improve your status."

Namikaze Minato looked at Shimura Danzo, the light from his back made it hard to see his face. He then looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was sitting next to him, the light from the door half shining on his face as he leaned sideways.
"I hope you can keep Nono safe."
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Dividing line

Rain Country

Under the night sky, a cloud of black mist slowly moved forward and stopped outside a camp.
This is Konoha's base camp on the Rain Ninja front line. Several camps are protecting each other in a pincer attack, and each camp is guarded by a barrier. Obviously, when facing a poison master like Hanzo of the Salamander, the most taboo thing is to gather all the personnel together.

However, this large barrier has a disadvantage, which is that it consumes a lot of energy. Therefore, they generally have two states. One is the energy-saving mode in non-combat state. In this state, it is more of a warning than a barrier.

The difference between the two is that the former prohibits anything from passing through, while the latter means that once something passes through, the barrier will detect it and even lock it.

And this black fog stayed outside the cordon.
"I don't know what's wrong with that guy Hanzo of the Salamander. He knows that that woman Tsunade Senju is not here, but he is still determined to fight us to the death."

The voice of Tianqi was heard from the fog.

"If he comes to attack Konoha, our mission will probably be much easier."

"Maybe it's because the Rain Village has entered the rainy season, making it inconvenient to transport supplies and personnel. Also, I heard that Konoha has sent an elite jonin who is no less than Tsunade Senju. His name is Kato Dan. He has mastered an extremely rare ninjutsu and doesn't seem to be easy to deal with."

Shenyin, that is, Tianqi’s wife said in a low voice.

"What ninjutsu?"

"Spiritual transformation technique, a ninjutsu that can use spirits to attack the enemy, and is almost immune to most ninjutsu attacks, such as the poison mist of Hanzo of the Salamander."

"No wonder."

Tianqi curled his lips and took out a scroll from his arms. After opening it, the seal was released. With a puff, more than a dozen swifts, which were very common in the Rain Country, appeared there, but they looked a little stiff, like specimens.

However, as he injected his chakra lines into the bodies of these swifts, they actually stood up one by one, blinked, breathed, and even had heartbeats.

That’s right, this is the highest level of puppetry in the Sand Country, the living puppet.

This technology was developed by his mother, Chiyo. However, his mother's research direction was human puppets, while he was more inclined to animals because it was more suitable for his characteristics and could sneak into enemy positions more secretly and steal intelligence.
"Wow, wow, wow."

As Tianqi's fingers trembled, more than a dozen swifts flew away from the black fog and disappeared into the night sky.
"There is a foreign body reaction at Camp No. 3."

“Under review”

"It's a group of swifts, probably out looking for food."

"After observation, they are all living organisms"

"No chakra reaction detected"

In the darkness of night, swifts flew around Camp No. 3, eating the insects attracted by the firelight. However, the firelight could not illuminate the chakra lines behind the swifts, because they were also wrapped in the black mist.
"Found it, this should be Senju Tsunade's room."

A swift dropped a black dot from its abdomen in an instant. The black dot was also wrapped in black mist and landed silently on the building. It was a mechanical spider, which climbed and drilled into the building.

"No, there's someone!"

Seeing a man sitting cross-legged on a bed in the room, Tianqi was so scared that he almost made a sound, but he soon discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with the man's condition.

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