In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 298 It must be Konoha who did it!
Seven or eight Kusagakure ninjas had their throats cut by kunai like they were cutting wheat.

All the Kusagakure stopped in an instant.

"This technique..."

An old man wearing a golden rat head mask on his face broke out in a cold sweat.

He seemed to have heard of this trick when he was young.

"I'm sorry, but I'm also carrying a lot of things, so I can't fail in this mission."

Qingshui deliberately lowered his voice, pulled up the kunai from the ground, and disappeared in front of everyone.

"Great Elder, this..."

The young Kusagakure jonin wearing a black pig head mask on his face turned his gaze towards the golden rat who was in the lead.

"Block the news tonight, I will send someone to inquire about Konoha."

"Konoha? Are you sure?"

The stocky black pig lowered his voice.

Even though Konoha did not win the fight with the Sand Village during the Second Ninja World War, it won on the battlefields in other directions and retained its vitality.

There are only a dozen or so jonin in the Kusagakure Village, not even a fraction of that of Konoha. Now they are even missing Ginniu, a top-three fighter. Even the more radical Kusagakure faction is thinking of expanding the Kusagakure from other directions instead of provoking Konoha, the overlord of the ninja world, right now.

"That was before you were born. I was just a young nobody at the time. The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, used his extraordinary Water Style and Flying Thunder God Technique, as well as numerous forbidden techniques, to lead Konoha to almost victory in the First Ninja World War.

Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, the instant body-flickering technique displayed by the yellow-haired boy is undoubtedly a kind of space-time ninjutsu. He moves at will according to the pre-made spatial coordinates. It is exactly the same as the fastest method in the ninja world that I have heard of before.

This forbidden technique only exists in Konoha."

Golden Rat clenched his fists hidden under his sleeves.

This time, he really felt humiliated.

Even though the Kusagakure Village is a ninja village that is notable among the five super ninja villages, it still has to hold back at times like this.

But this time, Konoha directly went to assassinate one of the top three fighters in the Hidden Grass Village, which would make anyone angry.

"This... such a direct method doesn't seem to be in line with Sarutobi Hiruzen's style. Instead, it seems to be the work of that Shinobi Yami."

A middle-aged Kusagakure elder wearing a white rabbit mask said in a deep voice.

He is a Kusagakure jonin who excels in speed, and his strength is considered above average among jonin. Just now, he was the only Kusagakure ninja who could follow the Golden Rat in the first echelon.

"Humph, isn't Danzo Shimura also a subordinate of the Third Hokage? In my opinion, Konoha's actions this time must have other purposes!"

Elder Bronze Tiger, who had a strong build and bulging muscles, snorted coldly.

"Konoha... yes."

The golden rat groaned, then suddenly raised its head and looked to the other side.

“Qingyang, take your men back immediately to check if the Uzumaki clan woman is still alive. Maybe she is Konoha’s real target this time. Even though Konoha watched the Uzumaki clan being annihilated, their relationship is well known. If Konoha really sets its sights on such a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, it would not be surprising.

If that Uzumaki clan woman was really abducted, then this time, it must have been done by Konoha!"

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One day later. "Why is the Kusagakure Village still so sure that we did this?"

In the Fire Country's Konoha Village, the clouds are misty.

The Third Hokage, who was said to be the strongest Hokage in history, looked depressed, puffing smoke from his pipe.

"During the Second Ninja World War, the Kusagakure Village accidentally captured a woman from the Uzumaki clan, who was also taken away by that group. Most importantly, Kinrashi said that he saw the person who assassinated Ginniu using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and that he had yellow hair."

Mito Kado En handed another document in his hand to Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk.

There was a pencil drawing of a blond man wearing an animal mask on the document. Looking at his neat and handsome half-long hair, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately thought of his most promising and talented granddaughter.

"Watergate?"

"Three years ago, Jiraiya exchanged his military exploits for a chance to watch the forbidden technique in the Book of Sealing. He gave this opportunity to Minato Namikaze. I heard that it was you who personally suggested that he practice the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Speaking of this, the Third Hokage became even more puzzled.

"Minato just mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique a few months ago. During this period, I did not let him go out to perform tasks. Instead, I let him master the application of this ninjutsu and cultivate his relationship with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He had no chance to leave the village at all."

The Third Hokage smoked a little faster.

Everyone can see the talent of Minato Namikaze.

With Flying Thunder God, he will basically be invincible unless he encounters the Gold and Silver Horns and the Six Paths Ninja Tools due to poor intelligence like the Second Hokage did.

Unless the opponent's defense is strong enough to ignore Minato's attack, then Namikaze Minato can be equal to a Kage-level strongman.

Moreover, he is also a highly mobile caster of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and is more strategically significant than other Kage-level warriors.

So until now, the Third Hokage has been hiding the information and preventing Minato Namikaze from revealing the information about Flying Thunder God, intending to reveal it in the Ninja World War that might break out in the future and give the enemy a surprise.

In this respect, the Third Hokage's ideas coincided with Shimizu's.

"After all, he is a user of the Flying Thunder God Technique. We don't know when he left the village. You and I can't travel between Konoha and Kusagakure in one night, but for the user of the Flying Thunder God Technique, this distance is nothing."

Mizuto Menen shook his head and turned to the second page of the document.

"This is the pattern of the Flying Thunder God Technique roughly determined by the person who experienced this incident after recalling it several times."

On the second page of the document, the words "Sword of Endurance and Love" were clearly written.

Is it really Watergate?
"Anbu."

Sarutobi Hiruzen put away his pipe and said:

"Call Minato over here and ask him what's going on."

A few minutes later.

Minato Namikaze walked into the Hokage's office.

Two or three years have passed, and Minato Namikaze has now become a handsome young man of sixteen or seventeen years old. He wears a blue inner lining and a Konoha vest, looking sunny and handsome.

This is the kind of handsome face that now has a constipated expression.

"Third-generation master... I really haven't left the village recently..."

"Of course I believe you. Don't worry, even if it's you, it's nothing. It's just a village in Kusagakure. But... can you tell me if there are other people in this world who can use the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the Flying Thunder God Technique they use is of this pattern?"

(End of this chapter)