Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

Seeing the three nod, he said no more, waved his hands, and led everyone to start running.

For ninjas, finding and tracking the enemy is an important part of their basic skills.

Nawaki and the others had obviously learned this kind of knowledge at the Ninja Academy.

However, compared to experienced Chunin like Nara Sora, their knowledge seemed far too superficial.

Those hundreds of enemies were clearly aware that they needed to conceal their whereabouts.

The large number of footprints disappeared after reaching a dense forest, indicating that they had changed their mode of travel there.

They used the branches of those huge trees to jump and move around.

However, those trees that seemed to leave no trace were like conspicuous landmarks in Nara Sora's eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation, he continued to pursue the trail relentlessly, constantly changing direction in the dense forest.

The continuous tracking lasted for nearly half a day. Unbeknownst to them, the four of them followed the tracks to the front of a valley.

Looking at the narrow entrance to the valley, barely wide enough for a few people, Nara Sora felt a strange sensation.

The traces of those nearly several hundred people disappeared here, but contrary to expectations, what brought them to this sealed valley?

This place is far from the city, and is even far from the battlefield where they were.

A sense of unease gradually rose in his heart, but in the end, his rational mind led him to choose the most conservative decision.

He glanced at the valley before him, bit his lip, and said:

"No, we can't go in."

That's enough, we're retreating!

However, just as he gave the order and prepared to lead the three men to retreat.

A voice rang out from behind them, startling him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"I said, you've been following them for so long?"

Why don't you come in and have a seat?

Nara Sora immediately looked in the direction from which the sound came, only to see that five figures had appeared behind them at some point.

Those people were wearing headbands bearing the symbol of Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village).

Moreover, those ninjas all carried various strange and unusual ninja tools.

Having spent a year on the battlefield, Nara Sora instantly recognized the people in front of him.

These are five legendary Jonin from Kirigakure, renowned on this battlefield!

However, what surprised him even more was the conversation that followed.

"So, as long as we kill these people, Kagura will come to us on her own?"

Kagura?

When the name was mentioned, Nara Sora was startled.

Just then, another voice suddenly came from the other side.

The voice gave Nara Sora a very familiar feeling.

"Don't worry, Kagura will definitely come!"

As the sound faded, a familiar figure gradually appeared.

When Nara Sora saw the man's true face, he was filled with disbelief.

Chapter 33 Fangs in the Dark

As that familiar voice came, an unexpected person appeared in front of Nara Sora.

The man had brown hair, neat sideburns, and a distinctive forked scar on his chin.

This man was none other than Danzo, the frontline commander of Konoha.

For Konoha, with two battles underway, they had no choice but to separate their commanders and have them take command separately.

The war in the Land of Rain was relatively intense and dangerous, and the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, personally went to fight it.

Meanwhile, Danzo, who had been hiding in the rear all these years, was sent here to take command.

The two advisors were stationed in Konoha Village to provide assistance to the front lines.

Nara Sora rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he looked at Danzo who had appeared before him.

He never expected that the usually respected Lord Danzo would be standing with the enemy's Jonin.

Moreover, they were discussing how to scheme against their own ninjas.

Seeing the surprised expressions on Nara Sora's and his three subordinate genin's faces, Danzo's expression remained unchanged.

In fact, the region that Nara Sora is assigned to today, as well as the people he is leading, were all carefully planned by him.

The purpose he plotted, even at the cost of colluding with enemy forces and sacrificing the lives of his own Konoha ninja, was none other than Kagura himself.

To be precise, it was Kagura's eyes.

The cause of all this can be traced back to what happened in the Land of Rain nine years ago.

That day, Kagura used Kotoamatsukami on Danzo for the first time.

Although his eye power was limited at that time, and the power of Kotoamatsukami he could unleash was limited, it was still Kotoamatsukami.

Unfortunately, his method of use was too clumsy at the time, although he successfully erased Danzo's memories of all that.

However, its deletion method has always had some flaws.

Who exactly is Danzo?

By connecting the events that occurred before and after in his remaining memories, he was certain that he had encountered some kind of illusionary ninjutsu.

No matter what methods he used afterward, he was unable to regain that lost memory.

But Danzo was not discouraged. He calmed down and carefully studied the details of Kagura's missions in recent years.

From the details described in those missions, he discovered that Kagura's eyes seemed more powerful than he had imagined.

Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi were ninjutsu he had never seen from other Uchiha clan members.

Moreover, through repeated observations of the details, he was able to roughly deduce the effects of the Kotoamatsukami ninjutsu.

After receiving the power of Kotoamatsukami, Danzo immediately made a decision.

This kind of ninjutsu must never be controlled by others, at least not by members of the Uchiha clan.

At that moment, he had already decided in his heart that he had to take those eyes from Kagura.

To avoid being controlled by Kagura, he has even deliberately avoided her in recent years, reducing the chances of appearing in front of her.

Unfortunately, ever since Kagura became a Jonin, she has always preferred to carry out missions alone.

This prevented him from having a chance to make a move.

Finally, after many years of waiting, he witnessed the Second Shinobi World War.

In such a war, he had many opportunities to make plans.

Upon learning that the Hidden Cloud Village had dispatched the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to the battlefield, he immediately reported to the higher-ups of Konoha.

In addition, during the report, he recommended Kagura to come to the battlefield to carry out the mission.

After Kagura arrived on the battlefield, he used his personal combat power to intimidate the two major forces.

He then immediately contacted the higher-ups of Kirigakure through his own spies.

When he offered to set a trap to help Kirigakure destroy Kagura, the other party had no reason to refuse.

As for Danzo, he could plot to kill Kagura, but he couldn't use his own people in Konoha.

Regardless of how to explain this to the Konoha high-ranking officials in the future, even his subordinates, who are also from Konoha, probably wouldn't be able to keep Kagura in the way of strength.

The two sides hit it off immediately upon first contact.

Kirigakure can eliminate a major threat, and Danzo's request is simple: after killing Kagura, her body needs to be handed over to him for disposal.

After the two sides agreed to cooperate, the only difficulty was how to lure Kagura into their trap.

Danzo had already planned this out.

He first used his authority as the frontline commander-in-chief to specifically mobilize Rope Tree to the battlefield.

At the same time, he also sent someone to forge a letter, which was delivered to Kagura via a crow.

Yes, the letter Tsunade sent that Kagura received yesterday was forged by Danzo's men.

Even if Tsunade is unreliable in general, she would never make such a personal request when she knows that Kagura is on a mission on the battlefield.

Therefore, that seemingly authentic letter was actually just one part of Danzo's conspiracy.

In fact, from the moment Nara Sora set off on his mission today, every move of his squad had already been monitored by Danzo and the people of Kirigakure.

Their target was Rope Tree, the leader of the group.

If Nara Sora chooses to send Nawaki's group back to report after discovering the deliberately left traces, they will also send someone to intercept and kill Nawaki's group of genin.

His current arrangement, relatively speaking, has saved them a lot of trouble.

Ignoring Nara Sora's grim expression, Danzo continued speaking to the Jonin of Kirigakure:

"Everything is going according to plan, as long as I kill this Rope Tree."

Then I will spread this news through Konoha's channels. Given Kagura's personality, she will definitely come alone.

Then we can surround and kill him.

Yes, that was his ultimate scheme.

The traces of hundreds of enemies, the forged letter from Tsunade, and finally the information about Nawaki's death.

Based on all this information, he was more than 90% certain that Kagura, who was used to acting alone, would come alone.

If such an opportunity can be created, the ten Jonin lying in ambush here can work together to kill him.

Hearing Danzo's confident words, Murashi Jinpachi revealed a cruel smile and said: