Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

"Kakashi-sensei, isn't this mission incredibly boring?"

"I'm a genin now, this kind of thing is something only kids do!"

Naruto, who was picking up trash in the artificial waterway, couldn't help but complain when he saw Kakashi leisurely reading a book on the bank.

Kakashi didn't even lift his eyelids.

I'm used to it!

Sakura Haruno, who was also tired of picking up trash, exploded with anger at Naruto's nagging. She stood up, hands on her hips, hair flying everywhere: "Idiot Naruto, hurry up and do it! Don't slack off, do you want to die?"

Naruto's cerebellum instantly shrank, and he was so frightened that he pouted and lowered his head to continue picking up trash.

Uchiha Sasuke was busy in silence, but he would occasionally glance at Kakashi. When Naruto complained, although he was annoyed, he would still listen carefully.

Naruto was suppressed by Sakura Haruno, and Kakashi finally looked up at his three disciples with a smile in his eyes.

He couldn't help but recall the days when he teamed up with Obito.

"I wonder where Obito is now..."

Kakashi couldn't help but think.

Obito Uchiha hasn't returned to Konoha for two years.

As guardians of the ninja world in the shadows, Obito Uchiha and Nagato spent most of their time wandering around the ninja world.

They were the first to discover the resurgence of the heretical cult a few years ago.

"Kakashi, the Hokage summons you!"

Suddenly, an ANBU ninja appeared.

Kakashi immediately put the book away and nodded seriously, "Understood!"

Wearing a mask, Xi Yan nodded slightly and then vanished instantly.

This scene also attracted the attention of Naruto and his two companions who were on a mission.

Seeing that the Anbu had left, Naruto couldn't wait to call out, "Kakashi-sensei, does Yugao-neechan have a special mission for us?"

As the son of the Fourth Hokage, he was very familiar with the Anbu ninjas who often accompanied his father.

Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura also looked at Kakashi with expectant eyes.

Kakashi said lazily, "I don't know yet. You guys continue your mission, I'm going to see the Fourth Hokage."

After saying that, the person disappeared.

Naruto was already getting excited: "What kind of mission will it be?"

"Fighting robbers?"

"Still a wandering ninja?"

Sakura Haruno pouted, "They probably wouldn't entrust the role of a wandering ninja to fresh graduates like us, would they?"

She then turned to Sasuke Uchiha and asked, "Sasuke, did your brother do a similar mission back then?"

Naruto then looked at Sasuke Uchiha and asked, "Itachi-nii graduated early, right?"

Sasuke Uchiha nodded, saying with pride, "My brother graduated early and then entered Root's special training program, so he's different from us."

"It will be more rigorous there, and I've heard there's actual combat training. They'll definitely be exposed to real combat missions earlier than we are."

Naruto listened with envy.

Unfortunately, even though he is the son of the Hokage, it doesn't mean he can graduate early.

……

The Hokage's office. Kakashi stood in front of the desk with his hands in his pockets.

Minato Namikaze handed Kakashi a document and said with a smile, "This is a joint mission. Get ready and head to the Alliance headquarters!"

Kakashi took the document: "Island Exploration Plan..."

Minato Namikaze explained, "This is preliminary preparation for the development of some islands."

"Of course, the most important thing right now is an island that has conducted summoning experiments before. According to preliminary reconnaissance, there are quite a few powerful summoning beasts on it."

Kakashi nodded: "Understood."

As soon as Kakashi left, an ANBU ninja appeared in the office.

"Lord Hokage, information about the Daimyo's residence."

Minato Namikaze reached out and took the intelligence report. He opened it and his gaze immediately sharpened.

The daimyo's guardian ninja is about to rebel!

Or rather, as the Ninja Alliance grew stronger, the Daimyo realized that the promise Hoshino Shizuka made back then seemed impossible to fulfill.

Whether it was directly instructed by the daimyo or the guardian ninjas themselves had their own ideas.

In short, the current daimyo's guardian ninja are plotting a rebellion!

However, this day was expected.

So Minato Namikaze remained calm: "Has this mind-controlling technique been confirmed?"

The ANBU ninja nodded: "It has been preliminarily confirmed that such a secret technique does exist."

"The leader of the rogue ninja used this to control a group of guardian ninja who were unwilling to follow the rebellion. Currently, only a few guardian ninja, such as Sarutobi Asuma and Chiriku, have not acted rashly because of their strength."

"In addition, they have another target: Shuichi's experimental base in Daimyo's mansion. They want to obtain the power of the Tailed Beasts."

"Once a rebellion is launched, their first step will definitely be to eliminate Sarutobi Asuma and his men, completely control the daimyo, and then mobilize the ministers and nobles in the name of the daimyo."

Minato Namikaze nodded: "Yugao."

Uzuki Yugao immediately appeared in the office.

Minato Namikaze ordered: "Immediately notify the three teams of Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Uchiha Itachi, and Gekko Hayate to proceed to the Daimyo's residence to cooperate with Sarutobi Asuma and the others in suppressing the rebellion, eliminating the rebel leader, rescuing the controlled ninja, and protecting the Daimyo."

"clear!"

Uzuki Yugao nodded, and her figure vanished instantly.

Minato Namikaze continued to the remaining Anbu members, "Immediately notify the communications team to contact Obito Uchiha and Nagato, and have them go to the Daimyo's residence."

He decided to play it safe; his intuition told him that this rebellion wouldn't be so simple.

Moreover, there are some things that are better left to Obito Uchiha and Nagato to do.

The ANBU ninja immediately obeyed and left.

Minato Namikaze stood up and looked out the window at the increasingly prosperous Konoha: "The new world that Shuichi created is getting better and better. Children don't have to go into dangerous battlefields. I absolutely cannot allow anyone to destroy such a world."

He didn't inform Hoshita Shuichi about this, firstly because Hoshita Shuichi wasn't currently in the village, and secondly because this level of situation didn't require the use of Hoshita Shuichi's powerful weapon.

If such a small matter requires the attention of the strongest ninja in the world, then everyone else seems useless.

"We need to let others show their skills too!"

Minato Namikaze smiled.

And Naruto, that kid, must be getting really impatient by now, right?

……

On the other side, Naruto cheered when he heard about the C-rank mission, and Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but smile.

Sakura Haruno breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "Kakashi-sensei, if we go out to sea, we'll probably be gone for many days, right?"

Kakashi nodded: "The time is still uncertain, so you should go back and prepare now."

"We'll meet at the teleportation room in half an hour."

After saying that, Kakashi disappeared.

……

Meanwhile, at the roots.

Upon receiving the order, Sarutobi Shinnosuke immediately went to the Root training grounds and said to the group who were training there, "Hoshino, Kimimaro, Kurotsuchi, and Hozuki Suigetsu, come with me!"

The four members of the White Guard quickly followed Sarutobi Shinnosuke out of the Root base and met up with two ANBU squads in a forest.

Itachi Uchiha and Hayate Gekko simultaneously removed their masks: "Shinnosuke-senpai!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke waved his hand and laughed, "No need to be so polite. This mission will still be led by your Anbu. The Root side is just doing practical training. You all understand that."

Itachi Uchiha and Hayate Gekko nodded; they too had experienced these things under the guidance of Shinnosuke Sarutobi.

Putting his mask back on, Itachi Uchiha said, "Let's set off!"

The three teams, totaling thirteen people, all leaped up and headed towards Daming Prefecture.

On the way, Hozuki couldn't help but ask, "Captain, what's our mission this time?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke said, "I was originally planning to tell you when I was resting, but since you asked, I'll tell you."

Shiro, Kimimaro, and Kurotsuchi all pricked up their ears.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke said, "It's the guardian ninja from the Daimyo's prefecture who are about to launch a rebellion."

"What?"

Shuiyue was very surprised: "A rebellion?"

"Those daimyo's guardian ninja... they were once trained by Lord Hideaki, don't they know how powerful he is? How dare they launch a rebellion? Are they out of their minds?"

He, Kimimaro, and Haku all served at the ninja academy in Daimyo Prefecture, and because he was also trained by Yekura for a period of time, he knew quite a lot.

Upon hearing Sarutobi Shinnosuke's words, Kimimaro's eyes flashed with murderous intent, startling Itachi and the others in front, who turned to look at Kimimaro.

Kimimaro said coldly, "To dare to betray Lord Hideaki is an unforgivable crime."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke nodded and said, "They want to control the daimyo."

Kurotsuchi said, "He definitely has a problem with his brain. Even if he controls the daimyo, it won't be of any use."

Times have changed.

The Ninja Alliance controls the strongest military force in the entire ninja world, and the Daimyo can't change anything at all.

As for the economy, the Ninja Alliance has been infiltrating and gradually controlling the ninja world's ministers and nobles into the ninja system over the years.

Gradually, these forces surrounding the daimyo will become part of the Ninja Alliance.

As a strong successor to the Fourth Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi was naturally instilled with these things by Onoki.

Several figures flashed through Bai's mind as he said, "Knowing full well about Lord Xiuyi's power, they still dared to launch a rebellion. They must have some trump card up their sleeve, right?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke said, "They have mastered a secret technique that can control people, and they have used this technique to control many Guardian Shinobi."

"There's also the Daimyo's experimental base, where the power of the Tailed Beasts is located. This group of people wants to obtain the power of the Tailed Beasts."

Bai was immediately startled upon hearing this.

Mizuki exclaimed, "Then isn't Lord Mizuki in danger?"

Kimimaro immediately said, "Captain, should we split into two groups?"

Compared to those rogue ninjas, he cared more about Mizuki.

It wasn't just because of the relationship between Minazuki and Haku, and Hoshino Shuichi, but also because he had been taken care of by Minazuki for several years and treated like his own son.

That was a kind of maternal love he had never experienced before.

He absolutely will not allow anyone to harm Mizuki!

Sarutobi Shinnosuke did not answer, his gaze fixed on Uchiha Itachi in front of him.

Although Itachi Uchiha was the youngest among the squad leaders, this mission was led by Itachi in all three squads.

Of course, the main reason is that he had just relinquished command.

But his approach was standard practice.

Itachi Uchiha sensed Shinnosuke Sarutobi's gaze and said, "Don't worry about the experimental base. Lord Minazuki isn't alone; there's also the immortal White Zetsu."

"Moreover, besides him, Lord Shuichi also left a clone there, which will be activated and awakened in case of an accident."

"Of course, there's no need for such a small matter to bother Lord Hideaki."

"Shinnosuke-senpai, I'll trouble you to go to the experimental base."

Itachi Uchiha knew about the relationship between Haku and Hoshino Shuichi.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke nodded: "Then we'll split into two groups."

Upon hearing this, Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was unaware that there was a doppelganger of Hoshino Shuichi sleeping at the experimental base.

……

Daming Mansion.

In the deserted alley, as space and time distorted, Obito Uchiha and Nagato, both wearing masks, appeared.

"Let's split up for now."

Changmen Road.

Obito Uchiha nodded: "I'll go to Asuma Sarutobi to find out what's going on."

"You're in charge of Daimyo's affairs. A rebellion in this situation can't be achieved simply by relying on a secret technique to control people."

Nagato nodded, and then his figure disappeared.

Obito Uchiha also moved away immediately.

After a while.

Inside a room, Sarutobi Asuma, who was frowning at a map, suddenly looked up and, upon seeing Uchiha Obito, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

"I didn't expect even you to come."

Sarutobi Asuma was somewhat surprised.

If Obito Uchiha has arrived, then Nagato is probably in Daimyo's residence as well.

In the entire ninja world, apart from Hoshino Shuichi, he believed that these two were already the strongest, surpassing the Five Kage.

Although the rebellion was a very serious matter, Sarutobi Asuma didn't think it warranted Obito Uchiha and Nagato's intervention.

Obito Uchiha said, "This is the teacher's idea; there must be other considerations."

"How's the situation now?"

Sarutobi Asuma couldn't help but smile wryly: "In recent years, the number of ninjas under the Daimyo's command has continued to expand. This is not a big deal, since everyone belongs to the Ninja Alliance."

"However, Kazuma and the others have mastered a secret technique that allows them to control others. By the time Jiraiya and I realized it, the ninjas in the Daimyo's territory were already almost completely under their control."

"We can no longer easily see the daimyo, and we suspect that the daimyo has been taken over."

Obito Uchiha said, "Relying solely on the Daimyo's guardian ninjas is not enough to fight against the Ninja Alliance."

"Those people you mentioned, they must have received some kind of instruction from Shuichi, right?"

Sarutobi Asuma revealed a bitter expression.

Former companions and friends, who never expected to part ways and even become enemies.

Looking at Sarutobi Asuma's expression, Obito Uchiha couldn't help but taunt him, "Looks like there are people who don't take Shuichi's words seriously!"

Sarutobi Asuma said helplessly, "They also agree with Shuichi's ideas."

"They just think that the daimyo is the one who leads everyone."

Obito Uchiha scoffed, "Then they probably weren't paying attention in class."

"There must be some even more powerful figure hiding behind these guys."

"Having received instruction from Shuichi, I know a little about his power."

Sarutobi Asuma frowned: "Indeed, there is one person who is suspect."

Obito Uchiha asked, "Who?"

Sarutobi Asuma said, "A doctor who works for the daimyo appeared in the daimyo's residence two years ago and was valued by the daimyo because of his superb medical skills."

"However, this person doesn't seem to be a ninja, and has never used ninja abilities."

Obito Uchiha raised an eyebrow: "Not a ninja, or rather, not a medical ninja."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll leave this matter to you for now. The people from the village should be arriving soon."

Sarutobi Asuma understood Obito Uchiha's intentions, both openly and covertly.

at the same time.

Hoshita Shuichi stood before the entrance to Ryuchi Cave with Uchiha Shisui. (End of Chapter)