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Chapter 69 Tsunade: Wait for me to gather and fight!

"have no idea."

Jiraiya shook his head: "As you know, since the Second Hokage passed away, only Minato has ever mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique. Even Genma Shiranui and the others, who served as Hokage's guards, could only barely use it when the three of them worked together. Moreover, the Flying Thunder God Technique hand seals vary from person to person, depending on the user's individual constitution and chakra attributes... I can't see it either."

"However, the Rasengan is the real deal, there's absolutely no mistake about that."

"The Uzumaki clan has been wiped out. We only know the basics about their secret technique, the 'Reaper Death Seal.' Perhaps there really is a way to enter the belly of a Shinigami and communicate with Minato... After all, wasn't that girl sealed in a coffin for over a hundred years? Maybe she was in a state of being between life and death at that time, which is why she had that opportunity..."

As he said this, Jiraiya subconsciously thought of a close friend from the past.

—If it were him, he would probably be very knowledgeable about these areas, right?

Unfortunately……

Jiraiya shook his head, banishing Orochimaru's image from his mind, and concluded: "In other words, seeing Minato is not theoretically impossible."

"Um……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a few deep drags of his cigarette, then exhaled smoke rings, his aged face appearing obscured by the swirling smoke.

After a long pause, as if trying to comfort himself, he said softly, "Fortunately, no matter where Miss Guang went in the past few weeks, she's been more well-behaved this time and hasn't caused a lot of trouble like she did last time..."

More than a month has passed since the destruction of the Root Base.

Some of the Root ninjas who were sent there have recovered and been discharged from the hospital, and have been incorporated into the Anbu or other units. Danzo himself, as the leader, is still lying in the hospital, recovering from his injuries under the close surveillance of the Anbu.

But the impact of this event goes beyond that—

The various ninja clans of Konoha have gradually gathered information, with some subtly trying to gauge the Hokage's intentions. Furthermore, recent actions by the Konoha leadership, such as sudden negotiations with the Uchiha clan and the opening of access to the Jonin ranks, have been interpreted by various clans with ulterior motives. Some clans have even been secretly contacting the security forces, signaling their allegiance…

Much of the increased workload Hiruzen Sarutobi has been due to this aspect.

"Last time..."

Jiraiya had, of course, heard about Danzo's affair.

At this moment, the white-haired immortal seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face suddenly became strange.

"...Old man, do you remember when you asked me to send a message to Tsunade, asking her to come back to the village when she had some free time?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback: "I remember, what's wrong?"

"Jingyin replied to my email a couple of days ago."

Jiraiya pulled an envelope from his pocket and placed it on his desk: "Take a look for yourself. Shizune said that Tsunade has left the casino and is on her way back to the village... She is very unhappy about Danzo's experiments with the First Hokage's cells and wants us to take good care of him so that she can kill Danzo herself when she returns."

Hiruzen Sarutobi: "?!?!"

……

The central area of ​​Konoha Village.

The security forces building.

When Uchiha Hikaru arrived, some Uchiha clan members recognized her and took her directly to the top floor, where she met Fugaku, who was handling official business there.

"Great-Grandma, you've arrived?"

Fugaku hurriedly stood up and bowed, his expression showing a hint of surprise: "You only returned to the village these past two days? Why did you come all the way here? Is there anything you need? Just let me know, I can pay you a visit..."

"No need for such formalities."

As he spoke, Uchiha Hikaru looked to both sides.

This was her first time visiting the garrison, but from what she saw as she went upstairs, there were indeed some new faces. From the family crests worn on the back of their uniforms, she could roughly discern their surnames—

Nara, Yamanaka, Inuzuka...

However, Uchiha Hikaru only glanced at it briefly before looking away and getting straight to the point: "I heard from Hiruzen Sarutobi that there's been some trouble on the Naka River?"

"Yes."

Fugaku immediately nodded: "In the past two weeks, there have been signs of people entering and leaving the barrier around the Naka River more than once, the most recent time being three days ago."

Because that area is the heart of the Uchiha clan's territory, many clan members initially did not want the village to send anyone in to investigate. However, after repeated persuasion from me and Shisui, an agreement was finally reached, and the investigation is currently being conducted jointly by the Anbu and the police force...

But no one has seen the intruder's face, so we don't know if it's related to what you said earlier.

"...Are you sure no one has seen this?"

"Yes, I have privately questioned all the clansmen with three or more tomoe, and at least from their responses, I did not find any obvious flaws."

"..."

Uchiha Hikaru pondered for a moment.

To be honest, she didn't quite believe that Obito had come all these times just to stroll around his hometown. Given that guy's personality, it would be really strange if he didn't cause some trouble.

But since Fugaku was so certain, she couldn't very well question him in public.

"Take me there to have a look."

"it is good."

At that moment, Fugaku handed over his work to the vice-captain Uchiha Yatsushiro, gave him a few instructions, and then headed with Uchiha Hikaru towards the camp on the southwest side of the village.

Halfway there, Uchiha Hikaru, finding the speed too slow, grabbed Fugaku with his Susanoo and used the Flying Technique to fly into the sky. A few minutes later, they arrived near the Naka River, and Fugaku guided them to land above the waterfall.

slam-la-

The sound of the river water plunging down was deafening, and the air was filled with a damp mist.

"Grandma, the area where the barrier team discovered the problem is this area. Our team members are still searching in the forest over there."

Fugaku Uchiha pointed to several shadowy figures not far away and said loudly.

"Um."

Uchiha Hikaru nodded and looked around.

She was quite familiar with this place. According to the original storyline, Shisui should have fallen into the river and died here, which triggered Itachi Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan and set the stage for the Uchiha Clan Massacre.

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[Anonymous@Yongdaimei: Mr. Minato, what do you think?]

[Yongdai-mei: ...I roughly understand the situation. If the other party really is that masked man who called himself "Uchiha Madara" back then, then even if I were there, I probably wouldn't be able to see anything. His space-time ninjutsu ability is very strange; if he wanted to hide it, he basically wouldn't leave any clues for investigation.]

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