Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

It's important to know that in the past ten years or so, apart from six major meetings and the previous Chunin Exams, Uchiha Kumo has basically never been to the Hokage Building.

After all, when Minato Namikaze was still the Hokage, he was always asked how long it would take for him to succeed him.

Later, Naruto became the Fifth Hokage and was so busy every day that he was even less likely to come, as the teacher who had wronged his students.

Considering the two Otsutsuki clan members who appeared in the Chunin Exams, it's clear that the information hidden in this Kumogakure incident might be related to the Otsutsuki clan.

"Oh? Everyone's here."

Yun walked out of the spatial passage, looked at the group and smiled: "Don't be so serious... I've come all this way, not to cause trouble or stage a coup like Yunyin."

Naruto chuckled helplessly, "If you want to become Hokage, you can do it now. The decision-making bodies of the five great ninja villages have recently moved to Konoha, and there are just too many troublesome things going on. Look, I'm even starting to lose my hair."

Looking at Naruto's slightly sparse short hair, I realized that this was probably the reason why the kid couldn't get a buzz cut.

With his buzz cut and blond hair, he looks like a delinquent no matter how you look at it.

"Ahem!"

Retracting her wicked thoughts, Yun changed the subject to the position of Hokage.

Why not just relax and enjoy life? Why go and become Hokage to suffer?

The kid's dad was staring at him, and now he's staring at him too.

"I just got back from the interrogation department. That old man Vidocy doesn't have the guts to plant a bomb in his own head. I know pretty much everything about him."

Yun then looked at Naruto and said, "Now, let Team 7 go to this location by train; they should be able to make it in time."

"The airship that was transferring the special container crashed because of Vidocq. You need to bring this container back; it's very important to them."

After saying that, Yun gave Team 7 a coordinate location, which was within the Land of Fire.

After receiving the coordinates, Naruto signed a mission release statement, and Team 7 hurriedly left the Hokage Building.

……

"What? I was out for four days. I was planning to go home today, take a good shower, and rest."

Sarada was somewhat dejected, after all, she had just embarked on a long-term mission.

Boruto, standing to the side, seemed quite excited, waving his hand and saying, "We're very strong right now. The only reason we need to continue carrying out missions is because our opponents are very powerful!"

Yu: "It's also possible that Dad is thinking about how to train us, just like Hokage Sasuke."

At that moment, Yakumo clapped his hands.

"You have an hour to go home and rest, replenish your energy from the last mission, and then we can meet at the tram station. Is that alright?"

"no problem!"

……

Hokage Building.

"Brother Yun, is it really okay to send Team 7? The Kara organization... after all, has the power to secretly overthrow the Cloud Village."

Naruto was somewhat worried.

Shikamaru, standing to the side, wasn't thinking about any of that. Instead, he was pondering what kind of attitude Konoha should adopt.

It was Kumo's decision to let Team 7 continue the mission. Putting aside the fact that Yu awakened the Rinnegan during the Chunin Exams, Kurama Yakumo alone is very strong.

The safety of Team 7 is not a concern, but at the critical moment when the ruling centers of the other four major ninja villages are relocating to Konoha, problems have arisen within Kumogakure.

So what should Konoha do?

The Kara organization, which replaced Killer Bee, is certainly involved in a conspiracy, but on the surface, it is very compliant with Konoha's policies.

If someone were to inexplicably raise a knife and look down, it would inevitably cause other countries, large and small, that have just joined the highest decision-making council to feel uneasy.

After all, on the surface, Yunyin ultimately chose to obey.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru looked at Kumogakure: "Should we devise a plan to expose the Kara organization's activities in Kumogakure? If we're going to take action against Kumogakure, it's best to have a legitimate reason."

Yun disagreed, saying, "There's no need. Their willingness to cooperate at this time is beneficial to our plans for the ninja world, compared to Killer Bee, who is now filled with hatred."

Shikamaru frowned: "But we don't know anything about the Kara organization. What are their plans...?"

Yun interrupted him: "We'll have a preliminary understanding soon. What Yu and Boruto brought back was intelligence."

intelligence?

Isn't it a container?

Yun smiled and stood up: "You'll know when they get back. I'll send an avatar to keep an eye on things. If their stronghold really is in Yunyin, then I'd like to go and have a chat with them."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yun's figure disappeared from the spot.

……

The border of the Land of Fire, afternoon.

At the speed of a train, it only took a few hours to travel from Konoha to the border of the Land of Fire.

Furthermore, the ninjas on missions can rest in the vehicle, so they don't need to rest at all after arriving at the mission location.

The four members of Class 7 traversed the jungle and soon discovered the crashed airship in a forest.

However, the airship was surrounded by corpses of puppets. This scene clearly showed that they were too late.

"If it were the original owner, these puppets shouldn't be attacking the other party. So... there must be a third party who arrived here before us."

As Yakumo spoke, he squatted down and touched the scorched earth, which was still warm.

The group then went into the airship.

Yu looked around and finally focused his gaze on the experimental chamber in the middle that resembled a coffin.

"container……"

Muttering to himself, Yu walked over.

At this moment, Yakumo had already inserted a USB flash drive into the interface. This was the result of the Second Research Division. Ninjas on missions would carry it, which could back up data from the opponent's computer or other instruments.

"Teacher, Dad never seemed to say what form the container takes. So... the container can also be a person, right?" Yu asked, her eyes filled with doubt.

"Um?"

Yakumo looked over, and then everyone's gaze fell on the coffin where the data was being backed up.

It's the perfect size, just big enough for a person to lie flat inside.

"Human experimentation?"

Sarada's eyes darted around with her twin tomoe, and she reached out and picked up a small black lump from the corner.

Boruto glanced at it and said, "I rarely go to the Research Division because they use death row inmates from all over the country for experiments. But Lord Orochimaru once said when he came to the school that the experimental chambers for human experimentation are very clean."

Yakumo looked around.

"Perhaps it wasn't a third party that appeared first; there are many of these black, lumpy objects around. So... it was this shelled organization that saw it as a container, fought a battle after waking up, and then escaped."

As soon as the words were spoken, all four of them looked toward the entrance of the airship.

Those puppets that were lying all over the ground... have come back to life.

However, just as Boruto clenched his fist in preparation for a fight, Yu, who was standing next to him, reached out and a repulsive force suddenly erupted.

Shinra Tensei!

"boom!!"

The puppets blocking the entrance were cleared away and sent flying, the immense force even shattering their limbs.

This scene left Boruto speechless. He turned around and shrugged, "Can I move around a bit?"

Yu smiled and said, "I'll be more careful next time."

At this point, the USB drive had finished reading the data, and the four people exited the airship.

The puppets surrounded them again, and Boruto cleared a path alone, while Yu did not directly make a move.

Just as the group finished clearing out all the puppets, a large energy fluctuation appeared in the distance.

Yakumo looked over, and the next moment he waved his hand, and a huge and lifelike eagle appeared in front of them.

"Walk!"

The giant eagle, created from nothingness, spread its wings and took to the sky. Soon, the four members of Class 7 arrived at the place where they had just heard the noise.

Just as Boruto was about to go down, Yakumo reached out and stopped him.

"Wait a minute, we don't know much about the Shell organization to begin with, but perhaps we can find out some information."

……

below.

"Kawaki, it seems you've decided to betray Jigen."

Dilda looked down at the panting man in front of her.

Deepa suddenly leaped out from the side, his hardened, jet-black arm throwing a punch.

"boom!!"

The black, blocky substance coalesced into a shield, but it was pierced directly by this attack.

Kawaki, who had been blasted away, was half-crouched and coughing up blood; he was exhausted.

"Are you really going to betray your father?"

Diruda's figure looked down from above.

Kawaki slowly stood up: "He's not my father! You bastards!"

The next moment, a burst of energy suddenly erupted from his palm.

Black, curse-like marks spread upwards, quickly enveloping his arm and extending to his face.

At the same time, Diruda's gaze was fixed on the air.

All things guide the heavens!

A suction force appeared, and the triangular drone was pulled towards it at lightning speed, but before it could be caught, a laser shot out from it.

"boom!!"

A burst of lightning struck, and a bolt of lightning that appeared out of nowhere shattered it, but the triangular drone also quickly moved away.

"We've been found out! What happened to Boruto?"

Yu helped Boruto up, and then the four members of Team 7 landed directly.

At this moment, Boruto, just like that guy named Kawaki, had black marks spreading from his palms all the way to his face.

At this moment, Kawaki also discovered Boruto due to the pull.

"You have a wedge too? You...were sent by that guy too..."

"No, it's Konoha's headband. Konoha, which that guy has been avoiding, is also the only place he's afraid of."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure rushed over.

"boom!!"

The re-condensed block was much stronger than before, and its own strength and speed seemed to have undergone a qualitative improvement.

While the fight raged on, Delta watched the four members of Team 7 warily, her gaze particularly fixed on Boruto.

"Whoosh!"

The woman who vanished in an instant reappeared in front of Boruto and delivered a powerful kick.

Caught off guard, Boruto didn't even have time to react; he was still trying to figure out what the tattoo-like thing on his arm was.

However, Delta clearly underestimated Class 7.

A repulsive force suddenly erupted, sending the opponent flying. At the same time, Yu pressed one hand to the ground, and rock spikes shot out.

"Bang..."

Energy erupted beneath his feet, and using the recoil, Delta dodged the continuous attacks.

However, upon landing, a crimson energy gathered in its eyes and suddenly attacked the four of them.

"boom!!!"

The crimson beam of energy deflected, and the ground beneath its feet sank; this was Yakumo's ability.

"Boruto, are you alright?" Yu looked to the side.

Boruto nodded: "I've gotten used to it a bit, but this power... reminds me of that Otsutsuki from before."

After their conversation, Delta, who had stopped attacking, looked over: "It seems the invasion of Konoha's Chunin Exams was indeed orchestrated by those from the heavens. But how dare you possess such power? You're all so weak..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than bolts of lightning struck down from the sky, and flames appeared out of nowhere, surrounding him.

Yakumo waved his hand, and his chakra materialized into an attack, like a paintbrush.

However, when the other party raised its head, its right eye was like a vortex, absorbing all the lightning and flames.

Seeing this, Sarada frowned deeply: "Why is it that now every enemy seems to use this technique to absorb ninjutsu?"

Boruto: "It's a scientific ninja tool. When we went to the Second Research Division, Uncle Katasuke had already developed this weapon, but it absorbs through the eyes instead of being an external device..."

"Given the energy beams she just emitted from her eyes, it's clear this woman isn't a normal human being; in fact, she could be considered a scientific ninja tool."

Sarada asked in surprise, "A robot?"

Kurama Yakumo sighed, "It seems we're being targeted because of an opponent capable of absorbing energy. So, from now on, I'll have to cooperate with you."

At this moment, Diruda had absorbed all the energy, and then it suddenly burst forth from his left eye.

Thunder and flames, along with hunger, surged towards the four of them.

Just as Yu was about to reach out to absorb the energy, Boruto, who looked like a delinquent, stepped in front of him and raised his tattooed arm, absorbing all the energy as well.

The next moment, Boruto charged straight at the opponent.

A beam of light struck, and Boruto turned into white smoke—it was a shadow clone.

A figure suddenly rushed in from the left or right, but Delta leaped into the air and stretched out her legs to sweep horizontally, only to be shattered by Boruto's Rasengan.

His legs recovered once more, and a pair of crimson beams struck again, only to be absorbed by Boruto with a single hand.

"You're not the only one who knows this trick, you bastard!"

A punch landed squarely on Dilda's nose.

"boom!!!"

Delta regained her footing after being knocked away. The woman, enraged by the slap in the face, unleashed energy from her feet and attacked Boruto once more.

Yu, who was watching the battle from not far away, frowned deeply.

Sarada asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Yu shook his head slightly: "It's not certain yet. However, I sensed a power similar to Momoshiki Otsutsuki within Boruto's body."

In fact, the reason he was able to detect this power was that he sensed a connection between the power hidden within his own body and the power in the vessel called Kawaki, as well as in Boruto.

Otsutsuki...

In that battle in the other dimension, Boruto ultimately defeated Momoshiki with a special Rasengan. There must be something wrong with that!

container……

Perhaps the answer can be found in the man named Kawaki.