Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the beginning

The kunoichi pushed the door open and Minato followed behind her.

"Hokage-sama, the person has been brought here."

"Well, you go down."

The third generation waved his hand, and the female ninja retreated, closing the door.

She needed to avoid the rest of the conversation.

In the office, the Sandaime had already sat back in the Hokage's chair, with two masked ANBU ninjas with swords strapped to their backs standing on either side of him. One of them was the ANBU ninja with a fox mask who had just gone down to call Minato.

"Lord Hokage..."

Minato clenched his fists and grasped the corners of his clothes tightly, suddenly feeling a little nervous.

This was the first time he faced the Hokage so formally.

He just felt that the current Hokage was much more majestic than the Hokage he saw at the ninja school entrance ceremony, which made him stutter for a moment.

"Don't be in a hurry. Speak slowly."

The Sandaime had a kind smile on his face, and his calm demeanor eased Minato's nervous mood.

Huh... After taking a deep breath, Minato told all the reasons why he got along with his friends today and how he judged that his friends were being controlled.

As the words came out of Mizumon's mouth, the third generation's eyes became more fierce, and murderous intent filled his heart.

Kimura Yao's father and mother were personally selected by him to join the Anbu, and they have been serving him and Konoha diligently for the past ten years.

It has only been a few days since he died in the mission, and yet someone attacked the son of Kimura and his family. This is unforgivable.

"Hokage-sama, please go and save Yao as soon as possible." Minato said anxiously.

"How strong is your chakra perception?"

The third generation did not respond to Minato's request, but wanted to see how strong Minato's chakra perception ability was, so he specifically asked: "Can you sense how many ninjas there are in the Hokage Building now?"

"Twelve people." Minato blurted out.

There are six people in the Hokage's Anbu guard squad, two people on duty in the duty room downstairs, three people in the secretary's office on the second floor, and one person at the door of the archives room, a total of twelve people. As soon as they approached the Hokage building, Minato sensed the chakra emanating from these people.

Chapter 6: Anbu Arrives

"Can you even find hidden ANBU?"

"What a terrible talent!"

Although he had already anticipated Minato's talent, Minato's talent still shocked the Third Generation. Looking at the childish face of Minato, the look in his eyes became more and more satisfied and happy.

The ANBU who were hiding and not moving had their chakra concentrated to the limit, so even he could only sense it vaguely at a close distance.

But the six-year-old Minato could sense it easily.

It's amazing that he has such perception ability at such a young age.

Apart from anything else, this perception ability is definitely not worse than that of the second generation adults.

"A talent like this cannot be wasted."

"We need to get Jiraiya and the others to pay attention."

At this moment, the Sandaime had already found a future ninja teacher for Minato. Well, he would choose one from his three disciples.

With such talent, it would be a shame if he didn't become Hokage.

If you want to be a Hokage, you have to join... ahem.

Closer to home.

The thought only lasted for a moment, but in this moment, Minato could no longer wait.

"Hokage-sama, hurry..." Minato said anxiously.

"Don't worry." Sandai said with a smile, "I'll take care of the child. You can go back first."

Minato didn't want to go back, and wanted to make sure his friend was safe as soon as possible, so he asked in a low voice: "Hokage-sama, can I...can I wait here?"

Sandai shook his head and said, "Go back. Your grandma is still waiting for you at home. Don't let her worry."

When he heard the word "grandma", thinking of his grandmother who was worried because she didn't see him when he returned, Minato no longer asked to stay. After saying goodbye to the Sandai, he immediately ran home as fast as he could.

He didn't want his only relative, his grandmother, to worry about him.

Trust the Third Hokage for Yao’s safety!

On this side, as soon as Minato left, the Third Generation immediately gave instructions.

"Hori, notify the security department to line up in the village... Never mind, there's no need to notify the Uchiha clan."

Sandai thought for a moment and took back the order.

According to Minato, the child was remotely controlled by the enemy, so there must be a chakra connection to carry out the remote control, just like the Sand Village condensed special chakra lines to perform puppet control techniques.

The spy hiding in the shadows must have some kind of chakra connection with the child to ensure real-time control.

To find this kind of chakra connection, the Uchiha clan, who possesses the Sharingan that can see chakra, is undoubtedly the most suitable to investigate the spies that appeared this time.

However... thinking of the Uchiha clan's growing strength and their dissatisfaction with him, the third generation had some ideas.

The original duty of the police force guarded by the Uchiha clan was to monitor Konoha's spies.

Now that a spy has appeared in the village, the police force has not responded at all.

If we ask the Uchiha clan for help this time, it will allow the Uchiha clan to make up for their mistakes.

Instead, this time is an opportunity.

An opportunity to hold the Uchiha clan accountable, weaken the scope of the police force's responsibilities, and suppress the Uchiha's strength.

The Kimura couple had just sacrificed themselves for Konoha not long ago.

Their sons were controlled by spies and possibly even killed.

But the Konoha Police Department didn't know any information at all.

Given such a serious dereliction of duty and the pressure from public opinion, it would be natural to propose that the Anbu investigate Konoha's spies, and no one would object.

As long as the spy this time is dealt with by the Anbu, there will be no problem.

Thinking of these is just a fleeting thought.

Then the Sandaime continued: "Notify the search team to spread out throughout Konoha with that child as the center and to reduce the spies hidden in the dark."

"Yes."

Shou responded in a low voice, then left with a teleportation technique.

……

shhhhhhhh!

Four figures quietly landed around Li Yao's house, each wearing a white mask of different shapes on their heads.

They are directly under the Konoha Anbu, the Explosion Squad.

The captain's code name is "Bao", so we are the "Bao Squad".

The four of them quickly used invisibility to hide like chameleons.

Konoha Ninja School finishes school late.

It was already dusk, the sun had just set, Konoha had already darkened, and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Everyone noticed something unusual around Li Yao.

Among the four Anbu, Bao is the captain and is responsible for commanding from the center. He and the other two team members are stationed on three sides of the room to prevent the target from escaping.

There was also an Anbu ninja squatting in the rooftop kitchen.

Hiss... Small black beetle-like insects that are invisible to the naked eye flapped their hard-shelled wings and flew out from the sleeves of the Anbu ninja, spreading around the house.

One of them got into the kitchen through the gap under the closed window and flew towards Li Yao, who was facing the window.

Puff! Puff!

On the stove, the noodles in the pot kept gushing out with the boiling hot water, like a mouthful of fine hot spring.

Li Yao held a pair of chopsticks in his hand, standing in front of the boiling pot, rolling the noodles to prevent them from sticking to the pot, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The subsidy given by Konoha was not much, it was basically just enough to ensure that he would not starve to death every day. It was impossible for him to have enough to eat, let alone eat well.

But he is now in the period of physical growth and development, and it is not enough for him to eat noodles every day, he has to eat meat.

Otherwise, his physical development will not keep up, and his future strength ceiling will be limited.

After all, chakra is composed of physical energy.

If your body is not in good condition, how much energy and chakra can it have?

So physical development cannot be delayed.

But...how can I get the money?

Li Yao frowned slightly out of habit, not noticing that a small black bug had quietly landed on his hair.

"Oh! I'm only six years old, and I have to go to ninja school, so I don't have much time to make money."

Li Yao shook his head and sighed, having no idea where he could get the money.

"Forget it, don't think about it for now, let's eat noodles first."

He shook his head, turned off the fire, took out the noodles, put them in a bowl, added seasonings, then Li Yao brought Wan to the dining table and sat down.

Shh…shh…!

Li Yaochui froze the noodles while eating them bite by bite.

A tiny black bug was lying on his hair, opening and closing its mouth as if it was eating something.

However, judging from the way the little bug kept grinding its teeth and shaking its head, it seemed that it didn't eat anything.

At the same time, outside the house, the Anbu squatting on the roof looked gradually more solemn.

"Bug, are you still not well?" The squad leader quietly came to the bug on the roof.

The ANBU ninja codenamed Mushi was from the Aburame clan. He was the one who released the black bugs. Upon hearing this, he whispered, "Captain, there is something wrong with the target. My little Kuro is extremely sensitive to chakra, but he can't sense any chakra emanating from his hair."

He was stunned: "Can't sense anything at all?"

Chong affirmed: "I can't sense it at all."

He frowned and said, "Impossible."

Chong didn't say anything, he was also very confused.

As a human being, you will naturally emit chakra.

Even their Anbu can only restrain chakra to reduce the chance of being sensed by ninjas with chakra perception ability, but cannot completely prevent the natural overflow of chakra.

But the target in the room, the bug, couldn't even sense the slightest bit of chakra emanating from him even when it came into direct contact with his hair.

Is this too abnormal?

Like the brat was a dead person... um, wait.

dead!!

The information fed back by the bugs that the target's body is very cold is combined with the fact that there is no natural dissipation of chakra.

A guess instantly popped up in Chong's mind.

"team leader."

Chong looked at the captain, and the captain also frowned and looked at Chong. It was obvious that both of them thought of a possibility at the first time.

Only dead people do not naturally release chakra.

And it was a dead person who had been dead for a long time.

The only one who has the secret technique to control the dead is the puppeteer of the Sand Village.

But...can a human puppet be so realistic?

Sensing that Li Yao was eating noodles in the room while blowing air, his movements did not have the pauses of a puppet at all, he was just like a living person.

Chong and the team leader always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't figure out what it was for the time being, so they could only continue to respond according to their previous guesses.

Thinking of this, the squad leader lowered his voice and asked, "Has the chakra thread not been found yet?"