Naruto, this is called Kuuga, not White Zetsu

"The Aburame clan's ninjutsu cannot make any difference to the giant vine in the center of Konoha. The parasitic bugs don't eat plants. Shino should be observing the growth of the bugs in the Forest of Death now. You may be able to find him there."

Aburame Shiwei took the initiative to explain Shino's situation and was very happy that her son could make new friends. This was the first time that Shino's friend took the initiative to come and play with him.

Seto Chihiro showed an expression of sudden realization: "Oh, I forgot, I came here to apologize to Shino."

"apologize?"

"Yes."

Seto Chihiro spread out her palm, and the inconspicuous little bug instantly fell on the table, instantly attracting Aburame Shiwei's attention.

"This is?"

He quickly stood up and bent down to look at the bug. He could feel the chakra on the bug was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Can you... tell me where you found this bug?"

"I found this today after I met Shino. It didn't seem to be Shino's bug, but when I found it, I had accidentally crushed it to death. I was afraid it was some important material, so I wanted to apologize to Shino."

Aburame Shiwei was silent for a while: "I haven't seen the owner of this bug for a long time, but its appearance next to you means that something bad may happen."

Seto Chihiro's expression suddenly changed: "Could it be that... this bug can determine when I will die?"

"No...it doesn't have that function..."

Aburame Shiwei adjusted her glasses slightly and said in a deep voice: "If you don't mind, let me follow you today... I will protect you."

Seto Chihiro looked a little embarrassed: "Will this be very troublesome to you? And I may need to go to Uncle Shikaku's house next."

"Don't worry, I'm just standing far away to protect you. I won't let anything happen to you."

"Then I'll trouble you, uncle..."

"No, I should be the one who is in trouble."

Chapter 66 Self-defeating

Not far from the Aburame clan's base, Aburame Ryoma transformed himself into a bunch of bugs, perched on a tree trunk, patiently waiting for the mission target to appear.

He was not worried that his identity would be discovered by other members of the Aburame clan. Since joining the Root organization, all his information had been erased by Lord Danzo. Even the existing members of the Aburame clan probably thought he was dead.

The dead bugs would certainly cause him some trouble, but no one would discover his identity for a while.

The only regret is that there is no way to send out bugs to follow the target into the Aburame clan.

Just as Aburame Ryoma calmed down and waited quietly again, two figures, one big and one small, emerged from the gate.

Seto Chihiro waved her hand: "Uncle Zhiwei, I will pay you a formal visit another day!"

"Well, Shino will be very happy if he knows."

After watching Aburame Shiwei close the door of the Aburame clan after finishing her words, Seto Chihiro looked at the huge vine in the distance, then jumped onto the roof and moved between the houses.

But before he had to wait long, a stream of chakra stuck to his clothes, and several black insects crawled out from the collar that he could not see. The black insects circled twice on the collar, as if they had received an order at the same time. They paused for a moment and then ran towards the stream of chakra on their backs.

That chakra was actually also a bug, but it was slightly larger than the others. The small bugs did not approach it particularly closely, but instead spit out some white objects, which attracted the seed and then fell off the clothes.

After feeling the insects losing their lives, Seto Chihiro suddenly accelerated her pace, and she became more certain about her plan to capture Ryoma Aburame alive.

There was no way that Aburame Ryoma could know that the Aburame Shiwei he had just seen was just a clone made up of a group of insects. The real Aburame Shiwei chose to be sealed by the red gourd in order to track down who the real owner of the insects was.

Just now, he had learned the real name of Aburame Ryoma from Aburame Shiwei.

Aburame Shiwei originally didn't want to reveal the name, but as he guessed, after raising the matter to the level of the dead returning to the world of the living, the uncle with sunglasses had to take out a family tree, which clearly recorded the birth date and death time of each member of the family. In the column for Aburame Ryoma, it clearly said 'joined the Anbu training department, died'.

Then he took out another book, which clearly recorded how much the Aburame clan's secret techniques had changed in recent years. In simple terms, it was about how the size, posture, and abilities of the parasitic insects had evolved.

"As you can see, this dead parasite looks very similar to the one that was cultivated in the summer of 17 years ago. If there is no special evolution method for parasites, it is very difficult for them to evolve on their own. Usually, they will develop different characteristics due to the environment."

"The back of this parasite is similar to that of other insects, and has a certain concealment effect. The mouthparts on its head have also become thicker, and its ability to absorb chakra has decreased. Its wings are also somewhat thicker, which means that the owner of this insect has been collecting intelligence and changing frequently between battles over the years, so this insect has not evolved in a stable environment, and finally became like this."

"Ryoma Aburame died not long after he joined the ANBU training class. A dead person cannot evolve the Parasite, which means he is not dead, but most likely was sentenced to leave Konoha."

Aburame Shiwei's voice became a little dull as she spoke the last part, as if she was saddened by the defection of her tribe members.

The speculation ends here.

Although Aburame Shiwei's guess was far from the answer Seto Chihiro wanted, when the other party learned that the Six Paths Ninja Tool that sealed Kinkaku and Ginkaku was on him, he took the initiative to say that he was sealed by the Six Paths Ninja Tool and told Shikaku about it in person. After he declined twice, he made an agreement to release Shikaku if he found him.

Right now, Danzo was planning to take action against him, which also met the standard that Tsunade left before she left, that if she encountered trouble, she should go to Kakashi and Shikaku.

Seto Chihiro withdrew her thoughts. Konoha was in a state of disrepair now, and Kakashi and Shikaku should be together at this time.

Sure enough, he saw two people walking towards the Hokage Building from a distance.

"Captain Kakashi, Uncle Shikaku."

Kakashi looked at the nightmare in front of him and was silent for a while: "Boy, do you know how difficult it is to deal with the vines you created?"

Seto Chihiro sneered, "Captain Kakashi, why is Wood Release so difficult to handle? It has been the same for so many years. The first generation directly created a forest, but I am just a nobody."

Shikaku couldn't help but laugh. He just saw Kakashi looking helpless after cutting off the vine. If Choza's hand had not been healed by Miss Shizune, other ninjas would probably have needed to cut off the vine piece by piece and then carry it out.

Kakashi stared at Shikaku with dead fish eyes, and the latter had to cough twice to cover up the embarrassment on his face: "Chihiro, is there something wrong with you?"

Seto Chihiro glanced at the direction where the parasite left, and then moved closer to Kakashi and Shikaku: "I found that someone is interested in the gold and silver horns on me."

Kakashi put away his nonchalant look, his eyes showed a little seriousness, but his body did not move much: "Which village is the spy from? How did you find out? Where is he now? This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the Hokage Building."

"it is good."

Seto Chihiro nodded when she heard this, and the three of them ran towards the Hokage Building.

In the distance, Aburame Ryoma felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't tell what it was. The target of the mission didn't show any signs of being monitored, and the parasites that went out for reconnaissance didn't encounter many problems either.

Hmm? Could it be that he has discovered that I am spying on him, but he doesn't know who is spying on him?

For a moment, Aburame Ryoma's heart was filled with alarm, but then he thought about it and felt that this possibility was not high. Although there were many coincidences, they could only be described as coincidences at most.

First, he himself was just a bug that died, a very common reconnaissance bug.

Secondly, it was impossible for the other party to know that someone was monitoring him just by relying on a bug. He had only been in Konoha for less than a month. Even if he knew about the surveillance capabilities of the Aburame clan, the most he could know was that a parasitic bug from Shino's fellow clan member accidentally flew onto him, as he had just said.

But thinking this way, as Danzo's right-hand man, Aburame Ryoma decided to take the risk and send out insects to monitor these three people.

Walking up the stairs, Seto Chihiro felt a familiar chakra following her, and couldn't help but urge Kakashi to lead the way. Kakashi didn't say anything, and used the authority left to him by Sarutobi Hiruzen to lead the two of them directly into a small room.

"Who did you find out was the village's spy? How did that person get close to you? The red gourd that sealed the Golden Horn and the Silver Horn... huh? Why did you take out the red gourd!"

Kakashi closed the door and asked about the current situation. He turned around and felt creepy when he saw Seto Chihiro take out the red gourd to release the sealed character, but he could only watch a figure emerge from the gourd.

"Oh no! Shikaku, be careful!!!... Hey, if you're not the Golden Horn or Silver Horn, how come you were sealed by the red gourd? Could it be that you are the spy?"

He looked at the figure lying on the ground, and for a moment he couldn't remember who the other person was. Lu Jiu felt the same way. He felt that the other person's sunglasses were very familiar.

"It seems that there are some unnecessary misunderstandings here, but I am not a so-called spy. Shikaku, you won't forget about me, right?"

Aburame Shiwei slowly got up from the ground. Her tone was very calm, but Seto Chihiro felt a deep resentment in it.

Shikaku suddenly realized and pointed at the figure in front of him: "You are Zhiwei, I remember now, Aburame Zhiwei."

Kakashi felt his brain stuck for a moment: "Aburame Shiwei?"

"Kakashi, I have completed missions with you and Minato before, and as the head of the Aburame clan, you sent ninjas to inform me the day before yesterday."

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

Kakashi scratched his head and let out an awkward laugh: "It's been several years since we last met, right?"

"I saw you two years ago when you weren't even the ANBU captain, but you didn't recognize me. It's really sad."

Aburame Shiwei spoke lightly, as if he was explaining a trivial matter. Shikaku suddenly felt a headache. As a good friend who grew up in the same class, he knew how deep the resentment the man in front of him had towards the sense of existence.

"Um... Chihiro, explain to me why Aburame Shiwei appeared in the red gourd, and what is the spy you mentioned."

Seto Chihiro put away the red gourd and explained the whole story. When she mentioned the Anbu training department and Aburame Ryoma, Kakashi and Shikaku could not help but frown. It could be seen that the Anbu captain-in-chief and Konoha military strategist were not particularly unfamiliar with these two things.

Aburame Zhiwei, wearing sunglasses, saw these changes and sighed silently.

The Hokage assistant had obviously deceived him.

"Uncle Zhiwei has already fed a special parasite to Aburame Ryoma's parasite. Not only can it sense the opponent's position, but it can also cause considerable damage to the opponent. Should we take advantage of this period of time to capture the opponent?"

"Chihiro, don't be so anxious. The person who put the parasite on you may not be a spy."

Kakashi pursed his lips and thought that as an important subordinate of Danzo, Ryoma was most likely on guard against Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Although that guy was shady, he was still very competent as the root of Konoha.

Seto Chihiro was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Kakashi to say that.

Because he had been tipped off by 9527, he knew that Danzo would take action with the Root members tonight, so he went directly to find Kakashi and Shikaku.

But Kakashi is different. As the captain of the Anbu, he would not believe that the members of the Root would release the Gold Horn and the Silver Horn, and he could not think of any reason why the other party would release the Gold Horn and the Silver Horn.

Even if Danzo was not the Hokage's assistant, he would have absolutely no reason to do anything that would harm Konoha.

"But, Master Jiraiya seems to have gone to investigate the truth of this incident. Shouldn't we be more vigilant at this time?"

Shikaku was confused: "Master Jiraiya is going to investigate the truth of this incident? Has Orochimaru not left Konoha yet?"

"Orochimaru has already left Konoha. Although that guy didn't seem to have any intention of destroying Konoha from the beginning, he just wanted to complete some mission. If he wanted to destroy Konoha, why didn't he just raze the Ninja Academy first? Letting those three people land in the commercial street, an area with a small population, is clearly to attract attention... Eh? What's wrong with you? Why are you silent?"

Seto Chihiro remained calm, as if asking, "How come you don't know this?"

Kakashi and Shikaku looked at each other and said, "Chihiro, can you tell me everything you know? Kakashi and I got there in time, and we don't know much about the appearance of Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Fukai. Can you tell me the whole process of this incident?"

Seto Chihiro did not refuse and began to narrate what had happened, from Kabuto Yakushi in the morning, to Hinata, and then to Orochimaru landing on the rooftop of the Ninja Academy, she recounted everything in detail.

To be honest, considering his current strength, even if Danzo himself came tonight, he would have to come in horizontally and go out vertically.

But no matter how powerful he is, it should be the ninjas of Konoha who discover and eliminate the mistakes, not Seto Chihiro herself who should do this task.

No matter how much Danzo wanted to become Hokage at this moment, no matter how selfish he was, most ninjas except a few were unaware of this matter. If he took action, there would most likely be some counter-effects.

Only by allowing some of Konoha's ninjas to participate can Danzo's reputation plummet.

Seto Chihiro spoke very quickly, but as his speech speed increased, Kakashi and Shikaku's emotions began to change noticeably.

Shikaku and Kakashi never expected that there would be such a hidden clue in this matter.

They racked their brains but couldn't figure it out. If Orochimaru didn't want to destroy Konoha, then what exactly did he want to do?

Shikaku suddenly turned his head and looked at Kakashi: "Kakashi, do you remember that there were ninjas who thanked the Anbu for their timely appearance and escorted all the surrounding villagers away?"

"I remember... But the Anbu at that time seemed to be heading towards the center of the village, right? The escort should be members of the Anbu training department..."

At this point, Kakashi suddenly had an idea: "You mean..."

Shikaku nodded solemnly, "If they were members of the Anbu training department, how did they know to evacuate the villagers in the first place..."

Chapter 67: The Rebel - Shimura Danzo

"But, could it be that the members of the Root are on routine patrol? When they have not received any orders from their superiors, this is often the best solution."

"No, the other party's reaction was too decisive. When faced with a sudden incident, even the Anbu would first go to the scene and observe carefully to determine whether it was an enemy trying to attract attention or a real enemy attack."

"In that case, it seems that the Sealing Team led by Danzo gathered too quickly. There are indeed some doubts about it."

"And...if you think along these lines, it does make sense why Orochimaru would stay in Konoha without being discovered by us."

Hokage Building.

Kakashi Hatake and Shikaku Nara are constantly integrating the information they have collected. This matter is of great importance, so they did not avoid the other two insiders.

Seto Chihiro stood aside and listened for a long time, thinking that now I don't need to guide them anymore, these two people have already figured out everything in their brains.

"So, Aburame Ryoma's real purpose is to seize the sealing container of Kinkaku and Ginkaku? Do you need me to help you catch him?"

After hearing this, Shikaku and Kakashi came back to their senses and looked at Aburame Shiwei, who still maintained a calm demeanor.

"I used the Aburame clan's secret medicine on that guy, and my clone is also outside, so it's very easy to capture him alive."

Kakashi and Shikaku looked at each other and said, "Although we cannot be sure whether this matter is as we imagined, I still think it is necessary to catch that guy for the safety of the village. However, the members of the Root have been planted with curse seals. Given Danzo's attitude towards his subordinates, if something unexpected happens, Aburame Ryoma may die."

Aburame Shiwei nodded, indicating that she would keep this matter in mind, and then quickly formed seals with her hands.

Seto Chihiro looked at Kakashi: "Is the Root the training department of the Anbu? By the way, is the captain of the Root Danzo?"

Kakashi touched his nose and said, "It's almost like what you said."

"So now it can be said that the guy named Danzo is the culprit who caused Konoha to suffer this disaster?"