Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu

Bing quickly said, "The surviving guardian ninja said that the daimyo of the Land of Grass has written to the daimyo of the Land of Fire, requesting his support."

The daimyo suspected... suspected that the assassin wasn't there to assassinate him, but rather to assassinate the Guardian Ninja Captain Shimura Kotobuki!

The daimyo told the guardian ninja Hyuga Shin that he would recruit two guardian ninja himself.

In other words, the number of guardian ninjas stationed in Konoha will be reduced from 8 to 6.

Trust has been broken, and the Daimyo of the Land of Grass must be extremely anxious right now.

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, "Danzo, what do you think of this matter?"

Everyone else looked at Danzo.

Orochimaru glanced at the Bronze Fox and his first thought was that the Bronze Fox possessed the ability to summon spirits from a distance, meaning that the Bronze Fox could instantly appear in the Land of Grass and then quickly return to the village.

On second thought, it didn't seem like it.

Copper Fox is skilled in Earth Release and Water Release, so surely his Fire Release can also suppress a Jonin.

Shimura Kotobuki is quite strong; his Body Flicker Technique, Wind Release, and combat experience are all quite good among Jonin.

Ye Guang thought to himself, "No one knows I can use Fire Release, so they shouldn't suspect me."

Danzo said, "It is nothing for my Shimura clan to sacrifice a few people, but this matter has already affected Konoha's defense against the daimyo of various countries."

I believe we should establish an investigation team to capture that master of fire-style techniques.

This matter is more important than the conflict with Kumogakure.

He looked at Orochimaru and said, "Orochimaru, you are in charge of this matter. The lynx squads of Root and Anbu will be at your command."

Ye Guang thought to himself, "Orochimaru is leading the team? This is a bit tricky."

He planned to capture a Root ninja who had been marked with the Seal of Tongue Destruction in an attempt to break Danzo's seal.

It seems that this matter needs to be put on hold.

Orochimaru is very clever; it's easy to give yourself away if you act recklessly in front of him.

Yu Jia and the others should not be active any longer and should hide deep within the Land of Rain, avoiding their sharp edge for the time being.

Let them investigate, they won't find anything.

After thinking it over, Ye Guang listened indifferently as Danzo continued to make arrangements.

After they had finished discussing, Hatake Sakumo said:

"The sacrifice of the Hokage, Danzo's advisor, and the four guardian ninja of the Shimura clan is truly pitiful."

However, how should the conflict between the Land of Hot Springs border and the Cloud Village be handled?

I request permission to lead a team to the border of the Land of Hot Springs to deal with the provocations of the Cloud Ninja.

Bing glared hatefully at Hatake Sakumo. Lord Danzo had suffered another heavy blow, and Hatake Sakumo was already eager to demand power and credit. No wonder Lord Danzo hated Hatake Sakumo.

Danzo's eyes were unfriendly, but he didn't say anything.

He doesn't want to concern himself with the Land of Hot Springs right now; he only wants to catch that Fire Release assassin.

The Third Generation and Mitokado Homura exchanged a glance, neither seeing any helplessness in the other's eyes.

Apart from Orochimaru and Sakumo Hatake, there are no other Kage-level ninjas in the village who can stand alone.

Mitokado was unable to go to the front lines to take command.

He was the foreign affairs advisor for Konoha Village, and his most important task at the time was to travel to the Land of Grass.

He wanted to meet with the daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass to restore Konoha's image and demonstrate to the daimyo that Konoha's guardian ninjas were absolutely trustworthy.

"Sakumo, you will command several battalions to the border of the Land of Hot Springs. As for how many battalions..." The Third Hokage thought for a moment and said:

"Four battalions, let's not escalate the war for now."

Exercise restraint; this is a limited conflict, and we must not allow it to escalate into an arms race.

After a border conflict involving several hundred people, simply force the Hidden Cloud Village to surrender.

Sakumo Hatake nodded, looking much more relaxed.

Even if the higher-ups dislike Sakumo Hatake, he is still one of only two strong young ninjas in Konoha, and they have no choice but to rely on him.

In fact, Tsunade now possesses Kage-level strength, but she has not proactively reported that she has mastered the Yin Seal.

Orochimaru didn't have the time to inform the higher-ups about Tsunade.

After the high-level meeting ended, Ye Guang followed Huang Quan back to the Dark Division.

"Minister, the Lynx Squad went to the Land of Grass with Orochimaru. Will the Anbu send someone to the Land of Hot Springs?"

"Yes," said the yellow dog. "The Hokage needs to obtain information about the border conflict in the Land of Hot Springs and cannot completely trust Sakumo Hatake's mission report."

"Go then, Fox. Lead a squad to the Land of Hot Springs."

"Okay, Minister."

This is exactly what Ye Guang was hoping for.

Two nights later, Nightlight received a notification from the Contract Chakra.

He was transported by reverse spirit to the foot of a low mountain.

Youjia and her two companions arrived at their destination.

Aishan is the only mountain in the grassland, and it is also the evergreen sacred mountain worshipped by the daimyo of the Grass Country.

According to the daimyo of the Grassland, Evergreen Mountain is the guardian deity of the grassland.

The soil from Evergreen Mountain formed the body of the first Daimyo of the Grass Country, and the grass from Evergreen Mountain became his hair.

These myths are quite far-fetched; I don't know if others believe them, but the Daimyo of the Grass Country firmly believes them.

Inside the belly of Evergreen Mountain, Ye Guang discovered a secret laboratory.

This laboratory is far inferior to the vortex laboratory set up by Danzo in the Land of Whirlpools. It is not large in scale, and there are only a dozen or so experimental subjects.

Kanon Uzumaki was covered in teeth marks, but she was not in mortal danger.

After rescuing Xiangyin, Yeguang said to Youjia:

"Danzo panicked and dispatched Orochimaru, the lynx squad of the Anbu, and new recruits from Root to form a large-scale investigation force."

We both need to be careful during this period and must not take any further action.

"Hide well deep in the rainforest of the Land of Rain, and wait for this storm to pass before we carry out our new revenge plan."

Yuuka nodded. Orochimaru is renowned and very powerful.

"Then you must be careful, fox, you're in even more danger inside Konoha Village."

"My concealment was very successful," Ye Guang said.

"All my actions against Danzo have been disguised as a power struggle between Vice Minister Yellow Dog and Minister Danzo, so no one has suspected me for the time being."

After seeing Youjia and the others off, Ye Guang quickly returned to the basement of the izakaya.

He carefully closed the door.

I will not come to this basement for the time being, until Orochimaru's investigation team is disbanded.

Chapter 254: The Seal to Root Out the Tongue

The assassination of Shimura Kotobuki was originally intended to strike at Danzo, but unexpectedly it helped Hatake Sakumo by a twist of fate, which was a pleasant surprise.

It seems that as long as you work hard on Danzo, you will eventually be rewarded.

The Fox Squad is about to head to the border of the Land of Hot Springs.

Purple Cat followed Captain Fox into Vice Minister Yellow Dog's office.

The yellow dog and the fox chatted about what they needed to be aware of when going to the Land of Hot Springs.

The last topic is a request from the fox.

"Minister, when I was training Jonin at Root, I discovered a newcomer, Yamanaka Ryu. She has great potential. I hope she can join my squad."

"Oh?" the yellow dog said, "Yamano Ryu, why does that name sound so familiar?"

He looked at the purple cat behind the fox and remembered that the purple cat's real name was Yamanaka Riki.

The fox was afraid that the purple cat's sister would be assigned to Danzo's Root.

Becoming a Root ninja is indeed terrifying.

Yellow Dog said, "Okay. Come with me, we're going to the root to get people now."

"Thank you, Minister!"

Nightlight and Purple Cat followed Yellow Dog to the Roots.

The Root Base is also in the Death Forest, 1 kilometer away from the Dark Base.

After entering the root area, the yellow dog arrived at the training ground and saw the newcomers and children training.

He gestured for Bing to come over.

Bing quickly went to the yellow dog's side.

Huang Quan said, "The Dark Division is preparing to recruit 5 more members. Let's send the more capable new recruits directly into the Dark Division. Bing, bring me the list and training records."

Bing asked Gui to bring the scroll.

The scroll records the list of new recruits and their performance during training.

Bing said from the side, "Lord Yellow Dog, these new recruits haven't even completed three months of training. Isn't it a bit irresponsible to send them into the Dark Division so soon?"

The yellow dog said, "The lynx squad is going to the Land of Grass, and the fox squad is going to the Land of Hot Springs."

Both squads will soon suffer casualties, so arrange for replacements in advance.

The new recruits are all Chunin or Special Jonin; the team leaders will train them during missions.

Soon, the yellow dog had chosen five people.

Ye Guang thought to himself, if Huang Quan had chosen only one person, Bing might have noticed something was amiss and refused Huang Quan's request. Now that five people had been chosen, one of whom was Yamanaka Ryu, everything made much more sense.

Bing said, "Lord Yellow Dog, please wait a moment. I will take these five people to see Lord Danzo and obtain his approval."

Seeing that everything was going so smoothly, the purple cat was very excited.

The five followed Bing away from the training ground.

The moonlight shines on the 20 children.

They trained very hard. Instead of enjoying their carefree time before starting school, they were practicing physical skills in a very professional manner.

It's obvious to the naked eye that several children are exceptionally talented.

I waited for quite a while; it took a long time.

Purple Cat looked at Fox uneasily, and Night Light also felt that the five of them had been gone for too long.

After a long while, the five of them followed Bing back to the training ground.

Bing said, "Lord Yellow Dog, you may take these five people away now."

The yellow dog nodded and led the people away.

After entering the dark area, Yellow Dog said to Butterfly, "Butterfly, let a few squad leaders pick people."

Ye Guang chose Yamanaka Ryu and left first.

Purple Cat excitedly led Yamanaka Ryu into her office.

As the squad leader's assistant, Purple Cat has a separate scroll room where she stores the squad's various scrolls, which also serves as her office.

After removing Ryu's root training mask, Purple Cat excitedly said, "Don't be afraid, Ryu, it's me."

The purple cat saw a pale and frightened face.

Despite having not seen each other for less than a month, Liu's expression changed drastically; the little girl's liveliness and charm had vanished.

Instead, there was panic and post-traumatic fear.

"Ryu, what's wrong!"

Ryu said, "It's nothing. We can't call each other sisters in the Anbu. Purple Cat, what's my code name?"