At the entrance of Konoha Village.
Tsunade and Chinatsu, who were ready to go, met Kakashi who had been waiting for a long time under the gaze of many Konoha ninjas and residents.
At the same time, Naruto, Yamato and Karin also arrived.
Wherever Naruto appears, there must be Yamato and Karin who can suppress the existence of the Nine-Tails in Naruto's body.
This is already the norm in Konoha.
It was only the last time that Pain invaded Konoha. Because of Fujiwara Kirito's obstruction, he didn't go to stop it.
Seeing Tsunade coming, Kakashi and the other three scratched their heads.
"Kakashi, Naruto, Yamato, Karin?" Tsunade crossed her arms and stared at the four people with a strange look on her face. "Tell me, what's going on."
Hearing this, Kakashi and the other four looked at each other. Eyes looked at the nose, nose looked at the heart, and a trace of guilt appeared on their faces, and finally they all looked at Kakashi.
Among the four of them, except Yamato, they all have selfish motives.
It goes without saying that Naruto wants to see the Raikage.
Kakashi wants to help Naruto, help his teacher's son, and help his own student.
As for Karin, she just wants to take this opportunity to see if she can meet the Lord Kirito whom she has been thinking about.
"Haha. How should I put it, Lady Tsunade, anyway, Naruto just talked with the two messengers of Kumogakure, and learned about Kirito and Sasuke from them. Naruto wants to go and see the Raikage. Currently, those Kumogakure ninjas have Yamato's Wood Release seeds left on them."
Kakashi laughed awkwardly.
I don't know if it's because he feels guilty for taking the initiative, or because he is afraid that Tsunade will refuse.
In that case, the plan will be ruined.
"I knew it was like this." Tsunade sighed helplessly, suddenly raised her head, and refused with a smile, "Of course. No."
"Why is this the case, Tsunade-san, please." Naruto rarely acted like a spoiled child, his eyes were wide open, tears flashed, and his pupils were full of innocence.
If a cute girl showed this expression, few people could resist.
But Naruto... Ugh!
Tsunade gave Naruto a big slap, "Listen to me, finish what I'm saying." A big bump appeared on the latter's head.
"Kakashi needs to go with me to the Five Kage Summit. You are now the key target of Akatsuki. I don't feel at ease with just Karin and Yamato."
Tsunade looked at Kakashi: "How is Gai's team?"
Kakashi replied, "Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee are fine. They were just hit by Kirito's illusion and have recovered. Gai's injury is more serious and he needs some time to recover."
Tsunade nodded, thought for a moment, and said solemnly: "Now I order as the Fifth Hokage that Gai's team and Team Eight will temporarily form a team as well as Yamato and Karin to escort Naruto to see the Raikage."
"Because Gai's injury has not healed and the leader of Team Eight, Jonin Yuhi Kurenai, is on vacation, Yamato will be the team leader. Gather at the village entrance in half an hour."
"Thanks, Grandma Tsunade." Naruto was overjoyed when he heard this. He pulled up Karin and Yamato and ran to gather people.
"This guy is as energetic as ever." Looking at the three people going away, Tsunade showed a relieved smile on her face.
"This is Naruto." Kakashi also smiled, "But speaking of which, Lady Tsunade, I haven't seen Kurenai for a long time. Is she on vacation? When?"
"She's been on vacation for several months." Tsunade sighed and looked up at the sky. She really couldn't say that Kurenai was pregnant. She
couldn't say it.
Who told Yuhi Kurenai to be pregnant with Kirito's child just like her?
A spacious and dim stone room somewhere in the Land of Hot Springs.
"Finally recovered. It's really troublesome that there is no medical ninja in the team. We can only rely on simple medicine and chakra stimulation to recover."
Suigetsu simply moved his hands and feet, removed the bandages on his body and complained.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Sandou was captured by Konoha's ninjas long before he met Uchiha Itachi."
The speaker was Jūgo. Among the three members of the Hawk Squad, he had the strongest recovery ability and the least injured. During this period, he had been communicating with birds to find the hidden Kumogakure pursuers.
"That idiot Sandou is good for nothing except gambling. In the end, he didn't play any role at all." Suigetsu complained.
"Don't say that. After all, he was our former companion. At least he didn't betray us, right?" Jūgo corrected.
Suigetsu made a "tsk" sound and looked towards the innermost part of the stone chamber, where a figure was sitting on a giant stone staircase, looming in the darkness, "Sasuke-kun, your injury should be almost healed."
"Ah." Sasuke's voice came from the darkness, and his eyes opened to reveal a pair of scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan.
He slowly stood up and walked straight to the cave entrance.
"Where are you going?" Suigetsu asked in surprise.
"First find a companion with perception ability and medical ninjutsu, and then go to Konoha." Sasuke paused.
Suigetsu was stunned, "Konoha? Aren't you waiting for that masked man? I remember you said you wanted to kill that guy called Dan something, who is in the hands of Akatsuki."
"It's Danzo." Sasuke turned around, his scarlet Sharingan eyes were cold, "I'm tired of waiting. Before the Fifth Hokage took office, there were four Konoha high-ranking officials, including the deceased Third Hokage and Danzo who was forced to defect by Kirito."
"That is to say, there were still two high-ranking officials hiding in Konoha."
"At that time, the four of them held the highest power in Konoha. Although the order to exterminate the Uchiha clan was issued by the Third Hokage and Danzo, the two high-ranking officials were undoubtedly accomplices."
"Another point is that it is still unknown whether Danzo is in the hands of Akatsuki."
"Therefore, before finding Danzo, I decided to snipe them first."
In fact, only Sasuke himself knew the real purpose of going to Konoha. It was not the so-called sniping of Konoha's high-ranking officials. It was
revenge on the entire Konoha.
Revenge on the Konoha that gained the so-called peace at the expense of the Uchiha.
And he only told Obito about this.
The reason why he lied was because he knew that once he said he wanted to take revenge on the entire Konoha, the members of the Hawk Squad would definitely not agree.
They did not have the capacity to challenge a big country.
It would be easy to use the excuse of sniping Konoha's top leaders, but once they were involved in the battle, they would not be able to escape unscathed.
Suigetsu sighed and said, "It's up to you. Anyway, I can only follow you to the end."
Jūgo added, "You are the reincarnation of Kimimaro. Your will is Kimimaro's will. No matter where you go, I will follow you to the death. This is the agreement between Kimimaro and me."
"Then let's go, our destination is Konoha."
The corner of Sasuke's mouth slightly raised, and the three of them walked out of the cave.
Passing by a forest, before they could walk far, they were blocked by a figure.
(End of this chapter)
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