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On the street.
Team Minato walked with pride.
After escaping danger once again, Akira had evolved from being just the team captain to the team's undisputed soul.
And his incredible wisdom had become the biggest question mark for the others.
Once or twice was fine, but every time Akira could solve the problem perfectly, which had greatly piqued their curiosity.
"Akira, did you take some medicine to become smarter?" Suddenly, Anko asked in a low voice.
Although her voice wasn't loud, everyone heard it. They all leaned in to eavesdrop.
"Medicine? No," Akira shook his head.
"Then you ate something else?" Kakashi's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked.
"Kakashi, you are very smart," Akira said.
"Akira, tell us quickly! What did you eat? We want to eat it too," Anko couldn't hold back.
"This..."
Akira rubbed his chin, looking perplexed.
"Tell us quickly! We'll definitely keep it a secret," Yūgao Uzuki promised.
"Don't worry, Captain Akira! I will never say anything," Yamato patted his chest.
"Fine."
Seeing their curiosity, Akira spat out two words.
"Barbecue!"
"Ah?"
"Eating barbecue makes you smarter?"
"Are you talking nonsense?"
Several people looked suspicious.
If eating barbecue made you smarter, wouldn't the Akimichi Clan be all geniuses?
Clearly, Akira was fooling them.
"What I say is true. It's up to you whether you believe it or not."
"By the way! Anko!"
Akira suddenly remembered something.
If it wasn't for the word 'medicine' they mentioned, he would have almost forgotten.
"What? You called me?" Anko craned her neck.
"Have you disposed of your bottle of snake venom?" Akira asked in a low voice.
"That, I threw it away a long time ago," Anko looked relaxed.
"Where did you throw it?"
"The back mountain... I think it was a little to the left, there's a pine forest."
Hearing that it was thrown to the back of the mountain, Akira thought about it and felt there was no problem.
"That, Captain!" At this moment, Yamato raised his hand.
"Hmm?"
"I know that pine forest," Yamato said weakly.
"You know it?" Akira frowned.
"Yes, the entrance to the Root base is there."
Akira: "..."
Anko: "..."
Everyone: "..."
After a long time.
"Anko, you are a true talent," Akira said, his tone full of meaning.
Anko looked confused.
Does he think I chose the wrong place to throw it?
Swoosh!
At this moment, Minato Namikaze appeared.
"Come to the barbecue restaurant box."
A short sentence jolted Team Minato.
Because it was time to test the theory that eating barbecue makes you smarter.
Barbecue box.
Team Minato sat together, eagerly gobbling up the food.
Only Minato Namikaze and Akira didn't move.
"Akira, I already know about the mission you were going to perform," Minato Namikaze spoke first.
"Huh?"
Akira was taken aback.
The others also stopped their chopsticks.
"It's over, we seem to have forgotten the mission!" Rin exclaimed.
"Yeah, I didn't think about it either," Yūgao Uzuki covered her face.
"Don't worry, it's okay to go after dinner," Anko didn't care.
After all, it was an S-rank mission, so making more preparations was reasonable.
"Sensei, if you didn't say anything, I really would have forgotten," Akira replied solemnly.
"That's good, because we don't need to go on this mission," Minato Namikaze smiled.
Don't need to go?
"Is that Ruri dead?" Akira asked back.
"No, she just came back."
Team Minato exchanged glances.
Ruri is back?
Now that she was back, the mission would naturally be canceled.
"I met her just now, and her reaction was very strange," Minato Namikaze looked puzzled.
"Sensei, is she weird? Does that have anything to do with us?" Akira was confused.
I don't even know that person.
"It has nothing to do with others, but it should have something to do with you," Minato Namikaze said mysteriously.
This sentence confused Akira even more.
Something to do with me? How is that possible?
"The first time she met me, she asked me to tell you and say thank you!" Minato Namikaze said, dropping the bombshell.
Akira: "???"
"If you're sick, you must be sick."
This was Akira's silent judgment of Ruri.
The ruins of the Hokage Building.
Ruri stood beside the ruins, her expression bewildered.
"This is...?"
"An accident," Hiruzen Sarutobi answered briefly.
Then he said: "Ruri, you did very well! Although you didn't retrieve the information, being able to retreat from the Sand Shinobi army is enough to prove your strength!"
"But..."
Suddenly, Hiruzen Sarutobi's words stopped.
"Lord Hokage? But what?" Ruri asked, confused.
"However, Shinnosuke died," Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone was lonely.
"Ah?"
Ruri froze in place.
Although she had no affection for Shinnosuke and they weren't married yet, this meant the Hokage's direct marriage plans had collapsed.
I just went on an S-rank mission, and Shinnosuke died right after I returned?
After talking for a while, Ruri learned that Orochimaru had killed Shinnosuke.
Not only that.
There weren't many people left in the Anbu now.
According to the Third Hokage, apart from herself as the Vice-Captain, there were only six newly joined Anbu members left.
"Ruri, your next task is to expand the Anbu's recruitment!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone was extremely serious.
"The Anbu is weak, and the Root is strong, which is dangerous."
"I understand," Ruri nodded and left.
Swoosh!!
Suddenly, Danzō appeared.
This startled Hiruzen Sarutobi.
In the past, Danzō seldom used the Body Flicker Technique (Shunshin), and his sudden use of it made the Hokage uneasy.
At this moment.
Danzō's face was extremely gloomy.
"Hiruzen! Something big has happened."
"Huh?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart skipped a beat.
The Hokage Building was secretly blown up by you, Danzō. What else could happen?
"The Root agents I sent out are all dead," Danzō whispered.
"Root? Did you send someone to hunt down Orochimaru?" Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly realized.
"No! I just sent Root agents to look for him! But just a few dozen miles away from the village, they were all intercepted and killed."
"All? They were intercepted?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils constricted sharply.