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Konoha Village, seventy miles away.
More than twenty Root ninjas were all dead, their corpses scattered all over the place, and some were even hung on tree branches.
Third Hokage and Danzō stared at the scene and fell silent.
As the Anbu's Team Minato, they received a notice before finishing their barbecue, and escorted the two rulers here.
Along with them were Fugaku Uchiha and Minato Namikaze.
"Fugaku, tell me how you found this," Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and broke the silence.
As the discoverer of the corpses, Fugaku Uchiha was naturally questioned.
"My people found it when they returned to the village from the front line," Fugaku Uchiha's answer was short.
"I'm curious!" Suddenly, Danzō interjected.
"You Uchiha are defending the Mist Shinobi line to the east. How did you find these Root agents to the north of the village?"
This was a valid point.
Because the direction was wrong.
Even if the Uchiha clan returned to the village from the front line, they wouldn't logically detour here.
Everyone present understood this clearly.
"My people got lost," Fugaku Uchiha said quietly.
At this reason, the audience fell silent.
"Hey, Akira, this Uchiha Patriarch is out of his mind," Anko whispered.
"Yeah, I think so too," Rin felt the same way.
They felt that if the Uchiha Patriarch had even one-tenth of Akira's wisdom, he wouldn't have come up with such a lame excuse.
"Something's going to happen," Kakashi asserted.
As Kakashi predicted, after the silence, Danzō exploded.
Danzō was staring at Fugaku Uchiha, his left eye narrowed into a thin line.
"Fugaku Uchiha! You know what happens when you kill my Root agents!"
"I don't understand what you're talking about," Fugaku shook his head.
Then, he countered: "I would like to ask you, Danzō, if you use my Uchiha people as experimental materials, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
The two questioned each other.
One had a gloomy face, the other a calm expression.
"Are they going to fight?" Anko put her arm around Akira's neck, ready to watch the show.
"If they fight, who should we help?" Rin asked quickly.
"That's right, should we help Danzō or Patriarch Fugaku?" Yūgao Uzuki also asked.
"We won't help anyone," Akira said lightly.
"Isn't that too harsh?" Yamato said weakly.
"We are Anbu, protecting the Hokage! Understand?"
When Akira said this, the others were stunned.
Yes.
Team Minato was now Anbu. As long as the Hokage was fine, they could continue watching the show.
Minato Namikaze, who had been quiet, secretly nodded, feeling his student possessed a great sense of strategy.
"What if the Hokage also starts fighting?" Suddenly, Kakashi asked a question.
"Hmm... If the Hokage has the upper hand, we won't move!" Akira thought for a moment and said seriously.
"What if he's at a disadvantage?" Anko asked curiously.
"Then we'll take the Hokage's body back and arrest the perpetrators!"
"..."
Minato Namikaze: "..."
They were truly convinced by Akira's thought process.
In that case, what was the point of being Anbu?
Don't do anything when winning, don't do anything when losing.
You wait until the Hokage dies before acting?
The Hokage made you Anbu...
He really had bad luck.
"It seems I still don't know much about Akira's character," Minato Namikaze couldn't help but laugh.
The field.
The atmosphere was tense, very much like the scene where Team Minato confronted the six Anbu in the Hokage Building.
The difference was that neither side made a move.
"Sigh... Patriarch Uchiha is still not bold enough," Akira shook his head and sighed.
If he were the Uchiha Patriarch, he would first give Danzō a few big punches to disrupt his rhythm. Then he would talk about the matter.
"You think everyone is like you?" Anko pouted.
"Little Red, do you like me? Why are you holding onto me so tightly?" Akira said lightly.
"You're talking nonsense!" Anko blushed and quickly pulled her arm away.
"It's time for action!" Suddenly, Kakashi reminded them.
They hurriedly focused on the confrontation.
Danzō moved.
His killing intent condensed to the extreme, and he instantly displayed the Body Flicker Technique.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Danzō was behind Fugaku Uchiha, and a Wind Release blade emerged from his palm.
Unfortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi also arrived instantly and grabbed Danzō's wrist.
"Hiruzen, you—"
"This matter needs to be carefully investigated," Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Danzō was furious.
What the hell is there to check? It was clear that Fugaku Uchiha led his team to do this!
"Akira! Take the corpses back to the village."
Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly issued an order to defuse the conflict.
"Ah... Is that the end of it?"
Team Minato was collectively disappointed.
They wanted to see a big fight, but this was the result?
The corpses were quickly collected.
Akira ordered Yamato to use Wood Release to make an extra-long stretcher, and the group carried all the corpses back to the village at once.
After disposing of the bodies, Team Minato was temporarily dismissed.
Evening.
Akira and Rin walked into the Happy Hot Springs again.
To his surprise, there was one more woman eating in the hall.
"Come on, the seats are reserved for both of you," Kushina waved and smiled.
Akira and Rin sat down and looked at Suzune Hyūga at the same time.
Doesn't the Hyūga Clan masseuse only work three hours a day? Why is she still here?
"Don't keep staring at her," Kushina covered her mouth and smiled.
"I'm just curious," Akira looked serious.
"It's like this, Suzune will be living here in the future," Minako said.
"That's it," Akira was stunned.
"And tonight, Ms. Suzune will give me a massage," Minako said again.
Akira understood.
Minako was secretly reminding him: Tonight is off.
"Some things happened in my family, so I'm going back after dinner," Mrs. Mikoto also interrupted, explaining to Kushina.
Akira understood again.
This is also a signal.
"Then can I sleep in a separate room tonight?" Rin's eyes lit up, and she glanced at Akira inadvertently.
Akira touched his chin.
"Have I become a signal receiver?"