Several months have passed since the disaster that could be called a natural disaster.
The rebuilt streets of Konoha have become more tidy and spacious, and the faces of the neighbors are once again full of smiles, as if the disaster that destroyed the village no longer exists.
After all, people always have to look forward, and stagnation will only lead to being abandoned by the times.
The streets of the village.
The ANBU team of three, wearing forehead protectors, shuttled through the streets, looking around at the passers-by from time to time.
They received an order from the Hokage to investigate the spies hiding in the village. During the period of post-disaster reconstruction, the village had a huge flow of people, which was the perfect time for the spies to sneak in.
In the past, there was a lack of manpower due to post-disaster reconstruction, but now the third generation has finally found the time.
"It's hard to clean up rats. I really hope they can show up on their own initiative."
He glanced at the crowd from the corner of his eye, and after finding nothing, Uchibo let out a bored sigh.
"They don't appear that easily, we just have to show off..."
After saying that, Hinata bought two candy apples from the shop nearby. After taking a bite himself, he handed them to Yin. Yin looked at them with disgust and reached out to take the unbitten candy apple.
"This apple candy is a bit too sweet..." Uchibo frowned slightly.
"Yes, you can pay for it next time."
After lightly nodding, Hinata looked around and found no signs of espionage activities.
It is also a relief to imagine that the spies who can be dispatched to Konoha have an activity cycle based on years.
During this period, they will live their lives in a normal way until they obtain enough important information.
Spies are not just ordinary people pretending to be spies, there may even be spies within Konoha ninjas, either because of interests or because they are known by some kind of curse seal.
As far as Hyugazo knows, Konoha has at least as many curse seals as there can be counted on two hands.
"Humph, I'll pay for it," Yinmansati glanced at Zang, bit off half an apple in one bite, touched the latter's shoulder, and said, "Zang, by the way, things are getting more and more wrong with Captain Hatake."
Yin's words brought Hinata out of his thoughts. He looked at Kakashi's back in front of him and felt deeply convinced.
Kakashi, who lost his family, best friends and teachers one after another, fell into a depressed mood and seemed indifferent to others, although the previous Kakashi was not much different.
But now Kakashi seems to have lost that most important light deep in his eyes.
He once deceived Kakashi and fabricated the Yondaime couple's request for him to take care of Naruto before they died. However, even he himself did not know Naruto's whereabouts. Naruto, as a container, was taken over by the ANBU directly under the Yondaime.
His whereabouts are still a mystery, but the legend of the nine-tailed fox is spread in the streets and alleys.
Keeping up with Kakashi, Kakashi had no intention of speaking, just stared at the sneaky pedestrians in front of him, and then Kakashi quickened his pace and caught up.
Perhaps sensing the ninja behind him, the sneaky pedestrian ran away.
If the pedestrian runs away, the ANBU team will chase him.
The ANBU team chased him, but the pedestrian ran away.
Not long after, three people approached with malicious intent and blocked the pedestrians into a corner.
"Captain, is this really a rat lurking in the village?" After opening his Byakugan, Hinata realized that the person in front of him did not have chakra, so he looked at Kakashi.
"This is my intuition... He has no good intentions towards the village." Kakashi rarely spoke.
"I'll do it." Uchibo volunteered, his Sharingan slowly spinning.
Under the genjutsu of the Sharingan, a novice who was not even a ninjutsu, explained all the things he had done recently, and even brought up some plots that were not suitable for children, which made Oton helplessly look at Zang.
Coughing twice to hide his embarrassment, Hinata's smile was a little forced. He couldn't imagine that an ordinary person who didn't even know ninjutsu and had extremely poor acting skills could really be a spy.
No, this is a warning to him. He has ignored the ordinary people. Perhaps the other party has reached the highest level of deceiving himself.
From the information revealed, it can be known that this passerby is just an ordinary person who has received favors from other countries and passes information to outside the village from time to time. However, the location and method of the street are not decided by him.
Even the person who gave the favor appeared as a foot trader, making it difficult to follow the clues.
However, with such a harvest, it is barely possible to hand over tasks.
On their way back to the Hokage Building after completing their mission, the three of them bumped into members of the security team patrolling here, and planned to approach them and ask them about their intentions for arresting people at random.
But when they saw the alto of the team, they showed a look of reverence on their faces and left quickly.
Hyugazo joked: "Yin, it seems that your status in Uchiha has risen a lot. Have you considered recruiting a follower or something? I can also be qualified for the position of pawn, as long as you give me enough money."
"No need," Yin glanced at Hinata Zang, and then said: "But the one has been missing recently, and needs to be replenished. I will go to your house after the mission is over."
Kakashi glanced back in surprise, then returned to indifference the next moment.
"You ninjas, let me go immediately. Are all Konoha ninjas like this? Bullying ordinary people!"
After the illusion was lifted, a passerby whose eyes gradually regained clarity called out.
Hinata glanced at him. He may not know the seriousness of the matter. As a suspected spy, he will receive considerate greetings and enjoy the meticulous care of the torture squad.
Not long after, after joining the ANBU team, the three of them went to the Hokage's office.
After telling the story of the capture of the spy, a chrysanthemum smile appeared on the three-generation old man's face. After all, it is rare to see such a stupid spy.
After smiling, the expressions of the three representatives gradually returned to this, and the appearance of the stupid spy also represented another aspect.
That is, the number of spies hidden in Ninja Village is greater than imagined. When the numbers are superimposed, such an almost funny anomaly appears.
After pondering for a long time, the third generation looked at the three people in front of him and said: "Kakashi, Zang, Yin, are you willing to become my ANBU again?"
Faced with this solicitation, Hyugazo did not refuse, perhaps because he could not refuse.
There were not many people in the Ninja Village who had enough confidence to refuse the third generation's recruitment, and he was not one of them.
Of course, this is also related to his greed for the forbidden spells in the Book of Sealings. Although he can't use them, someone can use them and play a corresponding role.
After retaking the three men as subordinates, the third generation then issued a mission, which was no different from the previous mission, except that after joining ANBU, he became one of his own.
After Hinata Zang and others left, Sandai looked at the backs of several people for a long time and wrote down their names on a list. The names of other ninjas were also written on the list.
The ninjas on this list all have the same characteristics, that is, they are young and have considerable potential, and they are all ninjas worth cultivating.
After putting the training list into the drawer, the third generation looked at the portraits of past Hokages in the room.
In the previous Nine-Tails Rebellion, the village lost two battlefield-level combatants and a large number of jounin. These losses even exceeded the total on the Kirigakure and Sunagakure battlefields. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the village's combat power.
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The enemies that the village has to face, besides the other four countries that are eyeing it after learning the information, are also the two mysterious people.
Those two mysterious men were able to sneak attack and seriously injure Minato, and their strength was at least at the level of a 'Sannin'.
Looking away from the portrait, the third generation sighed secretly, and said to the ANBU on the side: "Go and call the advisors and elders over, and call Jiraiya over by the way."
"Yes." With a swish sound, the ANBU left the Hokage's office in the shadows.
………
Within the next month, the ANBU team was active inside the village.
The whereabouts of many spies were searched from the huge Ninja Village. During this period, they never saw such stupid spies again. The rest of the spies often pretended to be harmless, even enthusiastic about helping others, and had considerable abilities.
Spy literacy.
After a period of crackdown, more than ten spies were sent to the torture class.
After several days without any harvest, the third generation finally canceled the mission. This was not because there were no spies in the village, but because the spies who survived the attack were all elites.
Such a large-scale war has already made people in the village panic, and if it continues, it will affect the tranquility of the village.
After canceling the mission, Hyugazo received half a month's leave and was able to handle his own affairs.
This attack on spies was not without gains. Apart from the monetary gain, his biggest gain was the extra batches of experimental subjects in the laboratory.
Most of these experimental subjects came from spies who were deliberately let go by Hyugazo. Using the spies who were let go, and the ability to peek into their inner thoughts with chakra, he caught a lot of behind-the-scenes instigators.
Most of these behind-the-scenes instigators are black hands sent by enemy countries, and many of them are ninjas.
For Hinata, ninjas are more suitable experimental subjects than ordinary people. Although his experiments are not very dangerous, ninjas are less likely to have accidents than ordinary people. After all, they are people who can use chakra and accept natural chakra.
It also makes sense with the caged bird imprint.
After repeated experiments several times, Hyugazo discovered the key point, which is that the mere caged bird is not that restrictive to ninjas without Byakugan, just like himself.
In other words, the decisive role is still given by him to give natural chakra, and the caged bird only plays a supporting role.
After experimenting on several ninjas until they were unconscious, Hyugazo turned around and looked at the remaining people.
The people who were watched by Hinata immediately took a few steps back, with inner fear on their faces.
Hinagazou sighed. After experiencing a large number of experiments with ninja beasts, his experiments were almost no longer life-threatening. He still thought about letting Yin erase his memory and let them leave after the experiment was over.
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Uchiha clan land.
Uchibo's expression was indifferent and he looked at the clan members in front of him.
After she shined in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, she was noticed by her tribe. Challengers of the same generation emerged one after another, but after being defeated by her, they all left in despair.
What gave her a headache right now was the several ninjas of her clan who supported her. These clansmen regarded her as their hope besides the clan leader, and had vague thoughts of electing her as the leader of the second faction in the clan.
At this moment, the focus of Yin's attention was on the person in front of her, who was not much younger than her.
Uchiha Shisui, the most talented ninja in the family, awakened the three Magatama Sharingan earlier than her. In the recent mission, he successfully repelled Kirigakure's assault force and will soon become a jounin.
Being entangled in such a genius task would be very troublesome for her.
She once taught Shisui a lesson, but he followed her relentlessly and regarded her as hope.
Sighing helplessly, Uchibo said: "Shisui, I don't know how to change the clan and eliminate the estrangement. I think I just need to be myself."
After Zhisui listened, he took out paper and pen very seriously and wrote down Yin's words.
This behavior made Uchibo dumbfounded, but she couldn't refuse. In her heart, she also hoped that the tribe and the village would eliminate misunderstandings and move towards a normal relationship, instead of being aliens in the village.
According to Zang's words, aliens are destined not to last long.
Stopping writing, Shisui looked at Uchibo. His purpose was very simple, just to eliminate the barriers between his family and the village. He had a vague feeling that sooner or later, these barriers would destroy either the village or the family.
Neither of these situations he wants to see, and he has been working hard.
But no matter what persuasion he had, he could not change the will of the clansmen. Uchiha's arrogance was innate and could not be changed at all.
On the day of the Nine-Tails Rebellion, he was not in the village, but was out on a mission.
When he heard about the Sharingan in Kyuubi's eyes, he felt fear in his heart, and he was worried that this would further deepen the gap between his family and the village.
It wasn't until I heard that the security team came to the rescue that I relaxed slightly.
Later, he learned that on the day of the turmoil, the security team was worried about the Sharingan and did not intend to come forward, but because of Sister Yin's behavior, they finally came forward to rescue.
He originally thought that Yin, who followed Hinata on a separate mission, was completely disappointed in his family.
But he didn't expect to step forward at the critical moment, that is, after that, he began to deliberately approach Sister Yin, hoping to find a way to save Uchiha.
After all, compared to the current clan leader Fugaku, Yin has finally restored some Uchiha reputation.
Watching Shisui finish taking notes, Uchibo finally said: "Don't follow me, I'm going to go on a mission."
With that said, Uchibo disappeared from the spot. She didn't want her rare vacation to be ruined by the brats of the clan. She wanted to meet He Zang. Even if she didn't do anything, she could just watch silently from behind.
Zhisui nodded slightly and did not follow. He only showed up when Yin went out.
He was also very impressed with Yin's companion. He was a unique Hinata who seemed to be a member of the ANBU. Would he like to join the ANBU as well?
He left the door of Yin's house with doubts, and the Uchiha next to him also followed behind him.
Perhaps even Shisui himself didn't know it. After his performance on missions was revealed, his strength was known to most of the tribe.
Now the clan has identified three powerful Uchiha, namely clan leader Fugaku, Shisui and Yin.
Although the latter two are not yet true jounin, their performance is already at the forefront of the clan. Uchiha advocates strong power and is based on these three people.
The trend within the clan gradually changed.
This chapter has been completed!