Danzo could see the dissatisfaction of the third generation, but his expression did not change too much and said: "The ANBU can recruit more people at the root, and those retired ninjas may come out to shine..."
"The manpower at the root cannot be expanded..."
After rejecting the first half of Danzo's sentence, Sandai fell into deep thought for the second half.
The current shortage of manpower in the village is only relatively speaking. For the village, when it faces a real crisis, the retired ninjas in the village and the ninjas who have not been registered within the ninja clan can be requisitioned.
But has that time really come?
Looking around, Sandai's eyes rested on everyone, trying to get answers from them, but they didn't get anything.
Except for him, no one in the village can take the lead.
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Hyugazo who stayed at home received an invitation. The invitation was black, which represented a funeral.
After opening the invitation, Hinata couldn't help but frown. The dead people were the ANBU minister and deputy minister, who were considered half of the village's senior officials.
Hyugazo was not familiar with them, but he had a deep impression on their child Konohamaru. After all, he was a child bearing the name of Konoha, just like Sasuke was the father of the third generation.
Although he was extremely critical of the nepotism of the Sarutobi family, he still walked out of the house and chose to attend the funeral and find out why they died suddenly.
I met Yin on the street. Yin looked sad and seemed to have received an invitation.
For ninjas, death is undoubtedly commonplace, but losing someone you know will inevitably cause sadness.
Walking together, holding Yin's shoulders, the two came to the village heroes cemetery.
This is the final destination of the village's ninjas, and the tombstones bury the 'heroes' who died for Konoha.
There were not many people staying in the cemetery, almost all of them were former Anbu colleagues and some familiar people.
The funeral of the third generation eldest son was as obscure as the ANBU title, and there was not even any grand ceremony.
This can't help but make Hyugazo doubt that even the most ordinary ANBU will be buried with his original identity after death, allowing the villagers to perform the contributions they made to the village during their lifetime.
The only possibility is that the cause of the ANBU minister's death is of vital importance to the village.
Among the people attending the funeral, Hinata saw an acquaintance, Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi who teamed up with him, but for some reason Kakashi, Gai and others did not show up.
Stepping forward and patting Asuma's shoulder, Hinata Zang said, "My condolences."
Asuma lost some of his usual energy and nodded slightly, the sadness in his eyes unbearable.
On the other hand, Bianyin was also talking to Hong, and there were many topics between the women.
Rubbing his eyes, Asuma whispered: "The death of the elder brother is related to Kirigakure Village. They encountered in Kirigakure..."
At this point, Asma realized her gaffe and immediately apologized.
Asuma's words aroused Hinata Zang's imagination, and he had already made a guess in his mind.
Kirigakure is nominally Gotachibana and Yagura is the Mizukage, but the real Mizukage is actually Uchiha Obito. They must have investigated the Mizukage's head, which led to Obito's murder.
However, because controlling the Mizukage was Obito's private act, he did not receive any notification from Akatsuki.
But since the third generation lost his eldest son and daughter-in-law, he should also know about Kirigakure's special situation. Facing Kirigakure's special situation, what kind of actions will the third generation make?
In any case, all this ruined the Akatsuki organization's plan to recuperate and wait for the tailed beast to resurrect.
The funeral lasted all morning, and the three generations in the first place could not hide their sadness and read out a long memorial poem.
After the funeral, a cold autumn rain fell from the sky.
Not long after leaving the cemetery, Hinata Zou and Yin were stopped by ANBU and received a summons from the Third Hokage.
The third generation in the Hokage's office regained his usual composure, smoke slowly emerged from his nostrils, and he slowly explained the purpose of the summons.
"This mission is to investigate the Kingdom of Grass in the north and find out if there is a stronghold of the Akatsuki organization. This mission is extremely special. After being discovered by the Akatsuki organization, we try our best to come back alive."
At this point, Sandai's tone changed, as if he was affected by the emotions in his heart.
Hyugazo took over the mission without any choice. He knew the origin of the mission well. As expected, Orochimaru must have reached some kind of cooperation with Danzo and let go of the team that day.
But he was a little confused. After hearing Akatsuki's name, shouldn't Danzo think back to the Land of Rain?
After all, Danzo's contribution to Yahiko's death and the rebirth of the Akatsuki organization was due to him.
Could it be that Danzo was hiding something from the Third Generation and was continuing to sap the strength of the village and clear away the obstacles on his way to becoming Hokage?
However, fortunately they sent him to the Country of Grass, otherwise he might have wandered around for a few days and directly informed the Country of Rain about the situation.
But when he mentioned the Country of Grass, Hyugazo recalled several treasures from the Grass Hidden Village in his memory.
Putting back his divergent thoughts, Hyugazo accepted the task, looked at the third generation and said: "Hokage-sama, my condolences..."
Sandai waved his hand and motioned for a few people to get down. The comfort from others would only make him feel more uncomfortable.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Uchibo said to Hinata Zang: "Zang, have you felt that the number of ANBU members in the village has decreased a lot? Not even one-third of the ANBU who attended the funeral just now."
Not counting the support staff, there were sixty ANBU members, but the total number of people attending the funeral was less than thirty, which was obviously too few.
"Perhaps it's because they are out investigating the whereabouts of the Akatsuki organization." Hyugazo said casually.
Yin looked at Hinata Zang, and then asked as if he remembered something: "When will you tell the village the information about the Akatsuki organization? The casualties will be even more severe if this continues."
Hyugazo shook his head: "Just wait a little longer. We have no channels to obtain information. Telling him hastily will only get him into trouble and only increase suspicion."
Hinata Zang knew the intelligence of the Akatsuki organization, but as time went by, he could not figure out whether the ninjutsu of Akatsuki organization members would change.
If you believe too much in the information in your memory, you will only stumble upon it.
Yin nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
In the following time, the two of them did not leave the village directly, but went to make preparations separately.
Although their strength is not low in today's ninja world, there are not many incidents of capsizing in the ninja world. You must be fully prepared for any mission.
After returning home, Hinata closed the basement and took away the materials he had been optimizing.
UchiBoeing has also handed over the work of the security team.
Then, in order to avoid being discovered by Bai Zetsu and going out, the two of them disguised themselves and left Konoha quietly.
This chapter has been completed!