"Lord Hokage, this is a reward order issued from Kusagakure Village."

The ANBU ninja used the teleportation technique to appear in the office of the Hokage Building, and immediately placed the intelligence documents in his hands on the table in front of the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen for him to see.

Hiruzen had already learned about the terrorist attack on Kusakure Village through ANBU channels, but there were still many doubts about it, including why Kusakure Village was attacked and the identity of the attacker.

In the previous question, ANBU had been dispatched to conduct a secret investigation to find out the reason for the attack on Cao Yin Village.

Regarding the last question about the identity of the attacker, Hiruzen looked at the girl dressed as a miko who appeared in the document. She was around sixteen years old and had an unfamiliar face. She was neither a ninja in the Ninja Village system nor had she appeared in the underground black market before.

A girl in strange clothes whose identity is completely unknown.

Able to use powerful wind release ninjutsu, like the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure Village, he has the ability to fly freely in the sky.

However, the Third Tsuchikage used Earth Release. The secret of this girl in a miko costume's flight is that it is not difficult to see that her flying ability should be in the Wind Release.

In addition to this strangely dressed miko girl, there is also a non-humanoid, dark beast that resembles a psychic beast.

It is very small, about the same size as a pet cat at home. It can use long-range attack lightning escape, and can cooperate with the flying miko to carry out falling lightning attacks from the sky.

It was this one person and one beast that left the numerous ninjas in Kusakure Village helpless and embarrassed.

Shortly after the attack on Kusakuin Village, a reward amount for this man and beast appeared on the underground black market.

Because of the special flying ninjutsu, the girl in the miko uniform can also use the large-area destructive wind escape ninjutsu, which is extremely dangerous and has a bounty of 55 million taels.

The young psychic beast, which is completely black, has a bounty of 15 million taels, and a total bounty of 70 million taels.

Even without investigation, you know that at this moment, bounty hunters in the underground black market have begun to take action, hoping to get the reward of up to 70 million taels for the head of this man and beast.

"Has the investigation into the cause of the attack on Caoyin Village been clear?"

Hiruzen asked the ANBU ninja.

It was impossible for Kusakure Village to be attacked for no reason. Whether it was that the powerful ninjutsu was coveted, or someone was indirectly offended, these were things that Hiruzen was more concerned about.

"Sorry, Hokage-sama, this matter is still under investigation, but I believe there will be a result soon."

"Is that so? Continue to pursue the investigation and be sure to find out the reason why Caoyin Village was attacked."

Hiruzen felt that this matter was not simple. During non-war periods, these small country ninja villages were attacked from the front. This was the first time that this had happened.

Even a small country ninja village like Kusakure Village has a military power that not everyone can provoke.

What Hiruzen was worried about was that someone was controlling the situation behind the scenes.

"yes."

The ANBU ninjas respectfully stepped back.

After the ANBU ninjas retreated, Hiruzen pondered deeply.

On the surface, this matter has nothing to do with Konoha, but the Country of Grass where Kusanagikumura is located is very close to the Country of Fire. Just in case, the attack on Kusagakure Village must be further investigated.

Through this incident, he saw the essence of a ninja that was riddled with holes and undercurrents.

Since the last Ninja World War, although the situation in various countries was stable on the surface, Hiruzen knew very well that the Ninja Villages in various countries were trying to make peace on the surface while secretly accumulating strength.

Among them, Sunagakure and Kumogakure are the most popular.

Needless to say, the third generation of Raikage inherited the fighting ideas of the previous generations of Raikage. Under his leadership, Kumogakure Village has always attached great importance to the development of the military field.

In the last Ninja World War, although Kumogakure did not appear, Hiruzen had always placed a ninja force at the border between the Country of Fire and the Country of Yu in order to prevent a surprise attack on Kumogakure Village.

Hiruzen was extremely afraid of the Third Raikage, who was known as the strongest shield and spear.

It is said that it can fight with tailed beasts using only its body, which is really shocking.

The Third Kazekage of Sunagakure is the youngest among the contemporary Five Kages, but he is very ambitious. His military development in recent years is not far behind that of Kumogakure Village.

On the other hand, in Konoha, members of the Hyuga clan have disappeared, and their lives and deaths are unknown. It is suspected that they were attacked by Kirigakure ninjas and robbed their Byakugan.

After the White Fang incident, external deterrence declined.

The root of Uchiha and Danzo is like fire and water, which is an important reason why it is difficult for senior officials to negotiate with the Uchiha clan.

And whether it was giving up Uchiha or Danzo, it was something Hiruzen didn't want to see.

Without Danzo's roots, his ANBU alone is not enough to check the powerful power of the Uchiha clan.

He maintains a stable balance among these forces, but it is not surprising when this balance is broken.

The only thing worthy of praise is that great progress has been made in medical education. Tsunade has trained batches of medical ninjas in the ninja school, and spared no effort in providing funds and welfare.

Now that it has been officially put into the team mode, the sacrifice rate of the Jonin team that has been performing missions in the past two years has been greatly reduced.

The attack on Kusugakure this time revealed the fact that there was an undercurrent in the ninja world, and the fig leaf of peace on the surface of the ninja world was torn away.

Looking out the window faintly, the tranquility is broken. How long can the next peace be maintained?

Hiruzen looked at the peaceful Konoha and gradually felt powerless.

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"Anyway, aren't you making too much noise this time?"

That was what Liuli said to Baishi after she returned from her mission.

Such a big thing as the attack on Kusagakure Village has now spread throughout the ninja world.

During the attack, it is said that nearly dozens of ninjas were killed in Kusakure Village and hundreds of others were injured.

Although civilians were not affected, important facilities were blown up and reduced to nothing, causing heavy losses.

"To be honest, I didn't expect the two of them to make such a big fuss. Rather, they are stronger than I expected."

Shiraishi smiled helplessly. Generally speaking, various accidents would happen to planned things, causing them to be inconsistent with expectations.

And whether this kind of accident develops in a good direction or in a bad direction is difficult to control.

However, as far as this incident is concerned, although it has aroused the hostility of Caoyin Village, it also proves that the strength of the two clones, Tianyu Nu and Raiming Maru, should be developing in a better direction.

In the future, if you need to break through the defense of the Ninja Village, you may not be able to use similar means to achieve your goals.

After all, the ability to fly is enough to give many ninjas a headache.

As far as Shiraishi knows, there are very few ninjas who have the ability to fly in the ninja world, and ninjutsu has a limited range. No matter what kind of battle it is, occupying the sky is equivalent to having a natural advantage. You can advance, attack, retreat, or defend.

If they had fought against the Kusagakure ninjas on land from the beginning, then Tian Yunu and Raimeimaru would not have seemed so relaxed.

"The remnants of the Uzumaki clan have basically been arranged. Now there are forty-seven people who have migrated to the Kingdom of Demons from all over the world. This is a very huge potential stock. If the talents of each of them can be released,

There is basically nothing to worry about in the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Shiraishi made this judgment.

The common characteristics of people of this family are that they have chakra that surpasses ordinary people, and have extremely huge vitality, which is very consistent with the natural energy system. There are many paths for future development, and they can cultivate talents in many special fields for the organization.

"No matter what, you must be careful. The Uzumaki clan's affairs are very sensitive. If someone discovers it, it will easily attract the prying eyes of some people."

"Of course I understand this kind of thing. Don't worry, I have sent people to arrange for them to live in the underground space of the headquarters. Their daily training and daily life are basically settled there, eliminating the possibility of meeting outsiders."

What's more, there are many sentient ninjas and white-eyed ninjas at the headquarters, so there is no need to worry about detection and security.

After the attack on Kusagakure Village, Shiraishi also let Tianyu Nu and Raimeimaru sit there to make up for the lack of high-end combat capabilities there.

I believe that the strength of the two of them, combined with the manpower at the headquarters, is enough to deal with most emergencies.

And as time goes by, when the survivors of the Uzumaki clan are cultivated into the backbone of the organization, there will be no need to worry too much about their safety.

According to speculation, it was during the Ninja World War at that time, and the five major countries were all focused on the battlefield, and would never focus most of their attention on a marginal neutral country like the Demon Country.

Seeing Shiraishi's careful arrangements, Liuli didn't say anything worried.

It was just because the incident this time was so big that I couldn't help but give Shiraishi a few words of warning.

"One more thing, my body is used to this kind of bracelet. Is there a higher level limiter?"

Liuli took off the chakra limiting bracelet on his hand and threw it in front of Shiraishi, asking him to replace it with a chakra limiter with stronger limiting capabilities.

"So fast?"

Shiraishi's face was slightly surprised. He remembered that it took Liuli more than half a month to overcome the first limiter.

However, after the second limiter was worn and paired with the first limiter, the chakra restriction increased several times. According to Shiraishi's original expectation, it would take another month or two for Ruri to overcome the two

The limiter brings chakra binding.

I didn't expect it to end so many days early.

"Maybe it's because I've been practicing senjutsu recently, and I feel that my Sharingan sense has come to an end, and further up, I can only develop towards the Mangekyo Sharingan."

After practicing the magic technique, Liuli could feel that her eye power was further improved.

In the Sharingan realm of the three magatama states, she has reached the end.

If the Sharingan still has untapped power, it can only be the higher level Mangekyō Sharingan.

"The Mangekyo Sharingan? That legendary eye? Speaking of which, does that kind of thing really exist?"

When Shiraishi heard Ruri talking about the Mangekyō Sharingan, he couldn't help but think of the Uchiha clan books that Ruri had provided him before, which recorded some things about the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The supreme pupil technique in the legend of the Uchiha clan, however, since the defeat of Madara Uchiha, the Mangekyo Sharingan has completely become a legend. No one in the Uchiha clan has opened these legendary eyes.

"That's not a legend. I can feel that there is definitely a higher level of power above the ordinary Sharingan."
To be continued...