A few minutes later, Namikaze Minato slowly walked out of Sarutobi Ryohei's mansion and then breathed a sigh of relief.
If nothing else goes wrong, Sarutobi Asuma will set off the next day to take up a post in the Daimyo Prefecture. Although I didn’t see him today, Asuma will still go to the Hokage Building to confirm his appointment before leaving tomorrow.
, and some other procedures need to be completed.
Until then, just give some guidance to the rebellious third generation Hokage's second son.
After arranging matters related to the guardian ninja, Namikaze Minato looked at the time and it seemed that the appointed time had arrived. With a thought, he immediately used the flying thunder god technique and appeared on the roof of the Hokage building.
When he arrived, there were two ANBU members waiting on the roof.
"Hokage-sama."
"Lord Hokage..."
When Hatake Kakashi and another ANBU man wearing a patterned mask noticed the appearance of Namikaze Minato, they immediately turned their heads and bowed.
In early winter, the weather is slightly cold.
There were gusts of cold wind blowing from time to time on the roof of the building, and the white Hokage robe worn by Namikaze Minato could be considered to be somewhat protective against the cold.
"Thank you for your hard work, Kakashi, Asano."
Minato Namikaze walked forward with a smile and glanced at the two of them.
Both of them belong to the first ANBU team. Kakashi is now the team leader. As for the young man named Asano, he is the squad leader of a certain team. Both of them were secretly rescued overnight by Namikaze Minato.
Recall the village.
Running all the way, the two of them looked a little tired.
Because of the special nature of ANBU and the current situation, as ANBU, they are accustomed to this. There is probably only one person who is the most relaxed among ANBU today.
That is Qing in special circumstances...
After the ceremony, Namikaze Minato got straight to the point and said: "First of all, let me state that what I am going to say next and the tasks that are about to be entrusted to you are all top secret."
"Regardless of the success or failure of the mission and the results, no trace of it must be leaked."
"Which... also includes the entire process of executing the mission..."
After hearing this, Kakashi and Chaoyangye didn't have any disturbance in their hearts.
After all, being in ANBU, most of the missions they were exposed to were like this. But when they heard Namikaze Minato's follow-up, and even said that even the process of executing the mission must be kept secret, they had to be a little surprised.
This is obviously to guard against one's own people...
ANBU members usually follow the principle of stealth during missions, but this mission actually emphasizes this point.
It makes people curious as to what kind of mission it is that even the people around them need to be on guard against.
Probably guessing what they were thinking, Namikaze Minato continued to say seriously: "What I want to give you are two different tasks, but for the sake of safety, you also need to act together."
"Kakashi's mission is to secretly investigate the identity of the person responsible for receiving and delivering intelligence at the Kumogakure border."
"As for Chaoyang Ye, I heard that you were specially transferred from the roots to the ANBU by the Third Generation Master because of your excellent intelligence gathering ability, so I want you to sneak into Yunyin Village and detect whether the Yun Ninjas are preparing for war..."
After Hatake Kakashi and Asaharano listened to what Namikaze Minato said about the mission, both of them looked sluggish at the same time. Kakashi didn't feel any weird, and immediately accepted the order.
Asahano seemed to be hesitant and couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Hokage-sama, isn't this kind of espionage work the responsibility of Danzo-sama, the leader of the Roots?"
"How could it happen suddenly..."
Chaoyangye felt a little uneasy in his heart.
As for spy work, it was his specialty many years ago.
He was trained in espionage abilities at the age of six or seven, and worked as a spy ninja for nearly ten years. Until he grew up, because he was tired of this kind of work, and because he had the talent to become an excellent ninja, he became a spy ninja.
A fighting ninja.
The reason why he was a little uneasy was naturally because he could feel the importance of this latent mission assigned to him by Namikaze Minato.
However, he has long refused to be a spy ninja, and his abilities have been lacking for many years.
Being suddenly pulled out at this time will inevitably lead to a lack of confidence. That’s why I feel uneasy and at the same time curious as to why this kind of work is not handed over to the intelligence department.
This question, of course, also confused Namikaze Minato.
After hesitating for a moment, he could only prevaricate: "The intelligence department is currently short of manpower. In recent days, there have been rumors that the identity of the Konoha spy responsible for lurking in the Kumo ninja has been exposed, and it is very possible that he has been incited to rebel."
"That's why Kakashi needs to conduct a secret investigation. At the same time, for military intelligence needs, we must know Kumogakure's internal actions at this time as soon as possible."
"...So that's it." After hearing this, Chao Yangye finally realized.
However, after understanding the importance of the task entrusted to him, he immediately felt the burden and pressure on him.
Afterwards, Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Asano repeatedly told them some details that needed to be paid attention to during the mission and the absolute confidentiality, and then they finalized their departure time, which was also on the second day.
A few minutes later, in front of Namikaze Minato, Kakashi and Asaharano used the teleportation technique and disappeared.
After they left, Minato Namikaze on the roof of the Hokage Building slowly turned his head and cast his gaze towards the streets of the village in the distance.
However, he still felt a little worried and uneasy in his heart at this time.
Kakashi and Asano who were sent out are naturally trustworthy, but it is hard to say whether they can complete the mission of this trip.
Although both of them are elites of the ANBU, there is a high probability that Asahano can be qualified for spy missions. Find out for yourself whether there are any signs that Kumogakure is ready to take action against Konoha and Iwa Ninja.
However, Kakashi's task of investigating the root of the information and connecting with the ninjas was indeed very difficult.
That is the root of Danzo.
With such strict discipline and methods of almost erasing personality, it is definitely not an easy task for such people to expose Danzo's secrets.
Root's extreme secrecy towards its internal members is not only reflected in brainwashing-like mental aspects.
Physical means also seem to have a layer of insurance.
Continuously recalling the information about Danzo and his root department in his memory, Namikaze Minato suddenly thought of another problem that seemed to need to be solved.
That's Danzo's Tongue-Eradicating Seal. With this extreme secrecy ninjutsu, even if the person who concealed information for Danzo is really caught, it seems useless if he can't break the technique...
