Under the cherry blossom tree, the familiar transparent ripples rotated rapidly, and Obito in a black coat slowly appeared. As soon as he stood firm, he asked Lei Luo not far away.
Stopping his wandering, Lei Luo glanced at Obito. Ten years have passed, and the boy he once was is now over twenty. His expression has become more down-to-earth and calm.
Today's Obito is seven feet tall, has a resolute face, and is much stronger. There is no forehead protector anymore, and instead there are armbands at the base of his arms.
If combined with the dark coat on his shoulders, the black gloves on his hands, his slightly cold temperament, and his pair of sharp black pupils, Lei Luo would feel more like a spy than a ninja.
Withdrawing his hands from behind, Lei Luo came to Obito. Instead of talking in a hurry, he patted the other person on the shoulder and asked with a smile: "How are you staying at the root?"
"It's not bad..." Obito scratched his head. Perhaps he was not used to the kindness of the Fourth Generation. His expression was a little unnatural, but he did not stop talking:
"To be honest, the pace of work at the root is very fast, and I have always felt uncomfortable. It seems that there are always endless things to deal with."
"For example, recently, three investigation cases were in progress at the same time. It took me more than half a month to get a clue on one of them."
"Sigh... I really don't know when I will finish my work." Obito sighed quietly, thinking of the genin life when he was young, he felt that it was full of memories.
"Oh? What kind of cases are they all about?" He asked Obito to sit on the stone bench. Lei Luo poured a cup of tea. After Obito thanked him, he started to talk roughly:
"One is the common issue of corruption. This time the opponent is very cunning and knows the methods of ninjas very well. He has made a lot of preparations in advance. As a result, the Sharingan cannot make a breakthrough and can only slowly collect clues."
"If there is any doubt, can't we arrest him directly?" Lei Luo raised his brows and asked in surprise, but Obito replied in a sullen voice:
"No, the wrong person has been arrested before, causing the minister to be embarrassed by the congressmen. Therefore, without conclusive evidence, we cannot arrest people easily."
Realizing that Obito was quite depressed, Lei Luo simply handed over a cigarette, and the two of them lit the fire one after another. After puffing away the smoke, Obito relaxed his brows and continued:
"The second case is about arms smuggling."
"All kinds of artillery bombs, chakra reagents and the like are constantly flowing abroad through private channels. It's been banned repeatedly. No matter how hard I try, I can't catch them all. My head hurts so much."
"With your ability, this shouldn't be difficult, right?" Lei Luo was really a little strange this time. It is said that with the power of Obito, he is definitely a good hand in catching people and chasing people. How could this happen?
"Yondaime-sama, you don't understand..." Obito waved his hand impatiently, and while feeling the relief of nicotine invading his lungs, he said slowly:
"Those arms dealers are becoming more and more cunning and cunning. They not only have land transportation, sea transportation, underground transportation, pipeline transportation, but now even air transportation. Divine power cannot help me fly into the air. Sometimes I can only despair."
"Of course, if they can grasp the clues in advance, they will never succeed." At this point, Obito changed the subject and added with a hint of sadness:
"But the problem now is that there aren't many clues."
Lei Luo closed his eyes and thought for a moment. Fugaku had asked himself this kind of problem many times, but he never had a good solution.
The profits from the arms trade are too great. The Federation is eager for all the advanced weapons of the Fire Country and is willing to pay huge chips for it. Naturally, some guys who are greedy for profit cannot sit still.
It's unclear whether there are any congressmen involved.
"What about the last thing?" After pondering for a while, Lei Luo decided to avoid this topic and asked about the third case. Obito finally regained his energy:
"Regarding an anti-government organization in the province, I finally caught their feet recently. This is the only case that has made progress so far."
"Rebel group?"
Obito excitedly took out a few photos from his arms, spread them out on the table, and pointed them out to Lei Luo: "Let's not talk about Huang Tu, the terrorist leader."
"Let's just talk about this kid, Deidara. He is good at explosive ninjutsu and has the ability to fly. He has caused a lot of trouble for the provincial government in recent years, but now..."
"I have grasped a foothold of Deidara, and I am planning to ambush him in a while. I believe I will be able to kill a general of the enemy this time."
"Are Iwagakure remnants?"
Lei Luo looked at the photo and murmured to himself. The Third Ninja War ended and Iwagakure Village was destroyed. Many elite Iwagakure fled to the Federation. Unexpectedly, they would pop up again now.
The people of Loess are worthy of being the heirs of Ono Mushi's will. Even if the country and the village are gone, they still haven't given up on fighting against the Kingdom of Fire.
If they weren't hostile to each other, Lei Luo would have wanted to praise them for their strong will and getting braver with each setback, just like Don Quixote rushing towards the windmill.
The situation in the soil province can be roughly described as follows: the government ninjas wiped out a group of Iwagakure remnants, and soon another group appeared. It can be said that the wildfire will not burn out, and the spring breeze will blow again.
The reason is that the headquarters of the remnants of Iwagakure is abroad. If the Fire Nation does not want a war with the Federation, it can only passively defend, so...
The province is in chaos, very chaotic.
"I'm afraid you can't ambush Deidara, Obito." Picking up the photo, Lei Luo said slowly while looking at the young man with a yellow ponytail in the picture.
"What's wrong? Yondaime-sama?"
Sensing the unusualness in Lei Luo's words, which seemed to contain some extremely solemn meaning, Obito couldn't help but become cautious and asked in a low voice.
"There is an action, a very important action, that requires your strength." Putting down the photo, Lei Luo said seriously: "I plan to formally take measures against Kirigakure Village."
The atmosphere was quiet for a second or two. Obito was stunned when he heard the words. Then he reacted and stood up with a huff. There was some disbelief on his face, and his voice was slightly broken:
"Are you sure? The Fourth Generation? Why?"
Taking measures against Kirigakure means directly fighting Hyou and starting a war with the Federation. For Lei Luo to say such a big thing so quietly, no wonder Obito is surprised.
"The old debt between Kirigakure and us cannot be ignored. It used to be too late, but it is different now." Lei Luo pressed his palms and waited for Obito to sit down, then explained:
"First of all, my nuclear force has been formed. To destroy Kirigakure Village, we don't need to dispatch too many troops. One or two expert teams are enough."
"Secondly, the Ten-Tails Project requires the use of the Six-Tails in the Ice Body. Five years have passed since the Five-Tails was captured. I don't want to wait any longer."