The sky dimmed, sadistic currents, unrestrained winds, and chakra were jumping. The entire Valley of the End was shrouded in obscure energy flow, the land was flying, trees were falling, leaves were falling, and it was a mess.
Sakura, who was rushing forward, felt a frightening strong wind coming from the distance. She was blown away all of a sudden, making it difficult for her to move forward any further.
The Konoha genin further away also felt a powerful force shaking the world, as if it was about to pull down the sun.
Even Konoha Village felt the shock. Tsunade looked in the direction of the Valley of the End in disbelief and ordered the ANBU to go immediately to see what happened. Konoha could not continue to mess around.
When Sakura arrived at the Valley of the End, a Tianchi appeared. Most of the forest had disappeared and was submerged in water. Only two and a half statues of the famous Valley of the End were left.
"Sasuke, Naruto -" Right here, looking at the calm water reflecting the entire dusk, Sakura's heart was filled with uneasiness.
Sasuke is gone, and Naruto is like a small boat floating on the water in the vast ocean. All the clothes on Naruto's body have been burned, and there is not much intact skin. Green smoke is coming from the muscles, and he is seriously injured and is unconscious.
Awake.
The entire mission made Konoha's new generation truly realize the cruelty of the ninja world. Sometimes an ordinary mission can also make people realize death.
The ANBU came and protected the genin back to the village. Shikamaru gave a long report to the Hokage for several hours, telling him every detail.
After listening to this, Tsunade felt even more that the Otogakure Village was well prepared this time, and that she might have known the information for a long time. In other words, this mission itself was to let Kimimaro go.
Duran!
He was the one who led this mission. He was the one who said the prisoners should be transferred, and he was the one who insisted on hiring genin. The whole incident made Tsunade feel suspicious from the beginning, and now that something had gone so wrong, it made her even more suspicious.
The whole thing was planned by Dulan.
It seems that it is really necessary to conduct a thorough investigation on Dulan, Tsunade thought.
Shikamaru went down and the Sandaime came to the Hokage's office. He learned a lot about the whole thing. Kimimaro was rescued, Xiao Li was injured, Sasuke defected and captured two prisoners. It was very complicated, so he came forward to think about it.
I need to give Tsunade a reminder.
"Teacher, do you know everything?" Tsunade did not doubt the Sandaime's eyes and ears in Konoha.
The Sandaime nodded. After his retirement, he felt much better: "The situation is very complicated. This matter is obviously inseparable from Orochimaru. It seems that he has planted a lot of spies in Konoha."
...Tsunade thought that the Sandaime meant that it was all Orochimaru's fault and had nothing to do with Duran, the person who initiated the mission.
"Teacher, with all due respect, this whole thing has something to do with Dulan. If he hadn't proposed transferring Kimimaro, such a serious incident would not have happened. And Sasuke's defection, I always feel that it has something to do with Dulan.
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"Tsunade, you are too prejudiced against Duran." The Sandaime said helplessly: "You doubt Duran, then what is Duran's motive?"
Motive? Yes, that's the motive. The Sandaime understands that Duran's ability is omnipotent. Duran can easily obtain everything human beings need, so what's the point of him engaging in conspiracy?
Strength, power, wealth, beauty, Dulan would not pursue these at all. It is also because of this that the third generation believes in Dulan so much, just like Dulan's famous saying: The sea is open to all rivers, tolerance is great, a wall stands thousands of feet, and no desire is strong.
Duran is definitely the most desireless person the Sandaime knows, so he is the most trustworthy person.
Tsunade was also at a loss for words. She couldn't figure out Dulan's motives. Even if she wasn't very familiar with him, she knew that Dulan would have a happy family if he became famous. There seemed to be no reason for such a person to act recklessly.
But too many unreasonable things must be explained. If Duran is not as upright as he appears, then Tsunade can at least feel that she has mastered the ins and outs of the whole thing instead of being helpless. Tsunade thought of the center of the current mess.
It seems to be Dulan. Although the teacher believes in him, as Hokage, he must eliminate any danger.
"Tsunade, give up." As Tsunade's teacher, the Sandaime saw his disciple's thoughts.
...Tsunade embarrassedly concealed her suspicion of Duran: "I will conduct an investigation in the village and find out Orochimaru's spy. It's not what you think, teacher."
"Tsunade, Duran's strength is beyond your imagination. You can't hide it from him by any means. Although Duran is very generous, we should not test his bottom line. Danzo is a bad person.
Good example.”
Unexpectedly, the Sandaime had such a firm attitude: "Teacher, who is Duran?" It seemed that the teacher knew something, and Tsunade hoped that the teacher could be honest.
"He is a friend of Konoha. It's enough to know this." The Sandaime said with a distant look: "I have one more thing to do this time. Is Sasuke's defection confirmed?"
"It's basically certain. The information brought back by the ANBU said that the Valley of the End had been destroyed by the aftermath of the battle. It should have been caused by Naruto and Sasuke. The ANBU also said that there were many animal carcasses outside the battlefield, and they were all dug out.
The internal organs are out." Tsunade said: "I'm going to see Naruto later. He's seriously injured. We won't know the specific situation until he wakes up."
"People from the Uchiha family..." The third generation was also helpless. He didn't know if they could accept another genius embarking on the path of betrayal.
"I will appease them. It's just that the image of the Uchiha family in the village will be even worse." "I really didn't expect it to be like this. First it was Shisui and Itachi, and then Sasuke. The younger generation of geniuses betrayed Konoha one after another.
, are the Uchiha family really incompatible with Konoha?" Tsunade didn't have much fondness for the Uchiha family. Her grandfather died after fighting Madara Uchiha.
Thinking about the fact that the Uchiha family has not contributed much since the founding of Konoha, it has never been less troublesome.
"In short, pay attention to the influence. Don't let the influence of 'Uchiha family specializes in traitors' continue to expand. This is not good for Konoha and the Uchiha family." The third generation still hopes that Uchiha will continue to stay in Konoha.
"I will." Although she doesn't like it, Tsunade has begun to adapt to the Hokage's life, so she also knows that the overall situation is more important. Now the Uchiha family can be regarded as a force in Konoha.
Shikamaru left the Hokage's office and looked back at the office building. He had many thoughts in his mind that he had not told the Hokage. Shikamaru and Tsunade both suspected Duran. Although this failure was not punished, Shikamaru could not accept this kind of using his companions as bait.
matter, so he must investigate the cause and effect clearly, otherwise he will be sorry for Sasuke and also sorry for the seriously injured Xiao Li and Naruto. chaptererror;