Chapter 343: Summon the Past Hokage!
Living in the ninja world, you can't be too much like Sasuke.
Hiruko arrogantly announced his identity. A contemporary of the Sannin of Konoha still had a certain degree of authority…
And then, he was beaten down by two little brats.
"Huh? Is the Pervy Sage's contemporary still a genin?"
"To be participating in the Chunin Exams at such an old age is a little pitiful…"
Naruto curiously bent down and snatched the ninja tool pouch from Hiruko's body, pulling out a scroll. "Wow, we've just managed to gather the Heaven and Earth scrolls!"
Sasuke nodded with a grave expression, the chakra aura of his Eight Gates technique dissipating from his body. He leaned on Sakura's shoulder, somewhat exhausted. "Compared to the other genin, this guy's strength is indeed very strong!"
"Sasuke-kun, what should we do next?"
Sakura looked at him with a worried expression, then at the Heaven and Earth scrolls in Naruto's hand. "Should we head to the tower first?"
"Absolutely not!"
Sasuke shook his head. "We've gathered the Heaven and Earth scrolls. Any other squad will attack us. So let's find a place to rest for a while… until I recover!"
"Hey, hey, hey, Sasuke, I'm very strong too, you know!"
Naruto was a little indignant. His chakra reserves were indeed not weak, but his brain was missing a screw, and his unpredictability was too high, which led to a straight-line drop in his credibility…
The two of them glanced at him. Sakura suddenly said, "Perhaps we can do this. Let Naruto use his shadow clones to transform into the three of us and scout ahead?"
"That's also a good idea."
The three little ones of Team 7 left hand in hand, leaving only Hiruko lying alone on the ground, deeply feeling the malice of the world.
Hiruko struggled to his feet and let out a final roar, "Bastard! I'm here to capture your Konoha's jinchuriki!"
"Oh?"
A red-haired girl stood behind him. She turned to look at the supervising Sand ninja, Baki, beside her and said in a low voice, "So, we can assume that the Hidden Sand Village is the mastermind behind all of this?"
"No, no, no… absolutely not!"
The supervising Sand ninja, Baki, was about to die of fright. He took the initiative to step forward with a single slash, attempting to cut Hiruko down to the ground. "This guy is framing us!"
Two chains instantly shot out from the red-haired girl's body, tightly binding Baki's ninja sword and his body. She habitually pushed up the glasses on her nose, a glint of light flashing across the lenses. "Can I interpret this as Jonin Baki trying to silence a witness?"
Baki: "…"
Why does this Konoha proctor speak in such a convoluted way!
Right now, he's wrong no matter what he says, and wrong no matter what he does!
"Take him down and interrogate him severely!"
Karin pointed a finger at the Hiruko on the ground, then looked at Baki and said calmly, "I hope Jonin Baki will cooperate with our investigation…"
"In addition, out of responsibility for the other candidates, I propose to temporarily suspend all Sand genin from participating in this Chunin Exam!"
"…How can that be…" Baki's face turned grim. He looked at the red-haired girl before him and said in a low voice, "Then our Hidden Sand Village, in this Chunin Exam, will not have a single genin pass?"
"Jonin Baki, it seems you really do have a plan targeting Konoha's jinchuriki…" Karin said coldly, "Otherwise, why do you keep making excuses?"
"No… it's not… please, do as you wish."
At this moment, anyone would hate their own clumsy tongue.
The many ninjas of Konoha all cast looks of admiration at Karin. As expected of the chief proctor sent by the Fifth Hokage, her words were indeed skillful.
Half an hour later.
When Hiruko's identity was revealed, the many ninjas of Konoha all cast looks of doubt at Karin. Even though she had been promoted to Chunin Captain, in essence, she was still just an ignorant child!
Hiruko was actually a rogue ninja from their Konoha!
And a contemporary of Lady Tsunade and Lord Jiraiya!
It felt like this guy was a disgrace to all the great rogue ninjas of Konoha, lowering the average level of their rogue ninjas. He couldn't even beat a few genin…
One of the assisting Chunin covered his forehead, looked at the nonchalant Karin, and said, "Karin, how are we going to explain this to the Sand Village now?"
"Shouldn't it be the Sand Village that explains things to us?"
Karin glanced at the interrogated Hiruko and ordered in a low voice, "Send someone to report the situation here to Lord Fifth Hokage…"
"As for Baki, keep him under strict guard. I will go and interrogate him about the Sand and Konoha colluding to plot against the jinchuriki…"
The ninjas all exchanged glances. "…"
Could things still be explained this way?
No wonder she was a Hokage's guard, and they were just ordinary Chunin!
When Itachi Uchiha received the news, the matter of Hiruko had more or less been settled. He once again secretly admired Tsunade's eye for talent…
This little girl Karin was really something!
"Ha, that guy Hiruko is as indecisive as ever…" Tsunade, upon hearing the news of her old friend, said with a wry smile, "If I'm not mistaken, the Akatsuki probably wanted him to make some move to attract our attention, right?"
Her guess was indeed correct…
That's what Black Zetsu had been thinking when it had originally sent Hiruko…
But who would have thought that Hiruko would be so cautious and incompetent? It wasn't until after the Seven-Tails and Eight-Tails jinchuriki had been captured that he finally started to make a move.
"Now that the Seven-Tails and Eight-Tails jinchuriki have disappeared one after another…"
Itachi stood on the high platform of the Hokage's Tower and said in a cold voice, "Come to think of it, their final destination can only be the Naruto in our village, right?"
"It's time to prepare for the final battle!"
"Lady Tsunade!"
Itachi brushed away the long hair that had been blown into disarray by the wind, a solemn expression on his face. "It's time to summon the past Hokage back to Konoha!"
Tsunade pondered for a moment, then nodded. "Alright. We'll have the past Hokage of the village attend your inauguration ceremony…"
"In addition, we also need to be wary of the situation on Orochimaru's side. I hope his reanimated army will stay put…"
"There's something not quite right…" Itachi pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Besides Naruto and the Fourth Hokage, are there any other ways to collect the Nine-Tails' chakra?"
"There shouldn't be, right?"
"Perhaps there are two people. It's said they are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths…" Kisame, at the side, spoke with a complicated expression. "Do you still remember the two people who killed Lord Second Hokage?"
"The Gold and Silver Brothers of the Hidden Cloud. Because they had once eaten the flesh of the Nine-Tails, they possessed its chakra, and thus had enough chakra to use the treasured tools of the Sage!"
"…How do you know about this in such detail?" Tsunade's expression was a little grim. "You're the ANBU Captain of the Hidden Mist. You shouldn't be concerned with such things, right?"
"No…"
Kisame's small eyes glanced at Itachi beside him, a hint of embarrassment on his face. "As long as you're in the Uchiha clan grounds having tea and tell people you want to inquire about the Second Hokage, they can talk from the Warring States Period all the way to his death in the line of duty…"
"That place is the most suitable for investigating Lord Strategist Tobirama's records. The history… of Lord Second Hokage is very detailed…"
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