Chapter 324 — Arrival at Iwagakure Village
Hyuga Hizashi also refused to be outdone, saying, "That's right, Hokage-sama, you must be tired from your journey. Why don't you go back and rest now? Leave the village matters to us."
"I trust you with them," Fugaku said with a smile. "Then I'll head back first. I'll leave the selection of personnel for Iwagakure to you."
"Yes!"
Nara Shikaku, Uchiha Sihu, and Hyuga Hizashi replied in unison.
Fugaku nodded, not lingering, and directly got up and left the meeting room.
"Alright, let's discuss the candidates to be sent to Iwagakure as well."
Nara Shikaku took over as the meeting host and said, as he picked up a Ninja Compendium from the table. This compendium contained all the information on registered ninja in Konoha Village.
He planned to select some from it.
This compendium had been annotated by him, so he knew exactly who was on missions and who was resting.
"No problem."
"Let's do it."
Uchiha Sihu and Hyuga Hizashi also nodded in agreement immediately.
As the three began to discuss the candidates for Iwagakure, Fugaku had just walked out of the Hokage Building.
Back home, Uchiha Izumi was playing Resident Evil in the living room with the three brothers—Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto.
Over the past few days, this place seemed to have truly become Uchiha Izumi's second home. She ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner here, and then Uchiha Itachi would send her home in the evening.
Seeing Fugaku return, Uchiha Izumi immediately greeted him. Beside her, Naruto was yelling, "Izumi-nee, run! There's a zombie on your face!"
Hearing Naruto's cry, Uchiha Izumi quickly refocused on the game. Sure enough, she saw a zombie staggering towards her character, and she frantically controlled her character to dodge.
Despite playing this game many times with Naruto and Sasuke, she still played like a first-time beginner. In short, she was a game noob.
"Wife! Wife?"
Fugaku called out twice, but heard no response. He casually asked, "Where did your mother go?"
Uchiha Itachi replied, "Kaa-san went out." He thought for a moment and added, "It seems she went shopping with Yakushi Nonou to buy groceries."
Naruto heard this and curiously asked, "Itachi-aniki, why don't you call Yakushi Nonou 'Auntie' and just call her by her name directly?"
Uchiha Itachi smiled and said, "Well, that's because I'm different from you guys."
"Huh, why are you different?"
Naruto asked in confusion.
"Because I did missions with Yakushi Nonou before, and I got used to calling her that. And Yakushi Nonou didn't mind either."
"Oh, alright. Can I call her by her name too?"
"Probably not? You'll have to ask Kaa-san about that."
"Then I understand. I'll stick to calling her Auntie."
Naruto chuckled.
Fugaku watched them play for a while, then went upstairs.
Arriving at the study, he also opened his computer, preparing to play some games.
It was still early, just past ten. He estimated Mikoto should be home before half past eleven. They usually ate around twelve, so Mikoto would likely leave time to cook.
After playing for a while, Fugaku suddenly remembered the Kusanagi Sword he received as a reward from the Goblin Slayer world mission.
Fugaku formed hand seals and used Shadow Clone. He then sent this Shadow Clone to Orochimaru's research base to ask Orochimaru if he still had the Kusanagi Sword in his possession.
After about one game's worth of time, he received the memory footage transmitted back after the Shadow Clone dispersed.
Fugaku closed his eyes and watched it in his mind, pondering. Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword was still there, which meant the Kusanagi Sword rewarded by the system was brand new, possibly a copy. This implied that there was now an additional Kusanagi Sword with identical functions in the Ninja World.
But it didn't matter. Fugaku just wanted to clarify where the system's reward came from.
At this moment, he could vaguely hear Naruto calling Mikoto from downstairs. Fugaku's heart stirred; it seemed Mikoto was back.
Two days passed like this, and it was time to depart.
Fugaku stood with Uchiha Sihu. Below them stood twenty ninja, mostly Chunin, followed by Special Jonin. As for Jonin, there were only two.
These twenty ninja were initially selected to be sent to Iwagakure. Although most were Chunin, they were sufficient to replace some key logistical positions. As for the complex combat-related key positions in Iwagakure, they couldn't be replaced with a single command; it had to be done gradually.
Fugaku summoned his Susanoo. Once the twenty ninja were on its palm, it soared into the sky, quickly disappearing from Uchiha Sihu's sight.
Nara Shikaku and Hyuga Hizashi did not come to see them off. They both had many matters to attend to, and Uchiha Sihu seeing them off was already sufficient.
After he could no longer see the Clan Head's Susanoo, Uchiha Sihu also turned and descended the mountain, returning to the Hokage Building to continue his work. He also had many matters to handle.
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Above the clouds over Iwagakure.
If someone on the ground were to look up carefully, they might faintly discern a hint of red within the clouds.
It was Fugaku's Complete Body Susanoo. After two days of flight, it had arrived above Iwagakure.
After observing for a while, he found a suitable spot outside Iwagakure to land.
There was definitely a barrier outside Iwagakure, but Fugaku had the Kamui phasing ability, so the barrier was as good as non-existent to him; he could enter freely.
As for the twenty ninja he brought, there was a solution: he simply opened a door to a different dimension and had them stay there first.
Then, Fugaku arrived outside Iwagakure and infiltrated the village using his Kamui phasing ability.
Generally speaking, a village's Kage would normally be in the Kage Building at this time.
Therefore, Fugaku's objective was clear: head directly to the Tsuchikage Building.
The Tsuchikage Building's architecture was also very easy to recognize; one could almost see it from a slightly elevated position at the village entrance.
The top of the Tsuchikage Building had a conical stone, with a circular white background on which the character for "earth" was written in black.
Fugaku went straight to the vicinity of the Tsuchikage Building.
He glanced at it twice, then directly infiltrated.
It must be said that the phasing ability was incredibly effective. The Konoha ninja waiting in the alternate dimension occasionally witnessed a rather terrifying sight: parts of Hokage-sama's body appearing in the alternate dimension, floating.
However, Hokage-sama had warned them beforehand, so they were only startled at first and eventually got used to it.
He randomly caught a lucky companion and used Sharingan genjutsu to inquire about Ōnoki's whereabouts.
Since he only needed to ask for directions, there was no need to use the secret technique of Deep Inner Sight.
Using Deep Inner Sight would also require checking and reviewing memories, which was completely unnecessary.
After learning from the ninja that Ōnoki was in the Tsuchikage's office on the third floor, Fugaku proceeded to the third floor.
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