Danzo thought to himself that this was troublesome and asked, "How did she find out?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Because your Root is too weak, your methods are sloppy, and the mission was completed extremely poorly."
"No!" Danzo frowned. "I suspect it's more likely that Orochimaru leaked it. Orochimaru and Tsunade share a deep bond. Nawaki's death left Orochimaru constantly feeling indebted to Tsunade."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself that this was possible. He said:
"Regardless of the reason, Root's weakness is real.
The Wood Release research cannot stop; we must make progress as soon as possible. Who knows when the Third Great Ninja War will break out?
My meaning is to have Lynx enter Root, become Root's Otsu, and help Root through this period of weakness."
Danzo immediately understood Sarutobi Hiruzen's intention:
"Lynx can become Root's Otsu, as a concurrent position, temporarily helping. The position of Anbu Squad Captain remains Lynx's primary duty."
Hearing Danzo's refusal, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt irritated. No one was willing to listen to him anymore.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "As you wish. Quickly advance Orochimaru's experiments, don't waste any more time.
If Tsunade finds any evidence, who knows what other accidents might occur in the future."
In a house in Konoha Village.
Fūmatsuri Yuzu leaned against the wall, her eyes lifeless. There was a sofa and chairs, but she only felt a sliver of security sitting on the floor, curled up in the corner.
Her husband had died in the Land of Whirlpools. She buried him and gritted her teeth, continuing to live on with her son.
Raising her son to become a qualified ninja was her obsession.
However, over a month ago, her son disappeared, just vanished in the park.
After he went missing, she frantically searched near the park, spending over ten to twenty hours searching every day.
Yet, the more she searched, the more desperate she became.
No clues whatsoever...
A sudden knock on the door startled Fūmatsuri Yuzu, making her tremble for a moment. Her dazed eyes gradually regained a flicker of life.
Had the clan found some clues?
She quickly scrambled up from the floor and rushed to the door.
Outside was Senju Minami, a Jonin from the Senju clan.
"Yuzu..." Looking at Yuzu's disheveled hair, pale and sallow complexion, Senju Minami felt very uncomfortable.
Yuzu was his own niece, a child he had watched grow up.
Senju Minami said, "Yuzu, I know you're in pain. Pull yourself together. The clan just received intelligence, there's a new lead. Come, I'll take you to investigate."
Hearing this, a light returned to Fūmatsuri Yuzu's eyes.
Senju Minami and Fūmatsuri Yuzu expanded their investigation scope. All female descendants of the Senju clan who had married out in the past few decades were within the scope of their investigation.
They soon discovered that the sons and grandsons of some of these women had also gone missing during this period.
It was just that many orphans had lost both parents, and there was no one left to cry injustice for them.
After the investigation, Senju Minami's expression grew increasingly grim.
Senju Minami said to Fūmatsuri Yuzu, "I found a few orphans with Senju bloodline. They are safe for now, but they might be targeted.
Yuzu, I'm assigning you a mission. You are responsible for covertly observing and protecting one of these children."
Fūmatsuri Yuzu nodded repeatedly.
The child she protected was the grandson of a certain Senju clan woman.
He went to school alone every day; he was a Konoha orphan.
He had long lost his family name, taking after his father, and only had a given name.
As usual, under the pretext of searching for her son, Fūmatsuri Yuzu lingered and observed near the orphan.
Root Base.
The two squad leaders of the Lynx squad each selected 4 people from the new recruits they were training to serve as temporary squad members.
These two squads would carry out a covert capture mission tonight – capturing test subjects.
The two squads set off quickly.
The squad leaders weren't very confident, unsure if these new recruits could complete the mission.
The new recruits were all civilian ninjas without any special abilities.
Meanwhile, near the orphan, Fūmatsuri Yuzu crouched on the ground, placing her finger on the ground.
This was the Second Hokage Tobirama-sama's Earth Release scouting secret technique. Abnormal vibrations in the surroundings could be transmitted through the finger to the ninja's brain, forming a special vibration map.
She had learned this technique when she was still within the Senju clan.
Suddenly! She felt an abnormal vibration.
Five people had appeared nearby!
Fūmatsuri Yuzu quickly turned and disappeared into an alley.
One Anbu squad leader and four Root new recruits hid in the shadows.
The Anbu squad leader observed the performance of the new recruits.
Two of them were hiding in the same tree canopy, like two idiots.
Squeezing together like that only increased the chance of exposure.
One was hiding behind a tree trunk, not showing any flaws for now, but if someone passed by, he would have to move around the trunk, which could also easily lead to exposure.
Only one did reasonably well, using Transformation Technique to hide in a pile of stones by the roadside.
This hiding method was suitable for dealing with very weak enemies; a Jonin could spot the chakra traces at a glance.
They were here to deal with a first-grade orphan from the Ninja Academy, so using Transformation Technique wasn't wrong.
The squad leader pondered whether to infiltrate the orphan's dilapidated house and capture him directly or use another method, wondering how the new recruits would choose.
Soon, he saw the orphan come out to take out the trash.
The two new recruits in the tree canopy acted first, suddenly jumping down from the canopy.
One guarded the front of the street, the other guarded the rear.
The squad leader nodded inwardly; this choice wasn't bad.
The new recruit hiding behind the tree trunk went to capture the target. The one using Transformation Technique hidden at the corner of the wall served as backup.
Not bad, the four new recruits had some basics.
The next moment, the squad leader's eyes widened in shock!
A figure in a green dress appeared beside the orphan.
Tsunade! Princess Tsunade!
Tsunade's appearance wasn't terrifying in itself; they had contingency plans for encountering Princess Tsunade, how to use Konoha's greater good to direct Princess Tsunade to the higher-ups.
The higher-ups would handle Princess Tsunade.
However, after Princess Tsunade appeared, she directly went for the kill!
Princess Tsunade threw two consecutive punches, directly sending the two Root new recruits flying.
Their chests were concave, the organs within their thoracic cavities blasted out.
The squad leader was horrified.
How could Princess Tsunade possibly use lethal force against the village's own ninja?
She!
Why was she killing!
The squad leader quickly jumped out from his hiding spot in the chimney, shouting: "Tsu—"
Before he could finish the address, Tsunade instantly appeared in front of him and punched him to death.
The remaining two Root new recruits guarding the front and rear of the street were struck in the back. A broken spine was a minor matter; the key was their chests also exploded.
Not everyone possessed Jiraiya's resilience, able to withstand Tsunade's monstrous strength.
As the several corpses flew out, they smashed through a few walls, creating a huge commotion.
Nearby residents, some jumped out of windows, some rushed out of doors.
Seeing it was Princess Tsunade, they all stopped in their tracks.
Tsunade said, "It's fine. Just caught some spies trying to kidnap a Konoha child. Disperse, don't crowd here."
A few minutes later, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, Orochimaru, Lynx, and several nearby Anbu members arrived at the scene.
Yōkō happened to be not far from here and appeared instantly using Body Flicker.
He looked shocked at the brutally killed corpses, then at the calm Tsunade, then at the orphan being protected behind Fūmatsuri Yuzu, understanding what had happened here.
Five masked corpses, beaten to death on the spot.
Tsunade... had changed...
She had let go of her Konoha sentiments and used lethal force.
So, would Sarutobi Hiruzen claim these corpses were Anbu, or would he say they were spies?
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