Konoha Hokage Office.
Naruto, with a happy smile, finally received a higher-level Ninja mission.
This time it was an out-of-village mission.
An old man also entered from outside the door, and Naruto and the other children were mocked.
"Hehe, let's go, Kakashi-sensei."
After sending off Kakashi's team, Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment.
"Go notify Satoru, there's an important mission to give him."
"Yes."
A dark shadow disappeared... Hokage tower rooftop.
Hiruzen Sarutobi quietly looked at the distant Konoha scenery.
The surroundings were already surrounded by Anbu, not a single fly could get in.
Whoosh!
Satoru suddenly appeared beside him.
"Hokage-sama, has something big happened?"
Satoru asked.
In fact, he already had a guess.
Because after receiving the Anbu's notification, he activated his perception.
Sure enough, the members of Kakashi's team had already left the village with a figure.
Hiruzen Sarutobi must have been worried and wanted him to secretly protect the Jinchuriki Naruto.
But why him? It was probably because of his performance during Naruto's training.
He now understood why the Five Great Shinobi Countries all wanted Jinchuriki as their ultimate trump card.
The power of the Tailed Beast was indeed outrageous.
Especially after collecting some of the Nine-Tailed Chakra that had overflowed from Naruto.
After several months of research, the Nine-Tailed Chakra was found to possess extremely strong Doton power.
It could quickly heal human wounds, even more amazing than his Genjutsu: Self-Repair.
And this was just a passive corner of the Nine-Tailed, with many more possibilities yet to be developed.
This was the power of the Nine-Tailed, and the other Tailed Beasts, judging from their performance in the original work, were no less impressive.
They possessed various different abilities.
It was a pity that his yang release talent was not as good as his Yin Release talent, otherwise, with his intelligence, developing a fake Nine-Tailed would not even be a problem.
The Nine-Tailed could extract Chakra by combining with its own body from the negative energy in the world.
This was part of Satoru's research results over these past few months.
Other Tailed Beasts were probably similar.
It was also one of the reasons they could revive.
As long as humans didn't die, Tailed Beasts could revive.
Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand, and a barrier rose, enclosing them.
"This matter is very important, there are not many trustworthy people in Konoha,
and you are one of them,
so this mission, only you can complete it, and it's suitable for you to complete."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
??? Satoru was puzzled.
Isn't it just protecting the Nine-Tailed, why such a big fuss?
"Many years ago, from the information you collected from Hidden Rain Village,
and the information collected by the Anbu from various places, there is an organization called Akatsuki,
which has taken root throughout the Ninja World,
and I have also investigated that the person who summoned the Nine-Tailed inside Konoha back then,
was one of the members of this organization,
and a few years ago, I planted a spy in their organization,
now he has appeared in the Land of Hot Water, I need you to bring back the intelligence,
I want to know, what exactly is the purpose of this organization."
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't waste words and explained the mission process.
...
After Satoru finished listening, a million alpacas galloped through his heart.
So all his speculations were wrong.
And the Third Hokage was talking about Itachi, right?
He thought it was just an internet meme from his previous life, but it's actually real!
"Itachi... Itachi?" he asked.
"Yes, that's right. For secrecy, I haven't told anyone. Now only you know."
Hiruzen Sarutobi affirmed.
"Understood." Satoru said.
Since that was the case, he didn't ask any more questions and accepted it directly.
Having strength meant being this confident.
And for such a secretive matter, the Third Hokage had already spoken, so not going seemed a bit off.
It just so happened that he also wanted to research the secret religion in the Land of Hot Water, the Shinigami Cult.
To see their immortal Ninjutsu.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was very satisfied, this was why Satoru was trustworthy.
Besides the Will of Fire, the most important thing was the ability to execute missions, and powerful strength.
He wouldn't be easily caught by others and interrogated for information.
Even Kakashi, he didn't trust.
Then he told Satoru the code and some precautions.
Whoosh!
After Satoru finished listening, he disappeared from his sight.
"I hope this organization doesn't have any extreme ideas."
Hiruzen Sarutobi had a bad premonition that the purpose of this organization was not simple.
It might have a bad impact on the overall environment of the entire Ninja World.
The older he got, the less he wanted Konoha to fall into war; he really couldn't bear it anymore.
He looked in the direction where Satoru disappeared.
"Perhaps it's time to choose the Fifth Hokage!"
He had been considering this issue for a long time. In order to make the Daimyo's attitude towards Konoha more stable, he had not continued to select the Fifth Hokage all these years for stability.
Now he felt the time was almost right.
The negative impact brought by the death of the Fourth Hokage would no longer affect Konoha's standing with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
After the Chunin Joint Exam in two months, he would discuss it with the others!
He was tired.
He thought of his grandson, Konohamaru.
Fortunately, there were excellent children like Tenyu and Maki to motivate Konohamaru, otherwise, he would feel too guilty towards Konohamaru.
He also hoped for good news from Itachi!
...Whoosh whoosh~
"Ah~ It's not to secretly protect Naruto, but to find Itachi,
and collect intelligence. This mission is a bit troublesome!"
Satoru thought to himself as he leaped across the rooftops of Konoha.
If it was protecting Naruto, it would be too simple; he would just need to buy a few bags of melon seeds and sit in the dark to watch the show.
At most, after they dealt with Zabuza, he would take their bodies away, reducing one enemy in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
But involving Uchiha Itachi, that was truly troublesome.
That child was not easy to fight now.
The main thing was that he couldn't fight freely.
Itachi still needed to be left for Sasuke to power up; Kaguya should be left to the professional Child of Destiny.
So he was a bit troubled.
How could he let Itachi know his intentions without being discovered by his Akatsuki teammates?
Itachi probably wouldn't easily let him enter his mental space.
Because Itachi knew his Genjutsu level and wouldn't casually let him wander in his mental space.
This was a suspicious and cautious child.
And he had a strong desire for control.
"Indeed, I still have to fight."
Satoru thought about it and still felt that the best opportunity was during a fight.
Coincidentally, his research on neural Ninjutsu had made a small breakthrough; he could now sever nerves when invading an enemy.
He would use it when needed.
At that time, he could also collect Itachi's physical information.
He was indeed a genius among geniuses.
Itachi's physical information was also something very worth studying!
Returning home.
Satoru told his family that he would be going on an external mission for a while.
"Go with peace of mind, I will take good care of the family."
Hiroshi raised his hand and clenched his fist tightly.
After Satoru's endless personal tutoring, he was now an elite among Ninja.
Even with only one hand, he could defeat most Chunin, and if a Jonin was careless, they might even die.