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In the yard.
Akira Tsubaki lay on the wooden chair and turned over.
Then, he saw Obito and Kakashi squatting in front of him, staring straight at him.
"Vori!"
Startled, Akira Tsubaki almost slapped them both.
"Are you two ghosts?"
Sitting up angrily, Akira Tsubaki yawned.
"You're still asleep?" Obito wondered.
"There was an earthquake just now, didn't you feel it?" Kakashi was also speechless.
Such a strong white light radiated from the back mountain, and the ground shook. Akira Tsubaki was still sleeping?
"Tell me if you have something to do, and leave if you don't!"
Can't you see it's getting dark?
"A white light appeared on the back mountain just now, like a sun! Let's go have a look," Obito rubbed his hands excitedly.
"And there was a loud explosion," Kakashi added.
"Is that it?"
Akira Tsubaki curled his lips and lay down again.
"Hey! Why are you lying down again?"
"As the captain of Team Minato, I approve you to go," Akira Tsubaki waved his hand dismissively.
They want me to go? No way!
Have you ever heard of criminals returning to the scene and not being caught?
Seeing Akira Tsubaki's indifference, Kakashi and Obito left and slipped to the back mountain to check the situation.
The Second Day.
Under the harsh sunlight, Akira Tsubaki stretched.
This time, he slept until noon.
Attribute
Value
Note
Spirit
640 (320*2)
Ultimate Immunity
Glancing at today's doubled attribute, Akira Tsubaki's heart was calm.
"From Primary Immunity, to Intermediate, Advanced, Super, and now there's an Ultimate!"
To be honest, he didn't even know how high his Genjutsu resistance was.
After all, it has not been tested.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Namikaze Minato appeared in the yard with a solemn expression.
"Go to Training Ground Nine immediately."
Leaving this sentence, Namikaze Minato vanished instantly.
Training Ground Nine.
Chewing a rice ball in his mouth, Akira Tsubaki was late again, much to no one's surprise.
Namikaze Minato didn't say anything but threw a scroll over.
"Another mission?"
Akira Tsubaki looked depressed and opened the scroll.
Kakashi and the others came over calmly and looked together.
"Fuck!"
This was Obito's voice.
"No way?" Kakashi couldn't believe it.
"How could this be?" Rin also covered her mouth and exclaimed.
"Defected? Fallen?" Akira Tsubaki was dumbfounded.
The content of the scroll was the news of Orochimaru's defection that very morning. More importantly, after the Sunagakure frontline troops learned about it, they immediately crossed the border and breached Konohagakure's defense line.
"Wait a minute, Sensei, how did you get the news this morning?" Akira Tsubaki was puzzled.
The news came too fast, right?
"This isn't news I personally received. The frontline Ninja sent it back using a Summoning Beast from the Forest of Death," Namikaze Minato explained.
The Summoning Beast of the Forest of Death?
"I see!"
After a Summoning Jutsu is canceled, the Summoning Beast returns directly to its contract point, bypassing space. This was equivalent to instantaneous travel back to Konohagakure.
"Sensei, wasn't Orochimaru the commander-in-chief? Why did he defect?" Akira Tsubaki asked again.
Hearing this question, Namikaze Minato shook his head with emotion.
"This has something to do with the back mountain."
Back mountain?
Akira Tsubaki was stunned.
Could the village genuinely believe it was Orochimaru who bombed the back mountain?
No way.
Is that the angle they're going with?
"It's very complicated; you don't need to know," Namikaze Minato continued.
"Also, the village has just issued a new order to re-enter the information of every Ninja."
"Re-enter Ninja data?"
"That's right, so none of the Ninjas in the village are currently allowed to leave."
This!
Akira Tsubaki was speechless.
The borders have been breached. What kind of records are the village elders prioritizing at this moment?
Isn't this ridiculous?
Of course, this kind of high-level administrative absurdity had nothing to do with a Genin.
The only thing that puzzled Akira Tsubaki was: Could the explosion in the back mountain really make Orochimaru defect?
There's no direct connection!
Namikaze Minato left.
Team Minato gathered together and began to discuss.
"What did you find in the back mountain last night?" Akira Tsubaki asked Kakashi and Obito.
"The pit was huge! Even the top of the mountain was blown up!" Obito's tone was exaggerated.
"There's also a passage guarded by Anbu; we can't get close," Kakashi added.
"Passage? Where is it?" Akira Tsubaki's expression changed.
"It's on the shady side, surrounded by rubble."
Shady side, passage?
Akira Tsubaki rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
He remembered meeting Danzō when he went to the shady side of the back mountain.
Combined with Orochimaru's sudden flight from the front lines, it wasn't hard to guess—
That passage most likely led to Orochimaru's secret laboratory.
In a normal lab, Orochimaru wouldn't have needed to flee.
"There must have been a lot of illegal activities involved in that laboratory!"
"For example, the corpses of Ninjas from the major clans?"
Akira Tsubaki speculated that only this possibility would cause Orochimaru to abandon the commander position and flee so abruptly.
He offended the entire village!
"So, it's because of me?"
Akira Tsubaki looked up at the sky, a slight sadness flashing in his heart.
He decided he couldn't blame himself for this.
Blame it on Orochimaru!
He just unwittingly uncovered Orochimaru's crimes! I should be a hero.
As the frontline commander, Orochimaru ran away without warning, causing the entire frontline to collapse.
Orochimaru is the biggest sinner!
Afternoon.
Team Minato was called into the Hokage's Office to begin the re-identification process.
To Akira Tsubaki's surprise, the re-entry work was not overseen by the Hokage but by Danzō.
After Team Minato finished recording their data, Akira Tsubaki, who was walking last, was stopped.
"Akira, wait a minute!"
Danzō spoke in a deep voice and gestured.
"Huh? Lord Danzō, what is it?" Akira Tsubaki looked puzzled.
"Would you like to join Root? Be an Undercover Agent?" Danzō's voice was low.
"Join Root? Undercover?"
Akira Tsubaki was stunned.
"Me, an undercover agent? Danzō, aren't you afraid I'll just slack off and sabotage you?"
Scratching his head, Akira Tsubaki thought about it seriously.
"Then, where would I be going undercover?"
"Stay in Team Minato and monitor Namikaze Minato!"