Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

Chapter 344 Mission

"Akatsuki? Interesting name, hehe..."

Orochimaru twirled an information scroll with his nimble fingers, then stuck out his tongue and swallowed the scroll into his stomach.

"Hey! Orochimaru, stop doing such disgusting things. You're the Hokage!"

Jiraiyako complained from the side.

"Also, Akatsuki? Why does it sound familiar? Where are they from?"

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya, thought for a moment, and decided not to share this information with his best friend.

There seemed to be no information about Pain in the ninja world, but he had heard of a name named Konan.

"Shikaku, where's Anko?"

Although Anko is his disciple, a fledgling will never learn to fly unless it is let go. A ninja who is trapped in Konoha will never grow as fast as a ninja who carries out missions and fights, so Orochimaru had already let Anko go out to carry out missions on her own.

With the blessing of the Heaven's Curse Seal and Hongdou's expertise in snake ninjutsu, tasks below S-level are hardly too difficult for Hongdou.

"Anko... probably at the meatball shop."

Although Red Bean was released, Orochimaru's release did not mean that Shikaku could easily ignore her. The Anbu had comprehensive surveillance over the Konoha village.

Nodding, Orochimaru picked up another piece of information, looked at it for a while, and then spoke to Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya, assign a mission, S-level, two teams, one light and one dark."

As Orochimaru was selecting talents in his mind, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

Compared to the conflicts in other villages or the civil strife in the Mist Village, Konoha at this time was truly full of talented people.

"The visible ninja, led by Kurenai Yuhi, includes Anko, Mizuki, and Iruka."

"Anbu ninja, led by Kakashi, with members Tenzo, Gekkou Hayate... plus Uchiha Itachi. That kid has been very diligent lately."

The reconnaissance ninjas at the border of the Land of Fire have reported that the Land of Earth has been uneasy recently. The specific situation is unknown, but it is suspected to be related to the Jinchūriki.

The Jinchuriki seems to have broken up with the Iwagakure. This may not be good news for the Iwagakure, but it may not be bad news for Konoha.

Orochimaru felt it necessary to find out specific information, because since the reconnaissance ninja had sent back the information, it meant that the Jinchūriki had already made trouble in the Land of Grass. Once the Jinchūriki transformed into a tailed beast entered the border of the Land of Fire, it would be a disaster for the people of the Land of Fire.

In addition to Minato, it takes time for ninjas to travel. By the time the Jinchūriki finishes his fight and leaves, everyone will be dead, so early warning and precautions are necessary.

"I see. Speaking of which, Orochimaru, is it okay to send the Anbu captain out on a mission?"

Jiraiya was talking about Kakashi.

"Kakashi has been resting for a long time. Hehe, that kid hangs around in the Anbu with a thermos every day. Find him something to do."

Orochimaru chuckled, as if he had some evil idea.

Kakashi had just reached adulthood and had taken the position of Anbu chief captain at a young age. However, since the Anbu chief captain did not leave easily, Kakashi is now living a retirement life.

I soaked some wolfberries in a thermos and sat in the Anbu office for the whole day, feeling so leisurely.

Jiraiya shrugged, indicating that he had no objection. After drawing up a task scroll, Jiraiya seemed to remember something and looked up at Orochimaru.

"Speaking of the ANBU captain... Shinnosuke's side... aren't you going?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Hiruzen's eldest son, restored his original name after being stripped of his position as ANBU Captain-in-Chief.

Since his younger brother Asuma Sarutobi is still a Konoha ninja, Shinnosuke can no longer continue to be a ninja, so recently, Shinnosuke decided to get married!

The son of the Third Hokage, the former Anbu Captain-General, is getting married. This is a big deal in Konoha, and Hiruzen is still alive.

But many people are actually waiting and watching, because a series of actions taken by Orochimaru after he came to power have led some people who do not know the reason to think that the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage are not in harmony.

Wouldn't supporting Shinnosuke's wedding be going against Orochimaru?

Orochimaru never said anything, and the village had been suppressing the matter. Seeing that the wedding was approaching, many people were hesitant to ask Orochimaru directly, so they came to greet Jiraiya, with whom they were getting along well.

Everyone knows that in the entire Konoha, there are only a few people who call the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru by his name, and among them, the three ninjas have the best relationship with him!

Orochimaru fell silent.

In fact, there was no dirty talk between him and Hiruzen.

But due to the existence of Danzo and some other reasons, it is best for him to maintain the illusion that he has no contact with the Third Hokage during his tenure.

"Please bring me a gift. I will go and have a drink with the teacher in private."

Orochimaru spoke softly.

Jiraiya chuckled.

In fact, Jiraiya also complained about the stupid things Hiruzen did when he was in power, but now they are all in the past, and Jiraiya just wants to maintain all the bonds.

Jiraiya would be worried if his best friend and teacher were not on good terms, but after hearing Orochimaru's answer, he realized that he had already let it go.

"Okay, then I'll choose the gift according to my ideas?"

"Ah."

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"Huh? Teacher, are you going on a mission?"

Yuta stared at Yuhikuren with his mouth wide open.

This made Xihihong laugh with her eyes narrowed.

"Well, the mission shouldn't be long. Yota, get along well with your friends in the village and stop playing pranks on your friends!"

Hong warned.

Although Hong was heartbroken by Yakumo's death, Yota's talent was even greater than Yakumo's.

He can learn illusions quickly and has special weather abilities. If he were not so young and had insufficient chakra, Yuta's current combat ability would be comparable to that of a Chunin!

But after learning a lot of illusions, this kid doesn't follow the right path! After asking about Yu Tai's ambitions, Hong was almost furious.

"As for ambition, I think it should be to make Naruto cry. All the other friends have cried, but Naruto is the only one who doesn't cry!"

Is this what you call ambition?! My lifelong wish is to make a child my own age cry, and a boy at that! Is this even right?

"Oh."

Yu Tai lowered his head and agreed.

This made Hong feel a lot more at ease. Although Yuta was extremely naughty, he would do whatever he promised, which showed that Yuta was a good boy.

So, Hong went to meet his teammates with peace of mind.

Outside Konoha Village, Kurenai led the team, with Anko following beside her. As for Iruka and Mizuki, it was already difficult for them to keep up with the speed.

"Red Bean, your strength should have reached the level of a Jonin."

As for the disciple of the Fourth Hokage, even if he is the leading ninja, Hongdou will not appear too strong. On the contrary, because both of them are women and Hongdou has an easy-going personality, the two of them can get along very well.

"Well, after this mission, I should be able to get promoted. But Red, my snake told me that there is a fifth person in the team."

"what!"

Hongdou was secretly shocked, but did not show it. Instead, she let her perception ability leak out.

Then she frowned.

Iruka in the back suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Yota's big face grinning at him.

"Wow!"

Frightened, Iruka instantly lost his balance and fell from between the treetops.

Hong also had a stern face and came over to the side.

"Yi! Tai! Didn't you promise me..."

"I didn't tease my friends, teacher~"

Hong opened her mouth and touched her head helplessly.

Yu Tai, it’s not like I broke my promise.

But at this time they were already far away from Konoha Village. They couldn't send Yota back to the village, nor could they just leave him there!

"Take me with you, teacher, I want to carry out the mission too!"

Red sighed.

"But Yota, you're not a ninja yet."

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