From the night of genocide to the strongest

A few days later, in Konoha Village.

Although the backbone of the Third Hokage was lost, two highly respected high-level advisors, Koharu Koharu and Mito Monobu, stepped forward at this time.

Methodically directing the villagers and ninjas to rebuild their homes,

Although the trauma caused by the invasion war a few days ago cannot be forgotten, the days of the living must continue to live.

The weather is particularly gloomy today, and it is drizzling.

This weather is just like the mood of the people of Konoha.

In the morning, it is time to pay homage to the deceased.

The funeral of the Third Hokage was arranged on the rooftop of the Hokage Building.

Under the leadership of Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto came to the rooftop with uneasy expressions. When Kakashi arrived, the rooftop was already filled with people wearing black plain clothes and expressions on their faces. Heavy ninjas.

At first glance, there were about three thousand people in front and behind. In addition to those who were stationed in various places in the Fire Country and had already performed their missions, all the ninjas who could come were here.

The person who presided over the memorial ceremony was Koharu Tenneko. As a high-level consultant of Konoha Village, both her position and her identity as a woman were the best candidate to host the memorial ceremony.

"As long as there are leaves flying, fire will burn, and the shadow of the fire will shine on the village, and let new leaves sprout. The Sandaime and the compatriots of Konoha did not die in vain, they left something important, which is fire will."

"This is also the will that the Sandaime has implemented from beginning to end!"

"May the Sandaime rest in peace, and may our compatriots rest in peace..."

"The ceremony is over!"

The three people from Team 7 took the white chrysanthemums with heavy faces and placed them one by one in front of the portrait of the Sandaime Hokage, clasping their hands together.

After the memorial ceremony, Sakura and Naruto still looked thoughtful. After a moment of silence, Naruto said, "Kakashi-sensei, where did that bastard Sasuke go?"

Sakura remained silent, but she also turned her gaze to her teacher with a worried look on her eyes.

Sasuke has never appeared since he said he wanted to practice in seclusion a month ago. He also did not appear when such a big thing happened during the chunin exams.

After repelling the Sound Ninja and Sunagakure, Sakura and Naruto immediately rushed to the Uchiha clan, but no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find Sasuke.

As if mysteriously missing, the two of them

After Kakashi was silent for a while, he shook his head: "I don't know, but don't worry, with Sasuke's strength and wisdom, he will definitely not encounter any accidents."

"All right!"

Sakura and Naruto could only nod. Naruto clenched his fists and whispered: "If I see that bastard next time, I will give him a good beating for making us worry about him so much!"

Sakura sighed, moved her lips, but finally said nothing and fell into silence.

Sasuke, you are not going...

Sakura said sadly in her heart. Thinking of Orochimaru's wooing of Sasuke in the Forest of Death, and the blood feud on Sasuke, Sakura was extremely worried for a moment.

Why......

Kakashi silently took in the expressions of the two students and wanted to comfort him, but he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.

At this time, Kakashi was extremely worried about Sasuke's situation, worried that he might have been poisoned by Orochimaru during that month.

Don't let anything happen to you, Sasuke!

Kakashi sighed inwardly.

.............

The sky became clear in the afternoon and the sun was high in the sky.

"As expected of a Konoha girl, tsk tsk, this figure..."

On one of the eaves, Jiraiya was holding a monocular telescope, concentrating on the scene in the distance, and making lewd laughter from time to time.

"You're still so boring, Jiraiya, just like your sensei!"

A calm voice sounded from behind Jiraiya. Jiraiya raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at the person.

"Uncle Yan, Teacher Xiaochun, what do the two consultants want to see me for?"

"What's the matter?" Koharu and Mito Kadeni looked at Jiraiya solemnly when they went to bed, and said in a deep voice:

"If you don't tell me, you should already know it, right?"

"Don't be so serious. Is it because of the negotiation with Sunagakure?" Jiraiya chuckled and pretended not to understand.

"It's not because of this." After sleeping, Koharu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Now that the village is very weak and the Sandaime has passed away, a strong and trustworthy leader must become the Hokage to appease the hearts of the villagers."

"Hokage?" Jiraiya murmured and said, "Besides me, there should be someone else in the village who is suitable to be the Hokage, right?"

"No more!" Koharu, who turned to bed, narrowed his eyes and said with a somewhat ugly face: "In addition to the Third Hokage, Danzo also died that day!"

"We have not announced this news. You know that Danzo's existence is also a trump card to intimidate other ninja villages. If other ninja villages know that in addition to the death of the Sandaime, Danzo also died, it will definitely bring trouble to the current villages.

There’s a big danger coming!”

Danzo!?

Jiraiya's face changed slightly, Mito Kadoyan took over the words and continued: "We suspect that his death was also caused by Orochimaru, and this time Orochimaru was able to invade Konoha so smoothly...

"

Speaking of this, Mito Monoyan kept silent, but the three of them knew it well.

The early cooperation between Danzo and Orochimaru could not be hidden from others, but not from the three of them.

Orochimaru's invasion this time was indispensable with Danzo's help. Danzo's death probably caused some estrangement between the two, which led Orochimaru to take action against him.

After all, the two never really trusted each other, they just used each other.

"Moreover, I also suspect that the mysterious disappearance of Uchiha Sasuke has a lot to do with Orochimaru." Mito Kadoyan continued: "The current Uchiha Sasuke is either dead, or he is somewhere with Orochimaru."

"Hey... I understand." Jiraiya sighed, nodded, and his face became more serious.

"I'm going to find that guy Tsunade. Compared to me who has no motivation, Tsunade is more suitable to be Hokage."

The two consultants were silent for a while and then nodded.

After the three discussed for a while, and after Jiraiya promised to find Tsunade within a month and allow her to come back and inherit the position of Hokage, the two advisors relaxed and dispersed.

night!

The breeze was gentle, and the night breeze was blowing on the railing where Kakashi was lazing.

"Jiraiya-sama, you are so late, what do you want to see me for?"

"Kakashi, I will go back to Konoha to find Tsunade tomorrow." Jiraiya said seriously: "Like the current situation, I don't trust Naruto alone in the village. I want to take him to find Tsunade.

, and by the way, guide him in the process.”

"Looking for Tsunade-sama? That's it, I understand."

Kakashi nodded, understanding in his heart, and agreed to Jiraiya's proposal,

"Then please protect Naruto, um..."

Kakashi seemed to think of something again, and then said: "In this case, can I ask you to take care of another child?"

Jiraiya smiled: "Are you talking about Haruno Sakura?"

"Well! Master Jiraiya, you are an experienced ninja. I hope you can give me some advice. Compared to me, an incompetent teacher, you can give me some advice."

"This is a small problem." Jiraiya touched his chin, slightly arched the corners of his mouth, and said to himself:

"A girl with such outstanding talent may even become her disciple..."

"Jiraiya-sama, if you can..." Kakashi hesitated and said, "Please help me find the whereabouts of Sasuke's child. In any case, he..."

"Why."

Kakashi sighed, if it weren't for the fact that the village was in urgent need of manpower and faced with internal and external troubles and needed him, an elite jounin, to be in position to prevent unexpected events, he would have long ago wanted to find his disciples.

"I understand!" Jiraiya looked serious, nodded and replied in a deep voice.

The next morning, there was thick fog.

Under the leadership of Jiraiya, Sakura and Naruto left Konoha Village and embarked on a journey to find Tsunade.

At the same time, just as the three of them walked out of Konoha Village, two uninvited guests arrived in the thick fog. However, after wandering around for a day, the two of them neither discovered the situation of the Jinchuuriki nor received any useful information.

And Uchiha Itachi didn't find out about Uchiha Sasuke, and he didn't even know about Danzo's death.

The two of them came quietly and left quietly without taking away a single cloud!