Konoha: Opening Binding Namikaze Minato

Facts have proved that it is impossible to draw conclusions based on suspicion and guesswork alone.

At this moment, with the concerted efforts of countless people, the entire Konoha Prison has been dug up, but under the devouring of the Four Symbols Seal Technique, nothing is left underground and nothing can be seen.

After all the gravel at the bottom is cleared, you can vaguely see a smooth semicircular depression at the bottom, with a maximum diameter of hundreds of meters and a depth of forty or fifty meters.

It can be seen from the outline that it was originally supposed to be a circle, but the upper part collapsed and was shattered into pieces, which can no longer be seen.

Nara Luming stood on the edge of the smooth semicircular depression, lowered his head, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Tap tap tap!

Yanmen walked slowly to Nara Luming's side, imitating him to look down, frowning and asked:

"Senior Lu Ming, what have you discovered?"

"Who dares to launch a surprise attack on the Hokage in Konoha!?"

Yanmen looked filled with indignation and said through gritted teeth.

Alas, my acting skills are still not up to par. I should have squeezed out a few tears.

Mitarai Zixiao on the side was the same, and she also looked angry.

Nara Luming pondered for a moment, and then said: "Judging from the current situation, the enemy should be using some kind of large-scale offensive ninjutsu, which is extremely powerful and has a range of hundreds of meters."

"And you see, what is left after the attack is such a smooth surface, semicircular shape... I speculate that its complete shape should be a complete circle, but... the upper part has been turned into a pile of rubble.

"

Just as he was talking, Nara Luming walked to the rubble pile, picked out a few rubbles, then pointed to a part of the smooth surface above, with a wise look in his eyes, and said to Yanmen and others: "You guys

Look, these are the evidence."

Everyone thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Then what?"

"How is Hokage-sama doing now? Has he been... sacrificed?"

The person speaking at this time was Sarutobi Hiruzen's son, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who was also Konohamaru's father.

I saw him looking at the ruins not far away with a sad face, tears streaming down from the corners of his eyes.

In addition, his hands and clothes were covered with mud and he was dirty. He must have participated in the excavation work just now.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke is similar in age to Enmen. He is exactly ten years old this year and is still attending a ninja school.

However, due to the war, the graduation time of the ninja school was compressed to four years, which means that in half a year, Sarutobi Shinnosuke will graduate.

Originally, Sarutobi Hiruzen's arrangement for Shinnosuke was to join the ANBU after graduation, and then be responsible for his security work as a direct ANBU. This would not only make Shinnosuke's resume look better, but also keep his son in front of him and take care of him at any time.

Well, I can only say that as expected of the Hokage, he is so unscrupulous in using power for personal gain.

It's just that... the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Sarutobi Hiruzen himself died. As his son Shinnosuke, it is not yet known where he will go after graduation. The specific arrangements will probably not be determined until the Fourth Hokage comes to power.

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Back to the present.

Faced with Sarutobi Shinnosuke's question, the wise light in Nara Luming's eyes disappeared instantly and was replaced by silence.

The people around him also lowered their heads slightly with sad expressions and couldn't bear to look at Shinnosuke.

In this situation, the answer is obvious.

The Third Hokage and two advisors all died...oh, and Danzo...

In addition, some prisoners also died in this accident, but no one cared about their life or death at the moment.

Pattering...

Suddenly, it started to rain lightly and the weather was slightly cool.

As the saying goes, one autumn rain and another cold. There was a heavy rain at noon, and there is another light rain tonight, which seems to indicate that winter is coming.

And the timing of these rains is very interesting. As soon as someone dies, the sky starts to rain without saying a word, as if it can't bring out the sadness without a little rain.

In the crowd, Yanmen, like everyone else, silently lowered his head, with grief in his eyes.

What's even more amazing is that it happens to be raining now, so Yanmen doesn't even need to cry anymore.

Otherwise, he would really worry that he would not be able to cry.

At this moment, the more sorrowful he appears, the less suspicious he becomes.

Of course, in the eyes of smart people, his suspicion cannot be shaken off for the time being, but the real situation is that there are really not many smart people in the world, and smart people often know how to assess the situation and what should be said and what should not be said.

There is a steelyard for everyone.

So Yanmen only needs to deceive most people who are not very smart.

In the center of the crowd, the silence of everyone made Shinnosuke understand a cruel fact, that is... his father, the Third Hokage of Konoha, had died.

With a bang, Shinnosuke fell to the muddy ground, his eyes were blank and his body was trembling slightly.

Someone wanted to go up and help him, but the person around him held him back and shook his head: "Just let him cry for a while."

"Oh, Third Generation Sir, what a pity."

"I heard that his little son was just born. He lost his father at such a young age. It's really..."

Someone sighed with emotion in a low voice.

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"alright!"

At this moment, Nara Luming spoke again. He looked around and said: "Immediately block the news. The news about the accident of the third generation and the two consultants must not be spread out now!"

Among everyone present, Nara Luming had the highest position. As the leader of the Jonin class, everyone had to listen to him in the absence of the Hokage.

Therefore, he could only temporarily put away the sadness in his heart, and at the same time issued an order to block the news.

This is the time of war, and once the news of Hokage's death spreads, the consequences may be...unpredictable.

Needless to say, Iwagakure and Kumogakure were fighting fiercely at this time, but I was afraid that Kirigakure and Sunagakure also had some thoughts.

It is true that Sunagakure is currently dealing with Umagakure, but as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Umagakure's small number of people are really not enough in front of Sunagakure, if it were not for the depth behind enemy lines and the land area of ​​the country of wind.

It is vast enough to fight guerrilla warfare, but Yugakure would have been defeated long ago.

Yes, Hanzo is powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, there is only one person, and Hidden Sunagakure is not bad either. Chiyo and Ebizo are still two Kage-level players, and in a two-on-one situation, they will definitely have the upper hand.

During this period of time, Hanzo was blocked by Chiyo and Ebizo more than once. Although he was allowed to run away each time, the injuries he sustained became more serious each time.

It is true that Konoha provided information to Hanzo, but Konoha does not want Amegakure to really defeat Sunagakure. The best result is that both sides will suffer losses, so that the southwest of the Fire Country will be completely stable.

Therefore, Konoha will deliberately prolong some information, or simply not provide it, leaving Hanzo to fight with Sunagakure.

Although there is a suspicion that the work is not done, there is still help after all, but now a huge change has occurred in Konoha, and the root of cooperation with Amegakure has also been disbanded. Now Hanzo has completely lost support.

Of course, there are still supplies from Konoha, but information and such are basically gone.

However, time is still short now, and it will probably take a while for Hanzo to get the news.

After all, Danzo was arrested last night, Genji was disbanded in the afternoon, and the others died tonight. Therefore, the relevant news may not have spread yet, let alone Nara Luming's request to block the news at this time.

On the other side, Kirigakure, they had just been defeated, signed an agreement, and paid a large amount of war compensation.

It seems that they do not have the ability to start a war in the short term, but no one can guarantee 100%. If they learn about the death of the Hokage, they will be ready to take action, and they may suddenly come back one day.

Therefore, news about the death of the Hokage must be blocked for as long as possible, preferably until the Fourth Hokage comes to power.

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After issuing the order to block the news, Nara Luming said again: "I am ordering all jounin to go to the conference room for a meeting immediately, except for those who have missions!"

"yes!"

Everyone took orders one after another.

Before leaving, Nara Shikawa called several chuunin and ordered: "Protect the scene, no one is allowed to destroy it! No one else is allowed to get close!"

Then, Nara Luming looked at Yanmen and said, "Yanmen-kun, let's go together."

Yanmen said "Yeah" with a depressed expression, and then followed Nara Luming step by step.

On the way, Nara Luming said: "Even now, there is still no trace of the Third Generation. He may really be in danger."

"Alas!" Yanmen sighed heavily.

"Yanmen-kun, what do you think of the Fourth Hokage? Who do you support?" Nara Luming said expressionlessly: "As far as I know, with your achievements and prestige, Yanmen-kun, you can also run for the Fourth Hokage.

Hey, do you... have any ideas?"

Yanmen turned his head, his eyes were dark, and he said with a low expression: "It's already this time, why do you test me, Senior Lu Ming? I have already told the Third Generation that I have no interest in the position of Hokage. I don't want to be, and I don't want to be."

I will do it."

"As for who I support, isn't the answer obvious? As a disciple, of course I have to support the teacher."

After carefully observing Yanmen for a while, Nara Luming said with a smile: "That's right."

After that, the two of them stopped talking, and Mitarai Shixiao who followed behind them also remained silent.

After a while, several people entered the Hokage Building together and walked to the conference room on the second floor.

At this time, the conference room was already full of people. After receiving the news and knowing the seriousness of the matter, everyone did not dare to delay for even a minute and rushed over as quickly as possible.

Because it was raining, they were still wet, but no one cared.

I saw them sitting in their seats with solemn expressions. No one spoke, but everyone could see the solemnity and sorrow in the other's eyes.

A depressing atmosphere filled the entire conference room until Yanmen and his team arrived.

The moment the door was opened, Yanmen and Nara Luming appeared in front of everyone, and they stood up in unison.

Seeing the two of them, everyone seemed to see the backbone, especially Yanmen, whose strong strength gave everyone a deep sense of security.

After all, even the Hokage-sama was "assassinated" in the village. Everyone was worried that it would be their turn, but now that the Flame Clan is here, all their worries can be put aside.

"Why are you standing here? Sit down."

Seeing that Yanmen had no intention of speaking, Nara Luming finally spoke.

Because of this, Nara Luming began to believe that Yanmen was really not interested in the position of Hokage, otherwise now would be a good time.

Thump thump thump…

Nara Luming walked to the seat belonging to the leader of the Jonin class and sat down. After Yanmen glanced around, he finally chose a seat diagonally opposite Nara Luming.

In fact, with Enmen's strength and status, no one would say anything even if he sat in the position of Danzo, Koharu or Mitomon, as long as he did not sit in the position of Hokage, but he sat very low-key.

in the middle position.

Seeing this, Nara Luming's eyes moved slightly. Then he looked around and confirmed that all the Jonin had arrived. He said in a deep voice: "I called everyone here at night. I believe you all know the reason. It doesn't matter if you don't know. I

Let’s talk about it roughly.”

"Tonight, the Third Generation Sir and two advisors went to Konoha Prison to visit the former advisor Danzo. Unexpectedly, an accident happened midway. The entire dungeon was shrouded in some unknown ninjutsu, including the Third Generation Sir, the two advisors, and Danzo.

And many prisoners have disappeared, so..."

Nara Luming took a deep breath and continued: "Therefore, we infer that the Third Generation has probably been sacrificed!"

boom!

After listening to some Jonin who didn't know much about the situation, a thunder seemed to explode in their minds, and they were completely stunned.

"Lord Hokage died? How is this possible..."

"how so?"

"What kind of enemy and ninjutsu can kill Master Hokage and the others silently..."

"Could it be that Hokage-sama and the others were just transferred and not actually dead?" Someone raised such a question.

Nara Luming nodded and said: "We do not rule out the possibility, but we cannot wait forever. We are now in a war period. Once the news of the Hokage's disappearance spreads, it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the front line. Therefore,

Blocking the news is one thing, but the most important thing is that we... need to finalize the candidate for the Fourth Hokage as soon as possible."

"Once it is confirmed that the sacrifice of the third generation has been confirmed, arrangements will be made immediately for the succession of the fourth generation. Only in this way can we stabilize the morale of the front line and stabilize the hearts and minds of the people."

After Nara Lu Ming finished speaking, the conference room fell silent for a few seconds, and then everyone exclaimed.

"Do we need to decide on the candidates for the fourth generation now?"

"Yeah, isn't it... too hasty? And what if the third generation is still alive?"

"No, I think what Squad Leader Lu Ming said makes sense. First, finalize the candidate for the Fourth Hokage, and then decide whether to let the Fourth Hokage succeed him after the situation of the Third Hokage is completely determined."

"I agree!"

"I agree too."

For a time, everyone expressed their opinions one after another, some were in favor, some were against, and some were silent.

Yanmen didn't speak the whole time, but silently observed everyone. When everyone had finished talking, he stood up and said loudly: "I agree!"

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