Konoha's Destiny Twins

"Minato, tell me what you think." The Sandaime Hokage smoked his big pipe and said to Minato with encouraging eyes, "I want to hear your opinion on the whole matter first."

"Yes, Hokage-sama! From the moment we discovered Sunagakure's goshawk, the whole thing has been weird. Why did Sunagakure's goshawk pass by our route? Why did Danzo-sama order me and your direct subordinates? The Anbu went to retrieve the gold, but when we arrived at the location where the gold was stolen as mentioned by the Sandaime Kazekage, all we had waiting for us was an attack from unknown forces!" Minato's expression was unusually solemn, and he slowly concluded, "The enemy is targeting We have all the information."

"You mean, we have a spy in Konoha, this person is..." the Sandaime Hokage asked tentatively.

"It can only be Danzo-sama! This is the only explanation!" Minato said firmly.

"This kind of suspicion will lead to chaos... This kind of crime requires solid evidence..." The Sandaime Hokage had actually already made such a guess in his mind. But now even a young junior feels that there is something wrong with Danzo, so it seems that Danzo has something to do with it.

Danzo, what do you want to do?

The heavy speculation made him forget his favorite pipe for a while.

"You go back first." The Sandaime Hokage said to Minato.

But Minato still stood there, and the Sandaime Hokage asked again, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Yes! I think there is something fishy about April Qingshui. People from the roots have had private contact with him. Although Mr. Danzo said that April Qingshui rejected his invitation, that is just his words and no one can prove it! According to Danzo-sama, this mission allows us two young people to cooperate with each other... But why is it only me and not April Shimizu who goes to find a trap like gold?"

The Sandaime Hokage looked directly at Minato. From Minato's eyes, Sarutobi saw only calmness, as if the killing plan against him had never happened.

He was very calm and rationally analyzed all the facts that happened - a really valuable quality.

This young man is a junior whom he and Jiraiya have devoted their efforts to training. Neither he nor Jiraiya was wrong about the person. One day in the future, Minato will definitely become an excellent Hokage!

I remember Jiraiya once mentioned that Minato might be the son of the prophecy mentioned by the Great Toad Sage. The first possible son of the prophecy is a young man with the eye of reincarnation.

To be able to compare with the legendary Samsara Eye, this young man is truly amazing!

"Well... the ANBU has preliminarily verified Shimizu's report, and there is nothing wrong with it." The Sandaime Hokage seemed to think that answering Minato's concerns was too perfunctory, and added, "I will pay attention to your questions."

"Okay! I'll take my leave now!" Minato turned and left the Hokage's office.

"Hey..." The Sandaime Hokage sighed heavily, too many things happened recently.

The three-tailed Isozu appears in the world, Sunagakure intends to plot against Konoha, Amegakure fights the Rinnegan, and there is also a letter written by the Sandaime Kazekage, saying that gold has been robbed, and then there is an attack on the heir of Konoha Hokage, and there may even be a traitor...

All of this is shrouded in fog and undercurrents are surging.

In the past, he could let his favorite genius disciple Orochimaru come forward to deal with these headaches. However, ANBU recently submitted multiple secret reports on Orochimaru and Gen's private contacts.

Why does Orochimaru even have a problem?

In comparison, a new jounin like Yuki Shimizu seems insignificant in the eyes of the third generation. So what if he has had a few amazing missions? Strength and interests are what the big shots at the top really value.

"Is Jiraiya back? Call Jiraiya over!" The Sandaime Hokage could only place his hope on Jiraiya at this time.

"Old man, I'm already here!" Jiraiya had already appeared at the door of the Hokage's office,

He explained, "Looking at you calling Minato in the middle of the night, I knew something was wrong."

"Something happened." The Sandaime Hokage said straight to the point, "Someone wants to kill Minato."

"Who?" Jiraiya said solemnly.

"A group of ninjas of unknown origin, led by a guy wearing a white whirlpool mask. They are extremely powerful and can use wood escape." The Sandaime said seriously. This information was reported to him verbally by Namikaze Minato alone and was not recorded in On the ANBU mission log.

In that ambush, an entire ANBU team of 36 people plus the remaining 3 people from Minato's group died, and only Minato survived.

"Wood Release? The First Hokage's Wood Release?" Jiraiya said in surprise.

"Yes, Minato said it himself. So I want to ask you to go to the place where Minato was attacked and see if you can find any clues. It is currently guarded by ANBU. We have information about the enemy this time. Nothing.”

"For the position of Hokage?" Even though Jiraiya is usually silly and unreliable, when he encounters something serious, his mind spins very quickly, "Is it Danzo?"

"It's just a guess, but there is no evidence." The Sandaime Hokage frowned and continued, "But Danzo also suffered heavy losses this time. This is not like what he would do. And for him, he would only suffer losses if he turned against Hanzo. Bigger…”

"Bitter meat plan?" Jiraiya continued to guess.

The two of them shook their heads. At this point, there was no way to make further inferences without enough information.

"Is it false news that ten tons of gold were robbed?" Jiraiya asked again.

"I have sent someone to Sunagakure to verify the matter. Counting the time, we should be back tomorrow... we will have the results by then."

"So you think the Sandaime Kazekage has a problem too?"

"The letter here is indeed the handwriting of the Sandaime Kazekage, and it is also his seal. If Sunagakure doesn't give us a reasonable explanation for this matter... I will personally come forward." At this time, the Sandaime Hokage had a chilling expression. gas.

Hiruzen Sarutobi has always played the role of a rational politician, acting and speaking with restraint. But he is also the shadow of a village, the most powerful man in the village!

How should you calm down the anger of a strong man?

You must know that those who lost were a total of 39 Konoha ANBU elites! Coupled with the attempt to assassinate the successor of the next Hokage...

Sandaime Kazekage, are your hands stretched too long?

Jiraiya picked up the letter from the Sandaime Kazekage, read it carefully, and then sighed: "Danzo has a problem, Kazekage has a problem...this..."

The two have a tacit understanding so far. If they continue to expand this topic, it will basically prove that one of the most respected and respected senior officials in the village colluded with the enemy to betray Konoha.

This will definitely cause a bloody storm!

There must be sufficient evidence to make such an inference. Unreasonable suspicion will only divide the village, because no one can guarantee that this is not a trick of the Sandaime Kazekage. You know, that man is a man with the ambition of a great country!

"By the way, before you leave tomorrow, you can contact Yue Shimizu by the way. The ANBU report said that he narrowly escaped after fighting with the owner of the Samsara Eye.

"Is it Nagato? And that student of Maruboshi Kosuke?" Jiraiya may not be able to remember Shimizu's name, but he is quite familiar with Maruboshi Kosuke. This was a man that even the second generation Hokage valued.

"Yes, a young man with dark red hair, about fourteen or fifteen years old. Counting how many years you have been away from them, you are about the same age."

Nagato...Jiraiya's former disciple...has grown...

The Sandaime Hokage pondered for a moment and continued, "I saw a report saying that April Qingshui developed a new technique, the Muji Thunder Release Ninjutsu, which was performed with the help of a Thunder Release Chakra Kunai. It's incredible! It's just a key piece of physical evidence. They said it was lost...but because I borrowed it from Gu Jie, I checked with him later and found that it was indeed the case."

The Sandaime Hokage thought it would be a good idea to let Jiraiya come into contact with Shimizu, as Jiraiya always looked at people with a vicious eye.

"Do you think there is something wrong with this April Qingshui?" Jiraiya asked doubtfully.

"Danzo asked me to give Yuki Shimizu to him. He believes that the disappearance of one of his root members is related to Shimizu."

"Where's the evidence?"

"He didn't. He asked for someone to be handed over and then he would give me evidence..."

"Old man, you just let Danzo get involved in this matter so easily? This is an ANBU member directly under you after all."

"Ahem, there is someone who cares more about Qingshui than me... Maruhoshi Kosuke came forward and vouched for him with his life."

"Then what do you think? Is there any problem with April Qingshui?"

"It stands to reason that it is impossible to carry out such an S-class mission and suffer such heavy casualties... But now the whereabouts of the other three are unknown, and the Kingdom of Rain is now under martial law. How can we check?" The Sandaime Hokage shook his head. Shaking his head, he continued, "I can prevent Danzo from getting involved. But do you think there is any other way besides letting the ANBU Criminal Trial Team get involved in this matter?"

"have!"

The Sandaime Hokage took a puff of cigarette: "You tell me."

"believe him!"

"Hey...if it hadn't happened before, I would have completely trusted him...Although it was for the benefit of the village, I'm afraid that such an arrogant young man will inevitably have some ideas." The Sandaime Hokage sighed. , continued, "Since Maruhoshi Kosuke said so... now is not the time for internal fighting. So Jiraiya, please help me go and see this young man."

"good!"