Konoha's task master

After the report, the ANBU immediately left immediately.

The expressions of Yakumo and Tsunade in the Hokage's office have changed to varying degrees, especially the blood on Tsunade's face is gradually fading away.

Although she agreed to put Minato Namikaze in a cell, she never thought of harming this junior, but now he mysteriously disappeared.

"Minato...how did he disappear?"

Tsunade sat on the sofa and murmured in confusion.

"It should be said that he disappeared."

Disappearance can be the result of one's own voluntary choice to disappear, while disappearance can be the result of others.

"You may need to ask Orochimaru about this."

The disappearance of Namikaze Minato was definitely a major event that shocked the ninja world. He was one of the few top experts in Konoha.

He once single-handedly changed the pattern of the Third Ninja War and is a high-ranking Konoha official who may become Hokage.

At the same time, it has a great reputation among civilians.

"That's right... Minato, the disappearance is most likely related to Orochimaru."

Tsunade lowered her head and analyzed... Analyzing, she felt that her head was so heavy, making it difficult for her to raise her head and raise her chest. For her... those two years of trusting Orochimaru were a huge mistake.

But the mistake has been made, and she can't turn back time.

"But why was it discovered that he was missing today?" Yakumo asked.

"Someone should have used illusions to influence the supervisor in charge of the cell."

Tsunade couldn't help but think of the supervisor responsible for imprisoning Namikaze Minato. He was once a member of the Senju clan. Later, he retired due to injuries on the battlefield. Orochimaru was reactivated after reuniting with the Senju clan.

The incomplete organs on his body have also been rebuilt with life cells. From a strength perspective, his combat power is even slightly stronger than that of a Jonin. What kind of strong man can use illusions to rewrite his cognition and memory for a long time?

"Will... there be members of the Uchiha clan involved?"

The family with the strongest genjutsu is the Uchiha clan.

"Anyway... Orochimaru must be leading this matter."

After all, the only person in Konoha who could take Namikaze Minato away from Konoha without anyone noticing was the former Hokage... Orochimaru.

"Then what are you going to do?" Tsunade asked.

"what to do..."

Yakumo was thinking about Orochimaru's reason for taking Namikaze Minato away and its possible whereabouts. He had just completely eradicated Orochimaru's soul parasitic on the rope tree.

Even using the dirt reincarnation is probably pointless. If he had known it would be useful, he would have held back just now...

There is no way to hold back. If Orochimaru is not destroyed, it will be difficult for the rope tree to wake up.

In this case, how to find Namikaze Minato becomes a problem.

"We must first figure out Orochimaru's goal...is there anything special about him?" Yakumo continued to ask.

"Orochimaru disguises himself as a rope tree every day...isn't that special?"

Tsunade asked in a low tone. The two years when she was deceived by Orochimaru were definitely memories that she could not face. It was an extremely complicated experience.

There is joy, pain, relief, excitement...

Now the recollection becomes more complicated.

In the end it just turned into a long sigh.

Yakumo sat on the sofa and began to think.

He no longer had any hope for Tsunade. No matter how smart a hero is, he can't resist the deception of his relatives. It is a trap that is carefully disguised, disguised as family affection, and using love to make people relax their vigilance.

Especially after losing family ties and gaining them again.

At the same time, Yakumo continued to expand his soul energy, letting it envelope the Hidden Leaf Village.

In this case, the entire Konoha Hidden Village was a completely transparent existence for him. From the perspective of his soul, he saw the figures of many people, some strong and some weak, but there was no aura of Namikaze Minato.

Yakumo adjusted the direction of the diffusion of soul energy and gradually went deep underground, trying to find Orochimaru's secret base deep in the earth. Orochimaru liked to build research bases underground.

These tsunami-like soul energies, like Yakumo's eyes, perfectly reflected the surrounding situation in his mind. From one meter to a thousand meters underground, no trace of the secret base was found.

"Orochimaru has become much smarter..."

Now Yakumo is not sure whether Orochimaru has completely died. For Orochimaru, death is actually a state that can be reversed. He is very likely to appear in front of Yakumo alive and kicking in a few days...

However, what Yakumo can be sure of is that if this continues, one day Orochimaru will completely lose himself due to the incompleteness of his soul.

Every time the soul is split, on the surface he is still Orochimaru, but on the inside he is dilapidated. Although the reincarnation of the body is magical, the soul is the essence.

It's a pity that Orochimaru doesn't understand that death is actually related to the soul.

Five minutes go by in a blink of an eye.

Yakumo finally... was able to confirm that there were no traces belonging to Namikaze Minato within thirty miles, which meant that Namikaze Minato had secretly been taken away from the Hidden Leaf Village.

"Has Namikaze Minato's chakra been sealed?" Yakumo asked.

When prisoners of war or spies in enemy villages are discovered, their chakra will be sealed and then placed inside the prison in charge of the ANBU.

If the strong people in Konoha Village make a mistake, they don't need to seal the chakra in their bodies.

"Sealed." Tsunade replied.

"Hey, he is a war hero. You and Jiraiya have watched him grow up. Even if he has to be imprisoned, there is no need to seal the chakra!"

Yakumo sighed. It was clear that Namiborimon was Jiraiya's successor, and the relationship between the two was more like that of a father and son, but Jiraiya still watched helplessly as his chakra was sealed.

At this moment, he once again felt the complexity of human nature.

If Namikaze Minato is in a state of voluntarily sealing chakra, his own ability to resist will be very weak, and the chance of being able to break free even if he is moved is even smaller.

"At that time, Rope... Orochimaru said that only by sealing chakra can we ensure that Namikaze Minato can leave without flying the Thunder God Technique. I thought what he said was reasonable and I didn't stop him, but from the beginning to the end, I never wanted to hurt him.

Watergate."

Tsunade's face turned pale and she explained with some lack of confidence that when this happened, Jiraiya tried his best to stop it and even broke up with Naoki. Unfortunately, at that time, she believed too much... Orochimaru.

In the end, Jiraiya chose to give in because of her.

"Jiraiya-sama, what was your reaction at that time?" Yakumo asked.

"He strongly opposed it, and a fight almost broke out, but Naoki made an offer to Namikaze Minato that he couldn't refuse."

"He is responsible for protecting...Kushina Uzumaki's safety?"

"That's right."

"Ah...this, love makes people blind."

"If it weren't for Sister Kushina, Minato wouldn't be willing to have his chakra sealed..."

Because love... makes people unable to control themselves.

"Anyway, it's up to you to find Namikaze Minato."

Yakumo sighed softly. He just wanted to pursue stability, but there were so many people who always liked to stir up trouble. Why couldn't they just calm down?

"This matter... is my fault."

Tsunade lowered her head and looked very guilty, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, not daring to face Yakumo's eyes.

"I'll go out of the village and look for it."

After Yakumo finished speaking, he used the ability of space transfer to disappear from the office.

Even though he planned many insurance conditions before leaving Konoha, Orochimaru and Uchiha Madara still messed up his plan.

Yakumo flew at high speed in the sky, facing the violent turbulence of the air, and at the same time used his soul energy to search for the aura belonging to Namikaze Minato on the ground.

Originally, he planned to use the psychic milk ball to search for Namikaze Minato, but he thought that the teleportation of the Flying Thunder God Technique would make the continuous aura path messy, so it was better to use the eyes of the soul to search.

The Eye of the Soul is essentially a higher visual ability, which allows Yakumo to see the flow and convergence of energy that ordinary people say are invisible, such as the flow of natural energy and ownerless chakra between heaven and earth.

The two energies are taught together, influencing each other like the tides of sea water, and in a certain sense, flowing according to certain rules. It is precisely because of the existence of these energies that ninjas can perform ninjutsu.

With the soul's perspective liberated to the limit, the world in Yakumo's eyes becomes more real, and many energies are like gorgeous aurora.

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In fact, he did not have to lock on to Namikaze Minato's aura. As long as he found a large amount of chakra aggregation in the wild, it was likely to be the target he was looking for.

"But...why did Orochimaru take Namikaze Minato out of Konoha?"

This is something Yakumo can't figure out. Namikaze Minato doesn't have any special bloodline or special abilities.

Although Namikaze Minato's strength is top-notch at the Kage level, he can only be used as a support in truly top-level battles.

So... what's on Minato's body that's more valuable?

It can't be because...it's fast, right?

Orochimaru must obtain this thing.

Since he disguised himself as Noge Tree, maintained his warm and cheerful personality, and regarded himself as the new leader of the Thousand Hands Clan.

If it wasn't for some necessary reason, he wouldn't do anything that would destroy his character.

This means...he wants to get something from Namikaze Minato.

Yakumo brought Orochimaru's thoughts as much as possible. He had obtained the key to the Six Paths level, and the two bloodlines were merging in an orderly manner. What he needed to do was to wait for the bloodline fusion to be completed.

Namikaze Minato should be meaningless to him...

The regulator determined that three days ago... Orochimaru.

"Wait a minute, no one can be sure that what the regulator is telling is the truth."

Yakumo began to recall the true emotions that emerged from Orochimaru when he mentioned releasing Namikaze Minato.

He didn't lie when he promised to release Minato Namikaze.

If he was the one who led the disappearance of Namikaze Minato, then when he said he would be released, he would definitely feel guilty, but at that time he didn't feel guilty at all.

This shows that Orochimaru was telling the truth when he said he would release Namikaze Minato.

The supervisor's words were influenced. Namikaze Minato's disappearance actually had nothing to do with Orochimaru. After all, he needed time to integrate his bloodline and would not actively undermine the stability of Konoha Hidden Village.

Wrong, wrong from the beginning.

The purpose of imprisoning Namikaze Minato was to guide the minds of civilians. This was Orochimaru's purpose. The one who could take away Namikaze Minato... was definitely not Orochimaru.

"Then... the person who took away Namikaze Minato should be Uchiha Madara, and his target is Ryūchi Cave, and it should be... Uzumaki Kushina!"

Yakumo did not delete the security certification of Namikaze Minato's secret base in Ryuji Cave, which means that Namikaze Minato can take Uzumaki Kushina away from the safe area of ​​Ryuji Cave.

Orochimaru needs stability, and more importantly, time. Naturally, he doesn't want Uchiha Madara to take the crucial step first and gather the Ten-Tails... to become a strong man at the level of Six Paths. In other words... the Ten-Tails is the goal of Orochimaru's plan.

When he reaches the sixth level, he should also take action to snatch it.

Then he temporarily...protects Uzumaki Kushina in order to stop Uchiha Madara.

"Go to Longdi Cave and wait, or continue searching?"

Yakumo couldn't determine... how long it would take for Namikaze Minato to make the key again. It might take a long time to wait before returning to Ryūchi Cave. Maybe it could be a two-pronged approach.

Many shadow clones were created through seals and spread away in all directions. Continue to search for Namikaze Minato's aura.

Yakumo is confident that he can inspect the entire ninja world in two days.

We must make sure...Uchiha Madara has nowhere to hide.

Well, Yakumo appeared in the secret stronghold of Ryūchi Cave without concealing his aura. Uzumaki Kushina, who was wearing cool clothes, appeared next to Yakumo a few seconds later. There were still sleep marks on his cheeks. He asked Yakumo anxiously.

ask.

"How is Minato doing now? Has he been released?"

"It's... liberating... but..."

Yakumo was a little hesitant to tell the answer. He has the ability to let the "Senju Rope Tree" release Namikaze Minato. If Namikaze Minato is freed, he should appear here as soon as possible.

Now that Minato has not appeared here, Kushina is worried about whether other changes have occurred.

"I can tell you...but don't worry."

Yakumo thought for a while and finally chose to confess. There was no need to hide this kind of thing. He wanted to be sure to get Namikaze Minato back.

Uchiha Madara himself is not a murderous person. He took away Minato Namikaze not to take his life, but for Kyuubi.

"Don't worry... I will definitely stay calm."

Uzumaki Kushina clenched her hands into fists and calmed her messy breathing.

"Minato, disappeared from Konoha Prison...I'm looking for him."

"boom…!

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A huge pit immediately appeared under Uzumaki Kushina's feet, and spiderweb-like cracks spread to all sides. The appearance of a fox was faintly seen from her body, and red chakra exploded wantonly.

"Calm down...calm down, calm down..."

Yakumo smiled bitterly and tried to comfort Uzumaki Kushina.

"Okay...I believe you can find Minato."

After more than ten seconds, Uzumaki Kushina restrained the rioting chakra, but her face became a little ugly... and lost all color.

She understood that all she could do was believe in Yakumo, believe that he could continue to create miracles, even if... she had to stay calm for Naruto.

"Don't be afraid...even if Minato dies, it's not like he can't be resurrected..."

"Overall, it's not a big problem."

"After all... the rope tree can be resurrected."

Yakumo smiled and reassured that the situation before him was really not a desperate situation, just like Orochimaru once said...

Death is just a state, not irreversible.

"You say that...I'm even more scared."

Uzumaki Kushina showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

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