Naruto under the bamboo forest

“I didn’t expect that this time it would be such a troublesome task.

Looking at the scroll in his hand, Liu Yu looked very solemn. This kind of scroll with top secret printed on it is often extremely difficult for S-level tasks. Most of them are tasks such as assassinating a village leader, a big name, or hunting down an S-level traitorous ninja.

Returning to his room, Liu Yu gently opened the scroll.

[Task Type: Assassination]

[Mission target: Former Fire Country Minister of Finance Jiuguang Tokijo]

[Mission location; the target character can be on the way to Cedar City when heading to the Land of Fire]

[Specific requirements: None, arranged by the planners themselves]

[Note: Enemy escorts]

Opening the scroll, the first thing that caught Riuyu's eyes was a simple explanation of the mission. Seeing this, Liu Yu frowned slightly. Although the former finance minister of the Fire Country was a big shot, assassinating such a person seemed not to be an S-level mission!

Liu Yu continued to read down, and when he saw the back, Liu Yu slowly understood what this mission was all about.

This Jiuguang Tokijo was bribed by the Kingdom of Thunder when he was still serving as the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Fire, and sold a large number of secrets of the Kingdom of Fire. And during the Third Ninja World War, he took advantage of his status and position to withhold and delay the delivery of various materials provided to Konoha by the Land of Fire, which indirectly caused Konoha to pay greater casualties in the war.

He also used his own power to provide support for the hostile activities of the Land of Thunder. The last time the Kumogakure ninjas who sneaked into the City of Fire attempted to assassinate the Daimyo at the Fire King Festival were brought into the city by him.

After the failed assassination attempt, Mitsuhisa Tokijo came under suspicion, and it wasn't long before the daimyo dismissed him as finance minister due to his old age. After further investigation by ANBU, Jiuguang Tokijo's identity as a traitor was determined.

But after all, this is a political scandal in the Fire Country, so the top leaders of Konoha and Fire Country do not intend to deal with him directly, but plan to find opportunities to assassinate him. And not too many people should know about the assassination process. After the assassination is successful, it can be framed on other hostile countries.

However, Kumitsu Tokijo received strong protection from Kumogakure. Several elite Kumogakure ninjas were placed among his bodyguards. Several waves of assassins sent by the daimyo were all defeated.

Now Jiuguang Tokijo also knows that the Kingdom of Fire is no longer safe, and begins to plan to escape from the Kingdom of Fire. According to information from the Intelligence Ministry, there will be Kumogakure ninjas who have infiltrated the "Tokisugi Castle" in the northeastern city of the Land of Fire.

As the former finance minister, Kumitsu Tokijo has mastered a large number of secrets of the Fire Country and a large amount of money. Once he defectes, it will pose a great threat to the Fire Country. Therefore, the daimyo ordered Konoha to run to Tokisugi Castle in Kumitsu Tokijo. Kill Jiuguang Toki Castle in advance.

Seeing this, it was not difficult for Liu Yu to understand why this mission was top secret. However, Ryuyu couldn't help but complain about how long it had been. Those high-level officials were still worried about the face of the big country. Wouldn't it be better to just mobilize heavy troops and forcibly capture Jiuguang Tokijo?

But complaints are complaints, Liu Yu still has to carry out the task honestly. For Ryūha, this mission is actually not that difficult. The only thing that needs attention is the Kumogakure ninjas who serve as Jiuguang Tokijo's bodyguards.

However, the ordinary Kumogakure ninja Liu Yu doesn't take it seriously. With her current strength, only a few people in Kumogakure Village, including the Abby group, can pose a threat to her.

But we still have to hurry up. According to the investigation of the Intelligence Department, Jiuguang Tokijo has already started to set off towards Tokisugi City. If he wants to intercept and kill them before they arrive at Tokisugi City, it is best to set off early.

After reading the mission, as usual, Liu Yu took out a lighter and burned it. Such confidential documents must be burned after reading.

"Is there another mission?"

At this time, a familiar voice gently sounded in Liu Yu's ears.

"Um!"

Liuyu hummed slightly, and from hearing this voice she knew that the person coming was Cao Qianfutang. When Liu Yu finished burning the scroll, he casually raised his head to take a look, but when he raised his head, Liu Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes. Only then did she notice that Kusame Futou was not wearing the familiar ANBU mask, and was also wearing regular clothes. She hadn't seen him dressed like this for a long time after joining the ANBU.

"Take a vacation!"

Seeing Liu Yu's slightly shocked look, Cao Qianfutang explained softly.

"That's really unlucky!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu said helplessly that Cao Qianfutang had taken a rare vacation, but he was about to go out on a mission. What a coincidence! I don’t know if the old man from the third generation did it on purpose.

"What's this?"

At this time, Cao Qianfutang pointed at the gilt envelope on Liu Yu's table and asked.

"The Daimyo's invitation letter, inviting me to join the Guardian Ninja. How about it? Are you interested? Do you want me to recommend you to join the Guardian Ninja?"

Liu Yu answered casually, but then Liu Yu seemed to have thought of something, and his tone became excited. I don’t have time to join the Guardian Ninja, but Sosenfudo does! Although Sosenfudo is still serving in the ANBU, I believe that the three Hokage will not object to the recruitment of the Fire Country's daimyo.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but secretly apologize to Asma in her heart. In the original work, Asuma was spotted by the daimyo and recruited to become the Twelve Guardian Ninja. But in this life, because of Ryūha's sudden appearance, the daimyo focused all their interest on Ryūha, and Asuma did not receive any invitation to protect the ninja.

If Kussenfudou really becomes a guardian ninja this time, Asuma may really have to say goodbye to the guardian ninja forever. As for the old friends who are familiar with Asma in the original work, such as Jilu and Kazuma, they may also become passers-by. In the future, Asma will no longer have the "fire" loincloth around his waist.

In the dark basement at the root, Danzo, who was covered in bandages, gently tapped his crutch and asked coldly: "Is everything done?"

"The scroll has been replaced!"

As Danzo's cold words fell, an ANBU wearing a patterned cat mask flashed out, half-kneeling in front of Danzo and said respectfully. After saying that, the ANBU took off the patterned cat mask, and then put on a base mask.

Upon hearing this answer, Danzo nodded with satisfaction, a hint of sternness flashed in the corner of his eyes, and then with a wave of his hand, the ANBU walked away.

In the incident of Orochimaru's defection, Ryuyu undoubtedly gained another wave of prestige, and more and more people in the village supported Ryuyu, but this also made Danzo even more intolerant of Ryuyu's thorn in his side.

Originally, Danzo and Orochimaru had many cooperations, and some of Orochimaru's experimental subjects were even helped by Danzo's roots to capture them.

For Orochimaru, Danzo is more taking advantage. He also planned to take advantage of a certain opportunity to leak the news of Orochimaru's forbidden human experiments to the Third Hokage, forcing Orochimaru to defect. But there is a premise for all this, that is, Danzo must first deal with the information related to him in Orochimaru's hands.

However, Ryūha's action forced Orochimaru to defect in advance. With the intervention of the ANBU directly under the Hokage, a lot of information on cooperation with Orochimaru that was not destroyed in time fell into the hands of Sarutobi Hiruzen, which also made the two The relationship has become more intense to a certain extent. Through this incident, Danzo also held a grudge against Ryūha in his heart.

Especially now, the daimyo actually sent an invitation to Kusanagi Ryuha to protect the ninja. If this Kusachi Ryūha really becomes a guardian nin and gains support from the top management of the Fire Nation, then Ryūha's identity as the next Hokage is almost certain. In this regard, Danzo must take some necessary actions.

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