This Uchiha is too cautious

"I didn't expect you guys to be gone for so long, but welcome back."

At the gate of Konoha, the ninjas of the security department were still doing what they were supposed to do.

Standing outside the village were two men in black. Their clothes were very different from the others in Konoha. One of them was not even wearing a forehead protector.

But the pass was real. It was a pass issued by the Security Department, and it even had Uchiha Kei's autograph on it.

Even if the ninja at the door didn't know these two people, having the pass was enough to prove everything.

"Thank you, we feel good coming back."

A hoarse voice sounded in the mouth of one of the men in black. The man raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of golden, snake-like eyes under the bamboo hat.

But the ninja from the security department obviously didn't notice it, and even if he did, he wouldn't say anything.

After all, this person has a pass signed by the Minister himself. As long as he has this document, there will be no problem.

His attention has been completely focused on the next ninja coming to the village. The chunin exam is about to begin, and their current workload is really huge.

They have to face all kinds of people every day, and they don't have that much energy to investigate someone with a minister's signature.

"It's really interesting."

After the snake-eyed man wearing a bamboo hat and another person walked into Buye, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"I don't care when I see it's Kai-kun's signature. His prestige is still so great. And it's really nostalgic. After so many years, Konoha has become more prosperous."

"I think you are really bored." Another black-haired man next to the snake-eyed man shook his head: "I can just take you back, why bother to go through the gate."

"Because I still have a subordinate waiting for me." The man with snake eyes licked his tongue. Fortunately, he was covered by the bamboo hat and no one noticed this scene.

The two of them are Orochimaru and Obito. As the protagonist of this operation, Orochimaru will of course come back to participate.

As for Obito, this guy came back because he was worried about something unexpected happening, and he could also secretly help.

He now has basically complete control over the Akatsuki organization, and that guy Nagato has completely stopped managing the day-to-day affairs of the organization.

Obito himself had never thought of such a situation, and he really had no experience in managing an organization.

In order for the Akatsuki organization to be completely under his control, and for Black Zetsu not to notice anything strange.

So Obito made a decision, which was to let people like Orochimaru and Kisame help him.

Orochimaru's previous status in Konoha was not comparable to his own back then. This guy actually had good management skills.

And Kisame has worked in Kirigakure and Konoha's ANBU before, so it's no problem to help monitor other people in the organization.

With the help of these two people, the Akatsuki organization was indeed in Obito's hands.

Moreover, the cooperation and techniques of these two people are very strong, especially Orochimaru. Even Black Zetsu did not notice anything under his management.

This made Obito feel that Orochimaru was really powerful.

It wouldn't be surprising if Uchiha Kei knew about it. After all, this guy is a guy who can build his own shinobi village and develop it well.

However, Orochimaru is also a little dissatisfied with this matter. Managing this organization still consumes a lot of his energy.

This caused him to waste a lot of time on managing the organization, leaving him with little time for research.

However, Obito didn't care too much, and he also promised Orochimaru that no matter what kind of material the guy wanted, as long as he didn't have any bad intentions against Konoha, he could help get it.

It was this promise that made Orochimaru suppress his inner dissatisfaction and help honestly.

"Your subordinates?" Obito turned and glanced at Orochimaru. He was now using the appearance of 'Uchiha Lin'.

Of course, it's okay to look at it as his own appearance and cover up the injured half of his face. He hasn't changed his appearance at all.

"Yes, to be precise, he should be a subordinate of Director Kai." Orochimaru nodded: "A very talented child, Director Kai gave him to me to assist us in doing some things. In this mission, he will Assist us."

Obito nodded, he didn't take this kind of thing too seriously.

In fact, he felt strange when he walked in from the gate. Although he had always been recognized as a Konoha ninja, he clearly remembered what he had done back then.

Therefore, when he returned to Konoha before, he basically used his Kamui to sneak in on his own.

But I have to say that walking in from the main entrance in such a swagger is indeed a very unique feeling.

At this moment, Orochimaru suddenly turned his head and walked towards a corner, Obito tilted his head and followed him.

He didn't use the Sharingan, but he could also detect that there seemed to be some arrangements in that place.

Shaking his head, Obito followed and walked in, but for a moment, the wind started to rise out of thin air in the open space.

In this gust of wind, a figure appeared strangely. He opened his eyes, with a faint smile on his lips. This person was Kabuto Yakushi.

"Lord Orochimaru." Kabuto Yakushi bowed slightly to Orochimaru and said, "There is also this lord."

"He is my leader." Orochimaru chuckled: "He is the actual controller of the Akatsuki organization."

Yakushi Kabuto's pupils expanded slightly. He really didn't expect that this dangerous guy would actually come to Konoha?

But he was still a very qualified ninja. Although he was extremely shocked inside, he still looked normal.

After all, he was someone who knew the actual situation of the Akatsuki organization. Although he was silenced and couldn't speak out, he was shocked mainly because this guy actually came over in person.

And, why does this guy look so young?

Judging by his age, he seems to be in his twenties.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things. You can just negotiate this matter with Director Kei." Orochimaru licked his tongue, and then he slowly said: "How is the arrangement in Konoha? Change it. Did you give me part of the plan?"

"Hokage-sama has already taken it out." Kabuto Yakushi respectfully handed a document to Orochimaru: "This is the current layout of Konoha. I have modified some places. It cannot be too complete, otherwise it will arouse suspicion. "

"It seems that you have saved me a lot of things." Orochimaru took the information, glanced at it briefly and nodded: "Very good, these things are enough."

"So, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto Yakushi lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "How do you plan to deal with the Fourth Kazekage?"

"That guy is probably close to death. I have specially arranged a small team to deal with them."

"You actually asked the Akatsuki organization to dispatch?"

"It wasn't me, it was him. As for the one who did it, he was naturally himself."

The night is like a song, and on a cliff under the moonlight, the night wind blows, bringing a hint of the coolness of the night and the smell of wind and sand.

In the season of late June, the heat in the Kingdom of Wind is still unbearable even late at night.

A figure stood on the edge of the cliff. His red cloud-colored robe on a black background rustled in the wind. The night wind blew his hair constantly swaying, but he didn't care.

His expression was as cold as a statue, if it weren't for the fact that he still had a unique body temperature and the aura of a living person.

There was a cave on the top of the cliff behind him, and firelight emitted from the cave from time to time.

A man also wearing a red cloud suit with a black background was squatting next to the fire. There were two roasted golden birds stuck on the branches nearby, which looked like a kind of vicious bird living on the cliff.

But at this time, the ferocious bird can only be used as food for others, and it has exuded a rich aroma.

The man squatting next to the fire turned his head, his shark-like face came into view, and glanced at his companions on the edge of the cliff.

"Zhisui-kun, you've been watching for a long time, it's time to eat something." Kisame said calmly: "Leave it to me next. I'm fairly familiar with that guy."

"It doesn't matter, you can eat first." Zhishui shook his head and didn't say much.

Kisame didn't care when he saw this. If it wasn't because he didn't want this guy to hold him back, he didn't bother to scream.

Kisame and Shisui have been teaming up for several years, but their relationship really hasn't changed much.

Shisui thinks that Kisame is an evil villain who escaped from Konoha, while Kisame thinks that Shisui is a bastard who betrayed Konoha. Both of them hate each other from the bottom of their hearts.

But there is nothing they can do about it. In their own eyes, they are spying on each other when they form a team.

Therefore, no one dares to act too much. Even if they are really unhappy, they can't really kill the other party, right?

But you can't kill them, and don't think that they can get along well with each other in other aspects. Even if you want to ask casually like this, it is just formulaic.

You can eat if you want to, but forget it if you don’t want to, it’s not a big deal.

This time they have a mission, which is to come to this place to intercept and find a way to kill the Fourth Kazekage!

This mission is a bit dangerous, after all, it is to kill the shadow of a village.

But Kisame didn't take it too seriously. He had actually faced the Fourth Kazekage, but they didn't fight that time.

He still clearly remembered that he and Man Yue were surrounded by a large group of sand ninjas and almost couldn't get out.

Coming to this guy this time can be regarded as revenge for the past.

He didn't believe it. Will he bring so many men with him this time?

Glancing at Samehada put aside, Kisame showed a smile, but this smile was not really kind, and even had a sinister feel under the firelight.

Shisui glanced at Kisame inadvertently from the corner of his eyes, and then he looked away.

He really didn't have much thought about eating right now. He was still paying more attention to what was going on in Konoha.

Shisui knew a little about Sunagakure's movements, but he didn't know much information.

For example, Sunagakure is very closed now, but recently we can see a lot of elite teams quickly entering the country of the river.

This situation seems a bit too bad, because no matter how you look at it, it seems that you want to attack Konoha!

In order to prove this, Shisui quietly intercepted a team and used illusions to torture them.

Unfortunately, the other party obviously set up a seal, and activated such a restriction at the moment of torture, and then the person died.

However, Shisui still found some relevant information. On the bodies of these guys, there was a map of Konoha and the location where they needed to cross!

This is almost 100% certain that these Sunagakure may really have thoughts about Konoha, so he accepted the task of assassinating the Fourth Kazekage.

In his mind, that guy Sunara should go to Konoha in advance, so that after killing him, he can also go to Konoha to see if he can help.

But the current situation gave him a bit of a headache. So far, he has not found that Shaluo guy.

The place where they ambush is the fastest way to Konoha, so it is best to ambush in this place.

But as of today, seeing that the Chunin Exams are about to begin, why is there still no movement from this damn Sara?

This made Zhisui feel like he really couldn't remember it.

"Uncle, you don't have a pass and you don't wear a forehead protector, how can I let you go?"

Outside Konoha Village, a security ninja looked at the guy in front of him helplessly.

This guy has white hair as thick as a lion, and his forehead does not have the forehead protector of Ninja Village. Instead, it has a forehead protector with the word "oil" written on it.

Under the corners of the eyes, there are two lines of red eyeliner, which look like makeup for sacrifices.

He was wearing a common gray dress with a red vest on the outside, and the huge scroll on the back was sealed with something unknown.

In fact, with this image, the ninja from the security department had already recognized who the guy in front of him was, so he was so polite and even seemed a little aggrieved.

There was no way, the person in front of him was Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas!

Normally, he would never and would not dare to stop him, but now is a critical period.

There had been orders from above that no matter who they were, they had to undergo strict testing, so he didn't dare to let Jiraiya go.

"Don't call me uncle, I'm still young!" Jiraiya replied unhappily, and then said helplessly: "Can't you ask someone to inform you? Kakashi can do it, Kei can do it. Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone who knows me?”

"I've gone and haven't come back yet." The ninja from the security department said helplessly: "Uncle. No, brother, please don't embarrass me anymore."

"Fucking brother." Jiraiya cursed, but in the end he shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, forget it, I'll wait."

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he simply went to sit aside and stopped embarrassing this guy.

But he was also a little strange in his heart. Although the Joint Chunin Examination was very important, this kind of investigation seemed to be a bit too intense, right?

Could it be that something is about to happen?

"Jiraiya-sensei, why are you back?"

In the evening, in the Hokage's office, Minato Namikaze looked helplessly at his teacher in front of him.

He really didn't expect that his teacher would come back at this time. This was definitely beyond his expectation!

Namikaze Minato now feels that his head hurts. Jiraiya has been wandering around for these years. His external claims and reasons are very simple - to hunt down Orochimaru.

This reason is indeed very good, because they were called Sannin back then, and they grew up together, and they have a deep affection for each other.

In addition, it would be unrealistic for someone as dangerous as Orochimaru to go out with someone else.

Those who can deal with Orochimaru and are strong enough may not have that time at all.

There is no need to say more about those who are not strong enough, they are simply given away.

Therefore, Jiraiya went to capture Orochimaru himself, which turned out to be the best result.

Of course, this was also said to the outside world. In fact, Jiraiya knew that Orochimaru was actually a spy for Konoha.

He is the kind of person who is willing to ruin his reputation for the sake of Konoha.

I have to say that this was a wonderful misunderstanding, at least it was definitely one at the time.

As for now, Uchiha Kei is sometimes baffled by Orochimaru's attitude.

That guy really tried his best to help me, whether it was in terms of research or some of the things he planned.

Such an attitude really makes Uchiha Kei think that Orochimaru simply thinks of himself as Sasuke?

Don't tell me, this possibility is really high. It's really hard for you to figure out what Orochimaru is thinking about.

Jiraiya no longer needs to monitor the Akatsuki organization, because he has great trust in Orochimaru.

However, he also has some other tasks to deal with, and these tasks are frankly his own.

One mission is to find information about Otsutsuki Ishiki. In fact, this mission can be considered completed, but Jiraiya is not at ease.

He thought that his strength might not be able to help Uchiha Kei and the others, so he would use his other advantages.

He can roam the entire ninja world unscrupulously, so that he can more easily find the so-called Otsutsuki.

The second point is Tsunade.

During the mission in Sugino Country, he unexpectedly got information from Tsunade, so he followed her without hesitation.

This lasted for several years, and no one knew when he would come back.

Who knows, he chose to come back at this time!

Namikaze Minato is really having a headache now, because Jiraiya doesn't even know what this chuunin exam means.

After all, considering Jiraiya's relationship with the Third Hokage, there were some things that he really didn't dare to tell him.

At most, he would tell Jiraiya all this only after it happened.

After all, things have already happened. Can they still be changed after they become established facts?

And now if this guy knew about it and even stayed in Konoha, it would really likely cause a lot of trouble.

"Isn't it normal for me to come back?" Jiraiya didn't understand what was going on at all, and he said with a smile on his face: "Do you think that me coming back now will disturb your get off work?"

"No, no." Namikaze Minato shook his head quickly: "I just feel a little surprised."

"Surprise?" Jiraiya didn't think about it that much, but he also had some questions: "By the way, Minato, how come the joint chuunin exam is so serious? Even if I come back, I need a pass. It's really unlucky. I I didn't ask you for it when I went out, but today I sat at the gate until they got off work."

"This matter" Namikaze Minato had a headache.

He is now thinking about how to explain this matter.

Said, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble, after all, Sarutobi Hiruzen is Jiraiya's teacher!

Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen himself agreed to this matter, it still required Uchiha Kei's inducement, his own acquiescence, and the cooperation of all Konoha senior officials.

In other words, the death of Sarutobi Hiruzen is inseparable from the entire high-level leadership of Konoha!

Although this guy Jiraiya was sad in Konoha, because he saw his teacher constantly changing, he left Konoha a long time ago.

But who can guarantee that Jiraiya will go astray after knowing the cause of Sarutobi Hiruzen's death, especially if Orochimaru took action?

Afterwards, I said that I could let Jiraiya see some changes, and naturally everything could be rounded off.

And now, if the person dies, I'm afraid Jiraiya will leave in anger.

Namikaze Minato didn't want to have any misunderstandings with his teacher. There were three people who had the greatest influence on him along the way.

One is his wife Kushina, who is always behind him to help him so that he can handle everything with peace of mind.

One is Uchiha Kei, it was he who made him desire Hokage.

It was also him who got me all the way to where I am today, helped stabilize my position, and helped me learn a lot.

The most important thing is that he allowed himself to change Konoha, and even began to change the ninja world!

As for the last one, he is naturally his teacher Jiraiya.

If Jiraiya hadn't chosen him, it would have been extremely difficult for him to grow up.

If it weren't for Jiraiya, I probably wouldn't have been one of Sarutobi Hiruzen's choices.

If it weren't for Jiraiya's affirmation and support for him, he probably wouldn't have easily run for Hokage.

If it weren't for Jiraiya.

There were too many reasons for Namikaze Minato to be unwilling to turn against his teacher. If he really went that far, he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life!

"What's wrong? Is it difficult?" Jiraiya was a little confused, but he immediately felt that there might be some secret in it: "Forget it, if it's something too confidential, don't tell me. By the way, tell me Good news for you."

"What good news?" Namikaze Minato opened his mouth, and the last statement turned into a question.

"Tsunade, she decided to come back!" Jiraiya showed a smile: "Isn't it a surprise? It took me a lot of time to convince her!"

"Tsunade-sama." Namikaze Minato's mentality was a little broken.

Forget about being a Jiraiya, and come back with a Tsunade?

Namikaze Minato is really having a big headache, why is Tsunade coming back?

Returning to the Thousand Hands Clan again?

To be honest, Konoha is very stable now, it can even be said that there is almost no place for Tsunade.

The current person in charge of the Senju Clan is Kenta Imai. Although this guy doesn't plan to change his surname, he is the current and unequivocal head of the Senju Clan!

Tsunade is best at medical ninjutsu, and the head of the medical department in question obviously has someone.

How to arrange Tsunade has become a problem. In addition, Tsunade is also a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen!

Although based on analysis and understanding, it seems that the relationship between the Senju Princess and her teacher is not as good as imagined, otherwise the princess would not have left Konoha.

But the reason is still the same as Jiraiya, Namikaze Minato really doesn't want to cause trouble for himself!

After much thought, Namikaze Minato made a decision, that is, let Jiraiya go find Sarutobi Hiruzen by himself.

"What's wrong? You seem to be in a bit of trouble?" Jiraiya glanced at his disciple, and immediately thought of something and couldn't help but smile and pat his shoulder: "Don't worry, Tsunade came back to avoid debts, so let's take a look. Look at the Thousand Hands clan now. She doesn’t have any thoughts, so don’t worry.”

"Is that so?" Namikaze Minato responded with a smile. Although his teacher sometimes seemed silly, he was definitely a very wise person. Taking a deep breath, Namikaze Minato looked at Jiraiya and his face became serious: "Teacher, there is something I want to tell you, but"

"If it's not convenient for you to say, don't say it." Jiraiya shook his head nonchalantly: "Please, you are the Hokage, can you show some of the Hokage's momentum?"

"It's really not convenient for me to say it, but you must understand this matter." Namikaze Minato shook his head, then took out a pen and a piece of paper and lowered his head to write a paragraph: "So, I hope you can go Meet the Third Hokage."

"Meet the old man?" Jiraiya was a little confused. Looking at Minato who quickly finished writing and then packed the paper and handed it to him, he asked curiously: "What's going on?"

"The teacher met the Third Hokage and gave him this letter to read, and he understood." Namikaze Minato said seriously: "This matter is very, very important. I hope the teacher will do it immediately."

"Aren't you afraid that I might peek?"

"Don't worry because there's nothing substantial in it."

At night, in Hiruzen Sarutobi's room, he lowered his head and glanced at the note handed to him by his disciple.

There wasn't much written on this piece of paper, only the words 'tell him the truth', but the signature was clearly written, that is Namikaze Minato.

Seeing such a note, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that he had to help Namikaze Minato.

Time has passed and he doesn't have many other ideas anymore.

Although Namikaze Minato was once considered an enemy of him, he had to admire his ability to transform Konoha.

Of course, it can also be seen as the boy Uchiha Kei. His unique insights have caused the entire Konoha to embark on an unimaginable, but visible change.

The current comprehensive strength of Konoha, both in terms of quality and quantity of ninjas, ranks first in the ninja world!

And with the deepening of the transformation, especially the aid plan for the Country of Waves and the Country of Tea, the results are now being seen.

Everyone else can see the benefits that Konoha has received. How could Sarutobi Hiruzen, a man who has sat in the position of Hokage for so many years, not see it?

He even looked deeper and further.

It was only after seeing this that Sarutobi Hiruzen was half relieved.

As for the other half, it all depends on his son.

Both Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Keidu have not broken their promises, and their son is really working hard. The situation of his son and the group of people who follow him is really getting better and better now.

His eldest son is dead. He used to be a root, but later went to ANBU because the root was banned. He died because of a mission.

He didn't blame Namikaze Minato for this matter. Perhaps in his opinion, his son, Konohamaru's father, joining the Roots was equivalent to death.

I don't know if it's compensation, or if Namikaze Minato and the others have completely regarded Asuma as themselves.

They actually arranged for Asuma to be a descendant of Inokacho as a student, and asked him to serve as the guiding jounin for these three little guys!

No matter which one it is, this is a good thing. It can be said that keeping this kind of incense and love will be a great help to his son in the future.

After learning about this incident again, Sarutobi Hiruzen had completely let go. He was now looking forward to the Chuunin Exam and his final appearance.

That would be his last performance, and that would be his final call as a Hokage.

He will also use his death to tell the next generation that the ninja world has never been a peaceful place, and as Hokage, he must protect them even if he dies!

Sarutobi Hiruzen can betray everyone, but he will never betray Konoha, this is who he is.

And for him, instead of sitting at home and growing old slowly, his eyes gradually become dim, and he slowly feels that life is passing by.

It's better to fight vigorously and become a Hokage who died in the battle!

Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Kei are both okay with me, which I have to say is amazing.

I'm afraid it's because they recognize the reality that they treat themselves well, right?

When they were still enemies, they were not polite to me at all, and they didn't consider that I was an old man at all.

He was even the master of Namikaze Minato.

He shook his head helplessly, Sarutobi Hiruzen's mentality was a little funny.

But he soon made a decision. Since this was the case, and he also figured it out, it wouldn't be a problem to help him.

After all, helping him is also helping his disciples.

"I understand." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, then quickly formed seals with his hands, and a soundproof barrier suddenly appeared.

"I didn't see it, old man, you are still doing well." Jiraiya said slightly surprised.

"Huh, that's natural." Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and said nothing more. Naturally, he has to maintain a good performance. After all, he still has a gorgeous curtain call. If you don't exercise well and do rehabilitation exercises seriously, how will you be able to do all this well?

"So, what exactly is going on?" Jiraiya was also full of curiosity now: "It's so serious, but it's still using a soundproof barrier."

"This matter is very important, very important." Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath: "You have to be prepared, Jiraiya. Remember, you must completely bury what you said today in your mind!"

Late at night, Jiraiya left Sarutobi Hiruzen's home alone. His expression looked a little silent and a little solemn.

The moonlight slowly shone on him, casting a long shadow. The summer wind rolled up his hair and clothes, making him look a little lonely.

After a long time, he raised his head and looked at the Hokage Rock and the third statue in it, and then the whole person seemed to fall into a state of thinking.

The barking of dogs sounded from time to time in the streets of Konoha, and the chirping of cicadas kept repeating the cry of 'I know, I know, I know'.

After a long time, Jiraiya's eyes became firm, and he seemed to feel a unique will.

Perhaps, this is the will of fire.