Naruto: People are in Konoha, the system arrived 20 years earlier Chapter 093

Gradually, Iwagakure became increasingly sparsely populated, as many personnel were dispatched outside the village to perform missions.

The entire village seemed to be shrouded in a dull silence, with only the wind whistling through the empty alleys, echoing faintly.

After much painstaking effort, Ryōhei finally delivered the long-awaited good news, his voice filled with unconcealed excitement.

“Found it!”

These brief words were like a flash of lightning, instantly piercing through the gloom in everyone’s hearts.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around him.

“Excellent, let’s go.” Sakumo patted Ryōhei’s shoulder and clenched his fist as he spoke.

Without further ado, their figures flickered like gusts of wind, instantly leaving their original positions and speeding towards their target.

Meanwhile, the large Iwa shinobi army, who had been painstakingly searching for Kōdo outside, also discovered Ōishi’s corpse.

This sudden bad news was like a huge boulder, heavily striking Ōnoki’s heart.

His face grew increasingly grim, as if it could drip water.

Even Ōishi was dead, did that mean Kōdo was also… he dared not think further.

Crack, a faint sound of something shattering echoed, seemingly the sound of a string breaking in his heart.

For a moment, he couldn’t hear any sounds around him, feeling as if the entire world had fallen into a dead silence.

“Tsuchikage-sama!”

“Tsuchikage-sama!”

It wasn’t until his assistant’s anxious shouts pulled Ōnoki back from his contemplation that he slowly regained his senses.

He hadn’t seen Kōdo’s corpse yet, so there was still a chance for everything to turn around.

“Search, we must find him!” Ōnoki roared internally, a spark of hope rekindling in his eyes.

Then, he looked at the assistant who had been trying to communicate with him from the beginning, and asked hoarsely, “Do you have something to tell me?”

The assistant nodded slightly, his expression grave, and said, “Tsuchikage-sama, don’t you think this is a bit too strange?”

“Continue,” Ōnoki frowned slightly, then spoke.

The assistant continued, “If the enemy intended to kill both of them, why would their bodies be so far apart? Their strengths are not that different.”

A trace of doubt emerged in Ōnoki’s mind; what he said made sense. After a period of buffering, he had gradually sobered up; the enemy must have a purpose in doing this.

Thinking about how he had lost his composure upon seeing one of the bodies, frantically sending all the village’s combat forces out, leaving the village in a vulnerable state,

“Damn it, could the enemy’s true objective be the village?” Ōnoki, with reason returning to his mind, finally understood the key point and exclaimed.

That’s right, it all connected.

If they had discovered the fire and Ōishi’s body at the very beginning, they would have understood that the enemy wouldn’t kill Kōdo.

Otherwise, all three would have been neatly lying there. It was only because they had only encountered the corpse of the fire that made them more urgent.

After understanding this crucial point, Ōnoki gnashed his teeth in anger, saying, “No matter who it is, I will make you pay the price.”

Immediately after, Ōnoki instructed his assistant to notify the Iwagakure jōnin forces to return to the village with him.

The remaining chūnin would continue the search.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Having two plans was the safest approach.

After giving the orders, Ōnoki directly took to the air and flew towards the village.

In the sky, he muttered to himself, “The opponent went to such lengths to draw us away, so what is their target?”

What he didn’t know was that this wasn’t Hayato’s original plan, but rather a path gradually led to by a series of variables.

While Ōnoki rushed at full speed, Hayato and his group were also racing against time.

Yōsuke was still leading the way ahead of Byakugan, but this time they didn’t need to meticulously bypass routes.

With the time spent on detours, they would have already taken care of the genin left guarding the village.

Yōsuke could quickly report the defensive situation ahead, while the others acted swiftly, coordinating flawlessly.

Before long, the group finally arrived at their destination for this mission.

Ryōhei adjusted his sunglasses and spoke softly, “This is it!”

Before them was a semicircular stone house, tightly surrounded by a sturdy fence, appearing mysterious and solemn.

In front of the stone house’s main door, a sealing tag was prominently displayed.

They were able to find this place so accurately thanks to Ryōhei’s insects.

Those tiny life forms had silently slipped through the tiny cracks in the stone door, gathering valuable intelligence for them.

Sakumo strode forward, his figure agile as a leopard, and arrived in front of the stone door.

He gently placed his right hand on the sealing tag, closing his eyes to sense the chakra fluctuations on it.

After a moment, he frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, “This sealing jutsu is quite troublesome.”

“It will probably take some time to resolve this sealing jutsu,” Sakumo continued, a hint of helplessness in his tone.

Upon hearing this, Yōsuke asked, “Captain, how long will it take?” He was somewhat anxious, as time was extremely precious to them.

Sakumo deliberated for a moment and replied, “I don’t know much about sealing jutsu. If it were me, it would probably take about ten minutes.”

Just then, Hayato’s figure flickered, appearing beside Sakumo like a ghost.

He whispered, “Sensei, let me try. I should be faster.”

Sakumo raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: “What? You know sealing jutsu too?”

Hayato smiled, “Just a little, just a little.”

Seeing this, Sakumo stepped back a few paces, giving the stage to Hayato.

Hayato didn’t hesitate, directly stepping forward to operate. He immediately activated his Sharingan to observe the chakra’s layout. Before long, a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He quickly formed hand signs, then clapped them onto the sealing tag.

“Sealing Jutsu: Release!”

The jutsu around the sealing tag gradually faded, dissipating like morning mist. Soon, it became an ordinary jutsu strip.

Hayato gently peeled it off, a satisfied smile on his face: “Done.”

He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart; the sealing jutsu he had learned from Kushina back then had finally come in handy this time.

The sealing jutsu that Sakumo had estimated would take ten minutes to resolve, Hayato had easily dealt with in less than two minutes. Everyone couldn’t help but cast admiring glances at Hayato.

After the sealing tag was broken, everyone immediately began to push open the stone door.

Yōsuke stood with his back to the others, not entering the stone house; he had to keep watch outside.

The stone house wasn’t large, and the four quickly found a scroll placed on the stone platform.

It was a scroll the same size as the Leaf Village’s Scroll of Seals, and an idea couldn’t help but emerge in Hayato’s mind.

Could this be the Iwagakure version of the Scroll of Seals?

So their top-secret mission this time was to steal the opponent’s core knowledge?