Chapter 213: The Fire Scorched Eyebrows (Ch 213)

After leaving the laboratory, Naraku sent a clone to go to the Hokage Building to report, while his real body went straight back home and started rummaging through the drawers without even bothering to close the doors to the yard and the entrance.

He took out his long-unused shoulder bag from the drawer, which was heavily filled with various shurikens, detonating tags, and military pills prepared for emergencies.

After quickly putting on the satchel, he continued to equip himself with kunai, short sword, and senbon, until there was no extra space on his body, then he slowly looked at the brand new snow-white ninja sword on the rack.

–Master, the gift you gave me…

–It’s time to use it to kill the enemy.

Naraku walked over quickly, picked up the precious chakra knife with both hands, put it solemnly behind his waist and tied it tightly.

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At the same time, Naraku’s shadow clone came to the Hokage building. After informing the guard, he took him upstairs and knocked on the door. Only after hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s permission from inside did he open the door and motioned for him to go in.

After the shadow clone entered the room, he saw Inuzuka Supeban also standing in the room. All four of them looked exhausted. They must have just returned from a mission and had just finished their report.

He quickly greeted the other four with his eyes, and after the claw squad left, he knelt on one knee with his head lowered in the most standard posture, showing his submission and loyalty to the leader.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was smoking a pipe, his eyes were on the mission report in his hand, and he asked in a deep voice, “What’s the matter that brought you here so quickly, Naraku?”

“Yes, Hokage-sama. According to intelligence, the Sunagakure vanguard has broken through Konoha’s defenses and will be near Konoha in the near future.”

“What…?” Sarutobi Hiruzen paused so suddenly that the ash from his cigarette almost spilled out. He put down the document in his hand and asked anxiously, “Is the information reliable? How did you get it?”

The shadow clone didn’t look up, staring at the floor and said firmly: “I guarantee with my life that the information is reliable. As for the source, please forgive me for not being able to explain it clearly for the time being.”

“Hmm.” Sarutobi Hiruzen held the pipe in his hand, his thoughts racing.

It is not uncommon for the Uchiha clan to have its own intelligence system. Most of the well-known large families in Konoha, such as the Hyuga clan, the Ino-Shika-Chou clan, etc., have relatively independent intelligence personnel who can sometimes obtain some special information.

But if he learned it through the Uchiha channel, why couldn’t Naraku produce evidence and remain silent about the source of the information?

And even if Naraku was taken care of by the Fugaku couple, he might not be qualified to use the Uchiha clan’s intelligence system.

So logically speaking, we need to conduct a detailed assessment of where this intelligence comes from and whether it is credible in order to avoid falling into a trap.

If it weren’t for the close relationship between Naraku and Tsunade, he would have ordered the Anbu to capture the other party for interrogation.

But considering that the village had just withdrawn a large number of Anbu ninjas from the front line to support Amegakure not long ago, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that the news of “Sagakure breaking through the defense line” was still credible.

Thinking back on it, if Naraku provided false information, why didn’t he produce fabricated evidence to increase credibility, but instead refused to explain?

With the idea of ​​believing it is better to believe it than not, he waved his hand to signal the Anbu to come forward to receive the order: “Immediately send out all the reconnaissance teams to investigate the enemy situation, notify the village guards, and be ready to assemble at any time.”

An Anbu appeared from the corner, took the Hokage’s order and disappeared on the spot.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat behind his desk, and glanced mysteriously at the shadow clone who was still half-kneeling with his head bowed in the middle of the room, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.

Even if what Naraku said was true, how could the Sand Village know that Konoha’s defenses were unusually empty in the past few days and launch a large-scale attack?

Was it a traitor on the front line who leaked the defense secrets?

Or is it that Sunagakure is lucky and the timing of the attack is too coincidental?

If this is the case, then the decision-making errors of the top management can still be redeemed, but the worst possibility is –

The Amegakure requesting support from Konoha was originally Sand Village’s strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

If this is true, with Uchiha Naraku’s talent and intelligence, he may be able to figure out with just a little information: it is precisely because of the abnormality in the defense line that has led to the current urgent situation.

If the mistake made by the top leaders was discovered by an Uchiha, the Uchiha clan would definitely not let it go after the war. No, they might even launch an attack before the war is over, causing catastrophic turmoil in the village.

“Naraku, since you provided the information and you can’t provide any evidence, it should be up to you to prove its accuracy.”

From an angle that Naraku couldn’t see, Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at every reaction of his body, but his tone was so slow that it made people anxious.

“Besides, the village is short of combat power, and your strength is indispensable… I just don’t know if you are willing to do so?”

The shadow clone was silent for a few seconds, then replied, “I can leave anytime.”

“Good boy, I am proud of your will of fire.” Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled kindly and started smoking his pipe again: “You should go with the Claw Class. Be careful and do what you can.”

“yes.”

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On the other side, Naraku had just packed up his ninja sword when he received the memory that came after the shadow clone was actively released.

Naraku finally breathed a sigh of relief knowing that the old man Sarutobi Hiruzen was skeptical about his information and had begun investigating.

There are quite a few attacking Sand Village ninjas, at least several thousand. It is impossible for him to deal with them all by himself. That is unrealistic and irresponsible.

The best way is for Sarutobi Hiruzen to send troops to block the attack and maximize Konoha’s chances of winning.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that there was something wrong with the defense line and still scoffed at the news, then Naraku would have no choice but to rush out of the barrier with great fanfare, which might attract some people to chase him. Then when he meets Sunagakure, they will naturally understand everything.

Sarutobi’s rational choice saved him a lot of effort.

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Konoha-Sagakure front line.

Inside the command tent, Tsunade’s face darkened as she held a few thin sheets of paper.

–Something is wrong, something is very wrong! The amount of intelligence reported from several areas in the past two days is abnormally small!

–There are still enough people there, this shouldn’t be the case! Could it be…

“Lady Tsunade!”

Just when she felt something was wrong, a ninja rushed in in a panic, with a very familiar red-haired girl on his shoulder. The girl was covered in wounds, but she was holding on with her special physique and not fainting.

“Kana! Shouldn’t your team operate within the borders?”

Tsunade quickly stood up and supported the other person, and medical ninjutsu flowed through this weak body like crazy.

Kana grabbed Tsunade’s arm tightly and spewed out all the information she had brought at the risk of her life like a machine gun: “Tsunade-sama, a force of nearly 10,000 ninjas from Sunagakure broke through the blockade in the north. It has been more than two days since the incident!”

“What?!” Tsunade’s pupils trembled, and she could hardly believe what she heard.

“For some reason, the defense of the northern border was so weak that by the time we discovered the enemy attack, it was already too late. We couldn’t even pass on the intelligence. If it weren’t for my companions who desperately covered me in my escape, I’m afraid…”

“Damn it!”

Tsunade handed Chana over to the others to take care of, lifted the door curtain and shouted: “Everyone assemble!!!”

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