My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 160: The Timing of the Konoha 12's Appearance is Wrong!

The little boy was Kiba Inuzuka, Hana Inuzuka's younger brother.

Ever since Kiba became sensible, he had been trying to improve his family status, until he messed up so much that his family status kept getting a "-1," finally becoming the "unimportant person" in his sister's mouth.

Hana Inuzuka explained in a low voice, "Because Kiba made Kuromaru angry and he ran away from home again. Mom said that if we can't find Kuromaru, she won't let Kiba come home…"

What the little girl said was truly too polite compared to her mother's original words. With Tsume Inuzuka's temper, she would have directly yelled for the three-year-old boy in the house to get out and sleep on the streets…

"Our family's situation is about the same…" Uchiha Itachi's face was also embarrassed. He glanced helplessly at the crow and looked at his old classmate, "Then let us help too!"

Naruto Uzumaki also volunteered to join the search party.

Because it was uncertain whether Kuromaru had used chakra, it was difficult for Sage Art perception to detect him. They searched for a while, and the crow's spirit became listless as the sky grew dark.

"Let's try another way!"

Uchiha Itachi thought for a moment, then stood on the Hokage Rock with Kitahara. The crow let out a loud, piercing cry towards Konoha below, "Caw!"

Although the chakra-infused sound wave did not become a ninjutsu, its decibel level was still astonishing. At the very least, there was no problem for this sound to spread throughout Konoha.

Many Konoha ninjas and ninja beasts felt the diffusion of this irritable chakra and quickly rushed towards the direction of the Hokage Rock... In some unknown alley, the Inuzuka family's Kuromaru was lying on the ground, somewhat depressed. The moment it heard the crow's call, its whole body shivered.

That night, the dog was found, but countless people in Konoha had nightmares.

"The crow's call is so unpleasant…" Kiba Inuzuka said with a look of disgust, cleaning his ears.

As his older sister, Hana Inuzuka embarrassedly thanked Uchiha Itachi and Kitahara, then grabbed her younger brother's little ear, "How is it unpleasant…"

"It hurts… it hurts so much!"

And the one who helped them deal with a group of questioning ninjas helplessly adjusted his mask, "Next time, don't take Kitahara to do such a dangerous thing... I just got back and ran into such a big scene. The people in the village thought an enemy had invaded!"

"Thank you, Senior Kakashi!" After Uchiha Itachi nodded, he seemed to remember something, suddenly took out a scroll from his body, and handed it to him, "Oh, by the way, Kitahara seems to have said that the contents of this scroll are very important to Senior…"

"Oh, let me see." Kakashi Hatake was quite interested; he thought it would be some special gift.

Kitahara couldn't help but cry out, "Caw!"

Don't open the scroll here... There's a group of children here!

The group of people dispersed.

Kakashi Hatake had to send the chattering Naruto Uzumaki home. The Inuzuka siblings took one big black dog and three little puppies.

Tonight, many people were destined to be sleepless.

As the summer festival approached.

The squad sent by the Hidden Cloud Village to escort the Slug Princess was about to arrive. Uchiha Itachi, having received the news, went to welcome them under Jiraiya's order... As for the white-haired old man.

Jiraiya sat half-propped on the Hokage's desk, frowning as he looked at the old man, "Still haven't found out anything about Tsunade's matter?"

"This matter is probably baseless. Koharu is not that kind of person." Hiruzen Sarutobi's face wasn't very good. He stammered and continued, "Even if there is a problem, it's probably Danzo's doing!"

"Tsunade is expected to return to the village today, yet we haven't made a single move here." Jiraiya sighed. He wasn't interested in political maneuvering. In the past, when he encountered such matters, he would just go discuss it with Orochimaru. Now, he could only directly confront the old man.

"It's not that there's no way."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was much more stable than his disciple. He casually tossed out a document, "Kakashi Hatake submitted a mission report last night. According to their intelligence, the ninja movements within the Land of Earth are very frequent. The mission to escort the state letter and the comfort budget…"

"..."

Jiraiya understood his meaning, stepped forward, and tightly grasped his master's hand, saying with sincerity and earnestness, "Please be sure to add my name to the list of mission members!"

"Shut up!"

The Third Hokage kicked his disciple in the big face.

Tsunade's status was noble. No one in Konoha was more suitable than her to go and exchange state letters with the Daimyo of the Land of Grass. More importantly, this woman's reputation was not bad…

No, she no longer had a reputation... only a fearsome one.

This matter was killing two birds with one stone. It could also let Tsunade temporarily stay away from the village, buying them some time to investigate the facts. Even if they couldn't find out, they could find a way to make Koharu Utatane give up the position of Head of the Medical Department. Anyway, she was old.

"The list of members is thus decided!"

"Uchiha Itachi is simply too versatile. No matter what position a squad is lacking, he can fill it. It's a good opportunity for him to learn some diplomacy too."

"Let's leave it at that for now! Tsunade is also very good at dealing with Hidden Stone ninjas. Shizune as a medical ninja supplement…" Hiruzen Sarutobi deliberated back and forth over the file, "As for the last person in the squad…"

"Of course, it's the unrestrained Lord Jiraiya!"

Actually, Jiraiya was indeed a very suitable candidate. Re-establishing a new alliance with the Land of Grass was also a credential, and it was a good thing for his future succession to the position of Hokage.

The only troublesome thing was his position as the Supreme Commander of the Defense Department. However, besides this squad responsible for escorting and exchanging the alliance letter, there would also be members of the Defense Department transferred to the Land of Grass for rotation. This way, it would also be convenient for Jiraiya to handle any possible disputes.

Konoha Main Gate.

Tsunade's popularity was quite high.

The legendary female ninja was returning to Konoha. A lot of people had already gathered here, and even the head of the Konoha Jonin class, Shikaku Nara, had made an appearance.

A crowded crowd naturally brought some inconvenience. Even with Defense Department ninjas responsible for maintaining order, it still seemed a bit chaotic. A little girl with her hair in buns was being squeezed by a group of adults and was on the verge of falling.

The cute little girl struggled with difficulty in the gaps of the crowd, and was finally tripped by a big foot, falling flat on the street, "Waaah…"

A crow happened to be standing in the street. It tilted its head, its crimson eyes staring intently at this little girl who had suddenly emerged from the crowd, "Caw?"

The timing of the Konoha 12's appearance is wrong!

The little girl cried even louder, "Don't eat me!"

Kitahara: "..."

Uchiha Itachi, who was assisting in maintaining order, quickly walked over. With black lines on his face, he placed the crow on his shoulder, reached out to help the little girl up, and said gently, "Where are your mom and dad?"

"Lord... Lord Itachi! I... I snuck out..." The little girl sobbed in response, "I want... to see Lady Tsunade! I want to be a female ninja too... just like her!"

Uchiha Itachi thought for a moment, the image of Tsunade appearing in his mind. He said seriously to the little girl, "It's best not to be like her!"

The little girl stopped crying in confusion, "Eh?"

"..."

Uchiha Itachi helplessly covered his face and squeezed out a sentence from between his fingers, "Forget it, you stay by my side for now. Don't run around, understand?"

"Yes!"

The little girl puffed out her chest and followed closely behind this famous genius youth of the village.

(End of this chapter)

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