Naruto : Minato back to the past

In fact, the day after Hiruzen informed Minato of the strange whereabouts of the Root members, the Anbu had already found out the relevant information.

They found that a considerable number of Root members seem to have entered the territory of the Land of Rain.

But now the Land of Rain seems to have entered a state of martial law. Even the Anbu under the Third Hokage cannot successfully sneak in and gather intelligence.

Therefore, after discussion between the Third Hokage and Minato, he ordered Hatake Sakumo to sneak into the Land of Rain.

With the latter's ability, he can escape unscathed as long as Hanzo doesn't take action.

In front of Minato, Sakumo's face was also a little solemn, and he replied: "Although I successfully sneaked into the Rain Village, I did not find out any information about the root members of the village."

"Is that so?" Minato murmured. The Land of Rain was under martial law right now, so it was normal that no intelligence could be obtained.

Just looking at the solemn expressions of Sakumo and Hiruzen in front of him, something must have happened in the Land of Rain.

"But, I heard a piece of news from several Rain Ninjas."

"Akatsuki was besieged by Hanzo, the leader Yahiko was killed, and the remaining two leaders are missing. The remaining members of Akatsuki were wiped out by the Rain Ninja."

"What!?" Minato's expression suddenly changed.

The blue eyes flickered, because perhaps Sakumo didn't know some of the reasons, but Hiruzen and Minato knew them.

Nagato, one of the leaders of Akatsuki, possesses the Rinnegan.

Minato had worried about this kind of thing a long time ago.

Because at the beginning, Yahiko led the Akatsuki organization to rescue Hanzo and others on the battlefield, but the latter would never appreciate it

Instead, the Akatsuki organization was completely exposed to Hanzo, and the latter would definitely take action to eliminate this potential threat.

Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan, naturally has huge potential, and he may even surpass the current Minato.

But now it seems that it may not be clear whether Hanzo already knows that Nagato possesses the Rinnegan.

It seemed that he could no longer ignore the existence of Akatsuki and took action

. Akatsuki was wiped out, although it had nothing to do with Konoha.

But for Minato, Yahiko, Nagato, Konan and he were all disciples of Sensei Jiraiya.

Although they had only met once, Minato felt a little sad about what had happened to them.

"I understand, Sakumo-senpai, thank you for your hard work."

But after a brief pause, a hint of surprise flashed across Minato's eyes.

But he didn't show it immediately.

Sakumo was a little confused about the reactions of Hiruzen and Minato, but since these two were unwilling to say anything, there must be something he couldn't know.

So he left the Hokage's office without asking any more questions.

After Sakumo left, Minato stared at the Third Hokage and said, "Third Hokage, there is one thing. I don't know if I am worrying too much, but..."

Minato had no basis to confirm his suspicions, and in this situation, it would be wrong to doubt the people in the village.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Hiruzen spoke up, "What you want to say is that you suspect Danzo colluded with Hanzo to ambush several people in the Akatsuki organization, right?"

Having been the Hokage for decades, the Third Hokage knew Danzo's style of doing things very well.

In his eyes, the Akatsuki organization did cause losses to Konoha in the previous war.

Therefore, with the way that guy was doing it, it was possible that he would attack them.

Moreover, there has been no news of the Root members since they entered the Land of Rain.

With the strength that Nagato showed when he fought against Uchiha Yoruki, although he could not defeat Hanzo, he should have no problem protecting himself.

Although Yahiko, the leader of Akatsuki, has some naive ideas, he is definitely not a stupid person.

He himself should be aware that his previous actions had attracted Hanzo's attention.

Therefore, he should be on guard against Hanzo. In this case, with the support of Nagato, it should be difficult for Hanzo and the Rain Ninja alone to get rid of them.

Minato nodded, and the Third Hokage in front of him also had an extremely solemn expression.

But these are just speculations of the two, and there is no definite evidence.

"In any case, Elder Danzo will have to give an explanation to the village regarding the disappearance of Root members," Minato said, even though the Root was run by Danzo alone, and he even did not report to the Hokage when performing some missions.

But it has always been part of Konoha's power system.

"Let me talk this matter with him." Hiruzen sighed and said.

Minato had just formed a new ANBU, but this created a rift between him and the three elders.

If he were to ask Danzo for accountability at this time, it would not be good for himself.

The Third Hokage knew best what kind of person Danzo was. He had always been dissatisfied with Minato's succession as Hokage.

"Then I'll trouble you."

Minato said that although this incident might be a handle for him to control Danzo, he couldn't find any definite evidence for the time being.

Hiruzen took the initiative to offer to deal with this matter, not only for Minato's sake, but also to protect Danzo.

"Also, don't tell Jiraiya about this for now." Hiruzen said before leaving the Hokage's office.

Minato nodded, he knew Jiraiya's personality very well, and the matter had not been thoroughly investigated yet.

In the evening, after finishing the tasks at hand, Minato returned home.

"Welcome home!"

Kushina greeted him as always and they walked into the hall together.

"Teacher, you are here."

Minato had of course sensed another powerful chakra in the house besides Kushina.

"Um."

Jiraiya nodded and Minato walked over to sit in front of him. The former looked at him with a chuckle and said, "I heard about your newly established a new ANBU. Those old guys must have given you some trouble, right?"

Minato nodded, of course this matter could not be hidden from Jiraiya and other pillars of the village.

"Sensei, do you also think there is something wrong with my decision?" Minato frowned.

"Ah." Jiraiya shrugged. Although he did not have as deep a prejudice against the Uchiha clan as those elders, he was also well aware of the interests involved.

"Although I don't fully understand it, I trusts the decision you made."

Jiraiya patted Minato's shoulder and continued: "You can only ask Hiruzen for advice on these matters. I don't understand."

"Thank you." Minato chuckled.

"Actually, I came here today because I have something good that I want to show you, but I don't know if you are interested."

Jiraiya immediately thrust his hand into his arms, and Minato immediately thought of something.

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