Chapter 141: Interrogation
Chapter 141: Interrogation
Speeding all the way, day and
night, returning to the village from the border of the Fire Country, the Rain
Country, and the Grass Country, it was already the night of the third day.
Adding the time it took to carry out the mission before, a week had passed.
Three figures flashed out of the
forest by the roadside and landed at the gate of Konoha Village.
"I'm back," Morino
Shinsuke said, with emotion in his tone. Kiuchi Taketo also looked at the gate,
a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.
Even Kiba, seeing the familiar
gate and the noise of the night market, had a slight smile on his lips. He
couldn't help thinking, I wonder how Yukina and Hirohiko are performing their missions? How is
Kushina doing? Although she is restricted to the village as the Nine-Tails
Jinchuriki, others shouldn't know she is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. She
shouldn't be excluded like Naruto.
When he arrived at the village
gate, Kiba also felt the dark clouds behind him disappear without a trace.
There seems to be no change in the village.
Kumogakure's plan should not be implemented yet...
Kiba was thinking, and at this
time, Morino Shinsuke also said, "Let's go in first and report this matter
to the Third Hokage-sama."
"Yeah," Kiba and Kiuchi
Taketo nodded in unison.
Then, they stepped into the gate.
"Please wait a moment, Mr.
Morino, Taketo, Kiba!" At this time, a Chunin guarding the gate to check
in and out stopped them and stepped forward.
Morino stopped, Kiba and Kiuchi
stopped at the same time.
Hearing Chunin's words, Kiba
frowned.
Check?
"It's Shingo, what's the
matter?" Morino saw the person clearly and nodded his head as a greeting.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Morino, here
are a few questions I want you to answer, as well as Taketo and Kiba
here." The Chunin named Shingo looked at the photo of Kiba in his hand,
then at Morino Shinsuke, then at Kiba, as if comparing.
This kid is the genius who shined in the Chunin
exam, the first genius since Kakashi?
Shinsuke Morino said very
normally, "Yes."
Judging by Morino Shinsuke's
appearance, this kind of interrogation seemed nothing unusual. But Kiba's brows
became tighter and tighter.
"Mr. Morino, may I ask, who
is this?" Shingo asked, pointing to Fujiki Shigeru on Morino's shoulder.
"This is Fujiki Shigeru, who
was on a mission with me. He used to belong to the elite ninja of the defense
force," Morino Shinsuke replied.
"Can I see his face?"
Shingo asked cautiously.
Morino nodded, putting Fujiki
Shigeru on the ground as a matter of course, allowing Shingo to check.
When Shingo saw that half of
Fujiki Shigeru's face was swollen, he wasn't surprised. After carefully
checking, he compared the document with the photo in his hand, nodding,
"It is indeed the one with the ninja registration number 009635. Shigeru
Fujiki, Mr. Morino participated in the B-rank mission, the mission of
exterminating bandits on the border of the Grass Country, right?"
Morino nodded, "Yes."
Looking at Fujiki Shigeru, Kiba
couldn't help but think, Morino Shinsuke really hit him hard. Fujiki Shigeru fell into a coma for
three days, and his face is swollen like a pig's head. Morino must have been
very angry!
"Can you all report your
ninja numbers?"
"Of course," Morino
Shinsuke reported his ninja number and signaled Kiba and Kiuchi Taketo to do
the same.
"009703," Kiuchi Taketo
reported honestly.
Although Kiba was frowning, when
it was his turn, he fluently said, "009735."
By the way, Yukina is 009736, and Hirohiko is
009737. The three are so destined that even their ninja login numbers are
consecutive.
"Thank you, there are a few
more questions," Shingo checked, nodded, then asked a few more questions
to prove their identity.
This time, even Kiuchi Taketo knew
something was wrong; the investigation was too detailed.
Shinsuke Morino frowned. This
situation made him feel something had happened to the village.
After some cross-examination,
Shingo finally let him go but detained Shigeru Fujiki. Although he didn't say
the reason, Kiba knew it well.
He couldn't answer the identification question, so
he had to be withheld. Even if he couldn't prove his identity because he was in
a coma, he couldn't be allowed into the village.
Something must have happened to the village, but the
Third Hokage suppressed it and didn't let the common people know.
As for why ordinary people weren't informed, Kiba
knew many reasons, but they all expressed one meaning.
This matter is very serious! It might even cause
confusion!
Thinking this, Kiba's pace
quickened.
The three of them went straight to
the Hokage's office, and the Chunin guarding the Hokage building saw them,
immediately opening the door without even notifying and letting them in.
This made Kiba feel even more that
things were getting worse! Moreover, it must be related to Kumogakure! They
didn't come in time!
After entering the Hokage's
office, Kiba's pupils shrank slightly, his heart tightening.
At this time, in the Hokage's
office, there were five people standing: Hokage's assistant Kazuma, Namikaze
Minato with a dignified and vaguely worried face, Kakashi, Shiga Taketake, and
the Third Hokage.
But what made Kiba's heart tighten
was that the Third Hokage was wearing a military uniform, changed into a combat
uniform.
What the hell is going on here? Hokage actually
wants to go into battle in armor?
War?
No, in the case of war, the village wouldn't be so
peaceful; people should be evacuated.
So what happened? Even the Third Hokage wants to go
into battle?
"Lord Hokage, what's going
on?" Morino Shinsuke hurried up a few steps, seeing the appearance of the
Third Hokage, his silent face changed drastically.
"Oh... shinsuke is back
too!" The Third Hokage saw Morino Shinsuke, and his serious face eased a
little.
At this time, Namikaze Minato
said, "Since shinsuke has returned, then this time the rescue mission will
be carried out by me, shinsuke, and Kazuma. You must stay in the village and
sit in command, lest there be any misfortune."
Rescue mission?
Kiba frowned.
And it's still an all-Jonin lineup, and even Hokage
will go into battle in person. Are Kakashi and Shiga Taketake not considered?
Who to rescue? Such a big battle?
Who in the village is so powerful that Hokage needs
to rescue personally!
Hearing Namikaze Minato's words,
the Third Hokage pondered for a moment, then looked at Morino Shinsuke and
Kazuma, frowning as if hesitating.
Seeing Hokage like this, and
Namikaze Minato's appearance, Morino Shinsuke's face became serious. Thinking
of his mission, he hesitated and said, "Is it related to Kumogakure?"
As soon as Morino Shinsuke said
this, the Third Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and Kazuma all looked at Morino
Shinsuke, their expressions changing slightly.
"How do you know?"
Kazuma asked in a voice.
Seeing everyone's reactions,
Morino Shinsuke sighed, looked at Kiba, and said, "What did they do?"
As soon as the words came out, the
Third Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and Kazuma looked at each other, then at
Kakashi, Kiba, Shiga Taketake, and Kiuchi Taketo, hesitated for a moment, and
finally, the Third Hokage said:
"Kushina was taken
away!"