One Piece: The Crown of Guilt

And a few hours ago.

Konoha Village, Hokage office.

"what?"

Sitting behind the desk, Fourth Hokage's complexion changed and he couldn't help standing up, looking directly at Anbu in front of him: "The Shanjing team responsible for patrolling area 3 is missing?"

"When our people received the news and rushed over, the entire mountain was crushed by terrible forces, but there was no trace of explosion or burnt. The possibility of using the detonation talisman was basically ruled out."

Anbu, who was kneeling on the ground, with silver-white hair and wearing a mask, continued: "Other than that, no traces can be found on the scene.

"However, someone saw a huge black eagle flying towards the northwest, but the opponent's speed was too fast to catch up, and it just lost its track."

The giant eagle condensed from darkness is astonishingly fast.

He has almost left the territory of the land of fire, if Konoha's ninja can directly follow it, it would be a hell.

"Northwest? Iwagakure lost a lot in the war and signed an armistice agreement. It shouldn't be a deliberate provocation at this time."

The northwest of the country of fire is the country of soil.

And the backbone of the country is Iwagakure, one of the five great Shinobu villages along with Konoha.

"What is the purpose of the other party?" Fourth Hokage frowned, a little surprised.

His wife, Nine Tails Jinchūriki Uzumaki Kushina033, is expected to give birth only these days, and she is even preparing to move out of the village.

At this time, something like this made him inevitably a little uneasy.

But it is impossible to suspect Iwagakure based on such a little information.

"Minato"

An old man holding a pipe opened the door and walked over.

"Third Generation Lord Namikaze Minato and the Anbu were taken aback and saluted each other.

As the Third Hokage of Konoha Village and the teacher of Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen is obviously highly respected.

Even after abdicating, Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato still has no disrespect.

Not to mention, although the other party has stepped down, he is still a member of the elders group, and is still the high-level Konoha that controls the real power.

"I've heard about it

Taking down the pipe at the corner of his mouth, Third Hokage looked serious, and said to Namikaze Minato in a deep voice: "At this moment, it is a critical juncture. I have to treat it seriously, and I must not be careless!"

Although only three Chūnin were attacked, the matter was big or small, and obviously should not be taken lightly.

Once Nine Tails Jinchūriki Uzumaki Kushina gives birth, there is any problem with the seal, and it will be troublesome for the tail beast to break away from the seal and escape.

Nine Tails is known as the strongest tail beast, the almost infinitely huge Chakra, and it is the best of the nine tail beasts.

That terrible power is not comparable to Sunagakure's One Tail Shouhe.

But Third Hokage was careless, and it didn't take long for the Third Ninja War to have just ended.

Cloud Shinobi Village, one of the five major Shinobi Villages, has not even begun to sign an armistice agreement with Konoha, and has been deliberately dragging it.

Konoha cannot withstand such toss and losses, and may even cause more serious consequences.

"Master Third Generation, I know this naturally!"

Namikaze Minato nodded and said sternly: "When Kushina is giving birth, the seal of Nine Tails is bound to loosen, and may even be the weakest. In order to prevent problems, I will personally hold the seal at that time."

"Kakashi, please go ahead and let Anbu and the patrolling personnel be more alert and try their best to search for each other's tracks!"

In the unknown valley.

Iji asked Konoha's ninja to help him translate several ninjutsu scrolls collected by the Ōtsutsuki clan.

Relying on the high-level Observation Haki that can listen to the voices of others.

A Chūnin tried to deliberately misinterpret several A-level ninjutsu, and wanted to count him, but he was directly picked out.

Only a few Chūnin black woods, who are not only greedy for life and fear of death, but even cruel to survive, kill their companions with their own hands, and draw a line symbolizing rebellion on their forehead protector.

For now, it's not bad to leave a dog by his side.

Anyway, this guy killed his companion and was destined to be unable to return Konoha.

More importantly, relying on his own Ultimate Observation Haki, Iji easily heard the other party, the strong desire to survive and the unwillingness to be ordinary, the desire to become stronger.

It can be judged whether the other party (bhaj) is falsely surrendering or sincerely wanting to take refuge in oneself.

Before he starts to build a base, Ōtsutsuki's little devil wants someone to watch.

And he also needs to master the text of this world as soon as possible.

"Magnetic screaming", the sharp and piercing arc interweaving sound constantly echoed in the valley, like thousands of birds screaming in unison.

The pale electric light illuminates the valley that is beginning to darken.

"Guru, Master has acquired the thunder-attributed Nature Transformation so soon."

This shocking scene also made Konoha Chūnin the only one who survived. It shouldn't be said that Konoha rebelled against Kuroki. His eyes widened and he was already shocked.

Disperse the dazzling electric light.

Regarding the current progress, Iji, who was fairly satisfied, turned his head and asked Kuroki, "Kuroki, do you know where Hoshinin Village is?"

Star Ninja Village, he remembers this Ninja Village, there seems to be a "star" that is actually part of Ten Tails's body, and he is very interested in this thing.

A bold idea even vaguely gave birth.

"Star Ninja Village in Bear Country?"

After killing his companion, Kuroki knew that he could no longer return to Konoha. He could only show his worth and loyalty to this mysterious strong man if he wanted to live: "This subordinate knows."

Of course, let him surrender without hesitation.

It is also the olive branch thrown by Iji, he is allowed to learn the ninjutsu on those scrolls, and that he has no relatives in Konoha, and he has no worries!

In the ninja world, there is a huge gap between ninjas from a big family and ordinary ninjas with no background.

As Chūnin, he gambled his life on the battlefield and fought bloody battles. With his achievements, the ninjutsu he learned in Konoha was only a few B-level ninjutsu.

Ninjas from a large family have family resources to cultivate since they were young, and ninjutsu will not be lacking. Naturally, the advantages need not be mentioned.

The vast majority of civilian ninjas, except for geniuses who are valued by big men because of their outstanding talents, like Namikaze Minato, even if they want to learn the most common A-level ninjutsu, they must first accumulate a lot of combat merit Exchange to.

In Konoha, most of the ninjas above Jōnin, and even those above Jōnin in particular, are from famous families such as Uchiha and Hyuga, or families of dogs, Aburame, Ino–Shika–Chō, etc.

It is extremely difficult for ordinary civilian ninjas to become Chūnin.

He was already mediocre. Soon after the end of the Third Ninja World War, he barely got promoted to Chūnin by virtue of the battle exploits accumulated over the years.

If nothing happens, it will be like this for a lifetime.

Maybe even in a certain mission, it will be sacrificed directly.

Of course Kuroki was not reconciled.

He believes that as long as he learns those ninjutsu, his strength will inevitably be greatly improved.

Even in the future, there may be hope to achieve higher achievements, and it may not be the Jōnin of those big families.

S-level ninjutsu may indeed not be a Master at present, but those powerful A-level ninjutsu may not.

For these, Iji declined to comment.

But it will not dampen the enthusiasm of the other party.

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