Chapter 262 Return to Konoha

"It should be here, right?"

The ninja who belonged to Konoha ANBU finally found this small town hidden on the border of the Land of Fire.

Perhaps "hiding" doesn't seem to be accurate, because the location of this town was not proactive, and the lack of communication with the outside world was not deliberate, but just a natural thing.

This small town with a history of less than ten years is located in a remote location. All the townspeople are immigrants from other countries and have always lived a self-sufficient life, so it shows a very isolated state.

The buildings are all ordinary wooden houses, which look no different from other places in the Country of Fire. Only the costumes of the residents walking around on the streets are slightly strange, which is their original customs.

According to the information received by Konoha, that person has been staying in this place for the past few months.

After thinking for a while, the ANBU ninja decided to enter the place directly with a frontal attitude. Whether the information was accurate or not required further observation from him.

However, this is just a town of ordinary people, and it is better to behave properly than to do it secretly.

He wore the Konoha ninja logo on his head, and when he appeared in the sight of the people in the town, it aroused their vigilance... In a town like this where everyone is familiar, outsiders are always very conspicuous, don't say this ninja dress up.

To them, ninjas were definitely not welcome... But because he was a ninja of Konoha, the men in the town could only stare at him from afar, but did not dare to get too close.

Sure enough, except for the Ninja Village, there is still a gap between ninjas and ordinary people. The ANBU ninja sighed secretly. Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, ninjas are hidden and emotionless killing machines.

Just as he was looking around, a red-haired little girl suddenly appeared in his field of vision, and the little girl walked directly in front of him as if she was not afraid of anything.

"Are you also a ninja from Konoha?" The girl asked directly, with deep curiosity in her eyes.

Four to five years old, a girl, and red hair. At this moment, the ANBU ninja connected her with a certain identity through these characteristics... Is this the adult?

That means that person is really here.

Although this child is still young, his status is extraordinary. Even a senior ANBU ninja should use the honorific title.

"Yes, I am a ninja from Konoha. I would like to ask... is the Jonin Shiraishi Hagoromo here? I am here to deliver a message on the orders of the Third Hokage." The ANBU ninja said directly to the little girl, even in a rather serious tone. Solemnly.

This kind of behavior of directly explaining the mission without confirming the other party's identity can be regarded as leaking secrets in a sense, but... the characteristics of the little girl in front of me probably don't need to be further determined, right? Considering the information he received, this is already a very certain thing.

The little girl was one of the people he was looking for, so it didn't matter if he told her.

As for his question... a child of such an age should have no problem understanding what he said.

"Are you looking for Hagoromo? I know they are there!"

After hearing the ANBU ninja's words, the little girl's tone immediately became much cheerful. This person knew Hagoromo, and in her opinion, he already had a similar feeling of "one of his own". It was so easy to close the distance with this child.

"follow me!"

As he said that, the little girl ran out first.

The Anbu ninja's face hidden under the mask showed a smile. As a little girl of this age, she is indeed cute, but as a little ninja, she is a bit too careless, although we cannot strictly demand ninjas of this age. What to do, but you should also have the necessary vigilance.

Bai Yaksha's education seems to be inadequate.

Led by the little girl, the ANBU ninja quickly arrived at the outskirts of a relatively isolated house on the other side of the town. Then he saw, on the flat grass outside, two seven or eight-year-old children using physical skills. Fight.

With just one glance, he could tell that the child with white hair was more aggressive and corrosive in his attacks, while the child with long black hair was more conservative and tended to defend... But in any case, considering the age of the other two, , this is a quite high level of physical skills competition.

Then, he also saw Hagoromo who was giving instructions on the side.

The person was found, which meant that the mission was completed, which made him relieved.

"Thank you very much, Mirai-sama Uzumaki."

So he thanked the girl.

"Future?" The little girl made a puzzled expression, and then her head seemed to react for a while before she said, "No, Uncle Ninja, you have the wrong person. I am not the future."

Regardless of whether he was "turned into an uncle" or not, one sad fact is certain, the ANBU ninja did recognize the wrong person.

It is true that all Uzumakis have red hair, but red hair does not necessarily mean that they are Uzumakis. In any case, this is not a necessary and sufficient condition for identity confirmation.

This small town is called "Loulan".

And this red-haired little girl is the daughter of the original Queen of Loulan, so it is not at all strange to have such characteristics, it is a genetic fault.

The inheritance relationship can also be seen from the name. The daughter of Queen Sara of Loulan must be called Rewo.

Although it was just the wrong child, it was embarrassing enough for the ninja.

Sure enough, if you look again, you can see another red-haired girl walking out of the house carrying something. Then she seemed to raise one hand high and put a water glass into Shiro Yaksha's hand.

"Future! There are ninjas from Konoha looking for Hagoromo!"

After seeing the girl, the girl here immediately shouted loudly. Fortunately, the girl didn't care about being mistaken. She ran directly to play in the future.

The ANBU ninja Hagoromo had already noticed it. He motioned for Shiro and Kimimaro to continue, and then walked towards each other.

"Jounin Shiraishi Hagoromo, the third generation Hokage's order."

It seemed that he realized that he was really not good at making friends. The ANBU ninja, who had come out of his childhood embarrassment, decided that he still had something to talk about, so he directly handed the Hokage's letter to Hagoromo.

After seeing the other party, Yuyi's expression did not change significantly. He took the letter and started reading it immediately.

After leaving Daming City, he took a few children and wandered around the Land of Fire for a while, but he still found nothing.

Considering that the future seemed to be a little tiring for long-term travel, and that he happened to be in this location, Hagoromo thought that he still had an acquaintance in this town, so he chose to stay here temporarily.

Then Mirai finally found a real playmate. After all, this was the first time she saw someone with the same hair... But no matter what, the worlds of ordinary people and ninjas are different after all.

"I understand what the Hokage means. Is the matter urgent?" Hagoromo glanced at the two red-haired girls playing, and then asked the ANBU ninja.

"As soon as possible," the other party replied.

Actually, it should be "immediately".

"Are you...I mean your codename?"

"Me? The captain of the third ANBU team directly under the Hokage, code name is Tenzo."

"Then, Tenzo, wait a moment, and we can set off." Hagoromo correctly understood the other party's intention. He called out to Mirai and Shiro and Kimimaro, indicating that they should start packing.

Hagoromo himself didn't want to return to Konoha at this time, because there were some things that he really didn't want to get involved in, but now because of the "order", he had to go back.

The Third Hokage ordered Konoha Jounin Hagoromo to return to Konoha. Perhaps he should also add the words "strict order and must"... because Konoha needs to suppress the power of Uchiha.

So at this time, "White Yaksha" must return to the village.

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After a tearful farewell, the small and short-lived friendship in the future had to come to an end. The four people in Hagoromo left Loulan, and then directly followed Tenzo back to Konoha.

Although it can't be said to be surveillance, Tenzou followed him to urge Hagoromo to go faster.

However, the situation is not so urgent, right?

Then, when they just returned to Konoha, before they got involved with Uchiha, Hagoromo got into trouble again.

"Why are there ninjas from other villages in Konoha now?"

Because of the rush, it was late at night when Hagoromo returned to Konoha, but because of this, they accidentally pretended to do something.

Why do the sneaky ninjas from other countries appear in Konoha Village? Konoha's defense is not so lax that they are not aware of being invaded, right?

Tenzo thought for a while and then said, "The other party should be the Kumogakure ninja. There was information that the other party sent envoys to Konoha to discuss signing a peace agreement."

"Yeah?"

Hagoromo looked at the Kumogakure ninja who was confronting him, carrying something and trying to escape from Konoha all night, then he patted Mirai on the head, and said: "Mirai, I taught you, you should do this at this time what to do?"

"I understand."

Future even made a weird "I understand" look, then she took a deep breath, then made a trumpet shape with her hands near her mouth, and shouted as hard as she could:

"Yao Shou! Someone is abducting women and children!"

Her eyesight is quite good, and she can tell that the Kumogakure ninja in front of her is carrying a little girl about her own age on her shoulders... As mentioned before, abducting women and children is Kumogakure's effective method. Moreover, he used peace talks to enter Konoha openly, so one can imagine the sincerity of Kumogakure's so-called "peace".

In short, Mirai's shout is the most effective way to kill people in this situation. Her childish voice instantly woke up most of Konoha.