Chapter 106 Chaoyangye

A few minutes later, Namikaze Minato slowly walked out of Sarutobi Ryohei's house and then breathed a sigh of relief.

If nothing unexpected happens, Sarutobi Asuma will set off the next day to take up his post in the daimyo's mansion. Although he didn't see him today, Asuma will still go to the Hokage Building to confirm his appointment with him before leaving tomorrow, and he will also have to go through some other procedures.

Wait until then, and then give some pointers to the rebellious second son of the Third Hokage.

After arranging the relevant affairs of the guardian ninja, Namikaze Minato looked at the time. It seemed that the agreed time had come. He immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique and appeared on the roof of the Hokage Building.

When he arrived, two Anbu members were already waiting on the roof.

"Hokage-sama."

"Hokage-sama..."

Hatake Kakashi and another Anbu man wearing a patterned mask, after noticing the appearance of Namikaze Minato, the two immediately turned around and bowed.

It was a little cold in early winter.

Cold wind blew from time to time on the rooftop. The white Hokage robe that Minato Namikaze wore played a role in keeping out the cold at this time.

"Thank you for your hard work, Kakashi, Chaoyangye."

Minato Namikaze walked up with a smile and glanced at the two of them.

They both belonged to the first team of the Anbu. Kakashi was now the team leader. As for the young man named Chaoyangye, he was the squad leader of a certain squad in the first team. Both of them were secretly recalled to the village by Minato Namikaze overnight.

The rush all the way made the two look a little tired.

Because of the special nature of the Anbu and the current situation, they, as Anbu members, are accustomed to this. I am afraid that there is only one person who is the most relaxed in the Anbu now.

That is the special case of Haru...

After the greetings, Namikaze Minato also got straight to the point and said: "First of all, what I am going to say next and the mission that will be assigned to you are all top secret."

"No matter the success or failure of the mission and the result, it must not be leaked out in the slightest."

"Among them..., it also includes the entire process of executing the mission..."

After hearing this, Kakashi and Chaoyangye did not have any waves in their hearts.

After all, being in the Anbu, most of the missions they are exposed to are like this. But when they heard Namikaze Minato's follow-up, even saying that the process of executing the mission must be kept secret, they had to be a little surprised.

This is clearly to guard against their own people...

Anbu members usually follow the principle of secretive actions in most cases during missions, but this mission actually emphasized this point.

It makes people curious about what kind of mission it is that even the people around them need to be guarded against.

Perhaps guessing what they were thinking, Minato Namikaze continued to say seriously: "I am going to give you two different tasks, but for the sake of safety, you also need to act together."

"Kakashi's task is to secretly investigate the identity of the personnel responsible for receiving and transmitting intelligence at the border of Kumogakure."

"And Chaoyangye, I heard that you were transferred from the Root to the Anbu by the Third Generation because of your excellent intelligence gathering ability, so I want you to sneak into the Kumogakure Village and then find out if the Kumogakure Ninja has any signs of preparing for war..."

After Hatake Kakashi and Chaoyangye heard the content of the task said by Minato Namikaze, they both hesitated for a while, but Kakashi didn't seem to be unusual and immediately said he would accept the order.

And Chaoyangye seemed a little hesitant, and couldn't help but asked carefully: "Hokage-sama, isn't this kind of intelligence work the responsibility of the leader of the Root, Danzo-sama?"

"Why is it so suddenly..."

Chaoyangye was a little uneasy.

Speaking of spy lurking work, many years ago, it was his forte.

He was trained by the Root to have intelligence ability when he was six or seven years old. He worked as a spy ninja for nearly ten years. When he became an adult, he became a combat ninja because he was tired of this kind of work and he had the talent to become an excellent ninja.

The reason why he was a little uneasy was naturally because he could feel the importance of the undercover mission assigned to him by Minato Namikaze.

But he had long refused to be an intelligence ninja, and his ability had been rusty for many years.

Being suddenly pulled out at this time, it was inevitable that he would lack confidence. That's why he felt uneasy, and at the same time, he was curious why this kind of work was not handed over to the intelligence department.

This question, of course, also stumped Minato Namikaze.

After hesitating for a while, he had to evade and said: "The intelligence department is short of manpower now. Recently, there are rumors that the Konoha spy who is responsible for lurking in the Cloud Ninja has been exposed and is very likely to have been turned against."

"That's why Kakashi needs to conduct a secret investigation. At the same time, for the needs of military intelligence, it is necessary to know the internal actions of the Cloud Hidden Ninja as soon as possible."

"... So that's it." After hearing this, Chaoyangye finally realized.

However, after understanding the importance of the mission assigned to him, he immediately felt the burden and pressure on his shoulders.

Afterwards, Namikaze Minato repeatedly told Kakashi and Asahi some details that needed to be paid attention to in the mission and absolute confidentiality, and then finalized their departure time, which was also the next day.

A few minutes later, in front of Namikaze Minato, Kakashi and Asahi used the instant body technique to disappear.

After they left, Namikaze Minato on the roof of the Hokage Building slowly turned his head and cast his eyes on the streets in the village in the distance.

However, at this moment, he still had some concerns and a feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

Kakashi and Chaoyangye who were sent out were naturally trustworthy, but it was hard to say whether they could complete the mission of this trip.

Although both of them were elites of the Anbu, Chaoyangye should be able to perform the spy mission with a high probability. To personally find out whether there were any signs that Kumogakure was ready to fight Konoha and Iwagakure.

However, Kakashi's task of investigating the Root intelligence and supporting ninjas was indeed very difficult.

That was Danzo's Root.

The Root's strict discipline and means of almost erasing personality made it absolutely not an easy task to let such people expose Danzo's secrets.

The extreme confidentiality of the Root for its internal members was not only reflected in the brainwashing-like mental aspect.

Physical means seemed to have a layer of insurance.

Continuously recalling the relevant information about Danzo and his Root department in his memory, Minato Namikaze suddenly thought of another problem that seemed to have to be solved.

That is Danzo's Tongue-Eradication Seal. With this kind of extreme secret-keeping ninjutsu, even if someone who concealed information for Danzo is caught, it seems useless if he can't crack this jutsu...