Chapter 558 Namikaze Minato is missing
Mitomon En's expression was serious: "Kakashi, you can't go, the village needs you."
Kakashi knew he was talking about the Sixth Hokage and shook his head firmly: "I don't have that ability. Let me go to the Sand Village. In fact, it will be more effective if Tsunade-sama is in charge of the village."
Tsunade also had a worried look on her face, she was worried about Shizune's safety.
Hearing Kakashi's words, he immediately refused: "I can't, I really can't. Everyone, calm down first. Shikaku, what do you think?"
Shikaku, the advisor, pondered for a moment: "Comparing the strength of the two ninja villages, the Sand Village actually dared to attack Konoha. I have to say that this move is too crazy. They can't afford Konoha's revenge at all."
Utatane Koharu retorted, "What if it was done by the radicals? As the leader of the neutral faction, Maki could naturally suppress both sides, but he is dead now. Maybe the radicals have seized power in the Sand Village. I advised the Fourth Hokage to be more cautious, but he... Alas!"
The old lady sighed. She had some conflicts with Minato Namikaze about the Uchiha clan.
This fourth generation looks gentle, but he is actually quite radical in his actions.
After the old lady finished speaking, there was silence in the conference room. Even Lu Jiu, who was scolded, did not say anything.
It was not a coincidence that Shikamaru married Temari in the original time and space. The Nara family had always maintained a certain amount of power in the Sand Village. Now that the Fourth Hokage was involved, Shikaku was a little hesitant and did not dare to guarantee the Sand Village.
Ino didn't say anything. She closed her eyes and sensed for a moment before she said, "I sensed that Temari had just entered the 100-mile radius of Konoha Village. Judging from her route, it seems that she was going to Konoha. She looked very anxious."
Tsunade slammed the table and said, "Bring her here and I'll ask her myself!"
Ino stood up and said, "Okay."
The edge areas of Konoha's perception class were all marked with her Flying Thunder God mark. Temari did not take the shortcut. Ino sensed her mark and teleported over. In less than half a minute, she brought Temari back to Konoha Village.
Temari was exhausted and her face was covered in sweat. In order to move faster, she even forgot to bring the three-star fan that she always carried with her.
As if she knew the seriousness of the situation, she spoke immediately after getting rid of Flying Thunder God's dizziness.
"My Lords, the disappearance of the Fourth Hokage was definitely not caused by the Sand Village!"
Ino and Shikaku looked at each other. The layout of the Nara family was no secret to the Yamanaka family, and even other high-ranking officials of Konoha knew some information. It was somewhat inappropriate for Shikaku to ask now, so Ino asked before Utane Koharu.
"If it wasn't you, the Sand Village, who did it?"
Temari emphasized: "There is evidence that it was a few rebellious ninjas."
Her evasive statement could not be hidden from the Konoha consultant, and Mitomon En asked, "Which village is the traitor from?"
Temari bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before she had to answer the question directly: ".He is a traitor from the Sand Village."
She emphasized: "But please believe me, this is just the behavior of a small group of Sand Village rebels, and it cannot represent the entire Sand Village."
Ino interrupted her at the right time and guided her a little: "Don't try to shirk responsibility. We will make the right judgment. I just want to ask you a question. Who was the Fourth Hokage tracking before he lost contact?"
Temari's expression was heavy. "It was the traitorous ninja Centipede. We suspect that Maki-sensei was also killed by Centipede. Only a Jonin like Centipede could have done this. This guy disguised himself very well and acted very gentle. In fact, he was very ambitious. He wanted to secretly control the Sand Village and even the entire ninja world."
Centipede? Who is this? Ino didn't have much impression of this person.
She then asked, "Tracking the Centipede? I don't think it's a strong enemy. So where are the Fourth Hokage and Naruto now? You must answer this question directly."
Temari took a deep breath and answered quickly, "The Sand Village received news that a four-member team from Konoha was tracking the Centipede and reached a valley. After that, no one knew what happened. They disappeared with a violent chakra explosion."
As if she had guessed the reaction of the Konoha high-level officials, she continued, "We in Sunagakure have carefully checked the explosion site, but we did not find anything related to the Fourth Hokage. There was no blood. We believe that the Fourth Hokage and his men should still be alive."
Utane Koharu slammed the table hard, "What nonsense! Alive? Where is he now?"
Temari couldn't answer this question either.
Ino was somewhat familiar with the current situation. She recalled some information that often appeared in fan fiction: "Is the place of disappearance the ancient kingdom of Loulan in your Kingdom of Wind?"
Temari wanted to kiss her so much that she nodded hurriedly, "Yes, that's the ancient country of Loulan. According to legend, this country is a bit mysterious and its people disappeared from the desert overnight."
It would be inappropriate for Shikaku to pretend to be invisible again, so he also joined in the inquiry: "Mystery? How do you explain this mystery specifically?"
Temari didn't know the details. She had never paid much attention to such folk legends.
When she heard that something had happened to the Fourth Hokage, she rushed to Konoha and had no time to look up information.
Ino explained: "According to the information from the Intelligence Department, there is a huge source of chakra buried deep underground in Loulan, and..."
She clapped her hands gently, signaling the ninja standing at the door as a guard to take Temari down first.
Koharu Utatane was a little dissatisfied, but knowing that she was going to reveal top-secret information, she didn't say anything.
After Temari left, Ino then said, "According to the intelligence department, the Fourth Hokage went to Loulan on a secret mission twenty years ago, and one of his teammates at the time was Uncle Choza."
Minato Namikaze has done too many missions. Before he became Hokage, he was a mission maniac. It was enough for the top management to remember the number of his missions. No one would remember his detailed task instructions when he did a mission.
At this time, when Ino mentioned this information, Shikaku was the first to remember the details: "That's right, I remember Ding Zuo mentioned this place, Loulan, yes, that's right, he was talking about Loulan at the time."
Tsunade and Kakashi also thought of the connection at this time.
Tsunade asked, "You mean to say that the Yondaime's past mission and the current investigation mission have some connection? And then what? What about the others?"
Ino didn't say anything. She strongly suspected that Minato Namikaze had brought Naruto and the others to travel back to twenty years ago.
She is quite familiar with traveling through time and space. According to common sense, traveling to the past and then back, for people on the normal timeline like Ino, the time consumed by the time traveler would be very short. It is normal to travel through time in one second and come back in the next second.
Now Namikaze Minato has disappeared. What's going on? Will he never come back? (End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
