Double agent? I know this!

April 15, the 42nd year of Konoha.

Just as Minato Namikaze said, on this day, just as Shuichi Hoshita, Yakushi Nono and Asuka arrived at the Konoha Hospital, an Anbu ninja appeared.

"Shuichi-kun, the Third Hokage has summoned you!"

The Anbu ninja who appeared was quite polite.

Nodding to Yakushi Nono and Asuka, Shuichi Hoshita followed the Anbu ninja to the Hokage building, and then knocked on the door alone to enter the Hokage's office.

"The Third Hokage!"

Shuichi Hoshita bowed.

"Shuiichi is here..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was working behind his desk, raised his head, smiled, and said: "In view of your outstanding performance in the previous mission and your contribution to the Konoha Hospital, the Konoha Medical Class jointly recommended that you, Shuichi, will be Konoha's special jonin from today."

Hoshita Shuichi bowed his head slightly: "Thank you, Third Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered and said: "You are the youngest special jonin in the history of Konoha. Your teacher Namikaze Minato should have told you about the recent situation in the ninja world, so the village needs you to make more contributions."

Hoshita Shuichi raised his head, his eyes firm: "I am ready to contribute to the village, please give the order, Third Hokage!"

"In order to protect the village and to uphold the will of fire, even if it means sacrifice, I will do it."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled with satisfaction and said kindly, "Now is not the time for you to make sacrifices. You are the bud of Konoha and you still need to grow."

"Someone will take you to the Root later to report, where you will receive a three-month training, and then you will enter the Anbu directly under the Hokage."

Hoshita Shuichi immediately showed excitement: "Yes, Third Hokage!"

"Thank you for your cultivation, Third Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and nodded: "Go!"

Hoshita Shuichi bowed again and then left the office, and then found that there was already an Anbu wearing a fox mask waiting on the side.

"Shuiichi, let's go, I'll take you to the Root!"

The Anbu ninja spoke, his voice was gentle and familiar.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke!

Hideichi Hoshita nodded quickly: "Yes, thank you, senior!"

Although he recognized him, he didn't name him, so everyone knew it.

Following Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Shuichi Hoshita came to the Root Headquarters.

This place is hidden deep underground, and it is full of mystery and gloom.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke handed a piece of information to the Root Ninja in charge of the handover, and then said to Shuichi Hoshita: "Shuiichi, I will take you here."

Shuichi Hoshita bowed and thanked: "Thank you, senior!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke smiled under the mask, and then disappeared.

"Shuichi Hoshita, follow me!"

The Root Ninja spoke, then turned and walked forward along the overpass, and Shuichi Hoshita immediately followed.

The lights were dim, and there were many ways.

The scale of the Root Headquarters is not small. It seems to be an underground world with many rooms, some of which are even sealed by magic.

"We are here. Wait here for a while."

The Root Ninja took Hoshita Hideichi to an ordinary room and said something before turning around and leaving.

Hideichi Hoshita looked around the room and found nothing special. Then he sat down on a stone chair and waited quietly.

About half an hour later, footsteps were heard outside.

Hideichi Hoshita looked up at the door, and soon a figure wearing a green vest appeared.

It turned out to be him!

Hideichi Hoshita was surprised.

The visitor looked at Shuichi Hoshita with an inexplicable smile: "It seems that my arrival surprised you a little."

Shuichi Hoshita stood up and bowed: "Lord Orochimaru!"

Orochimaru stood at the door, staring at Shuichi Hoshita with his snake-like vertical pupils, and said with a smile: "The third generation handed you over to me, and I have heard of your reputation a long time ago."

"Tsunade said you are a rare medical talent."

"Jiraiya said that your ninjutsu talent is not inferior to Minato."

"I hope you don't let me down, Shuichi-kun!"

Shuichi Hoshita smiled: "I have seen the abilities of two of the three ninjas of Konoha."

"Tsunade-sama's medical skills are unparalleled. Although Jiraiya-sama has not seen his methods, he is worthy of his reputation for being able to teach a disciple like Minato-sama."

"Orochimaru-sama is also one of the three ninjas. I believe he will not disappoint the Third Hokage."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, but his smile became more intense: "Interesting, few people talk to me like this anymore."

"Then, follow me!"

As Orochimaru said this, he turned and walked away, and Shuichi Hoshita immediately followed.

The two of them walked out of the Root headquarters one after the other, and then entered a forest.

Soon, a training ground came into view, and on the training ground was a familiar figure of Shuichi Hoshita.

Danzo!

Standing on the branch, Orochimaru smiled and said, "According to the information, in addition to being proficient in medical ninjutsu, you are also proficient in fire escape."

"The first task of entering the Root training is to solve the target task in front."

"Go, let me see your strength and determination."

Kill Danzo?

Of course I am happy to!

But is the one in front of me the real Danzo?

A shadow clone?

What is Orochimaru's purpose?

Or is it Sarutobi Hiruzen?

Or is it Danzo?

Who cares!

Kill him first!

Boom!

The branch under his feet exploded, and Shuichi Hoshita shot out of the woods like a crossbow arrow, heading straight for Danzo who had his back to him.

Orochimaru on another branch looked at the branch that was blown into two pieces: "Fire Instant Body?"

When he turned his head to look at the training ground, the confrontation had already begun.

Danzo, who was facing away, had already turned around, and opened his mouth to throw out vacuum jades like bullets, plowing out vacuum channels, heading straight for the swordfish-like Hoshita Shuichi who was attacking at high speed in the air.

In the air, such a fast speed and such intensive attacks were obviously difficult to dodge.

But under Orochimaru's expectant gaze, the explosion sounded, the air wave swept, and Shuichi Hoshita's figure suddenly rose in the air, easily avoiding Danzo's attack, and then opened his mouth and spit out a group of fireballs.

Phoenix Fire Technique!

Danzo's figure flashed, and charred pits were blown out on the ground.

While dodging, Danzo also completed the reception, opened his mouth to inhale and spit, and a series of sharp airflows in the form of blades swept towards Shuichi Hoshita in the air.

Wind Style - Vacuum Wave!

Hideichi Hoshita, who was falling from the sky, did not use Lotus Steps to dodge but pulled out the Ame-no-Mura sword. The blade was covered with blue flames and then expanded to form a giant blue sword.

Blue Flame Waterfall Sword!

The giant sword fell, and all the vacuum blades were destroyed and formed a hot wind that swept outward.

At this moment, Orochimaru and Danzo were surprised.

Boom!

The earth was split open with a sword, and smoke and dust rolled.

Then Danzo tore through the smoke and dust, retreated intact and flew out, but the next moment, Hideichi Hoshita suddenly attacked from the sky, and the Ame-no-Mura sword slashed down, easily splitting Danzo's kunai in two.

Danzo tapped his feet, quickly retreated to dodge, and took out a new kunai. He opened his mouth and blew, and the kunai was covered with a layer of extremely sharp wind chakra.

Ding ding ding...

Metal and iron clashed, two figures moved at high speed on the training ground, leaving a trail of afterimages, weapons constantly colliding, sparks flying.

"Ninjutsu, swordsmanship, instant body skills, reaction ability, completely at the level of a jonin."

Orochimaru secretly evaluated: "It's really surprising!"

Suddenly, he saw a flash of blue light, and then saw Danzo's kunai with wind escape was cut open by a sword, and then his body was split in two.

"Fire escape is better than wind escape..."

Orochimaru was stunned.

In the field, Danzo, who was split in half, exploded into smoke with a bang.

"It's a shadow clone!"

Hoshita Shuichi snorted secretly, and then put away the sword expressionlessly.

The next moment, Orochimaru appeared beside him and said with a smile: "It seems that you did not disappoint me. Your fire escape is the strongest I have ever seen, no one else!"

At this time, Danzo walked out of the forest opposite and said: "Hoshita Shuichi, your talents should not be limited to these."

"The fact proves that Hiruzen did not train you well at all."

He personally tested a newcomer, a newcomer who was only 9 years old, which was unprecedented.

But Hoshita Shuichi's record and the further development of the perception ninjutsu developed by the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama made him make this decision.

The fact proves that he was right.

Such a sharp knife, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the increasingly cowardly guy, actually threw it to Konoha Hospital, which was a complete waste of talent.

If he was allowed to train, after 5 years, Hoshita Shuichi could become a sharp blade that was not inferior to Konoha White Fang.

Staring at Shuichi Hoshita, Danzo seemed to have forgotten the conflict between the two. He said forcefully and temptingly: "Shuichi, join me!"

"I am the best fit for you!"

"Huruzen has no way to train you, but I can teach you the fire escape swordsmanship of the Uchiha clan."

"Not only fire escape, you should have learned wind escape from Minato Namikaze, right?"

"I can teach you wind escape. No one in Konoha should be able to beat me in wind escape."

As he spoke, Danzo stretched out his right hand to Shuichi Hoshita.

Hideichi Hoshita felt sick at heart, but his face was expressionless: "Although I am a little conceited, I have to say that even the Uchiha's fire escape swordsmanship cannot be said to be better than mine."

"I have walked my own path and no longer need the swordsmanship of the Uchiha clan."

"As for wind escape, with Minato teacher here, I think there will be no problem practicing the wind escape ninjutsu that Konoha has."

"Everything in the world has a price, so what price do you want me to betray the Third Hokage, Danzo?"

Danzo was very unhappy, but he said in a deep voice: "Whatever you want, I can give it to you."

"I can even support you to become the Fifth Hokage in the future!"

Orochimaru is the Fourth Generation, and I am the Fifth Generation?

Hideichi Hoshita compared it very seriously, and felt that it was not as reliable as teacher Namikaze Minato being the Fourth Generation and himself being the Fifth Generation.

What's more, everything is just empty talk!

So, Shuichi Hoshita shook his head: "The position of Hokage is too far away for me, and I don't care about that position."

Orochimaru has been observing Shuichi Hoshita, and at this time he couldn't help but laugh: "In this case, Shuichi-kun, you might as well make a specific request, I think Danzo-sama will satisfy you!"

At least for now, his cooperation with Danzo is very pleasant, and he always responds to his requests, saving him a lot of trouble.

So he doesn't mind saying a few more words.

Shuichi Hoshita glanced at Orochimaru and said: "Since Lord Orochimaru said so, I won't be polite."

"Lord Danzo, if I need it, I can practice any ninjutsu in the Sealed Book!"

Orochimaru couldn't help but flicker his eyes and smile a little more on his face.

Danzo said in a deep voice: "No problem!"

"I said that I will do my best to train you, of course not limited to ninjutsu."

Hideichi Hoshita smiled brightly: "Very good!"

"Then, happy cooperation!"

Double agent!

He is very familiar with this!

Last year, the daimyo of the Land of Fire asked him to visit the daimyo's mansion in the name of inviting medical ninjas, and he gave the daimyo a lot of ideas.

For example, select suitable children from the nobles of the daimyo's mansion, or even the samurai groups under his command, and send them to Konoha to learn ninjutsu, or invite people to teach.

The daimyo has recruited a lot of wandering ninjas, so it's not bad to train children!

In addition, Hideichi Hoshita also suggested that the daimyo win over Danzo to contain Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he did not hide his trap for Danzo.

After reaching a preliminary cooperation with Danzo, Shuichi Hoshita smiled and said, "Danzo-sama, my suggestion is that after completing the training in the Root, let me return to the Anbu."

"Now I am trusted by the Third Hokage, and I can better serve you, Danzo-sama, in the Anbu."

"Of course, I must also report your information to the Third Hokage."

Danzo snorted in his heart after hearing this. He saw at a glance that Shuichi Hoshita wanted to benefit from both ends, but he did want Shuichi Hoshita to return to the Anbu.

Shuichi Hoshita's knife is very sharp, and he needs to sharpen it so that he can use it better without hurting himself.

So, Danzo nodded: "That's what I mean."

"When the time comes, I will cooperate with you and prepare the intelligence."

"And there will be someone in charge of the information transmission."

Hideichi Hoshita nodded and said with a smile: "Danzo-sama is very thoughtful."

"If it was the same at the beginning, I would have gained a lot of benefits for you."

Danzo's eyes twitched, and he said lightly: "What ninjutsu do you need, it's best to apply in advance."

Hideichi Hoshita immediately started to report the menu: "Lightning escape ninjutsu, at least 5, at least C-level."

"Water escape ninjutsu, at least 5, at least C-level."

"Earth escape ninjutsu, at least 5, at least C-level."

"And illusion, at least 5, at least C-level."

Danzo's eyelids twitched when he heard it.

Orochimaru on the side was looking at Hideichi Hoshita and found it more and more interesting.

Danzo frowned and said, "You should concentrate on one direction now."

Hideki Hoshita spread his hands and said, "Danzo-sama, I have no interest in the position of Hokage, nor in power struggles. My only interests are ninjutsu and women."

"The reason why my fire escape can reach its current level is because I study it hard."

"But you know, I am very young and energetic now."

Danzo's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "I will hand over the ninjutsu to Orochimaru tomorrow."

After saying that, his figure disappeared from the spot.