Chapter 45

The Mysterious Masked Man was a bit stunned.

This Akihara Kagura's thought process was a bit strange, wasn't it?

Normal people, when falsely accused, shouldn't they try to defend themselves, and only turn traitor when they fail to convince others? Why was this Akihara Kagura taking the blame willingly?

"Zetsu, follow them and see."

The Mysterious Masked Man could only instruct his Venus Flytrap creature to burrow into the ground, to investigate what was really going on, and why his plan to force Akihara Kagura to betray had gone wrong.

"Okay."

The Venus Flytrap creature immediately submerged itself.

This creature called Zetsu, after burrowing into the ground, followed the group to the Root base, secretly hiding underground and eavesdropping on the conversation between Akihara Kagura and Danzo Shimura.

The Root base.

When Danzo Shimura first saw the corpse of Aburame Tatsuma, he was enraged at Akihara Kagura's audacious actions and wanted to capture the brat for a stern lesson.

Now, Akihara Kagura was standing in front of him, even appearing as if killing Aburame Tatsuma was the right thing to do, as if he had done nothing wrong at all.

"Why did you kill Tatsuma?"

"I didn't like him when I was in Root. He mocked me for being expelled from the base, even equated me with that traitor... I just wanted to teach him a lesson, but he kept calling me a traitor, and I ended up killing him with one move."

"..."

Danzo Shimura fell silent.

What was wrong with this Aburame Tatsuma?

Returning to the village without gathering information and provoking a killing tool?

Danzo Shimura expelled Akihara Kagura from Root, not because Akihara Kagura betrayed him, but because Akihara Kagura was taken away by Hiruzen Sarutobi, and he could no longer trust Akihara Kagura as before, but this brat was still a usable tool.

"You're too extreme in your actions!"

Danzo Shimura took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and continued to chastise, "I've long ordered you not to kill people at will in the village!"

"It's just Aburame Tatsuma..."

"It's not like it's other people in the village... Lord Danzo can surely handle it..."

Akihara Kagura frowned and pointed at the two guards at the entrance of the Root base, "When I was driven out by those two, I also wanted to kill them, but I was worried about upsetting Danzo and being completely discarded by him..."

"Hmph!"

"You still know your priorities..."

"You still know to let me clean up the mess you make..."

Danzo Shimura tightened his grip on his cane and said solemnly, "Fortunately, you dumped Tatsuma's body into the Root base. If Tatsuma's corpse was discovered by the members of the Anbu..."

That would be a huge problem!

Thankfully.

The one Kagura killed was a member of Root.

If Kagura had killed another ninja from the village, Danzo Shimura might have to negotiate with others. Helping this brat clean up his mess would be difficult!

Something didn't seem right...

Yet, Danzo Shimura felt there was nothing wrong.

Forget it.

The most important thing now was to ensure this brat stopped his killing tendencies, at least not to randomly kill people in the village!

This damned brat!

Even though he was a sharp weapon, he hadn't even used him to attack the enemies, and the weapon was already hurting his own hand.

"You are going to the Anbu, you are not allowed to kill your colleagues at will!"

Danzo Shimura could only suppress his annoyance and scolded coldly, "Hiruzen Sarutobi is not a good person, he won't cover up for you like I do!"

"Can I kill that traitor named Yamato and Kakashi? What if they mock me for being driven out by Lord Danzo?"

"No! They would never do that!"

Danzo Shimura's brows furrowed tightly, feeling like he was defending Yamato and Kakashi. He hurriedly tried to clear his thoughts, and finally brought up the important matter, "I remember, you should be reporting to the Anbu today."

"Yes."

"Go ahead."

Danzo Shimura planned to send this little fellow Kagura away first and warned, "If you cause trouble again, I will send you back..."

"I won't!"

Akihara Kagura immediately interrupted Danzo Shimura.

Akihara Kagura knew what Danzo Shimura wanted to say - sending him back to Orochimaru. Of course, the old man was just saying it, but it should not be said casually...

Because...

There might be a listener around.

Although Kagura Akihara knew that the mysterious masked man was always near him, it wasn't convenient to meet his new boss at this time. He still needed to give this new boss some trouble.

Workplace rules.

If a company needs you to join, proactively submitting a resume and being headhunted, the treatment received from these two entry paths is completely different.

After Kagura Akihara left the Root base, he went directly to the Konoha Anbu to report, registered his information, and first received a complete set of Anbu equipment.

A Kunai, a short ninja sword, a set of shurikens, a set of gray Anbu armor, and a mask to cover his face.

In the Anbu changing room.

When Kagura Akihara came in holding a bunch of equipment, a dozen Anbu ninjas were waiting for him inside, each with different expressions.

"Kid, you're late."

A somewhat impatient Anbu ninja was the first to speak, "Everyone is here waiting for you."

"Is there a mission?"

Kagura Akihara looked at him, then surveyed everyone in the room: "Or is it that your own abilities are too weak to complete the mission?"

"What did you say!"

Several Anbu present instantly became furious!

"Don't be impulsive."

Kakashi Hatake stopped them, feeling a slight headache.

This kid is a big problem, just on his first day of work, he's already clashing with his colleagues. Who knows how much trouble he's going to cause in the future.

"Yeah, don't be impulsive..."

Yamato hurriedly stopped his colleagues and said, "Kagura Akihara is a newbie, we need to be more tolerant of him..."

After finishing speaking, Yamato took the initiative to be friendly to Kagura Akihara: "Do you need to change your equipment first? You can put your things in the storage locker, there's a vacant one inside..."

"Oh yes..."

"I almost forgot to tell you..."

"Senior Kakashi has assigned you to my team."

There are a total of four teams in the Anbu, each team has four classes, and each class has four people. Kakashi Hatake is the team leader of one Anbu team, and Yamato is the leader of one of these classes.

"Oh?"

Kagura Akihara looked at Yamato in front of him, a smile appeared in his eyes, and his attitude suddenly became friendly: "So, I am your subordinate? Sounds pretty good."

[System notification]: [You have a new superior (Yamato), reward for new employee gift package, you get a new trait Wood Release Kekkei Genkai!]

[System notification]: [Detected that the host already possesses Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai has been enhanced, and you can develop more suitable Wood Release ninjutsu.]

[System notification]: [You have a new superior (Kakashi Hatake), reward for new employee gift package, unlocking a new trait Sharingan (Left)!]

[Sharingan (Left), the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan, even though it's only the left eye, it still possesses eye technique power that is difficult for ordinary people to fathom! If the Sharingan (Right) is obtained for fusion enhancement, the Mangekyou Sharingan will be even more powerful!]

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