Chapter 437 The Honest Shisui

Hyuga Clan's settlement.

After Shisui left Hokage Tower, he first created a shadow clone to find Kakashi, and his main body rushed right here and knocked on the big iron gate of Gekko's mansion.

As the lowest-ranked in the family, Kanpū ran out expressionlessly and opened the gate.

"Shisui…"

Seeing the person outside the iron gate, Kanpū's face changed slightly, "Our family has already eaten."

"Huh?"

Shisui was taken aback, and then his face twitched, "…I'm not here to have a meal."

"Haha, I'm just joking with you." Kanpū warmly invited Shisui into the house.

Shisui didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and said: "I come here this time because there is an emergency mission!"

"Emergency mission? What happened? "Kanpū asked.

"Do you still remember Jigumo? He brought information about Orochimaru!"

Shisui said, "Yondaime asked us to go with Kakashi to the Land of Rivers to capture Orochimaru!"

Kanpū nodded: "So it's like that. Wait here, I'll tell my family first."

After the word fell, Kanpū closed the iron gate and ran back quickly.

Looked at the closed iron gate, Shisui felt very complicated.

After Kanpū returned to the house, he talked to Hoshino, Keiko, and Hayate who were having dinner. The three people knew that Kanpū was in Anbu, so they didn't ask much, and just waved their hands to indicate 'have fun'. Kanpū was a little aggrieved, so after going out, he hit the wall and dissolved into smoke.

That's right, this one is just a shadow clone.

The moment he disbanded, his memory also poured into the main body and Hyōketsu's mind.

At this time, Hyōketsu is rushing with Zetsu to the Land of Waterfall, preparing to inquire about the specific information of Takigakure's S-Rank Missing-nin, Kakuzu.

As the memory entered his head, Hyōketsu raised his head slightly: 'It's a pity that Orochimaru has already set off to the Land of Water at this time, and it is destined to not be able to catch him.'

"What are you looking at?"

Zetsu walked beside him and asked in a deep voice, "You are thinking about the Abyss, right?"

"It's nothing, let's move faster." Hyōketsu shrugged, speeding up his pace.

Zetsu follow behind, and his black and white face is gloomy and uncertain.

During this period, while he was collecting the information of all the Great Countries' Missing-nin, he is also trying his best to collect information about Hyōketsu and the Abyss, but he only got very little information!

And this time teaming up with Hyōketsu, Pain actually wanted to let Zetsu have more in-depth contact with Hyōketsu, and find out the information about the Abyss through him, but at present, Hyōketsu is extremely cautious, once there's any mention of the word 'Abyss', he will change the topic, or asked him to move faster.

Zetsu grinned sneeringly and followed closely.

...

In the depths of Konoha's Forest of Death.

After receiving the memory of the shadow clone, Kanpū immediately created a shadow clone to clean the various traces left by him after training nearby, and then hurried back quickly with Flying Thunder God Technique!

After more than half a month of training.

Kanpū successfully consumed more than a dozen Iwagakure's Shinobi's corpses and collected more than fifty Earth Release Ninjutsu, most of which coincided with the Earth Release he collected before. That is to say, the power of Kanpū's various Earth Release Ninjutsu have been improved to varying degrees!

As for the collected corpse, Kanpū directly stuffed them into the belly of the Forest of Death's wild beasts, which is much more civilized than burning them to ashes!

Ten seconds later, Kanpū appeared outside the iron gate on time.

Opening the iron gate, he smiled and said, "Let's go, Shisui."

With a sullen face, Shisui turned and left without saying a word.

Kanpū secretly cursed that shadow clone as he even shut his friends out of the gate!

'He's not a human being!'

'If it was changed to me, I would have to let Shisui come in for a sip of hot tea no matter what!'

'What a pity!'

Kanpū ran to Shisui's side, rubbing against him constantly.

Shisui dodged, and after dodging several times, he was very annoyed, and said angrily: "Okay, I'm not angry, stop rubbing me!"

When Kanpū saw him speak, he immediately smiled shyly: "Shisui, have you eaten?"

Shisui shook his head expressionlessly: "No."

"I'll treat you to Ichiraku Ramen." Kanpū tried to remedy the situation and dragged him to help Teuchi's business.

"No… wait… slow down… ah… let me tell you… my shadow clone has notified Kakashi-senpai to wait outside the village… We can't do this…" Shisui said no, but his body was still very honest as he was pulled into Ichiraku Ramen by Kanpū.

"Welcome!"

Teuchi has a good memory, and said with a smile: "It's Shisui and Kanpū, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"Two big bowls of miso ramen and two crispy radishes." Kanpū said with a smile.

"Two more char siu and two more beef!" Shisui smiled and looked towards Kanpū.

The corners of Kanpū's mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a smile: "Teuchi-san, make the ramen the small serving."

Teuchi, who is creating the ramen, twitched when he heard this: "Got it…"

At the same time.

Konoha's gate.

The sky is getting dark gradually, and the cold wind is blowing. There are not many people around, the laughter of a family came from the house in the distance, but Kakashi stood here alone and his back was bleak.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Half an hour.

Kakashi has no expression on his face, his dead fish eye stared forward without focus, but the waves in his mind are raging!

'Why haven't they come yet?'

'Why haven't they come yet?'

'I have been waiting for half an hour!'

'Is Shisui lying to me?'

'Impossible!'

'With Shisui's character, he will never joke about such a thing!'

'Then, the only reason why Shisui is late is… Gekko Kanpū!'

'Bastard!'

'That guy must be playing tricks!!'

The corners of Kakashi's mouth twitched slightly, which was clearly visible even under the black mask.

Another half an hour passed.

After a full hour, Kanpū and Shisui walked out of the street illuminated by dim yellow lights, shoulder to shoulder.

Kakashi didn't know how long he had been waiting, but when he saw the two, he stared at them with emotionlessly and coldly asked: "You guys are late! I want an explanation."

"You may not believe it, burped~~"

Kanpū burped, and the mixed smell of ramen soup, crispy radish, beef and char siu stimulated Kakashi's nose like a cloudy mudslide. Kanpū still tried to lie, "When we were on the road, burped~ we met a big black cat, and we were stopped by it and burped~~, and then, we started to think about life, burped~~ That's it!"

Kanpū said with righteous and self-confident expression, but the kind-hearted and simple Shisui didn't dare to look at Kakashi, and looked sideways shyly.

Kakashi's forehead veins completely show when he heard this: 'You, a Shinobi, can be stopped by a black cat and still think about life?'

'I…'

Kakashi was so angry that he almost scolded Kanpū's mother, but fortunately, after many setbacks and Minato's education and reform from time to time, Kakashi has matured a lot in terms of character at this time."

He took a dozen deep breaths, turned around, took out a military food pill and swallowed it, and ordered in a low growl, "Let's go!!!"

...

The next day.

According to the agreement with Shisui, Minato asked Anbu to find Jigumo and gave him a commission for an S-Rank mission, as a reward for providing Orochimaru's whereabouts!

Jigumo took the money and wanted to cry but had no tears.

'I really don't need money, I just wants to hug Shisui of the Body Flicker's thigh, why is it so difficult?'

Jigumo didn't know what to do after taking the money.

At this time, two Root's Shinobi approached him.

Jigumo didn't know the difference between Anbu and Root, and stupidly followed them to meet Danzo.

Danzo got angry every day in the past week and didn't have a good rest, so he got a few big blisters on his mouth, which was very eye-catching.

"Jigumo, what did you come to Konoha from the Land of Rivers? Why did Anbu give you one million ryo? Why did Shisui, Kanpū and Kakashi left as soon as you came to Yondaime Hokage? Where did they go?"

Danzo got straight to the point and rudely interrogated Jigumo.

Jigumo looked at the 'Anbu' standing on both sides of Danzo. Although a little puzzled, he replied honestly: "I'm here to provide the whereabouts of Konoha's Missing-nin, Orochimaru. "

Danzo's face turned ugly. Of course he knew that Orochimaru was in the Land of Rivers, as he even ordered his shadow clone to take half of the Root's members to 'killing the snake to silent the witness'!

Unfortunately, he is bitten by snake instead of killing it. Of the 70 or 80 Root's Shinobi, there are only more than 30 people who escape alive, and the loss is very heavy!

But the strange thing is that, Danzo waited and waited until the day, but these 30 or so subordinates of his still didn't return!

'And all this is because of Yuki Aoi!'

Danzo originally thought that Yuki Aoi's purpose for finding Orochimaru was the same as his, but he didn't expect that when his shadow clone was entangled by Orochimaru, Yuki Aoi left them directly and turned around to chase after those escaping subordinates!

Danzo still held a fluke mentality at first, but after so many days, he had to admit that those thirty or so subordinates had already been killed by Yuki Aoi!

"Apart from Orochimaru's whereabouts, are there other people's whereabouts? "Danzo solemnly asked.

"Who? "Jigumo is puzzled.

"The Shinobi who uses Ice Release! "Danzo said every word one by one. His face was ferocious, and the pupil of his left eye was bloodshot, like a demon who chose to eat people.

Jigumo was a little dazed, and he hurriedly shook his head and said: "Lord, I didn't see any Shinobi with Ice Release, but I saw someone from the distance used the Four Violet Flames Formation to besiege Orochimaru, and that's when I came to Konoha."

"In that case, you…"

Danzo just wanted to cut off the trouble, but the image of Minato's bright smile appeared in his mind.

'This Jigumo sent Orochimaru's information from the front, and I killed him in the Root on the back…'

'That bastard Namikaze Minato will definitely make a fuss about this!!'

The anger in Danzo's heart rose again, and the bubbles on his mouth became more and more moist!

"Get lost!! "

Danzo roared at Jigumo.

Jigumo didn't know when he had offended Danzo, but he didn't dare to ask, so he could only leave here with his head lowered and his shoulders shrunk.

Back on the street, Jigumo looked around blankly.

...

After Jigumo left, Danzo couldn't calm down for a long time. He turned around and walked swiftly all the way to the forbidden laboratory in the deepest part of the Root's Headquarters.

There are several super horrible projects going on here, but due to the shortage of funds, all the projects have been affected to varying degrees. Danzo has learned from the pain and decided to concentrate on big things, and suspend all other plans except the Project Gozu Tenno!

"Danzo-sama! "Fifteen Root's Shinobi quickly knelt down on one knee when they saw Danzo.

"How is the Gozu Tenno done?" "Danzo asked.

"Danzo-sama, the current completion progress has reached one-third, and it is expected that the Gozu Tenno will be completed in seven to ten years." The person in charge of the project said.

Danzo frowned, and looked towards an altar in the center of the laboratory.

A few years ago, Danzo discovered by accident that people would have a negative Chakra that tends to be dark when they are pessimistic and angry, and then, he asked his subordinates to start researching.

During the research process, the Root's Shinobi discovered that when these negative Chakra condense to a certain degree, it can even connect to a different space, and in this different space, there is a dangerous creature named Nue!

This kind of creature will self-destruct after absorbing a huge amount of negative Chakra, and the more it sucks, the more powerful the self-destruction will be, it can be called a strategic biochemical weapon!

Danzo wants to get the Nue, make the Nue become his Summoned Beast, and even all the Root's Shinobi's Summoned Beasts, and then use this Nue to create terrorist attacks in neighboring small countries and start a war.

And with the war, Danzo's Root will have a chance to rise!

Unfortunately, that different space is very difficult to communicate with. Root's Shinobi researched day and night, and finally found a way, that is, to create a special technique that only targets this different space, that is, 'Gozu Tenno'.

Once the Gozu Tenno is completed, the Shinobi can use it to establish contact with Nue in the different space, so as to summon them out!

The reason why it is called Gozu Tenno is because the technique's imprint they developed looks a lot like an ox head. (T/N: Gozu Tenno means Ox-Headed Heavenly King.)

"Too slow. "Danzo is extremely dissatisfied when he heard the progress.

Right now, he spends most of the reduced funds on this project, and at the same time, he throws all the researchers who carry out the rest of the project to this project, but even after all these, he still needs seven to ten years!

"Danzo-sama, it's already very fast."

The person in charge of the project said, "According to the previous research and development progress, it may take us twenty years to complete the Gozu Tenno."

Danzo said with a snort: "I don't care, seven years, I will only give you seven years! Seven years later, I want to see the real Gozu Tenno!!"

"Yes! "

The group of Root's researchers simultaneously knelt down.