Chapter 452 Better To Be Safe Than Sorry

Since Iwagakure conditionally surrendered to Konoha two years ago, Kumogakure has withdrawn from the Land of Fire, but they neither surrendered nor negotiated peace with Konoha, and instead stationed troops on the border of the Land of Lightning. Separated from the Land of the Moon and Land of Hot Water, they faced the Konoha's border Shinobi far away.

During the period, the Shinobi of the two Great Shinobi Villages came and went, constantly rubbing against each other. On average, they hurt each other once every seven days. Although the battle was not fierce, there were constant casualties!

As the Kage of Konoha, Minato naturally does not want to see this situation. He once ordered the border Shinobi to restrain themselves, but the opposite Kumogakure's Shinobi did not have this kind of consciousness at all!

After Minato learned the lesson, he immediately revoked the restraints and asked the border to do what needs to be done. At the same time, he sent an envoy to contact Yondaime Raikage, hoping to stop the confrontation between the two countries from the top to bottom, however, Yondaime Raikage said that all matters of the border are left in the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi's hands!

Minato realized that there was something tricky in the middle at the time, so he sent Anbu to collect the information of the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader, and found that his status in Kumogakure was very high, especially after the death of Sandaime Raikage. During the period before Fourth Raikage took over, he directly controlled all the power of Kumogakure!!

It was until Yondaime Raikage succeeded that the power of Kumogakure slowly returned to Yondaime Raikage, but Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader still held considerable power and was unwilling to hand it over to Yondaime Raikage. Among them was the border with thousands of Kumogakure's Shinobi!

It is obvious that the relationship between Yondaime Raikage and the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader is at odds, and even extremely tense. After confirming this, Minato dispatched the Anbu's sixth team. The content of their mission is to assassinate the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader!

Although killing the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader will allow Yondaime Raikage to control all the powers of Kumogakure, and may even let him use this as an excuse to declare of war to Konoha. Compared to being cut by the soft knife of Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader, Minato would rather fight Yondaime Raikage in upright manner!

Furthermore, after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Konoha has spent the past two years recovering its strength. By developing the economy and nurturing the Shinobi, the village's strength has recovered quickly!

And in the current situation of the Shinobi World where Sunagakure is weak and Kirigakure has closed their country, Konoha is not afraid of any war!

The Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water's border.

After the Anbu's sixth team arrived, they immediately contacted the border Shinobi stationed here and exchanged the latest information.

The next day, the sixth team crossed the border and rushed into the Land of Hot Water.

Along the way, Kakashi still deliberately provokes Kanpū all day long, trying to copy all the Ninjutsu he has in his hands!

Knowing Kakashi's evil intent, Kanpū introspects himself three times a day, constantly improving his moral self-cultivation, and even realized a truth, 'If Kakashi slander me, deceive me, insult me, laugh at me, despise me, hate me, lie to me, I should just bear him, let him, avoid him, bear him, respect him, ignore him… unless I can't hold it!'

'And the price I paid for not being to hold it is that Ninjutsu would be copied away.'

But then, Kanpū found a way to fool Kakashi, that is, to use only the Ninjutsu that he has copied in the battle against him. In this way, Kanpū won't feel the pain of being copied by this bastard anymore.

After Kakashi see through Kanpū's sinister intentions, Kakashi became even more mean-spirited, and he constantly provokes Kanpū in battle, trying to force him to use new Ninjutsu.

But when they cross the Land of Hot Water and enter the border of the Land of the Moon, since the entire group is very close to the border of the Land of Lightning, and may encounter Kumogakure's Shinobi at any time, Kakashi finally restrained himself and stopped provoking Kanpū.

And Kanpū, also began to bury rocks along the way!

Kakashi saw the Flying Thunder God Technique's imprint on the stones, and almost couldn't help but provoked at the time, 'Before entering the Land of Lightning, he already started to lay out an escape route. How afraid of death are you?'

Fortunately, he knew that this is not the time for provocation, so he resisted it, but he wrote the matter in his notebook, and when the mission was over, he would use this to provoke him fiercely!

When there was still a day's journey away from the Land of Lightning's border, Jizo decided to divide the sixth team into five groups of four people. He himself set an example, and took the initiative to bring the youngest three people in his group. Under the weird gazes of the rest of his men, Jizo showed a resolute expression of 'I am wronged by bringing these three little kids but I don't say it because I am the captain and I am duty-bound', which deeply touched everyone present!

Jizo and the group leaders of the other four groups gave some instructions, waved their hands, and said: "Okay, now disperse, and pay attention to safety!"

"Yes!"

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After everyone dispersed, Jizo took Kanpū, Shisui and Kakashi, and traveled all the way in low profile manner. With his excellent Sensor Ninjutsu, he avoided the patrolling Kumogakure's Shinobi several times, and they finally entered the Land of Lightning's border smoothly.

Kumogakure stationed thousands of Shinobi on the border, and the patrol density was very high. So after entering the border, the group of four still walked on thin ice, cautious and solemn, and Jizo keeps using Sensor Ninjutsu to ensure the safety of the road ahead.

Wandering all the way, as the four people went deep into Land of Lightning and left the border behind, they slowly relaxed and began to discuss mission.

"Captain, is the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader we are going to assassinate in Kumogakure or on the border?" Shisui asked.

Jizo answered: "The other party is Kumogakure's higher-up, so he naturally stays in the village."

Kakashi then asked: "Hey, do you want us to enter Kumogakure assassinated Kumogakure's higher-up?"

Jizo smiled and shook his head: "According to intelligence, the thousand Kumogakure's Shinobi on the border are all loyal subordinates of this Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader, so we only have to make a big commotion on the border. At that time, this Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader can't help but rush over from Kumogakure!"

Hearing this, Shisui's eyes lit up: "At that time, we will set an ambush on the way, and we will be able to assassinate him easily!"

Jizo nodded with a smile.

Kakashi continued: "There are thousands of Kumogakure's Shinobi on the border. It's too irrational to attack the border!"

As an excellent Shinobi who once served on the border of the Land of Fire, Kanpū snorted and said: "The border is so long, and a thousand Kumogakure's Shinobi have to be scattered to protect it, so there's no way we would really face up a thousand Kumogakure's Shinobi."

Jizo looked at Kanpū with satisfaction, 'As expected of the child that contributed his youth to the Land of Fire's border!'

"Husky is right. We only need to attack a certain section of the border and make a big commotion. I believe we can lead our target out of Kumogakure with that!" Jizo said firmly.

Kakashi refused to accept it, and continued to argue: "What if the Yondaime Raikage and Hachibi's Jinchuriki are also brought out?"

"That kind of thing will never happen!"

Jizo smiled, "According to our information, Yondaime Raikage and this Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader are at odds. So it is impossible for him to stand up for the subordinates of the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader!"

When he heard this, Kanpū suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

He turned his head and looked towards Jizo, looking so seriously and so deeply.

'In case this guy inherited Shikuro-sensei's physique… Then it won't be a problem to attract Yondaime Raikage and Killer B here.'

Feeling Kanpū's weird gaze, Jizo touched the mask on his face strangely, and asked: "Husky, what are you looking at?"

"Captain!"

Kanpū took a deep breath, and said, "I think what Kakashi said makes sense. It's better to be safe than sorry. What should we do if our actions really attract Yondaime Raikage and Hachibi's Jinchuriki?"

Jizo was startled when he heard this.

Kakashi, whose face is under the mask of the red fox, is looking Kanpū even more suspiciously: 'This guy… does he take the wrong medicine today?'