Chapter 50: Iwagakure's Surveillance

Honku frowned and said, "Are you saying that that Konoha team consisted of a thick-browed man in a green leotard and a twelve-year-old boy with silver hair?

"Yes, it is."

Daisuke replied pale due to excessive blood loss.

Honku looked at the ninja next to him and said, "Does anyone have specific information about Kakko's mission?"

None of those present are responsible for issuing missions or a deceased team member, it's normal for them to remember the Jounin who took on the Grass Country mission, but they don't know the specific information.

"..."

Honku pondered and said, "They should be hidden Elite Jounins from Konoha. Record their images and distribute them to all our ninja, let them be on the lookout when they find them!"

An ordinary Jounin deserves no special attention, their number is relatively large, but Elite Jounin are quite rare. The three legendary Konoha sannin also formally belong to this rank, every elite Jounin in the enemy village deserves a lot of attention!

"Yes!"

The nearby ninja responded.

After giving the instructions, Honku raised his head and looked in the direction of the Fire Country .

A silver-haired teenager ...

It sounds like that person, but that person is dead. Is that person's son? But according to known information, his son must be several years younger.

But in any case.

A ninja with such power at such a young age is a threat that must be eliminated as soon as possible!

I cannot allow the appearance of another White Fang of Konoha!

...

Konoha.

After leaving the Grass Country, Yeruashi and Duy were moving at top speed, returning to Konoha without stopping. At this time, Konoha obviously did not know about the front line information and the situation at the border, but it was already in full preparation for war.

All of Konoha was surrounded by a perception barrier, and the garrison responsible for guarding the entrance has grown to two teams, as well as hiding at least one ANBU team.

Yeruashi and Might Duy were subjected to a thorough check at the entrance of the village, only after confirming that they were not disguised ninja from the enemy village, they were allowed to enter Konoha.

Upon entering the village, the two-man team immediately headed for the Hokage's building.

The mission broadcasting department on the second floor had a completely different atmosphere, it could be seen that all the C-rank missions were gone, there were only a few missions in the B- and A-rank tiers, and they were all related to the Fire Country, like serving as a guard for the Daimyo of the Fire Country or something like that.

"It's you guys."

Hanbu Shiranui was still in the Mission Issuing Department, he exhaled a sigh of relief when he saw Yeruashi and Duy enter, "Looks like you didn't run into Iwagakure in the Grass Country, your luck is good."

The scouts from Konoha already noticed a massive movement in the Grass Country by Iwagakure and brought back information to the village. Remember that Yeruashi and Duy have taken on the mission to support the merchant group in The Grass Country, which is extremely dangerous, to accidentally stumble upon a large force from Iwagakure and it will be all over.

"No, we ran into Iwagakure ninjas."

Yeruashi looked at the Jounin and said quietly, "In the course of the mission, unforeseen circumstances occurred. At the border of the Grass Country, our group encountered a ninja team consisting of ten ninja..."

"A team of ten ninja?"

A team of four ninja usually has a Chuunin and sometimes even a Jounin as their commander, so a team of ten ninja undoubtedly had a Jounin as their commander. Yeruashi and Duy's survival, when facing such an enemy, could only be explained by a great stroke of luck.

"It's good to be able to come back alive. An unexpected beyond the scope of the commission will cause the task to fail. According to the regulations, it will not be recorded as a failure of the delegation."

Hanbu began to rummage through the papers, looking for the Yeruashi and Duy mission form.

When Hanbu found the form and was about to indicate the result "unforeseen circumstances," Yeruashi approached the table and stopped him, "The mission has not failed."

"Ah?"

The Jounin froze and exclaimed in surprise.

Yeruashi placed the scroll on the table and walked to the stairs leading to the second floor and said, "Major, explain the specific situation, I'm going to see Lord Hokage."

After saying this, Yeruashi quickly went up the stairs and disappeared on the second floor.

"Well..."

Might Duy sighed, walked over to the table and scratched his hair, "What should I tell you? We faced a group of Iwagakure ninja consisting of ten ninja, then the client raised the danger level of the mission to rank A, and then we completely killed the Iwagakure team."

The Jounin listened attentively to Duy's story, and when he uttered the word "Killed", he shook his head, unconsciously thinking that he had heard "What .... What did you just say, you destroyed the Iwagakure team, consisting of ten ninja?"

"That's right."

Might Duy nodded.

Hanbu frowned and growled, "What are you talking about, your team destroyed Iwagakure's team of ten ninja? Lying about a mission carries a very harsh punishment!!!"( I will change the name of the mission issuing ninja to Hanbu).

Might Duy shook his head, "How can I lie about the progress of the mission? Everything I said was true, I almost forgot...the evidence is in this scroll."

" Scroll..."

Hanbu frowned at the scroll, which Yeruashi previously placed on the table, opened it and made the seal, "Open!"

Auge!

A cloud of white smoke exploded.

Instantly, a small pile of items appeared on the unfolded scroll, among them a large number of forehead protectors with the symbol of Iwagakure and a severed head.

Hanbu paused for a few seconds and looked at the protectors and the head in disbelief.

Ten protectors and a head of Iwagakure!

The forehead protector is a symbol of the ninja's status and identity, only ninja recognized by their village can obtain it in strict order, this means that ten Iwagakure forehead protectors must come from ten Iwagakure ninja.

Might Duy and Hatake Yeruashi actually assassinated the Iwagakure team, which consists of ten ninja!

This....

Hanbu in surprise froze with his mouth slightly open, after a while he came to his senses, took a deep breath and said, "You .... wait a moment."

Raise the danger level of the mission to rank A and the death of a ninja from an enemy village is no longer something he can deal with.

Hanbu took another deep breath, got up from the table and quickly left to make his report.