Chapter 4

In the Konoha morgue.

Anko's body was placed on the bed, covered with a white cloth.

Beside her were Kakashi, Might Guy, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and other friends from her time.

Bang!

Tsunade broke into the room.

Everyone looked at Tsunade with gloomy expressions.

Tsunade walked to Anko's body step by step: "Anko… Anko… was she really killed?"

"Lady Tsunade, please accept my condolences," Kakashi sighed.

Tsunade trembled as she uncovered the white cloth covering Anko's body.

Under the white cloth, Anko's head had been chopped off, and her death was very cruel.

Bang!

Tsunade's angry fist cracked the wall: "Damn it! It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let Anko go on this mission. If she hadn't gone, she wouldn't have died on this mission! It's my fault…"

Kakashi and the others just watched silently.

Tsunade looked at Anko's body guiltily: "Don't worry, Anko, I will definitely avenge you!"

"Hokage-sama." An Anbu handed over a document: "This is the information found on Anko's body. Before she died, Anko seemed to have recorded some information about the murderer in some way."

Tsunade quickly opened the document.

In the document, a few words were written in chakra:

Akatsuki… Hitani… traitorous ninja…

Tsunade's pupils shrank: "Hitani? Is it him?"

"Hokage, do you know this person?" Kakashi asked.

"Yes, of course I know him." Tsunade nodded solemnly, "He was a former Anbu ninja under the old man Sarutobi. He betrayed Konoha's secrets and then defected. He has been wanted by the village and has not been caught until now."

"A traitor from Konoha?" Kakashi and the others looked at each other in bewilderment: "Anko, was she killed by one of our own?"

Tsunade nodded.

Asuma Sarutobi gritted his teeth and said, "Hitani, this traitor is so ruthless that he even killed his own people. Lord Hokage, we must bring him back! Otherwise, Konoha will lose face!"

"I can do it without you telling me." Tsunade carefully put away the documents: "It's just that it's difficult to catch him. I will let the Anbu increase the efforts to hunt him down. As for whether he can be caught, I can't guarantee it."

She paused and continued: "Bury Anko properly, carve her name on the memorial tablet, and grant her the title of hero."

The Anbu next to her took the order and withdrew.

Tsunade's eyes were deep: "Anko, I will never let you die in vain! This is my promise as the Hokage!"

...

In the Land of Sound, in an underground laboratory,

Orochimaru was dissecting a living person.

His assistant, Kabuto Yakushi, was watching.

The living person being dissected let out heart-wrenching screams.

However, Orochimaru seemed not to hear them and gently cut him with a scalpel.

"Hmm?" Orochimaru suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong, Lord Orochimaru?" Kabuto Yakushi asked immediately.

"I have a curse seal that has disappeared." Orochimaru frowned slightly: "The curse seal on Anko has completely disappeared."

"Anko?" Kabuto Yakushi recalled for a while: "She is the little girl you adopted when she was a child. Now she is a special jonin of Konoha. It seems that Konoha has found a way to remove the curse seal on Anko. I didn't expect that woman Tsunade could do this."

Orochimaru shook his head: "No, no one can remove my curse seal, not even Tsunade."

Kabuto Yakushi asked curiously: "Then why?"

"There is only one possibility." Orochimaru said expressionlessly: "Anko was killed."

Kabuto Yakushi was stunned for a moment.

"Well, it doesn't matter." Orochimaru didn't care at all: "Although it's a pity that she lost a curse seal, she has lost her research value to me. The most important thing now is to study new ninjutsu."

After saying that, he continued to dissect the living person.

Kabuto Yakushi didn't say anything else.

...

Two days later.

At the Rain Hidden Akatsuki Organization base.

Hitani and Konan have returned.

Entering the lobby on the first floor, they are greeted by the leader Pain and the masked man Tobi.

"Welcome back." Pain said.

Hitani didn't say anything, he sat down on the long sofa and drank water.

Pain didn't care: "Is the mission completed?"

Konan threw a scroll to Pain: "It was completed smoothly. Although there were some accidents in the middle, Mr. Hitani handled it easily."

"An accident?" Pain asked.

"I met a female ninja from Konoha, and she was killed by Mr. Hitani." Konan smiled.

Hearing this, Pain looked at Hitani meaningfully: "Killed your fellow villagers? You are worthy of being the rebel ninja I chose."

The masked man Tobi sat next to Hitani: "Mr. Hitani, do you feel guilty for killing your fellow villagers? Can you tell me about your current psychological state? I'm very curious."

Hitani glanced at him and said: "Get lost."

"Okay." Tobi quickly left.

As he was talking, other members of the Akatsuki organization came down from the second floor. Everyone was there.

"You've come just in time." Pain looked at everyone and said, "I just happened to have something to talk to you about. I have a new mission."

Everyone looked at Pain curiously and waited for the next words.

Pain's expression was unusually serious: "From now on, the Tailed Beast Capture Plan will officially begin!"

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