Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 236 More Information about Root

Regarding the rumors about Sakumo Hatake, Hiruzen Sarutobi said:

"It's a lie to say that one slash can destroy dozens of Tailed Beast Balls, but it's certainly a hot topic."

The Tailed Beasts are legendary, cataclysmic beasts. The villagers know nothing about the Tailed Beasts, nor about Sakumo Hatake.

By associating the Tailed Beasts with Sakumo Hatake, Sakumo Hatake promoted his name among the villagers of Konoha.

Fox, you arrange your squad to secretly spread rumors that Sakumo Hatake was defeated by the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Ryuuto.

"Just say he was driven away by the Ryuujin; we can't let the rumors about Hatake Sakumo get out of control."

"Yes!"

Ye Guang thought to himself, "If I spread rumors about Hatake Sakumo's defeat at this time, I wonder if the villagers will believe it."

In the villagers' minds, comparing Sakumo Hatake to legendary creatures like the Tailed Beasts is a sign of their approval of him.

"Have your subordinates handle the rumors, Fox. There's another task," Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

"Tomorrow you will accompany Orochimaru to the Land of Lightning to obtain information about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Arubi."

"Yes!"

That's how leaders are. Once you get a task, it's yours forever, and they'll never assign it to someone else.

Yagami obtained information about the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure at the stronghold in the Land of Earth. This was bad news, as all the missions related to the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure were now his responsibility.

In the original story, Orochimaru once caused the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Brubi, to go berserk. Could it be this time?
Orochimaru, who pursues immortality and fears death, possesses exceptional survival skills; the battles he can survive include those involving nighttime light...

Coincidentally, Ye Guang is also very afraid of dying, and his survival skills are at their peak.

Danzo suddenly spoke up: "The Root organization should also send someone; let Hei go along."

Night Light looked very confused: "Isn't Lord Orochimaru a Root ninja?"

Danzo's pupils slowly moved, gradually looking at the night light.

Ye Guang quickly lowered his head, realizing he had been a bit rash.

Could it be that Orochimaru broke away from Root without his knowledge?

Or perhaps Orochimaru returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi's side, and his relationship with Danzo became distant.

While Root Armor's identity is important, it is worthless compared to the Fourth Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "Fox, Orochimaru is still the top member of Root, but let the bottom member go with him too."

Night Light left the Hokage's office.

After returning to the Dark Division, Nightlight found the three squad leaders and said to them:

"Recently, rumors have inexplicably started circulating in the village praising Sakumo Hatake, and these rumors have spread far and wide."

The three teams secretly spread new rumors in various places.

Take, for example, Sakumo Hatake's defeat at the hands of Ryuuto, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure; it was Sakumo Hatake who ultimately escaped.

The three squad leaders accepted their orders and left.

Ye Guang thought to himself, "The seeds of prestige have been slowly sown; it's too late to counter them with rumors now."

He entered Yellow Dog's office.

Seeing that the fox wasn't carrying a quest scroll, the yellow dog knew the fox hadn't come to report on a quest and asked, "What's wrong, fox?"

"Minister, I saw in our Dark Division's intelligence report that Ding and Wu from the Root are dead?"

"Yes, they are both dead." Huang Quan put down his pen, his tone serious.
"There is a master of fire-style techniques who has been targeting Konoha ever since the war ended."

Tanjiro Shimura and Yu Sarutobi, two elites who were about to be promoted to Jonin, died at the hands of that Fire Release master.

Ding and Wu from Root also died at that person's hands. The remaining Root ninjas, the Golden Eagle Squad, are doing their best to gather information about that person, but unfortunately, they have found nothing.

Ding and Wu are two excellent members of the root unit. Ding can replace the lynx as the leader of the dark squad.

Who could have imagined that Ding would die like this?

The Golden Eagle squad leader was a Jonin from the Hyuga clan. It turned out he was the one following up on the investigation. This reminded Ye Guang that he must be careful of the Golden Eagle when taking action in the future.

As for why Ding died, there is now another reason: What level was Ding at that that he could become the captain of the Dark Division?

“There’s one more thing, Minister. I’ve been assigned to investigate information about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Arubi. It will take at least a month to go and return.”

"Yes, I saw the mission scroll sent from the Hokage's office. I understand."

The Hatake family.

Kakashi returned home excitedly.

"Dad! The neighbors are all praising you! They say you can fight off the Tailed Beasts. Dad, what are Tailed Beasts?"

Sakumo Hatake's expression was complicated; he didn't know who was campaigning for him. He explained to Kakashi:

"Tailed beasts are aggregates of chakra, immortal calamity beasts."

If the neighbors praise me again in the future, just say it's all hearsay, don't believe it, I'm not that amazing.

"Okay." Kakashi agreed verbally, but secretly he was delighted.

He wouldn't deny those rumors; his father was the most powerful ninja in all of Konoha.

Not long after, Yamashiroji and the others arrived at Sakumo Hatake's house.

Sakumo Hatake asked them, "The Third Hokage summoned me and asked me about the rumors. Were they rumors you spread?"

Several people denied it.

They wouldn't do such a thing; it would easily leave evidence. The village was just looking for an excuse to deal with them.

Moonlight Sect said, "Sakumo, I think the rumors are quite good. Although they are not true and are somewhat exaggerated, the villagers are very interested in this topic, and your popularity has increased significantly."

Yamashiroji nodded repeatedly: "That's right. Even my ordinary neighbors who know nothing about ninjas except the Hokage know the name of Konoha's White Fang."

Sakumo Hatake sighed and said, "The village is already wary of me, and I'm afraid they won't want to see these rumors."

Moonlight Sect said, "Once rumors start spreading, they can't be taken back. The Hokage Building can control the ninjas, but can it control what ordinary villagers talk about?"

Before leaving the village, Ye Guang came to the orphanage one last time and looked at the orphanage's menu through his binoculars.

"Hmm? Ji and Geng from the Root clan are about to leave the village and head to the Land of Iron?"

The information about Yakushi Nonou is crucial, as is the information about the Root members.

Danzo's subordinates, no matter how few, are not few.

Danzo, didn't you always hide behind the scenes, letting your loyal subordinates test things for you?

If you kill enough of your loyal subordinates, you will eventually be forced to step into the limelight, and then you will have the opportunity to deal with Danzo.

That night, Ye Guang told You Jia through the stone panda that Ji and Geng had gone to the Iron Country.

In the scroll, he instructed Youjia that since Ding and Wu at the root had been assassinated, they would definitely be on guard, so the initial reconnaissance should be even more careful.

The next morning, Orochimaru, Yako, and Hino from Root left the village together.

As soon as they left the village, Bing said, "Lord Orochimaru, once we enter the Land of Lightning, I will immediately contact a spy for you. The spy will bring you the latest information about Brubi."

Orochimaru didn't say anything, but instead turned to Yeguang and said, "Fox, do you have any tactics for this mission?"

Ye Guang was surprised. Why was Orochimaru suddenly paying so much attention to him? And even asking for his opinion?

(End of this chapter)