Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 71 The Death of Rope Tree
Ten days later, a female ninja with a vortex-like aura rushed into the remote rainforest, crying as she ran: "Yoga! Yoga! Something terrible has happened!"

Yu Jia jumped down from the treehouse.

Hearing the shrill scream, the other female ninjas rushed over as well.

After a few words, the women of the Whirlpool Clan collapsed into the rain.

Only Whirlpool Yujia stood there with difficulty, her face upturned to the sky, letting her tears flow continuously, mingling with the rainwater and falling into the mud at her feet.

The young patriarch of the Senju clan, Senju Nawaki, is dead!

The fox is a spy for the Senju clan in the Dark Division. Even though they had already uncovered the intelligence and had already warned the young clan leader in advance.

However, the young clan leader still died.

It is said that Iwagakure claimed responsibility for the incident and proudly proclaimed that they killed the young head of the Senju clan and Konoha's most brilliant genius in ten years as retaliation for the Ushigayama trap.

With an experienced Jonin like Orochimaru protecting him, how could the young Nawaki clan leader possibly be killed by an Iwa ninja assassination squad?
Yu Jia then realized why the fox had emphasized not to tell the Thousand Hands Clan the truth for the time being.

After Tobirama's sacrifice, Konoha became unfamiliar and cold-blooded; everything was different.

The Uzumaki clan's desire to make Princess Kushina the Three-Tails' jinchūriki angered Konoha, leading to Uzumaki Village being ruthlessly abandoned by the village's leadership.

The Senju clan was in the same boat, having a conflict with Konoha over the second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and now they too were facing misfortune.

The Konoha leadership cannot tolerate any opposition; the village must be ruled by the leadership.

Even if the Senju clan challenges the authority of the higher-ups, they will be met with ruthless retaliation.

Konoha Village is the Konoha Village of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura; it is no longer the Konoha Village of the past.
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After leaving the vortex, Ye Guang first found her team in the Land of Rain.

Purple Cat quickly stepped forward and asked, "Captain, are you alright?"

Seeing Captain Fox captured by the Yatagarasu, Purple Cat was extremely worried. She circled around the luminous figure, checking on his condition.

"It's alright. I was captured by a summoning beast of the Vortex remnants, but I also obtained information about them," Nightlight said.

"Let's go back to the Grass Country camp and report the intelligence we've gathered."

Halfway there, an important piece of information spread throughout the Land of Rain.

Even ordinary people know that a major event has occurred among the ninjas: the genius of Konoha Village, the young patriarch of the Senju clan, has died.

The Iwa ninja spread the word that they were the ones who killed the young patriarch of the Senju clan.

Ye Guang immediately realized that Onoki was trying to embellish his own image.

Of course, Onoki wanted to kill Senju Nawaki; he wanted to kill all the genius boys in Konoha.

However, he wanted to kill Senju Nawaki, but the troops he sent were too few to kill him, and Senju Nawaki was personally protected by Orochimaru.

Sending too many troops will inevitably attract the attention of the Konoha front-line camp, escalating into a major battle and resulting in even greater losses.

Ye Guang roughly guessed the truth.

After receiving urgent intelligence that the Senju clan ninjas at the front lines had made contact with the remnants of the Uzumaki clan, Captain Yellow Dog returned in a rage, disguised himself as an Iwa ninja, and personally set a trap.

The frontline commander, Mitomon En, commissioned a mission for the Rope Tree Squad, and Captain Yellow Dog knew all the details of the mission.

The Yellow Dog Captain set a trap on the road and blew up the Thousand-Handed Rope Tree.

The person who designed the trap was no less powerful than Orochimaru is now.

Even with the warning in the dark, Senju Nawaki still died.

Nightlight devised a mission to track the long-lanced egret, ensuring he avoided becoming bait for a trap, as that would mean certain death.

Back at the front camp, in the distance, Ye Guang saw Orochimaru and Jiraiya, one on each side, guarding outside the morgue tent.

Inside the tent was Tsunade kneeling on the ground, weeping.

Nawaki has been dead for several days, and Tsunade is still guarding his body.

Outside the tent, Orochimaru leaned stiffly against a wooden post, his eyelids drooping. Jiraiya glared at Orochimaru resentfully, as if Orochimaru had just said something unpleasant to Tsunade.

Nawaki's death had a great impact on Orochimaru; he was far from being as indifferent as he appeared on the surface.

There were many corpses on the ground inside the tent. It was unknown how many of the Thousand Hand Ninjas on the front lines had met with such cruelty.

After making a few inquiries, Ye Guang learned that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo had both come to the front lines.

During a small meeting of Jonin at the front lines, Tsunade angrily proposed adding a medical ninja to each squad.

If Nawaki's team had included a medical ninja from the Senju clan, instead of just Sarutobi and Shimura, perhaps Nawaki wouldn't have died.

Sarutobi and Shimura were just useless people who were forcibly assigned to Nawaki by the higher-ups to increase their bond.

It is said that the trap that Rope Tree encountered was a double-jump explosive tag.

One explosive tag exploded first, blasting a bundle of explosive tags up to waist height. The large bundle of explosive tags exploded at the waist, blowing all of Rope Tree's internal organs away.

Captain Yellow Dog's trap was indeed ingenious.

Of all the Jonin, only Dan Kato supported Tsunade, and their relationship grew even stronger. After Nawaki's death, Dan Kato became one of Tsunade's sources of emotional support.

Amidst the chaos, Ye Guang found the dark tent.

Upon entering the tent, Ye Guang saw that Danzo and Captain Yellow Dog were both there. He stepped forward and reported:

"Lord Danzo, Captain, I have gathered intelligence that the remnants of the Uzumaki are moving between the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass, and their whereabouts are difficult to track."

After saying that, Ye Guang lowered his head and waited.

Captain Yellow Dog waved, signaling Nightlight to leave first.

The luminous object left the tent.

The shadowy areas around the tent were unusually solemn, as if Danzo had just started a huge fire.

The Anbu (secret agents) had no choice but to kill Nawaki.

Captain Yellow Dog made a huge mistake, allowing the remnants of the vortex to come into contact with the young Thousand Hands clan leader. This forced them to act swiftly and decisively before the Nine-Tails could be transferred and sealed, and to execute the young Thousand Hands clan leader.

For the covert operations, this behavior comes at a huge cost.

If Orochimaru or Tsunade discovers anything, the consequences will be extremely dire.

Moreover, the Nawaki clan has a large senju clan behind him.

Late at night, the Fox Squad was on duty, guarding outside the Tuanzang tent.

Night Light saw Orochimaru approach and enter the tent.

The moonlight strained its ears, listening to the sounds inside the tent.

I listened for more than ten minutes but heard nothing. They must have set up a barrier to prevent sound from getting out.

Inside the tent, Orochimaru stared at Danzo with his vertical pupils.

Danzo remained expressionless, showing no sign that he had ever ordered the killing of Senju Nawaki.

Orochimaru was silent for a few seconds, then said:
"Human life is so fragile, Lord Danzo."

I had high hopes for my disciple, Rope Tree, but I never expected that a few explosive tags would kill him.

Those traps were so ingenious, so ingenious that even I might have died; it was unbelievable.

When did Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) develop such skilled trap ninjas with such exquisite control over explosive tags?

Rope Tree's potential must be higher than mine, it's a pity he died like that.

Lord Danzo, I agree with your suggestion that we discussed, to begin research on transplantation, enhancement, and modification of life forms for Konoha Village.

(End of this chapter)