Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 276 Choked

"Lin! Open the door, I forgot my keys!"

Having more or less realized that she had been deceived by those nonsensical comments, Kushina returned to her front door.

She realized she didn't have her keys, but she wasn't worried at all. There was someone at her (Minato's) house, so she started knocking on the door.

There's no awkwardness of being locked out because you didn't bring your keys.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After knocking on the door for a long time without receiving a positive response, Kushina finally realized that something was wrong.

He concentrated for a moment, then punched the door so hard it shattered into pieces. He then went inside to examine the room carefully.

As for the sealing traps and other things inside the house that were triggered by her violent intrusion, she simply ignored them by relying on her own bloodline limit.

"Nothing unusual?"

"Am I overthinking it?"

The room was furnished as usual, not showing any signs of a violent intrusion, but Lin was nowhere to be seen.

Kushina was puzzled after searching the house thoroughly but finding nothing unusual.

"Did Lin go out by herself?"

But Lin is an obedient and good girl, and she shouldn't ignore her own and Minato's warnings and leave here.

"Just look for it and you'll find out!"

Since Lin wasn't in the house, Kushina decided to expand the search area. She brought her index and middle fingers together, forming a hand seal, and held it in front of her, spreading her senses outwards.

In an instant, the entire Leaf Village was enveloped within her perception range, and the boundaries of her perception continued to expand into the distance.

"No?"

Kushina, having sensed all the chakra in Konoha without finding anything, realized that something was truly wrong, and her expression turned grim.

Still no!

Even after extending her senses to their limits, Kushina still couldn't find Rin's chakra aura, but she did gain something else.

"The signs of battle here... are still fresh... the battle happened not long ago."

A secluded spot near the Minato family's house, the ground, walls, and grass were in disarray, clearly indicating that a battle had taken place there.

Kushina Uzumaki wasn't truly stupid; seeing the scene around her, she immediately knew that Rin Nohara was in trouble.

But in the current situation, getting angry would be useless and would only make things worse. She simply turned into a red afterimage and disappeared from the spot.

"Who is it?"

The staff member guarding the reception room of the Hokage Building only felt a red afterimage flash past in front of them.

Being highly vigilant, he immediately shouted.

However, all of this seemed so futile, because this figure had already entered the Third Hokage's office. Ignoring all etiquette such as knocking, Kushina smashed the door to pieces.

"Kushina!"

Faced with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who had returned, the Third Hokage, though fully aware of the situation, still feigned ignorance and looked at the other party with a blank expression.

Danzo Shimura, who witnessed all of this, twitched the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to express his pleasure, but his face had lost that function after being expressionless for so long.

He knew that his words had worked, and that was all the better.

"Third Boss, something terrible has happened! Rin Nohara has disappeared!"

At this moment, Kushina Uzumaki was completely disoriented due to Rin Nohara's disappearance. She only calmed down a little when she saw the Third Hokage.

"I have already sensed the area around Konoha, and there is no trace of Rin at all."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shimura Danzo, who was also in the office. Her expression changed, and even her eyebrows stood up, exuding a dangerous aura.

"Was it you? In the entire Hidden Leaf Village, you're the only one capable of taking Nohara Rin away without a sound!"

Her body seemed to be more agile than her mind, and she immediately threw a punch at Shimura Danzo.

"You bastard!"

A furious curse stuck in Danzo's throat.

He had barely opened his mouth when the gust of wind from the punch blew all his words back into his stomach.

Faced with this sudden attack, Danzo had no chance to dodge. He never expected that not only did the other party dare to cause a scene in the conference room, but now they dared to attack him directly.

This is simply intolerable!

However, the opponent's punch, which was almost a sneak attack, came too suddenly. How could an old man like him, who had been out of battle for so long, possibly dodge it?

Danzo Shimura was furious at the thought of being punched in the face by Kushina, but he was helpless.

Who told him to be facing Kushina in an exposed state?

boom!

A loud explosion came from the Third Hokage's office.

The staff who had just arrived were all dumbfounded, and at the same time, a familiar scene surfaced in their minds.

Unfortunately...

To be honest, when it comes to Danzo Shimura, it was the Third Hokage who had to shield him in crucial moments. Otherwise, he would probably have reenacted what happened in the conference room in the Hokage's office.

"Kushina Uzumaki!!"

A roar filled with anger and lingering fear erupted from Shimura Danzo's mouth, shaking the rooftops.

"Are you planning a rebellion?"

With this roar of shock and rage, Danzo, who was hiding behind the Third Hokage, barked wildly like a puppy with its owner by its side.

Judging from his posture, it seems he still wants to fight back.

However, perhaps considering the huge difference in strength between the two sides, he managed to control his emotions.

However, his face was so cold it was almost frozen.

cough!cough!cough!

The Third Hokage, who had just blocked Danzo's punch at the crucial moment, let out a series of heart-wrenching coughs, drawing the attention of the other two people present.

"This woman's strength..."

Seeing that Hiruzen, known as the "Strongest Hokage," had been injured like this by a single punch, Danzo Shimura's eyes twitched, and at the same time, he couldn't help but have some ulterior motives.

Hiruzen's body is getting worse day by day. Is his chance finally here?

As long as I continue to support Orochimaru's research on the First Hokage's cells, will I one day...?

"fine!"

Upon seeing Danzo Shimura and Kushina's gaze, the Third Hokage waved his hands repeatedly.

He had just taken a punch from Kushina. Although she had attacked in anger, it was a hasty punch, and he could barely withstand it.

I just happened to inhale a puff of smoke, and after taking that punch, I was choked by the smoke, which is why I'm coughing so badly.

(End of this chapter)