Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

The death row inmates cried out in their hearts.

He tried to turn around and fight back, but found that he couldn't move his body.

A complex sealing array suddenly appeared beneath him.

Sealing Technique: Triple Lamp Array!

Then, he saw Kirito emerge from the ground in front of him.

The art of the mayfly!

"you……"

The death row inmate saw Kirito and was about to speak to stall for time, but Kirito ignored him completely, clapped his hands together, and a large number of sealing techniques formed by chakra flew out from his body and landed on him, completely sealing his chakra and even his consciousness.

Sealing Technique: Eight Trigrams Sealing!

Kirito looked at the death row inmate he had completely subdued and muttered, "They acted quickly. The ANBU who were monitoring and protecting me had only just left when they attacked me..."

Although Konoha tried its best to block news about Mito, there are no secrets that stay hidden forever, especially since quite a few people witnessed it.

For example, Kirito knew that the Sand Village ninja knew about Mito.

The Third Hokage and his group weren't fools. They secretly deployed a large number of people around the Senju clan. On the surface, things seemed calm, but in reality, they were on high alert, wary that other ninja villages might send people to attack Mito.

There was no way around it; Mito was just too important to Konoha.

If Mito were to die unexpectedly, before the transition to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could be completed, Konoha would temporarily lose the Nine-Tails, which would greatly weaken Konoha's military strength.

Mito was still alive, and the Third Hokage and others were unable to get her to hand over the Nine-Tails.

As a result, the Third Hokage and others had no choice but to mobilize a large number of people to protect Mito so that she could complete the transition to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as soon as possible.

Because of this, the Third Hokage even withdrew most of the ANBU ninjas used to monitor and protect Kirito.

As it turns out, the Third Hokage and his group were right. The Anbu and Root have recently captured several enemy spies who wanted to infiltrate the Senju clan's territory. Among them were Jonin who had mastered special secret techniques and some 'villagers' who had lived in Konoha for many years.

To this day, all the ANBU members who were monitoring and protecting Kirito have been withdrawn.

Unsurprisingly, this indicates a shortage of manpower within the secret service.

The sudden influx of spies from other ninja villages into the village has greatly increased the workload of the Anbu, leaving them temporarily unable to spare manpower to protect him, a new sprout of Konoha.

Compared to protecting the important Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, this Konoha genius was clearly not enough. It's also possible that the Sand Village's reluctance to take action against him led the Third Hokage to believe that the Sand Village had temporarily given up on placing their precious spy resources on him.

However, judging from the current situation, the Sand Village has not given up on assassinating him. It is because the Sand Village underestimated his strength and only sent a special Jonin.

If the Sand Village members knew what Kirito was thinking at that moment, the person who planned this assassination would definitely cry foul. They had actually made a detailed assessment of Kirito and determined that he had the strength of an elite Chunin.

For safety reasons, they specifically assigned a high-ranking ninja-level assassin to carry out the assassination.

To this end, they also employed two spies planted in Konoha's torture department to assist in completing this task.

As for why they didn't send Jonin or elite Jonin to kill Kirito, the reason is simple: they didn't have enough manpower.

Jonin and elite Jonin-level spies are extremely valuable and rare. If Danzo hadn't stepped down, they might have considered using them on Kirito, but now that Mito is a more important target, they will naturally use her to assassinate Mito.

A mere young sprout of Konoha is not worthy of their deployment of precious Jonin and elite Jonin-level spies.

Kirito's strength far exceeded expectations. Not only could he release Water Release: Water Clone Technique without hand seals, but he could also instantly set up a sealing technique called Triple Lantern Formation that could bind Jonin.

The death row inmate was already in poor condition and didn't have a suitable weapon, so when he encountered Kirito, this monster, he was bound to be defeated.

Kirito's battle with the death row inmate could not be kept secret from the sensory ninjas in the hospital. As soon as he successfully subdued the inmate, several ninjas arrived.

The leading ninja was Yamanaka Kumo, an elite Jonin of the Yamanaka clan.

“This death row inmate is suspicious. I just healed his injuries with my palm magic, and the illusion and chains on his body were broken.”

Kirito saw the clouds in the mountains and immediately explained the situation.

The illusions and special chains that imprisoned chakra on the death row inmate were suddenly broken, which must have been done with the help of an accomplice. This mole is very likely lurking in the hospital.

"As expected of Lord Mito's prized disciple, leave this person to me. Don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory explanation."

Upon hearing Kirito's words, Yamanaka Yun immediately understood Kirito's implied meaning. Looking at the death row inmate who had been subdued by Kirito using a sealing technique, he gave Kirito a deep look and exclaimed in admiration.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Yamanaka Jonin."

Kirito originally wanted to interrogate the death row inmate himself, but since Yamanaka Kumo, who was the captain of the guard team at the hospital, had said so, he didn't insist. He slapped the death row inmate, released the sealing spell on him, and then let Yamanaka Kumo take the death row inmate away.

Without wasting words, Yamanaka Yun waved his right hand, and the two ninjas behind him immediately went up and tied up the death row inmate. Then they took the death row inmate and quickly left with Yamanaka Yun.

As soon as Shan Zhongyun and the others left, Qian Shou Jiyun rushed over.

Her face was covered in frost, but when she saw that Kirito was unharmed, the frost on her face melted slightly.

Kirito was someone that Lady Mito specifically asked her to protect. If anything happened to Kirito in the hospital, even if he was just slightly injured, she would feel guilty towards Lady Mito.

"When you had the accident, I suddenly received an emergency request, but when I got to the emergency room I found out the message was fake. Luckily you were alright. Don't worry, I will definitely not let this matter go. I will definitely find that despicable mole."

Ci Yun said through gritted teeth.

That despicable traitor almost caused her to be reprimanded by Lord Mito.

She'd better not find that mole, otherwise she'll definitely give him a never-ending barrel-knife game.

"Calm down, Sister Ciyun. I'm perfectly fine. Those bugs hiding in the gutter won't kill me so easily. If it weren't for the Jonin who came, they would just be here to die."

Kirito said confidently.

Upon hearing this, Ciyun immediately flicked Kirito on the forehead with her finger, reminding him, "Don't be careless or underestimate your opponent, kid. If you don't come this time, you might not be able to next time."

"Isn't there you? Hehe~ I'm leaving now, Sister Ciyun, I have class later."

Kirito rubbed his reddened forehead and laughed nonchalantly.

After saying that, he turned and left without giving Ciyun a chance to continue lecturing, but the smile on his face disappeared the moment he turned around.

At the same time, Yamanaka Un led the condemned prisoner into a secret room alone. Once the door was completely closed, he formed a hand seal and unlocked the chains binding the prisoner.

The death row inmate immediately woke up and said apologetically, "Sorry, I failed. That kid is too powerful. Not only can he release ninjutsu without hand seals, but he can also instantly use binding sealing techniques. I estimate that only a Jonin or even an elite Jonin could possibly deal with him, and they would have to be proficient in sealing techniques."

"Then you should know what to do."

"It's like a cloud in the mountains," Shan Zhongyun said coldly.

"After I die, please take care of my family; they will never know anything about me."

The death row inmate's face immediately showed a look of fear, and then he said dejectedly.

"Rest assured, we will keep our promise."

Shan Zhongyun nodded and made a promise.

A few minutes later, the condemned prisoner in the secret room was dead, and Yamanaka Yun also left the place.

Suddenly, Kirito emerged from the body of the death row inmate.

Chapter 67: Mad Dog

"I never expected that this elite Jonin of the Yamanaka clan would be a member of Root. Danzo's infiltration of Konoha is truly remarkable. With Yamanaka Kumo, the hospital's security captain, around, Danzo has basically obtained all the hospital's intelligence."

Kirito stared at the door to the secret chamber, his face icy cold.

At this moment, the Kirito who emerged from the body of the death row inmate was naturally Kirito's White Zetsu clone.

With a skeptical attitude, Kirito, while breaking the seal on the death row inmate, took the opportunity to let the White Zetsu clone, which was hidden in his body using the Spore Technique, hide inside the death row inmate.

His caution once again helped him, leading him to unexpectedly discover who the real mole was who betrayed him.

Looking back now, if the mole was Yamanaka Fu and his backers, then this assassination becomes quite logical.

With the cooperation of Shan Zhongyun, the hospital's security captain, the most difficult problem of screening death row inmates when they are sent in will no longer be an issue. It will also be no secret that he uses death row inmates to practice palm magic. Death row inmates will definitely be delivered to him smoothly.

As for the fact that Ciyun suddenly received false information and that the illusions and chains on the death row prisoners would be broken, these were all minor matters to Yamanaka Kumo, who was proficient in sensory ninjutsu.

Because everything in the hospital was within the range of his sensory ninjutsu.

He also possessed the secret art of telepathy, a mountain technique that allowed him to command his subordinates without them noticing.

Judging from the conversation between the death row inmate and Yamanaka Kumo, it was indeed an assassination attempt by Sand Ninja, but the real mastermind was Root.

This Sand Village spy should have been exposed long ago and fallen into Root's control. The way they controlled the spy was naturally through his family.

When this Sand Ninja received an assassination mission from the Sand Ninja, he planned to use the Sand Ninja to eliminate him.

Unfortunately, Yamanaka was very careful when killing the death row inmate. After killing him, he deliberately lingered for a while before leaving, which prevented Kirito from having the opportunity to use his spiritification technique to capture the soul of the death row inmate and thus fully understand the entire assassination process.

"But it doesn't matter. Now the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark. Mountain Cloud, let me see how many spies Gen still has in the hospital."

The White Zetsu clone smiled slightly, then used the Mayfly Technique to burrow underground.

For his own safety, he will now keep a close eye on Shan Zhongyun, dig out all his secrets, and deliver a fatal blow.

If he had the chance to kill Danzo, the mastermind behind all of this, he wouldn't mind doing so.

Why would Root help the Sand Ninja kill this Konoha genius?

The biggest reason, of course, was that Danzo planned to retaliate against Mito. Since he couldn't retaliate against Mito himself, he would retaliate against Mito's disciple.

What a mad dog.

Where is Danzo now?

Kirito had long remembered Danzo's soul aura, so he knew where Danzo was—deep within Konoha's prison.

However, Danzo has not completely lost power yet. Although he has been removed from his important positions such as Hokage advisor and Root leader, the martial arts ninjas of Root are still loyal to him, and he still has a lot of information on Konoha spies.

In order to keep this group of formidable martial arts ninjas in check and to obtain the list of spies in Danzo's possession, the Third Hokage had to make some compromises with Danzo in private, granting him certain privileges in prison.

Nowadays, the Root headquarters has almost moved to Konoha Prison.

Fearing assassination by enemies after losing power, Danzo now has a large number of Root ninja protecting him, like an old tortoise constantly strengthening his protective power.

Even if Kirito knew Danzo's location, he wouldn't find an opportunity to kill him.

However, there's plenty of time. Since Danzo has made a move against him, he will definitely not let Danzo off easily like Mito-sensei did, for the sake of the bigger picture.

He will then take the initiative to clip the other party's wings, ultimately leaving him all alone.

Danzo himself disregarded the bigger picture and tried to kill him, so why should he be asked not to kill him for the sake of the bigger picture?

Only a dead enemy is the best enemy.

As for the consequences, we'll talk about that after the enemy is dead.