Chapter 45 Imminent

In Chiba's arms, Uzumaki Kushina dozed off again and fell asleep, her head nestled in Chiba's arms.

Feeling Uzumaki Kushina's regular breathing, Qianyu now felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood, full of strength, and he felt light all over.

Qianyu felt herself filled with an indescribable sense of happiness.

When Qianyu returned to Konoha, it seemed as if just a blink of an eye, and she lamented in her heart that time had passed too quickly.

After returning to Konoha, Qianyu's smile disappeared instantly and she looked like she wanted to keep strangers away.

Several ninjas guarding the gate of Konoha noticed Uzumaki Kushina in Chiba's arms and surrounded her instantly.

"Chiha, what's going on? Why did Uzumaki Kushina and you come back from outside the village?"

The situation is becoming increasingly tense, and all Konoha ninjas need to register whether they leave the village.

Qianyu's cold eyes swept over the group of ninjas surrounding him: "Kushina was abducted by ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village in Konoha. Haven't you discovered it yet?"

"what?!"

The group of ninjas were extremely shocked.

In their eyes, it was not important that Uzumaki Kushina was abducted, what was important was that she was abducted in Konoha.

One of the ninjas immediately rushed to the Hokage Building and prepared to report the matter to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Qianyu ignored other people's questions and just kept walking forward.

One of the ninjas was immediately displeased when he saw that Qianyu ignored them, and he demanded, "Hey, Qianyu! We asked you questions, and you just left without answering. What do you mean?!"

Qianyu replied indifferently without even turning his head: "What if I answer you? As a ninja guarding Konoha, I know nothing about this matter. I don't know whether you are incompetent or derelict in your duty. Whatever it is, I don't seem to have the obligation to answer you because you are not my superiors."

Qianyu ignored their red faces and walked straight forward.

Chiba arrived at Uzumaki Mito's mansion.

At this time, Uzumaki Mito had already returned to the mansion.

When Uzumaki Mito discovered that Uzumaki Kushina, who should have completed her mission long ago, had not returned yet, she immediately went to find Sarutobi Hiruzen and told him about the matter.

Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately sent Anbu to find Uzumaki Kushina's two companions to inquire about the situation. After learning that Uzumaki Kushina had left long ago, Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that something had happened and had sent almost all of the Anbu out to look for Uzumaki Kushina.

And Uzumaki Mito was worried about Uzumaki Kushina's safety in the mansion.

As soon as he heard the noise at the door, Uzumaki Mito couldn't wait to open the door.

When he saw Uzumaki Kushina sleeping soundly in Chiba's arms, Uzumaki Mito immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart fell.

Qianyu said expressionlessly: "Mito-sama, I have brought Kushina back. Kushina is very tired. Please trouble Mito-sama to take Kushina to the room to rest."

Uzumaki Mito carefully took over the sleeping Uzumaki Kushina. He had only been paying attention to Uzumaki Kushina just now, but now he paid attention to Chiyu and found that Chiyu's body was full of traces of battle, and many holes were burned on her clothes.

Uzumaki Mito asked with concern: "Chiba, are you hurt?"

"I am not injured. I still have to go to the Hokage Building to report this matter to the Hokage. I will take my leave now."

Chiba bowed to Uzumaki Mito and left.

Uzumaki Mito looked at Chiba's departing back, his eyes flickering slightly.

Not long after Qianyu left the Hokage building, an Anbu appeared in front of Qianyu: "Qianyu, the Hokage asked you to see him immediately."

Chiba followed the Anbu to the Hokage building.

When they arrived at the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru were both inside.

Qianyu bowed and said, "Hokage-sama, Orochimaru-sensei."

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to Chiyu and asked solemnly, "Chiyu, what happened?"

Chiba told Sarutobi Hiruzen what had happened.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's face became very ugly, and Orochimaru's expression also became very serious.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Orochimaru: "Orochimaru, what do you think about this matter?"

Orochimaru pondered for a moment and then said: "In any case, one thing is certain. In Konoha, enemy ninjas have infiltrated. Otherwise, they would not have been able to kidnap Kushina so easily."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression was gloomy: "It seems that they can no longer hold back."

Chiba continued, "Hokage-sama, I brought back the heads of three ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village."

Chiba took out the scroll and handed it to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen cheered up and praised, "Well done, Chiba! With their heads, we can have the sensory ninja analyze the memories in their brains and obtain information."

Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately summoned the Anbu ninja and asked them to hand the scroll to the sensory ninja for analysis.

Qianyu continued to report: "Hokage-sama, there is one more thing I need to report. I was on a mission to clean up pirates, and I found three ninjas among them.

Because I didn't know the identities of these three ninjas, but they were probably trying to sneak into the Land of Fire, so I didn't kill them but captured them alive."

Qianyu used the psychic technique to summon the white snake.

"White Snake, spit out those three ninjas."

"Yes, Master Qianyu."

The white snake opened its mouth, and its abdomen squirmed, vomiting out the three ninjas.

But unfortunately, the ninja whose spine was cut by Qianyu's knife was crushed to death due to the small space inside the white snake's body.

However, the other two ninjas were still alive and awake.

Seeing Chiba, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru watching them, especially Chiba, immediately stepped back in fear.

Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned another Anbu and took the dead ninja away to have the perception ninja analyze the memories in his brain. The other two living ninjas were taken to the interrogation department to be interrogated by the interrogation ninja.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked to the map on the desk and asked Chiba, "Chiba, where did you see those pirates?"

Qianyu pointed to a location on the map.

When he saw the location Chiba was pointing at, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes narrowed immediately.

Orochimaru's hoarse voice came: "It seems...the Hidden Mist Village is also planning to enter."

Because the place that Qianyu pointed to was next to the Wave Country, and to the right of the Wave Country was the Water Country.

The Fire Kingdom and the Wave Kingdom have no intersection now.

The Kingdom of Waves, on the other hand, has a very good relationship with the Kingdom of Water.

Therefore, if the ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village in the Land of Water want to land on the coastline of the Land of Fire, they must pass through the Land of Waves.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression became more and more ugly. The joining of the Hidden Mist Village meant that four of the five major ninja villages were at odds with Konoha.

Once the war breaks out, Konoha will have to face the four major ninja villages of Cloud, Rock, Sand, and Mist.

And this will be a war that covers the entire Fire Country and endangers Konoha.