Chapter 1: Wind Chaser Sword

Konoha, Hokage's office.

"Hokage, this is the information of Kamikawa Aoba." A Hokage assistant placed a document in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Ah."

After the assistant left, Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up the information in front of him, opened it and took a look.

Kamikawa Aoba, this is a very common name. There is no ninja named Kamikawa in Konoha. Kamikawa Aoba is an orphan and his position is Chunin.

The first half of the information is very ordinary information about a Chunin. Kamikawa Aoba, who was born as an orphan, was like countless other orphans. He went to school, graduated early, and was sent to the battlefield of the Third World War as cannon fodder.

The only highlight may be that Kamikawa Aoba's academic performance is very good. Although he is not from the ninja clan, does not have family secrets, and does not have bloodline limits. But his performance in all aspects is very excellent and solid.

Even if there was no war, I would have met the criteria for early graduation.

On the battlefield afterwards, his performance was quite satisfactory. He was promoted to Chunin by accumulating military merits and became a higher-level cannon fodder.

And his information began to become prominent from here.

I don't know how Kamikawa Aoba got in touch with Orochimaru during the Third World War, but this is actually understandable.

Because Kamikawa Aoba is one of the few ninjas who is very solid in both theory and practice. He also has excellent chakra control. Now it seems that he should be in line with Orochimaru's appetite.

After that, Kamikawa Aoba has been working under Orochimaru as an assistant in his laboratory. A few years ago, after Orochimaru defected, Kamikawa Aoba was subsequently investigated by the Anbu.

The result was somewhat unexpected. Although many people said that Kamikawa Aoba was an important assistant to Orochimaru, the Anbu did not find any evidence that Kamikawa Aoba participated in human experiments.

After multiple investigations, the intelligence department could only prove that Kamikawa Aoba had participated in a large number of experimental developments with Orochimaru. However, he did not participate in the most serious human experiments.

So, in theory, Kamikawa Aoba is innocent.

But in a place like Konoha, you can't just get away with it just because you're innocent.

Because of Orochimaru's defection, a large number of his old subordinates who had close contact with him during the Third World War were labeled as marginalized or even directly imprisoned.

Kamikawa Aoba was one of them. After the interrogation, he was sent directly to the border to guard a post. He was away for three years until he was recalled recently.

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued to flip through the files. The above was the information about Kamikawa Aoba in recent years.

It's strange that after being away from the core of Konoha, Kamikawa Aoba began to transform.

The information showed that he had led his team to fight against the ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village who had intruded without permission at the border outpost many times.

In less than three years, he killed more than sixteen Chunins of the Hidden Cloud Village, as well as three Jonins and several Genins.

Because he had not been recalled for three years and had not been re-evaluated, he achieved the above results as a Chunin.

Originally, it was almost impossible for someone like Kamikawa Aoba to return to the core of Konoha. But there was really no other way. Now Sarutobi Hiruzen clearly felt the weakness of Konoha Village.

Yes, it is weakness. Orochimaru left, Jiraiya traveled around the world, Tsunade disappeared, and then White Fang committed suicide.

You know, Konoha Village is a pure military organization. The above four people are the top combat forces. Any one of them can be a person who can stand on his own.

But Konoha lost all these four people.

Later, Konoha even lost its most outstanding young generation, the Fourth Hokage, and the previous generation's Jinchūriki Uzumaki Kushina. This was another major blow to the vitality.

But this is not the end.

Not long ago, Konoha Village once again suffered an immeasurable loss. The Uchiha clan was left with only one member overnight.

Although they didn't say anything, the eyes of the whole world were waiting to see the excitement in Konoha Village. At this moment, Konoha was already at its weakest.

At this time, Kamikawa Aoba was already an elite jonin. After seeing his information, Sarutobi Hiruzen intended to transfer him back to Konoha.

But this matter was opposed by two consultants.

Because Orochimaru has not yet been brought to justice, Kamikawa Aoba's suspicion has not been completely cleared. Of course, this is the public reason, and the private reason is unknown to outsiders.

"Aoba passed the intelligence department's review that year. We have no reason to continue to doubt him."

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew it very well in his heart. Because the torture department had used some means. The ninjas of the Yamanaka family used mind reading, but they also failed to find any clues about Aoba's betrayal.

According to the clues they got, Aoba should have noticed Orochimaru's human experiments, but he did not participate in them, but avoided contact with those experiments.

Deep down, Sarutobi Hiruzen was inclined to believe Kamikawa Aoba. But the other party's relationship with Orochimaru was indeed a problem.

The most important thing is that the torture department used means to torture those old subordinates of Orochimaru. After that, even those ninjas who had no problems could not be reused.

Anyone who has gone through the interrogation department without committing any crime will definitely have complaints in his heart. Therefore, even if Kamikawa Aoba was finally proven innocent, he was still completely marginalized.

This also made Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitate. He didn't know what Aoba's attitude towards Konoha was over the years.

"We think that this matter needs to be considered in the long run. Kamikawa Aoba may be innocent in the Orochimaru incident, but don't forget the White Fang incident."

The two consultants still disagreed, but at this time, another person spoke up.

"We can give him a test. If he passes the test, we will agree to transfer him back to the post."

The person who spoke was Danzo, who had not appeared for a long time. Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Danzo. After the Uchiha clan was exterminated, this old friend had been staying indoors for a long time, and had not appeared until today.

He knew what his old friend was thinking. Kamikawa Aoba was now an excellent fighter. The other party was obviously thinking something.

"Do you have any suitable mission?"

"Of course, hunting down Orochimaru. This is a long-term mission for the Anbu and the Root. Not long ago, the Root tracked down Orochimaru. But to deal with a ninja of Orochimaru's level, we need more manpower and a more thorough plan."

Hunting down Orochimaru was the political correctness of Konoha. Therefore, the two advisors could not say anything. However, both Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo knew clearly that Orochimaru was not so easy to catch.

"I will let the Anbu cooperate with the Root's actions. As for Kamikawa Aoba... no matter what, let's complete his appointment as a Jonin first. With his current combat power, it is really inappropriate for him to hold the position of a Chunin."

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned to the last page of the information, which described the name Kamikawa Aoba had made on the border in recent years.

He was called "The Wind Chaser" by his enemies and opponents.