Chapter 759 Internal Struggle and Intrigue

Xiao Zhen walked out of the mysterious world passage. It was already night here. In front of him should be Konoha Village. It looked so peaceful and tranquil.

His eyes flickered, and he immediately sensed the signs of a battle ahead.

When he scanned the area with his soul power, he found that it was a group of masked ninjas who were besieging and killing the Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze used several teleportations of Flying Thunder God to easily eliminate three enemies, but he did not feel any excitement about destroying the enemies. Instead, his anger continued to rise.

Because these enemies were not killers sent by the enemy village, they were all genuine Konoha ninjas, some of whom he knew.

After forcing several people to retreat again, Namikaze Minato shouted loudly: "Don't come over here anymore, do you all want to betray the village?"

After hearing this, a few of them flickered their eyes a few times, but they had no intention of retreating at all.

It was obvious that the words of the Hokage, Minato Namikaze, did not scare away these ninjas.

He looked at the figures around him. Because the attack was too sudden, apart from a few trusted men who were guarding his home, no other people came to support him.

The main reason is that the area within a few hundred meters centered on the Namikaze family residence is tightly covered by a layer of barrier.

From the outside, everything inside the barrier seemed normal; even the sounds of fighting were blocked out.

But if you walk into the barrier, you will find it in a mess. There are many bodies of villagers lying on the ground. They all died in the sudden attack.

You should know that although Minato Namikaze's house is not in the center of the bustling village, there are many ninjas and ordinary civilians living around it.

Unfortunately, most of them were caught off guard and killed by a group of guys who looked like ANBU!

Minato was also very anxious. He could hear screams coming from all around him every moment. He knew without thinking that those neighbors had met with misfortune.

The barrier covering the surroundings has a certain function of isolating space. Its main purpose is to prevent Minato Namikaze from escaping, and secondly to conceal the noise of the battle.

At this moment, a middle-aged ninja walked out of the Namikaze family and said in a panic, "Oh no, Lord Hokage, Madam Kushina was stimulated just now, and I'm afraid she will give birth soon!"

"what!"

Hearing that something was wrong with his beloved, Minato panicked for a moment.

At this moment, murderous intent flashed in the middle-aged ninja's lowered eyes. He gritted his teeth and stabbed forward with the kunai hidden in his arm.

Minato Namikaze instinctively stepped back, but a scar was still left on his abdomen.

Several ninjas belonging to the Fourth Hokage's faction around him protected Minato Namikaze.

"Asshole, Yamaki, what are you doing? Have you betrayed me too? Don't forget who saved you twice during the Ninja World War?"

"I felt something was wrong with him this morning and thought he was not feeling well. I never thought this guy would betray the Hokage!"

"Damn it, if there weren't so many enemies, I would have killed this traitor first!"

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Listening to the abuse from others, the middle-aged ninja named Yamaki felt a flash of guilt in his heart, but he also had his own difficulties. His mother, wife and children were all controlled by people sent by Elder Danzo. If he didn't do as he was told, he would only see the corpses of his family members when he looked back!

Minato Namikaze moved his mouth and was just about to see if he could persuade this old subordinate of his to turn back, when he suddenly felt an unbearable itch in his body, as if countless bugs were jumping up and down in his blood vessels.

Thinking about the wound just now, Minato Namikaze realized that he was actually poisoned!

Yamaki carefully put away the kunai and said in a complicated tone: "Hokage-sama, don't struggle in vain. You were poisoned by a special poison from the Land of Demons. The more chakra you use, the faster you will die!"

Namikaze Minato asked coldly: "How did you get such a thing? Who gave it to you?!"

"Yondaime, didn't you guess it a long time ago?"

Surrounded by countless masked ninjas, a man with a cross-shaped scar on his chin and exuding a sinister aura appeared.

The person who came was one of the high-ranking officials of Konoha Village and a close comrade-in-arms of the Sandaime, Danzo Shimura, known as the Nabekage.

Namikaze Minato's eyes were blazing with fire as he yelled word for word: "Danzo, do you know how many people died tonight? Why did you do this!"

A long sword appeared in Danzo's hand and pointed directly at Minato Namikaze opposite him.

"Fourth-generation leader, your biggest mistake was that you shouldn't have proposed disbanding the Root that I had established at the meeting a few days ago.

Maybe you are a qualified ninja, but if you want to lead the entire village to prosperity, Minato Namikaze, you are still too young.

If you hadn't pushed me too hard, I wouldn't have left. Now that the big thing is done, as long as I get rid of you, I will have the opportunity to sit in the position that should have belonged to me. "

Minato Namikaze felt even more pain in his body and couldn't help but take a few pills obtained from the chat group to relieve the pain.

Danzo, who was in a good mood, couldn't help but talk nonsense, completely unaware of the law that villains die because of their talkativeness.

"Don't bother yourself. I prepared this poison carefully. I originally wanted to put it in your food, but I never found the right opportunity.

I took a huge risk today. If you had tried your best to escape from the beginning, that barrier would not have been able to stop you!

Unfortunately, you are still too weak to abandon your woman and your men. This is why you are destined to die today!"

After Namikaze Minato took the medicine, the toxins in his body were suppressed, but he still pretended to be in pain because he wanted to know... whether the old man who always had a kind face was involved in what happened today.

"Danzo, does the Third Hokage know about what you did?"

Seeing that the boy was about to die, Danzo was too lazy to take the blame for Sarutobi Hiruzen.

“I have not discussed this matter with Sandaime, but I think I can’t hide it from him. Otherwise, it is impossible to deceive the eyes of all the strong men in the village with just a barrier.”

This is exactly the case. At this moment, there are many Anbu ninjas patrolling the streets. Any ninja who goes out will be persuaded to go home.

Sitting in the office drinking tea with two other consultants, the Sandaime Hokage had a complicated look in his eyes. Although Minato was deliberately supported by him, his main purpose was to continue to maintain power as the emperor.

It's a pity that young people are always prone to acting on impulse. If Minato could endure for a dozen years, maybe he would really get tired of power and give up and become a leisurely retired old man.

"Hiruzen, don't think about anything else. The three of us old guys are just having a meeting tonight. We don't know anything else!"

Koharu Utane made a new pot of tea and gave a brief reminder to her old friend who was distracted.

Danzo may not know it yet, but if he really killed Minato Namikaze today, his three old friends might not punish him in the future, and may even help hide the traces.

But just because of the crime of murdering the Hokage, Danzo will definitely not be able to take the position, and then the only option will be to ask Sarutobi Hiruzen to come back.

This night was destined not to be peaceful. Many families received notices from the Anbu, not allowing them to go out tonight, otherwise they would be regarded as traitors by the village.

While other families were in the dark, only the Hyuga family saw what happened.