Chapter 77 Kakuzu Comes to Surrender

"Kazama, don't worry, we are not ordinary genin."

Natsu patted Hatake Kazama's shoulder and told him not to worry.

Hatake Fuzama felt more at ease when he thought about the strength they had shown when they destroyed the bandits' lairs.

"Let's discuss how to wipe out the bandits and destroy their lair. What ideas do you have?"

One person's plan is short, two people's plan is long. Erza asked everyone to work together to find a solution.

"When I'm in Sage Mode, my perception ability will become very strong. Let me sense the situation in the bandit's lair."

The double of Shenwei volunteered to use his perception ability to find out the situation in the bandits' lair.

"Okay, Kamui, enter the Sage Mode." Erza said.

The Kamui doppelganger absorbs natural energy and enters Sage Mode.

After using Sage Mode many times, the time it takes for the Kamui Doppelganger to enter Sage Mode is getting shorter and shorter.

After a while, Shenwei's double entered the sage mode. He released his perception and explored the situation in the bandits' lair.

"There are a total of fifty-three people in the bandit's lair, including three jonin, seven chuunin, fifteen genin, five hostages, and the rest are bandits."

The divine doppelganger reports the intelligence he perceives, making it easier for everyone to formulate a battle plan based on the intelligence.

"It's unusual to have so many ninjas in a bandit's lair. What do you think, Tobirama?"

The duplicate of Oshirama found it strange that there were so many ninjas in the bandits' lair, but he couldn't tell what was strange, so he asked the duplicate of Tobirama, hoping to get an answer.

"The Chunin Exam will be held in Konoha Village soon. The location of this bandit's lair happens to be on the only way from Wind Country to Konoha Village. It's not surprising that these ninjas are in the bandit's lair."

The analysis of Tobirama's duplicate body made everyone suddenly enlightened.

"If the Wind Country team that goes to Konoha Village to participate in the Chunin Exam is attacked in the Fire Country, Konoha Village will have an unshirkable responsibility regardless of whether the other party succeeds or not, so we must stop them."

Madara's doppelganger stood at the village's height and gave his analysis.

"That means it's a good thing we found these ninjas, otherwise they would have attacked the Wind Country team taking the Chunin Exam, and the two would most likely have fought each other." said the duplicate of Oshira.

"We should split our forces into two groups. One group should go to rescue the hostages, and the other group should attack the bandits' lair to attract their attention. After rescuing the hostages, we will eliminate the ninjas and bandits in one fell swoop." Miston Ge said.

"Okay, let's do as Miston said. Kamui, you have sneaked into the bandits' lair before and have a strong sense of perception. Your team and Madara's team will go into the bandits' lair to rescue the hostages. If they encounter danger, Madara can activate Susanoo to protect everyone, and the rest of you will attack the bandits' lair together to cover the actions of Kamui and Madara."

Erza made the division of labor clear and everyone took action on their own.

……

"Kamui, although they are the helpers you found from another world, they have to face the Jonin. Are you so confident?"

After listening to the Genin's plan, Mito thought they were too risky, but she found that Kamui beside her was unmoved, so she wanted to know why Kamui didn't stop them.

"Don't worry, even if some of them can't beat the jonin, they will definitely not be in danger. I will take action in the critical moment."

After comforting Mito, Kamui followed the team led by Kamui's doppelganger to prevent them from getting into any accidents.

"Kamui, I noticed that the girl named Mira looks at you strangely. Do you think she likes you?" Mito asked casually.

Kamui immediately became alert, as he had fallen into this trap many times in his previous life. He just listened to Mito continue speaking.

"If she likes you, you can bring her home. I'll just have a younger sister."

"Mito, you must be overthinking it. What can a little girl think?"

Kamui knew that Mira liked him, but he didn't know whether he should accept Mira, so it was better for him to deny it before that.

"How could I not have any thoughts? The way she looks at you is full of affection. You can tell at a glance that she likes you."

Mito used the results of his observations as evidence to prove that Mira liked Kamui.

"Then I'll stay away from her from now on," Kamui assured Mito.

"That's not what I meant. Never mind. I'll talk to her alone after the mission is completed."

Mito planned to meet with Mira alone and talk to her about Kamui when he returned to Konoha Village.

"It's up to you. I have a clear conscience." Shenwei said indifferently.

……

Muye Village

"I really came here to be invited to join the Hidden Leaf Village. Why don't you believe me? I want to meet your Hokage. He must remember that I assassinated him."

The person who said this was Kakuzu, who assassinated Hokage Madara at the border of the Land of Fire.

After Kakuzu failed in his assassination attempt on the Hokage, he returned to the village. The village leaders asked him about the result of the assassination attempt on the Hokage. Kakuzu said very straightforwardly that he had failed. The village leaders asked him several questions in succession, and Kakuzu told them all the truth.

However, the village leaders were as cowardly as mice and only thought about how to apologize to the Hokage of Konoha Village. So they ordered Kakuzu to be executed and then sent his body to Konoha Village to apologize to the Hokage.

Kakuzu never expected that the village he loved would betray him, so he was arrested and waited until the next day to announce his crimes in front of the whole village and then be executed immediately.

That night, Kakuzu's friend in the village sneaked in secretly and rescued Kakuzu. When he was about to leave the village, he was discovered by patrolling ninjas. A melee broke out between the two sides, and Kakuzu's friend unfortunately died in the melee. Kakuzu fought and retreated, and came to the forbidden area where the secret technique of Earth Grievance was hidden.

Kakuzu entered the forbidden area, obtained the secret technique of the Earth Grudge, and then left the village while being chased by a group of ninjas.

After Kakuzu left the village, he practiced the secret technique of Earth Grudge and vowed to take revenge on the village that betrayed him, as well as to avenge his dead friend.

Kakuzu finally mastered the secret art of Earth Grievance that day. The first thing he did when he entered the village was to kill all the high-ranking officials in the village, and then he left the village.

Kakuzu left the village, and the village announced that Kakuzu had become a traitor and put a bounty on the underground black market.

Kakuzu, who had nowhere to go, remembered that Kamui had invited him to join Konoha Village, so he came to Konoha Village with the mentality of giving it a try.

"Hokage-sama is very busy and will not meet you. You should go back. Also, don't mention the assassination attempt on Hokage-sama again. It may easily cause misunderstanding."

The ninja guarding the gate of Konoha Village stopped Kakuzu who was rushing into Konoha Village. He thought that Kakuzu's talk about assassinating the Hokage was just a lie made up by a child to attract other people's attention, so he kindly reminded him.

"I really did assassinate the Hokage, right at the border of the Land of Fire. Many people saw it at the time, and they can all testify to it."

Are you kidding? Assassinating the Hokage is the only achievement I have ever achieved in my life, how can you deny it?

"Go find someone from the Hokage's guards and have him confirm if what this person said is true."

The ninja guarding the gate of Konoha Village heard what Kakuzu said as if it were true, and immediately found a ninja who was selected for the Hokage's guard team to confirm whether Kakuzu had ever assassinated the Hokage.

"It's him. He's the ninja who assassinated Hokage-sama at the border of the Land of Fire."

The ninjas selected for the Hokage's guard team, after seeing Kakuzu, immediately recognized that Kakuzu was the person who assassinated the Hokage at that time. Now the ninjas from Konoha Village took out their weapons and looked at Kakuzu vigilantly.

"Listen, ninja on the other side. You have been surrounded. Surrender immediately or you will suffer the consequences."

The personnel from the on-site police department spoke familiar lines to Kakuzu. Needless to say, this must be what Kamui wrote in the Konoha Law.

"What do you mean by surrendering? I was invited by you to join the Konoha Village."

Kakuzu finally remembered why he came to Konoha Village.

"Invite? You have already assassinated the Hokage, why would you be invited to join the Hidden Leaf Village?"

The ninja guarding the gate of Konoha Village pointed out the error in Kakuzu's logic and asked Kakuzu a question.

"I'm not lying to you. I was really invited to join Konoha Village, but I don't know his name. I remember he was the Uchiha clan member walking beside the Hokage. By the way, there was the Uchiha clan emblem on his clothes."

Kakuzu didn't know Kamui, and when Kamui invited Kakuzu to join Konoha Village, he didn't say his name, so Kakuzu could only describe Kamui based on his characteristics.

"The Uchiha clan members around Hokage-sama?"

"The person who can attend the Five Kage Summit with Hokage-sama and walk in front of Hokage-sama, except for Kamui-sama, can only be someone else."

"So, he was invited by Lord Kamui to join Konoha."

The ninja guarding the gate of Konoha Village, the former member of the Hokage's guard team, and the personnel from the police department, worked together to finally analyze the matter clearly.

"It was Lord Shenwei who invited you. Everyone, please disperse. This is just a false alarm."

The ninjas guarding the gate of Konoha Village broke the tense atmosphere at the scene. The ninjas who were on guard against Kakuzu dispersed after realizing it was a false alarm. Kakuzu now knew that the person who invited him was called Kamui.

"Although he was invited by Lord Kamui, Lord Kamui is not in the village now. If we let him enter the village like this, what should we do if something happens?" The ninja guarding the gate of Konoha Village said worriedly.

"Then can you still stop him from entering Konoha Village? When Lord Kamui comes back, have you thought about how to explain it to him?" said the police officer.

"We can't stop him from entering Konoha Village, but we're also afraid that he'll cause trouble. We want to find someone to act with him, but ordinary people can't stop him. It's really a headache." said a former member of the Hokage's guard team.

The three ninjas guarding the gate of Konoha Village, the former Hokage's guards, and the police department personnel were all very worried about how to arrange for Kakuzu.