Chapter 440: Surrounding Konoha, a sudden downturn

The voice brought Suzumiya Musashi back to his senses. He put away the strange look in his eyes and replaced it with a faint smile.

"Yes, Asuma, what a coincidence that we met here."

"There's a situation at the border, and the Hokage asked me to handle it."

"That's good. I wish you a safe journey and come back soon." Sarutobi Asuma said with a smile.

He has always had a good impression of Suzumiya Musashi, except for one thing - he doesn't drink.

If Suzumiya Musashi also smoked and drank, he would probably become good friends with him.

"Thank you for your good wishes." Suzumiya Musashi responded with a smile.

indeed.

The moment he saw the young monk Kong, his mission was actually completed.

After bidding farewell to Asuma Sarutobi and his group, Suzumiya Musashi stood there, thinking in his heart.

He already knew the reasons for the recent series of events, so naturally there was no need for him to go to the border anymore. The other party's ultimate goal was the village, and their direct goal was to lure the ninjas in the village out continuously. In this way, the chances of catching the other party's gang in one fell swoop were already slim.

The most effective and safest way is to wait for the other party to come to the village.

Now, he was struggling with the question of whether or not to explain this to Tsunade. If so, what excuse should he give? After all, the true nature of the intelligence he had received was something he couldn't explain openly.

Kong has now gone to Konoha, and he is not sure how much time the enemy has left.

After a moment, Suzumiya Musashi's eyes determined and he made a decision in his heart.

"Bang~" the smoke from the shadow clone dissipated.

Suzumiya Musashi and his shadow clone walked towards each other, the shadow clone sped away into the distance, while Suzumiya Musashi walked towards the village.

He decided to follow the original plan and send his shadow clone to the border to investigate the situation. This would give the enemy in the dark and Tsunade in the village the illusion that he was carrying out his mission seriously. If they did encounter an enemy, he wouldn't mind testing their tactics.

And, after a while, he passed the intelligence to the village, telling Tsunade that he had discovered traces of the enemy during the mission, and based on the enemy's reaction, he speculated that the village might be the enemy's target. After all, with the results, it is not difficult to try to give a reasonable reasoning process.

As for the main body, it quietly returned to the outskirts of the village to prevent the enemy from attacking earlier.

……

"Lady Tsunade, this is the information sent back by the ninja dog."

Two nights later.

The Hokage Building was brightly lit. Tsunade sat on a chair, looking at the information handed over by Shizune, her expression changing from gloomy to bright.

Looking at Tsunade who was obviously in a state of confusion, Shizune asked, "Hokage-sama, is there something wrong with Musashi Jonin?"

Tsunade put down the information and said solemnly, "No."

"That guy said someone was massacring a village on the border."

"We learned from the enemy that someone instructed them to do this. Suzumiya Musashi speculated that the purpose of doing this might be that the enemy wanted to make Konoha empty."

"Empty inside?" Jingyin was stunned, then her eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly.

"Musashi Jonin means... someone is going to attack the village?"

"Is it the other four major ninja villages?"

Tsunade said, "I'm not sure."

Tsunade was also confused.

She couldn't figure out what benefits would it bring to the major ninja villages if the station was opened now?

If it weren't for the four major ninja villages...it would be even more unreasonable.

Apart from the obviously declining Takigakure, there is no force in the current ninja world that can take over the position of the five major ninja villages.

"Lady Tsunade, what should we do?" Shizune asked, "Should we enter combat readiness?"

Tsunade hesitated again.

It's no wonder she hesitated. The information Suzumiya Musashi had sent was simply too unbelievable. If it had been passed on by any other ordinary ninja, she wouldn't have taken it so seriously and would have simply speculated that the ninja carrying out the mission was simply too stupid.

But the other party was Suzumiya Musashi, so she couldn't help but take it seriously. Although the matter sounded a bit outrageous, she was sure of one thing - that is, Suzumiya Musashi would never lie to her!

After figuring this out, Tsunade no longer hesitated. She looked sharply at Shizune and made a decision.

"Notify them!

"Enter combat readiness..." "Boom boom boom..."

A dull and loud roar came from afar.

As the earth shook clearly, Tsunade and Shizune's expressions suddenly changed.

The first thing they thought of was the information sent back by Suzumiya Musashi.

It just happened too suddenly.

The anxious look on Tsunade's face lasted only a moment. When she heard the hurried footsteps approaching from afar, she quickly restrained her expression and put on a calm look.

The shadow of a village cannot panic at a time like this.

The footsteps soon approached.

"Report! Lord Hokage, the barrier..." The man ran so fast that he was out of breath.

Tsunade's expression remained unchanged, she looked calm and composed.

"Is the barrier broken? There's no need to panic."

On weekdays, the village's barrier is in a sensing state, so it is normal for it to be broken through.

"No!" There was a hint of incomprehensible shock on the visitor's panicked face.

"It's the barrier that sealed off the village!"

Tsunade:"……"

For a moment, Tsunade thought she had misheard.

Is it reasonable to use a barrier to seal off the largest ninja village in the ninja world?

Who exactly is this other party? Another adult village? The Akatsuki organization? Or perhaps a dark force in the ninja world?

If it was the Akatsuki organization, they might be here for the Nine-Tails. The barrier might be to prevent the Nine-Tails from escaping, which makes sense.

Tsunade walked to the window and looked at the dark sky above Konoha. She was glad that Uzumaki Naruto was out on a mission and not in the village at the moment, and she was thinking about the forces that could be mobilized in the village.

As Hokage, she was well aware of the village's mobilization of power.

Yamato and the new Team 7 are on a mission, Hatake Kakashi is away, Jiraiya is gathering intelligence in some hot spring village, and her capable and troublesome subordinate Suzumiya Musashi is sent on a mission...

As her thoughts raced, Tsunade's brows furrowed slightly.

The bad news is that several ninjas with higher upper limits are not in the village; the good news is that after the "Anbu Power Reorganization" incident, the Anbu team was supplemented by the Root and became much stronger, so she still has people available.

Feeling a little relieved, Tsunade gave the order in a deep voice.

All ANBU ninja, except those responsible for intelligence transmission and interrogation, were dispatched to intercept the enemy. The remaining patrol, security, and ninja squads that had not left the village were to evacuate and protect the people.

"Boom!~" A loud roar was heard, accompanied by an obvious vibration of the ground, and shouts and screams began to ring in the ears.

Tsunade said coldly: "Put your feet together, notify the guards, and attack in full force!"

Shizune's expression changed when she heard this: "Tsunade-sama!"