Chapter 165 Takigakure

As a result, the four people searched for most of the day but couldn't find any other passage except the waterfall, and they still found nothing until dark.

Xuanwu, who had been paddling the whole time, suggested taking a rest and talking about it tomorrow.

They found a secluded cave as their base.

Except for Minato who was on guard, the other three just lay down around a lamp to rest, each thinking about their own thoughts.

Yu: Haiyi, this little bastard, is really annoying.

Shimizu: Yo, I can finally have a good sleep.

Xuanwu: It’s the third day since I thought about Tsunade. I feel uncomfortable.

After a while, Xuanwu saw that the other two had fallen asleep and quietly went out.

"Hey, Minato, how are you? Are you tired?"

"Fortunately."

Then Minato asked his own question: "Brother, why is this Takinin village so strange? It feels so closed. Can you tell me about its past?"

Xuanwu sat down next to him and replied, "Since you are asking sincerely, I will be merciful and answer your questions, little brother.

Takigakure was established in the second year of Konoha.

Although this village is not as powerful as the five major countries, it stands out among the small countries because of a secret medicine it possesses. In addition, due to its unique geographical environment, it has never been invaded even though it is surrounded by the four major countries.

The first Hokage took these two points into consideration. For the purpose of balancing the combat power between big countries and small countries, Lord Hashirama went against the majority opinion and gave Shigeaki Nanabi to this country.

However, this action of his not only failed to win the favor of Takigakure, but instead made the high-ranking officials of Takigakure, who were ambitious but not very capable at the time, feel insulted.

Why were other big countries allocated two tailed beasts, but we in Takigakure only have one? Isn't this looking down on us?

The resentful top leaders of Takigakure decided to send someone to assassinate the God of Ninjas, Senju Hashirama.

Of course, the top leaders would not be stupid enough to go and die themselves, so they sent Kakuzu, the top master of Takigakure at that time, to carry out this mission.

In order to get Kakuzu to take on this mission, the top management not only gave him a large amount of money, but also bestowed upon him the Hero's Water, which could greatly increase his chakra, and an incomplete version of the secret technique, the Earth Grudge, which could perfectly avoid the side effects of the Hero's Water. The top management promised that as long as Kakuzu succeeded in the assassination, they would give him the complete version of the secret technique.

In this way, Kakuzu accepted the mission sent by the top leaders to assassinate the first Hokage.

After sneaking into the Land of Fire, Kakuzu found an opportunity when the First Hokage left the village alone and attacked him, but in the end, due to the huge gap in strength, even though Kakuzu drank the Hero's Water and increased his chakra by dozens of times, he was still easily defeated by Hashirama's Wood Release Secret Technique.

But for some reason, the first Hokage did not kill him, allowing him to save his life.

Afterwards, Kakuzu escaped and returned to the village, but what he didn't expect was that the high-ranking officials of Takigakure Village, fearing the revenge of Lord Tobirama, announced to the public that the assassination of the First Hokage was Kakuzu's own decision and had nothing to do with the village. In order to appease Lord Tobirama's anger, they listed him as an S-level traitor and locked him up, and would soon be sent to Konoha.

Kakuzu, who risked his life for the village, was betrayed, so he escaped from prison and took away the complete secret technique that was regarded as a treasure by the village - the Earth Grudge.

In order to vent his anger, he used this secret technique to take away the hearts of all the high-ranking people in the village at that time, and then officially defected.

After the Takigakure lost their secret technique, their secret medicine became useless, and their strength was greatly reduced. In order to avoid being annexed by the five major countries, they chose to completely close themselves off from the world. "

Minato understood, "I didn't expect that Konoha and Takigakure had such a past."

Xuanwu waved his hand and said, "I was only told after I received the mission. I didn't know before that."

"Brother, can I ask you another question?"

"Ask, ask. I'm in a good mood, brother. I'll tell you everything I know."

"Brother, don't you want to take this mission?"

Hearing this, Xuanwu was a little surprised, and looked at Minato and said, "Why do you think so?"

Minato scratched his head and smiled: "Hehe, I feel like, brother, you are not giving it your all, you are always distracted."

Xuanwu lay down with his head in his arms, "Your feeling is both right and wrong. From the moment I accepted this mission, my sixth sense told me that there is danger. You also know that I can't use the "realm" to escape now, so I brought you who have fully mastered the "Flying Thunder God" and be ready to yo-yo at any time.

We were originally planning to come alone, but these two insisted on coming along, which left me speechless (Yu came along because she was annoyed by her young clan leader, and Qingshui came out to get some peace and quiet because he didn’t want to deal with documents every day).”

Minato asked in confusion: "Is it the Observation Haki that big brother told me about before?"

Xuanwu shook his head. "Not to that extent. It's just my sixth sense, but it's quite accurate. So, we may be in danger. According to my analysis, there is a high probability that there is a traitor in our family who has leaked my mission. Maybe there is a trap waiting for us in Takigakure."

In fact, there was one thing he didn't tell Minato. After observing with the Moon Eye, he already knew that the other party was just waiting for him, the little mouse, to get in by himself, but he didn't know if this net was enough to explain it.

"Should we retreat now?"

"Takinin Village has what I want. We can't retreat. So, are you afraid, little brother?"

Minato said solemnly: "Don't be afraid, as long as I don't die, I will definitely take big brother away safely."

Xuanwu ruffled Minato's golden hair, "You are really a little sun, but you must protect yourself first when you encounter danger. If you have to, you can leave me alone. Don't worry, I am very strong."

"But..."

"No buts, we must obey Big Brother's orders."

Minato lowered his head and said very reluctantly: "Okay."

But whether you will follow it or not is not certain.

Xuanwu smiled and said, "Yoshi, let's take action then."

"What? You're not bringing Qingshui-senpai and Yu-senpai."

Minato was a little confused.

"Those two guys are just jonin, they are just a burden. I just put drugs in their water, they won't wake up for a while.

I have found a secret passage that leads directly to the Takigakure. Let's sneak into the village now. We will most likely encounter a battle in a while. You can collect intelligence in the chaos and also get their Hero's Water..."

Minato interrupted Xuanwu and said, "Brother, um, I think it would be better for you to bring the two seniors with you."

Xuanwu complained: "Why bring them along? One is lazy, the other is stubborn. Their strength is so-so and their speed is slow. When they fight, I have to focus on protecting them. I might as well bring two toads."

At this time, two voices sounded from behind Xuanwu.

"Yeah, I'm really sorry for being so lazy, Akimichi Genbu."

"Yeah, I'm so stubborn and I have to say sorry to you."

Dangerous.

Xuanwu turned around stiffly, "Ahaha, Qingshui, Yu, good morning, who was talking just now?"

"Ping",

"Pong",

Two big bumps appeared on Xuanwu's head.

"It's night time now!"

......