Chapter 330: Akatsuki's new member, Hiruzen!

In the morning, Haneda returned to Konoha after a sleepless night.

The space transmission channel was in Minamiga River, not far from Konoha. Haneda used Flying Thunder God to teleport back to his office.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Shikaku rushed to the Hokage's office. In addition to a pile of documents, there were three buns and a cup of milk on his desk.

Anyone who sees it can be seen that Elder Lu Jiu was so busy working and serving the people that he didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

As soon as Haneda was teleported in, he felt ashamed.

But when I think about the fact that although I haven't handled official business for a long time, I have handed over all the official business to the right people!

And, to be honest, in order to win the Fourth Ninja World War in the future, Haneda must also reduce his working hours and use them to improve his strength.

As for the victim, Shikaku...

Able people should do more work.

"It's a rare guest, Lord Hokage." Shikaku heard the noise and looked up, and it was indeed Haneda who came.

Usually, the one who teleports in via Flying Thunder God without knocking on the door is either Haneda or Kakashi.

But if Kakashi were to use the Thunder God, he would only fly outside the office and knock on the door to come in.

Only when I'm with Haneda will I be teleported directly into the office.

Shikaku only heard one voice and guessed that Haneda was back.

Shikaku said resentfully, "Hokage-sama, you came back yesterday, why didn't you come to the office?"

"When Elder Asuma saw that you were not coming, he simply quit. Lady Tsunade and even Lord Jiraiya also…"

Haneda understood what Shikaku meant. It was to not let him bear all the pressure of Konoha alone...

"The more capable you are, the more work you should do. The fastest brain in Konoha is you, Shikaku. Just keep going."

"When your son Shikamaru grows up, he can serve as your advisor, right?"

Seeing Haneda being so shameless, Shikaku's mouth twitched.

It’s fine if he goes to jail, but why should his son go to jail too?

You really deserve to be called the contemporary "people's entrepreneur". You are really something special. You are more capital than capital!

Shikaku could already imagine Shikamaru's miserable future, but when he thought about having an extra helper...

At worst, my son will suffer, and the Hokage will bear the blame! !

At this time, Shizune, who was sent to jail by Tsunade, walked in with a pile of official business that needed to be handled and moved it to Shikaku's desk.

Shikaku was a little overwhelmed and kept glancing at Haneda and Shizune.

"Why are you looking at me? There's something on my face?" Haneda pretended not to understand and asked even though he knew the answer.

Shizue ran away, opened the door without any hesitation, said "I have something else to deal with in the hospital", then closed the door and left.

The corners of Shikaku's mouth twitched again, and he had to get down to business:

"Hokage-sama, the Sunagakure heard that you stole the One-Tail Jinchuriki and strongly condemned us. Shouldn't you express your opinion?"

"For example, you go to the Land of Rain or the Land of Rivers and just walk around."

Shikaku paused and chuckled:

"Or maybe someone is missing on the southwest border, and it's suspected that Sunagakure has weapons of mass destruction."

Haneda said without hesitation:

"The rest is unnecessary. Currently, the main direction of Konoha and the Land of Fire is to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood."

"After all, development is the only way forward. Sand Village is too poor and not worth fighting."

"In the near future, Kakashi and I will go to the Land of Rain to put pressure on Sunagakure and check if there are any problems with the railway construction."

Shikaku nodded slightly in approval.

He and Haneda believed that Sunagakure would never declare war on Konoha.

With the strength of the Ninja God like Haneda, the Sand Village would be obedient with just a few ninjutsu.

The lessons of Iwagakure and Kumogakure in the past few years are still fresh in our minds, and Sand Village can only condemn Konoha verbally at best.

But once Haneda strolls around the border, Sunagakure probably won’t even dare to condemn him.

Seeing that Shikaku had nothing else to say, Haneda mentioned his purpose:

"Lu Jiu, have you ever heard of this person called Bei Liu Hu?"

"He was in the same class as Tsunade-senpai and the others at the Ninja School. Like Jiraiya, he was always at the bottom of the class and later escaped from Konoha."

Shikaku vaguely remembered Beiliuhu. He dug out Beiliuhu's information from the rebel ninja's files and glanced at it:

"Hiroko was originally a jonin of Konoha. Later, because he was researching forbidden techniques, he was discovered by the Sandaime and was hunted down by the Sannin, that is, Lady Tsunade. He escaped."

"Currently, the Anbu have been trying to investigate and hunt this man down, but no trace of him has been detected in the ninja world."

"but……"

Shikaku remembered something. The rebel ninja file he just took was not recent.

His impression of Beiliuhu was not due to the contents of the file.

Shikaku looked through the official business he had been handling and found a document. After taking a look at it, he recalled it and handed it to Haneda:

"Hiroko joined the Akatsuki organization not long ago. He showed up after the direct train between Konoha and Amegakure was opened. His code name was Ao."

"The member on his team is Scorpion of the Red Sand!"

"Scorpion?!!" Haneda's eyes fixed, and his original desire to look for Hiruhu became even stronger.

I didn’t have time to deal with the scorpion before, but now I have the chance to do it!

At the same time, a question came to mind.

Haneda asked, "Shikaku, what is Hiruko's purpose in joining the Akatsuki organization?"

Lu Jiu shook his head and said:

"Akatsuki has always been mysterious. Even though we have some cooperation with them, we still know very little about this organization."

"At present, we only know that the leader of Amegakure and the leader of Akatsuki are the same person, both are Pain."

"Pein has a friendly and cooperative attitude towards Konoha."

Lu Jiu suddenly thought of someone and said with a smile:

"If Hokage-sama wants to know more, you can ask Deidara. He has worked with the Akatsuki twice and should know something."

Haneda hummed, explained the livestock development plan to Shikaku, and then left.

According to the information obtained by the Wood clone, Orochimaru will need at least a week to cultivate high-yield corn.

Yamato has graduated from the Ninja Academy, and Haneda arranged a position for him in the Anbu.

The squad leader is Shisui, and the only team member is Itachi.

Two Mangekyōs and three Wood Release Techniques make for a luxurious enough lineup. They are mainly responsible for the secret work of the research institute on weekdays.

Yamato is mainly responsible for Orochimaru, helping Orochimaru research agricultural products while supervising Orochimaru's work.

After leaving the office, Haneda used Flying Thunder God to teleport to the large mine where Deidara was.

As in previous visits, Xiaodi became increasingly fascinated by the miners' celebration of ephemeral art.

According to him, it is to let more people understand art, praise art, and learn art!

Xiao Di very generously taught his secret technique of explosive release to a dozen people he liked, namely the atmosphere group arranged by Haneda, who were undercover agents specifically responsible for praising Xiao Di's art.

As a result... none of them learned it.

But Xiao Di still enjoyed it. Based on what Haneda casually said, "one sulfur, two nitrate and three charcoal", he developed an alternative art of explosion and taught it to them.

Xiaodi called it black non-clay explosive bomb, and Haneda simply called it black gunpowder.

After finding Deidara in the big mine, Haneda got straight to the point:

"Xiao Di, how much do you know about Hiruko in the Akatsuki organization? He is Sasori's teammate, you should have met him, right?"

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