Chapter 22 Naruto's Decision

Tsunade returned to Konoha Village, and Konoha had basically returned to its previous tranquility. The difference was that almost all the Jonins had to go out on missions, and other Genins were relatively busy as well. However, these missions were of little significance to Naruto, so Naruto also had his own plans.

On this day, Naruto happened to come to Tsunade's Hokage office, holding the trophy of this mission, "Sword of Thunder God". This sword originally belonged to Konoha Village and was used by the second generation Hokage. It has powerful lightning chakra and is easy to carry. The blade formed by lightning chakra can be retracted and released freely. However, this weapon fell into the hands of "Aoi", a rubbish jonin of Rain Village. Aoi can't use lightning escape at all, and her strength can only be said to be barely considered a jonin. After being defeated by Naruto, the Sword of Thunder God was taken back.

Just as Naruto was reporting the mission to Tsunade, a man with a cane and a gauze covering his right eye walked in. It was the leader of the Root, "Danzo". Danzo glanced at Naruto, then turned his gaze to Tsunade and said, "Hokage, it happens that Naruto is here too. The village is in an extraordinary period right now, and the Anbu has many missions. As a talented ninja in the village, it is a waste for Uzumaki Naruto to only be a Genin. I hope that Hokage will approve him to join the Root. I believe that Naruto can grow faster there."

Hearing Danzo's words, Tsunade knew Danzo's purpose very well, and said with displeasure on her face: "No, Naruto is not an ordinary ninja. For his safety, he must not be allowed to join the Root."

Danzo said: "There are many talented ninjas, and geniuses must not only be able to grow in the sun, but also have appropriate pressure."

"Let me join the Anbu, Hokage-sama," Naruto said.

Danzo couldn't help but feel happy: "Since Naruto is willing, then Hokage-sama..."

"But I want to join the Anbu directly under the Hokage, not the Root," Naruto said
Hearing this, Danzo looked at Naruto deeply and said, "Naruto, people always have to take responsibility for their own choices. I hope you can understand this sooner." After that, he turned and left the Hokage's office.

Seeing Danzo leave, Tsunade said to Naruto worriedly: "Naruto, have you really thought it through? The Anbu is not as simple as you think. You will face a lot of bloody and cruel things. You are not suitable for it at your current age."

"Don't worry, Grandma Tsunade, joining the Anbu is a decision I thought about for a long time," said Naruto.

Then, Naruto pushed the forehead protector on his head and said, "Hokage, as a ninja of Konoha, I must make my greatest contribution to Konoha. However, I have another request. In order to hide my identity, I hope that when Team 7 has an important mission, I will try my best to carry it out together.

Tsunade said: "That's fine, I agree."

In fact, Naruto thought about this decision for a long time. Joining the Anbu can bring more challenging tasks, and it is also convenient to fight with ninjas from other countries. In this way, he can defeat more powerful opponents from other countries and prepare for what Naruto will do in the future. After gaining a certain status in the Anbu, he will be freer. For this reason, Naruto has made sufficient preparations.

First, by learning from Kakashi and others, he became more proficient in using Lightning Release, and also began to practice Water Release. At the same time, he also seized the Thunder God Sword as a more handy weapon. He bought a set of black clothes and cloaks as the exclusive dress of the Anbu. Like the ninjas in the open, the Anbu is also organized and will also form teams for missions, but it is more secretive. If they die in a mission, in order to maintain high confidentiality, even the corpse is not allowed to be left behind. Naruto has just joined the Anbu and has not joined the team yet, so he can only carry out individual missions. The first task that Tsunade gave Naruto was to find an opportunity to assassinate a daimyo of the Kingdom of Tomoe. The one who issued the task was the heir of another daimyo.

Since the daimyo of Ba no Kuni had just ascended the throne, if something unexpected happened, another heir would be chosen. However, such a thing could not be done in a very open and aboveboard manner, it had to be done to look like an accident, and there could not be any handle. The reason why Konoha took on this task was entirely because the other party was willing to pay a high reward. Under the current circumstances, Konoha needed a lot of money, and other issues could only be temporarily ignored.

The mission requires that you kill the Daimyo of Ba no Kuni without leaving any evidence, no matter what means you use. Almost every country has ninjas, but the number and the ninjutsu they are proficient in are different. However, no matter what, the Daimyo will definitely be protected by a large number of ninjas during this period. However, the key to the mission is to kill the Daimyo, which gives you a lot of freedom.

After receiving this mission, Naruto first had to use the transformation technique to find out the whereabouts of the daimyo. After a few days of investigation, Naruto learned that the daimyo always brought a large number of guards with him every time he went out, including no less than 20 ninjas, including some jonin. As for the situation inside the daimyo's mansion, it was not very clear. Naruto also had some thoughts about this situation.

Two days later, the daimyo was going to a place far away with a large number of guards, but it was a place far away from the city. Halfway through the journey, a man blocked the road. This man was wearing black clothes, and his black cloak just dragged on the ground. He was not very tall and had a mask on his head. It was impossible to judge his age and identity. This man was Naruto who was carrying out the mission as an Anbu.

The guard walking in front shouted loudly: "The man in front, get out of the way quickly, can't you see that this is the daimyo's convoy?"

Naruto still stood there, as if he didn't hear anything. He coughed and pretended to be very mature and said, "You must be the new daimyo of Tomoe Country. You are obviously incompetent and you didn't even teach your subordinates how to talk. No wonder someone wants to kill you. Go to hell."

The daimyo in the car laughed when he heard Naruto's words: "You are the assassin that guy sent to kill me. As an assassin, if you use the method of assassination, it can be said that it is hard to defend against. I didn't expect you to be so stupid. Do you want to defeat so many of us by yourself? Let's surround him and capture him alive."

Naruto still stood there, showing the Thunder God's Sword. The leading jonin saw the Thunder God's Sword and immediately became alert, saying to the people around him: "Everyone be careful, this person is not an ordinary ninja."

As everyone heard this, the Thunder God Sword lit up with lightning chakra, and at the same time, Naruto's body also showed chakra, just like a flash of lightning, dozens of people's heads were moved, only the two jonin blocked Naruto's sword, but they were also struck by lightning and fell to the ground. Naruto, holding the Thunder God Sword, slowly walked over and said: "After all, it's a small country, even the jonin only have this level of strength?" Two lightning flashes passed by, ending the lives of the two people.

Naruto turned around and looked at the daimyo in the car, only to see that the daimyo was slumped in the car, completely without the momentum he had just had, and kept shouting, "Monster, monster..." Naruto walked up to him and said, "Neither his wisdom nor his strength is that great. He can inherit the position of daimyo just because of his parents. Even if he wears noble clothes, it can't change his nature of trash."

After that, only a scream was heard.

(End of this chapter)