Chapter 26 New Mission

Chapter 26 New Mission
Not long after Naruto let Sasuke leave, Kakashi appeared. Facing Kakashi's question, Naruto did not speak. Kakashi also guessed the outcome of the matter and did not ask any more questions. The two returned to Konoha Village together. Sakura also had deep feelings for Sasuke. His departure was a big blow to Sakura, but she gradually got better under Naruto's hug and comfort. Shikamaru's first mission after being promoted to Chunin was a failure. Fortunately, the team members did not suffer any major losses, and at most they were slightly injured.

Facing the newly appointed Hokage Tsunade, Shikamaru and Naruto were reporting the mission together. Just when the two were about to leave, Tsunade said, "Naruto, you stay." Seeing Shikamaru leave, Tsunade closed the office door, looked at Naruto solemnly and said, "Naruto, you must know something about the current situation in the Anbu. Danzo has a very high status in the Anbu, and as the Hokage, my command power in the Anbu is very limited. Konoha Village is now in an extraordinary period. After Orochimaru attacked Konoha, all the villages were eyeing Konoha, and the Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village was the most radical. Danzo asked to hand over the affairs of the Hidden Cloud Village to him, but I am worried about his way of handling it. Although I have not agreed to him for the time being, if there is no suitable candidate, I can only..."

"Granny Tsunade, do you want me to go and solve this problem according to your wishes?" Naruto said
Tsunade was silent for a moment, frowned slightly, and said to Naruto: "You have just joined the Anbu, and I shouldn't have given you such a dangerous mission. But I have just taken office as Hokage, and even the Anbu directly under the Hokage may not all obey my arrangements sincerely. It is very likely that even if I send people to carry out the mission, Danzo will interfere later. At present, there are only a few people I trust the most, except Jiraiya, and you are the only one among the Anbu."

"Granny Tsunade, don't worry, I'm not that easy to be killed. Besides, the other party doesn't have much information about me. No matter what the mission is, leave it to me," Naruto said firmly.

Hearing what Naruto said, Tsunade nodded and said to Naruto: "At present, we already know that the Raikage is preparing to take a major action against Konoha, but the specific content of the action is not yet known. The task I want to give you is to organize the Raikage's actions against Konoha at all costs, and do not let anyone know that it was done by our Konoha people. However, do not kill people unless necessary, so as not to cause conflicts between countries. It would be better if it can be resolved peacefully."

When Naruto heard what Tsunade said, he thought that this added item was probably the reason why Tsunade was unwilling to let Danzo do it.

Tsunade continued, "I will send three other ANBU members to act with you on this mission. You will form a four-person team to carry out the mission. You will be the team leader and the other three will be under your command. The mission will last for one month. If you can complete this mission, you will serve as the squadron leader in the ANBU. This scroll contains the information of the other three members. Go to the ANBU's secret base to gather the team members for this operation."

Naruto opened the scroll Tsunade gave him and saw that it said, "Team member glare, team member photo", both of them are jonin, good at hiding and surprise assassination, they are brothers, usually take joint attack, with the cooperation of their ninja swords, they can quickly end the battle and retreat quickly, as for their names, they are names used by the Anbu. Naruto thinks that these two are quite capable, the key is that the means of rapid attack and joint attack are still useful in this mission.

Naruto continued to read, "Yamato" turned out to be Yamato. He didn't expect Tsunade to send Yamato to her team. Then came Yamato's introduction: "He is good at using Wood Release, and can use a variety of attack, defense and auxiliary ninjutsu." Although it was just a short sentence, just seeing Wood Release was enough to attract people's attention. Needless to say, the Wood Release that the first generation Hokage was good at was very famous. Almost all ninjas with a little status in Konoha would have heard of the legend of the first generation Hokage. Although Naruto had never seen Wood Release ninjutsu, he still knew something about it. This was a blood limit that Naruto himself was jealous of.

Naruto asked Tsunade, "Is there a Wood Release Ninja among them, please?"

"Are you wondering how he compares to the First Hokage?" Tsunade interrupted Naruto.

Naruto nodded. Although he knew a little about Yamato's Wood Release, he still wanted to hear it from the granddaughter of the first Hokage herself.

Tsunade sat down and said, "Yamato is not the descendant of the first generation, but a test subject created by Orochimaru using the cells of the first generation. Although he has Wood Release, his chakra is not at the same level as the first generation Hokage, and his control of Wood Release is far inferior. His strength is much worse than the first generation Hokage. However, it is Wood Release after all, and the power of Ninjutsu is even stronger than the general bloodline limit. Naruto thought Tsunade's evaluation was very objective, and then Naruto changed into a special black outfit and came to the secret base of the Anbu. Several team members had been waiting here for a long time, and they should have received Tsunade's mission a long time ago.

"Xuanguang, Liuying, Yamato, nice to meet the captain. May I ask what the captain's code name is?" The three of them gave their names one by one, and Xuanguang also began to ask Naruto's code name.

In the Anbu, many members have to hide their identities, so almost everyone has to use code names, and each wears a mask. In addition to physical characteristics and ninjutsu, they must also use identity codes and some secret codes to confirm their identities. So, now Naruto also needs a code name, Naruto thought for a while and said: "Thunder".

Liuying then asked, "What kind of ninjutsu is the captain usually good at? In order to facilitate future missions, we need to have a certain understanding of each other."

Naruto knew that what Liuying said made sense. The team members must have a certain understanding of each other. At the same time, as the captain, he must have the ability to convince the team members. Otherwise, as a senior ninja, the Anbu would find it difficult to truly obey.

Naruto said: "I am good at water escape, earth escape, and lightning escape, and I am best at lightning escape. Then, in order to understand each other's strength, glare and shadow, you two come to attack me, so that I can better understand your strength.

Naruto activated his Lightning Release, and powerful lightning surged through his body, and he looked very close to the Raikage. The two brothers, Xuanguang Liuying, saw the chakra on Naruto's body and knew that Naruto had made great achievements in the nature and form changes of the lightning attribute. A large amount of chakra began to surge from their ninja swords, and with their special steps, the two of them worked together as if there were more than a dozen swords coming at them at the same time.

Seeing this, Naruto appeared behind the two men in a flash. The two men reacted quickly and attacked behind them. Naruto used the Thunder God's Sword to send out two lightning bolts to knock the two men away. The two men's ninja swords also hit Naruto, but were blocked by Naruto's chakra.

Yamato didn't move during the whole process. It seems that Yamato is easy to talk to, just as Naruto knew. The other two also got up from the ground and said, "As expected of the captain, it's just as Hokage said, the strength is very strong." Naruto heard what the two said and thought that these two people should also recognize me as the captain, so the next step is to rush to the Hidden Cloud Village.

(End of this chapter)