Chapter 227 Shadow Guards

Daimaru didn't recognize any of the visitors, but Temari seemed to have an impression, so she whispered in Daimaru's ear and reminded:

"Kind of like the Kazekage Guards?"

"The Yondaime Guards?"

Temari nodded slightly.

"This is really... rare!"

Each ninja village has a direct line of troops directly subordinate to the leader.

Konoha Village's assassination tactics special force, referred to as ANBU, began with the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama, and later had the "roots" to cultivate ANBU.

Kirigakure Village imitated Konoha Village and established an assassination force. Its main task was to hunt down the most numerous rebellious ninjas in the ninja world.

Kumogakure and Tsuchigakure also have troops directly under the shadow, but they are not called ANBU, and Daimaru doesn't know. After all, they are hostile ninja villages, and important information cannot be obtained even at Daimaru's level.

The troops directly under the leader of Sunagakure Village are sometimes called Shadow Guards, sometimes called ANBU. Depending on the preferences of each generation of Kage, the essence is similar.

After Luo Sha's death, I'm afraid only a few high-ranking officials know what happened to the Kazekage Guards.

"Why are they here?"

"I am not sure as well!"

Temari had dealt with the Kazekage Guards controlled by Rasa. Kankuro was too young and had no impression, and Gaara didn't care much about it.

The Shadow Guards can only obey Shadow's orders. After Luo Sha's death, those elder advisors have absolutely no prestige to make them surrender, and even their absolute confidant Ma Ji cannot mobilize them.

The only ones who can send out the Shadow Guard are Chiyo and Ebizo.

Daimaru waved his hand to stop the giant desert scorpion and waited quietly for the person to approach.

After a while, six ninjas wearing half masks with their noses and chins exposed appeared in front of them.

The leader has obvious facial lines on his face and neck, and he looks like a puppet master.

"My codename is Viper! Next, you are safe..."

The leader who spoke put his fingers in his mouth, and a long whistle sounded. The scout eagle above his head echoed, conveying the agreed-upon code information to nearby compatriots.

Having such powerful ninja protection is certainly much more reliable than Daimaru and the others being on guard.

"So we feel relieved!"

Daimaru looked in Gaara's direction.

It seems that everyone will benefit from the village's attention to Gaara and enjoy the treatment of a big shot.

Apart from the Jinchūriki, why is it necessary to have a top-notch combat force like the Shadow Guards to protect him?

One of the Shadow Guard members used necromancy to summon a huge raptor that looked like a close relative of the Bald Eagle.

This member jumped on the psychic beast, left at the leader's signal, and disappeared from sight.

Looking at the direction, it should be Sunagakure Village. He must have gone back to report in advance.

"Daimaru..."

The leader Viper looked at the smiling young man with sharp eyes.

"You mentioned in your report that you met Kakuzu who used the secret technique Earth Resentment Yu. Is there any evidence?"

Daimaru nodded and took out a dark blood vessel that still had some vitality.

"This is it?"

Viper took it and looked at it carefully. Apart from its outstanding toughness and weird color, there seemed to be nothing special about it.

Since Kakuzu's defection, the secret technique of "Earth Resentment Yu" has not appeared in the ninja world for decades. Not to mention young ninjas, many older guys no longer know this secret technique.

"It's absolutely true, this is just a very small fragment of his secret technique; and his companions did call him Kakuzu..."

"I will report it for verification!"

Viper took out a test tube, packed the dark blood vessel and put it away.

"If it is really Kakuzu, you are really lucky to be able to come back alive..."

Don’t be fooled by jokes about assassinating the ninja god by throwing kunai from a hundred kilometers away.

When the one-village-one-country system was first established, Taki-nin could be assigned a tailed beast. Even the relatively weak Nanao Shigeaki could reflect the strength of the Taki-nin village from the side.

Kakuzu was sent to assassinate Senju Hashirama. He was definitely not weak in strength. He was also a well-known strong man active in the ninja world in the past. It's just that in that era, there were definitely not just one or two heroes who were suppressed by the light of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, and Kakuzu was the best among them.

If Kakuzu hadn't been mentioned in the information sent back by Daimaru, the village might not have sent out a strong response team.

However, the dispatch of the Shadow Guards really surprised Daimaru.

"After all, it was the Konoha ninja who provoked them. We just happened to have the right moment. As long as we run faster, the enemy will not pursue us..."

"We will thoroughly investigate the cause and effect of this matter, so you should not get involved. The village has not yet reached the point where we need genin and newly promoted chuunin to worry about such a big thing..."

Accidents occasionally happen during missions, and it is not unacceptable to temporarily increase the mission level. However, it is not unacceptable to cooperate with the "Darkness of the Ninja World" and send Gaara, the only remaining trump card of Sunagakure Village, to help Shimura. Danzo taking advantage of the fire, this is definitely not a normal operation.

Anyway, someone is going to have bad luck on this mission.

In addition, being able to bring the team back unscathed in a dangerous moment, regardless of the final mission evaluation, as long as Gaara is fine, Daimaru will be regarded as having made a great contribution.

…

Two days later, the group returned to Sunagakure Village without any danger. After Daimaru handed in the mission report, the lights in the office building of the Kazekage House stayed on all night.

In the cold desert night, the biting north wind whistled through the streets and alleys as usual. Ma Ji and Yu Liang sat side by side on the right side and looked at the anxious compatriots around them.

After reading Daimaru's overly detailed report, the village leaders, who were slightly red-eyed, didn't know where to start.

Yura coughed a few times, and after attracting attention, he said calmly:

"If he hadn't really encountered it, a chuunin wouldn't be able to compile such a record. Therefore, there should be no big problems with this report. As for the details, we will verify them later! The thorny question now is, who asked Gaara went to Sawa Country..."

Yura is in charge of the core defense of Sunagakure Village and the mobilization rights of a large number of middle and lower-level ninjas, but the person in charge of task distribution is Ryusa.

"It's impossible for me to check every detail of every mission. In fact, the two chunin responsible for assigning Gaara the mission that day were all dead..."

"died?"

The others frowned instantly and looked at Longsha strangely.

"It's really not me who kills people and silences them!"

Longsha argued helplessly,

"One of them was a prisoner of war released by Konoha Village. After he came back, he passed the review and was assigned the task of rating and issuing tasks. It has been almost two months. He worked seriously and responsibly, and never made any mistakes; the other died. Chuunin is a newbie with little experience.

Whether it was a mistake due to lack of experience or someone who instigated rebellion, I don’t know. I didn’t even know about such a thing until I received the warning report back..."

Huang Sha, the leader, said seriously:

"Your problem still needs to be investigated in detail. No matter what, the fault of a subordinate who is lax and careless is inevitable. You must be mentally prepared, Long Sha..."

"I see!"

At this point, it is useless to argue.

"As for the matter of pursuing responsibility, we will wait until we consult the two elders before making a final decision..."

Markey said,

"As for the curse ninja who was with Kakuzu and the organization mentioned in the report, as well as the organization with the black red cloud god robe, how should we deal with it? Do we want to issue a reward order?"

Huang Sha shook his head:

"There are people who care more about this organization's information than us. Pass the information to the Leaf Village and see what they do..."

Uchiha Itachi and Inigaki Kisame, who were also dressed in the same costume, attacked Konoha Village and tried to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki. Sunagakure Village knew it.

This time it was the Leaf Village that caused trouble. Since the Suna Ninja had nothing to lose, they could just leave the headache to their allies.

"All the Konoha ninjas are dead, and the Suna ninjas escaped intact. Isn't it bad to tell them?"

Sunagami was a little worried that the Leaf Village would have resentment towards Suna Ninja because of the loss of face.

Marky waved his hand and said disdainfully:

"All the elites under Shimura Danzo are dead. Do you expect the chuunin and genin of Sunagakure Village to earn face for them? Anyway, we are just helpers, and we don't know why they provoke powerful enemies. It has nothing to do with us! Tell the intelligence They have fulfilled their responsibilities as allies..."

Compared with the concerns of the top management, everyone present did not pay much attention to Daimaru's suggestions on task assessment, and Ryuuza agreed with a wave of his hand.

As for the pitch-black blood vessel that Daimaru handed over, no one knew if it was a fragment of Earthly Resentment Yu.

Even Chiyo, when Taki Ninja was so powerful, she was only a teenage girl, and she had never seen what Ji Yu was like.