"If you continue to monitor me, no one will have to come back?

Huh! What a loud tone!" After Danzo knew what the root ninja had said, he snorted coldly. He was very dissatisfied with Toneri's tyrannical tone.

Now he began to regret a little, why he had only given Toneri the "Seal of the Tongue to Eradicate Disasters", a curse seal that could not be used in any way except through words.

You should directly set several spells on Toner's heart that could kill him at any time.

"Lord Danzo..."

"Let all surveillance come back for the time being. As long as he is here, you are no match for him, but he cannot always stay in Konoha and guard him for the rest of his life.

The angrier he is now, the more it shows how much he values ​​that girl.

I thought you had no weaknesses, isn’t this his weakness?”

Danzo sneered, seeing very clearly what Toneri had implicitly shown in this matter.

"yes!"

After answering, the root ninja left directly.

"Let you be arrogant for a while longer, and next time... it won't be that simple. I want you to be the sharpest knife in my hand and a stepping stone on my road to Hokage..."

...

"Hiruzen, for this mission, I need high-end combat support." Danzo came to Sarutobi Hiruzen's office and made a request to him directly.

"Huh? Can't even your ninja roots handle it?" Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was immersed in his work, raised his head and looked at him.

This time's request seemed a bit inexplicable to him. Danzo's mission was just to contact the Third Tsuchikage Two Scales Ohnoki, and it was not to fight the Iwagakure Village.

"I encountered some situations and an enemy with unpredictable strength appeared. I need someone with sufficient strength as a guarantee." Danzo's expression did not change.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know much about the mission, but out of trust in Danzo, he nodded and said, "Who do you want?"

"Sacrifice others."

"impossible!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen refused directly. He knew the relationship between Danzo and Toneri best. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the two were incompatible. Did he want mission support?

It seems that he is looking for an opportunity to attack Toneri, right?

The worst thing is to take this opportunity to find some excuse or some shortcomings in him.

"Hiruzhan, I know what you are thinking.

In your mind, I am such a person who ignores the overall situation for personal grudges? You have to know that no matter what I do, it is all for Konoha!" Danzo said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent.

After a long time, he finally said: "Why? Give me a reasonable reason."

Knowing that Sarutobi Hiruzen would ask this question, Danzo had already thought of his words.

"This mission is in the Kingdom of Rain. I planned to start from the Kingdom of Rain to put pressure on the Kingdom of Earth and Iwagakure Village. However, during the mission in the Kingdom of Rain, the roots were intercepted by a mysterious organization and almost the entire army was wiped out.

In the last information passed back, we suspect that the other party has a shadow-level powerhouse!"

After listening to Danzo's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression became ugly.

The root ninjas suffered heavy losses, and they were also Konoha ninjas.

"My plan is just short of the last few steps, and I can't let all my efforts go to waste, so even if there is a conflict between me and Shiren, it won't happen on such an important matter, and I believe the same will happen to him.

Moreover, he is currently the Kage-level expert who knows the most about the Rain Country in Konoha, and he is also the most suitable person for this task."

Sarutobi Hiruzen must admit that Danzo's words are quite reasonable.

"Minato...can't you?"

However, he still felt that the combination of Danzo and Sheren was unreliable.

"I'm afraid not. Namikaze Minato's ability makes him suitable for acting alone, and in terms of understanding of the Rain Country, no one should be as good as Toneri."

He pondered again, Sarutobi Hiruzen was still troubled in his heart.

In the end, he still chose to trust Danzo, his companion who had worked with him for so many years.

"Okay! I hope I can see the results I want to see!"

After saying that, Sarutobi Hiruzen wrote a scroll and gave it to Danzo. This was his Hokage mission, and the content was to ask Toneri to cooperate with Danzo in completing the mission.

After taking the scroll, Danzo turned around and left, a coldness flashing deep in his eyes.

...

Toneri, who was teaching two young disciples in the training ground, suddenly had a cold expression.

"You're really looking for death!"

As the words fell, in the eyes of Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, their teacher suddenly disappeared in the middle of his words. Even Shisui, who was also good at speed, could not see clearly how he disappeared.

"So fast!" Shisui's eyes were filled with sparkle. He thought that speed was what he was good at, but he didn't expect that he couldn't catch Toneri's movements.

Itachi on the side also nodded. At a young age, he had already classified people like Toneri as a strong person in his heart. Compared with him, his father seemed to be a little inferior.

If Uchiha Fugaku knew Itachi's true thoughts at this time, I wonder if he would regret letting Itachi become Toneri's disciple.

In the woods, the round dance blade held in the backhand was placed on the neck of a root ninja. The root ninja was stiff all over. Feeling the sharpness of the round dance blade, he did not dare to move. The skin on his neck was clear every step.

Goosebumps stood up.

"Better give me a proper reason, otherwise..."

The root ninja immediately handed a scroll to Toneri, "Mission..."

Seeing this scroll, Toneri frowned subconsciously. His hand holding the round dance blade did not change, and he took the scroll with his left hand. With a slight shake, the scroll unfolded and the contents were presented in front of him.

Seeing the content in the scroll, Toneri's expression became a little exciting. It couldn't be said to be good-looking or ugly, but it was very strange.

"Let's go." He waved his hand calmly and put the scroll away.

The Root Ninja was stunned for a while before slowly disappearing into the woods.

When Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi saw Toneri coming back, they both stepped forward to greet him.

"teacher."

A slightly apologetic expression appeared on Toneri's face, "Sorry, the teacher has a mission and needs to leave again."

"It's okay, teacher, your task is the most important!" Shisui said very sensibly.

"Yeah!" Itachi couldn't say it as well as Shisui, but he nodded firmly.

Toneri smiled and rubbed the heads of the two little guys, "Shisui and Itachi, let's practice. When I come back, I will take you to eat three-color meatballs."

After saying that, Shiren waved his hands and turned to leave, and a few of them disappeared from their sight.

Looking at Toneri leaving, Shisui couldn't help but sigh: "Teacher Toneri, you are really gentle..."

Itachi beside him nodded empathetically.

...

Arriving at the exit of the root's special passage, Danzo was already waiting here with dozens of root elites.

Seeing Toneri's arrival, Danzo didn't say anything, but a Nebe ninja stepped forward and handed Toneri a white cat-face mask, which was exactly the mask he once wore when doing tasks in the Nebe.

She didn't reject anyone, and skillfully put the mask on her head.

Seeing that Toneri, who was waiting at the end, had also arrived, Danzo no longer hesitated, and took the lead to leave Konoha through the special passage with the root elites, without any intention of explaining to Toneri.

It is relatively rare for Danzo to personally lead a team on a mission as the leader of the root, but this also shows the importance of this mission.

Toneri, who was following the entire team, could also clearly sense that the elites at the root of this mission were not weak in strength. The weakest one should have the strength of an ordinary jounin, and the strongest one should be somewhere between elite jounin and shadow level.

between.

This is also the top power among the roots.

It seems that Danzo is spending a lot of money this time.

The people who carried out this mission were all elites, and having sufficient physical strength was just the basis. They traveled quickly and seldom stopped to rest. It didn't take long to successfully reach the border of the Kingdom of Rain.

Without any contact with the Konoha ninja army where Orochimaru was, they galloped directly into the Rain Country.

Stepping into the land of rain again, the rainy weather and the continuous raindrops are the familiar feeling that comes from the instinct of the body.

Danzo was right, Toneri was indeed very familiar with the Land of Rain, more familiar than he thought, and not just because he had stayed in the Land of Rain for a while and carried out several missions.

The main reason is actually because of the existence of the Akatsuki organization, or more simply, the "Reincarnation Eye".

Because of the Akatsuki organization and the Samsara Eye, Toneri's attention to the Kingdom of Rain has never diminished, and he even investigates the situation of the Akatsuki organization at any time.

Today's Akatsuki organization has grown to such an extent that even Danzo, the leader of Konoha's roots, has to pay attention to it.

No one could have imagined that the three orphans from the Land of Rain who were accepted as disciples by Jiraiya could grow to where they are today.

Fighting for peace, gathering together for peace, this is what Akatsuki, an unknown small force will look like after it grows up.

Perhaps at the beginning, some ninjas joined Akatsuki just because their three leaders were strong enough, but now, it is purely because of the concept of "peace".

The growth of Akatsuki has naturally become a thorn in the side of some people, including Danzo Shimura and Hanzo Sanhoo, the leader of Kirigakure Village.
To be continued...