"Toneri, I hope you can join the Anbu to practice for a while. Konoha is now in the midst of employing people, and I know that your abilities and strength are not what you show now.

Sakumo passed away and I ordered the Anbu to be banned. The ANBU is under great pressure. If possible, the current ANBU is a good development platform for you."

Because of White Fang's death, although Sarutobi Hiruzen stabilized his position as Hokage, he also lost a lot of people's hearts because of it. This was something he urgently needed to regain at this moment.

As for Toneri, who is the second-tailed Jinchuuriki and possesses considerable strength, he is definitely someone he needs to win over.

If the Anbu is really banned as he said, then the pressure on the Anbu will indeed increase greatly.

"good!"

After only a moment of hesitation, Toneri agreed to Sarutobi Hiruzen's seemingly request-like proposal.

ANBU is indeed a very experienced place.

And he really needs to stay hidden in Konoha for a while now.

In the open, he has a lot of black technology and trump cards that he cannot show, but if he hides them in the dark, he can be much more at ease.

In a short period of time, his strength improvement will also enter a short bottleneck period. The only advantage may be his age, and what he needs is to smoothly spend this period of development.

"But I don't like teaming up with others. I hope I can join ANBU as a solo player."

Regarding this point, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not hesitate at all, "Okay! You can form a team alone, and I promise you to be directly responsible to me, and you only need to accept my orders and tasks."

As he said that, he took out a brand new ANBU costume and a white cat face mask without any patterns from the drawer of his desk.

Toneri took the clothes and left directly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen put the pipe back into his mouth again, stood up and came to the window, looked up at the blue sky and white clouds and murmured in a low voice, "Sure enough... are you old?"

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Time flies by like a white horse.

One and a half years have passed in a blink of an eye while busy.

Sheren has grown from a young boy of about 1.7 meters to a tall young man of 1.8 meters.

The country of wind.

The sky is full of wind and sand, and the visibility is very low. You can only see a few meters away. The fierce wind and sand slap on people's bodies, which will make people feel the sting obviously.

A young man wearing a white cat-face mask slowly stepped out of the wind and sand.

The man was tall and slender, wearing a black suit with a short knife hanging from his waist. Behind the mask, his long black hair looked slightly embarrassed after walking out of the wind and sand.

This person stayed in a desert oasis, bowed his head slightly, and stared at the ripples on the oasis or the central lake. There was a hint of indifference in the eyes revealed by the mask.

snap...

The slight sound of dead trees breaking came from the woods beside the lake, and a vague figure appeared in the woods through the wind and sand. After a slight hesitation, it walked towards the man wearing the mask.

As the distance got closer, the figure gradually emerged. It was a slightly thin young man with short brown hair, wearing a black ninja uniform and mesh underwear. There were obvious marks on his eye sockets.

A circle of obvious black eye sockets.

The man wore a ninja forehead protector from Sunagakure Village on his forehead, and had an obvious ninja tool bag on his waist, with a solemn look on his face.

This person is known to Toneri, the most powerful rising star of the younger generation in Sunagakure Village, and one of the contagions of the Third Kazekage, Rasa!

It was the man who personally killed Kato Dan, the fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure Village in the future, the next One-Tail Jinchuuriki and the father of Gaara, the fifth Kazekage. The man who just met him would make Toneri couldn't help but think about it.

A man with murderous intentions.

"Konoha Aangmao!"

Luo Sha stood on the other side of the Oasis Lake, staring coldly at the Konoha ANBU ninja wearing a white cat face mask, and revealed his identity.

Aangmao is the codename used by Toneri after he promised Hiruzen Sarutobi to join Konoha ANBU.

In order to distinguish him from Genbu and to prevent others from knowing his true identity, he used the codename Cang Mao.

In the past year and a half, Toneri used this identity and code name to operate throughout the entire ninja world. Because of his powerful strength, flexible body skills, and mysterious sword skills, he also made great achievements in the entire ninja world.

A small name.

Anyone who pays attention to Konoha knows that after the death of White Fang, another powerful sword ninja appeared in Konoha, and like White Fang, he had roots in the ANBU of Konoha, so many people felt that this

It is very possible that Aangmao is a direct subordinate left by White Fang in Konoha Anbu.

Just because his sword skills were very different from White Fang's, no one thought Cang Mao was White Fang's disciple.

But whether it's White Fang's remaining reputation in the ninja world or his own strength, he has gained quite a reputation in the entire ninja world.

So even Luo Sha, who had a high status in Sand Hidden Village, recognized him at a glance.

Toneri's mission this time was the same as usual, and it was also a mission assigned by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Staring coldly at Luo Sha in front of him, Shiren really had an uncontrollable murderous intention in his heart, but he still endured it.

He said calmly: "I'm here to receive the share of Konoha for this half year."

Because during the last chuunin exam in the Land of Rain, Sunagakure Village and Konoha failed in their bet and signed an unequal treaty. According to the content of the treaty, Sunagakure Village needs to hide its village in the next five years.

Twenty percent of the received mission share will be allocated to Konoha.

Toneri's task today is to get back Konoha's share for the next six months.

The person he was dealing with was Rasa, a close disciple of the Third Kazekage, and also trusted by the two elders of Sunagakure Village, Chiyo and Ebizo.

Luo Sha took out a scroll from the ninja tool bag on her waist, spread it flat in front of Toneri in the palm of her hand, and said with a hint of joking: "Here's the thing, let's see if you can get it!"

Shiren's cold eyes suddenly condensed, and his figure suddenly disappeared.

The next second, he appeared behind Luo Sha, and the sharp tip of the circular dance blade pierced Luo Sha's heart.

Clang!

The moment Toneri disappeared, Rasa responded. The kunai she held in her hand turned around and intercepted the tip of Toneri's round dance blade.

Toneri looked slightly surprised, because the kunai Luosha was holding in his hand was not an ordinary kunai, but a shiny gold kunai with a golden light.

Through the holes in the mask, Luo Sha saw the surprise flashing across Toneri's eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"I heard that Cangmao possesses a very sharp short sword that ordinary kunai cannot compete with. Of course I need to be prepared."

This golden kunai was undoubtedly condensed by Luo Sha using his magnetic escape to dig out the golden sand. Because it contains a large amount of chakra, it cannot be cut off so easily.

And even if some marks are left on it, Luo Sha's ability can repair it completely immediately.

This is a desert, a paradise for ninjas like him who are extremely good at sand manipulation.

However, after the surprise passed, Toneri, who was hidden under the mask, unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"If you resist, it depends on the circumstances!"

Sizzling...

The sound of thunder rose up and emerged from Toneri's body, and instantly wrapped around the short sword. Not only that, the circular dance blade that originally reflected the metallic luster emitted a dazzling blue-white light from the blade in an instant.

In Luo Sha's horrified eyes, the circular dance blade pierced the golden kunai in Luo Sha's hand and sank straight into Luo Sha's body.

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Chapter completed!