The situation in the Country of Waves is complicated and it is by no means a good place.

Even if a ninja like him accidentally gets involved, accidents may happen.

Although Deidara's strength is good, this personality can easily be exploited by the enemy and fall into the enemy's trap.

Therefore, Xie turned his eyes to Nagato and said, "I need information about Chiba Kazuhime."

Although capturing the tailed beast does not necessarily require a conflict with the ninjas of the Demon Country, Scorpion will not underestimate this mission just in case.

He has already seen the strength of Hyuga Ayane. Uchiha Ruri, who is as famous as her, once killed thousands of ninjas in Sunagakure Village by one person, so he must not be a kind person.

Kazuhime Chiba, who inherited the bloodline of the Uchiha clan, naturally needs to be taken seriously.

Nagato shook his head and said: "We haven't collected much information about the other party. In short, it's better to be careful."

Itachi, who was silent on the side, suddenly said: "Be careful about the noise she makes."

"sound?"

Scorpion looked at Weasel.

Itachi seemed to be recalling something, and then replied: "She will use sound to create illusions. Before fighting her, you can block your hearing in advance. Or, you can use the loud noise of explosives to detonate to cover up the sound she makes."

After saying that, Itachi looked at Deidara, and the last piece of advice was for him.

Deidara was once defeated by his Sharingan genjutsu, but this does not mean that Deidara is weak. It is just that the opponent does not understand the characteristics of the Sharingan and will be easily captured by the Sharingan.

In this regard, Orochimaru, who was confident and stared at his Sharingan for a long time, also suffered a loss.

As for dealing with sound illusions, Deidara's explosive ninjutsu may be the key to dealing with sound illusions. It depends on whether the opponent can grasp it this time.

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The meeting lasted less than ten minutes and ended.

In the tea room, Kisame released his hands from the seal, shrugged his shoulders, moved his body that was not very stiff, stood up from the cushion, and said to Itachi: "It seems that this time we are going to do something serious. I hope Scorpion and the others will do it."

The side mission will go well."

Itachi was not optimistic about this and said: "Not necessarily. It would be fine if there is no conflict with the Kingdom of Ghosts. Once a conflict occurs, it is difficult to predict the direction in which things will evolve."

"That Chiba Kazuhime... do you know him?"

Kisame raised his eyebrows.

"I briefly met her once when I was taking the Chuunin Exams, and I accidentally fell into her genjutsu. As for my strength, it's hard to say now. Over the years, I think I have become stronger."

Itachi guessed with an uncertain tone.

He didn't know how much the opponent's strength had grown after so many years.

But one thing is for sure, being able to be sent to the Country of Waves by the high-level officials of the Country of Ghosts, and even acting openly and openly under the eyes of the Country of Fire without the slightest hint of cowardice, shows that his strength cannot be underestimated.

"Then I can only be glad that the two of them didn't have to conflict with the people from the Kingdom of Demons when they were capturing the Jinchuuriki."

Kisame chuckled, with no worry on his face.

When it comes to caring about the safety of his companions, Kisame doesn't hold this kind of sentiment.

The ninjas who joined this organization were all rebellious ninjas who betrayed the village and gathered together for various purposes.

Itachi seemed to acquiesce in Kisame's attitude. The reason why he told Scorpion and Deidara this information was to use the two of them to test Chiba Kazuhime's strength.

However, it ultimately depends on whether the two sides can conflict.

After all, the 'peace' agreement between Akatsuki and the Demon Country still has some time to go before it expires.

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The fact that Sasuke entered the Intelligence Department to investigate the information was immediately obtained by Hiruzen.

The Intelligence Department, like the Anbu, is a special department directly under the Hokage. Any troubles cannot be hidden from Hiruzen's eyes.

"Sasuke, this kid is even better than I thought."

After learning what happened from Kakashi, Hiruzen sighed like this after taking a puff of his cigarette.

Not only is he excellent in strength, he is also quite flexible in mind. As long as such a talent does not die young, he will definitely become famous in the future.

"After all, the flaws in Naruto's body are a bit too big. As long as you pay a little attention, you can find something abnormal."

Standing in front of Hiruzen, Kakashi nodded.

The abnormality in Naruto is not necessarily entirely due to his parents, but also related to his status as a jinchuriki.

When it comes to tailed beasts, this kind of thing is no longer top-secret information that Sasuke can know now.

Hiruzen agreed with Kakashi's view. When it came to dealing with Naruto's graduation, he did leave a bit of a handle. Any jounin with a little bit of brain would be able to detect the truth, but this kind of thing didn't happen.

It needs to be discussed on the table.

When it comes to tailed beasts, most jounin are unable to handle it.

This is why Hiruzen asked Kakashi to serve as the instructor of the seventh team.

From this point of view, Sasuke and Sakura are incidental products, not the main thing.

Because Naruto is far more important than Sasuke and Sakura.

"Hokage-sama, what are you going to do next?"

Kakashi asked Hiruzen what he thought.

After searching for Naruto's true identity, he also came into contact with the large-scale defection incident of the Uchiha clan in the past. To be honest, Sasuke must have had different thoughts from it.

The other party's demand for the truth will inevitably drive his curiosity until he searches for the so-called truth.

Hiruzen pondered for a moment. Although Sasuke's curiosity was a little too great, whether it was searching for Naruto's identity or the defection of the Uchiha clan in the early stages of the Third Ninja War, it was not a big deal for Sasuke to learn about it.

As long as Sasuke does not touch the Uchiha clan's genocide four years ago, Hiruzen does not need to worry about Sasuke's loyalty.

The important thing is that Sasuke will definitely go to find the truth and interact with the Uchiha ninjas of the Kingdom of Demons.

The murderer of the Uchiha genocide was Itachi, and Itachi only had to bite him to death. No matter how the people from the Demon Country tried to trick Sasuke, Sasuke would not be gullible.

Hiruzen did not want people of Sasuke's generation to bear the cruelty of the previous generation's political struggles.

The truth about the Uchiha genocide will always be lost in darkness, which is the best outcome for Konoha and Sasuke.

"Let him go. It doesn't hurt to reveal some things to him when necessary. Since Sasuke and Naruto are in the same team, they will definitely notice the power of the tailed beast in Naruto in the future. Blindly hiding it, maybe it will

bad thing."

Hiruzen expressed his opinion.

He sincerely hoped that Sasuke could completely integrate into Konoha under the guidance of Kakashi and form a new Konoha Uchiha clan with him as the core.

Now, compared to Sasuke, the last descendant of the Uchiha clan, the Hyuga clan, who is in contact with the roots, may actually be the key to the problem.

I just hope that the Nizu side can find out the branch family members who are conspiring with the roots as soon as possible. Otherwise, if things break out, there may be new turmoil within Konoha.

Because of the conflicts within Konoha, a fight will begin over the selection of the Fifth Hokage.

Danzo has been waiting for so many years, and he will definitely not be willing to hand over the position of Hokage to others, because if he loses this opportunity, he will not have another chance to make a comeback and become Hokage.

Looking at his best friend getting further and further away from him, Hiruzen sighed in his heart.

The conflicts within the village have been taking root and growing in Konoha since he became the Third Hokage.

He somewhat regretted letting Danzo set up his own branch and establish an even darker branch within the ANBU.

Without his acquiescence, the power within Konoha would not be so divided now, allowing the people of Oni Country and Orochimaru to take advantage of it.

But now it's too late to regret, so we can only try our best to save the mistakes we made.

"I understand. If he asks me again, I will tell him some things."

Kakashi nodded.

"That's good. There's no need to be too anxious. It doesn't matter if you take it a little slower. Speaking of this, are there any signs of Sasuke's Sharingan awakening?"

Hiruzen felt that Sasuke lacked everything now, he had both strength and brains, but he lacked only a pair of Sharingan.

Once the Sharingan is awakened, Sasuke's strength will immediately increase exponentially.

This is the power of the blood inheritance limit.

It is a powerful ability that countless ninjas in the ninja world dream of.

Especially when ninjas with blood inheritance boundaries can continue their bloodline as a family, compared to secret arts families whose ninjutsu may be stolen, blood inheritance boundaries are more difficult to be captured by outsiders, which will create a very terrifying foundation.

Genbu spent a lot of time and energy in order to create the Wood Release Ninja, but in the end, only Tenzo became a successful example.

Compared with the blood succession limit that can rely on blood to continue, the artificial blood succession limit technology is too difficult.

So far, I have never heard of any ninja village that can mass-produce blood to succeed the limit ninja.

"Based on the current situation, Sasuke has no signs of opening his Sharingan. It may be because of the lack of real fighting."

Kakashi replied.

Hiruzen did not doubt Kakashi's words. Itachi had the same reason when he awakened the Sharingan.

Under the protection of Konoha, it was difficult for Itachi to be exposed to real battles, so before going out to perform missions, there was no sign of the Sharingan awakening.
To be continued...