"The book is gone???"
Jiraiya's eyes widened and his mind went blank.
He worked so hard, forgetting to eat and sleep every day to sign the five hundred books???
"Do you know how many books that is? Do you understand how much area it occupies?!"
Five hundred books, even if they fell into the water, there would be a splash, right? If they swelled, the entire surface of the water would be paper, right?
You told me it's all gone?
"I know, but it's all gone."
Pharmacist Dou pushed his glasses and said considerately:
"The bookseller has already hired ninjas to investigate, so don't worry."
This matter is outrageous.
Because of the good confidentiality, except for the relevant personnel, even the people of Konoha did not know that the truckload of goods was "Young Heroes". Even when entering the bookseller's warehouse, no one knew that the truckload was the "priceless signed edition of "Young Heroes".
However, by the time the bookseller had checked and had a midnight snack, the book had disappeared.
A mountain of five hundred books, just like that, gone.
It's not that there are no books left, but that not even a piece of paper is left.
And what's even more bizarre is.
"According to the investigation of the ninjas who were urgently called back, there are traces of intrusion at the scene... There may be more than one group of people."
Yakushi Kabuto also thought that this result sounded outrageous.
On the one hand, how did these people know the news? On the other hand, even if there were autographs from the author, there were only 500 books, right?
Could it be that two groups of forces would launch an attack?
If there are any special requirements, can't such a powerful force directly go to the bookseller or Yu Yue Store to "customize" it?
Of course, whether this side is willing to give or not customize is another matter.
But stealing books is too weird.
Kabuto Yakushi explained a lot, but to Jiraiya, he only heard the key points.
'The book he had worked so hard to sign was gone.'
"Two groups of people stole it."
"These two bad guys destroyed all the hard work he had put in during this period."
After further contact, if these 500 books cannot be found, he will have to sign another 500.
If the culprits are not found, the 500 signed books might also be stolen. By then, we will have to buy 500 new books... No, according to Miss Yu Yue's habit, maybe this time...
That would be a thousand copies.
Take out five hundred books as bait, and keep another five hundred just in case.
This cycle continues endlessly.
——That won’t work.
Jiraiya slammed the table and stood up. The man who was caught for peeping at a woman bathing, and then arrested for running away and causing big trouble, finally showed the fierce momentum of the "Three Ninjas of Konoha".
"I'll check this out!"
Are you kidding? This is his hard work. If he doesn’t check it, who will?
No one else, no matter who they are, will care as much as I do.
Besides, are those young people as experienced as I am?
Even if they are really experienced, can they be as strong as I am!
Of course not!
So here he comes!
In this regard, no one knows how to search better than him!
So Jiraiya quickly volunteered to join the search team and urgently began searching for the missing books - it had to be urgent, if he really couldn't find them, wouldn't he have to sign another 500 books?
When Ugetsu heard what Jiraiya wanted to investigate, she nodded.
Indeed, as the most concerned ninja, Jiraiya would definitely use 120% of his energy to investigate.
After all, this is his hard work.
If he can't find it back, he will have to sign it again.
But for Yu Yue, this matter was extremely bizarre from beginning to end.
Not to mention that Yu Yue and the bookseller had not told anyone about the event - these 500 signed books were originally intended to be distributed for use in future raffles.
It is also shipped to the bookseller first to facilitate subsequent distribution and scheduling.
However, when and how this event will be held are still under discussion.
After all, it is the most popular novel at the moment, and all parties want to get more for themselves. If the distribution is not done properly, there may be internal fighting.
If you are targeting their business, shouldn't you wait until the event is finalized before taking action?
In that case, we would be in a real dilemma.
It’s hard to explain to anyone.
But if they weren't eyeing their own business...it couldn't have been stolen by a crazy fan passing by, right?
But no matter how enthusiastic you are, you can't take everything away at once, right?
That’s five hundred books.
Ugetsu pinched the bridge of her nose.
But in general, rather than being angry, I feel
Score.
I was so angry that I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Of course, it’s not true to say that I’m not worried at all.
Yu Yue is still worried that some ignorant people will sell these books on the market at the original price or at a low price.
If you want to equate rarity with expensiveness, you have to ensure its scarcity and value.
If such a batch of signed books suddenly flow into the market at a low price, it would be difficult to raise the price in the future.
So we have to have people keep an eye on the second-hand market and the like to see if we can find any clues.
But all we need to do is give the publisher a heads up and ask him to arrange someone to keep an eye on it.
Other than that... as a normal person, she really couldn't understand the thinking of people in the ninja world.
But as the saying goes, "Misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise." As long as you deal with it properly, it is not entirely a bad thing.
Maybe the young hero's chance to contribute to the world lies right here.
She thought about it again and again and felt that she couldn't miss this alternative "God-given opportunity".
So she waved to Uchiha Shisui.
Seeing this, the curly-haired boy didn't ask anything and bent over.
“You’re…”
Ugetsu whispered something, and Uchiha Shisui nodded after listening, and as usual, he quietly completed the task assigned to him by Ugetsu.
Do everything you can to make up for any losses that may have been incurred.
On the other side, Jiraiya also led the team to search.
There are few traces of the scene.
At first glance, it was obviously done by professionals like Ninja.
And to be able to complete such a large-scale transfer so quickly, the person who did it must not be an ordinary ninja.
Only the elites among the ninjas could achieve their goals so stealthily.
But this is weird again.
Jiraiya stroked his chin in thought.
These books may be really valuable.
But after all, it is just a book that can be reprinted and signed, and it is far from enough to allow elite ninjas to take action.
Unless someone paid a lot of money to commission it, it would feel like you spent a million dollars in a sane state to do something that was only worth a hundred thousand.
After all, a mission that requires the elite among the ninjas - the jonin and special jonin - would have to start at least at B level.
And then again, you have enough money to buy all these books, so why choose to steal?
Based on Jiraiya's understanding of Ugetsu, this kind of big life
There is no reason for her to refuse. Maybe there will be some other gifts included to make people feel that it is worth the money.
Jiraiya felt that Ugetsu could definitely do it.
The more he and other Konoha ninjas who came here investigated, the more they felt that the matter was full of doubts.
First of all, this amount of loss obviously cannot make up for the commission fee.
Add to that this inexplicable "second party force" - what? Can there be two groups of people hiring two groups of people to steal the books?
Not to mention how the two groups of people could have learned the information almost at the same time and appeared in time... How come I didn't know that my signature could be worth this much! ?
The more Jiraiya investigated, the more outrageous it seemed.
Just ask him for an autograph, how could he refuse to give it? Not to mention the time when they didn't cooperate before, several ninja villages are still cooperating now.
What's the point?
Okay, let’s not consider that.
Just speculate using the process of elimination.
Let’s not talk about the Sand Village for now, it was already an ally of Konoha with whom they had already reached an agreement.
They are already busy receiving tourists and transporting goods, so they will definitely not take on such a job that is not worth the cost.
After all, it is of no benefit to the Sand Village. Not only will it affect the relationship with the alliance, but it will also create enmity with their closest partner, the Sand Village's God of Wealth, Ugetsu.
As far as he knew, the Sand Village was currently too busy worshipping Ugetsu. If it weren't for the cooperation with Konoha and Ugetsu's own wishes, they would have been eager to invite Ugetsu to live in the Sand Village permanently.
They would never do such a stupid thing.
The Iwagakure Village and the Kirigakure Village have also recently gained a lot of benefits from the cooperation between Konoha and the Sand Village.
There is also no reason to take this job.
Even if such a thing really happened, they should have notified Konoha to clear themselves of suspicion.
But, nothing happened.
No news, no signs.
Everything was there in the warehouse except these books.
As for the rest...
Assuming one side is the Hidden Cloud Village, there is also another force.
Which ninja village?
The Hidden Grass Village? The Hidden Rain Village?
Or is he a wandering Jonin-level rebel ninja?
Because things are too strange, it is impossible to infer them using normal methods.
"Reporting to Master Jiraiya, there are no traces here."
"Master Jiraiya, I don't have any here!"
The Konoha ninjas who came together were all good at tracking and investigating. Except for Jiraiya who stayed behind to investigate the scene, the others investigated in several directions around, looking for traces of these invading ninjas.
Whatever exists will leave traces.
Even if you just pass by, you will definitely leave traces on the road, treetops, and waterside.
All the ninjas have to do is to follow these clues and find traces of the group of thieving ninjas.
"The bugs said they found traces. Although they are not sure if they are related, they found traces of a fight."
A ninja from the Aburame clan suddenly spoke up.
Jiraiya immediately perked up.
"Okay! Let's go!"
He wanted to see which ninja dared to intercept Jiraiya's autographed book!
The group rushed in the direction given by the insect from the Aburame family, left the city, and came to the forest a few kilometers away.
This place is far away from the city and sparsely populated. It is indeed a place where even if there is a robbery, it will not be noticed.
The crime scene was near a cave. I wonder if they originally intended to hide the book there.
However, at this time, the cave and the open space outside the cave were full of traces of fighting and were in a mess.
There are traces of burning flames and traces of water rushing by.
Or perhaps it was the mud left behind by the earth-style ninjutsu.
Of course, there is also blood.
It's just that because they are all mixed together, it is difficult to find traces that can definitely prove their identity.
"There's more than one ninja involved on both sides."
All people can determine is that there must have been a fierce battle between many ninjas here.
"Adding the two sides together, there should be at least two teams."
Even if we calculate based on the minimum team size of three people, there would still be six people on both sides in total.
The ninja who was investigating the traces frowned.
"Can you tell his origin?"
"If I have to say, it should be mainly fire and water jutsu."
The ninja frowned.
"But it does not rule out the possibility that these ninjas deliberately used these ninjutsu to mislead us."
Although the basic attribute ninjutsu has already been spread in various ninja villages.
But some traditional ideas still exist.
For example, Konoha ninjas are good at fire escape, while Kirigakure ninjas are good at water escape.
A lot.
In addition, there are also earth escape techniques from the Hidden Rock Village and sand escape techniques from the Hidden Sand Village...
They are all signs.
When people see corresponding ninjutsu, they will still first suspect the corresponding ninja village.
Jiraiya also agreed with this conjecture.
What else?
Could it be that the ninjas of Konoha intercepted his own books and fought with outsiders?
This is not a disease.
Jiraiya was the first to eliminate an option.
The Hidden Mist Village is not impossible.
After all, although the two sides have had some cooperation, the Hidden Mist Village has always been mysterious, and it was also hostile to Konoha in the previous three Ninja World Wars.
It's not surprising that he would suddenly pretend to obey but actually go against his will.
If the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village are not among the other participants, then the Mist Village and the Kumogakure Village are currently the two biggest suspects - other small ninja villages are not impossible.
But in comparison, if there is not enough benefit, they probably won't confront the big ninja village.
Especially since the war had just ended, even if they wanted to take action, they would probably be hesitant.
"Continue to search the area."
Since there are only traces of fighting but no traces of burning books or corpses, it proves that although a battle took place here, it is not the final destination.
——We have to continue tracking.
"Yes! Master Jiraiya!"
After hearing Jiraiya's words, the ninjas scattered and continued to track in different directions.
Jiraiya, who stayed behind, squatted down and carefully examined the remaining traces.
Don't miss a single bit.
At the same time, I was thinking hard in my mind.
Whose source of income did Miss Yu Yue become, so she is here to take revenge?
Or is there anyone who doesn't want to see this book published?
Although "Young Heroes" is a story about ninjas, according to Miss Ugetsu's requirements, it has become completely disconnected from real ninjas.
It's just a simple story.
Neither the daimyo nor the nobles expressed any objection to this.
As he thought, he turned over the carbonized soil and rock fragments crushed by water.
Try to find the key evidence from it.
However, nothing was found except for some featureless fragments of ninja tools.
He thought for a moment and chose to collect the fragments whose original shapes could not be identified.
Anyway,
It's evidence.
Zilai would never give up until the book was found.
Even if he had to go through fire and water, he would definitely catch these book thieves and grind them to ashes!
No, he wanted to hand these people over to Orochimaru, and let Orochimaru use his methods to make them regret doing this!
——For the first time in his life, Jiraiya somewhat agreed with Orochimaru's methods.
Although there are some errors in both the starting point and the purpose.
But it doesn’t matter, the result is good enough.
Although the theft of 500 signed books made Jiraiya furious, he was determined to form a team to find the books and the thieves even at his own expense.
But in fact, for the Ninja Village, this is not a big deal worthy of attention.
Just as Jiraiya thought.
Books can always be reprinted, and all you have to do is sign them again.
However, in the eyes of the majority of readers and book fans, this is not the case at all.
——Someone actually stole the autographed book that might have originally belonged to him!
Signature!
That is a family heirloom that must be passed down to the family!
So word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.
Book fans everywhere know about it.
It is no longer a matter of events that might otherwise have to be postponed or even cancelled.
But!
Their heirloom is gone!
How can you tolerate this?
As a result, readers of all genders and ages took spontaneous action.
Start the investigation in an organized and disciplined manner.
Those who have no money can contribute their labor.
If you have money, just pool it together and go to the Ninja Village to place a commission.
At first, someone just went to the Ninja Village to try to issue a D-level mission.
But as the number of people increases, the money raised is enough for C or even B level.
Even when wealthy businessmen and nobles joined in.
Things are completely different.
He received more and more commissions, and was even summoned for questioning by great nobles.
The shadows in each village are all confused.
No, isn't it just a book that was lost?
Shouldn't it be just the authors and booksellers who are anxious?
However, in reality, apart from Jiraiya, the people who were most unhappy were these nobles and wealthy businessmen.
Although they may not have watched Young Heroes, they are aristocrats and wealthy families.
Shouldn't they have a share of the best things?
If everyone is competing together, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have the skills and don’t get it.
After all, each family has different backgrounds, so there is no need to spend all your money on a book that has nothing special except for its collection value.
But it is intolerable that something that "should belong to them" was stolen by shameless and hateful thieves.
This is a naked provocation!
It is an act of contempt for these powerful people.
This is intolerable.
That's why they all turned to the ninja to "avenge their shame" and let the hateful book thief know how powerful they are.
If we could demonstrate the strength of our country's ninjas at the same time - for example, by retrieving the book first, that would be great.
But it doesn’t matter if it can’t be shown. As long as the book and the murderer are caught and their grievances are washed away, that will be enough.
What?
Maybe the ninja village in our own country took on this task?
That's not possible!
How could a ninja village in one's own country undertake such an unethical task?
Impossible.
It must be a despicable out-of-town ninja!
This time we will definitely catch him and bring him to justice!
The honest ninjas certainly didn't understand the nobles' complicated mental journey, but since the nobles had asked them questions, the ninja village couldn't pretend to be ignorant, so they had to organize investigation teams to search for the missing 500 signed books and hunt down these hateful "book thieves".
The actors who were caught and scolded for no reason were also furious.
——Which village’s ninja took on this mission? Don’t let them catch them, or they’ll be doomed!
The result was the birth of a 'Book Search Alliance' unprecedented in the history of ninjas.
Everyone has received a mission, so naturally they have to communicate with each other - the main hope is to find the real 'criminal'.
"We are all ninjas. If you accept this job, just give up immediately. We will not ask any questions. As long as the book is fine, we can just say that the person has been killed without a burial place and let this matter go."
"But if someone still hides the book and refuses to hand it over at this time, then you can't blame them for being rude."
After all, there are so many people waiting for the results.
With so many commissions and ninjas from all over the world, it's impossible that they can't give any answers, right?
Even if it's burned,
There should be ash, right? It's not like books can fly to the moon and can't be found on the ground.
Ugetsu and Jiraiya, the writer, were guarding Konoha, so naturally he also received corresponding commissions.
The third generation attached great importance to it. In addition to Jiraiya who volunteered to go, he also specially transferred Minato Namikaze to be in charge of this matter.
After all, we have to work together with other ninja villages.
You have to find someone who is capable of showing off and keeping the situation under control.
Otherwise, when a quarrel breaks out, how will I have a say?
——In fact, at the beginning, the ninja villages did not think about joining forces, but were prepared to do their own things.
However, when Minato Namikaze reported to Ugetsu on the progress of the investigation, Ugetsu raised his hand and raised a question.
"Why do you have to investigate your own cases separately? Aren't you afraid of misunderstandings and accidental injuries to friendly forces?"
After all, they are all investigating, so it is inevitable that there will be times when they are in deep mountains and forests and feel suspicious of each other, right?
"Or if both of them find the problem, whose fault is it then?"
"Is it possible that people are fighting to earn merit?"
"This..." Namikaze Minato frowned, obviously he couldn't promise that this wouldn't happen.
In other words, this result is very likely to occur.
After all, there is only one mission target (even if the book and the prisoner are separated, there are only two), and there is no guarantee that ninjas from different villages will fight in order to complete the mission.
"So why don't you just unite and form an alliance? There's strength in numbers!"
"Wouldn't it be more efficient to divide the responsibilities and share information?"
The blond young man was stunned for a moment, then nodded resolutely.
Although such cooperation has never happened before, what Ms. Yu Yue said makes sense.
He also thought this was feasible.
At least it won’t turn a good thing into a bad thing.
"I understand. I will report your opinion to Hokage-sama."
"Well, I think this will be more efficient. After all, everyone has the same goal now, so we can definitely cooperate."
Ninjas have never cooperated like this before?
It doesn’t matter. We all have to go through everything over and over again.
If it didn’t happen before, then why not start from now on?
Anyway, the four ninja villages of Sand Village, Konoha, Rock Village, and Mist Village are all cooperating to deliver goods, so how big a deal can it be if there is also the Kumogakure Village?
Instead of worrying about whether you have it or not, you might as well get the book back as soon as possible.
Although this incident happened suddenly, it made the influence of "Young Heroes" even greater.
But no matter how you promote it, the key is to have something.
The key is to have books and results.
You can't just say that the book was lost and everyone was paying attention to it, and then suddenly there was no follow-up.
Ugetsu just gave some advice casually for the sake of efficiency, but when it came to the ninja, it became an 'unprecedented' large-scale cooperation.
Konoha sent out the most capable and famous of the younger generation, Minato Namikaze. Other ninja villages had similar ideas and almost all of them sent out powerful ninjas with reputations.
For example, Rasa from the Sand Village.
The loess of the Iwagakure Village and Killer Bee of the Kumogakure Village.
Even the Hidden Mist Village has a member from the Kirigakure family.
Everyone gathered——
In fact, to be honest, everyone is familiar with it.
But not on a battlefield, but standing together for a common purpose.
This is the first time.
So people are a little overwhelmed.
There's nothing we can do about it. No one has ever experienced this before.
Even if the five Kage hold a meeting, they are not working for the 'same thing'.
This is truly an 'epic first' in the history of the ninja world.
This is even more embarrassing since many of these people have confronted each other head-on in past battles.
"Well, I believe everyone knows why we are gathered together this time."
Minato Namikaze looked left and right, and finally was the first to stand up.
After all, they are here to cooperate, they can't just sit here and do nothing.
Everyone else nodded.
"Then let's put aside the pleasantries for now. Let me ask directly, everyone present, has anyone's village accepted the task of stealing books?"
He placed his hands on the table, his sharp eyes sweeping across the faces of everyone .
"I'm not here to accuse you of anything. I just want to take this opportunity to have it all out. If you've accepted this mission, you can just give it up now. Let's just pretend it never happened and speak with one voice to give an explanation to all the clients."
This is also the most ideal solution.
Otherwise, all five ninja villages have started to move. If we really find out that it was someone from one of the ninja villages who did this, it will be difficult to explain later.
Namikaze Minato doesn't want this to happen again.
The fuse of war.
Even if it wasn't a war, he didn't want to see a ninja village suffer devastation because of this incident.
Several people looked at each other.
They all looked bewildered and confused.
Not to mention that it was done by their own ninja village, they had no idea such a thing existed before... Of course, they didn't know that the 'theft of five hundred books' could actually make the five major ninja villages unite for this.
These are not five hundred books.
These are five hundred national treasures.
No, even if it is a national treasure, the five major ninja villages have never cooperated.
None of the five people present were novel fans.
Except for Minato Namikaze who was close to the project, and Rasa who knew that this was Ugetsu's project, the other three had not seen it.
But after this incident, they decided to look for it after they returned.
Let’s see what kind of book it is that can have such a great impact, even affecting the entire five major ninja villages.
As they thought about it, they all shook their heads in denial.
"No, the village had already checked before I came here, and no one has accepted such a task."
They checked the missions of the ninjas in and out of the village.
No, it doesn't exist.
They thought it was the work of several other ninja villages.
However, everyone shook their heads at this time.
——That’s strange.
Could it be the ninjas from the small ninja village, or those rebellious ninjas?
But I heard that Konoha has already sent out a search team, but they didn't get any clues.
Can the people from the Small Ninja Village have such abilities?
It’s not that they look down on the strength of the small ninja village, but if the small ninja village really had this ability, they wouldn’t be able to find any clues after such a long time.
It is impossible for such a person to remain unknown?
It must be able to make a name for itself.
After repeatedly confirming that the representatives of the five major ninja villages were indeed unaware of this matter and did not seem to be involved in it, Namikaze Minato took a breath.
"If that's the case, then our five major ninja villages will form an investigation team to investigate the whereabouts of these 500 signed books and the criminal who stole the books... Do you have any objections?"
He looked at everyone again and confirmed:
"We share intelligence and manpower. No matter who discovers it first, it is our joint achievement."
If we still want to compete to see who wins and who loses at this time,
There would be no objection to the alliance at this time.
"We're fine."
The first to respond was Ugetsu's close associate, Rasa from the Sand Village.
This is not the first time they have cooperated with Konoha, and this time it was Miss Ugetsu's book that was intercepted. It is reasonable for them to provide help.
Huang Tu from Iwagakure Village hesitated for a while and then nodded readily.
Anyway, there is more than one cooperative project. It’s just a cooperation on a task. Konoha and the Sand Village dare to do it, so why shouldn’t the Iwagakure Village dare to do it?
The representatives of the three ninja villages all agreed, and the pressure now fell on the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Cloud Village.
The representatives of the two ninja villages looked at each other, then nodded.
With the score at 3 to 2, they were already at a disadvantage.
Besides, the other three ninja villages all agreed. If they said "no", wouldn't it seem like they were cowardly and retreated?
That's impossible.
Since you dare to come, they dare to accept it.
Five people voted unanimously in favor.
The first cooperation of the five major ninja villages, and the "Young Heroes" (signed version) search team, was established.
The five villages exchanged lists, confirmed the relevant participants, and then determined their respective search ranges and codes, and officially started the action.
Since the elites from the five major ninja villages have all been dispatched, there will definitely be no problem - after all, no matter how strong a robber you are, you can't be stronger than the elites from the five major ninja villages, right?
Even if these elites sent out can't do anything to anyone for the time being.
But they are organized, and the five major ninja villages will each send a group of support when the time comes.
Even if it's a round-robin battle, we can kill people.
People who learned about this were full of hope and very optimistic.
As for various things happening in the world, some people are optimistic, while naturally some people are not optimistic.
——Some people may even get upset because of other people's 'optimism'.
For example, the 'black hand' hiding in the shadows.
He sat in the Hokage's office, feeling very uncomfortable.
At this moment, every word these people said seemed to be stabbing themselves.
"Some people still think it's our Konoha... Isn't this a joke? Jiraiya is from our Konoha, what good will it do if we do something to these five hundred books? Even a fool wouldn't do that to himself."
"Maybe they are just feeling guilty.
—But his skill of passing the buck is too poor. "
The other person laughed too.
"We don't even have time to protect the projects that are related to our interests - how could someone be so crazy as to destroy them? If you want to find someone to blame, you should find someone more suspicious."
As the village that accepted the mission and is also the home of the young hero's author, Konoha of course takes this job very seriously, and they will not relax until the mission is completed.
It’s just… although the theft is worrying, this suspicion is too ridiculous.
The higher-ups of Konoha couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.
Who would do such a stupid thing that harms others and does not benefit themselves? What are they trying to achieve?
It can't be that this is just to get Jiraiya to sign another 500 copies.
Danzo Shimura: I really can’t sit in this Hokage’s office for even a minute.
He had never found the chair in the Hokage's office so uncomfortable in his life.
After the negotiations were finally over, Danzo Shimura rushed out like the wind without waiting for anyone to say hello.
It was not until I returned to my base camp, the "root", that I finally felt the stuffiness in my chest was relieved.
But this sense of relief only lasted until his men came to find him.
Looking at the Root ninja who came to ask him what to do, Shimura Danzo felt a black screen in front of his eyes and his head buzzing.
Things have become like this, and you remembered to ask me for instructions! ?
He couldn't help but press hard on the bulging veins on his temples, and his expression became ferocious.
That’s right, he was responsible for the theft of 500 copies of Young Heroes (Part 1).
But he was just 'one of them'.
Originally, his purpose was just to ruin Yu Yue's plan, to make her suffer and know that things in the world are not as simple as she imagined.
But they didn't expect that as soon as they took action, someone attacked them from the other side.
This is where things get complicated.
"…Who attacked you?"
Shimura Danzo gritted his teeth.
Could it be that they were secret soldiers prepared by Yu Yue?
The purpose is to prevent yourself from taking action, and also to take this opportunity to turn the tables and blame others in the future?
If that's the case, she's calculating too much.
No, not necessarily.
If she really had this idea, then why did she transport the real book over?
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to just make a batch of fakes?
? Does the authenticity of something that cannot be verified in the future matter?
Taking a holiday can also help you avoid risks and losses.
...So there is a third party force?
Is it directed at yourself?
Or is it aimed at Yu Yue?
Danzo Shimura was thinking frantically.
If it was directed at me, who would it be? Someone I had worked with in the past? Someone who wanted to use this as leverage against me?
Shimura Danzo had done this to others many times in the past, and he had always been very vigilant and would not leave any evidence behind.
It was just that I acted on impulse this time, and I didn't take the problems of those books seriously at the beginning, which led to this result.
——Who would have thought that a few books could affect the nobles of the five major countries and make them all issue commissions?
For the first time in decades, Danzo Shimura felt wronged.
It was probably like the feeling of 'a kid took something out of a gift box that his parents were going to take away, just because he had a tantrum with his parents before and wanted to embarrass them. But he ended up being embarrassed by his parents in front of outsiders, and when he came back, he was given a mixed doubles beating'.
But after all, he is an old ninja who has experienced many ups and downs.
Don't let this emotion control you.
Shimura Danzo closed his eyes and continued to think.
If we rule out problems on my side... then it might be targeting Yu Yue or other merchants whose cakes she touched?
But this made things worse.
Originally, it was just a conflict between the businessman and Yu Yue.
Now that he had intervened, the problem had turned into a conflict between his side and the ninjas on the other side.
After all, it was because of the intervention of his own people that those who were unable to complete their tasks pursued him relentlessly.
The result is that we are now in a difficult situation.
No, wait.
He suddenly thought of a more serious problem.
"Where is the book? Is it in your hands now?"
He asked the men he sent out.
"Yes, it's still in our hands."
The Root ninja said with confidence.
"Please rest assured, Master Danzo, we won't let you down!"
Although they suffered heavy damage, Lord Danzo's mission would certainly be accomplished.
"Don't let me down..."
Shimura Danzo repeated it with his eyes closed.
"You're disappointing me now! Throw all the books out now.
Go and throw it to those people!"
Why is he still holding the book in his hands at this hour? Are he afraid he won't be discovered?!
"Huh?"
The ninja was stunned for a moment.
"But..." Didn't Lord Danzo order us to get all 500 books?
"But what but? Hurry up and go!"
Shimura Danzo almost roared.
He had asked for the books because he wanted to know what Ugetsu was going to do with them, but luckily she had managed to sabotage her plans before she could.
But can it be the same now?
Now if he isn’t careful he will be disgraced to the whole world. How can it be the same?
“Yes… yes!”
The ninja was frightened and quickly responded and turned to leave.
"etc!"
Danzo Shimura suddenly called out to the ninja who was about to leave.
"Danzo-sama?"
The ninja quickly stopped and looked back at his immediate superior.
"…Remember to do it cleanly."
Shimura Danzo arrived with a gloomy face.
"If you have the chance, throw all the water on that group of people."
He paused for a moment.
"If all else fails, then find a scapegoat. At least we have to get ourselves out of this matter."
"Pick it cleanly."
At this point, whatever the reason was, it no longer matters.
The key is to find a way to remove yourself from this matter.
If he were to be disgraced by the whole world because of this incident, Danzo Shimura would never accept this result even if he died.
No, even death was unacceptable to him.
The old man held the armrests of the chair tightly with both hands and took a few deep breaths.
If he had known that this would get him into trouble, he would never have given such an order.
Coincidentally, Uchiha Obito, who was far away in the Land of Water, had the same idea as Shimura Danzo.
——If he knew there would be such a result, Uchiha Obito would never have given such an order that day. !