Somewhere in the hotel.
A fair-haired girl, aged sixteen or seventeen, came into the room, stroked her hair in a ponytail, and touched her flat chest, then folded a simple seal with one hand.
Poof!
her figure was shrouded in white smoke.
The ponytail disappeared, the hair lengthened, the originally flat chest suddenly increased in size, and in place of the young and energetic girl, an adult and Mature woman appeared.
Tsunade straightened her hair and sighed.
Shizune, who was standing nearby, cast a strange glance at Tsunade's chest.
She knows that Tsunade often uses her young appearance to hide from loan sharks, and can't figure out how this flat-chested girl has "grown" to her current level.
Tsunade went to the table, sat down, and addressed Shizune: "What are you looking at?
Shizune nodded and hurriedly closed the door to the room.
Tsunade poured a Cup of tea, took a SIP, thought about something and said: "What was this shinobi recently?"
"This is my classmate, Hatake Yeruashi."
Shizune sat down at the table and answered.
Tsunade was a little surprised: "It was Hatake of Erase? Hmm...he looks a lot like the older Sakumo."
During the Second world war of Shinobi, Sakumo was the commander of the front of the Rain Country, and the name of White Fang resounded throughout the world of shinobi, while the three of them belonged to the younger generation and the legendary Sannins did not exist yet.
Thinking about this, Tsunade couldn't help but sigh.
At that time, sakumo had helped her several times, and she couldn't have expected Him to commit suicide because of a failed mission. After receiving this news, Tsunade immediately returned to Konoha and visited his grave.
Tsunade had heard something about Yeruashi, as about the son of Sakumo, but of course much more impression left Kakashi, after all, he graduated from the Academy in five years and in six advanced to Chuunin, having learned about this, she was surprised and thought that White Fang Konoha seems to have a worthy successor.
"Erase very strong...."
In the eyes of Shizune sitting in front of Tsunade flashed out the rapture: "During the second stage of the Chuunin exam, he beat out all the other participants and even became a disciple of Lord Orochimaru.
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Tsunade showed a surprised look and thought: "My impression is that his talent seemed quite ordinary compared to Kakashi."
"He just doesn't like to attract too much attention."
Shizune smirked: "heh-Heh, from what I was able to see Kakashi struggled trying to catch up Erase, but was never able to win."
Tsunade stared at Shizune and suddenly said: "Do you like him? "
" Ah? Ah?! "
Shizune's Behavior immediately became unnatural, and panic flashed in his eyes: "Why, why did you suddenly ask this... "
" It was all written on your face."
Tsunade leaned her elbows on the table, crossed her fingers, and said imperiously: "If you wish it, then follow him boldly! Is he Orochimaru's student? But you are also my student! "
"Ah, no, it's not like that... "
" Hmm, what's wrong? Are you still going to keep lying to me? But I'm getting curious about what kind of capital this kid has, since he was able to become Orochimaru's disciple, and make you afraid to boldly follow him. "
Tsunade stroked her chin and showed a thoughtful look, an image of Yeruashi appeared in her head, which she had glimpsed earlier.
...
Yeruashi didn't know that because of this fleeting meeting, he had already attracted tsunade's attention, and if he did, he would have laughed happily, because it would be easier to get close to Her in the future.
The next morning they set out again.
After passing several small towns, they reached the river that is the border between the land of Fire and the land of Grass.
"After crossing the river, we will enter the land of Grass."
Urabe Daisuke looked at the river in a relaxed manner, since they got here without incident, then the further path should also be safe.
Yeruashi looked at the river in front of him, looked at the stone bridge nearby, and said: "Our mission is not yet complete, let's go."
"Yes."
Daisuke nodded and followed Erase.
The group came to the stone bridge, Yeruashi walking in front and Dai behind, nine people calmly crossed the bridge, there were no surprises.
However, after crossing the bridge, Yeruashi stared at the bushes nearby and said calmly: "Aren't you even planning on making a normal ambush?"
Yeruashi's Words made Daisuke and the others sharply alert.
Let me quickly recovered from the shock and appeared next to Erase.
"There's no need."
a relaxed voice came from the direction of the bushes.
Right after that.
Ten figures emerged from the bushes, all wearing the Iwagakure head protector, and clutching a variety of weapons, kunai, shurikens, or blades.
"Shinobi Iwagakure? How could this happen..."
Daisuke's Expression changed abruptly as he ground his teeth and looked at the group members, anger flashing in his eyes.
Apparently shinobi Iwagakure waited for them here in advance. How could they so successfully ambush right on the border?
there is a traitor In their group!
"Damn!
Daisuke took out his blade and shouted angrily, almost all the members of the group were enraged and looked at each other.
Erase completely ignored the movement behind and said quietly: "There is no point in looking for a traitor, at such a moment, he will definitely not reveal his identity...and it seems that you have withheld some information, this is definitely beyond the scope of a C-rank mission..."
"..."
Daisuke looked at the ten shinobi surrounding their group, his expression becoming incomparably grim. The other side hired a large team of shinobi IWA to kill them, and on their side only two shinobi Konoha and in addition an unknown traitor.
We can only hope that the mission of the other side is not to kill, but to capture, then they have at least a hope of survival.
Daisuke shinobi looked at Willow and said stress: "What is your mission? Are you going to kill us? We can pay twice as much! "
" Our mission....take him alive."
Jounin IWA, who seems to be the leader of this group, pointed a finger at the teenager and said with disdain: "As for the rest, just go to hell."
Only the shinobi of third-rate villages change the mission goal in exchange for more reward, like the shinobi of Iwagakure, one of the five Great Villages, they certainly won't sacrifice the reputation of the entire village for fleeting gain.
Fuh! Fuh!!
After the words of Jounin, three shinobi IWA rushed to Yeruashi and Dai, no extra words or anything like that, only cold expressions and a strong killing intent.
"..."
Daisuke's face suddenly paled.
Although the other side doesn't intend to kill the young master, if they all die here and the young master is captured, the situation will be impossible to change, the position of the Daimyo of Shimotsuki city will inevitably fall into the hands of this person.
No one expected a traitor to be among the Daimyo's most trusted men, a fundamental mistake that sealed their fate.