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Danzō never dreamed that the person who betrayed him would be the undercover agent he sent out.
But soon, he discovered something was wrong.
"No, how could Akira Tsubaki know about my secret cultivation of Wood Style Ninjas?"
Even Hiruzen doesn't know about such a secret, let alone a boy?
Next, Danzō began to sort out Akira Tsubaki's movements from yesterday.
"As soon as Team Minato returned to the village, I called Akira Tsubaki to the barbecue restaurant."
"After he left, he went to Namikaze Minato's residence."
"Did he go there on his own initiative? Or is Namikaze Minato using him?"
After thinking about it, Danzō had the answer.
"It must be Namikaze Minato using Akira Tsubaki as cover!"
"Damn guy! Not only cheating students' bathhouses, but also using students."
Thinking of this, Danzō felt that Akira Tsubaki was too naive.
Such an idiot... I don't know when Namikaze Minato will sell him out.
"Akira Tsubaki probably won't be able to return from Team Minato's mission this time."
"It's a pity about the billion-Ryo bathhouse~~"
Feeling a little regretful, Danzō crumpled the portrait into a ball.
Team Minato was heading towards the Land of Grass.
Because they started in the afternoon, the journey was not long, and it was dark around 5:00 PM.
Night fell.
Under the reflection of the bonfire, Namikaze Minato opened the map.
"According to our speed, we will almost be able to enter the Land of Grass tomorrow night."
"Next, I'm going to reassign the groups."
Regroup?
Several members of the team looked at each other.
Team Minato now had six people, so regrouping was feasible.
"Akira, Kakashi, and I are in one group! The rest are in the second group," Namikaze Minato announced the groups.
"Wait a minute, Sensei!"
Obito raised his hand, feeling there was a big problem with this grouping.
"Sensei, you put all the strong ones into one group. If even you, Sensei, are in one group, wouldn't our second group be useless?"
"Yes, Sensei!" Rin also echoed.
"Is this the elite group and the dead weight group?" Yūgao Uzuki muttered.
"You guys~~"
Namikaze Minato shook his head.
"Our group will enter the Land of Grass and stop Iwagakure. And your group will stay at the border and practice as a defense force."
This suggestion was actually made by Akira Tsubaki.
Akira Tsubaki felt it was difficult to execute the mission with several inexperienced members. If these guys were captured, it would be troublesome, and he would have to bear the name of letting them die.
After the grouping, the members of the second group were obviously very disappointed.
"Hey, Akira, transfer me to the first group," Obito leaned over and whispered.
"Are you sure?" Akira Tsubaki was quite surprised.
He thought Obito would be happy to stay in the second group, but he had changed his mind this time.
"If I'm in the second group, I won't be able to hold my head up," Obito whispered.
"So you thought that," Akira Tsubaki was speechless.
To be honest, he didn't want Obito to join the team, as he wasn't sure if there would be any accidents on this mission.
So, he declined.
"Are you still a good brother?" Obito was a little annoyed.
"Obito, people must be self-aware! What do you think?" Akira Tsubaki said meaningfully.
"You!"
"If you can take my punch, then you can join the group."
"Forget it, I'll stay in the second group."
Obito walked away, dejected.
After a while, Mitarashi Anko also came over.
"Transfer me to the group!"
"No transfer!"
Akira Tsubaki didn't even look at the other party and sent Anko away directly.
Nothing to say all night.
Early the next morning. The team continued on their way.
Akira Tsubaki glanced at the attribute panel, slightly surprised.
Ability: Wood Style Intermediate Mastery (Trait: Understand)
Wood Style doubling, he could understand, but how did the trait become Understand?
Curious, he began to carefully observe the trees along the way.
"Hey! That human is peeking at us."
"If you peek, you peek, what's the big deal?"
"What if he breaks your branch?"
"They're on their way, so they don't have time to wreak havoc."
Hearing a few trees talking there, Akira Tsubaki had a strange look on his face.
What kind of ability is this? Can you hear the trees talking?
"Damn it! Where are your eyes? You stepped on me!"
Suddenly, an angry shout sounded from under his feet, frightening Akira Tsubaki into a shiver.
He looked down and saw that Kakashi had trampled a weed into the ground.
"You scared me to death."
Akira Tsubaki hastily collected his attention and stopped observing.
Border Post.
Team Minato finally arrived at the border post near the Land of Grass before dark.
A stout Ninja stepped out to welcome the arrival of Team Minato.
"Minato!"
"Chōza"
The two chatted for a while, leaving the second group here.
"It's going to be dark now. Why go to the Land of Grass at this time?"
Seeing that Namikaze Minato and the others were going to continue on the road, Chōza was a little puzzled.
Doesn't he think this is a little too hasty?
"It's okay. I have Akira in my team; he knows an innkeeper."
"Oh?"
Chōza was surprised.
All the innkeepers in the Land of Grass were serious players, and all of them were engaged in the work of selling information.
Akira Tsubaki actually knew the innkeeper?
"Senior Chōza!"
Seeing the other party sizing him up, Akira Tsubaki greeted him.
"Very good! After entering the Land of Grass, be extra careful," Chōza warned.
Into the night.
Akira Tsubaki, Kakashi, and Namikaze Minato entered the Land of Grass.
Finding Kenjiro's hotel, the three walked into the lobby.
As soon as they entered the store, Akira Tsubaki and the others were stunned.
Kenjiro was lying on the ground like a dead pig, and three Iwagakure Ninjas were sitting at the table, looking at information on a scroll.
"Um?"
Seeing someone entering the store, the three Iwagakure Ninjas looked over in unison.
Kenjiro on the ground also turned his head and found Akira Tsubaki at the door at a glance.
"Akira! Kill them! I have important information."
Whoosh!
Before Akira Tsubaki could move, Namikaze Minato and Kakashi made their move.
"People are calling me, you two…"
Akira Tsubaki was quite speechless.
Poof! Poof!
Two Iwagakure Ninjas were killed almost at the same time.
The last Iwagakure Ninja turned pale with fright and hastily formed a seal with both hands.
"Earth Style (Doton) — Cracking Earth Technique!"
Akira Tsubaki slapped the opponent's head into his chest with a single strike.
"Next time you use a seal, hurry up! It's so slow, how can you release Ninjutsu?"