From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

It is precisely because of this that Diarmuid, who already attaches great importance to the secret art of spiritualization, takes this art even more seriously.

The reason is very simple. Now he has reached the state of immortality in terms of physical fitness, and has awakened the power of Wood Release. His vitality is extremely strong. At the same time, he has mastered natural energy and can use the Sage Mode at any time.

The only thing that made him a little regretful was that the research on the Sharingan was still in a complicated, repetitive and accumulative stage. Both Scorpion and Orochimaru said that it was impossible for this research to produce results in a short period of time.

This means that Diarmait has nothing to improve in terms of physical fitness in the short term.

It's nothing more than some trivial things, such as practicing Lightning Release Ninjutsu day after day, or studying the fragments of the Eight Gates Ninjutsu.

Therefore, when his physical fitness had reached a bottleneck, Diarmait naturally turned to inner cultivation, that is, the cultivation of the soul.

This further highlights the importance of the spiritualization secret art.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Fire, Konoha.

A few days ago, when Orochimaru said goodbye to Danzo, Diarmuid was also in the Hidden Rain Village. He found Kakuzu and asked him to go to Konoha.

So he and Orochimaru set out at the same time and walked in opposite directions, but it seemed that he entered Konoha a day later than Orochimaru?

It’s not that Kakuzu’s speed was not as fast as Orochimaru’s, but he spent a whole day to mess with Konoha’s barrier and sneak in secretly.

At the Ichiraku Ramen stall, Jiaodu lifted the eaves curtain and walked in.

"Welcome, guest." He hit his father, also known as Ichiraku's father, and shouted in a loud voice.

Since it was a secret infiltration, Kakuzu did not wear the black clothes with red clouds of the Yorozuya, but changed into an inconspicuous ordinary outfit.

Speaking of which, in the past one or two years, Kakuzu and Biwa Juzo have become very famous in the ninja world, often doing some fancy moves to continue to make the Yorozuya famous.

But in fact, Biwa Juzo is the more dazzling one, while Kakuzu seems to be the mastermind behind the scenes.

Quite inconspicuous.

On the one hand, it is because Biwa Juzo himself is one of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Shadow, and he has always been very well-known.

So when he appeared with his iconic beheading sword, anyone who knew a little about the ninja world would recognize him immediately and he would attract a lot of attention.

On the other hand, Kakuzu has been accustomed to keeping a low profile for decades.

He was also very meticulous in his work. Basically, every time he took action, he would kill everyone without leaving any survivors in order to continue to keep a low profile.

Well, his logic is that if I kill all the witnesses and no one witnesses me, won’t I be low-key?

So Kakuzu is very famous in the ninja world, but if you really ask people to describe his characteristics or something, I'm sorry, most people would just say something like "Biwa Juzo's companion" and that's enough to say they know him well.

It's impossible to describe something like his appearance.

As for Kakuzu's methods, ninjutsu, ability information and the like, there is basically nothing there.

The most we can infer from the environment after the battle is that Kakuzu is a very powerful ninjutsu master who seems to have mastered the power of ninjutsu of the five attributes. It is difficult to study anything else.

In the original story, Kakuzu was such a low-key guy.

Even though he had been in the ninja world for decades and had been causing trouble in the Akatsuki organization for so long, the ninjas of Konoha still knew nothing about him. Even Asuma Sarutobi, the son of the Hokage, did not have any information about him.

Because of this, he was killed by Kakuzu and Hidan.

Kakuzu later suffered a setback because he did not kill all the survivors in that battle, which led to his information being learned by Konoha, so he was targeted.

Thinking about it this way, perhaps Kakuzu was already very clear that if his information was not discovered, it would be very beneficial to him because he had five lives to use.

But once the information is known to outsiders, he will most likely be targeted, so over the years, Kakuzu has attached great importance to keeping his intelligence confidential.

For example, now, he, as an S-rank rebel ninja who has been active in the ninja world for decades, changed into low-key clothes and appeared in the bustling commercial street of Konoha. No one coming and going on the street could recognize him.

"Is this the ramen Diarmait recommended so highly? Is it really that delicious?" Kakuzu pondered inwardly. Then he looked at the shop owner and said, "Give me a bowl of ramen."

"Okay, it's very quick. Please take a seat first." The shop owner greeted the customer very generously.

Afterwards, Kakuzu also sat down at the stall. It wasn't lunchtime yet, so the ramen stall seemed deserted, with Kakuzu alone. While waiting for his ramen, Kakuzu asked, "Boss, it seems something happened in Konoha a while ago? Did your Fourth Hokage also die?"

The old man's movements, which were stirring noodles in the soup pot, froze for a moment, and then he said with a somewhat sad tone, "Yeah, it's not a secret. Many people who come to Konoha lately ask about it. That night was really dangerous. Someone controlled our Konoha's tailed beast, the Nine-Tails. In the end, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to protect everyone."

"What a shame," Kakuzu followed.

Konoha did not publicize this matter. After all, their tailed beast was controlled by someone and caused trouble in the village. Even the newly appointed village chief was killed.

What's there to publicize?

However, Konoha did not block or keep this situation secret, because that was too self-deception. There was no doubt that Konoha must have spies from other villages hidden in Konoha, so it was impossible for such a big thing as the Nine-Tailed Fox Disaster not to be spread.

At the same time, the village held a grand funeral to commemorate the sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage, so it was impossible and impossible to conceal it.

So in fact, everyone in the ninja world who has paid attention to Konoha now more or less knows that Konoha had suffered a disaster before.

Therefore, it did not seem strange that Kakuzu asked these questions so blatantly here.

At the same time, in Konoha's barrier class, some ninjas had already noticed something was wrong.

"Lord Shinnosuke, although the situation here is well concealed, we still discovered that someone used abnormal means to break part of the barrier, concealed it, and entered Konoha. In other words, there is an unidentified guy in our village now." A ninja from the barrier team was reporting the situation to Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

The level of Konoha's administrative agencies is generally indicated by suffixes. For example, the Root, Anbu, and Medical Department are all very high-level and belong to the "Department".

The suffix "ban" is lower than the level of "bu".

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Jonin Squad. While they are indeed lower in terms of administrative hierarchy, the entire Jonin Squad brings together the elite of Konoha's Jonin. They are directly responsible to the Hokage and are qualified to represent the opinions of all of Konoha's Jonin. ... Requesting flowers.

This is really awesome. They even have a say in the selection of Hokage, so we can't look down on them just because they are a 'class'.

However, the barrier class is really obscure. The things they are responsible for are very important, but the level is really not high-end.

Moreover, the ownership of the barrier class has been changing all the time. Is it a kind of power struggle within Konoha?

Theoretically speaking, the Barrier Squad also has the power to report directly to the Hokage, but in reality, the Barrier Squad has been circulating between the Anbu and the Administrative Department.

When the administrative department has great power, the barrier class is under its management. When the Anbu has great power, the barrier class is under its management.

At present, Sarutobi Hiruzen's position is not very stable, after all, he has not yet completed the last procedure.

He was also a little wary of people like Utane Koharu and Mitokado En, because like him, they had past experiences with Danzo.

It's not impossible that the two of them were fooled by Danzo.

Therefore, at this stage, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not trust the administrative department under the management of the advisory group. He naturally trusted his son more, so the barrier class is now also under the management of the Anbu.

0 "Let me see." Sarutobi Shinnosuke said.

Then, he placed his hand on a sphere of unknown material. This sphere was a module that maintained Konoha's huge barrier. Normally, the people in the barrier team only needed to follow the steps and maintain the sphere to maintain Konoha's powerful barrier.

Soon, chakra was poured into the sphere, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke closed his eyes, as if he was sensing something.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

The situation was no different from what the barrier class had reported. Someone had indeed tampered with the barrier and sneaked into Konoha.

It is also obvious that the person who tampered with the barrier has very powerful means and seems to be very familiar with this kind of large barrier.

But... the cover-up afterwards seemed very perfunctory.

That's right, even though the Barrier Team said they 'covered it up very well', Sarutobi Shinnosuke felt a sense of 'perfunctoriness' from it, as if this intruder could have done better and made it more difficult for the Barrier Team to detect him, but he just casually fooled around.

It was as if I was telling them that I was coming in.

This is very strange.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's feeling was not wrong. Kakuzu was indeed familiar with large-scale barriers, or in other words, he himself was very familiar with all types of barriers. Because he had been traveling in the ninja world for decades, carrying out various secret bounty missions, and visiting many strange places, he naturally had a very good understanding of barriers.

It's all accumulated experience.

And he really didn't hide the fact that he had entered Konoha.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke thought for a while and said, "You continue to monitor the barrier." Then he turned and left the barrier team.

On the other side, Kakuzu also finished the bowl of ramen with satisfaction, and said very contentedly: "Before coming to Konoha, my friend recommended that I must try your ramen. After eating it, it really was worth the trip." "Hahaha, thank you for the compliment, customer." The shop owner said very happily.

Look, the reputation of Ichiraku Ramen has become popular beyond Konoha.

Should we take this opportunity to launch a chain store plan?

After paying, Kakuzu quickly left Ichiraku Ramen. He did not stay in the commercial street, but walked through many small alleys and came to the edge of the Death Forest. A rushing river was passing through this place.

"It's about time you noticed I entered Konoha, right?" Kakuzu muttered softly as he sat on a rock.

Chapter 629: Danzo: Just read out my ID number.

Kakuzu was sitting quietly here, and in the woods behind him, several Anbu ninjas suddenly appeared on the tree trunks.

After all, this is Konoha, so it is very easy for the Anbu to find someone here.

"Bullfighter, confirm that the target is just ahead." A member of the Anbu said in a deep voice.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, wearing a mask, said softly, "I've already told you, when we're on a mission, just call me Monkey."

"Yes, Monkey-sama," said the ANBU member.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke???

"Don't come to work tomorrow." Sarutobi Shinnosuke said.

That ANBU member was also confused? What happened?

Am I unemployed now?

However, Sarutobi Shinnosuke didn't dwell on it and said directly: "Disperse and control the situation around. No unusual movements are allowed without my order."

"Yes." The other Anbu members were concise and to the point.

Afterwards, the ANBU members each moved to a hidden corner, seemingly surrounding Kakuzu.

It was not until this time that Sarutobi Shinnosuke came out of the woods.

"Are they here?" Kakuzu turned and looked at Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

As the head of the Anbu, Sarutobi Shinnosuke naturally had strong intelligence. After seeing Kakuzu's face, he quickly made a comparison in his mind.

However, after looking around, Sarutobi Shinnosuke didn't find a "suitable" target, which means that he didn't know Kakuzu.

"It seems that Your Excellency is waiting for us on purpose?" Sarutobi Shinnosuke said in a deep voice.

"Judging from your attire, I guess you are an Anbu of Konoha?" Kakuzu asked, looking at the monkey mask of Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

"That's right." Sarutobi Shinnosuke said.

There's nothing to hide, and it's not intelligence.

Kakuzu stood up and looked at Sarutobi Shinnosuke and said, "Don't be so nervous. I came to Konoha with no hostility. On the contrary, I came with good intentions."