Chapter 458 Entering Ryuchi Cave

In the early morning of the next day, Kanpū left a shadow clone at home, while his main body got up early and rushed to the gate of the village.

At this time, Shisui was already waiting there, and when he saw Kanpū coming, he waved his hand in greeting.

"Let's go." Kanpū nodded at him, and the two left the village immediately.

On the fifth day after they left, the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi came to Konoha with ten subordinates aggressively.

Minato sent the Jonin Commander, Nara Shikaku to receive the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi. Unfortunately, the meeting between the two parties was not very friendly. The leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi had an arrogant style of inquiring about the crimes. He is sure that Konoha's Shinobi were the one who assassinated him. He is asking Konoha to pay a huge amount of compensation, or they will start a war!

Shikaku has a very high IQ. Naturally, he will not be frightened by a few words from him. He then argues on the spot, saying that they have no evidence. There's no physical evidence, and he is also not dead, so it can be just something self-written and self-directed. To put it bluntly, they're framing Konoha. They wanted to blackmail Konoha, so Shikaku then said that after living for so long, he has never seen someone so shameless.

Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader was so angry that he immediately pointed out the characteristics of the Shinobi who assassinated him at that time. One has mastered Flying Thunder God Technique, one has white hair, and one can get more than 30 of his elite subordinates to fall into Genjutsu at once.

Shikaku sneered disdainfully, mockingly said that if such a Shinobi really existed, would he still survive?

The two sides were at each other's throats, quarreling fiercely.

Finally, the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader requested a thorough investigation of all Konoha Shinobi's information and find the truth by himself.

Shikaku of course would not agree, and rejected him cleanly.

"It seems that Konoha wants to start another war!" The leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi stared at Nara Shikaku coldly, his whole body was filled with rage.

His trip to Konoha would only have two results. One is to find the Shinobi who assassinated him, and then to demand huge compensation from Konoha, and the other is to die in Konoha, giving Yondaime Raikage an excuse to declare war on Konoha in righteous manner.

So his attitude at this moment is extremely strong, as he completely disregarded his life and death.

After Shikaku was vaguely aware the death ambition of the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi, his tone immediately softened.

"For any Shinobi Village, information about their Shinobi is S-Rank secrets. Even if I am the Jonin Commander, I have no right to view all the information, let alone the people from other Shinobi Village."

Shikaku said earnestly and started sowing discord, "I think in Kumogakure, you can't check all the Shinobi's information, right?"

Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader's eyebrows twitched slightly. What Shikaku said is true. Since A became Yondaime Raikage, except for his own subordinates, the rest of the Shinobi's information was kept by Yondaime Raikage in Anbu, and he couldn't see it at all.

Thinking of this, he felt aggrieved for a while, and suddenly, he didn't want to die in Konoha.

But it is in Kumogakure's best interest that he dies in Konoha.

Thinking of this, the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi said irritably: "If Konoha can't prove their innocence, war is inevitable!"

After he finished speaking, he turned and left with a sullen face.

Shikaku sent four Jonin to follow them, not only to monitor them, but also to become guides and liaisons.

Then, he went to Hokage Tower and told Minato of their conversation without omission and in detail.

Minato had a headache after hearing this: "The leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi is so troublesome, what is his purpose?"

"There are two possibilities."

Shikaku analyzed, "One is that Kumogakure is making a big move, and the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi is just a smoke bomb to attract our attention, and the other is that he wants to die in Konoha, so that Kumogakure has an excuse to declare war on us."

"Never let him die in Konoha!"

Minato took a deep breath and said, "Send people to closely monitor the movements of Kumogakure, and at the same time, send more people to monitor the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi. Be sure to ensure his safety in Konoha!"

"But if he commits suicide…" Shikaku frowned.

"Let Shisui…"

When he said this, Minato frowned, as he remembered that Shisui didn't seem to be in Konoha these days, 'Then… let Kanpū monitor him?'

'No, if the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi wants to kill himself, Kanpū can only use Flying Thunder God Technique to stop him, but once he exposes his Flying Thunder God Technique, we would just expose ourselves!'

'It seems that I need help from the Uchiha Clan.'

Minato said outside the door: "Tenzo, go and invite Uchiha Clan's Clan Head, Fugaku."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Tenzo answered loudly and left quickly.

"Hokage-sama, do you want Uchiha Clan to monitor the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi?" Shikaku's frown became even tighter.

Minato nodded and said: "If the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi plans to seek commit suicide, only Sharingan's Genjutsu can stop him in time."

"But, what if he attacked the Uchiha Clan's Shinobi?"

Shikaku reasoned, "Based on what I know about the Uchiha Clan, once the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi attacks them and threatens their lives, they will definitely fight back. If the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi has the will to die, when the Uchiha Clan's Shinobi strikes back, he will definitely not defend. At that time…"

'At that time, Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader will die in the hands of the Uchiha clan, and this blame can no longer be shaken off!'

Minato also felt trouble, and said in a deep voice: "Then send Hyuga Clan's Shinobi to monitor them."

Hyuga Clan is good at Gentle Fist, so even if they counterattack, they can hit as far as they can without harming the life of the Kumogakure's Shinobi's leader.

Shikaku shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "We have to add the Shinobi from my clan in order to guarantee that nothing will go wrong."

Minato's eyes lit up when he heard this, 'That's right, Nara Clan's Shadow Imitation Technique has extremely powerful control effects!'

"Shikaku, I will leave this matter to you!" Minato said with a smile.

Shikaku sighed deeply and said: "I seem to found something troublesome for myself."

But now, even if he finds it troublesome, he can only bite the bullet and do it.

After a long time, Minato successfully persuaded Fugaku and Hiashi to send five Shinobi from their clan, plus five Shinobi from Shikaku's clan who are good at Shadow Imitation Technique, there's a total of fifteen Shinobi, who are jointly monitoring the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi.

Time goes by day by day.

The leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi is still messing around and making trouble for no reason, but Konoha holds back. As long as he doesn't do too much, they will let him go.

Ten days later, in the middle of the night, the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi couldn't hold back the restlessness in his heart, and blatantly ordered ten of his subordinates to attack and kill the fifteen Shinobi who were monitoring him.

And he took advantage of the chaos and quietly changed from light to dark clothes.

These days, although the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi is causing troubles everywhere, he is not idle. He has been inquiring about the information of the Great Kekkei Genkai Clan in Konoha. Just yesterday, he finally found about an important information, that is, the Uchiha Clan Leader and Hyuga Clan's Clan Head just have two children at the same time last year, namely Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Hinata!

'So the question is, who should I capture?'

Just as the leader of Kumogakure's Shinobi was in a dilemma, Kanpū and Shisui on the other side finally found the entrance to Ryuchi Cave!

It is a gloomy deep canyon. It has never seen the daylight, with miasma lingering there, bones are everywhere, and a snake-specific stench wafting above the canyon, making people want to vomit.

"Is this the place?"

At the entrance of the canyon, Shisui looked at the gray mist filling the air solemnly, and said, "It doesn't feel very good."

"I'm afraid the poison of this miasma is not simple."

Kanpū frowned. Although they carry antidote pills, they are still not sure whether the poison of this miasma can be detoxified. If it can't, they can't go in rashly, otherwise, they will only die.

Kanpū immediately went to the forest outside and caught a rabbit, then tied it with a rope and threw it into the miasma. After a second, he pulled the rope out, but the rabbit was already kicked the bucket, and he didn't even have a chance to use the antidote pill.

"As expected of Ryuchi Cave, we can't even enter it easily."

Shisui's eyes flickered and said, "Kanpū, Ryuchi Cave should be underground. Can't you just directly use Subterranean Voyage into the ground and enter it?"

Kanpū's eyes lit up when he heard this, 'That's right, in that way, I can perfectly avoid this poisonous miasma!'

But just in case, Kanpū still very cautiously created a shadow clone and ordered the shadow clone to use Subterranean Voyage to explore the way!

The face of the shadow clone was very ugly, as he obviously doesn't want to be a cannon fodder, but under Kanpū's repeated urging, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and use Subterranean Voyage to enter the ground.

Then, Kanpū began to prepare. He first took out a kunai engraved with Flying Thunder God Technique's imprint and gave it to Shisui, letting him carry it with him, and then, he began to bury stones all around.

Of course, his Flying Thunder God Technique's imprint is also engraved on the stone. After finally collecting the Flying Thunder God Technique, of course Kanpū wants to use the biggest escape function of Flying Thunder God Technique!

Shisui didn't know whether to cry or laugh when he saw the busy Kanpū.

After some time passed, Kanpū, who was squatting on the ground digging a hole, suddenly trembled, as the memory of his shadow clone has come back.

"How is it?" Shisui noticed something strange and hurried over to ask.

Kanpū got up, his eyes lit up and he said: "I found Ryuchi Cave! Shisui, wait for me on this place first! I will take you after I confirm that there is no danger."

Shisui nodded: "I understand, be careful."

Kanpū smiled, and then disappeared in an instant.

At the next moment.

Kanpū is already in a deep, empty, huge underground tunnel, and on the wall next to this tunnel, his Flying Thunder God Technique's imprint, which is a masterpiece of his shadow clone, is engraved impressively.

Kanpū checked himself first.

Now that he is 'equipped' with Transparent Release Kekkei Genkai, while his talents are Extraordinary Strength, Uzumaki Clan's physique and dynamic vision.

But… Kanpū wants to use the kind eyes and benevolent eyebrows, as it may be able to save him at a crucial moment.

It's just that Ryuchi Cave is unpredictable, and the field of view is limited, so Extraordinary Strength, Uzumaki Clan's physique and dynamic vision are all indispensable.

'So depressing!'

Kanpū first took out an antidote pill and put it under his tongue, then he looked left and right at the two sections of the tunnel, and sniffed lightly from time to time. The tunnel was filled with a fishy smell, which seemed to be nothing, but if he smelled it carefully, he could also smell a strange fragrance. The aroma here is very strange, as it's between the fragrant and the smelly.

"Then, where should I go next?"

Kanpū thought for a while, and decisively created another shadow clone. They left on one direction each, and at a distance, they would carve Flying Thunder God Technique's imprint on the wall to avoid accidents.

After walking for a few minutes, Kanpū noticed that the tunnel in front of him had three forks. He chose a random direction and continued to move forward. After a while, three more forks appeared, as this place is like an underground maze.

At the same time, there were sounds of snake hissing coming from all directions.