Chapter 526 Kakashi's Growth

Konoha.

Hokage Tower.

Today, the two high-level advisors, Koharu and Homura went up to the third floor full of energy.

Since Shisui defected, the two advisors have been coming to Hokage Tower every three days to find Namikaze Minato to discuss about the Uchiha Clan.

Minato repeatedly refused, but the two old advisors still went up to the building frequently.

"Hokage-sama, the two advisors-sama are here."

Outside the door, Hokage's Guard Platoon Genma knocked gently on the door, and reminded him.

"Please invite them to come in." Minato put down the documents in his hands, covering his face with a headache.

Minato did not tell these two consultants about the spy plan, not because he did not trust them, but that the plan was extremely dangerous. So the fewer people who knew about it, the better!

Furthermore, the information from Anbu showed that Danzo has been in contact with the two advisors recently, so there's no way he can told them about this!

The price of doing this is that he was always disturbed by these two old advisors.

"Yondaime, we are here again."

Koharu stepped into the office stepping.

Homura followed, and his hairline seemed to be a bit higher.

Minato stood up with a smile, and said, "Are the two advisors coming here for the Uchiha Clan's matter again?"

Koharu cut to the chase, and said directly: "Mizusawa is just a scapegoat, Yondaime, with Anbu's means, you should have found the truth from his mouth, why do you still have any concerns?"

Minato showed a polite yet awkward smile.

After Mizusawa was brought to Anbu, he was put under house arrest, and he was served with delicious food and drink. However, he will not be released until the spy plan succeeds or fails. Although he is a little sorry towards Mizusawa, this is for Konoha's future, so it is worth it!

Seeing Minato like this, Homura is a little anxious: "Yondaime, if Anbu really can't do anything to Mizusawa, it is better to hand him to the Root. Although Danzo's method is not kind, it is very effective."

Minato politely declined: "No, Anbu is enough to deal with Mizusawa, thank you for the advice, two advisors."

"You…"

Koharu was angry and helpless, and then said with a calm face, "Yondaime, could it be that you are really affected by Uchiha's Sharingan's Genjutsu?"

Minato smiled wryly and said: "Don't be suspicious, two advisors, there's nothing happened to me."

"Then why don't you deal with Uchiha Clan?!"

Koharu said with a snort, "You obviously know that without Uchiha Fugaku's instruction, Shisui would not make a move. Why do you still turn a blind eye to this!"

"Everything I did was for Konoha, two advisors. I understand your intentions, but there is really no need to target the Uchiha Clan." Minato said helplessly.

If it wasn't for the slight guilt of concealing the spy plan from them, Minato really didn't want to see them again.

"If you go on like this, the Uchiha Clan will only become more arrogant!" Koharu said.

Minato smiled and said nothing.

Koharu was trembling with anger, and at this moment she suddenly wished that Hiruzen was sitting in the Hokage's position.

'If it is Hiruzen, he will definitely agree with our suggestion!'

Koharu thought so, and her eyes lit up immediately, 'That's right, we can just look for Hiruzen!'

'Hiruzen is not only the Sandaime Hokage, but also the teacher of Yondaime's teacher. With him coming forward, our suggestions will surely be implemented!'

"Since Yondaime refuses to listen to us, we'll take our leave first." Koharu pulled Homura and stood up.

"We're leaving already?"

Homura is a little confused. He hadn't done his work yet, so he wondered why did they leave already?

Seeing that Koharu really left, Homura immediately stood up and said goodbye.

After they left, Minato closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then said: "Genma."

"Yes!" Genma answered from outside the door.

"Go and call Kakashi and Tenzo over." Minato said.

"Understood."

Then there was sound of footsteps going away quickly.

After a while, Kakashi, who is wearing a red fox mask, and Tenzo, who is wearing a face helmet, arrived one after another.

"Hokage-sama, are you looking for me?" Tenzo looked at Kakashi and then at Minato, wondering why he called the two of them together.

Minato smiled and said: "Tenzo, haven't you always wanted to join Anbu?"

"Yes, yes, Hokage-sama, are you willing to let me join Anbu? "Tenzo was so excited.

"Well, from today onwards, you will enter the Anbu's sixth team, that is, Kakashi's team." Minato looked at him with a smile. His blue pupils seemed to reflect a touch of warm sunshine, making Tenzo feel like a spring breeze blowing!

"Yes!"

Tenzo turned excitedly and looked towards Kakashi, who was standing lazily next to him, and respectfully bowed his head and shouted, "Captain Kakashi, please take care of me from now on!"

Kakashi looked sideways towards Tenzo, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

He wondered if Minato called Tenzo to join his team was because he wanted Tenzo to make up for the lack of sixth team's combat power due to the departure of Kanpū and Shisui?

'It's just, can this guy replace Kanpū and Shisui?'

Kakashi is skeptical, but he didn't question it in front of Minato's innocent face.

"Please take care of me too."

Kakashi responded generously to Tenzo.

"Kakashi, you have grown a lot during this time." Minato looked at Kakashi in surprise.

In the past, Kakashi will either refuse or question, so Minato wondered how can he accept it so generously like now?

Kakashi lowered his head and smiled bitterly. Ever since he confirmed the truth of Shisui's defection, he really felt like he had grown up.

For the sake of the village, Shisui does not hesitate to not carry the Missing-nin's status on his back, but also to go deep into the Missing-nin organization as a spy, which is extremely dangerous. Just thinking about it makes him feels numb.

'If it is me, would I be able to do it?'

Kakashi often comes up with such thoughts when he sleeps at night. After a few days of insomnia, he finds that his mentality has inexplicably grown a lot more. At this time, even if he thinks back about Obito's defection, he can respond calmly, and will not be angry with others indiscriminately. Of course, he has not given up the determination to find the truth about Obito's defection and bring him back to Konoha.

"Kakashi, Tenzo's talent is extraordinary. After joining your team, you have to sharpen him." Minato continued.

"I understand." Kakashi nodded slightly, but there's a drama in his heart: 'That's why he joined the sixth team.'

"Next, you can take Tenzo to Anbu to go through the procedures, and then, I want you to help me protect someone." Minato's expression gradually became solemn.

Kakashi narrowed his right eye: "Who?"

"Advisor Utatane Koharu." Minato slowly said.

Hearing this, Kakashi's pupil shrank: 'Utatane Koharu? Protection? No! It should be… monitoring, right?'

"I understand."

Kakashi hesitated for a while, but still asked, "Do I have to report everything in detail?"

Minato smiled gratifiedly. He knew that Kakashi really understood, then he shook his head and said: "There's no need to report about normal things, but if Advisor Koharu contacts Advisor Danzo or Root…"

Minato did not continue, and Kakashi also did not continue to ask, and instead turned around and took Tenzo out of the office.

"Captain Genma, thank you for taking care of me during this time!"

After walking out of the office, Tenzo bowed down to thank Genma very excitedly.

Genma still has senbon in his mouth, he smiled and stretched out his hand to support him, and then said, "Are you going to enter Anbu?"

"Un!" Tenzo nodded excitedly.

"Keep it up! Don't embarrass us Hokage's Guard Platoon." Genma encouraged.

"I understand!" Tenzo replied loudly.

Kakashi and Genma paid nodded to each other, and then left.

After taking Tenzo to the Anbu's Headquarters to complete the entry procedures, Kakashi deliberately retrieved the information of Koharu and Danzo through the Anbu's channels, and quickly wrote down their home addresses.

After Tenzo changed into Anbu's attire and put on his mask, the two set off.

However, when they arrived at Koharu's house, they found that there was no one in the house. Kakashi decisively summoned his Ninken and asked them to smell the scent of Koharu's house, and then followed her scent to find her. After a while, they finally found Koharu in Hiruzen's house.

"Captain Kakashi."

Tenzo wore a kitten mask with red and green patterns on a white background. Standing next to Kakashi, he quietly suggested, "Let's take turns to protect her."

Kakashi said without looking back: "This is your first mission. I have to watch you to make sure that there are no mistakes before deciding whether to make shift or not."

"Oh."

Under the mask, Tenzo stuck out his tongue at Kakashi.

In the living room of Hiruzen's house.

Koharu and Homura have been chatting with Hiruzen for more than an hour, but what makes them speechless is that Hiruzen suddenly became a cunning old man, echoing their suggestions and praising them for thinking about the overall situation, and also saying that they are very dedicated to their duties. However, he refused to interfere with any decision Minato made on the grounds of resignation.

The two advisors dragged on for another half an hour, and they left expressionlessly in the evening.

After walking for two streets, Koharu and Homura went their separate ways and went back to their respective houses.

"We can't go on like this. We must stop Yondaime from going his own way. If we let Uchiha Clan continue to mess around, Konoha will be finished!"

Koharu said to herself while walking, her wrinkled face was full of worries about Konoha's future.

Kakashi and Tenzo in the vicinity flickered quickly under the eaves, closely following Koharu.

Koharu is a Medical-nin and is not good at fighting and sensing. Coupled with the fact that she is getting older, her strength declines fast, and she is also full of thoughts at this time, so she didn't notice Kakashi and Tenzo's stalking.

At night.

Koharu had finished dinner with her family and enjoyed family happiness in the house. She then suddenly went out at nine o'clock in the evening.

"Captain Kakashi." Tenzo lowered his voice and wanted to remind Kakashi, but he only felt the breeze blowing beside him, and Kakashi had already followed after Koharu.

'As expected of Captain Kakashi!'

Tenzo was inexplicably excited, and hurriedly followed.

Although the hazy night is suitable for Shinobi to hide their figure, the surrounding quiet environment and the sound of trampling snow under their feet are also more likely to expose the Shinobi in action.

Koharu seemed to have noticed something, and after looking around, her footsteps gradually became hurried.

Kakashi pondered for a while, and waved his hand to signal Tenzo to stop following.

Seeing Koharu's figure going away quickly, Tenzo was a little anxious, but at this time, he didn't dare to speak, for fear of revealing the whereabouts of the two.

When Koharu disappeared at the end of the street, Tenzo said in a low voice: "Captain Kakashi, what should we do next?"

"Don't panic."

Kakashi took out a kunai and lightly cut his thumb, then formed hand seals and slammed his palm onto the land: Summoning Technique!

Boom!

With the light smoke, Kakashi's Ninken appeared on the scene once again.

"Follow up to the person who just passed by, and don't let her find out." Kakashi squatted beside the six Ninken, took off Ninken's forehead protector and clothes, messed up with their dog fur, while ordering in a low voice.

"Woof woof ~!"

Some Ninken seem to be unaccustomed to being exposed bare-naked to the air. They barked twice to express their protest, and seeing that it didn't work, they started to move.

They rushed to the street to catch Koharu's familiar smell, and then rushed straight towards the darkness ahead.

These Ninken are very smart. They didn't stupidly follow Koharu together, but followed in alternate, under the premise of ensuring that the target would not be lost, it will not arouse Koharu's vigilance.

As time passed, although Koharu noticed the existence of the dogs, she did not make a fuss because they are not the same dog. After all, Konoha had a lot of stray dogs.

Soon, Koharu arrived in front of a house and then knocked on the door and entered.

A few minutes later, Kakashi and Tenzo approached slowly.

"Captain Kakashi!"

Tenzo suddenly grabbed Kakashi's arm, and said in a low and solemn tone, "There are Shinobi lurking ahead…"

'And they are not ordinary Shinobi.'

Complicated light flashed in Tenzo's eyes and then he said: "It's the Root!"

When Kakashi heard this, he didn't doubt Tenzo and immediately withdrew.

"Captain Kakashi, what shall we do next?" Tenzo asked.

"Go back to sleep." Kakashi turned and left.

"Huh?" Tenzo was taken aback, "We don't need to continue the protection?"

"The mission has been completed."

'That place is Danzo's Home!'

'Minato-sensei is probably going to make a move on Advisor Koharu…'