Mid-May.

"A lot of things have happened recently, and the outside world has become unstable."

Kakashi, who was sorting information in the intelligence room, suddenly sighed.

Because of the mask on his face, you can't tell what his expression is.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that a neutral country would be threatened one day... What is Sunagakure Village going to do?"

The ANBU ninja Tenzo, who cooperates with Kakashi in sorting intelligence work, belongs to Kakashi's second unit and is the squad leader of the sixth squad.

He has always been Kakashi's deputy.

And he himself is also a ninja with the limit of blood inheritance, and is Kakashi's trusted subordinate.

After hearing Kakashi's emotion, Tenzo replied.

In Konoha, because of the Uchiha incident, the number of ANBU troops out patrolling and collecting intelligence is relatively small.

In addition, the Kingdom of Oni is far away on the other side of the continent, and by the time the news was collected by Konoha Anbu, it was actually a week since Sunagakure Village conducted military exercises on the border of the Kingdom of Oni.

Because of internal matters, it can be said that Konoha's external intelligence system is already very weak in detecting external intelligence.

This information should have been passed back to the village within a few days of Operation Sunagakure.

"This has nothing to do with us. Neutral countries are under military coercion. There is a high probability that the international community will eventually go over to mediate and clean up the mess."

According to general logic, the final result will be this.

However, the man behind the incident in the Kingdom of Demons was the man, and Kakashi knew that it was obviously the Kingdom of Demons that had launched an action.

Speaking of which, in the past month, I haven't properly conveyed the information there.

Not only because they are too busy, but also because the Demon Kingdom is taking action, and the Demon Kingdom's expansion plan is more important than the affairs of Konoha Uchiha.

It can be said that everyone over there is mobilized, and there is no time to deal with Konoha.

Moreover, from the beginning, the attitude towards Konoha Uchiha was dispensable. They just wanted to use Uchiha to judge the degree of contradiction within Konoha.

"I always feel that it will eventually turn into a situation of taking advantage of others' misfortune."

Tenzo sighed.

Konoha is currently in a state of flux due to the Uchiha incident, and has no spare time to focus on the Kingdom of Demons.

In the end, those responsible for mediating this dispute will probably be Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Kirigakure.

Regardless of Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Kumogakure is the biggest problem.

This village has always adhered to the concept of absolute power. During war, it attacked other countries as much as it wanted. During peace, it secretly searched for small ninja villages in the ninja world and plundered the secrets and forbidden arts of other villages to strengthen itself.

"There is no need to worry. The international environment has been like this since the Third Ninja War. We just have to be ourselves. By the way, how is the situation of Uchiha recently? Are there any abnormalities worth noting?"

Kakashi suddenly asked.

"Abnormal? To be honest, the frequency of Uchiha gatherings seems to have become lower recently, and some people have not been monitored for some reason."

Tianzang told the result.

"Have you told Hokage-sama?"

"Yes...but it wasn't me who reported it. Itachi reported it a step ahead of me."

Tenzo replied.

"He is still the same as before, seriously fulfilling his ANBU duties."

"From this point of view, there is really no need to be picky."

"However, the gatherings of the Uchiha clan suddenly became less frequent. Maybe something happened inside that we don't know about. Let's continue to investigate in depth and don't let go of any clues."

"yes."

"I'll go over to have a meeting first. I'll sort this information and put it in Minister Sarutobi's office."

Kakashi checked the time and walked towards the information room when it was time for the meeting.

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Arrive at the conference room.

There were only six people there.

Minister Takashi Sarutobi and Deputy Minister Sarutobi Uruko.

They are the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the Third Hokage. They are jounin with extremely high status and strength in Konoha.

From a very young age, they were included in the ANBU candidates. After many years, they were appointed as the Minister and Deputy Minister of the ANBU by the Third Hokage, and they made countless contributions to Konoha.

Other than that, only Kakashi and four other squad captains gathered here.

Standing to the left of Kakashi is the captain of the ANBU first team.

Kakashi is the captain of the second team.

On the right is Itachi, the captain of the third team.

To Itachi's right is the captain of the fourth ANBU division.

As the four ANBU squad leaders, their superiors are Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Uruko, the two ministers and deputy ministers.

Of course, they have another direct superior, the Third Hokage.

As a force directly under the Hokage, the Hokage has the power to bypass the command of the minister and deputy minister and directly interfere with the Anbu. The power of appointment and dismissal is also in the hands of the Hokage.

"This time I suddenly summoned everyone here to announce something."

Sarutobi Takashi spoke first and glanced at the four squad leaders.

The four squad leaders, including Kakashi, all looked seriously, waiting for Sarutobi Takashi's next words.

"Regarding the surveillance mission of the Uchiha clan, from now on, it will be handed over to the captain of the third detachment. The second detachment will resume its original duties and carry out external tasks. It is decided like this."

Sarutobi Takashi spoke directly, his voice was indifferent, he did not give a reason, he simply issued an order from his superiors.

Kakashi was stunned: "In other words, the mission of the second team was transferred to the third team... Is that so, Minister?"

Sarutobi Takashi nodded and shook his head, answering Kakashi's question: "It is not transferred to the third team, but handled by the third team leader himself."

one person?

Except for Itachi, who was the captain of the third team, the other three team captains were all shocked.

That is a complete and powerful ninja clan... Is there really no problem with monitoring by one person?

Even though Itachi, as a member of the Uchiha clan, is very convenient for monitoring Uchiha compared to his status as an Anbu... However, it is too much nonsense to hand over such an important task to one person.

"Yes, I understand."

Kakashi didn't understand what his superiors were considering because there were too many abnormal parts.

Moreover, the affairs of the Uchiha clan are too sensitive. If we go into too much detail, it will inevitably make the upper management suspicious.

Therefore, Kakashi simply asked here and did not continue to delve deeper.

Anyway, he was not too interested in the task of monitoring the Uchiha clan. He stayed in the village all day and rarely went out, and his body was almost rusty.

Anyway, just spread the news to the Kingdom of Ghosts first and fulfill your duty.

After the short meeting, Itachi stayed alone.

The three squad leaders left first, and not long after, the door of the conference room opened again.

A man walked in.

Wearing a black cloak coat and a pair of black sunglasses on his face, there is a very conspicuous purple mark on the right side of his face.

As soon as he walked in, the dark will followed behind him, making the atmosphere in the conference room extremely heavy.

"Long, long time no see."

This person is none other than Ryoma, the jounin at the root.

He is the right-hand man of Danzo Shimura, the leader of the Roots, and is good at the secret art of insects of the Aburame clan.

He seemed to be familiar with Sarutobi Takashi, and he greeted Sarutobi Takashi familiarly.

Sarutobi Takashi snorted and said nothing.

Aburame Ryoma smiled slightly, not paying attention to Sarutobi Takashi's attitude, but looked at Itachi who was silent at the side.

"According to the agreement, from now on we are colleagues performing tasks together. Please give me your guidance, Uchiha Itachi-kun."

"Please give me more advice."

Itachi replied politely.

"Then, come with me. Let's go to the new control room, where we work."

After Aburame Ryoma finished speaking, she turned and left.

Itachi followed the other person's footsteps and left the conference room.

"Is there any problem Itachi?"
To be continued...