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Mitarashi Anko scratched her hair, feeling her IQ being utterly suppressed.
Why?
Because those two Sunagakure Ninjas agreed to the story!
"How is this possible?"
She truly couldn't comprehend it.
But the problem was, everyone else in the vicinity seemed to understand, and she was the only one left confused.
"Don't just stand there! Come here and stab them a few times!"
Akira Tsubaki's voice rang out, and a Kunai was tossed over.
"Ah? Stab—stab them how many times?" Mitarashi Anko looked confused.
The bodies were already killed by you, and you want me to go poke the corpses?
"Heh~~ Dango-face, if you don't hurry up, I'll have to do it myself," Akira Tsubaki threatened, his smile vanishing.
Under intense pressure.
Mitarashi Anko could only step forward obediently, stabbing the corpse with the Kunai.
"You're too vicious! Just stab it once! You're turning it into a hornet's nest," Akira Tsubaki couldn't bear to watch.
He didn't know that Mitarashi Anko was imagining the corpse was him, venting her frustration.
With Anko joining, Akira Tsubaki looked at Ibiki Morino (Kiki) again.
But before he could speak, Ibiki Morino stepped forward.
"I understand the rules!"
After speaking, Ibiki Morino also stabbed the body a few times.
Akira Tsubaki was thoughtful.
He always felt that Kiki must have done this kind of thing before.
"I'll do a few too!" Obito ran over.
"What are you doing here? Stay put," Akira Tsubaki pulled Obito aside.
For his teammates in Team Minato, Akira Tsubaki was relatively at ease; after all, he had saved them several times.
Under this kind of camaraderie, if someone leaked the secret, he would kill them without hesitation.
Next, Akira Tsubaki directed Anko to start digging graves.
After all, the dead deserve respect.
Whoosh!
Namikaze Minato appeared.
He first looked at the two tied-up Sunagakure Ninjas, then swept his gaze over the corpses on the ground.
"Sensei!"
"The Sensei is here!"
"Minato-sensei."
Akira Tsubaki and the others gathered around him.
"Tell me what happened?" Namikaze Minato asked calmly.
"It's like this…"
As the Captain, Akira Tsubaki recounted the story perfectly.
"I was worried Anko would be attacked along the way, so I brought the team to help transport supplies."
"But when we arrived here, we found two seriously injured Sunagakure Ninjas and several corpses."
"So I asked Rin to send the signal."
After listening to Akira Tsubaki's narration, Namikaze Minato nodded.
Then, he walked over to Baki and Pakura.
"Is what my disciple said just now true?"
"Heh~~ If I hadn't run out of Chakra, how could I have been captured by these brats?" Pakura sneered, her face filled with arrogance.
"What about you?" Namikaze Minato turned to look at Baki.
"All I can say is that these brats were lucky," Baki sighed.
After questioning the captives, Minato listened to Akira Tsubaki's threat plan.
"Your plan is very good! Akira, you have developed a strategic vision!"
Namikaze Minato gave a very high evaluation.
"Ah? I was just thinking randomly, Sensei," Akira Tsubaki looked shy.
"Alright, I will take these two Sunagakure Ninjas to the front line. You return to Supply Station No. 3 and rebuild the supply station properly."
Before leaving, Minato turned and reminded them again.
"Now that the weather is hot, don't bury the bodies; just burn them."
Hearing this, Akira Tsubaki felt warmth in his heart.
The bodies were burned.
Obito used Fire Style (Katon), Anko picked up the firewood, and Kiki carried the corpses.
If something really went wrong, none of us could escape.
"Anko, are you interested in joining our Team Minato?"
"Go away!"
Mitarashi Anko drove the ox cart and ran off, not wanting to see Akira Tsubaki for another second.
Anko ran away, and Akira Tsubaki looked at Ibiki Morino (Kiki) again.
"Uh~~ I actually already have teammates, but we haven't officially formed a team yet," Ibiki Morino hastily refused.
He wasn't stupid. This Team Minato was not for ordinary Ninjas; something catastrophic was bound to happen sooner or later.
Supply Depot No. 3 started rebuilding.
But there was a problem that Ibiki Morino still couldn't figure out.
From beginning to end, the vicious slogans he nailed up didn't seem to work.
So, what was the point of Akira Tsubaki asking him to put up slogans?
With this question in mind, he found the perpetually lazy Akira Tsubaki.
"Akira, do you want to take down the slogans around here?"
"Huh? Take them down for what?" Rubbing his eyes, Akira Tsubaki was half-asleep.
"Because they are useless."
"How can they be useless?" Akira Tsubaki waved his hand and continued his nap.
After all, sleeping in the afternoon is also considered a nap.
Just as the team was diligently rebuilding the supply station, another ox cart transporting supplies appeared.
The driver saw the surrounding slogans and couldn't help laughing, his sleepy eyes instantly refreshed.
"Busy now?"
He casually greeted the workers passing by.
Seeing this scene, Ibiki Morino was filled with admiration.
"Akira Tsubaki's every step has a deep, underlying meaning."
Hokage's Office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the map on the table and frowned.
Beside him, Danzō also stared intently, realizing the gravity of the problem.
"Hiruzen, our current number of Ninjas is insufficient to defend in four directions," Danzō reminded him.
"Of course, I know that," Sarutobi Hiruzen replied testily.
Then, he took out a Genin list and began reviewing it.
"You want to start the Chūnin Exams at this time?" Danzō froze in disbelief.
War could break out at any moment. Reviewing the Genin list now clearly indicated a desire to promote these Genin.
"Do you think Sunagakure will send someone to attend?"
"How do we know if we don't try? Besides, we can use these Chūnin Exams to gauge the reactions of the other Ninja Villages," Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a deep voice.
Danzō agreed with Hiruzen's approach.
"We can also use these Chūnin Exams to negotiate privately with the other Ninja Villages."
"As long as we can stabilize the other Ninja Villages, we don't have to worry about just Sunagakure."
Having hammered out some of the details, Danzō left.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, an Anbu appeared.
"Hokage-sama, there is news from Namikaze Minato that Sunagakure's infiltration team has been captured."
"Huh? Excellent!"