Chapter 337 Konoha Jounin Uchiha Sasuke!
"Everyone, this S-class top-secret mission is to secretly capture the S-class traitor Shimura Danzo who violated the village rules. From now on, no one is allowed to leak any information. Once discovered, the traitor will be executed immediately!"
In the forest, Tsunade's domineering cold shout made everyone's expressions change.
When Uzumaki Naruto heard about this mission, he couldn't help but look anxious. What did this have to do with Sasuke? Just when he was about to speak again rashly out of instinct.
When seeing Tsunade's cold eyes, this time Uzumaki Naruto's words got stuck in his throat.
Tsunade stared at Naruto with cold eyes, and until the other party remained silent, she snorted coldly and announced the battle plan this time.
"Danzo will be escorted by a small team of elite Root members for this capture plan. Shizune, you will distribute the battle intelligence of the Root members to everyone now."
"Yes!"
Shizune respectfully distributed the information about the guards that Danzo had taken away this time to everyone. This was a normal ninja mission.
All ninjas will clearly note down the intelligence of this mission, especially the enemy ninjas, so that a reasonable battle plan can be formulated.
"At the same time, this top-secret mission will be personally led by Jiraiya! And the vice-captain is Hatake Kakashi!"
Following Tsunade's personal appointment, a group of jonin nodded secretly. With Lord Jiraiya being there, they could breathe a sigh of relief on this mission.
Moreover, the vice-captain, Hatake Kakashi, is a person that all the jonin are convinced of.
However, Tsunade hadn't finished her words yet. She looked around at everyone, and her tone only paused for a moment. Her next words made everyone's faces change.
"And Uchiha Sasuke, the other vice-captain in charge of this operation!"
Boom! In an instant, all the jonin's faces changed drastically, looking at Tsunade in shock, as well as a group of younger generations.
Sasuke Uchiha!
Uzumaki Naruto, Sakura, Neji, Rock Lee, Kiba, Ino and others looked at Lady Tsunade in shock. They must have heard it wrong!
At this moment, countless people's eyes fell on the figure wearing an Anbu mask behind Lady Tsunade, especially Hatake Kakashi, who showed an expression of disbelief.
Sasuke! It's true!
really!
The next moment, the masked Anbu slowly walked forward, and at the same time Tsunade explained to everyone in a cold voice:
“Everyone must be aware of Uchiha Sasuke’s defection four years ago, but in fact, Sasuke was ordered to carry out a hidden spy program and has been lurking in Orochimaru’s base for many years.
After Orochimaru was framed and defected, he had been secretly cooperating with Danzo on human research and collected a lot of evidence. This time Sasuke has returned and has successfully completed the spy mission. As long as we catch Danzo this time, we will catch him red-handed!"
Wow, with these words, Tsunade can be said to have completely whitewashed the incident of Sasuke's defection.
Originally, Uchiha Sasuke's defection did not cause any harm to Konoha, and everyone knew that he just wanted revenge. This is why most Konoha ninjas have never discussed Sasuke.
From the perspective of Konoha Ninja, Sasuke may be a traitor, but from the perspective of a ninja and a man, Sasuke is undoubtedly the most qualified.
Even Orochimaru was washed up, which was the reason why Jiraiya hesitated and finally decided to agree. After all, Orochimaru was his bond.
"Now! I hereby declare that Uchiha Sasuke's identity as a Konoha ninja is officially restored. At the same time, he has saved the village from huge losses during these years of lurking, so he is specially promoted to Konoha Jonin!"
As Tsunade's domineering voice echoed, there were shocked eyes of the Konoha ninjas.
This Anbu member slowly took off his mask, revealing Uchiha Sasuke's cold face. At this moment, Uzumaki Naruto's eyes turned red.
Sakura covered her mouth in disbelief and shed two lines of tears.
"Sasuke!"
As everyone exclaimed, Uchiha Sasuke took off his mask, looked solemn and respectful, lowered his head and shouted:
"Konoha Jonin Uchiha Sasuke, I pay my respects to the Fifth Hokage!"
Just this one sentence directly proved that Uchiha Sasuke's behavior over the years was whitewashed in an instant.
Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya both had strange looks in their eyes. They knew that this was all fake, but did it matter?
For Kakashi Hatake, his student has returned.
And for Jiraiya, it seems that his good friend Orochimaru may also have a chance to come back.
Therefore, the two people who knew the most about the matter chose to ignore Tsunade's fraud.
The process is not important; what is important is that the result is something that both of them are happy to see.
The more important point is that although Uchiha Sasuke defected over the years, he has never done anything bad to Konoha.
"It's actually Uchiha Sasuke!"
"I told you, how could a Genin have such smooth sailing..."
Among the group of jonin, some exclaimed, some suddenly realized, and some had a strange light flashing in their eyes. It was obvious that there were still some smart people.
But even if someone knows it is fake, what does it matter? The current Hokage of Konoha is Tsunade. As long as she says it is true, then it is true even if it is fake!
"Sasuke!"
"Sasuke you bastard!"
At the same time, the Twelve Guardians of Konoha gathered again, including Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten, Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino.
These former companions looked at Sasuke in front of them with different expressions.
Nara Shikamaru was even more secretly shocked, because the Sasuke in front of him seemed to be much older than them.
Sure enough, the next moment, as Tsunade's trusted right-hand man, Shizune calmly introduced to everyone:
"Sasuke has been hiding out for these years. Because of his training, his body... looks a little older than his peers."
The Twelve Young Warriors were all still around sixteen or seventeen years old, while Uchiha Sasuke's body was clearly fully mature, and when they stood together, they looked almost the same age as Kakashi.
"I declare now! Let's go!"
With a wave of Tsunade's hand, everyone in the forest shouted instantly.
Uchiha Sasuke also took off his mask, put on the forehead protector of a Konoha top-ranking ninja, and joined the team this time, but there was an obvious indifference in his expression towards Naruto and the others.
"Sasuke, welcome back!"
Hatake Kakashi was the first one to show a relieved smile and come forward to greet him. No matter what, this ending was better than he had expected.
"Kakashi-sensei."
Uchiha Sasuke is now full of respect for Hatake Kakashi, even though he is from this world.
"Sasuke!"
Naruto, Sakura and a group of other kids came over excitedly, and Uchiha Sasuke nodded calmly.
"Sasuke, you're finally back."
Seeing Sakura in tears, many senior ninjas frowned. Can such a ninja really be competent for this mission?
Even Jiraiya couldn't help but be in a trance after seeing Uchiha Sasuke's return. At this moment, Sasuke's shadow overlapped with Orochimaru's.
Since Sasuke can come back, can Orochimaru come back too?
The next moment, Jiraiya showed a self-deprecating smile. The biggest reason why Uchiha Sasuke was able to return safely was that he had never done anything bad to Konoha.
But Orochimaru is different, so now he just hopes that Tsunade can cancel Orochimaru's title of traitorous ninja in the future. "Sakura!"
Just as Sakura was hugging Sasuke with tears of joy on her face, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly dodged and there was a hint of warning in his tone.
This scene made Sakura look stunned, with tears on her face. It also made all the other young men stunned. What did Sasuke mean by this?
"Sasuke, how could you do this to Sakura."
Although Uzumaki Naruto was excited, he spoke without thinking and said this sentence as soon as he opened his mouth.
However, Uchiha Sasuke slowly raised his head with an indifferent expression, revealing the ring on his finger.
"I'm already engaged, and Ling doesn't like me to have contact with other women."
What the hell!
A group of Xiaoqiang, Uzumaki Naruto and others widened their eyes, and even Hatake Kakashi who was standing aside showed a look of disbelief after hearing this.
Obviously no one believed it.
But Uchiha Sasuke looked extremely solemn, and even when he saw the ring on his finger, a rare hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.
"Senju Ling, my wife, I will go back and get married after I finish my business."
"Nani!"
When Uchiha Sasuke could even say his name, everyone was stunned, and Uzumaki Naruto was even more shocked and blurted out:
"Sasuke! You even have a wife!"
Naruto's shocked look was beyond everyone's expectations, but Haruno Sakura was the one who was most shocked.
Her pupils dilated, and at that moment she didn't know whether to be happy that Sasuke had returned, or sad that Sasuke even had a wife.
"Also, we are on a mission now."
Uchiha Sasuke nodded slightly to everyone, indicating that they would talk about these things later, and then looked at Hatake Kakashi and Jiraiya who were in charge of this operation.
"Haha, I didn't expect that kids nowadays would fall in love so early. At this age, they even have a fiancée. It's so abominable!"
Jiraiya laughed loudly, with a funny look of gnashing teeth on his face. It was despicable that he didn't even have a wife at his age.
But the next moment, Jiraiya's expression froze, he looked around at everyone and waved his hand and shouted:
"Enough of the small talk. Now we are going to carry out the top-secret mission of arresting the S-rank rebel ninja Shimura Danzo. If he resists, he will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes!"
Led by Jiraiya, the group did not set out from the main gate of Konoha, but went out from another secret passage in Konoha. At the same time, there was not even a ripple in the barrier along the way.
……
Within the Land of Fire.
A bridge, as the sun rose the next day and shone brightly, it seemed to dispel the darkness of the earth.
The Konoha ninjas hiding in the surroundings had already set up traps, and they had arrived at their destination last night.
"According to the Root's intelligence, this is the only way Danzo and his crew must return. We will set up an ambush at this bridge."
"Everyone remember, this time Danzo is escorted by eight ordinary Root ninjas and two guards. The two guards are Aburame Togen and Yamanaka Fuu. The information about these two people... especially Aburame Togen's nano-level poisonous insects..."
The Konoha ninjas hiding in the surroundings were secretly looking at the information about Danzo's guard team in shock. This configuration was comparable to that of the Hokage's guard team.
Even Lady Tsunade's Shadow Guards did not have such a high configuration. If the Third Hokage had such a Shadow Guard configuration, he would not have failed in the Chunin Exam.
At the same time, the Twelve Little Strong Men looked at Sasuke with different expressions.
"Sasuke must have become stronger. After returning from this mission, I will definitely have a duel with Sasuke-kun!"
Rock Lee, dressed in a green tights, was full of excitement. This was a long-awaited duel between the hard-working type and the genius type. He had been waiting for this match for three or four years.
"Xiao Li, you idiot!"
Tenten on the side covered his forehead helplessly, shook his head and sighed, while Hyuga Neji kept frowning the whole time.
"Ningji, what's wrong with you? You seemed to be looking at Sasuke the whole time?"
Facing Tiantian's concern, Hyuga Ningji took a deep breath, revealed an extremely solemn expression and said in a low voice: "My eyes can see Uchiha Sasuke's chakra!"
Under the puzzled gazes of Rock Lee and Tenten, Hyuga Neji showed an unprecedented solemnity on his face and said in a low voice:
"I can see that the chakra in Uchiha Sasuke's body is not much worse than that of Master Jiraiya!"
boom!
Hyuga Neji's words shocked Tenten and Xiao Li. They looked in disbelief at Uchiha Sasuke who was leaning against a big tree in the distance and staring coldly at the direction of the bridge.
Even if Xiao Li knew the meaning of this sentence, Lord Jiraiya was one of the legendary Sannin, not an ordinary Jonin at all.
At the same time, there was the Ino-Shika-Cho team. At this time, Yamanaka Ino hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward helplessly to comfort Sakura.
"Sakura, don't be sad. Didn't Sasuke say it before? A fiancée is not a wife."
However, in the face of Ino's comfort, Haruno Sakura was like a puppet who had lost her soul, especially after hearing that Sasuke had a wife, tears could not stop flowing.
"Wow, Ino, this is different. I've never seen Sasuke be so gentle when talking about someone. Surprisingly! Surprisingly..."
Haruno Sakura's face was full of sadness. What were all her expectations over the years? At this moment, she seemed like a clown.
On the side, Choji Akimichi scratched his head and ate snacks from time to time, while Shikamaru Nara sighed and shook his head.
"Women are really troublesome. Isn't Sasuke's return the best ending?"
Even Nara Shikamaru never thought that Uchiha Sasuke could come back as a Konoha ninja. This was already the biggest surprise. Why was he still not satisfied?
"Hey Sasuke, are you being worthy of Sakura?"
Uzumaki Naruto looked angry at this time. After being happy about Sasuke's return, he angrily accused Sasuke of such irresponsible behavior.
However, Uchiha Sasuke frowned. It was the first time he realized that his former companion Naruto was so irritable, even a little annoyed.
"Hey, Naruto! How have I ever been sorry to Sakura? Was she my girlfriend before? Or something!"
Uchiha Sasuke suppressed his anger, raised his head and looked at Uzumaki Naruto. At this moment, he seemed to realize how immature he was at the beginning and he didn't even get annoyed by this guy.
After the hidden chakra will in the body was eliminated, the fate of Indra and Ashura seemed to have been solved unknowingly.
At this time, Uchiha Sasuke's feeling towards Uzumaki Naruto was purely that of a former classmate and companion, and it was extremely rational.
But after all these years, how come Naruto hasn't grown at all and is still as reckless and impulsive as before?
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