Chapter 111 Emergency! White Fang's Disappearance! (Please Subscribe and Vote for the Monthly Ticket)

April 24, 43rd year of Konoha.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki officially got married.

Although the wedding was not grand and not many people came, it was very important and lively.

The third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was the witness.

The three ninjas of Konoha were all present, including Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, Hatake Sakumo, and the chief of the Shimura clan, and Minato Namikaze's good friend and companion in the Ino, Deer, and Chou clans.

From these people, Shuichi Hoshita had already seen a little clue.

However... Jiraiya was too unreliable.

He actually split a shadow clone to replace Shuichi Hoshita who was busy, and then dragged Shuichi Hoshita to a corner to ask for materials.

Shuichi Hoshita's face was dark. As a three-good student, how could he do such a thing?

What if he was discovered?

Although he wanted to be famous in the ninja world, it was definitely not in this "body art" way.

So Shuichi Hoshita refused sternly, but said that he could find another time to study together.

…

In the afternoon, after sending all the guests away, Shuichi Hoshita, Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Obito all felt tired.

“I didn’t expect marriage to be so troublesome.”

Uchiha Obito complained: “It would be nice if I could save this step in the future.”

Kakashi immediately drew his sword: “You don’t have to get married in the future!”

Uchiha Obito immediately became anxious and secretly glanced at Nohara Rin.

Uchiha Shisui smiled gently: “Don’t worry, Obito. When you get married in the future, it will be other people who are busy.”

“Look at Minato-sensei. He is very happy now!”

Shuichi Hoshita and the others turned their heads to look. Namikaze Minato was indeed smiling happily, although his ears were being pulled by Uzumaki Kushina at the moment.

Shuichi Hoshita couldn’t help but secretly complain: This dog food, I vomited today.

Uchiha Obito secretly muttered: “Kushina is too violent. Rin is more gentle.”

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but secretly look at Nohara Rin who was still busy, and a shy smile appeared on his face.

Noticing this scene, Shuichi Hoshita asked teasingly: "Obito, do you have a girl you like?"

Uchiha Obito was shocked and jumped up, and hurriedly explained: "No!"

"Shuichi, don't talk nonsense."

Shuichi Hoshita said with a smile: "If there is, don't miss it, be brave to confess."

"Look at Asuma, he has already won Hong."

Kakashi said suddenly: "Shuichi, Shizune is also your favorite!"

The embarrassed Uchiha Obito immediately found the direction: "Shuichi, Kakashi is right, hum, are you and Shizune together?"

Shuichi Hoshita spread his hands: "I don't deny it!"

That's how arrogant!

Uchiha Obito blushed with anger

Shuichi Hoshita immediately suggested with a smile: "Obito, why don't we have a duel, and the loser can go and confess to the girl he likes!"

Uchiha Obito was not fooled at all, and curled his lips and said: "You are already a special jonin, and there is no chance of winning against you!"

Shuichi Hoshita looked at Kakashi: "Then let's fight Kakashi!"

Uchiha Obito looked at Kakashi, a little hesitant, and a little eager to try.

At this time, Uzumaki Kushina's voice came, and everyone immediately looked over and saw Uzumaki Kushina waving at them.

The topic came to an abrupt end.

It's fate!

Shuichi Hoshita sighed secretly, and went to Uzumaki Kushina with Kakashi and others.

……

Dinner was still eaten at the teacher Namikaze Minato's house. After parting with Kakashi and others, Shuichi Hoshita and Asuka walked home together.

Although it was night, the streets in the core area of ​​Konoha were still bustling and lively, with the sounds of hawking and children crying, laughing and playing, full of life.

Hoshita Shuichi put his hands in his pockets and watched and listened to these quietly, with a faint smile on his lips.

This feeling is great!

And next to him, Asuka's eyes were more on Hoshita Shuichi.

She felt that there was always a mysterious aura about this boy, which attracted people's attention unconsciously.

"Sister Asuka, do you have any ideals?"

Hoshita Shuichi suddenly asked.

Asuka was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Of course."

"That means I can live like this with Shuichi and Nonoyu all the time."

Hoshita Shuichi raised his eyebrows: "This ideal is not so easy to achieve!"

Asuka was shocked: "This... is it very difficult?"

Hoshita Shuichi said: "Because Asuka will like someone else in the future, right?"

Asuka breathed a sigh of relief, then said: "No, Shuichi, don't think about it!"

Hoshita Shuichi smiled, but felt the power of the bond more and more.

If you are not a heartless person, there will always be ties, feelings, and reluctance after getting along for a long time.

Just like Konoha now, he enjoys this peace at this moment and doesn't want him to destroy it.

There are also Yakushi Nonoyu, Shizune, Tsunade, Uzumaki Kushina, Namikaze Minato...one by one, like lines, woven into a net, and caught him!

Hoshita Shuichi originally just wanted to live well, but now he wants more.

"Sister Asuka, you must work very hard for your ideal!"

Hoshita Shuichi suddenly laughed and jumped up.

This moment of enjoyment is enough. Next, we must continue to work hard until... until we stand at the highest point!

"Of course, I have been working hard!"

Asuka clenched her fists and then jumped up to catch up.

...

At night, Asuka and Nono were studying medical ninjutsu in the study, while Hoshita Shuichi was practicing lightning escape in the yard.

As far as the usual sense of instant body technique is concerned, the most common and basic one is naturally pure chakra burst, which drives the body to move at high speed.

For ninjas, most of them use this type, but each has different tricks, and the explosive power is different, which creates different moving speeds.

In addition, there are instant body techniques formed by adding different property changes.

Water instant body, moving at high speed in the water field.

Wind instant body, Hoshita Shuichi only remembers that Bai of Ice Escape used it, coming and going like the wind.

The most famous lightning escape instant body is undoubtedly the third generation Raikage of Cloud Ninja and the future fourth generation Raikage.

Under the lightning escape chakra mode, the speed can be said to be the fastest in the ninja world.

The only ones who can be faster than them are the time-space type instant body techniques like Flying Thunder God.

Even Naruto, who just opened the Nine-Tails Chakra mode, dare not say that he is stronger than the Fourth Raikage at that time.

It can be seen that in terms of speed, the instant body of lightning style has an innate advantage.

In addition to the lightning style chakra mode of the Cloud Ninja, the most typical one is the state of the Chidori technique.

The change of the nature of lightning style activates cells and increases speed, which belongs to the instant body of lightning style.

However, the Chidori style is obviously far from being comparable to the lightning style chakra mode of the Cloud Ninja.

But it can still be called A-level difficulty.

At this time, Shuichi Hoshita was wrapped in electric light and moved at high speed in the yard. He used the Chidori style exchanged from Kakashi.

However, Shuichi Hoshita did not intend to use the Chidori style as his own instant body of lightning style.

Although it is A-level, it is not difficult for him who has obtained the [Lightning Style Expert] and many entries to improve his talent.

With stronger chakra control, a better understanding of the human body, a stronger spirit, and spiritual will, Shuichi Hoshita can fully activate his own cells with lightning chakra in a deeper way.

And this also requires step-by-step in-depth exploration and testing, while letting the cells in various parts of the body get used to the stimulation of electric current.

Even different cells have different tolerances, so how to optimize and maximize the overall activation, these details need to be explored step by step.

And the prerequisites that Shuichi Hoshita has only accelerated the process of this exploration.

…

Time flies, and the vacation passes in a blink of an eye in the practice and experiment.

The mission resumed, but for Shuichi Hoshita, the difference is not particularly big.

Of course, with the guidance of Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the progress of water escape and earth escape is indeed faster.

On May 16, 43rd year of Konoha, during lunch, Sarutobi Shinnosuke suddenly said, "Shuichi, I have some bad news to tell you."

"Huh?"

Hoshita Shuichi was stunned: "Bad news?"

Chihiro on the side said first: "Shuichi, you are rewarded!"

"Ah?"

Hoshita Shuichi didn't react for a while: "Reward?"

"It seems that I'm exposed..."

"Iwagakure or Kumogakure? How much reward?"

Chihiro raised three fingers: "30 million!"

"According to the news, it is a reward issued by the Hidden Rock Village!"

Hoshita Shuichi chuckled: "30 million, it's not a lot!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke shook his head: "This is not a small amount, it's completely the treatment of a jonin, or even an elite jonin."

Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said: "I remember the captain's reward is 40 million, right?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke smiled bitterly, his 40 million was added by the son of the Hokage.

Chihiro warned: "Shuichi, you should be careful when you go on a mission alone in the future. Many people in the ninja world specialize in bounty hunters, and there are many S-level wanted targets among them, and they are very strong."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke also said solemnly: "Chihiro is right."

Hoshita Hide nodded and put away his joking expression.

He naturally knew about bounty hunters, such as the famous Kakuzu, who was such a person before entering Akatsuki, and he was also a leader.

Even after entering Akatsuki, Kakuzu was keen to exchange his head for money.

For example, Asuma, such as Jilu.

Kakuzu is also proficient in the five major escape techniques, very strong!

...

In the afternoon, Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Chihiro left one after another for something, and only Shuichi Hoshita was left alone next to the Hokage's office.

The memory of the shadow clone who stayed outside to practice suddenly fed back, and the entry tree in his mind immediately moved.

The spirit manifested, and Shuichi Hoshita appeared under the entry tree.

This is what he recently discovered, similar to the spiritual world under the chakra connection.

Looking up at the entry tree, [Water Style Expert] finally reached the standard for lighting and activation.

Light up!

As soon as Hoshita Hideichi thought about it, the leaves of the entry immediately lit up, and the entry effect took effect immediately.

The water style talent increased by 100%, and the seal performed water style ninjutsu.

"There is only one earth style left to collect the five styles experts..."

Hoshita Hideichi was looking forward to it.

However, even if he got the [Ninjutsu Doctor] entry, his focus would still be on Flying Thunder God.

After cultivating Flying Thunder God, he would go back and turn the five styles experts into five styles masters.

I just don't know if he can trigger a stronger entry than [Ninjutsu Doctor] later.

Just as he was thinking about it, Hoshita Shuichi suddenly heard Kakashi's voice coming from next door, and then his teacher Minato Namikaze.

Hoshita Shuichi immediately concentrated.

What happened?

Hoshita Shuichi vaguely heard something about Hatake Sakumo.

Soon, he heard Namikaze Minato and Kakashi leaving.

"What on earth is going on?"

Just as he was thinking about it, Hoshita Shuichi heard Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice coming over: "Fire!"

Hoshita Shuichi's figure immediately sank to the floor, and then rose from the ground of the Hokage's office next door: "The Third Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly: "It has been confirmed that the Jounin Hatake Sakumo who is on a mission is missing!"

Hoshixia Xiuyi suddenly raised his head, with a stunned expression under his mask.

Konoha White Fang is missing?

Are you kidding me?

Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to see Hoshita Shuichi's astonishment, and sighed: "Sakumo is performing a secret mission alone this time. According to the previous agreement, in half a month, whether the mission is completed or not, he must retreat. Return to Konoha."

"But it's been a month now. One of the two teams we sent out lost contact. It was later determined that they encountered a strong enemy and all of them died in battle."

"And this is the information brought back by the second team. According to some information left by the first team, Sakumo is likely to have encountered an ambush, including a puppet master!"

Hoshita Shuichi's eyes narrowed: "The puppet master...the Third Hokage, according to the currently known information, in the entire ninja world, the only puppet master who can threaten Sakumo-senpai is Chiyo of Sunagakure Village."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, his eyes focused: "The mission Sakumo performed is indeed in the Kingdom of Wind, and it is also a trace lost in the Kingdom of Wind."

"So, Yan, this time I need you to take a team to the Kingdom of Wind to investigate this matter."

"In addition to you, Minato's class will be with us too."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Understood!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately said in a deep voice: "Go and prepare, they will be waiting for you at the gate of the village!"

Shuichi Hoshita disappeared immediately.

…

At the exit of Konoha Village, Shuichi Hoshita appeared, taking off his robe and mask.

And he also saw his two teammates.

Aburame Zhiwei should be the next leader of the Aburame clan.

As for the other one, Shuichi Hoshita didn't know him, but that ninja dog was so iconic, he was a member of the Inuzuka clan.

Walking directly to the two of them, Hoshikashi said: "Hello, I am Hoshikashi Shuichi!"

Aburame Zhiwei, wearing sunglasses, said: "Captain, I am Aburame Zhiwei."

Another person said: "Captain, I am Inuzuka Jaw!"

"Woof woof!"

The ninja dog following Inuzuka Jaw greeted Hoshita Shuichi, and Inuzuka Jaw immediately said: "Captain, this is Hoshimaru."

Hoshita Shuichi looked at the ninja dog with black spots in its white hair and said hello: "Hello, Hoshimaru!"

Then he turned to look at Namikaze Minato: "Minato-sensei!"

Namikaze Minato nodded and said, "Let's talk about it on the way!"

Xingxia Xiuyi followed Shanruliu, and the group of seven people set off immediately.

After leaving the village, Hoshita Shuichi glanced at Kakashi who was a little anxious. Instead of comforting him, he asked Minato Namikaze: "Minato-sensei, do you have more detailed information?"

"Let me tell you!"

Aburame Shimi said: "The previous information was brought back by the team I was in before."

Hoshita Shuichi immediately turned to look at Aburame Shiwei.

Aburame Shimi said slightly: "Due to the terrain of the Kingdom of Wind, we actually did not find the traces left by Sakumo-senpai. What we found was the battlefield where the first team sent by the Third Hokage died, and part of it has already been Buried by wind and sand."

"Fortunately, they were poisoned, so their bodies were relatively well preserved, so we got some information they left before they died, and we learned that Sakumo-senpai had been ambushed, and there was a puppet master among them."

"But there's no other information."

After hearing this, Hoshita Shuichi thought: "So, the information the previous team actually obtained was extremely limited."

"Perhaps the battlefield was covered and destroyed by wind and sand, or maybe someone cleaned the battlefield."

Aburame Shimi nodded slightly: "We were also inclined to this inference at the time, and the key point is that the information left by the previous team did not mention whether Sakumo-senpai himself was killed in the battle, or about his body."

Uchiha Obito couldn't help but said: "If there is no body, it means that Sakumo-senpai is still alive!"

"In this case, he should have been captured by the enemy, right?"

Ignoring Uchiha Obito, Hoshikita said: "The wind and sand can cover up many traces, including blood stains, smells, and even corpses."

"If there is no poisoning, there is no need to cover the body with wind and sand. Bugs and birds will quickly digest it."

"But judging from the current situation, Sakumo-senpai was either captured, died in battle, or escaped with injuries, but he may have been poisoned, or was too seriously injured to return to Konoha to revive."

Although three situations are mentioned, anyone who understands knows that there are only two situations.

Either die or be captured!

As for the third type of injury, escaping, or poisoning... In an environment like the Kingdom of Wind, for such a long time, the probability of death is very high.

However, some people present were obviously very emotional. Uchiha Obito shouted again: "Even if he died in battle and his body was eaten by insects and birds, there would be no traces at all."

Namikaze Minato shouted softly: "Obito!"

At this time, Kakashi suddenly said: "Shuichi, you haven't mentioned a situation yet, that is... his body was taken away by the enemy!"

At the end of the sentence, Kakashi's voice trembled.

Hoshita Hide nodded: "Since the enemy is very likely to clean up the battlefield, it is also possible to take away Sakumo-senpai's body."

"You know, ninjas, even corpses are of great intelligence value, especially ninjas like Sakumo-senpai."

Uchiha Obito glanced at Kakashi, and then said: "A powerful ninja like Sakumo-senpai should have to be attacked by the Kazekage of Sunagakure Village, or besieged by a large number of elite ninjas, right?"

After hearing this, Shuichi Hoshita thought seriously: "Maybe it was really the Third Kazekage who took action himself..."

"The strongest puppet master in Sunagakure Village is Chiyo, but with Sakumo-senpai's strength and his fighting style, Chiyo can't stop him."

"Obito is right. Either there are a large number of enemies, or there is another strong person who limits Sakumo-senpai's speed."

After speaking, he looked at Namikaze Minato: "Minato-sensei, if we go to the places where the team checked before, we won't be able to get much useful information."

Namikaze Minato understood instantly and said, "So, you want to sneak into Sunagakure Village to investigate?"

Hoshita Hide nodded: "The possibility of Sunagakure Village taking action is extremely high. After all, Sakumo-senpai has a lot of hatred between Sunagakure Village."

"Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law died at the hands of Sakumo-senpai, who were also two powerful puppet masters at the Jonin level."

"Sneaking into Sunagakure Village should be the fastest way to break through!"

Inuzuka said: "But it is also the most dangerous way!"

"Even if you enter Sand Hidden Village, the fastest and most suitable way to verify it must be against Chiyo or the Third Kazekage, right?"

Namikaze Minato said: "You can also confirm it from the side first. First, see if the Third Kazekage took anyone out of the village half a month ago."

"There should be many people who know this information."

Hoshita Shuichi nodded after hearing this, and immediately said: "Then it's decided. The troops will be divided into two groups. Minato-sensei, you follow the previous traces, and I will carry out the task of sneaking into Sunagakure Village."

Namikaze Minato said quickly: "I'll do it!"

Hoshita Shuichi shook his head and said: "Minato-sensei, your transformation skills are not as good as mine, and your illusion skills should not be as good as mine either..."

After hearing this, Minato Namikaze could only nod in agreement.

Sneaking into Sand Hidden Village, the more people, the better.

But listening to Hoshita Shuichi's words, Uchiha Obito was stunned.

Isn't this guy Shuichi too loud?

The key is that Minato-sensei actually... actually agreed!

…

After the two captains made their decision, it was naturally settled.

That night, he spent the night at the border of the Land of Fire. After passing through the Land of Rivers and entering the Land of Wind the next day, Hoshige Shuichi and Namikaze Minato agreed on a meeting point, then went straight to Sunagakure Village alone.

But besides that, there are a flock of crows flying overhead!