Chapter 444 Something Happened Again!

Ohnoki was stunned on the spot, he naturally understood what Minato meant.

As long as he steps down as the Tsuchikage, he can cut himself off from Iwagakure to the maximum extent; when the village has a new Tsuchikage in charge, he will be able to devote all his energy to revenge.

Even if it fails in the end, it can still be cut off from Yanyin Village to a certain extent, so that the whole village will not be destroyed!

From this perspective, it is indeed the only feasible way.

But, but...

This was said by the Hokage of the enemy village. Why does it sound so strange?

It seemed as if he was deliberately inducing himself to step down from his earth shadow status.

If the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama proposed like this, Onoki would definitely reject it immediately and would never agree!

But for the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, Onoki hesitated.

Maybe, probably, maybe, maybe... Minato, the fourth generation, isn't so cunning and despicable, right?

This is the political impact brought about by the leader's personal style.

If Senju Hashirama invites you to have a meal, you basically don’t have to worry about your own safety.

But if Qian Shu Feijian invites you to dinner, you have to carefully consider whether it is a Hongmen Banquet? And are there three hundred ANBU swordsmen hidden behind the screen?

"I, I..."

Onoki's heart was frantically fighting and tangled, and his expression was difficult.

He really wanted to take off the Tsuchikage's burden and focus on avenging his son.

But he really can’t find an heir now!

If Loess was still alive, even though he was almost on par, he could still sit on the position of Tsuchikage, and all the forces in the village could reluctantly agree.

But now that Loess is dead, although there are still many good players in Yanyin Village, none of them can take on the big responsibility!

Deidara, who has high hopes from Onoki, has not yet made a disciple!

Ohnoki really has no one to pass on!

If the throne is passed randomly, the custody of Iwagakure Village will be in chaos again.

Even if there is no chaos, it will definitely be further weakened in the future, and one day it will be eaten up by Konoha.

"Don't be in a hurry to make a choice. I know Lord Tsuchikage has concerns."

"There is still a little time, you can think about it slowly."

"Of course, I sincerely hope to borrow your power to defeat this powerful enemy together!"

Minato smiled warmly and said that he was not taking the opportunity to force Ohnoki.

Just from the perspective of safety and insurance, Onoki must be separated from Iwagakure before he can safely allow him to join the secret combat operation.

This is a responsibility for oneself, and also for Kushina and other participants in the war!

"Okay, let me think about it again."

Ohnoki's response was very tangled, which showed the pain in his heart.

In a short period of time, it was indeed difficult for him to choose between revenge and the whole village.

"Don't worry, Tsuchikage-dono, whether you participate or not. I will defeat Ji Xian and avenge Jiraiya-sensei!"

"The Yondaime Hokage, thank you..."

Ohnoki thanked him sincerely.

If Tobirama or Sarutobi were in charge, he would not even go to Konoha Village in person.

Not to mention such candid and sincere discussions and cooperation.

"You're welcome. Send Tsuchikage-sama down to rest."

Minato signaled to see the guests off. He also had a lot of government affairs to deal with. After all, he was the Hokage with real power, not the puppet Hokage he once was.

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but.

Just when Onoki was about to leave, another figure hurriedly entered the Hokage's office.

"Fugaku, what's the matter?"

The hurried-looking leader of the Fugaku clan nodded slightly towards Ohnoki, then quickly came to Minato and whispered:

"Something might have happened!"

"Um?"

"Kakashi Hatake may be missing!"

Minato frowned and immediately asked:

"What exactly happened?"

"Itachi originally made an appointment with Shisui to go hunting this morning, but Shisui didn't come. The kid was worried and asked me to help him investigate. I sent a few Uchiha ninjas to investigate, and found that he and Kakashi picked him up together yesterday. He went on an ordinary inspection mission outside the village. It should have returned last night, but he still hasn’t returned.”

Originally, Kakashi and Shisui were both sent by Minato to the [Rain Ninja Village] to perform tasks of monitoring Konan and searching for the remains of the Akatsuki organization.

After Obito was defeated and captured, the Akatsuki organization completely collapsed.

The two of them were recalled to Konoha Village and began their daily training and inspection missions.

certainly.

It is normal for ninjas to have some minor accidents when performing their missions, and delays for a few days.

However, this kind of inspection mission near the village usually does not lead to accidents.

In fact, after Kakashi's team failed to return last night, the village had already sent a second exploration team to search.

But the intelligence just sent back showed that the two of them had still not been found.

After knowing this, Fugaku personally came to report and alert Minato.

After all, although they are just ordinary Konoha ninjas now, one is the direct disciple of Hokage Minato, and the other is the future hope of the Uchiha clan!

Together they were even more important than Fugaku's own life.

Fugaku, who had been to the future and already knew part of the future development, no longer counted on his rebellious classmate Itachi, but instead placed his hopes on Shisui and his youngest son Sasuke.

Sasuke is still young, and Shisui will definitely need to carry the Uchiha banner for a while in the future.

Such a good seedling cannot be destroyed accidentally at a time like this!

"Both Kakashi and Shisui are missing?"

"How come?"

If someone goes missing during an ordinary patrol mission outside the village, there is a high probability that he was attacked!

But they are not ordinary ninjas!

One is a Konoha genius who was promoted to a jonin at the age of 12. Although he has lost his Sharingan, he has learned a more suitable and stronger lightning ninjutsu.

The other is an Uchiha genius who participated in the Third Ninja World War at the age of 7 and opened the Mangekyō at the age of 13. Although he is only nine years old now, he is better than most special jonins.

The team formed by the two of them.

Even if they encounter an enemy unexpectedly, even if they are facing an ordinary Kage, they can deal with it or successfully retreat.

Now there are no more than two palms of people in the whole ninja world who can beat them.

Besides, Konoha is now in full swing, who dares to pull out the tiger's beard?

How could it be possible to disappear quietly without a trace?

Could it be that he met Jigen?

But isn't Jigen imprisoned by the teacher?

Minato couldn't guess the reason, and immediately closed his eyes and opened his perception.

Using his super perception ability, he explored the area hundreds of miles around the village.

But he did not sense the familiar aura of Kakashi's chakra, nor did he sense the Flying Thunder God Mark left on him!

This leaves only two possibilities:

Either they have been killed.

Or they have gone beyond Minato's perception range, and may be chasing the enemy, or they may be abducted by the enemy.

Minato only hopes it is the latter, then at least they can be saved!

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