Konoha Tatsuno

Konoha Village, Hokage Office.

"Lord Naruto"

Minazuki and Chishimamatsu both bowed and stood in front of the Hokage's desk.

"Oh? You are here. I called you here this time because I have a task for you to complete."

Namikaze Minato raised his head from the pile of documents, rubbed his brows, looked at Minaduki and Chishimamatsu and said.

"Please give me your instructions, Hokage-sama"

Minazuki and Qiandaomatsu said respectfully.

"It's like this. In the past two months, a powerful giant snake has appeared in the Death Forest. Its existence has caused great damage to the natural ecology of the Death Forest.

The next chunin selection exam will be held in the village in two months. The barrier class responsible for maintaining the Death Forest is not good at fighting such large ninja beasts. You two should cooperate with them to solve this problem as soon as possible."

Namikaze Minato nodded and said with a serious expression.

In fact, the Hokage's Office received relevant reports about the birth of a powerful ninja snake in the Death Forest a month ago.

However, Minato Namikaze, who had been busy dealing with the village's internal affairs and taking care of his wife during this period, did not pay too much attention.

But who would have thought that during this period, this ninja snake would have a huge impact on the Death Forest, and the losses would far exceed the village's expectations.

According to intelligence, this giant snake suddenly appeared in the Death Forest.

In just a few months, this giant snake has eaten almost all the large animals in the Death Forest, seriously damaging the original ecological balance of the Death Forest.

The barrier team responsible for maintaining the Death Forest are mostly ninjas who are good at sealing. After discovering the giant snake, they made several attempts to capture it.

However, the ninjas in the barrier class are not good at fighting such large ninja beasts, and several attempts to capture them have ended in failure.

As a last resort, the barrier class could only report the situation and ask for help from the Hokage's office.

Minazuki and Chishimamatsu are Konoha's special jounin, and they are both ninjas with extremely rich practical combat experience.

The two have been partners for many years. Minazuki is good at close combat, and Chishimamatsu is good at using water escape. They also cooperate well with each other.

Moreover, Minazuki's Suiyunahara and Suiyin Binding Rope are both water release ninjutsus with binding effects, making him an excellent candidate for this mission.

"Yes, Hokage-sama"

The two men accepted the order.

After Minaduki and Chishimamatsu received the mission and left the Hokage's office, they immediately headed straight for the Death Forest.

In the Hokage's office, after Minaduki and Chishimamatsu left, the fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was once again immersed in piles of documents.

"Akimichi Tatsuno"

At this time, Namikaze Minato was holding a case file in his hand, which recorded the specific information about the three A-level missions that Tatsuno, Shisui, and Itachi had completed together in the past six months.

Looking at the comments between the three people recorded in the case file, Namikaze Minato frowned slightly.

As the fourth Hokage of Konoha, Minato Namikaze is naturally very aware of the relationship between the village's senior officials and the Uchiha clan.

Minato Namikaze didn't have much prejudice against the Uchiha clan.

At the beginning, the Obito he had brought was a member of the Uchiha clan.

However, it was only after he became Hokage that Minato Namikaze realized more deeply the complex relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village.

Namikaze Minato had not yet made up his mind on how to deal with this matter.

There is a circular hole in a secret location on the outer edge of the Death Forest, and a dark passage leads directly to the ground.

In the passage, the sound of dripping water echoed in the air.

Beyond the end of the passage, there is a wide stone cave. There are more than a dozen large culture tanks as high as one person in the stone cave. Some strange limbs and flesh are being placed in the culture tanks, some of which can be clearly seen. Outline of human form.

In the center of the cave, on a huge experimental table, Orochimaru, one of Konoha's black technology enthusiasts and one of the three ninjas, is holding a tool and is constantly busy.

bang~

At this moment, the experimental platform shook slightly.

Orochimaru stopped what he was doing, raised his head and looked to the upper left with his cold eyes.

This is a secret laboratory set up by Orochimaru underground in the Forest of Death.

After losing to Namikaze Minato in the Hokage election, Orochimaru, who was relieved of all his duties in the village, let himself go even further, going further and further on the road of research on forbidden arts and human experiments.

With sufficient financial support provided by Danzo, many of his forbidden arts research and human experiments have achieved good results.

A few months ago, based on Orochimaru's human experimental research results, Danzo had just completed the body fusion of Hashirama cells.

Although the vibration just now was slight, Orochimaru still clearly felt that the source of the vibration was from the direction of the Death Forest.

It can make him feel the vibration even when he is dozens of meters underground. There must be a lot of movement in the forest of death.

Is there someone fighting here?The location actually happens to be right in the Forest of Death!

Could it be that the Chuunin Exams have already begun?

Putting down the tools in his hands and taking a step, Orochimaru's figure had disappeared in front of the experimental table.

rumbling~

In the dense forest of the Death Forest, a giant green snake with a diameter of about 1 meter and a body length of more than 20 meters was swinging its tail violently. A large tree was easily blown away by the huge force carried by the snake's tail.

Dust and smoke are billowing, branches are flying!

In the billowing dust and smoke, the figures of Minazuki and Qiandaomatsu kept jumping between the branches of the trees to avoid the attack of the green snake.

Looking at the messy forest of death ravaged by the snake's tail, Minazuki and Qiandaomatsu both had pale faces.

While flying back, the shurikens in the two men's hands continued to shoot towards the giant snake.

clang clang~

Amidst a series of golden roars, the shurikens they fired bounced off the hard scales without causing any damage.

"This guy's strength is too terrifying. I was careless!"

Seeing this scene, Qiandaomatsu's face looked a little ugly.

"It's not your fault! Who would have thought that such a powerful monster would appear in the Forest of Death? The people in the enchantment class didn't know to warn us first."

Shui Wuyue also looked unhappy and comforted him.

When they left the Hokage's office, the two of them had already tried to increase the difficulty of the task as much as possible, but they still did not expect that it would be like this.

Obviously, the Formation Team had never found out the true strength of this giant snake before.

The barrier class did not report truthfully, so the Hokage naturally had no way of knowing, and the two of them who came under the order suffered a disaster.

After arriving in the Death Forest, Minazuki and Chishimamatsu found the giant snake's hiding place accompanied by a ninja from the barrier class.

After all, the Death Forest is only so large, and it is still very difficult for such a huge ninja snake to completely hide its traces here.

Moreover, this giant snake seemed to have no intention of hiding its traces.