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The strange anomaly attracted the attention of many, naturally including Konoha's ANBU ninja. An ANBU ninja wearing a cat-faced mask slightly frowned beneath it and muttered to himself, "It looks somewhat like a large-scale Lightning Release ninjutsu. I should probably report it to the Third Hokage."
His figure suddenly vanished, as if he had never been there. As an ANBU ninja, his speed was still very fast. It took him less than 5 minutes... to reach the Hokage's Office Building, and then he knocked on the Third Hokage's office door.
Hiruzen Sarutobi heard the knocking outside, and his brow couldn't help but slightly furrow. His thoughts had just been interrupted by the knocking. He had just been thinking about what kind of Lightning Release ninjutsu... could create a large crater with a diameter of over 20 meters. He was pondering if there was such a powerful Lightning Release ninja in Konoha Village, besides Hatake Kakashi.
Just before, there was a young girl named Shizune, who claimed to be Tsunade's niece. She then informed him that there was a Lightning Release ninja near Konoha who could use Lightning Release to create a giant crater with a diameter of over 20 meters. His strength might be very powerful! After determining the identity of the person. Hiruzen Sarutobi believed Shizune. After all, he had already confirmed Shizune's identity. Logically, that little girl couldn't possibly deceive the Third Hokage.
Moreover, what purpose could she have in deceiving him with this lie?! So Hiruzen Sarutobi believed what the other party said. But such a powerful Lightning Release ninja... was not very common in Konoha Village. He might not even be a Konoha ninja. Just as he was thinking, the knocking outside resumed, interrupting his thoughts.
So he frowned and said, "What is it? Come in and tell me!" An ANBU ninja wearing a cat-faced mask pushed open the office door. Then he respectfully said, "Lord Hokage, something is wrong!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyebrows slightly twitched.
For an ANBU ninja to say something was wrong, it was likely truly something wrong. He opened his mouth and asked, "What is it? What exactly happened?!" The cat-masked ANBU ninja replied, "About ten kilometers outside Konoha Village, someone seems to have used a very large-scale Lightning Release ninjutsu, so large that it could be seen clearly even from the village entrance of Konoha Village." Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils slightly constricted. "Ten kilometers away?" The cat-masked ANBU ninja nodded. "About 12 to 13 kilometers." "..." A ninjutsu performed ten kilometers away could be seen by Konoha Village's ANBU. This meant that the scale and range of this ninjutsu were unusually vast. And it was about Lightning Release ninjutsu again? Was this related to what that little girl Shizune said before...?! According to Hiruzen Sarutobi's guess... the connection between the two worlds seemed very strong. But he had no evidence to prove it.
Such a large-scale, wide-ranging Lightning Release ninjutsu. Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and muttered, "Kakashi should be in the Land of Earth recently. This is a very important mission, so logically, he shouldn't be back so soon... so that Lightning Release ninja can't be Kakashi." "But besides Kakashi, are there any other powerful Lightning Release ninja in Konoha Village?!" "Danzo? No... Danzo uses Wind Release, not Lightning Release." "Among Konoha Village's many Jounin, only Kakashi is skilled in Lightning Release ninjutsu, right?!" "..." Looking up at the ANBU ninja wearing a cat-faced mask, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said, "This old man understands. Go call a few ANBU members to go observe that place. Remember not to get too close." "If anything seems amiss, immediately return to the village and notify me." The cat-masked ANBU ninja nodded. He said respectfully, "Yes, Lord Hokage! Your subordinate will definitely complete the mission you assigned!" "..." After watching the ANBU ninja leave, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly.
He couldn't help but rub his brows, which were starting to ache and throb again. He felt a bit tired. He always felt that there were more and more problems in Konoha recently... especially all sorts of strange occurrences. Yet, he couldn't find out anything. This was what gave him a headache. "Things are getting more and more complicated recently... Now another Lightning Release ninja of unknown origin has appeared. If a little more time passes, will some Sage of Six Paths appear?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but give a self-deprecating laugh. Of course, he didn't take his own words to heart.
He even regarded the Sage of Six Paths as a legend. A legend that simply did not exist in the world. ...When five ANBU ninja arrived at their destination, half an hour had already passed. The ANBU ninja ran so slowly because they were worried that if they were too fast, they would be discovered by the other party. However, as soon as they arrived at the scene, all five of them had astonished expressions on their faces.
Because they were surprised to find that there was no one here... not even a single small animal. It seemed the other party had already left... There was a large crater over 20 meters in diameter on the ground here. Besides that, there were hundreds of shallow small pits. And the ground within a hundred-meter radius... was completely scorched. The ground was covered with cracks. It looked like it had gone through a great battle. And many places showed burn marks. It seemed that besides Lightning Release... someone had also used Fire Release. This didn't seem like someone testing ninjutsu. Instead, it was two powerful ninja battling! Of course, now both of them were gone. ...PS: Requesting fresh flowers, review votes, monthly passes~ Review votes are almost at six thousand. Everyone, give it a push, and you can easily break through six thousand review votes. I won't dare to work on two projects at once next time. Writing so many words is killing me...