Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu

The bonfire burned brightly, quickly filling the gap left by the vanishing flames. If Kakashi weren't such a meticulous man, he might have missed the bizarre occurrence entirely!@@novelbin@@

'Flames disappearing mysteriously?'

'Could it be… Space-Time Ninjutsu?'

Kakashi's heart beats, and he quickly looked around with calm and collected expression.

'No one was nearby!'

Kakashi then looked towards Obito again, and immediately shook his head.

'Obito's Mangekyo had been taken away, so it is impossible for him to use Space-Time Ninjutsu.'

'Wait a minute!'

'Is it me?'

'It was identical to Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan…' Kakashi was both surprised and delighted.

More than half a month ago, Kakashi had sought advice from Kanpū on how to activate the Mangekyo Sharingan. Since then, he had been relentlessly training his Sharingan, trying to unlock its full potential.

Unfortunately, despite his efforts, it had remained a three-tomoe Sharingan.

He never expected that under the dual emotional stimulus of Rin and Obito, his Sharingan would evolve into the Mangekyo Sharingan!

It's really ironic!

...

Land of Fire.

Konoha.

Tonight, the Hokage Tower is brightly lit, with countless Shinobi bustling in and out.

Although Akatsuki and Orochimaru have retreated, the mess they left behind was for Konoha to clean up, especially the huge sea of ​​trees that Orochimaru created with Nativity of a World of Trees, which not only destroyed the Anbu's Headquarters, but also crushed many surrounding buildings, most of which were residential buildings. If this wasn't dealt with promptly, many civilians emerging from emergency shelters would be left homeless.

Therefore, Minato urgently dispatched two groups of Shinobi, one for cutting down and transport the trees, and the other for building houses using Earth Release Ninjutsu.

Apart from this, there are two more important things!

"Yondaime-sama." Eagle and Shikaku entered the office at the same time.

Minato looked the two of them, and solemnly asked: "Any news?"

Shikaku sighed and said: "It has been confirmed that Sanbi has been captured. And according to the traces at the scene, it was likely done by Hoshigaki Kisame." Ꞧ𝙖ℕǒＢƐṣ

"Akatsuki…" Minato frowned.

"Sorry, it's all my fault."

Shikaku bowed his head in apology, "If I hadn't ordered Saburo to go outside the village to attract Akatsuki, this wouldn't have…"

"Shikaku, given the circumstances at that time, your decision was correct. Don't blame yourself. As for Saburo... sigh."

Minato shook his head regretfully and then turned to Eagle, "Eagle, is there any news about Sandaime on your side?"

Hawk bowed his head in pain and said, "I contacted Sandaime-sama's Summoned Beast, Enma, through someone from Sarutobi Clan. Then, he told me…"

"What did he tell you!" Minato urged nervously.

Eagle said, "Sandaime-sama… encountered Orochimaru. After a fierce battle, Sandaime chose to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to take Orochimaru down with him. Unfortunately, in the end, he only managed to seal a small part of Orochimaru's soul."

'Dead Demon Consuming Seal…' Minato slumped into his chair.

He knew this sealing technique well, it is the Fuinjutsu that summon Shinigami at the expense of the user's soul, and trades the user's soul to devour the opponent's soul. It is a mutual destruction technique!

However, this technique could be undone. As long as they find Uzumaki Clan's Shinigami mask, they could release the souls sealed by the Shinigami!

'It's just… Even if the soul is released, Sandaime still couldn't be brought back to life.'

Minato took a deep breath and asked, "We couldn't find Sandaime's body anywhere. Was it taken by Orochimaru?"

"Yes, after Sandaime-sama died, Orochimaru took his body."

Eagle replied, then he seemed to remember something, and then added, "By the way, according to Enma, seems Orochimaru's legs are damaged. Is it because part of his soul was sealed?"

"It should be because the soul of his legs was sealed by Sandaime. Unless he changes his body, he won't be able to stand again in his life."

Minato curbed his distracting thoughts, then turned his head and looked towards Shikaku, and said: "Shikaku, Sandaime's funeral will be left to you. Make it grand."

Then, he turned his head to look at Eagle: "Eagle, you are responsible for the reconstruction of the Anbu's Headquarters."

"Yes." The two replied. After a few comforting words, they left.

Once they were gone, Minato slowly got up and walked to the office's window, secretly pondering, 'With the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Sandaime's soul and Orochimaru's feet are entangled in the Shinigami's stomach.'

It stands to reason that as a junior, he should break the Dead Demon Consuming Seal so that Hiruzen's soul can rest in the Pure Land.

However, Orochimaru had taken Hiruzen's body with him.

If he rescues Hiruzen's soul at this time, Orochimaru could desecrate Hiruzen's soul with the Impure World Reincarnation.

So…

'Sandaime, I'll save your soul once I retrieve your body."

'I'm sorry, but you'll have to endure a bit longer entangled with Orochimaru's legs' souls.'

Ka-cha.

The office door opened again.

"Hokage-sama." Kanpū walked in.

In the afternoon, Kanpū had flown out of the village to find Nagato. He searched the highlands near the village, and finally found found a tree hollow where Nagato was hiding. Unfortunately, by the time he found it, Nagato and Konan were already gone.

Kanpū didn't give up and followed the traces of their departure all the way, but eventually, the traces disappeared.

Channeling his inner Conan, Kanpū made a logical deduction and concluded that Konan must have created a paper airplane and left with Nagato halfway from the sky.

The reason why the two did not leave by paper airplane at first may be deliberate action to attract his attention.

When Kanpū told Minato about this, Minato informed him that Sanbi had been captured by Kisame.

'That matched up.'

'Konan must have been buying time for Kisame to escape.'

"Alright."

Minato interrupted Kanpū's thoughts and said, "We'll deal with Sanbi and Akatsuki later. Kanpū, head to the Land of Iron immediately. Kakashi needs your help over there."

'Oh, I almost forgot about the semi-paralyzed Kakashi.'

Kanpū hurriedly left.

Activating Sage Mode, Kanpū followed the network cable all the way to the Land of Iron, and soon found a few of his own Flying Thunder God Technique's coordinates, one of which was on a kunai he had left with Kakashi.

With a burst of wind, Kanpū suddenly appeared by the campfire, causing the flames to flicker.

"Kakashi-senpai, are you okay?" Kanpū looked at Kakashi, then was immediately dumbfounded.

'Mangekyo?'