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Anbu base secret room.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi walked to the bookshelf and took down a scroll.
This was the detailed information about Akira.
From birth to enrollment, to graduation from the ninja academy, and then assignment to Team Minato.
Not only that.
The scroll also recorded a detailed report of every mission Team Minato undertook, and even some traces of Akira's daily activities.
After reading the content in one breath, Shinnosuke Sarutobi pondered for a moment.
"Taijutsu and Wood Release!"
After muttering to himself, his eyes fell on the scroll again.
After staring for a moment, Shinnosuke Sarutobi smiled.
"The tremor in the back mountain before was caused by Akira opening up a cave with his Taijutsu."
"And Orochimaru's secret base is also in the back mountain!"
"It seems that this Akira is an accomplice of Orochimaru..."
Shinnosuke Sarutobi was in a good mood, thinking he had the brat cornered.
In this way, he could easily control Akira and make the kid loyal to the Anbu and his father.
As for whether this matter was true or not? It didn't matter anymore.
As the Anbu captain, if he said it was true, it was true!
Near noon.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi left the secret room and went to the base hall.
In the lobby.
Team Minato was holding the booklets and studying diligently.
Only Akira!
He was leaning back in the chair, his legs propped up on the stone table, resting lazily.
Thump! Thump!
Footsteps echoed in the empty hall, and Shinnosuke Sarutobi suddenly appeared.
After scanning the few people, his eyes fell on Akira, and he narrowed them.
A prickly head?
You'll be on your knees in no time!
Step!
Walking to the stone table, Shinnosuke Sarutobi sat beside Akira.
"Akira, do you know that Article 6 of the Anbu Regulations stipulates that when you see your superiors, you must take the initiative to greet them!"
"Hmm?"
Akira sat up and tilted his head to look at him.
"Are you sure you want me to take the initiative to greet you?"
"It's the rule!" Shinnosuke Sarutobi's tone was extremely authoritative.
"Fine."
Akira's face was strangely honest.
"Say hello to your mom for me!"
"Also, send my regards to your daughter-in-law too!"
The moment he spoke.
Team Minato, not far away, burst into laughter.
If it weren't for the seriousness of the occasion, they would have chimed in with commentary.
The field.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi was stunned.
According to the regulations, Akira's greeting wasn't technically wrong. But he knew very well that the brat was insulting him!
"I am the Third Hokage's son, the Anbu captain!"
How dare this brat?
A mere civilian ninja! If he hadn't awakened Wood Release, I would slap this damned Akira to death right now.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Shinnosuke Sarutobi had a solution.
"It seems you've finished reciting the regulations. Coincidentally, time is up. Let's start with you and review the Anbu regulations and rules."
"Okay!"
Akira nodded.
"Hand over your booklet!"
Shinnosuke Sarutobi held out his hand and gestured.
However, Akira didn't move.
"I asked you to hand in the booklet. Don't you understand?" His eyebrows rose, and his tone became more serious.
"Are you blind? How can I hand in a booklet when I don't have one in my hand?" Akira snapped back.
"What?"
Shinnosuke Sarutobi looked, and indeed, there was no brochure.
But he had handed out a brochure earlier.
"Where is your brochure?"
"You didn't give it to me, and you're asking me?"
"What? Impossible!"
Shinnosuke Sarutobi lowered his head to search, but found none. He then searched around the other people again.
Still none.
"Alas... You claim to be the captain, yet you didn't even give me the booklet. You're worthless!" Akira added lazily.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi couldn't withstand the continuous critical attacks.
He sat back beside Akira, his fists clenching with a 'creaking' sound.
Suddenly, Shinnosuke Sarutobi laughed.
His smile held smugness, cruelty, and disdain.
"Akira, do you remember that you once built a cave in the back mountain?" Shinnosuke Sarutobi whispered close to his ear.
"And then?" Akira's expression remained unchanged.
"Heh... You were digging holes in the back mountain, and Orochimaru's secret base is also in the back mountain! And then there was that inexplicable explosion in the back mountain!"
"So, I have every reason to suspect that you colluded with Orochimaru to create a large explosion in the back mountain with the intention of destroying the village."
As he spoke, Shinnosuke Sarutobi maintained his smile.
This was his killer move.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi believed that no one could handle this accusation. Not even if Akira possessed Wood Release.
"What is your purpose?"
Akira stared at the other party expressionlessly, as if looking at a dead man.
At this moment, Shinnosuke Sarutobi smiled even more proudly.
"You're smart; you understand my intentions. I like dealing with smart people."
Having said this, his tone turned serious.
"Surrender to me and be loyal to my father! This matter will be buried forever."
Akira was thinking.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi was not in a hurry, quietly waiting for the kid's answer.
He believed that smart people would make smart choices.
After a while.
Akira made a decision.
"Well? Have you figured it out?" Shinnosuke Sarutobi asked, a triumphant smile on his lips.
"Yeah, I figured it out..."
Akira sighed, a hint of melancholy in his tone.
He looked at Shinnosuke and said slowly: "There are some accusations, don't throw them around carelessly! Otherwise, people will die!"
"Huh? What did you say?"
Puff!!!
The sound of flesh and blood being pierced rang out.
Shinnosuke Sarutobi couldn't believe it and lowered his head sluggishly.
He saw his chest, which had been punched through.
"You? Pfft!"
A large amount of blood spurted from his mouth, and he tried to cover his chest.
Pity.
His arms had lost all strength.
"Why?"
Sensing the vitality rapidly draining from his body, Shinnosuke Sarutobi asked one last question.
"Didn't I say it? There are some accusations you shouldn't throw around! They will kill people."
Akira responded calmly, pulling out his fist.
"Remember this lesson. Don't do it again in your next life!"
After speaking, he wiped the blood from his fist onto the opponent's clothes.
"You f**king..."
Plop!
The body fell to the ground without a sound.
In the lobby.
Team Minato fell into a deathly silence.