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In the lobby.
A deathly silence prevailed.
Rin's face turned pale, and she stared blankly at the corpse on the ground.
Akira and Shinnosuke Sarutobi were just arguing. Why did it suddenly turn into this?
"That's the Third Hokage's son!"
Anko screamed frantically in her heart, almost scared to death.
Although she usually acted very bold, no matter how daring she was, she wouldn't dare kill such an important figure!
And Akira, who had a slight disagreement, directly ripped out his heart.
"I... I can't move."
Yūgao Uzuki touched Anko's arm, almost crying from fright.
Her legs were constantly trembling, and her mood fluctuated violently.
If she hadn't seen Rin trembling even more, she would have slumped on the ground long ago.
"I can't see, I can't see."
Yamato in the corner covered his face with the book and muttered to himself.
Finally, he simply turned away and faced the wall.
Only Kakashi was relatively normal.
He glanced at the corpse on the ground and quickly walked to Akira.
"What now?"
Kakashi didn't panic, but asked what the next step should be.
This was entirely due to his resentment towards the Third Hokage.
My own father was forced to death by the village's higher-ups, and the Third Hokage's son died. What's wrong with that?
The field.
Akira touched his chin, his expression extremely calm.
"Take out the kunai."
Stretching out his hand to Kakashi, Akira waited patiently.
Next.
He swept across the rest of Team Minato with a smile on his face.
"Come on! It's time for Team Minato to deepen our friendship!"
Following Akira's words, several people exchanged glances.
Obviously, Akira was going to let everyone take turns stabbing the corpse again.
This move could indeed deepen the friendship of Team Minato. After all, this way, everyone was in the same boat.
No one dared to resist, because no one wanted to be the second corpse.
"That, Senior Akira! I didn't see anything."
Yamato, facing the wall in the corner, spoke weakly.
"Yamato, if you don't stab him, I can only stab you," Akira tried to persuade him.
Before the corpse.
Team Minato took turns, stabbing the corpse several times.
After stabbing, several people looked at Akira in unison.
"Hey, what are you going to do with this corpse?" Anko quickly recovered and asked hastily.
She was now firmly on Akira's side, so she naturally had to help with the cleanup.
"Let Yamato use Wood Release and hide the corpse underground," Akira thought for a moment and came up with a solution.
"Me? Use Wood Release?"
Yamato was stunned.
Akira knew Wood Release, so why did he want him to hide the corpse?
After thinking about it for a while, he understood.
This was to completely bind him and prevent him from telling Lord Danzō.
What a truly mean villain.
"Wait a minute! I have a better idea."
Anko's eyes lit up, and she pulled out a porcelain bottle.
"What's this?"
"This was given to me by Orochimaru before he defected. It's venom that corrodes giant snakes. Just one drop can completely corrode a corpse."
After listening to Anko's explanation, Akira thought for a while and agreed.
Sizzle...
A few drops of venom dripped down, contaminating the corpse, and a large puff of black smoke came out.
Akira: "???"
Anko: "It's over!"
Anko never imagined that the venom corroding the corpse would also emit black smoke!
In such a short period of time, the hall was filled with a thick black smoke, and it carried a strong smell of blood.
Team Minato was dumbfounded.
"It's over. This black smoke, this bloody smell... How do we get rid of it?" Rin's face turned pale again.
"It feels like the whole Team Minato is doomed."
"Senior Anko, haven't you used this venom before?" Yamato couldn't help but complain.
If he had known the aftereffects of this thing corroding a corpse, he would have used Wood Release to hide the body a long time ago.
"None of us mastered Wind Release (Fūton)," Kakashi's tone was concise.
His meaning was obvious: the black smoke and the smell of blood couldn't be removed.
Now, several people turned around anxiously.
The body was indeed gone, not even the clothes. But now they faced an even bigger problem.
"Akira, do you have a solution?" Yūgao Uzuki looked at Akira with hope in her eyes.
Because she found that only Akira wasn't panicking; he was extremely calm.
"Of course there's a way."
Akira nodded and glanced at Kakashi.
"Kakashi, clean up the traces in the hall immediately."
"The others, follow me to the exit."
After speaking, Akira thought about it again.
Then he said: "Remember, only clean up our traces, and leave the rest alone."
Kakashi was stunned at first, then suddenly realized.
If Akira hadn't reminded him, he would have cleaned up all the traces.
That would have become the biggest flaw.
A few minutes later.
Akira and Kakashi retreated to the exit.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Kakashi left a Shadow Clone at the base, and the original left with the others.
Click!
Watching the stone gate of the base slowly close, Kakashi dismissed the Shadow Clone.
However, his expression was not relaxed, but worried.
"Akira, this won't work."
"Oh?"
"Many people know about our visit to the Anbu base."
"Once the news of Shinnosuke's disappearance is confirmed, we will be the biggest suspects."
As Kakashi feared.
Even the Third Hokage knew about the fact that Team Minato had come to the Anbu Base.
If an investigation were launched, Team Minato would be immediately locked down.
Regarding Kakashi's worry, Akira first smiled, then shook his head.
"We never went inside the Anbu base. We waited outside until noon!"
"So, whether Shinnosuke Sarutobi is missing or not, what does it have to do with us?"
Having said that, he turned his head to look at Anko again.
"Anko... That bottle of venom is snake venom?"
"Yes," Anko nodded, confused.
"Alas... Orochimaru is so damned! He sneaked into the Anbu base..."
As Akira's voice fell.
The eyes of everyone in Team Minato lit up.
Only Anko.
Her complexion changed drastically.
Akira, actually throwing the blame onto the traitor who had already defected?
"Akira, in terms of intrigue, I don't think anyone in the ninja world is your match."
Kakashi sighed emotionally, admiring Akira.