Konoha Hypocrite (Part-1)

Chapter 13: Handing Over Scroll; Showing Affection

Author's Note:

Hokage Residence is a large mansion occupied by the Hokage during their tenure and is located close to both the Academy and Hokage Rock.

Shinobi is synonymous with Ninja.

Over time, Kiri was known as the 'Village of the Bloody Mist' because, in the Kiri Academy, graduating students had to fight to the death. Only survivors could advance to ninja ranks.

Kumo(Cloud) is the hidden village in the Land of Lightning, one of the five great Shinobi countries of the Ninja World.
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Wearing a white shirt and gold-rimmed glasses, Uchiha Tonan walked down the silent street with the scroll in his hand. He had barely moved a few steps when an Anbu appeared in front of him.

"Looks like you're safe. An enemy spy has appeared in the village. The situation is urgent, so please follow me to the Hokage Residence."

It was rare for the Anbu member to speak so much at once. His eyes also subconsciously fell on the scroll in Tonan's hands. He could guess what was in it.

For such a young ninja to be able to kill a chunin, he truly was a genius.

The Anbu was aware of Tonan's value in the Hokage's heart. Having guessed his strength now, he did his best to soften his tone while speaking to him.

Tonan nodded and responded with a serious expression, "I happened to be looking for Sandaime-sama as well. I'll be troubling you, then." He gave the Anbu a deep and polite bow.

Matched with how he was dressed, Tonan's appearance was courteous. One couldn't help but have a good impression of him. The Anbu nodded, and coming to Tonan's side, he grabbed his shoulders before leaving with the Body Flicker Technique.

At the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen's brows were locked into a tight frown. With a pipe hanging off his lips, he paced about the room anxiously.

Every so often, his gaze would drift towards the crystal ball in the room, that was showing the situation at Tonan's home.

Hiruzen was resting at home when the Anbu urgently reported about an enemy spy breaking into the Hatake residence to assassinate Kakashi.

The spy did not expect Hatake Sakumo to have returned earlier that evening. Sakumo cut all four of the assassin's limbs the moment he stepped through the doorway.

The Kiri spy was then rushed over to the Konoha interrogation room by an Anbu before the information was extracted out of him through various methods.

As soon as the Anbu learned about a chunin spy targetting Tonan, one of them immediately left for Tonan's house while the other rushed over to the Sarutobi clan's territory.

Hiruzen used the crystal ball to observe the situation in Tonan's house once he was in office. But the ball could only view up to the boundary and not inside the residence.

This was also the reason why in his free time, Hiruzen could only peek at the open-air...

In fact, even before Hiruzen arrived at the Hokage Residence, Tonan had already left the Uchiha territory and was on his way.

"Hokage-sama, Uchiha Tonan is here."

Just as Hiruzen was feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, the Anbu's voice sounded beyond the door.