The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 02]

Chapter 312 - Tailed Beast Chakra

Hidden Leaf village - 10:30 pm.

The Leaf Aviary.

The Leaf Aviary is the location where messenger birds such as hawks, special summon sparrows deliver important messages. The aviary is a circular building built into the top of a tree with a spiral staircase.

Two Chunin ninjas were keeping a close watch on the skies above. The cool wind made one of them yawn.

"Man, I'm so tired. We're just standing here doing nothing. It's soo boring. It's making me sleepy." The chunin who spoke was a young man in his late teens while the other was a much older man nearing his thirties. He had a much more serious demeanor than his younger teammate.

"Focus. Several scouting teams have been sent this morning. We should be hearing back from them soon."

The teenager looked at the older man and just sighed.

Seeing the look the older ninja spoke. "You're new here aren't you."

Seeing the silence of the teenager, the older man continued.

"This may look tedious but our work is just as important as anyone else's. We need to correctly interpret any messages we receive and send it to the tower as quickly as possible. If we fail in our task and vital information is not delivered on time, it could have serious consequences."

The younger Chunin sighed and decided not to argue. He turned his attention back to the night sky and soon spotted a brown hawk making its way towards them. The older man quickly spotted the avian creature as well and they both stood alert.

The moment the hawk landed the older ninja took the scroll tied to its leg and gave it to the younger man. Just as he was about to speak he saw another hawk flying towards them. It quickly landed in front of them and raised its left leg. Without any delay the younger chunin took the second sealed scroll tied to the hawks legs.

"Take these to the analysis team. Go."

With a quick nod the teenager vanished and made his way to the cryptanalysis team.

Hokage Tower.

Shortly after Kakashi gave his report and left and Hiruzen had his rest, he was once again at his desk going through the numerous reports piled up in front of him. Even though his eyes were on the papers in front of him his mind was elsewhere.

The images of Tsunade and Orochimaru popped up and Hiruzen remembered the last time he saw his student.

The old kage closed his eyes and exhaled as if to get rid of the haunting memories. At that moment the image of another student appeared in his head.

'Hurry Jiraiya. I need your help on this matter.'

Suddenly the door opened, jolting the kage from his thoughts and a Chunin rushed inside. "Sir, I have news."

Hiruzen recognized the young Chunin as a member of the cryptanalysis team. He also saw several documents in the young ninja's hands.

He gave a nod and the Chunin began his report. "Reports from the Reconnaissance Teams are coming in. We just received intel from squad 2 and 6. They've investigated the locations assigned to them and have confirmed sightings of Orochimaru's hideouts. These are the blueprints they drew up. There are also several mercenary ninjas guarding the hideouts."

The Chunin handed the Hokage the documents in his hands and Hiruzen quickly started going through them. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the key information.