In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the entire process of Jiraiya's arrest without saying a word. He raised his head, looked at the people in front of him, and wanted to say something, but Kuragami Uchiha's shadow clone suddenly exploded in front of him.
The next moment, Kuragami Uchiha's real body pushed the door open and came in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Now, can you sign it, Hokage-sama?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up at Kuragami Uchiha and said: "You are… acting first and asking for permission later."
Kuragami Uchiha did not speak but looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a smile.
"If I don't sign, are you going to use that Visual Jutsu?" Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice.
"Hokage-sama, why do you think I will use my trump card in a bet that I'm sure to win?" Kuragami Uchiha said with a smile.
"Do you think you've won?" Hiruzen Sarutobi said slowly.
"Then… wait and see." Kuragami Uchiha said with a smile.
… … …
In the Anbu's base, Itachi Uchiha and Shikaku Nara were dealing with a mountain of documents. But at this time, an Anbu from the Yamanaka clan suddenly broke into the office.
"It's bad, Captain Itachi, assistant Shikaku! For some reason, the Konoha Military Police Force has issued a martial law order in the village!" Masahiko Yamanaka reported in a panic.
"What?"
Itachi Uchiha and Shikaku Nara stood up and looked at each other with shocked expressions on their faces.
"What happened? Why is there martial law again? What does the Konoha Military Police Force want to do?" Itachi Uchiha hammered the table hard and said angrily.
'Has this day finally come?'
Shikaku Nara sighed in his heart but still remained calm and said: "Captain Itachi, the most urgent task now is to find out what happened."
"That's right."
Itachi Uchiha also calmed down when he saw this and walked out of the office with Shikaku Nara. However, Itachi Uchiha, who walked out of the office, was stunned.
At this point, under normal circumstances, there should be at least nearly a hundred ninjas on duty in the Anbu base, but now, except for the few forty people, the entire Anbu base is empty.
"Where is everyone?" Itachi Uchiha saw this and couldn't help but get angry.
"Captain Itachi, the Konoha Military Police Force came to issue a coordinated mission this afternoon, and it seems that everyone else has gone to participate in the mission." A staff member from the Sarutobi clan in the base came forward to report.
"What kind of mission does the Konoha Military Police Force have to mobilize so many Anbu to cooperate?" Itachi Uchiha said in disbelief: "Give me the list of people participating in the mission!"
Nobuya Sarutobi quickly handed the list to Itachi Uchiha.
Itachi Uchiha took a look and saw that all the members of the Isshin Society in the Anbu were on the list.
Moreover, the leaders of the two battalions and one squadron who were taken away did not come to report to him. If he had not seen the mission report, he would not even know that this happened.
"Masahiko Yamanaka." Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath and turned to look at the Anbu, who came to report the news.
"Here!" Masahiko Yamanaka hurried forward.
"Go to the Hokage building and report the situation here to the Hokage."
Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
After Masahiko Yamanaka left, Shikaku Nara came to Itachi Uchiha and said: "Captain Itachi, the Konoha Military Police Force is very likely to be conducting a coup."
"Let's not kid ourselves. The coup of the Konoha Military Police Force has already begun." At this time, the door of the Anbu base was pushed open, and Inoichi Yamanaka walked in.
"When the Konoha Military Police Force put the streets on martial law, I rushed here as soon as possible, and it took some effort."
Inoichi Yamanaka said: "However, on the way, I saw Jiraiya-sama being escorted by several members of the Konoha Military Police Force. Because the people in charge of escorting were all members of the Uchiha Clan, I was restrained and did not act rashly."
"What? They have already attacked Jiraiya-sama?" Itachi Uchiha said through gritted teeth.
Soon, Masahiko Yamanaka, who had just left, returned to the base with another Anbu from the Utatane clan.
"Captain Itachi, the Hokage building is now surrounded by the Konoha Military Police Force and the second Anbu battalion." An Anbu from Utatane reported.
"Damn it! Is this their joint mission? They dared to surround the Hokage building?" Itachi Uchiha said angrily.
"Captain Itachi, calm down; things haven't reached the worst point yet."
Shikaku Nara patted Itachi Uchiha on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry about the Hokage building for the time being. The other party should not dare to do anything to the Hokage. The most urgent thing now is to rescue Jiraiya-sama."
"I understand."
Itachi Uchiha nodded, looked at Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka, and asked: "How many people can we mobilize now?"
"Our three clans have 24 Jonin and 75 Chunin who can obey your command." Shikaku Nara said.
This is the strength that all three clans can put on the table, and Shikaku Nara is ready to abandon this part of the strength, including himself.
"Can we gather now?" Itachi Uchiha asked.
"Of course, I will contact the Choza clan." Inoichi Yamanaka nodded and contacted Choza Akimichi, who was staying in the clan today, by radio.
Not long after, Inoichi Yamanaka hung up the radio and said: "In 20 minutes at most, the troops of our three clans will be able to gather and arrive."
"Okay, thank you."
Itachi Uchiha nodded, then thought for a moment, took the radio beside him, and called the leader of the second battalion, Tsukushi Gekko, who was also the only Jonin of the Gekko clan in the village.
In the office of Kuragami Uchiha of the Konoha Military Police Force, Tsukushi Gekko, who was staring at the sand table with Kakashi, heard the radio beeping on his body.
Tsukushi Gekko took out the radio and connected it.
Then, Itachi Uchiha's suppressed, angry voice came over: "Tsukushi Gekko! What are you doing?"
Tsukushi Gekko saw this and quickly covered the receiving port of the radio and looked at everyone: "It's Itachi Uchiha."
"Let me take it." At this time, the captain of the Jonin squad, Ryoto Yoshimura, took the initiative to take the radio.
"Hello? Is this Captain Itachi Uchiha?"
"Who are you?" After the office was quiet, everyone present could hear Itachi Uchiha's voice clearly.
"I am the captain of the Jonin squad, Ryoto Yoshimura."
"Why are the Jonin squad with our Anbu?" Itachi Uchiha asked in a low voice: "What are you planning? Let Tsukushi Gekko answer the call!"
"Captain Itachi Uchiha, calm down."
Ryoto Yoshimura said: "The Jonin squad and the Anbu are together, so they naturally have a cooperative mission. Why don't you come to the Konoha Military Police Force so we can talk slowly."