Chapter 172 Assassination (1)

night.

Inside Honkotsuki Restaurant, Namikaze Minato and all the members of the Shadow Guard gathered together.

It may be the first time to come to such a high-end place, and everyone looks strange. But this is not surprising, because the family background of civilian ninjas is poor after all, and it is not surprising that they have never been to such a high-end restaurant.

Sitting at the table, waiting for the food to be served, Mingzu Lei looked left and right and couldn't help but sigh: "I've just passed by before, but this is the first time I've actually gone inside."

"Look at how hopeless you are, pay attention to your image..."

Shiranui Genma was sitting upright, but while he was criticizing the similarities, his eyes were also wandering around.

Iwashi didn't feel much better either. He looked reserved and sat upright. He carefully looked at Minato Namikaze and asked quietly: "Fire... Hokage-sama, the consumption here must be very high, right?"

Among the people, Uchiha Shisui, the youngest, was the most indifferent one.

From this place, we can easily see the obvious difference between civilian ninjas and ninjas with huge family backgrounds.

Shisui pursed his lips and said with a rare smile: "This restaurant should be one of the most high-end and luxurious restaurants in Konoha Village. In terms of consumption level, it is just the bounty reward for one or two of our B-level missions... …”

"What? B-level mission?" Dieyiwaxi was surprised.

It has been more than half a year since he was promoted to chuunin, and he has completed only a handful of B-level missions.

A B-level mission, excluding the dangerous battle after encountering the enemy, may take up to ten and a half days...

After such a calculation, even Shiranui Genma and Tamaki were astonished.

"Don't worry about this. This is the first time such a gathering has been held since the establishment of the Shadow Guard."

Namikaze Minato smiled faintly and looked at several people with a hint of expectation: "In the last battle to stop Kumogakure's invasion, whether it was Genma Raito and Wasi who followed me, or Shisui who was on standby in the village. , everyone performed very well.”

"This time, let's just treat it as a late celebration party."

After hearing Namikaze Minato's praise, everyone showed joy.

During this period, the strength of several members of the Shadow Guards grew rapidly, and Minato Namikaze was willing to spend time specifically to guide Genma and others in their training. For them, Namikaze Minato indeed cultivated them as confidants.

Currently, the strongest among the four is Shiranui Genma.

After all, at 17 years old, he is the eldest in the team and has more mission experience.

Immediately followed were Amazaku Raido and Uchiha Shisui. Although Shisui was only 10 years old now, Namikaze Minato had already learned that not long ago, he already had the three Magatama Sharingan...

I'm afraid it won't take long, after fully mastering the power of the Three Magatama Sharingan, Uchiha Shisui's strength will immediately surpass everyone in the Shadow Guard.

As for Iwaki, although the 13-year-old chuunin is definitely one of the best among his peers, if compared with a genius like Shisui, he is too dwarfed.

Therefore, Namikaze Minato actually does not have high requirements for him. After all, he is still young, and his role in the Shadow Guards is more of an auxiliary position as a sensing ninja and medical ninja.

After finishing the dishes, Xuanjian and the others started chatting about their upcoming trip to the Land of Frost tomorrow.

"Hokage-sama, what is the specific process of exchanging prisoners between the enemy and ourselves? Can you tell us in advance?" Nazashi Raito suddenly asked.

Mentioning this matter, Xuanjian and others all turned their attention to him.

Prisoner exchange is not a common thing, and generally only occurs at the end of the war or after the war. Apart from the first situation of exchanging ordinary prisoners in large quantities, such one-on-one exchange of special prisoners of war is actually very rare.

Namikaze Minato thought for a moment and then said seriously: "Originally, I wanted to inform you of these situations when we set off tomorrow.

But it doesn’t matter if it’s earlier now…”

"Then let me first talk about the prisoner exchange process under normal circumstances. Normally, both parties need to agree on the time and location of the prisoner exchange. In addition, they must also negotiate the specific number of people participating in the process on that day.

When the prisoner exchange begins, first confirm the identity of the prisoner. If it is correct, then one person from each party will lead the prisoner forward to finally complete the exchange. "

"This... doesn't sound complicated." Bingzu Leitong seemed to be relieved.

"Idiot, didn't you notice what Hokage-sama said, this is the prisoner exchange process under normal circumstances?" Shiranui Genma looked at him with disdain and agreed.

Uchiha Shisui said: "What we need to be prepared for should be Kumogakure's immediate declaration of war after the prisoner exchange, right?"

"The Frost Ninjas are allies of the Cloud Ninjas. Once this happens, we, who are fighting away from home, may be in a very bad situation."

"Shisui is right." Minato Namikaze glanced at Uchiha Shisui approvingly and said affirmatively: "According to the predictions of Staff Shikaku and I, Kumogakure will definitely launch an attack immediately after the prisoner exchange. "

"Konoha and Kumogakure will start the second round of battle."

War again?

After hearing this, everyone in Xuanjian looked serious.

Originally, in their expectations, they thought this was a simple exchange of prisoners. It was only because of the jinchuriki involved that the shadows of both sides came forward in person.

But now it seems that if this is the case, then this trip to the Frost Country will be extremely dangerous.

Two of the four, Die Iwashi and Bizu Leidou, are even a little worried about their own strength. After all, they have not even reached the strength of a jonin, how can they resist the Eight-tailed Killer Bee who may follow the Fourth Raikage?

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Xuanjian and the others fell into silence, each with their own thoughts.

Minato Namikaze naturally guessed what they were thinking, and said comfortingly: "Don't think too much, you just need to remember that the primary task of this prisoner exchange is to ensure that our Konoha's Anbu Haru can be brought back to the village safely."

"If there is a strong enemy blocking, leave it to me."

At this point, the Xuanjian trio also understood more or less.

It seems that their flying thunder formation technique will definitely come in handy at that time, and it depends on what the tactical arrangement is in advance.

But no matter what, the upcoming battle made everyone in the Shadow Guard feel more or less pressured, even Uchiha Shisui was no exception...

You know, the ones they were about to face were the famous Kumogakure AB brothers in the ninja world...

This also led to the fact that although the four of them were still talking and laughing in the first half of the dinner, the lively atmosphere at the table suddenly became much more depressed after Minato Namikaze mentioned that the Frost Country group would have a big battle in the second half.

Minato Namikaze didn't expect that the atmosphere of this dinner would be ruined by his unintentional pressure, and he was immediately embarrassed.

About half an hour later, the dinner ended.

Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Shisui left the Honkoyue Restaurant and walked on the street together.

Xuanjian and the other two had already left. Shisui of course understood the reason why Minato Namikaze kept him here, so he started reporting directly: "Hokage-sama, the main content of the Uchiha clan meeting three days ago was the same as usual, discussing the work of the guard team."

"However, the deputy captain, Uchiha Yashiro, finally made a somewhat excessive request to the chief of the Fugaku clan..."

"Excessive request?" Minato Namikaze frequently gestured to the Konoha villagers who bowed to him. Hearing this, he suddenly looked at Uchiha Shisui beside him curiously and asked, "What is the excessive request?"