Chapter 20 - twenty

When jiyuu returned home in the evening, he saw Hanari was just sitting in the garden holding a picture, tears were coming out of her eyes . Jiyuu didn't disturb her, but he knew although she showed a tough front in-front of him and Kazumi, she was after all a small child. Jiyuu clenched his fist tightly

Jiyuu [ this feeling of powerlessness, I hate it... I need to be more strong and move my plans faster..... i will ask aunt Kazumi to let Hanari join the academy, maybe it will help her to take her mind of all the sadness...]

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jiyuu visited the hokage's office the next day. ...

Hokage " I heard that you did really well in the academy, your teachers are full of praises for you... what did you come here for today..."

Jiyuu " .. there is nothing more for me to learn from the academy.... i would like to join Anbu...."

Hokage " do you think, just because you are a little good, you can join Anbu.... if being extraordinary or talented is all it took, then this village will be full of Anbu.... you are good, so will make an exception and let you become a genin, you will take on ordinary missions first, we will access you for a while and if you exhibit certain qualities ... then we will think about it..."

Hokages face showed that he won't be making any exceptions ....

Jiyuu " yes lord hokage...."

Hokage " good... you can leave now"

As he got out of the hokages office jiyuu thought

[ of course it's no easy matter to join the Anbu, I guess i will have to use other methods to get what I want , system did you get it...]

{ The floor plan and the defensive mechanisms inside has been scanned ...

scanning progress is at 50%...

But by the data collected so far, advanced seals have been used, which could not be deciphered completely... host needs to gather more information for the system to come up with a working plan of infiltration ..... }

jiyuu [I guess i have no other choice, but to make a deal with the bad guy..... a villain's path is much easier compared to a heroes...]

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It was close to sunset, jiyuu was standing on a small hill in a jungle outside the village, the view was beautiful, but there was no happiness or any other emotion shown on jiyuu's face .... he spoke all of a sudden.

Jiyuu " since you are already here, why play this hide and seek ..."

There was nothing behind jiyuu, but all of a sudden a clapping sound was heard.

" As expected of the genius, you have been hiding too many secrets..."

A middle aged man with shaggy hairstyle and an x-shaped scar on his chin came out of the woods followed by two Anbu. This was a meeting arranged by jiyuu , he knew there was only one other person who could help him get what he want. Jiyuu had already figured out the faces behind the masks of Danzo's Anbu. He tracked down the root trainee who used to tail him and asked the guy to deliver a message to Danzo , the guy was startled at first, but he delivered the message either way.

jiyuu could notice that Danzo was looking at him like a trapped beast... the other two Anbu were also taking positions as if covering his escape routes... jiyuu had also detected two more Anbu, secretly hiding in the jungle.....

jiyuu [ the shinobi world is ruthless , here only might is right.... if i had come with a mentality from my previous life to negotiate, I might have been already captured by this guy... it's thanks to the system I planned for something like this.... still this will become very dangerous for me if i drag it out or expose any weakness ..... ]

Jiyuu " Are you sure this is the way you want to proceed..."

Danzo " What were you expecting kid, that I will negotiate with you, just because you figured out the identity of one of my root trainee and delivered a message.... Young ones are really naive and inexperienced .... it will not hurt you if you surrendered peacefully, and it would also save us a little time.... ever since I laid my eyes on you, I wanted to dig out all your secrets and now you even have the secrets of Iou's weapon refining... I was worried that if I lay hands on you in the open that Hiruzen will make a ruckus out of it... but since you have delivered yourself, I won't hold back..."