When Hiruzen's surprised voice was heard, the pupils of Minato, who was pondering, and Nawaki beside him, suddenly shrank.
"A traitorous ninja from Takigakure?"
Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Yoruki frowned. They had heard of Takigakure and the Land of Waterfalls.
However, the power of the ninjas in Takigakure was not strong, and was even weaker than that of the former Land of Hot Springs.
They had never heard that there was such a terrifyingly powerful rogue ninja in Takigakure.
"How is this possible?" Nawaki looked at Kakuzu not far away with an incredulous expression on his face.
"Once you're recognized, there's nothing you can do." Kakuzu stared at Hiruzen without concern. In terms of seniority as a ninja, he was even older than the latter.
"Third Hokage, what is going on?" Sakumo looked at the Third Hokage beside him and asked.
At this time, the Third Hokage had just recovered from his shock and said, "Decades ago, when the Five Ninja Nations were first established, the top leaders of Takigakure were dissatisfied with some of the policies proposed by the First Hokage, so they sent ninjas to assassinate the First Hokage."
"Assassination of the First Hokage?" Uchiha Yoruki and Hatake Sakumo's expressions both tensed. The First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, was the man recognized by the ninja world at that time as the God of Shinobi.
Apart from Uchiha Madara, there was no other ninja who could compete with the First Hokage.
"And the Takigakure ninja who attempted to assassinate the First Hokage was named Kakuzu!"
The Third Hokage still stared at the man in front of him with some disbelief, because the latter was a ninja from the same era as the First Hokage.
To this day, even he, a once famous ninja hero in the ninja world, had become increasingly weaker under the passage of time.
Kakuzu was older than him, but he showed no signs of weakening.
This didn't make sense at all.
Everyone in Konoha also looked at Kakuzu with trembling eyes. Minato had also seen his name in the historical records kept in the Hokage Building.
Nawaki himself was the descendant of the First Hokage, so he had heard a lot about the First Hokage from his elders since he was a child.
Everyone was surprised at how Kakuzu was still alive and showed no signs of aging.
But there was no time to study these things in detail now. What was beyond doubt was that Kakuzu, who once carried out the assassination attempt on the First Hokage and although failed, did not die and was still alive today. His strength should not be underestimated.
"Since Grandpa didn't kill you back then, I will do it today." Nawaki looked at Kakuzu with murderous intent in his eyes and forced himself to stand up.
Kakuzu didn't care about his killing intent. Instead, he said with a hint of sarcasm: "Boy, compared to the First Hokage, you are so weak and pitiful."
"Back then, the name of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was feared by the world, but in your case, it has become a joke."
"You!" What Nawaki could not tolerate the most was someone slandering his most admired grandfather.
But he was already at the end of his strength, and even if they fought again, Nawaki would not be Kakuzu's match.
"You assassinated the First Hokage back then and luckily escaped with your life. It seems that you are really tired of living." At this moment, Minato, who was next to Senju Nawaki, said in a deep voice with eyes as sharp as a knife.
Senju Nawaki was stunned, because in the past, no matter who Minato was fighting with, he would never say such harsh words.
"Since the previous Hokage didn't kill you, I, who have inherited the title of Hokage, will kill you!"
When the voice filled with murderous intent fell, Minato's eyes suddenly turned to the side.
Hiruzen and the others also noticed it soon after, and their eyes also turned in that direction at the same time.
"Saburo!?"
As the figure got closer, except for the Third Hokage, the expressions of Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya and others were shocked.
"That's not Saburo, that's his son and Lady Chiyo's grandchild."
"Red Sand Sasori!" Minato said solemnly. Hatake Sakumo had seen Sasori when he was a child when he infiltrated the Land of Wind.
But after all, Sasori was only five years old at that time, and several years had passed since Minato first encountered him.
Sasori's appearance was indeed very similar to his father.
When Minato revealed the identity of the man, not only the Third Hokage and his men, but also Nawaki and the remaining Konoha ninjas present, looked at Sasori with eyes filled with murderous intent.
The most furious among them was Uchiha Yoruki.
It was because Sasori spread poison on the Kirigakure front line that the Konoha army was put at a disadvantage, leading to Uchiha Obito's death.
"Swish!"
The Mangekyō Sharingan patterns in Uchiha Yoruki's left eye suddenly spun, and bright red blood flowed down the corner of his eye. Then, the Rekka No Ken appeared above Sasori's head, and then it chopped down fiercely at Sasori!
The red sword suddenly slashed down, and actually split Sasori in half.
"Did he kill him?" Senju Nawaki and the others were stunned. Uchiha Yoruki's Dojutsu was terrifyingly fast, but the S-rank rogue Sasori who killed the Third Kazekage actually died just like that?
"Iron Sand Shower!"
At this moment, the only faint moonlight left above the heads of everyone in Konoha was completely blocked.
The intensive attack formed by the iron sand directly covered everyone's heads.
"So fast!" Nawaki and several Konoha ninjas said in surprise.
"It seems that you have become quite proficient in using the Third Kazekage Puppet."
In the darkness, Minato's figure disappeared from beside Senju Nawaki at some point.
Sasori's body suddenly looked sideways and saw the pair of deep blue eyes.
Minato held a special kunai in his hand and aimed it at Sasori's head, but at the same time, not far away, two pairs of eyes were also locking onto him.
The man in black robe then raised his hand and pointed his palm towards Minato.
Minato's speed was undoubtedly the best in the ninja world, but the strength of these two people was also extremely powerful, and they both possessed special abilities.
Although their movements could not keep up with Minato's, their visual powers could.
"After performing those eye techniques one after another, is it possible that the chakra fluctuations are still so stable?"
Minato stared at the masked man next to the black-robed man. He used the eye technique that could distort space on himself repeatedly, but it didn't consume much energy.
He should possess the Mangekyō Sharingan like Uchiha Yoruki, but after the latter frequently used eye techniques, both his eye power and chakra would weaken rapidly.
Also, according to Minato's perception, the chakra fluctuations emanating from the masked man and the black-robed man, although different in size, were almost the same type.
This was almost impossible to happen, because even a father and son who are related by blood cannot achieve almost identical chakra fluctuations.
"This speed is really terrifying."
Sasori glanced sideways at the special kunai hanging behind Minato's head, and the next moment, his eyes suddenly focused, and a look of madness flashed in his beautiful eyes.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The iron sand rain that covered the heads of Senju Nawaki and several Konoha ninjas suddenly poured down!
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