147: Chapter 147: Twelve Guardian NinjasNaruto had deliberately let Sai go!He knew without a doubt that Sai, who came from the Root, definitely didn't have the same professional skills as Sakura.
"We are the ones who should apologize!" the monk said and turned his gaze to the young man.
The other two monks also went into the tomb to investigate the situation as instructed.
The young man hid his right hand behind his back and said, "I thought this white-haired guy was a tomb robber, so I attacked him!Hiss."
The boy was gasping for breath in pain from the secondary injury caused by the reduction surgery just now!
The monk lifted the boy up and then turned to Yamato and his group."I'm Jilu from the Fire Temple.I made a mistake in the location to pick you up, which caused this misunderstanding.I apologize to everyone!"
After Di Lu finished speaking, he pressed the boy's head down and bowed to everyone.
"Ah?Are they the guests?And they are from Konoha!" The young man felt that he had Di Lu backing him up, and his courage began to grow again.
"Who is this?" Naruto asked the boy.
"He is a practicing monk in our temple, his name is Kong," Di Lu introduced.
Yamato then introduced his own group.
Kong looked at Di Lu angrily: "I told you there's no need to ask Konoha for help!I can easily deal with those tomb robbers!"
At this time, the two monks who were investigating hurried over and said, "Master Dilu, we haven't found any useful clues.Master Beigen has even taken away his coffin!"
"It seems that the opponent is a very powerful ninja.It is indeed the right decision to invite everyone from Konoha to come here!Now start to closely monitor the situation in the other three tombs and strengthen the vigilance of the Fire Temple!" Di Lu issued orders in an orderly manner.
Then everyone followed Di Lu into the Fire Temple.
"You're back, Master Di Lu!" All the monks in the temple gathered in front of the main hall, and when they saw Di Lu coming back, they immediately saluted respectfully.
"What's the situation now?" Di Lu asked.
"We have sent ninja monks to the other three hidden cemeteries.They are all masters of the Fire Temple.They will notify us immediately if there is any abnormality!We have also sent people to search for the body of Lord Beigen, and the temple guards have also been strengthened!" said the leading monk.
"Then I feel relieved." Di Lu's frown finally relaxed a little.
"What a bunch of mediocre people!" Kong suddenly spoke out at this moment.
When the monks in the temple saw this, they immediately glared at him, as if they hated him extremely!
Naruto ignored him.After all, this was an internal matter of their Fire Temple.
Yamato looked at Dilu: "Is there anything you need us to cooperate with now?"
"Let's wait for news from the ninja monks in the temple first.Before that, please come here and wait!" Di Lu said while making a gesture of invitation.
As the group was following Dilu, Sai suddenly asked, "What can they do with the corpse?"
Di Lu heard Sai's question but just frowned and said nothing.
"It's hard to say.Maybe he wants the information on the corpse!Or maybe he wants to directly use the corpse itself like Orochimaru.But I don't think there are many ninjas who can do this!" Yamato said after a moment of hesitation.
"Hey!If that's the case, those must be very powerful ninjas!" Sakura said.
"Yes, they are all very powerful and good people!" Di Lu said with a nostalgic look on his face.
"Buried with the Fire Temple as the center are Nanwu, Xidu, Dongmao, and Kitane.Each of them is a member of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas!" Di Lu explained.
"The Twelve Guardian Ninjas?I've heard of this name, but I don't know the others." Sakura said.
"They are elite ninjas selected from all over the country to protect the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!" Yamato said with admiration.
"Aren't it our Konoha ninjas who are guarding the Land of Fire?" Sakura asked.
"Konoha Village is just an organization that protects the Land of Fire, not an organization that protects the Daimyo personally!" Yamato explained.
"While protecting the Land of Fire, we must also protect the daimyo at the top.The Twelve Guardian Ninjas were established for this purpose.I was young at the time, and I joined with the belief that I was willing to sacrifice my life for the Land of Fire!" Di Lu continued.
Sakura and Sai looked at Di Lu in surprise when they heard this.
"You guessed right.By the way, Asuma was once a member of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas!" Yamato said with a smile.
"How is Asma now?" Di Lu asked hurriedly when he heard his comrade's name.
"Haha, if you ask that, I have good news to tell you.Teacher Asuma may be getting married soon!" Naruto said with a smile.
"Really?I'm so happy for him!" Di Lu smiled happily.This was the only happy thing he had heard in the past few days.
"So now for Mr.Di Lu, it's like his friend's tomb has been robbed!" Sai said sympathetically.He could now understand a little bit of Di Lu's feelings.
Di Lu lowered his head slightly, recalling the battle of that year.
Then he told the story of a rebellion that took place among some of the guardian ninjas.
At this moment, a great monk ran over in a panic: "Master Dilu, Master Nanwu's tomb has also been destroyed, and his body is nowhere to be found!"
"Now there are only two left!" Di Lu clenched his fists.
"We are ready and can set off at any time!" Yamato said immediately.
"I want to go too.I don't trust these people from Konoha, especially this guy with white hair!" Eavesdropping not far awayKong jumped out immediately.
"Why are you talking like that?We are here to help you!" Sakura couldn't stand it anymore.
"Then you can go with us.Let's set off now without further delay!" Di Lu was not in the mood to care about so many things at the moment.He was anxious because his friends' tombs were robbed one after another!
At that moment, two tomb robbers were carrying a coffin through the woods!They stood on the coffin lid, using it like a skateboard and sprinting across the ground!The powerful force left a deep groove in the ground!
At this time, the news conveyed by Fire Temple and Yamato also reached Konoha.
"Lady Tsunade, the latest news has been confirmed.The tomb robbers' targets are indeed the former guardian ninjas!" Shizune hurriedly pushed open the office door and reported.
"They don't even let go of the dead!Not only have Akatsuki's actions become more and more rampant recently, but Orochimaru is also ready to make a move!There is also the restless old guy Danzo inside.Every one of these things cannot but make people pay attention!" Tsunade rubbed her temples, her eyes revealing deep fatigue.
"Danzo arranged Sai to be by Naruto's side.His purpose is very clear.He must be planning to use Naruto as his assistant!" Shizune said gritting her teeth.
"There are external enemies eyeing us covetously from all directions, and there is also the scourge of Danzo within!It seems that we can't hesitate any longer, we must deal with the internal troubles first!" Tsunade finally made up her mind.
"Are you ready?" Shizune was startled by Tsunade's sudden outburst of murderous intent.
"Shizune, send all those who have no connection with the Root to Danzo now!" Tsunade ordered domineeringly.
"Yes!" Jingyin responded and immediately went to execute it.
But Danzo knew everything Tsunade did!
"Tsunade, at this point, nothing you do will make any sense.Everything is under my control!" At this moment, he thought of Sai who was arranged next to Naruto, and acted as if he was sure of victory!
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