Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu

Chapter 855: Kakashi's Dilemma

On the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, Kanpū and Tenkū swaggered to rent a ship and hire a dozen sailors at a bustling pier, then set sail and headed into the deep sea.

Their destination was a deserted island hundreds of kilometers away from the coastline of the Land of Fire. The area of ​​this deserted island is not large, and one use of Nativity of a World of Trees is enough to cover all the island with trees, so that it can be used it as the best place to trap the Flying Thunder God Technique’s user.

However, when Kanpū saw the full view of this island, he didn’t feel too good.

“Isn’t this Land of Whirlpools?” Kanpū stared at the Tenkū in disbelief.

Tenkū crossed his arms and nodded solemnly: “Hundreds of kilometers away from the network cable, a deserted island, remote, rarely visited by people. This island meets all your requirements. I, Ōmadara and Tathagata all agree that this place is great.”

‘What you said make sense, I was speechless for a while…’ Kanpū turned his head away in embarrassment.

As the ship approached the island of the Land of Whirlpools, Kanpū and Tenkū jumped off the ship and walked on the sea directly.

…

Konoha.

Minato watched as the village gradually became lively, but he felt a little irritable.

‘Could it only be that I can only watch as Kanpū fall into a dire situation?’

‘What should I do?!’

Minato pondered deeply, but his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't think straight.

Fortunately, the Anbu Commander, Eagle, who was next to him, has a lot of experience. He soon thought of an idea and said: “Hokage-sama, since we can't stop the Abyss from sending back the information, retrieving Kanpū in time can still save him!”

Minato’s eyes lit up, ‘That’s right, Kanpū left yesterday afternoon, and it has only been less than twenty hours now. We can definitely catch up!’

Minato’s eyes flickered, and he said: “Go and call Kakashi immediately. No, I'll go find him myself!”

As he finished speaking, Minato turned into a blur and disappeared.

Eagle was taken aback: ‘Shouldn’t he let the Anbu look for him?’

…

Ring ring ring……

The piercing alarm clock made Kakashi's head ache. He had stayed up late reading his perverted book last night and almost pulled an all-nighter. Now, he has to get up early today to be the leader of the Military Police Force… ‘Sigh, being a high-ranking official is really tiring.’

Kakashi, with his dead fish eye, lazily got dressed, washed up, and ate breakfast. However, he had only taken a few bites when a gust of wind blew through the window, rushing towards him.

Clank clank clank, the broken glass scattered all over the floor!

“Who?”

Kakashi’s lazy gaze immediately sharpened, and the chopsticks in his hand stabbed fiercely towards the intruder.

“It’s me!” Minato’s voice came from the gust of wind.

‘Eh?’

Kakashi rolled his eye and quickly withdrew the chopsticks in his hand

“Minato-sensei, it's early in the morning, and you…” Kakashi said, turning to look at the shattered glass window, and said, “owe me a replacement.”

“Kakashi, come with me now!” Minato grabbed Kakashi and forcibly dragged him out of the room.

“Minato-sensei, what's the rush? What's happened?” Kakashi turned back to look at the breakfast on the table, feeling unable to breathe due to heartache.

“Kanpū is in trouble.”

Minato said solemnly, “Kakashi, you must find him in the shortest time!”

“Kanpū?”

Kakashi rolled his eye upon hearing this, “Minato-sensei, that guy can use the Flying Thunder God Technique. Even if he's in danger, he can easily escape.”

Minato’s expression became solemn and he said: “It's precisely because he can use the Flying Thunder God Technique that I'm more worried!”

‘If Abyss really wants to deal with Kanpū, then what Kanpū might face could be a terrifying situation where even the Flying Thunder God Technique can't help him escape!’

Kakashi could hear the concern in Minato’s tone, and his expression gradually became serious. He immediately asked: “Minato-sensei, what happened?”

“Yesterday afternoon, Kanpū was called out of the village by Abyss. That night, Abyss sent someone to infiltrate the Anbu’s Headquarters and look through Kanpū's files.” Minato said as he grabbed Kakashi and ran towards the village’s gate.

The surrounding streets seemed to retreat at lightning speed, but Kakashi remained oblivious!

‘Kanpū was called out by Abyss, and then Abyss sent someone to invade the Anbu’s Headquarters to check his files…’

Kakashi’s pupil abruptly shrank: ‘Kanpū’s identity in Abyss was exposed?’

‘Wait!’

‘What is Abyss?’

While Kakashi was confused, he also felt a sense of indescribable grievance: “Minato-sensei…”

Minato suddenly remembered that Kakashi was not aware of Abyss's existence, so he explained simply, “Abyss is a mysterious organization that only recruits those with Kekkei Genkai. When Shisui joined Akatsuki as an undercover agent, Kanpū also infiltrated Abyss to gather intelligence.”

Kakashi put aside his complex thoughts and carefully pondered Minato’s words.

‘From sensei’s tone, it was not difficult to hear that Abyss seemed to be a more troublesome and mysterious organization than Akatsuki, and Kanpū infiltrated Abyss as an undercover…’

‘What did Minato-sensei just say?’

‘Kanpū is exposed?’

‘If that Abyss wants to deal with Kanpū, they will definitely consider his mastery of Flying Thunder God Technique…’

‘In other words, once that Abyss takes action, it will definitely be swift and decisive, not allowing Kanpū to escape even with the Flying Thunder God Technique!’

‘Things seemed to be getting very complicated.’

Whoosh!

The wind stopped suddenly, and Kakashi felt a strong force pushing him forward, causing him to take two more steps before stopping abruptly.

He looked around and realized that they are already standing at the village’s gate!

‘How much time has passed?’

‘As expected of Minato-sensei, he’s really the fastest man in the Shinobi World!’

“Kakashi.” Minato looked towards Kakashi, “It's up to you from here.”

“I understand.” Kakashi immediately bit his thumb, formed hand seals, and slammed the ground: “Summoning Technique!”

Bang!

In a puff of smoke, eight Ninken appeared brightly!

The leader, Pakkun, spoke up: “Kakashi, long time no see.”

“Pakkun, do you still remember that guy Kanpū’s scent?” Kakashi asked.

“Yeah, remember, what’s wrong?” Pakkun asked.

“He left the village and may be in danger, so I'm entrusting you to find him as soon as possible!” Kakashi solemnly said.

“Leave it to us.”

Pakkun turned to the seven other dogs behind him and barked a few words in dog language. Then, the eight Ninken scattered in all directions.

Minato knew that Kakashi was a professional in finding people, so he remained silent all the way to avoid causing trouble for him.

“Minato-sensei, let’s follow Pakkun.” Kakashi said, “If there's any news, they will inform Pakkun in time.”

“Okay.” Minato agreed and followed behind Kakashi and Pakkun.

About half an hour later, the Ninken finally got a whiff of Kanpū's scent. The barking of dogs sounded, and Pakkun immediately led Minato and Kakashi to find the Ninken, and then followed the remaining scent of Kanpū to track him. Unfortunately, they were unable to find him, as Kanpū's scent had completely disappeared ten kilometers away.

Pakkun and the other Ninken sniffed around the area but couldn't find Kanpū's scent.

“Kakashi, Yondaime Hokage, this is as far as we can go.” Pakkun lowered his head, “Sorry for not being of much help.”

“It’s okay.” Kakashi comforted him softly and then dismissed them.

Then, he turned to look at Minato, and said solemnly, “Minato-sensei, Kanpū may have used Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport away.”

Minato also guessed this situation and couldn't help but sigh: “We've done everything we could. Now, all we can do is pray for Kanpū's safety.”