Naruto: I have an attribute panel

Chapter 40: The Horse's Gratitude and Report

"Kid, still have the strength?" the masked ninja said to Taiichi. "I am Owl of the Anbu. If you still have the strength, explain the situation to me."

"Big brother, shouldn't you treat my wound first? I'm in so much pain." Taiyi was speechless. Couldn't he see that he was injured?

If it weren't for the depletion of his chakra and the stinging pain in his meridians, he would have wanted to heal himself.

Upon hearing this, Captain Owl glanced at Taiichi, who was covered in wounds, and waved his hand behind him. A member of the Anbu ninja stepped forward and took out bandages and medicine to bandage Taiichi.

"Wait... don't you have anyone who knows medical ninjutsu?" Taiichi gasped, taken aback by their unprofessional actions. "Be gentle! This isn't how you bandage someone! Clean the wound first, then do this... and then..."

"We're a pursuit team, and we don't have any medical ninjas on our team, so you'll have to make do for now!" Owl explained from the side, while also being surprised that Taiichi knew medical knowledge.

Taiichi was also helpless, so he could only instruct the ANBU member on how to bandage his wounds while saying to Owl, "My name is Matsushita Taiichi. This is where I usually train. When I came here today..."

As Taiyi gave his brief account, Owl gained a general understanding of what had happened. But this only surprised him more. If what Taiyi said was true, then Taiyi was truly amazing.

The owl turned and looked around. The flames were still crackling, and the trees and ground around it were covered with marks from the wind blades. In the distance was the foreign ninja who lay dead, his eyes still wide open. The owl seemed to be trying to memorize everything around it.

Once Taiyi had regained some strength, the members of the Dark Guard took him, the little girl, and the two "trophies" back to the village.

As for the scene, the ninjas from the Trace Team will come to handle it. They will reconstruct the entire process based on the traces at the scene to verify Taiichi's words, and will also be responsible for restoring the site.

Before they even reached the Hokage Building, they saw a group of people walking towards them, led by an older man. Owl went to greet them and handed the little girl back to them.

It was only then that Taichi realized that the person he had saved was actually the youngest daughter of the Kurama clan chief—Kurama Chizuru.

"It seems they're after the Kurama family's bloodline limit," Taichi thought to himself.

Could this be Yunyin Qian? After all, their criminal record is too serious.

Owl, who was speaking with the chief of the saddle horse clan, pointed to Taiyi not far away and then led a group of people toward Taiyi.

"Matsushita-kun, I am Kurama Teruta. Thank you so much for saving my daughter." Without waiting for Taiichi's reply, he bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle.

A beautiful woman holding a little girl next to her was also bowing while crying; she was probably crying tears of joy.

"You're too kind. This is my duty as a Konoha ninja, and you would have done the same if you were in my shoes." Taiichi was quite adept at saying nice things.

"That's true, but you did save my daughter after all. You have to report on your mission today, so I won't disturb you. I'll definitely come to thank you another day!"

Led by the owl, Taiichi and the Kurama clan chief agreed on a time to visit each other, and then headed towards the Hokage Building again.

Hokage Building.

Owl instructed his team members to take the two "spoils of war" to the interrogation department, while he himself led Taichi to the Hokage's office.

Pushing open the door, one finds not only the Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi present, but also two of his assistants—Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, as well as Danzo Shimura, the leader of Root.

Taichi immediately sensed something was wrong upon seeing this scene. Why was Shimura Danzo here? He was the last person Taichi wanted to see right now.

The four people inside were quite surprised to see that not only did the Dark Guard Owl enter the room, but there was also a little kid covered in wounds.

Danzo recognized Taiichi, and when he saw Taiichi arrive, he gave him a cryptic smile, which startled Taiichi. He wondered what Danzo was up to this time.

Owl reported the details of the mission to the highest levels of Konoha, while Taichi could only listen from the sidelines.

It turns out that a small group of ninjas infiltrated the village yesterday with a merchant caravan. Last night, this group of ninjas secretly sneaked into the Kurama clan's territory and abducted the sleeping Kurama Chizuru.

Unfortunately, they were discovered by patrolling ninjas when they came out, which led to a battle.

To be involved in child trafficking in Konoha, you either need to sneak out successfully, or you'll become a target of public criticism.

This small team of ninjas knew the situation was bad, so they immediately arranged for a special Jonin to break through, while the others were responsible for holding off the pursuers.

Even so, after two Chunin died, the last Jonin managed to break through the encirclement.

The rest is about their encounter with Taiichi.

Taiyi arrived here and learned the whole story. No wonder he woke up early in the morning to find the entire Hidden Leaf Village under martial law.

So that's how it is. First there was the kidnapping of Kushina Uzumaki, and now there's the kidnapping of Chizuru Kurama. Later, there will be the kidnapping of Hinata Hyuga in Konoha.

"This little girl from Konoha has really had a lot of bad luck," Taiichi thought to himself.

Meanwhile, the Konoha F4 were constantly surprised after hearing that Matsushita Taiichi was fighting the escaped ninja. They kept looking at Taiichi with their eyes—is this kid that strong?

The most surprised person was Danzo. He knew about Taichi's situation before and had even wanted to recruit him into Root, but Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped him.

Thinking of this, Danzo felt a chill run down his spine. What a promising talent, wasted by Sarutobi.

He didn't even consider that Taiichi had no desire to join Root. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to the Hokage to complain when Taiichi was recruited.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, beaming with pride, looked at the child he had raised under his tutelage and said to Taiichi, "Taiichi, do you have anything to add?"

"That's all, Lord Hokage!" Taichi bowed slightly in greeting.

After the two finished their reports, the Hokage and his assistants whispered among themselves, and a quarrel inevitably broke out during the conversation.

Finally, the Hokage continued, "Taiichi, you performed exceptionally well this time. You bravely risked your life to fight the enemy, protecting not only the children of your village but also killing a special Jonin and assisting in the capture of another Jonin. The village has decided to award you an A-rank mission. What do you think?"

"Thank you, Hokage-sama and the three advisors. I will definitely continue to fight to protect the village." Taiichi was full of compliments.

The owl next to it was also surprised, but after thinking about it, it was understandable.

Although the Jonin was captured by Taiichi after being seriously injured, he was still a Jonin, not someone that an ordinary ninja could handle. Besides, Taiichi did indeed devise the plan to kill a special Jonin on his own, so he deserves 100% credit.

"Hiruzen, do you think we should let Matsushita Taichi come to my Root? It's a waste of his talent outside," Danzo said, bringing up the old story again.

At this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face instantly darkened. "Sending him to you is just a waste of talent, it seems."

Danzo knew he was in trouble as soon as he finished speaking, so he also revealed his true feelings.

"Didn't we already discuss this? Taiichi won't be going to Root. Besides, Taiichi was taught by Tsunade and Jiraiya together. Do you think Root has any better ninjas than them?" Sarutobi said to Danzo in a deep voice.

Koharu Utatane chimed in, "Danzo, your Root already has many clan ninjas, and besides, isn't Matsushita Taichi doing just fine now?"

Just as the group was about to start arguing, they heard...

"Bang!"

The office door shattered with a crash. "Taiichi, what happened to you?" It was Tsunade.

It turned out that Tsunade had just passed by downstairs when she heard that Taichi had been seriously injured while blocking the infiltrating ninjas from yesterday. She panicked and, without thinking twice, broke down the door and entered.

Upon entering the room, Tsunade saw Taiichi and immediately went to check on him, completely ignoring everyone else present. Fortunately, Taiichi's wounds had already been treated, otherwise Tsunade's hemophobia would probably have been exposed.

"Tsunade, you're incredibly reckless!"