Chapter 9 Departure
At the entrance of Konoha Village in the early morning, in addition to the two Chunins guarding the gate, there were four people gathered at the gate.
"Master Danzo, are you really not bringing any guards with you?"
Duan looked at the leader in front of him with some worry.
Last night, Danzo visited Kato's mansion at night and had an in-depth conversation with Duan.
During the conversation, Duan learned that Danzo was planning to sneak into Yugakure alone and give them a big chance.
In his opinion, although Danzo's strength was extraordinary, his behavior of sneaking into the enemy camp without any guards was too confident.
He strongly opposed this.
But it was obvious that Danzo had no intention of following Dan's advice.
Duan refused to give up and kept trying to persuade Danzo until he was about to leave.
......
"No, I have made up my mind. There is no need to say more."
Although he knew that Dan was doing this for his own good, Danzo had his own reasons.
Yesterday, Yan's battle report was delivered to the Hokage's office, and Hiruzen called him over immediately.
Under the leadership of Tsunade, Konoha successfully defeated the large army of Rain Ninjas and controlled the battlefield within the territory of the Rain Country.
At the end of the battle report, the casualties of the battle and the list of meritorious ninjas are recorded.
Danzo saw Nawaki's name on the list of meritorious service.
My goodness, how did a Genin sneak in among so many elite soldiers?
Under Danzo's questioning, Hiruzen admitted that he was the one who sent Ropetree to the battlefield.
But this was what Rope Tree asked for himself.
[You are the Hokage, and you let a Genin do whatever he says? 】
He secretly criticized Hiruzen's behavior in his heart, but it was too late to say anything now.
In Danzo's opinion, Rope Tree must not die.
Whether it is to win over Tsunade in the future or to start research on Hashirama's cells, Nawaki can play a key role.
Another way is to win over Nagato and the others...
For all purposes, Danzo decided that it would be much more convenient to be alone.
"Shan, the root is now in your hands. You must manage it well."
“Zhiyi, the information about Nawaki has been given to you. You must rush to him as quickly as possible and protect him well.”
"Especially make him pay attention to the detonating talisman!"
The ninja of the Senju clan who was protected by Orochimaru was killed by the explosive tag. Even Danzo himself thought it was ridiculous when he heard about it.
Because of this, he was often suspected in his previous life.
The reason why Zhiyi was sent over was because the parasitic insects controlled by the other party could sense the presence of the detonating talisman.
"Understood, Master Danzo."
Although it is unclear why Danzo and others attach great importance to the Exploding Talisman, Shiichi's greatest advantage is that he is quiet and serious.
He had already made up his mind not to let any detonating talisman get within 5 meters of Shengshu, including Shengshu's own detonating talisman.
"Duan, just calm down and focus on training those kids."
"If the war goes badly in the future, I'm afraid... a little more sweat now will lead to less blood on the battlefield."
"If you need anything, go find Shan, he will definitely cooperate fully."
After assigning tasks to his three men, Danzo set out for the battlefield amid their reluctant gazes.
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The land of rain.
Behind a bush, there were three Rain Ninjas hiding.
A middle-aged man, two young men, three male ninjas sat together, staring at each other.
"Really? I don't know when Hanzo-sama will come back."
One of the young ninja complained unhappily.
During this period, they were almost crushed by the Konoha ninjas, and the originally powerful army was turned into scattered teams.
If Lord Hanzo were here, they would never be so cowardly.
All the Rain Ninjas are looking forward to Hanzo's return.
"Hehe, you asked the right person."
The middle-aged ninja patted his chest with some pride.
Then he pretended to let the two of them come closer and lowered his voice.
"Master Hanzo has already signed a truce agreement with Sunagakure. I think he will arrive soon to destroy these Konoha ninjas!"
"Really? It looks like we won the battle against Sunagakure just like we did against the Iron Country!"
The young ninja seemed to respect Hanzo very much and didn't seem to think that Hanzo would be defeated at all.
As a senior ninja, the middle-aged ninja naturally knows more.
For example, Hanzo only fought a draw with the Sand Village Ninja, and neither side gained anything...
But he had no intention of bursting the other party's fantasy.
After all, this also helps maintain morale.
[But speaking of it, the ninjas of Konoha are really strong. ]
Most of the people sent by the other side this time were children of wealthy families.
In terms of the diversity of ninjutsu and the speed of forming hand seals, they are superior to rain ninjas of the same level.
The middle-aged ninja thought that as a jonin, it would be no problem for him to control the opponent's chuunin.
But I didn't expect that Chunin was an Uchiha.
His own water jutsu was actually suppressed by his fire jutsu.
The one who burned himself screamed in agony.
I almost died there.
This reflects the shortcoming of the Hidden Rain Village as a small ninja village that lacks foundation.
"Hmph, Konoha, wait until Hanzo-sama comes back, and you will have a good time!"
The Rain Ninjas encouraged themselves with words to dispel their fear of the Konoha Ninjas.
"puff."
A slight sound was heard, and the three Rain Ninjas were so scared that they jumped up from the ground. They took out their kunai and looked around vigilantly.
"Who?!"
The middle-aged Rain Ninja mobilized his chakra and prepared to perform ninjutsu.
They were already very far away from the front line, so there shouldn't have been any enemy attacks.
"Crack."
Under the gaze of everyone, a red toad emerged from the bushes and jumped in front of them.
"What? It's just a toad."
The young Rain Ninja lowered his hand that was across his body and put the kunai back into his pocket.
"Damn it, you scared us like this, get out of here right now."
Feeling a little embarrassed, Yu Ninja kicked the toad in anger.
Then they saw a scene that was heartbreaking.
A big hand stretched out from the toad's mouth and firmly grasped the other's calf.
"Oh my, I heard some incredible news."
"The toad has spoken!"
"Idiot, it's not the toad that's talking, it's the person inside the toad that's talking!"
The middle-aged Rain Ninja knew that the person who could perform such a method had to be at least a Jonin, and that fighting with him would lead to certain death.
Therefore, he didn't care about his subordinates who were caught by the other party, but condensed chakra under his feet and chose to run away.
"Oh? Run away directly?"
The white-haired hedgehog-headed young man who emerged from the toad's mouth was none other than Jiraiya, who had infiltrated the enemy camp to gather intelligence.
"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"
After coming out of the toad's mouth, Jiraiya easily dealt with the two young Rain Ninjas, and then calmly looked at the middle-aged Rain Ninja who was running away at all costs.
"I am the Toad Sage of Myoboku Mountain. Do you think you can run away?"
"Earth Escape·Yellow Spring Marsh."
As Jiraiya released his ninjutsu, the originally hard ground suddenly turned into a swamp. The area was so large that the middle-aged Rain Ninja who had already run far away had no time to react and fell directly into it.
"It's over. What a huge area."
The middle-aged Rain Ninja had never expected that the opponent's ninjutsu would have such a huge range.
......
Feeling that the time was almost up, Jiraiya released his ninjutsu.
After testing his breath and confirming that the other party was not suffocated to death but just fainted, Jiraiya used sealing techniques to seal the other party's chakra, and then summoned a toad.
"We need to report this information to Tsunade as soon as possible."
After throwing the Rain Ninja into the toad's mouth, Jiraiya cleaned up the scene and left only after making sure that there was no one else around.
......
At the same time, somewhere in the Land of Rain, two Konoha Jonins lost contact with the main force because they pursued too deep.
They were starving, so they finally decided to loot from civilians' homes...