The sudden appearance of Jiaodu instantly reversed the situation here.

The mysterious color that blends with the night, and the powerful aura that still unnaturally overflows even if it is restrained to the extreme, always reveals his sense of existence, which is extremely dangerous for those present.

"You ......"

Jiraiya was surprised to see the Kakuto who suddenly came out of the shadows, completely unaware that there was such a dangerous ninja here, and then, his expression became serious, and the nerves in his whole body began to tense.

From Jiaodu's body, he felt a huge pressure.

A ninja with this kind of aura is by no means ordinary.

"Don't be nervous, I have no intention of fighting with you ninjas in Konoha, I'm here just to collect debts. When I dig up the money he owes, you can do whatever you want. ”

Just as Jiraiya has a jealousy of himself, Kakuto also feels tricky about Jiraiya's strength.

When fighting a ninja of this level, it is impossible to tell the winner in a short period of time, and there may be a risk of defeat.

However, as a top debt collector in the pyramid, you can't smash your own signboard.

It would be great if the conflict could be resolved through negotiation.

It's really not good, and it just so happens that you can also understand the strength of Konoha Sannin, and you shouldn't let yourself down.

"Are you kidding? This is an important criminal. ”

For the request of the corner, Zilai did not hesitate to choose to refuse.

Moreover, Kakuto's outfit and the golden medallion hanging on the black coat all show the identity of the other party.

Although it is not affiliated with the Oni no Kuni military, it also serves the financial institutions of the Oni Nation.

If it falls into his hands, it is equivalent to falling into the hands of the military of the Oni Country.

"In other words, are you going to get in the way of my debt collection work?"

Kakuto's voice suddenly became dull, with a faint hint of coldness.

But how keen the senses of the people present were, and they noticed the change in the attitude of Kakuto before and after, the ninja belonging to Konoha immediately became vigilant.

And locked his eyes firmly on the corner capital, for fear that the other party would surprise them by surprise.

Being attacked by a ninja of this level, most people can't guarantee that they will survive.

Zilai also took a step forward, blocking the strong murderous aura emanating from Kakudu's body, and his face was calm, but the soles of his feet were secretly smeared with a thick layer of chakra to deal with Kakudu's surprise attack.

"Hey, what should I do now? Do you want to move strategically? ”

Yamazaki walked over to Aya and asked quietly.

The strength of every ninja here is very terrifying, and if he is involved in the battlefield of a ninja of this level, even if he flies high in the air and occupies air supremacy, he may not be able to protect his own life.

His intuition told him that if he was involved in the battlefield, he would die a miserable death.

"No need, reinforcements have arrived."

Aya shook her head, then turned her head and looked upwards as if she had found something.

Sensing Aya's gaze, Yamazaki Hisashi couldn't help but look over the rock wall behind him.

I saw that above the rock wall, figures flashed in the moonlight, and ...... Five...... Eleven...... Seventeen...... The number soon exceeded twenty.

These people stood on the edge of the cliff in unison, their clothes dancing lightly in the wind, or indifferent, or cold gaze swept down, forming a clear opposition to the ninja of Konoha.

Seeing these people appear, Yamazaki Hisashi's heartbeat finally stabilized, and he felt extremely relieved.

After all, there are many people on the Konoha side, and if it fights, it will definitely be a one-to-many situation, or face an elite like the dark department, with his strength, he will soon quit.

But now the situation is different, in terms of numbers, their side is not less than the ninja of Konoha, and even more.

Even if you fight, you can ensure that your own people can get out of the way.

Jiraiya also noticed the appearance of this group of people, and frowned.

Half of the more than twenty ninjas who suddenly appeared above the rock wall were debt collectors affiliated with the Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce, and in addition, the remaining ninjas were all ninjas from the Wandering Shrine Maiden and the Oni Country military.

In terms of strength alone, it must be that Konoha is more dominant, after all, those here are the elites of the dark and root parts, and they basically have the strength of the upper ninja level.

However, there are a large number of ninjas in the country of demons who have come to support, and by taking advantage of the number of ninjas, you can make up for the gap in strength. If there is a conflict here, it is difficult to say who will die, and the biggest possibility is that both sides will lose, and both sides will lose more than they lose.

"Jiraiya-sama, let's retreat here first. It's unwise to clash with them here, so at this time, let's send Naruto back to Konoha safely. ”

Tenzo flashed to Jiraiya's side with an instantaneous technique and whispered in his ear.

Naruto has been rescued, and there is no need to clash with the people of the Oni Country here, it would be bad if there were any more accidents.

After hearing this, he glanced at the corner capital that locked on him, and the other party was staring at him, even if he carried out a surprise attack, I am afraid that the effect would not be great.

Thinking of this, Zilai couldn't help but sigh, and said to the corner: "I'll give you a face this time, and you can take it away." ”

"It's a smart choice, and it's the best outcome for both of us."

The lowness in Kakudu's tone also dissipated a little, and the cold murderous aura gradually faded from his green eyes.

Then, Kakudu walked up to the tall and thin man and carried him on his shoulders as if he were a cargo.

And this weight, for the diagonals, is as light as nothing.

"I'll take this person away first, and then I'll get the money out of him first, and then hand it over to your military for interrogation."

After speaking, the figure of Jiaodu flashed, and he disappeared from everyone's field of vision, and he didn't know where he went.

And the ninjas of the Oni Country above the rock wall, when they saw the horns leaving, they also dispersed one by one.

The tense atmosphere that was about to erupt in the battle with the Konoha ninja is surging and receding, as if the two sides have never been opposed.

"Let's go too."

Aya gestured to Karu and Yamazaki with her eyes, ready to leave.

"Wait, that kid over there."

Jiraiya's voice sounded behind him.

Cai paused, turned and looked at Jiraiya suspiciously.

"Are you calling me, Jiraiya Shinobi?"

"That's right."

"What's the matter?"

The doubts in Cai's eyes were even worse.

It stands to reason that he and Jiraiya have never had contact in the past, and the two sides have no contact with each other, so I don't know what the other party is calling for him.

"You...... It's Chiba Shiraishi's son. ”

Jiraiya said with certainty.

"That's my father. Do you want me to entrust it to my father? ”

Caibian put the sniper rifle back behind his back and asked as he looked at Jiraiya.

"Between me and him, there's not much to say. However, in the spirit of being an elder, I still want to advise him that if he commits too much injustice, he will kill himself, and I hope that he can behave well and not make mistakes again and again. Tell him that, and I think he'll understand. ”

Jiraiya said earnestly.

"Really? I see, I'll tell him exactly what I said. ”

Aya nodded very obediently, as if he respected Jiraiya, a senior ninja.

But the moment he turned around, the coldness in his eyes flashed, and he jumped to the rock wall in three or two times, and his figure disappeared at the cliff.

Xiang Ryu and Yamazaki Hisashi looked at each other, perhaps in the eyes of others, Cai's reaction was nothing, on the contrary, it was very normal. But as teammates, they know very well that this is a precursor to the other party's anger.

"I hope that child's words can be used as much as a starting point."

Looking at the direction in which the color disappeared under the moonlight, Jiraiya sighed again.

As a family member, maybe it can play a little role, this is Jiraiya's inner thoughts.

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"Cai, don't worry about the words of the Konoha ninja, Lord Shiraishi is not the kind of person they imagined at all."

Catch up with Yamazaki Hisashi and comfort her.

The task of chasing down the Four Celestial Elephant People in the Craftsman Ninja Village is completed, and the next thing they do is to join up with the leader of the Shinobi Uchiha Yan, and then they can make a deal with the Oni Country instead.

"That's right, the person called Jiraiya is still a senior in the ninja world, and he will only say bad things after people. Maybe it's because he was defeated at the hands of Lord Shiraishi, and he was jealous. ”

Hisashi Yamazaki also comforted him, and his face became indignant.

Hearing the comforting words of the two, Cai just shook her head and replied, "Don't worry, you two, I'm not angry because of those words." I know very well what Dad's reputation is in the mouths of other big countries, even in the mouths of small countries, most of them will not be good words, and I hope that there are many people who will fall. Konoha's Jiraiya is just one of them. ”

Cai never thought that his father would be changed by the ideas of others.

It is a man who unswervingly implements his beliefs, and will not be diverted by any external objects once he has set a goal.

If you want him to relay it, even if you relay it after you go back, it won't attract the man's attention at all.

Perhaps, there was no need to even relay it to him.

Just a piece of nonsense.

"Next, I will go to meet Teacher Yan, and then return to the country of ghosts, and it will take a long time to come out."

Aya left Jiraiya's problems behind and just wanted to return to the country as soon as possible.

"Actually, it's not bad to come out on a mission like the rest of the troops, just to carry out patrol missions at the border, to be honest, although the days are comforting, but they are also too calm, and there is no passion for being a ninja at all."

Xiang Lian caught up with Cai's footsteps and let out his feelings.

"There is nothing passionate about the life of a ninja, as novices, it is already good for us to be able to get the patrol position on the border."

Yamazaki retorted to Kao.

"Forget about your own cowardice, don't take me with you. I want to become a shinobi as soon as possible, to get rid of the status of a pawn. ”

Xianglin snorted softly.

"In this war-free era, it's not so easy to become a shinobi. If it was five years ago, maybe you would have been able to mix up a little military merit. But at that time, we were still in the ninja school, so it was too late to see it. ”

Yamazaki can see it clearly.

Today, the situation in various countries is stable, and although there are occasional frictions, they are basically restrained.

This also causes today's ninjas to want to be promoted, unless they are talented, and the rest can only continue to boil their qualifications, accumulate merits, and be promoted step by step.

Exceptional promotions like those in war years are very difficult to happen in peacetime.

Not only the country of ghosts, but also the ninjas of other countries, basically the same.

"So, as long as I can become a shinobi before the age of thirty, I will be satisfied."

Speaking of this, a look of yearning also flashed in Yamazaki Hisashi's eyes.

As a result, after he said this, Xiang Ryu fell silent.

"Why don't you speak, are you scared by my ambition?"

Yamazaki asked.

"No, I'm just shocked that you're optimistic that you can still be a shinobi in this life. Generally speaking, the middle forbearance or special forbearance is the end of your life. ”

Hearing Xiang Li's merciless words, the corners of Yamazaki Hisashi's mouth twitched.

"I'm really sorry, I don't know how to learn secret arts, and I don't have the blood inheritance limit, the only thing I can do is the forbearance operation."

He also knows very well that at his own level, it is wishful thinking to become a ninja.

Which one is ninja, and he doesn't have his own special skills. And his own unique skills are basically on foreign objects such as forbearance.

"I'm really going to excuse myself. So usually don't fiddle with your ninja tools, and if you want to become a ninja, you need to work physical skills and ninjutsu. Your melee tactics are too dangerous, and when you take the middle ninja exam, you almost play yourself to death, and when you encounter powerful ninjas, your blasting tactics have no room to play at all, except for the same death. ”

In the face of Xiang Li's tirade-like preaching, Yamazaki only snorted lightly, neither refuting it, but also not admitting it.

He also knew that once he lost his air superiority and had to fight the enemy on land, the flaws in his own tactics were likely to be captured by a powerful enemy and used to become the best tool for suicide.

But if you want to make your attacks more lethal, you must take risks.

Xiang Lian said these words, probably because he finally used her as a spare battery for the flight ninja for a while, and he was dissatisfied and resentful.

"You two be quiet, it's time to pick up your pace."

In the end, Aya made the final decision and ended the conversation between the two.

Kaori and Yamazaki had no choice but to shut up and keep up with the color stuff.

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“…… Hokage-sama, that's all that happened. ”

In the Hokage's office, Jiraiya and Tenzo appear here, and Tenzo explains the whole process to Tsunade.

From Naruto's disappearance to the pursuit, Sakai was severely injured by the Four Celestial Elephant People of the Takumi Ninja Village in order to rescue Naruto, and almost had a conflict with the ninjas of the Oni Country...... In the end, they took a step back, so that both sides left peacefully.

Although Tenzo's narrative is very prosaic, Tsunade still hears a lot of dangers in it.

The consequences of Naruto's disappearance will not be repeated, and once there is a conflict with the country of ghosts, it will also have very serious consequences.

Fortunately, there was no conflict in the end, otherwise, as the Hokage's Tsunade, he would not be able to sit here safely, but would have urgently convened a high-level meeting.

"The Sword Comes"

"Tianzang, you handled this matter well. At that time, if you can avoid conflict, try to avoid it, just bring Naruto back, and the rest of the problems are secondary. ”

Naruto's importance to Konoha is self-evident, and that's the most important thing compared to dealing with the ownership of the Four Celestial Elephants.

If Naruto had an accident, even if he brought back the Four Celestial Elephants who had stolen Naruto, the matter would be meaningless.

"However, in the case of Naruto's disappearance, you have to pay most of the responsibility for this."

Tsunade's tone became stern as he spoke, and his sharp gaze pointed directly at the sides of Tenzo.

As if sensing Tsunade's sharp gaze, Tenzo couldn't help but bow his head and said in a ashamed tone, "Yes, Hokage-sama, I have nothing to shirk from Naruto's dereliction of duty when he was taken away. No matter what kind of punishment it is, I can accept it. ”

As the leader of the seventh class, Shangnin, who is also an important person to protect Naruto, actually let Naruto's group of outlaws forcibly abduct him, which is indeed a great dereliction of duty. No matter what excuse is used, it is difficult to completely clear up.

"The punishment for you will come down soon, but you don't have to worry, it won't be too severe, after all, your role to Naruto is irreplaceable. But after this incident, I feel that the guardian power placed next to Naruto is still insufficient, and this kind of thing is enough to happen once, and it must not be allowed to happen a second time. ”

Although there was an incident of Naruto being abducted in the past in the country of waves, it was deliberately arranged by Konoha and it was just a 'training' close to actual combat.

And this time Naruto was forcibly abducted by the Four Celestial Elephant Man, it was not actual combat training, but a real kidnapping incident.

If the Four Celestial Elephant Man succeeds, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Tsunade believes that the power around Naruto needs to be further strengthened.

It's too much because of Kakashi's existence, so it can be appropriately reduced, and the guard force around Naruto can be appropriately reduced.

However...... Tenzo is not Kakashi after all, and he can't replace Kakashi and be able to do this task with his own strength.

Since quality is not good, then quantity is to make up.

But as for transferring a few dark squads to Naruto's side, it is still up for discussion.

The Shadow Department is the direct subordinate of the Hokage, and although Naruto is very important to Konoha, it is impossible to focus most of the Shadow Department's energy on him, otherwise the huge ninja village of Konoha will not be able to operate.

"Jiraiya, do you have any good suggestions?"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, who didn't say a word.

Jiraiya groaned for a moment and responded to Tsunade: "My opinion is that instead of focusing on the power next to Naruto, it is better to be as strong as possible Naruto himself. ”

"It's easy to say, unless you let him grasp the power of the Nine-Tails immediately, you can only grow step by step."

Compared to strengthening the guard force around him, it is far less important than strengthening himself, this kind of thing, of course, Tsunade understands.

However, what Naruto lacks now is time.

The arrangement of guards beside him is also so that he can have time to grow up and not have accidents in the process.

"I mean, Naruto has a lot of advantages as a ninja, but also a lot of disadvantages. Especially in terms of alertness, with positive strength, the Four Celestial Elephant People can't do it at all if they want to catch Naruto. However, they were able to subdue Naruto through a sneak attack, which was Naruto's flaw. His alertness to the outside world is too poor, and it is difficult to guard against sudden sneak attacks. ”

Jiraiya explained.

"Do you mean, train Naruto in this regard?"

"Well, that's pretty much it. After all, with Naruto's current strength, it would be difficult for an ordinary shinobi to take him down in a short period of time from the front. ”

If Naruto accidentally broke out the Nine-Tails Chakra in the process, then it would be the Kamishinobi who fled.

Tsunade thought for a moment and gave instructions to Tenzo:

"Tianzang, you are responsible for arranging the training in this area. Usually, you also supervise Naruto's training more. ”

"So, the mission ......"

"Hmm...... I've given you an S-rank mission for the seventh squad, which is to fully assist Naruto in completing the raid training and raising his alertness for a period of one month. No limits to the means, after a month, I have to see the results. As for the activity funds required for the mission, Jiraiya, this matter is left to you. ”

Tsunade gives such a task.

But it's not so much a task as an enforced order.

"Wait, why am I paying for the event? Shouldn't this money come from the village? ”

Jiraiya, who was hit by the unwarranted disaster, looked at Tsunade with some dumbfounded eyes.

"Do you have any comments? I haven't settled the matter with you last time, and what you wrote has made a lot of money recently. For you, these tasks are a drop in the bucket, and now it's time for you to contribute to the village. ”

“…… Well, I'll just say yes. ”

Zilai also agreed wordlessly.

"Don't feel like a loss, you don't have any heirs anyway, and the money you keep in the bank will also belong to the village when you go one day. Now it's just an advance in advance, and this amount of money, you can save it by going to Fengyue Field a few times in the future. ”

"That's not fooling around, I'm there to gather important information!"

Hearing Tsunade say that he was fooling around in the Fengyue place, Jiraiya immediately retorted with a red face, and loudly proved that he was there to gather information.

It's just that when I said this, my confidence was a little insufficient.

Because it's true to go there to gather intelligence, but it's also true to go there and enjoy the intimate service of the waitress.

After all, as a well-known best-selling author in the ninja world, if you want to write words that move readers, you must achieve the unity of knowledge and action.

That's a practice of truth, and it's not just for the sake of lust.

Especially in front of Tsunade, he didn't want to admit it even more.

"Who knows." Tsunade looked at Tenzo, "Tenzo, you go down first, for the next month, you have no mission to go out in the seventh class." I still need to think about the new escort team, for now. ”

"Yes, then I'll take my leave, Hokage-sama."

Tenzo nodded and turned to leave.

"Have you found the reason why the Four Celestial Elephants kidnapped Naruto?"

After Tenzo left, Tsunade asked Jiraiya.

The expression on Jiraiya's face was grim, and he nodded: "The investigation has come out, they want to use the power of the Nine-Tails in Naruto's body to obtain a powerful chakra, and then use the ninja equipment in their hands to resurrect the ancestor of the craftsman ninja village to achieve the goal of dominating the ninja world." ”

“…… I want to dominate the ninja world with that kind of thing.,It's really a bunch of guys who like fantasy.。 ”

Tsunade stood up from his chair, walked to the window, and looked out at the dusk street scene, sighing faintly.

Even so, it also shows that the contradictions between big and small countries are so deep-rooted.

After all, the one who forced the craftsman ninja village to this situation is strictly speaking, not the country of ghosts.

The country of ghosts just happened at the right time, and it became the last straw that overwhelmed the craftsman ninja village.

It was the five great powers that really persecuted the Craftsman Ninja Village and caused the Four Celestial Elephant People to make this decision.

In the past, the craftsman ninja villages, which produce sophisticated ninja tools for ninja villages in various countries, were forced by Konoha and other ninja villages to sell ninja tools to other ninja villages, otherwise they would be sanctioned.

However, as a small country, how could Ninja Village have the qualifications to resist. Because this is a joint pressure from the five great ninja villages, selling to one of them will inevitably offend the other. But no matter which side's anger is, it is not something that the craftsman village can bear.

As a result, the artisan ninja village, which was forced to get involved in the dispute between the big country ninja villages, can imagine the outcome.

The exquisite ninja equipment they created was purchased in large quantities at a cheap price by various ninja villages on charges of violating the contract.

Food and clothing became a problem for the villagers, and many villagers were forced to leave in search of a chance to survive.

As a result, the village of Artisan Ninja eventually gave birth to the Four Celestial Elephant People, radicals who were extremely hateful and hostile to the great powers.

"Don't worry, Tsunade, it's all going to be fine. Soon, there will be real peace for both large and small countries. ”

Jiraiya also looked out the window at the street scene with Tsunade.,The people who are busy in the dusk.,It's so ordinary and cute.。

As long as the children of prophecy are cultivated, such a peaceful and peaceful scene, whether it is a large country or a small country, will eventually be realized one by one.

All injustice, war, and suffering in this world will be destroyed by the Children of Prophecy.