Konoha entered the state of alert at the first time, and naturally did not hide the eyes of the Oni Country.

In other words, the country of ghosts was one step ahead of this, and it was one step ahead of Konoha to anticipate Konoha's next move. As one of the three ninjas, Jiraiya died in Yuyin, losing one of the few high-end combat forces in the village, and even Konoha couldn't continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb now, and slowly swallow and act.

"Next, we have to make corresponding arrangements on our side, and we have to go to the fog to support. Otherwise, just relying on the power of the fog hide, I am afraid it is a bit unrealistic to stop Nagato. ”

In a lounge, Shiraishi unfolded the information he had just gotten in his hand and said to Ruri and Ayane, who were also sitting on either side of the sofa.

But even when the big war came, the two of them seemed to be casual and leisurely at this time, such as refreshments and black tea, and they probably wanted to replenish the energy they needed before the war in this way.

"In other words, we can't catch up with the big drama on Konoha's side, right? Luckily, I would have liked to have had a good look. ”

Ayane seems to have some regrets that she didn't have time to watch the battle between Konoha and Akatsuki next, which is different from the usual actions, this time even the country of ghosts can't stay out of it, but needs to officially join this stage, instead of sitting under the stage to watch the play.

"Isn't that just right? The power of the eye of reincarnation, I have long wanted to try it myself. No matter how strong the opponent's strength is, it is only at the level of the Thousand Hands Pillars of the Ninja God. If it's three against one, our side has a better chance of winning. ”

Liuli has the psychological awareness to go all out, and she has full confidence in winning this battle.

"Maybe."

Unlike Ruri, Shiraishi is still the most vigilant and attaches great importance to this battle.

In any case, it was too risky for Xiao to collect more than half of the tailed beasts. Don't look at the rest of the tailed beasts are inferior to the nine-tails in terms of strength, but that is calculated based on the simple amount of chakra, in fact, each tailed beast has its own unique skills, or their chakra and ten-tailed shells will fuse with abnormal changes that even the country of ghosts cannot predict...... After all, these tailed beasts all belong to the ten-tailed branch, and for this kind of creature that surpasses common sense, Shiraishi has never dared to be careless.

"All in all, I have asked the Water Dragon God to arrange in the sea area near the Fog Hidden in advance, and I have prepared a large number of chakras for the three of us in advance. Next, we just need to wait for Yakura's signal, and the water dragon god will summon us over to fight. Wait here with peace of mind. ”

Shiraishi said as he looked out the window, and from this position, he could just point in the direction of the fog.

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"Naruto, stop."

Naruto, who was practicing the Tailed Beast Chakra in the training ground, suddenly heard Tenzo's voice calling for him, and he couldn't help but stop what he was doing, staring at the other party with puzzled eyes, and his eyes blinked.

"What's wrong, Captain Yamato? Did something happen? ”

Tenzo nodded and said, "Just now, the dark department came over, let's go to the Hokage's office, and it seems that Hokage-sama has something to summon us." ”

"Tsunade-sama? At this time? ”

The expression on Naruto's face seemed to be even more confused.

"Is there a task assigned to us in Class 7?"

"I don't know about this, anyway, let's go to Hokage-sama's side first, suddenly summon us at this time, most likely there is something important to say."

Tenzo was also a little confused by Tsunade's sudden summoning of him and Naruto, but he was just suppressing his curiosity, and after meeting Tsunade in the past, he would naturally understand the cause and effect.

"I see, let's go over it."

Naruto nodded in agreement, although the matter of cultivation is more important, Tsunade will not interrupt his cultivation for no reason, something must have happened that made him have to go over.

About five minutes later, Naruto followed Tenzo to the Hokage's office, and when he opened the door, he found that the other two people from the seventh shift, Sakai and Hinoko, had already arrived in advance. In addition, Lu Jiu, the leader of the upper ninja squad, is also on standby here, and the atmosphere is a little serious and speechless.

Such a lineup made Naruto and Tenzo a little confused.

"Why are you all here?"

Naruto was a little confused.

Sakai shook his head, also didn't quite understand what was going on, and needed to summon the seventh class over.

"Hokage-sama, Naruto-senpai and Captain Yamato have already come, now you can explain it directly."

As the only female fire noko in the seventh class, she asked Tsunade very directly what happened.

However, Tsunade just stared at them and didn't say a word.

Her appearance makes people feel inexplicable for a while.

"Yes, Granny Tsunade, what the hell happened to make our seventh class come over suddenly?"

Naruto had no choice but to step forward and ask, Tsunade's appearance was really curious. In his eyes, Tsunade has always been a straightforward person, and this is the first time he's seen it like this.

"Hoo ......"

Tsunade exhaled lightly, and was about to speak, when Lu Jiu on the side volunteered to stand up and said:

"Hokage-sama, let me explain this."

Tsunade nodded silently, agreeing to let Shikaku explain the matter.

"Uncle Lujiu, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?"

Looking at the interaction between Tsunade and Shikaku, Naruto's face became even more strange.

"It's nothing, it's just that not long ago, there was a message back from the Land of Rain, and we felt that we should let Naruto know about it."

Shikaku took a deep breath and stared straight at Naruto.

"Land of Rain?"

Naruto blinked.

"Well, you also know that the current situation there is a bit unsettled, and we suspect that that place has something to do with the organization that captured the tailed beasts. So for that country, we Konoha have done a lot of research recently, and Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas of Konoha, has also joined this investigation. ”

"Lustful Fairy ......"

Naruto's face froze.

"Yes, but unlike most Konoha ninjas, Jiraiya doesn't want to be burdensome, so he chooses to go it alone, which is his usual style. Then he died heroically after sneaking into the rain alone......"

In the end, Lu Jiu still said the news bluntly.

After all, it is impossible to hide it, and it is more appropriate to make it clear at once than to hide it.

“…… What? ”

It may be that the window in the office was opened, causing the wind in the room to be a little loud, so that Naruto didn't hear Shikaku's words clearly, so he was directly stunned in place, and his brain was blank.

"Uncle Lujiu, what did you say? You say a lustful fairy he ......"

"It's a bit hard to believe, but it's true. Jiraiya-sama died, and before he died, he only left Konoha some information about the enemy. ”

Lu Jiu said expressionlessly.

"What are you kidding, how can it all of a sudden-"

Naruto's emotions were a little excited, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

"Naruto, calm down, don't make a fuss here!"

Tenzo pressed Naruto's shoulder hard, calming down his overly excited emotions.

"Is it time to calm down? Lustful fairy, he's already ......"

Looking at Tenzo's somewhat serious expression, Naruto suddenly fell silent, quietly clenching his fists, his eyes showing a dazed expression, and he was a little overwhelmed.

In any case, Jilai is also one of his guides, although there are some places where the other party is indeed a little out of tune, but suddenly sacrifice this...... Make him unacceptable.

Suddenly, he didn't have the slightest preparation, and the other party died on the battlefield.

Sakai and Hinoko on the side couldn't help but be silent, they didn't know how to comfort Naruto for this kind of thing.

They also heard about the relationship between Naruto and Jiraiya. They are also in a bit of a hurry now because of Jiraiya's sudden sacrifice.

The sacrifice of one of the three ninjas, for Konoha is not an understatement, a trivial matter, but a solemn response.

"I'm sorry, I know he doesn't listen to persuasion at all, he always likes to take risks alone, if I had found this earlier, maybe he wouldn't have ......"

Tsunade lowered his head, his expression a little gloomy.

She blames herself for Jiraiya's death.

If she had taken a tougher stance before Jiraiya joined the investigation team, perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided.

"Hokage-sama, this has nothing to do with you, it can only be said that Jiraiya-sama is too confident in himself and does not know enough about the enemy...... With this mentality, it is easy for others to grasp the handle, thus putting himself in a crisis. ”

Shikahisa exonerated Tsunade.

In his opinion, Jilaiya's behavior, at such a time, still wants to solve the problem alone, which is somewhat childish.

"Uncle Lujiu, what are you talking about all of a sudden? Lustful fairy, he's dead, don't you feel it at all? ”

Hearing Shikaku's words, Naruto was a little angry, feeling that the other party's reaction was too cold.

Shikahisa still said with a blank face: "As far as ninjas are concerned, Jiraiya-sama is just paying for his willfulness, no matter how good a ninja is, as long as he carelessly once, he may lose his life on the battlefield." In other words, it was the result of his own fault. If you also have this mentality and participate in the next battle, Naruto, you will die next. ”

"Y-What are you talking nonsense?"

Naruto was a little angry, but the other party's cold reaction, his voice couldn't help but be a little angry.

"It's not nonsense, it's a very common thing in the ninja world. Mentality and belief are also part of the strength of ninjas, and a guy with naïve thoughts can't become a Hokage. Now, instead of grieving the death of the deceased, let's think about how to avenge the death of Jiraiya. The enemy may come and attack Konoha at any time. ”

"Attack Konoha? What's going on? ”

Naruto was taken aback.

"Although Jiraiya-sama died in the rain, I still passed on some of the information in the end, and if it were to be my enemy who killed Jiraiya-sama, then, I would take the lead in attacking before Konoha did his intelligence work. To be honest, Konoha is preparing very hastily now, and it will take time to mobilize a large army and attack Yuyin. After all, there are several tailed beasts, dangerous S-class rebel ninjas, and many rain hidden ninjas, and in an emergency, there is not much power that Konoha can mobilize. ”

The main thing is that the sacrifice of Zilai also happened too suddenly.

Their side also planned to use the mission to pry open the door of Yuyin, but Jiraiya's side directly determined Yuyin's problem and gave some confidential information that they had never known before, which made Konoha a little overwhelmed.

Although at the beginning, they did make preventive preparations at the border, but after they were confirmed, they realized how rough those preparations were. If you act rashly, you will most likely fall into the trap of the enemy.

Therefore, it is necessary to get in touch with the rest of the villages as soon as possible, and then rush into Yuyin in one go to solve the root cause of the problem.

On the Konoha side, it is necessary to prevent the enemy from taking a small force to surprise and protect the Nine-Tails to the death, so that it cannot be taken away by the enemy.

"So, now there is a more important arrangement than the sacrifice of the grieving of the Lord. Naruto, let's put it this way, the other party is a powerful ninja who can push Jiraiya-sama into a corner, if the other party really intends to attack Konoha at that time, then, there may not be many ninjas in Konoha who can stop the other party, and you are one of the few who can stop the other party. We need your strength. ”

Lu Jiu said.

Although it is also possible to destroy the enemy by encircling and annihilating large forces, in that case, it will not only be troublesome to mobilize, but also may cause great sacrifices.

The best way to deal with powerful ninjas is to send equally powerful ninjas to stop them.

After losing Jiraiya, there are not many top ninjas that Konoha can take out.

In this overstretched situation, even if Naruto's personality is a little naïve, Shikaku can't care so much about it, and let's get over the difficulties in front of him first.

Looking at Shikaku's extremely serious eyes, Naruto realized the seriousness of the problem now, so he tried his best to suppress the anger and sadness in his heart, and exhaled heavily.

"I see, Uncle Shikaku, just leave this task to me."

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Konoha is already in combat readiness.

All departments are running silently.

In particular, the intelligence department began a series of data analyses in response to the information left behind by Jiraiya, hoping to find out more information about the enemy.

"I didn't expect this to happen all of a sudden, the leader of this organization called 'Akatsuki' turned out to be an orphan who was once taken in by Jiraiya-sama in the Land of Rain, and he also has the legendary eye of reincarnation. These are big problems. ”

In the information room of the Konoha Intelligence Department, Shikamaru met his father Shikaku here and talked to him about the organization.

Because of Jiraiya's problem, it directly ignited the lead between Konoha and the Land of Rain, making Konoha now in a mess.

Even if the effectiveness of the various departments is starting to work, it is difficult to say to what extent it will eventually be achieved.

"Yes, and I didn't expect that Payne, the leader of Yuyin, was just a puppet controlled by the other party, or a puppet made by the former leader of Yuyin, Sanshoyu Hanzo."

Lu Jiu took the copy of the information and let out a sigh of emotion.

"There seems to be a lot of error in some of Payne's previous analyses. However, in this way, it can also explain why this Payne leader has such a powerful murderous aura, if this puppet technique is similar to the human puppet of the Red Sand Scorpion, it is likely to inherit all the power of the deceased during his lifetime...... Well, in the intelligence, it seems that this is also written. ”

The sacrifice of Jiraiya also alarmed the roots.

Shikamaru also intends to focus on investigating and analyzing this matter in his own way.

Lu Jiu nodded, and then pointed to the last point in the information.

"But compared to the previous ones, what do you think of this thing called 'Infinite Monthly Reading' at the end? The purpose of this organization, called 'Akatsuki', is to collect tailed beasts, and then unleash this large-scale illusion to control humans. ”

"It's some." Shikamaru glanced at the information lightly and gave his own evaluation, but then changed the subject: "However, if the information is not wrong, then there is a correlation between the Tailed Beast and the 'Infinite Moon Reading'. It's just that I can't imagine that there is a technique in this world that can envelop all human beings in illusion. ”

At the end, Shikamaru shook his head, skeptical of the last piece of information.

If such a power really exists in the world, it means that it is a power that completely surpasses the ninja god.

It can be called the end of mankind.

"On this point, it really needs to be verified. In addition, some ancient documents about tailed beasts also need to be investigated. At first, we just thought that this organization collected Tailed Beasts for the sake of the powerful Chakra of Tailed Beasts, but if Akatsuki's purpose is more than that, Tailed Beasts have other dangerous uses...... Things are a little trickier. ”

"It's hard to find these materials, but they're still ancient documents. You must know that the history of the existence of the Tailed Beast is far longer than that of Konoha and the Land of Fire, and if you have to trace it, it is likely to go back to the era of a thousand years ago. ”

As for the era of a thousand years ago, most of the literature today is intermittent and incomplete.

Shikamaru didn't think he could investigate anything useful.

"Even if it's difficult, it's important to investigate. Now that martial law has begun inside and outside the village, we must make preparations before the enemy moves. If Xiao doesn't let go of the tailed beast, it is estimated that their people are already on the way to Konoha. ”

Lu Jiu's words made Lu Ma a little silent.

"In addition, Naruto's side also needs to do a good job of pacifying, he will be the main force of the village next, and there can be no accidents. Let him stay with you in the data room for the time being, lest he be there and mess with my deployment. ”

Lu Jiu Yiyan decided this matter.

Shikamaru nodded, not refusing.

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A large river runs from north to south, and on both sides of the river is a dense jungle, lush and green, and the dazzling sunlight in the sky can only leave fine spots of light in the open space of the jungle.

The atmosphere in the forest was quiet and a little terrifying, and the poisonous insects and beasts that were originally wandering here seemed to sense the danger in advance and disappeared without a trace.

I don't know how long it has been since such a peaceful picture of the forest, only the sound of swishing sounds, one after another figures, trampling on the branches of the trees and speeding in the air, and when I go to look closely, I can only see that the branches are trembling and shaking, and those figures have already passed without a trace, shuttling to another forest.

There were six people in the group, each wearing a red cloud coat on a black background.

The leader had long pale yellow hair on his head, his face was as stiff and white as a corpse, and there was little blood, and his emotionless eyes did not hide his cruelty and cold-bloodedness.

Heavenly Dao Payne.

The other five people who followed him were none other than the other five of Payne.

Shura Dao with a bald head.

The human road with long hair.

A beast that maintains the size of a girl.。

A slightly plump hungry ghost.

and Hell Road, which has the most serious face, a strong body, and broken hair.

As the six puppets created by Nagato with the eye of reincarnation, each of them has a powerful power that ordinary ninjas can't match, and because it is a puppet made of corpses, Payne who was made has no pain sense, let alone fear. They were born, and the purpose of their existence was to collect tailed beasts and become cold-blooded weapons for killing and destruction.

With the advance of the six roads, it is less than a few dozen kilometers away from Konoha Village.

This distance, for the six paths, can be said to be close at hand.

Just as the Six Paths were about to advance further, the ground in front of them suddenly squirmed, and Black and White Absolute emerged from it, blocking the path of the Six Paths.

The Heavenly Dao was the first to stop, and the other five Dao then stopped, and it was clear at a glance that the Heavenly Dao was the main one.

Seeing that the six paths stopped, Hei Jue reported: "Lord Nagato, the signal tower of the Fire Nation has been built, and the next battle will allow the Payne to exert 100% of their strength." ”

"Good work. What happened to the Tailed Beasts? ”

The hoarse and old voice came from the mouth of the Heavenly Dao.

"The Nine-Tails Pillar Force is still in Konoha and has not left. However, since this morning, I don't know why on Konoha's side, the patrol force that went out suddenly increased, and the actions of the dark department began to become more frequent. Give me a little more time and I can get things into perspective. ”

Kurok thinks that Konoha's improvised actions are a bit strange, and in order to ensure that the plan is foolproof, he feels that it is necessary to investigate and attack Konoha again.

"No, it's too late. It's nothing more than what good things have been done on Chiba Shiraishi's side, you just go and protect the signal tower, no matter what kind of action Konoha takes, we only need to get the Nine-Tails, there is no need to waste time in this kind of place. ”

Tiandao's tone was very calm, without the slightest fluctuation.

"Yes, I see, then I wish you a smooth journey."

When Hei Jue heard the arrangement of the Heavenly Dao, he no longer dissuaded him, and took the initiative to make way with Bai Jue, so that the road to Konoha was open in front of the six paths.

(End of chapter)