On August 12, Konoha 48, Shimizu and Megumi returned to Konoha a full week ahead of schedule.

After the two of them went straight to the Hokage Building and took the lead in handing over the task, Megumi immediately returned to the Uchiha family's residence.

Aside from the war, this was the longest mission the little girl had ever had, and she was homesick.

And after Hui left, Qing Shui also stayed naturally.

"April-kun, do you know what this thing is?" Orochimaru looked closely at the "ice hockey" in his hand and asked.

"I don't know."

In fact, Qing Shui faintly guessed that the secret treasure of the Fenghua family may be a stump left by the sacred tree, and I don't know how it survived in the ice and snow and has been surviving until now, because of the cold environment around it, it is also a fruit rich in ice escape chakra.

Moreover, this Ice Fruit of the Wind Flower Family can allow ordinary people to obtain the power of the Ice Escape Blood Inheritance Limit, which is also similar to the Chakra Fruit of the Divine Tree. Of course, its effect is very different, the former is only able to make an ordinary person advance to about the upper ninja level chakra, which is a divine object in the snow country, but in Qing Shui's eyes, it is a little insufficient, so there is no need for him to expose the existence of this suspected divine tree.

Let it remain in the secret chamber of the Snow Country forever.

"Okay, that's it." Orochimaru seemed to have some regret, and then continued, "I'll wait for the results in two months." ”

Two months?!

It's October!

Qing Shui immediately looked at the thick stacks of documents on the Orochimaru table, where were all kinds of important matters that the other party had already approved or still needed to review, God knows how much time it would take to deal with these tedious official duties, and how much time would be left for cultivation or scientific research after dealing with these important things.

From Orochimaru's eyebrows, you can see a trace of exhaustion on the other side, this village shadow is indeed not an easy errand.

But no matter how hard and tired you are, this matter still can't be left behind, so you have to quickly whip the big snake pill so as not to fall behind the experimental progress of the "corpse bone vein".

"Can't hurry up?"

"April-kun is in a hurry?"

Can't you rush like this? If it's really October, then maybe the daylilies are cold.

"I always want to get the result quickly, otherwise I always think about it......"

Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils just stared at Qing Shui.

"Yes, I'm in a hurry." Qing Shui said helplessly, "So I have to worry about the four generations of Hokage-sama working overtime." ”

"I want to ...... soon, too," Orochimaru sighed lightly, as if something was going on.

Isn't it, Orochimaru actually sighed?

Where is the usual energy gone?

"Tsunade is seriously injured."

Qing Shui was stunned.

How could Tsunade get seriously injured?

And who hurt her?

Suddenly, he remembered the chakra that had flashed suddenly on the way back......

"Jiraiya is dead."

This time, Qing Shui's eyes really widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

"Impossible."

It's only been 48 years since Konoha has been in the past, so how could something happen to him?

"Absolutely impossible ......," Shimizu muttered to himself.

Is it Tsunade who didn't help Jiraiya?

No, since even Tsunade was seriously injured, it means that the other party did fulfill the contract with him back then, and even suffered injuries because he fought side by side with Jiraiya.

Could it be that Watergate didn't catch up?

You'll have to ask Watergate what happened.

"It wasn't that long ago." Orochimaru said slowly in a deep voice, "There are only a limited number of people in the village who know about this now. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

After Orochimaru's explanation, Qing Shui quickly understood what happened some time ago, Tsunade did go to the Land of Rain with Jiraiya, but Tsunade did not follow Jiraiya to infiltrate the Rain Hidden Village, but was ambushed by Xiao in another city in the Land of Rain and was seriously injured, and it was also thanks to the timely appearance of Kakashi, who was originally on a mission in the Land of Rain, that he was able to turn the corner.

But since the words of the people have not been so lucky, although Watergate did rush to the rescue, but unfortunately it was too late. Because Jiraiya had stopped breathing by the time he arrived, and there was no suitable medical condition at that time, Mizumon could only take him to Myoki Mountain through reverse channeling and have the toad immortal "petrify" him.

And this "petrification" is naturally one of the specialties of Miaomu Mountain. If a regular cultivator absorbs too much natural energy, his or her body will gradually "frog" and eventually "petrify" completely. And Jiraiya skipped the process of "frogification" through the large amount of natural energy that the toad immortal sealed on it in a short period of time, and achieved "petrification" in an instant.

So the summary is that the toad immortal of Myoki Mountain retained Jiraiya's human form through the rapid "petrification" of Jiraiya, and at the same time froze his life characteristics, allowing time to stand still for him in this moment.

So it's true that Zilai is dead, but in a sense, it can actually be regarded as alive.

As long as the "petrified" state is lifted and the rescue is carried out immediately, won't this be saved?

But when talking about the possibility of Jiraiya's resurrection, Orochimaru said with a little helplessness: "Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, or even decades later, who can guarantee it?" ”

"Is there no way over there in Miaomu Mountain?"

"As far as I know, not."

"Didn't you have it either?"

"April-kun, although I have some research on natural energy, it doesn't mean that I can even solve this problem." Orochimaru sighed lightly and continued, "Even if there is really hope, then it will have to be studied accordingly before it can be conclusive. ”

As soon as it comes to Orochimaru's topic of natural energy, Shimizu immediately thinks of Chonggo, but at the moment of this 48th year of Konoha, how old is this Chonggo?

As for where Chongwu is from, he has no clue, even if Qing Shui has already asked Kakudu to spend a lot of money to find Chonggo, but there is a high probability that he will sink into the sea.

"So as long as there are materials that can use natural energy, that's fine, right?" Qing Shui's mind was still flashing one possible goal after another.

"It's just theoretical."

"But it's also a possibility." This is at least a reliable direction, and the matter of Jilai is not completely hopeless, so Qing Shui continued to ask, "What about him now?" ”

"It's been kept in Myoki Mountain for the time being."

That's fine, for now, the stone statues in Jiraiya are absolutely safe.

"Let's do it first." Qing Shui was going to go to Shuimen for further details, but before leaving, he still didn't forget to remind Orochimaru, "Don't forget the corpse bone vein." ”

And Orochimaru waved his hand and replied directly: "Two months." ”