Escape From Konoha

After being called out by Shiraishi, Jiraiya was not embarrassed. He just smiled and started to change the topic:

"It's amazing. My technique, not to mention perception ninjutsu, is hard to see through even with a blind eye. Kid Shiraishi, your perception ninjutsu is really extraordinary. Can you see through the existence of a more essential soul?"

Jiraiya seemed to be confirming some information.

Jiraiya is very confident in Mt. Miaogi's hidden secret technique. Using this method, he has sneaked into many areas that can be called the Jedi of the ninja world, and collected a lot of important information.

However, this was the first time that someone had noticed his traces so directly.

However, Jiraiya did not feel discouraged, and he had no intention of hiding it forever.

It was also his heart's wish to have such a face-to-face conversation again.

Regarding Jiraiya's temptation, Shiraishi directly chose to ignore it, and just said in a light tone: "If you want to exchange pleasantries, there is no need, just explain your purpose of coming, Mr. Jiraiya. I still have important things to do next. , for the sake of Teacher Tsunade, I will give you one minute at most."

"After all, we were friends in the same village in the past. I only gave him one minute. Isn't it a bit too heartless?"

Jiraiya said half-jokingly.

However, his joke was met with a cold reaction from Shiraishi.

Jiraiya sighed. Playing the emotional card was indeed a useless strategy. Although this was expected, Jiraiya still felt disappointed.

Then, he packed up his lost mood, looked at the three of Baishi with serious eyes, and said tentatively: "Boy Baishi, is there really no way to have peace talks between the kingdom of ghosts and the kingdom of fire? You know, Your actions may very well trigger the outbreak of the Fourth Ninja War."

This sentence is a serious warning to Shiraishi not to go to the Land of Rain for talks.

"Fifteen seconds have passed. Master Jiraiya, you still have forty-five seconds."

Shiraishi looked at Jiraiya indifferently, still unmoved by what Jiraiya said.

"Can't you really think about it seriously? If there is an accident in the meeting, war will break out in the ninja world, and the kingdom of ghosts will also be involved. What good will it do you?"

Jiraiya's face was serious, his fists clenched tightly, and he stared at Shiraishi's expressionless face.

"Now your identity is no longer rebellious, and the country of ghosts has become a powerful country recognized by the big countries. Every move you make will have a huge impact on the ninja world. I hope you can consider it from the perspective of peace in the ninja world Things, if we stop now, it’s still not too late.”

After hearing Jiraiya's words, Shiraishi let out a breath, looked directly at Jiraiya and said:

"Huh... I thought that after what happened last time, you would be more or less mature, but I didn't consider that you still insist on this stubborn idea. This is my biggest mistake."

"It has nothing to do with my stubbornness. I just hope that you can put the overall situation first."

Jiraiya looked at Shiraishi seriously.

"Then what is the overall situation that matters? Is Konoha's overall situation important? I am now representing the interests of the country and the people of the ghost country, and the positions of Konoha and the country of fire. That is not something I should consider. On the contrary, if You were able to convince the Daming Mansion of the Land of Fire not to intervene in the civil war in the Land of Rain from the very beginning, and things will not turn out like this. Isn’t it too late for you to say this now?”

Shiraishi asked rhetorically.

Jiraiya smiled bitterly and said, "I did try to dissuade the Daimyo and Sarutobi-sensei at first, but I failed."

Shiraishi was slightly speechless, and Ruri and Ayane also looked like they didn't know what to say to Jiraiya.

"In other words, you couldn't stop the chaos caused by your own people, so you came over to stop my enemy and cancel this meeting, right?"

Jiraiya nodded with an embarrassed expression.

Shiraishi stared at Jiraiya's slightly embarrassed face, with many wrinkles on it, sighed and said: "Master Jiraiya, you are not too young. Some words are not suitable for me, a junior, to teach you in turn." .Since the high level of a country has decided on a certain policy that is beneficial to the country, then, as a member of the country, it should give full support instead of dragging the country's legs and making opposition speeches. What you do , not only will my enemy look down on me, but even the Fire Nation Daimyo will be dissatisfied with you. Your actions will even make the Fire Nation Daimyo question your loyalty to Konoha and the Fire Nation. At that time, it would be hard to please both ends.”

Jiraiya's face was slightly startled, and there was a momentary hesitation in his eyes, but he soon became firm again.

Naturally, he had taken this matter into consideration, but he still couldn't rest assured and implemented his philosophy of peace being the most important thing for himself and the ninja world.

Because this is his destiny!

Seeing Jiraiya's expression, Shiraishi knew that what he just said was basically in vain.

Therefore, he didn't want to waste time here with Jiraiya anymore.

He has said everything he could say.

Since Jiraiya didn't approve and was unwilling to wake up from his own world, there was no need for Shiraishi to continue talking to him.

"Wait! I still have something to say!"

Seeing Shiraishi and the others continuing to move forward, Jiraiya shouted loudly, trying to make the three of them stop.

"That's enough. Your remarks can't impress me, and I don't want to listen to your so-called peaceful remarks. You can think that I am not a pacifist. I am not a pacifist. The Will of Fire and Miaomu Mountain predicted Destiny is not interested at all. In short, don’t come to me to promote your ideas. I don’t want to cause trouble this time, so just look for your son of prophecy.”

Whether it was pity or ridicule, Bai Shi used the teleportation technique to disappear from the place.

Ruri and Ayane looked at each other, followed Shiraishi's footsteps, and had no desire to stay and talk to Jiraiya.

"Damn! It still failed..."

Jiraiya was unwilling to look at the direction in which the three people were leaving, hesitated for a moment, but did not step forward to stop them.

Shiraishi alone is not something he can handle, and with the other two whose strength may still be higher than Shiraishi, even summoning the two immortals from Miaomu Mountain can't change the situation of the battle.

His instinct told him that if he took action here, he would definitely be killed by Baishi and the others!

Therefore, Jiraiya could only watch the three people leave, unable to change this fact.

In the snowy wilderness, Shiraishi and the others were far away from Jiraiya's location. Their location was very close to the Land of Rain.

"As a Sannin, what I just said was really inappropriate and over the top. Seeing the ninja I once admired turn into such a virtuous man, I don't know what to say for a moment."

Ayane said regretfully.

Once upon a time, when she was still a ninja of Konoha, she also respected the name of Sannin.

The Sannin are not only disciples of Konoha Hokage, but also have the inheritance of the three holy places in the ninja world. They shined brilliantly in the second ninja war. It can be said that they are the cornerstone of Konoha. column.

There was no need to comment on Orochimaru who had already defected, but the Jiraiya he saw today made Ayane a little disappointed.

Ayane could not connect the present Jiraiya with the one of the three ninjas in the past.

"Indeed, such a naive fool can be said to be the only one in the ninja world. After all, he was one of the biggest contributors to Konoha's victory in the Second Ninja War. I didn't expect that he would be a Konoha ninja. Standing, it’s really naive to say something like this.”

Liuli nodded in approval.

To intervene in the battlefield of the Kingdom of Rain, the Kingdom of Ghosts spent a lot of manpower and material resources for this purpose, and finally promoted this meeting. How could they give up just because of Jiraiya's few words.

Liuli didn't know how to evaluate Jiraiya. Should he say he was naive, or should he say he was careless? Or maybe both.

However, Jiraiya's matter has nothing to do with Ruri.

She immediately put the matter of Jiraiya behind, feeling that there was no need to waste energy on such a person.

As the three of them kept driving at high speed, the snow scene quickly changed to a rain scene, and the three of them had arrived at the border of the Kingdom of Rain.

Shiraishi turned to look at Ayane, who nodded in understanding.

"Let's separate here, leave it to me over there."

After saying that, Ayane's figure flashed, left the team, and disappeared from Shiraishi's eyes.

"Is it okay for her to go alone? The opponent is one of the Five Kages, as well as the accompanying escorts and ANBU jounin. Her moves are not suitable for dealing with multiple people."

Liuli looked at the direction Ayane was leaving, tilted her head slightly and asked.

"It doesn't matter. The Earth General and the Water Dragon God also went with them. Now all the unexpected factors have been eliminated. Next, we can have a good meeting here. In short, let's go and meet the Raikage and the others first. Their Bian should be impatient."

"good."

Now that Baishi has considered everything, Liuli no longer objects.

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The rain continued.

Under the veranda of the roadside hotel, there is a small rest area, which can only accommodate five or six people, for travelers passing by to rest.

The Fourth Raikage crossed his arms and sat on the bench under the verandah. He was concentrating with his eyes closed. The clothes open on his chest were very cool, but he was not affected by the cold air outside.

To his left, stood a middle-aged man with a black eyepatch on his left eye.

Wearing Kumogakure's ninja uniform, with a calm temperament, he stood patiently on the porch, waiting for something with the Fourth Raikage.

This middle-aged man's name is Dodai. He was once a courtier of Kumogakure's third generation Raikage. He has a very rare level of fusion and blood inheritance. Even among Kumogakure today, he is also a top-notch Jonin-level ninja.

On the right of the Fourth Raikage are the younger jonins of Kumogakure, Nozomi and Darui.

Unlike Tsudai, who was Kumogakure's humerus minister during the Third Raikage period, the two of them were jounin carefully selected by the Fourth Raikage personally from among the younger generation of the village.

Not only is he loyal to the Raikage, but his strength is second to none among Kumogakure's young Jonin, and he is deeply trusted by the Fourth Raikage.

Different from Xillo's serious character, Darui scratched his head and looked at the top of the corridor in boredom, staring at the raindrops dripping down the corridor without blinking, maintaining this daze. posture.

At this moment, Nozomi's expression moved slightly. As an auxiliary functional ninja in the Raikage team with co-existence of perception, medical treatment, and illusion abilities, the chakra he released clearly sensed something. He turned his head and spoke to the Fourth Raikage. : "Lord Raikage, they are here."

The Fourth Raikage, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, which were shining brightly.

"Is it finally here? It's really troublesome that we've been kept waiting for so long."

Darui complained.

"It doesn't take long, only about ten minutes. Okay, Darui, don't look so unmotivated, be careful not to embarrass the Raikage-sama."

Xi smiled and said.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I just don't have the energy."

Darui touched the back of his head. Although he said he was not motivated, his face showed a high level of motivation.

It's okay to be lazy in front of your own people, but you must maintain the demeanor that a Kumogakure jounin should have in front of outsiders.

The Fourth Raikage stood up from the bench and looked into the distance. Two figures quickly shuttled through the rain and quickly stood in front of their group.

"You're late."

The Fourth Raikage snorted.

"Sorry, I accidentally bumped into Konoha's Jiraiya on the road, which delayed me a little."

Shiraishi explained to Raikage and others without hiding anything.

His words made the Fourth Raikage and his group slightly surprised.

"Jiraiya? That Konoha Sannin? Will his appearance affect this meeting?"

The Fourth Raikage didn't speak. Tudai on the side was keenly aware of something and quickly asked.

Shiraishi glanced at the platform, and said calmly: "Don't worry, the matter has been settled, and a Konoha Sannin will not have any impact on this meeting."

Shiraishi's words made Todai feel nervous.

"I remember that in the last year's War of the Kingdom of Wind, that Sannin was defeated by Your Excellency Shiraishi. You said that the matter was resolved, so could it be..."

Although it was the Kingdom of Demons that prompted the establishment of this meeting, Todai did not want the Kingdom of Thunder and Cloud Hidden Village to be used as weapons by the Kingdom of Demons.

It is definitely not a wise move to kill the Sannin of Konoha at this time.

"I've been thinking too much on the platform, and the solution I'm talking about is just using reason to make Jiraiya retreat. I'm the same as everyone else, and I won't make extra troubles at such a time, causing unexpected changes in the meeting."

Shiraishi's words made Dodai feel a little relieved.

He was afraid that Shiraishi would make a mistake and accidentally kill the Sannin, which would inevitably cause their subsequent talks with Konoha to completely collapse.

"Since Jiraiya cannot pose a threat to the meeting, then there is no need to talk to him and let's set off now."

The Fourth Raikage made the final decision.

The others had no objection and ran towards the meeting place.

On the way, the earth platform was slightly behind the four generations of Raikage and others, and kept advancing at the same speed as Baishi, and asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency Baishi, I have a question to ask."

Shiraishi twitched his nose slightly.

"You're welcome, Toutai Nin. If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter."

"Regarding this meeting, will Rain Hidden Village also join in?"

Tutai seemed to be very concerned about this issue.

"No, the leader of Yuyin Village, Payne, and I have already discussed in advance. During the meeting, the Country of Rain handed over the negotiating power to our Country of Ghosts. Yuyin will not attend this meeting."

Shiraishi told the truth about the matter.

Tutai nodded understandingly.

"That is to say, Mr. Shiraishi, do you know who Pain, the new leader of Yuyin Village, is?"

"Do you care about this matter, Todai Ninja?"

Shiraishi asked instead without answering.

"Yes, Yu Yin, the leader of Payne, only made one shot in the contest with the Fire Nation, but he left a mysterious and powerful impression on people. With just one blow, the huge The Daming Palace of the Rain Country was completely destroyed. In the ninja world, I don’t think many ninjas can do this. Therefore, I think this leader Pain is likely to be another Rain Country like Sanshouyu Hanzo. A leading figure. His attitude cannot be completely ignored."

Tutai analyzed this.

He did not deny that he had a strong interest in the identity of Pain, the leader of Yugakure.

"The potential power of Yuyin Village can be analyzed from such a short piece of information. Your village's intelligence system is really unexpected."

Shiraishi admired.

"No, compared with the Kingdom of Oni, Kumogakure actually has many shortcomings. For example, the powerful bomb paired with the flying ninja tool is really eye-opening... Can you sell it to us in the future? Even if it is expensive Yes, our country also plans to introduce some. The power of the Fire Country and Konoha is too strong, and our country needs to introduce such powerful weapons to ensure the country’s territorial security."

Dodai said with a smile, changing the topic to the bomb weapons developed by Oni Country, and offered to buy them.

Shiraishi turned his head and answered in a small but clear voice: "No problem, open for business, the more customers the better. How about we discuss the specific matters after the meeting?"

"Then it's settled. I hope our relationship can remain friendly."

"Well, I can't ask for this kind of thing."

Shiraishi smiled and nodded, and chatted harmoniously with Dodai.

As for the degree of sincerity in the words of both parties, it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.

If a country's military power always depends on other countries, then this country will inevitably be restricted in every aspect internationally.

The strength of military power is equivalent to the country's quality in war, and war is a continuation of politics. Military and political affairs have never been separated.

A country like the Kingdom of Thunder that is very keen on military development will never give up the leadership of the war to the Kingdom of Ghosts and rely on the imported weapons from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Then, there is only one purpose left.

Crack the weapons of the ghost country, build weapons factories, achieve self-supply, and firmly hold the dominance of the war in your own hands.

According to the intelligence collected by the wandering witches in the Ghost Country, unidentified ninjas have recently flooded into many countries and began to secretly collect intelligence information from technical personnel from various countries. Which country is leading the behind the scenes? The answer is obvious.

However, if the Kingdom of Thunder wants to pose a threat to the Kingdom of Ghosts, it will not be able to do so in a short time.

In the first battle of the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Ghosts has hidden and unused power, more than outsiders imagined.

Whether it's Obito's time-space kaleidoscope Sharingan, or Lin's perfect human power, they are all well hidden in the dark and have no choice to use.

The only place where too much is exposed is the power of Liuli's Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

But it was precisely because of this that many of his abilities could be hidden, and he had already forced the Kingdom of the Wind to submit.

After the talks, compared with the Five Great Nations, it was the Akatsuki Organization, more precisely, Nagato, who had to be more careful.

It destroyed the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Rain with one blow, without hurting anyone or destroying any more land. It spread to the streets of the capital of the Kingdom of Rain, just enough to cover the entire territory of the Daming Mansion. Such terrifying destructive power and such amazing chakra control made Shiraishi feel alert.

Although many people speculated that it was caused by some powerful forbidden technique that required complex prerequisites to be triggered, Shiraishi was more willing to believe that it was just the result of Nagato's casual testing.

The upper limit of the Samsara Eye is still unknown to Shiraishi.

Is he announcing to the restless Fire Country that Amegakure is not without the power to fight, or is he using the Fire Country as a cover, and the real purpose is to demonstrate against the Ghost Country... In Shiraishi's view, these two possibilities Sex is available.

At dusk, in fact, if you don't look at the clock, it's basically impossible to tell whether it's night or dusk in this gloomy and bad weather.

Shiraishi, Raikage and others entered a main city in the Kingdom of Rain.

Apart from the capital of the Kingdom of Rain, this is a relatively well-known big city, and it is also the location of the meeting.

But even the major cities in the Land of Rain are by no means prosperous.

The streets are deserted, and beggars can be seen everywhere. Shops are open in twos and threes, and the shopkeepers are sitting listlessly in the shop. Occasionally, a few customers will come. The feeling is no different from the villages and towns in the countryside.

With the outbreak of the Civil War in the Land of Rain, most of the people in the country are old people and children who are unable to work. Many local businessmen in the Land of Rain are also far away from their homeland and are forced to seek development in other countries.

A desolate and gloomy rain country scenery.

Seeing such a scenery, both Shiraishi and Raikage turned a blind eye.

There may be sympathy and so-called compassion in their hearts, but before they pity other countries, they have their own country's position and will not express their attitudes easily on their faces.

After passing through the streets of a busy city or a slum, Shiraishi and his party arrived at the lord's mansion.

After paying the rent, this lord's mansion was temporarily requisitioned by the Kingdom of Ghosts and played an important role as the meeting location.

The military ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts also set up a strict cordon here in advance to prevent idlers from disturbing the normal progress of the talks.

Originally, Shiraishi also considered starting talks in Amegakure Village, but as soon as the idea was born, he was sternly rejected by Nagato.

Therefore, under the premise that the Daming Mansion of the Country of Rain is destroyed, we can only settle for the next best thing and choose a meeting location from another big city.

Arriving at the main entrance of the city lord's mansion, Shiraishi and the Fourth Raikage saw the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi arriving at the main entrance one step ahead. Next to the Third Hokage Hiruzen, he was followed by three people.

Konoha's two advisors moved to Koharu and Mito Monobu, as well as the Jonin squad leader Nara Shikaku.

It can be said that all the high-level officials of Konoha who can gather, except for the root leader Shimura Danzo, have gathered together.

This shows that Konoha and the Fire Nation attach great importance to this meeting.

"Long time no see, Hokage-dono, it's really hard for you to come all the way."

As the saying goes, if you reach out to avoid hitting someone with a smiling face, hearing Shiraishi's concerned greetings, people who don't know would think that the relationship between the two parties is so close.

Hiruzen knew that even if he was resentful in his heart, he still had to smile generously on his face to show that he didn't care about traveling so far. He must not let outsiders look down on his magnanimity as a Hokage.

"Two advisor elders, this is probably the first time we have met on such an occasion. It's been hard work coming from such a long distance. The same goes for Shikakujounin."

Shiraishi also expressed his condolences to Koharu, Mito Monobu and Nara Shikaku.

As the initiator of the talks, even though I know that the following talks will be very intense, I still have to save face.

"It doesn't matter. After all, we are also ninjas, so this distance is not a problem."

Koharu's representative responded when he went to bed. He was communicating with Shiraishi with a calm expression, as if he didn't mind the existence of Shiraishi and Ruri, even though the two of them were once S-class rebel ninjas wanted by Konoha.

"That's good. Okay, everyone, please go in and rest. The official meeting will be held after nine o'clock in the evening."

Shiraishi said with a smile.

"Then I'll be disrespectful. Xi, Darui, Tutai, let's go in."

The Fourth Raikage and everyone in Konoha had nothing to reminisce about, so they called the names of the three of them and stepped into the mansion first.

"Yes, Raikage-sama. Well, Hokage-dono, Shiraishi-dono, I'll excuse you now."

Tutai bowed slightly, then followed in the footsteps of the fourth generation of Raikage, and went to the mansion to rest temporarily. After such a long journey, they also felt a little tired.

After Raikage and others entered the mansion, Shiraishi couldn't help sniffing again. The cold air outside made him very uncomfortable.

"Why don't you guys go in and fix it?"

After Baishi coughed for a while, he asked aloud.

"Ah, we still have some things to do here. Your Excellency Shiraishi seems to have caught a cold. I think it's better to go in quickly to keep warm. If the condition is serious, it may prevent the smooth progress of the meeting."

Shikaku noticed the fact that Shiraishi had a cold, and for a suitable reason, urged Shiraishi and Ruri to quickly enter the mansion to rest so that no one would be suspicious.

"It doesn't matter. I'm a medical ninja and I can control my condition."

This made everyone present a little speechless.

Precisely because he was a medical ninja and had a cold at this time, people felt that his words were not convincing at all.

However, since it was Lu Jiu's kindness, Shiraishi was embarrassed to refuse, nodded and said: "The air outside is indeed a bit cold, Liuli, let's go in to get warm. It's best not to stay outside for too long, I A sumptuous dinner has been prepared, don’t forget to enjoy it.”

"Thanks for the reminder, we got it."

Baishi nodded slightly and entered the mansion through the main entrance with Liuli.

Just as he stepped over the threshold, Shiraishi's steps suddenly stopped.

His actions attracted the attention of Hiruzen and others.

Before Hirizhan opened his mouth to ask, Baishi thought for a while, turned his head and smiled at Hirizhan, "When I entered the door, I suddenly remembered that there was one thing I forgot to tell Hokage-dono—that is, Kazekage-dono He won’t come anymore.”

"Varied……"

Mito Kadoyan was stunned for a moment. Before he could ask, he saw Koharu's warning look on his face and stopped immediately.

Ignoring Mitomonyan's astonished expression, Shiraishi continued: "I don't like uninvited guests very much, so I asked someone to invite Mr. Kazekage to drink tea in advance, so that I won't let irrelevant people disturb you. The meeting is in progress. If Hokage-dono intends to wait here for Kazekage-dono's arrival, then I don't think this matter is necessary. What do you think, Hokage-dono?"

In Shiraishi's view, Konoha's approach is completely unnecessary.

Do you really think that asking the Kazekage to join you can reduce the pressure during the meeting?

In order to facilitate the establishment of this meeting, he has already spent so much effort, and he even spared no expense to win over the two daimyos from the Land of Earth and the Land of Water. How could it be possible for Kazekage to come here at this time and disturb the meeting?

Although a single wind shadow is nothing to worry about, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the meeting, Shiraishi must eliminate all unexpected factors in advance.

After saying this, Bai Shitou did not look back and entered the mansion with steady steps.

Looking at Shiraishi's unobtrusive figure entering the mansion, Hiruzen felt that he could no longer maintain the calm expression on his face.