Escape From Konoha

——Nagato has gone to Kirigakure, please be ready for battle.

This is a piece of information sent to Kirigakure Mizukage's office. There is only a few lines on it. Other than that, there is no signature and no indication of the specific source of the information, but the amount of information revealed is huge.

After receiving this information, the Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei felt a little nervous, but soon after taking a deep breath, he slowly calmed down his restless mood and calmed himself down.

A long time ago, Kirigakure had actually learned about Akatsuki's order of capturing the tailed beasts, and had made corresponding arrangements in advance. Now that the enemy leader has come to Kirigakure in person, his plan to recover Kirigakure's Three-Tails and Six-Tails is just part of the plan.

What Kirigakure has to do now is to make all preparations for the battle and face the leader of Akatsuki, the powerful ninja with the legendary Rinnegan Eye.

Based on the information obtained by the Demon Country, it is speculated that the leader of the Akatsuki may have surpassed the original Ninja God Senju Hashirama.

Of course, if the trap set by Kirigakure can solve the Akatsuki leader, then the task of ending the war in the Fifth Ninja World War will undoubtedly be much easier, but the possibility of such success is slim.

A being who is close to or even surpasses the God of Ninja. As long as the opponent wants to escape and achieve 100% targeted annihilation, he needs at least three or more powerful ninjas of the same level. What's more, in addition to the opponent's own strength, the tailed beasts and ten-tailed bodies can also be channeled at any time to assist him.

When the opponent has mastered the ten-tailed body and the four-headed tailed beast, facing this kind of monster that transcends common sense is simply not an opponent that can be dealt with alone.

Therefore, although Kirigakure was prepared in advance, when he thought about his next opponent, who was so beyond common sense, even as a Mizukage, Mei Terumi could not help but feel her heart pounding.

In her opinion, if we can unite with the Kingdom of Demons and repel the opponent this time, it will be considered a success. If we want to annihilate the opponent in Kirigakure, it is impossible to do this, even if we can do it, Kirigakure and Kirigakure The Kingdom of Ghosts may also have to pay an unimaginable price. In this way, they will only suffer losses on both sides and let the other big countries benefit from it.

"Ao, send this information to the Yondaime and tell him that the battle to protect the tailed beasts can begin."

Terumi Mei put the information away and solemnly placed it in Ao's hands, asking this person who had been a close confidant of two generations of Mizukage to deliver this extremely important information.

"Yes, Mizukage-sama."

Qing nodded seriously, took the information, and quickly left Mizukage's office, not daring to waste even a second.

When Ao left the office, Terumi Mei let out a long breath. Although her eyes were still fixed on the documents that needed to be opened in front of her, her mind had already flown to the other side.

Next, success or failure depends on whether you can defend the three tails and the six tails.

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Ever since she woke up in the morning, Tsunade suddenly felt uneasy in her heart.

This feeling of upset seemed to become more serious after entering work.

If she didn't have time now, Tsunade wouldn't mind going to the casino to see how her luck is lately.

If you lose money, it means that Konoha has been calm recently and nothing bad has happened. But if you win a lot of money, something bad will probably happen and it will happen to Konoha soon.

Although judging luck in this way seems incredible to outsiders, Tsunade has long been accustomed to relying on gambling to determine luck. Moreover, there has never been a single mistake in such divination in her life.

"Forget it, let's go to the casino to try a few games during the lunch break."

Tsunade decided to finish her work in the morning, and then use her lunch break to go to the casino to try her luck today and discern whether what befell Konoha next would be a bad thing or a good thing.

"Why try a few games? Hokage-sama, are you planning to go to the casino to gamble again?"

As if he heard Tsunade murmuring to herself, Shikaku opened the door and came in, looking helplessly at Tsunade who was a little lazy early in the morning.

"It's Shikaku. There's nothing we can do about it. There's too much burden on our shoulders these days. Even I have to find something to relieve the pressure in my heart. And don't look at me like this, relying on gambling to make money. To judge the good or bad luck, this is my specialty."

Tsunade smiled proudly, as if gambling was such a great thing.

Regarding this kind of pride, Lu Jiu was a little afraid to compliment him, so he could only respond with a wry smile.

"Although I know that Hokage-sama is under a lot of pressure, there are many ways to relieve pressure. There is no need to turn to gambling. In addition, saying such depressing words early in the morning will not have a good impact on other people. Please don't think about things that have nothing to do with work during working hours, Hokage-sama."

"You are too serious, Shikaku." Tsunade was spinning her pen a little boredly. She had spread out the documents and had no desire to deal with them for the time being. She asked casually: "Speaking of which, the mission to Amegakure should be almost there. Have we arrived at the border?"

Today is the day when the four villages are on a mission to Amegakure again. Different from the previous visit, the mission brought by the mission this time is to ask Amegakure to sign a consent form and agree to the investigation troops from several villages in Konoha to enter Amegakure. Conduct an internal search to ensure there are no excessive safety hazards inside Yuyin.

"Yes, judging from the marching speed, we should have almost reached the border of the Land of Fire. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, we can officially enter Yugakure and meet the leader of Yugakure, Payne, again with the envoys from other villages."

Shikaku nodded and said.

After a few days ago, the four villages of Konoha, Iwagakure, Sunagakure and Kumogakure reached a consensus and unanimously decided to conduct a thorough investigation of Amegakure Village.

Therefore, although on the surface, Yuyin was seeking Yuyin's consent in this matter, in essence, he was using the power of a big country to engage in forced buying and selling transactions. When things have developed to this point, Amegakure's attitude is no longer considered. For the senior leaders of each village, finding the organization's lair as soon as possible and regaining the lost tailed beast is the most important thing at the moment.

The mere fact that Yuyin is suspected means that it cannot stay out of the matter until the suspicion is cleared.

"Yuyin..."

Tsunade fell into thought.

To be honest, she was not willing to doubt a place like Kamigakure from the beginning because it was too close to the Land of Fire.

If there are no problems, it's fine. Once there are problems, it means that the space for war will become very narrow, and it is easy to burn the war directly on Konoha's head. This is not a good thing for Konoha, which has not yet recovered from the Fourth Ninja War.

But the current situation no longer allows Konoha to pretend to ignore this aspect.

Regardless of whether there is a problem with Yuyin or not, this process must go on. Even if a war breaks out, Tsunade can't care so much. If she wants to solve the problem once and for all, how can she not take a risk?

"The problem of the mission must be handled well, and the border troops must also be prepared... Although the possibility is unlikely, we cannot take it lightly just because the possibility is insufficient."

"Yes. Regarding this, I have asked the border troops to take precautionary measures in advance. If there is really a hidden danger in Yugakure, the troops will be mobilized as soon as possible and directly enter the country of rain. On the other side of Iwagakure and Sunagakure, The same arrangements have been made.”

Shikaku replied seriously.

"That's good, next..."

An eagle's cry interrupted Tsunade's words, causing her to turn her head and look out the window in surprise.

An eagle spread its majestic and powerful wings, hovering over the Hokage building, and then quickly descended, rushing towards the window of the Hokage's office. In the eagle's palm, you can see a scroll less than the size of a palm, tied to it with a string, which is extremely conspicuous.

"This is the communication eagle of the Rain Kingdom investigation team..."

Tsunade stood up and immediately realized that something had changed in the Rain Country. She quickly walked towards the eagle staying at the window, reached out and untied the scroll from the eagle's palm, spread it out quickly, and swiped it.

After reading the above information, Tsunade's body seemed to be frozen. She stood there stiffly, her eyes staring at the paper on the scroll without blinking, as if she was constantly confirming the information above. true and false.

Shikaku could even feel a cold breath coming from Tsunade, causing the temperature in the office to start to drop crazily, so cold that people could shiver.

"Hokage-sama, what happened?"

Shikaku took a deep breath, knowing that something big must have happened to make Tsunade suddenly look like this, and couldn't help but ask.

"Jiraiya is dead."

Shikaku's response was Tsunade's extremely calm words.

"..."

Lu Jiu opened his mouth. Rather than being shocked, Lu Jiu looked more like he had suddenly received the news and was a little overwhelmed. He didn't know how to react immediately.

Jiraiya...dead?

How can this be?

The other party was in good contact with the Konoha investigation team two days ago, how could he suddenly die?

No matter what, he was one of the Sannin of Konoha and one of the most powerful in Konoha. How could he die just because he wanted to?

Lu Jiu couldn't believe it, his brain was in chaos, and his heart was in a state of confusion.

But seeing Tsunade frozen there, speechless for a long time, with a sad and angry atmosphere wrapped around her body, Shikaku immediately knew that this was not a joke, but a fact.

As a result, Shikaku also fell into an atmosphere of silence.

"Let's see, this is the last message Jiraiya left for Konoha."

Tsunade tried her best to suppress her tone so that she sounded very calm and would not tremble out of control.

Shikaku approached Tsunade with heavy steps, took the opened scroll from Tsunade's hand, and began to scan it.

There is not much text on it, but the information revealed is quite astonishing.

——Tsunade, I probably won’t be able to go back. The organization’s name is ‘Akatsuki’. Please contact the allies immediately to form a ninja alliance and reveal their horrific conspiracy to enslave the whole world.

——The leader of this organization is named Nagato. He was an orphan I took in in the Land of Rain. He has the legendary reincarnation eye. He has a six-path puppet named 'Penn' in his hand. One of the puppets is made of Yugakure. The former leader Sanshouyu Hanzo can not only use all the abilities of Hanzo during his lifetime, but also can control gravity. However, each time he uses it, it requires a period of time. It mainly manifests as repulsion and suction. You must deal with it carefully after encountering it. The ultimate goal of this organization is to collect tailed beasts and finally release an illusion called "Infinite Tsukuyomi" to control all humans.

——Now that the enemy has caught up, I don’t have much left behind... Speaking of which, when you became Hokage, I didn’t seem to have given you a gift. In this case, this information is my last gift to you. A gift, Tsunade. Finally, take good care of Naruto for me, he will be the last hope of this world.

The written record ends suddenly here.

Especially the third paragraph, the handwriting is scrawled and frantic, and the last few words require careful observation to barely make out what they are written. It is not difficult to see that when Jiraiya wrote this information, he was constantly being chased and escaped.

Shikaku can also fully imagine what kind of critical situation the other party is facing, in which they are isolated and helpless and fighting with difficulty.

In order for Konoha to obtain important combat information, he sacrificed his life at the cost of it.

An emotion of lament and admiration arose spontaneously from Shikaku's heart.

On one side of the scroll, there is also a note left by Konoha's investigation team in the Land of Rain. Talking about this information, it was sent by a summoning frog from Mount Myoboku who escaped from death. , after the other party arrived at the investigation team, he was seriously injured and fell into coma, saying that this was the last piece of information Jiraiya left before his death.

"This idiot! Idiot! How many times have I told him that this investigation mission is very dangerous. Don't go deep alone. Is now the time to be a hero? Why don't you listen to the advice!"

On the other side, Tsunade suddenly trembled and clenched her fists, and cursed in a low voice, as if she was angry at Jiraiya's insistent and stupid behavior. But the tone of this curse did not have the harsh preaching tone of the past. It was more like venting the helplessness and sadness in his heart.

Shikaku didn't speak, just waiting quietly for Tsunade to finish venting her emotions.

Jiraiya's behavior can be regarded as disobeying orders and bringing the blame on himself, but now that the person is dead, it is meaningless to talk about it. The important thing is that the information he left behind must make Konoha's huge machine run quickly as soon as possible.

In any case, this information that Jiraiya risked his life to leave to Konoha is very important. If used well, it can save Konoha from sacrificing many people.

"Shikaku, send this information to the intelligence department, investigate the names of all the people and things mentioned in the information left by Jiraiya, and investigate all their connections as soon as possible. And work out a detailed plan The information is distributed to every Konoha ninja on staff. From now on, the village will enter the first level of alert! Immediately, immediately!"

Tsunade quickly put away the sadness in her heart, the expression on her face became extremely determined, and she began to issue this series of orders to Shikaku in an orderly manner.

Her heart was indeed as sad as a knife. But now is never the best time to grieve. Rather than falling into meaningless sadness, how to make good use of this information and prevent the information that Jiraiya desperately obtained from wasting away is what a Hokage should really do.

She cannot put the entire village in danger because of her personal affairs.

"yes!"

Shikaku's mind trembled, and without hesitation, he received Tsunade's order and immediately went down to prepare for Konoha to enter the first level of alert to meet the powerful enemy who might invade.