farewell , konoha

Chapter 42 Vine Fragments

A little further outside the village, there is a messy area that has been cleaned up, with traces everywhere.

Although Tang Ninja had already cleaned it up, it was really unprofessional based on the other party's professionalism.

Jiraiya, who had already taken off his hood and robe, came here quietly, looked at the traces everywhere macroscopically, closed his eyes and simulated what happened not long ago.

"The traces are very messy. Several enemies besieged one person, but they were defeated by this person. This person is good at physical skills and holds weapons..."

Jiraiya deduced based on the information, but frowned slightly, seeming a little confused.

According to the traces, the man who was besieged should have been seriously injured, but the result of the deduction was very strange.

Falling from the tree, looking in one direction, I thought to myself, is the new battlefield over there?

Biting his fingers lightly, blood flowed out, and he formed a seal on the psychic hand and slapped it towards the ground.

Bang!

As a puff of smoke rose, a toad appeared in front of Jiraiya.

"What's the matter? Lord Jiraiya!"

"Well, help me search the area to see if there are any residues!"

The summoned toad nodded and jumped with its legs towards the surroundings, while Jiraiya headed towards another battlefield.

The two are very close, almost touching each other, and the damage here is quite severe.

Jiraiya gently twirled the soil, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it for a few times. The burnt smell lingered for a long time.

"Fire Release, it's a very powerful Fire Release. It seems that the new guy is not a Yunin."

The figure flashed again, and Jiraiya had a few broken branches and leaves in his hand. He looked at the scorched branches, touched the broken parts with his fingers, and made an instant judgment.

"Wind Escape, and released before Fire Escape, is quite powerful and covers a large area."

Looking up and looking around, the range of both ninjutsus is very large, and they are at least jounin level ninjas.

In Jiraiya's impression, there were not many people who possessed both wind and fire attributes and reached this level, but it was difficult to guess who they were.

His eyes once again looked around and saw some heavy tread marks, broken ground, and cuts. These little traces continued to improve the battle information in Jiraiya's mind.

It seemed that two figures were fighting in front of me, and the simulation was repeated until...

Jiraiya focused his gaze and looked at a trace: "There should be others watching the battle."

He came to a tree, jumped up, squatted on a huge branch, and looked at the two traces.

One large and one small, the larger one has slightly deeper marks, the smaller one has slightly lighter marks, and the weight can be roughly determined.

Jiraiya, who was in a serious state, was very strong, with rich combat experience and vision, and he quickly searched out most of the information.

The approximate number of people, the two sides fighting, and the course of the battle were all analyzed to be almost the same.

"Quack!"

Jiraiya sat down and looked at the toad who came back.

"Did you find anything?"

The toad nodded and took out the things he was searching for, distinguishing them as fragments of something, dirt stained with something and turned black, and some vine fragments.

"The smell of these things does not come from here. They should be things left by others."

Jiraiya took the things. The toads of Mt. Myoboku, especially this one, had a very keen sense of the natural atmosphere, so he summoned them.

Looking at the things in his hands, he saw that there was too little information, so Tang Ren swept most of the things away.

Jiraiya asked again: "Can you tell who these things come from?"

Toad nodded, pointed at two of them and said, "The soil and the fragments are the breath of one person, and those vines are the breath of another person."

Looking at the fragments and soil, Jiraiya took a few sniffs, but there was no corresponding information in his memory, and he couldn't tell them apart.

He put away the two things, holding the fragments of the vine in his hands, his expression became slightly solemn.

There was a faint breath of "life" on it, which reminded him of long-standing memories.

It seemed that he had felt it before. The forest outside Konoha Village had a similar atmosphere.

And that forest was created by the First Hokage using ninjutsu.

Jiraiya's eyes flashed, he put the things away into a bag, and said to the toad: "Look for other traces, especially the traces of the other party's departure."

"Okay, Jiraiya-sama!"

The toad left and searched again, and Jiraiya once again formed a psychic seal in his hand and pressed it towards the ground.

Bang!

A little toad appeared, and Jiraiya said directly: "Give these things to the teacher and let him distinguish them to determine whether they are what I think."

The toad nodded, turned around and asked Jiraiya to tie the things on his back, then disappeared and left.

After sending the things away, Jiraiya felt a little heavy. He did not expect that the experimental subject left in Danzo's hands had reached this level.

Not long ago, he also received information about the third generation, that is, the Yamato in Danzo's hands, and the former Kai had Wood Release.

However, the opponent's Wood Release does not have the power of the First Hokage, and can only be regarded as an ordinary blood successor.

The wood produced does not directly create a "living" forest like the first Hokage did, it is just wood.

But now the vine fragments gave him a sense of "living".

"I don't know how long it has been since the other party left, but this battlefield is very new!"

Jiraiya's thoughts changed and he looked at the wreckage everywhere. It must have happened today. If he looked confidently, he would definitely be able to find traces of the other party.

However, the results deduced from the battlefield are not good, because the opponent should have achieved some purpose and may have left here long ago.

The searching toad returned again and reported directly: "Jiraiya-sama, there are two traces. Two of the traces were broken, and the other one went in that direction."

Jiraiya's eyes lit up: "Very good, take me there!"

Toad: "Yes, Lord Jiraiya!"

…

When Jiraiya was investigating the traces left by Kakuzu, on the other side, the toad of Mt. Myoboku had already sent the things to the hands of the Third Hokage.

In Konoha, the Hokage's office.

The third generation took the thing off the toad, listened to the toad repeating Jiraiya's words, nodded and said: "Yes, I understand."

"Please stay in Konoha for a while and come back here later to give Jiraiya the new information."

The toad nodded and jumped outside. This kind of thing didn't happen once or twice. He had long been used to it, and he could also eat bugs from Konoha. It was really great.

Watching the toad leave, Sandai picked up the vine in his hand, his eyes like a torch, sensing the remaining power in it, and his face gradually darkened.

"Danzo..."

Compared to Jiraiya, he was the one who had personally seen the power of the first generation, and he would never forget that trace of power.

This vine definitely possesses the indescribable vitality of the first generation Mudun.

Although it was very weak, he would definitely not perceive it wrong, because as long as he had seen the first generation of Mu Dun, he would never forget the awe of the power.

(End of chapter)