Chapter 576 Advice

The sudden appearance of Jiaodu instantly reversed the situation here.

The mysterious color that blends into the night, and even if it is restrained to the extreme, it still overflows unnaturally. The powerful aura always shows his sense of existence, which is extremely dangerous to the people present.

"Who are you"

Jiraiya was also surprised to see Kakuzu who suddenly came out of the darkness, completely unaware that there was such a dangerous ninja here, and then his expression became serious, and the nerves of his whole body began to tense.

From Jiaodu's body, he felt a huge pressure.

A ninja with such an aura is absolutely extraordinary in strength.

"Don't be nervous, I have no intention of fighting against your Konoha ninjas. The purpose of my coming here is to collect debts. After I dig out the money he owes, you can do whatever you want."

Just as Jiraiya is afraid of himself, Kakutsu also feels troublesome about Jiraiya's strength.

Fighting with a ninja of this level, it is impossible to tell the winner in a short time, and there may be a risk of failure.

However, as a top debt collector in the pyramid, you can't smash your own brand.

It would be great if the conflict could be resolved through negotiation.

It's really not good, and it's just a chance to experience the strength of Konoha Sannin, so I shouldn't let myself feel disappointed.

"Are you kidding me? This is an important criminal."

As for Kakuto's request, Jiraiya chose to refuse without hesitation.

Moreover, Kakuzu's attire, as well as the golden medal hanging on the black coat, all showed the other party's identity.

Although it is not affiliated with the military of the ghost country, it also serves the financial institutions of the ghost country.

Falling into his hands is equivalent to falling into the hands of the army of the ghost kingdom.

"That is to say, are you going to hinder my debt collection work?"

Jiaodu's voice suddenly became dull, with a trace of indiscernible coldness.

However, the senses of the people present were so keen, and they noticed the change in Kakutsu's attitude before and after, and the ninjas belonging to Konoha's side immediately became vigilant.

And fixed his gaze firmly on Kakutsu, for fear that the opponent would make a surprise attack and catch them by surprise.

Being attacked by ninjas of this level, most people can't guarantee to survive.

Jiraiya also took a step forward, blocking the strong murderous aura emanating from Kokutsu, with a calm expression on his face, but secretly smeared a thick layer of chakra on the soles of his feet, in response to Kokutsu's surprise attack.

"Hey, what should I do now? Do you want to move strategically?"

Yamazaki walked up to Aya and asked quietly.

Every ninja here is very powerful. Involved in the battlefield of this level of ninja, even if he flies high in the sky and occupies the air superiority, he may not be able to protect his own life.

Intuition told him that if he got involved in the battlefield, he would die miserably.

"No need, reinforcements have arrived."

Cai shook her head, then turned her head and looked up, as if she had discovered something.

Sensing Aya's gaze, Yamazaki couldn't help but look up the rock wall behind him.

On the top of the rock wall, one after another silhouettes flashed under the moonlight, one...five...eleven...seventeen...the number soon exceeded twenty.

These people stood uniformly on the edge of the cliff, their clothes fluttering in the wind, and their indifferent or stern gazes shot down, forming a clear-cut opposition to Konoha's ninjas.

Seeing these people appear, Yamazaki Hisahis heartbeat finally stabilized, and he felt extremely relieved.

After all, Konoha has a large number of people, and if they fight, it will definitely be a one-to-many situation. If they are facing an elite like Anbu, with his strength, he will soon leave the field.

But the situation is different now. In terms of number of people, their side is no less than Konoha's ninjas, and there are even more.

Even if you fight, you can guarantee that your own people can retreat unscathed.

Zilai also noticed the appearance of this group of people, and frowned.

The twenty-odd ninjas that suddenly appeared above the rock wall, half of them were debt collectors affiliated to the Ziyuan Flower Merchant Association. Besides, the rest of the ninjas were all ninjas from the Wandering Witch Maiden and the Army of the Ghost Country.

In terms of strength alone, Konoha must have the upper hand. After all, all the elites here are Anbu and Genbu, and they basically have the strength of ninja level.

However, there are a large number of ninjas from the Oni Nation to support them. Using the advantage of numbers, they can make up for the gap in strength. If there is a conflict here, it is hard to say who will die. The biggest possibility is that both sides will suffer, and both sides will lose more than they gain.

"Master Jiraiya, retreat here first. It is very unwise to conflict with them here. At this time, let's send Naruto back to Konoha safely."

Tenzo flashed to Jiraiya's side with the teleportation technique, and whispered in his ear.

Naruto has been rescued by the operation, there is no need to conflict with the people of the ghost country here, it will be bad if there is another accident.

After hearing this, Jiraiya glanced at Kakuzu and locked his eyes on him. With the other party staring at him, even if he made a surprise attack, it might not have much effect.

Thinking of this, Zilai couldn't help sighing, and said to Jiaodu: "This time, I'll give you a face, and you can take it away."

"Choose wisely, it's the best outcome for both of us."

The depression in Kakuzu's tone also dissipated a bit, and the cold murderous look gradually faded from the green eyes.

Then, Kakuzu walked up to the tall and thin man, and carried him on his shoulders as a cargo.

And this weight, compared to Kakuzu, is as light as nothing.

"I will take this person away first, and I will hand him over to your military for interrogation after I get the money out of him first."

After finishing speaking, Kakuzu disappeared from everyone's sight in a flash, and went nowhere.

The ninjas of the Oni Land above the rock wall also dispersed one by one when they saw Kakutsu leaving.

The tense atmosphere of the battle with the Konoha Ninja, which was on the verge of breaking out, is now receding like a tide. It seems that the two sides have never had any confrontation.

"Let's go too."

Aya gestured to Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Hisashi with her eyes, ready to leave.

"Wait, that kid over there."

Jiraiya's voice came from behind.

Cai paused, turned around and looked at Zilaiye in doubt.

"Are you calling me, Jiraiya Jonin?"

"Exactly."

"can I help you?"

The doubts in Caiyan's eyes are even more serious.

It stands to reason that I have never had contact with Jiraiya in the past, and the two parties have no contact with each other. I don't know why the other party called me.

"You...are the son of Chiba Shiraishi."

Zilai also said affirmatively.

"That is indeed my father. Jiraiya Jonin has something to say, do you want me to entrust it to my father?"

Aya put the sniper rifle in her hand back, looked at Jiraiya and asked.

"There is nothing to talk about between me and him. But as an elder, I still want to advise him that if you do too much unrighteousness, you will kill yourself. I hope he can take care of himself and stop making mistakes again and again. Just tell him this sentence, I think he will understand."

Zilai also said earnestly.

"Really? I understand, I will tell him this sentence as it is."

Aya nodded obediently, as if she respected Jiraiya, the senior ninja.

But the moment he turned around, the coldness in Caiyan's eyes flashed away, and he jumped onto the rock wall in twos and threes, and his figure disappeared on the cliff.

Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Hisahi looked at each other in blank dismay. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Cai's reaction was nothing, on the contrary, it was quite normal. But as teammates, they knew very well that this was a sign of the opponent's anger.

"If I hope that child, it can be used as a starting point."

Looking at the direction where Aya disappeared under the moonlight, Jiraiya sighed again.

As a family member, maybe it can play a role, this is Jiraiya's inner thought.

"Aya, don't worry about Konoha Ninja's words. Master Shiraishi is not the kind of person they imagined at all."

Together with Yamazaki Hisahi, they chased up Cai's Karin and comforted her.

The task of chasing the four heavenly elephants of Takumi Ninja Village is completed, and their next step is to meet up with the leader of the Ninja Uchihayan, and then return to the kingdom of ghosts.

"That's right, thanks to that person called Jiraiya, who is still a senior in the ninja world, he only speaks bad things behind others. Maybe it's because he was defeated by Master Shiraishi, and he felt jealous."

Yamasaki Hisashi also comforted, his face became aggrieved.

Hearing the comforting words of the two, Cai just shook his head and replied: "Don't worry, you two, I am not angry because of those words. I am very aware of how father's reputation is in the mouths of other big countries. Even in the mouths of small countries, most of them will not have good things. I hope that there are countless people who fell. Konoha Jiraiya is just one of them."

Cai never thought that her father would be changed by other people's thoughts.

That is a man who unswervingly implements his beliefs, and will not be diverted by any external objects. Once he has set his goal.

If you want him to tell you what you want, even if you tell it after you go back, it will not attract the man's attention at all.

Perhaps, there is no need to even relay it to him.

Just a piece of crap.

"Next, I will meet up with Teacher Yan, and then I will return to the Kingdom of Ghosts. I have been out for a long time."

Aya put aside the problem of Jiraiya, and only thought about returning to her country as soon as possible.

"Actually, it's not bad to come out to perform missions like other troops. It's just to perform patrol missions on the border. To be honest, life is comforting, but it's too calm, and I don't have the passion to be a ninja at all."

Xiang Rin caught up with Cai's footsteps, expressing her emotion.

"There is no passion in the career of a ninja. As novices, we can get the border patrol position, which is already considered pretty good."

Yamazaki rebutted Karin.

"It's fine if you're timid, don't take me with you. I want to become a Junin sooner and get rid of the status of a pawn."

Xiang Rin snorted lightly.

"It's not so easy to become a Jonin in this era of no war. If it was five years ago, maybe you could still have a little military merit. But at that time we were still studying at the ninja school, so it was too late."

Yamazaki could see clearly.

The situation in various countries is now stable. Although there are occasional frictions, they are basically restrained.

This has also caused that today's ninjas want to be promoted, unless they are talented, the rest can only continue to accumulate qualifications, accumulate meritorious deeds, and be promoted step by step.

It is very difficult for an exceptional promotion in a time of war to happen in a time of peace.

Not only the kingdom of ghosts, but ninjas from other countries are basically like this.

"So, as long as I can become a Jonin before the age of thirty, I will be satisfied."

Speaking of this, a longing color flashed in Yamazaki Hisahisa's eyes.

As a result, after he finished speaking, Xiang Rin fell silent.

"Why don't you speak, are you scared by my ambition?"

Yamazaki asked for a long time.

"No, I'm just shocked that you are so optimistic that you can still be a Jonin in this life. Generally speaking, being a Chunin or a special Junin is the end of your life."

Hearing Xiang Rin's merciless words, the corners of Yamazaki's mouth twitched.

"I'm really sorry, I can't learn secret techniques, and I don't have the limit of blood succession. The only thing I can do is ninja operation."

He is also very clear that at his own level, it is wishful thinking to become a jounin.

Junin, who doesn't have his own special skills. And his unique skills are basically on foreign objects such as ninja tools.

"I'll really make excuses for myself. So I don't usually play with your ninja tools. If you want to become a jounin, you have to work **** taijutsu and ninjutsu. Your melee tactics are too dangerous. During the Zhongnin exam, you almost killed yourself. When you meet a powerful ninja, your explosive tactics have no room to play, except to die together."

Facing Xiang Rin's long-winded lecture, Yamazaki just snorted softly, neither refuting nor admitting it.

He also knows that once he loses air superiority and has to fight the enemy on land, his own tactical flaws are likely to be caught and used by powerful enemies and become the best tool for suicide.

But if you want to make your attack more lethal, adventure is indispensable.

Xiang Rin said these words, probably because he was dissatisfied and resentful about using her as a spare battery for flying ninja equipment these days.

"You two be quiet, it's time to speed up."

Finally, Cai made a final decision and ended the conversation between the two.

Xiang Rin and Yamazaki had no choice but to shut up and keep up with Cai.

"...Master Hokage, this is the whole process of what happened at that time."

In Hokage's office, Jiraiya and Tianzang appeared here, and Tianzang explained the whole process to Tsunade.

From Naruto's disappearance to his pursuit, Sai was severely injured by the four heavenly elephants of Takumi Ninja Village in order to rescue Naruto, and he almost had a conflict with the ninjas in the country of ghosts... In the end, his side took a step back, so that the two sides left without incident.

Although Tianzang's narration was very plain, Tsunade still heard many dangerous things from it.

The consequences of Naruto's disappearance will not be repeated, and once there is a conflict with the ghost country, it will also cause very serious consequences.

Fortunately, there was no conflict in the end, otherwise, as Hokage's Tsunade, he would not be able to sit here safely, but went to hold an emergency high-level meeting.

"Tianzang, you handled this matter well. At that time, if you can avoid conflicts, try to avoid conflicts. Just bring Naruto back, and the rest of the problems are secondary."

The importance of Naruto to Konoha is self-evident, and this is the most important thing compared to dealing with the issue of the belonging of the four celestial elephants.

If Naruto had an accident, even if he brought back the Sitian Xiangren who stole Naruto, this matter would become meaningless.

"However, in the case of Naruto's disappearance, you have to pay most of the responsibility for it."

Tsunade changed the subject, his tone became severe, and his sharp eyes pointed directly at both sides of Tenzo.

Seemingly sensing Tsunade's sharp gaze, Tenzo couldn't help but lower his head, and said in a shameful tone: "Yes, Hokage-sama, I have nothing to shirk from the responsibility for dereliction of duty when Naruto was taken away. No matter what kind of punishment, I can accept it."

As the leader of the seventh class, Jonin, and an important person who protects Naruto, it is indeed a great dereliction of duty for Naruto to be forcibly taken away by a group of lawbreakers. No matter what excuses are used to shirk, it is difficult to completely wash away.

"Your punishment will come down soon, but you don't have to worry, it won't be too serious a punishment. After all, your role to Naruto is irreplaceable. But after this incident, I feel that the protection power placed around Naruto is still insufficient. It is enough for this kind of thing to happen once, and it will never be allowed to happen again."

Although Naruto was kidnapped once in the country of Waves in the past, it was a "training" close to actual combat under Konoha's deliberate arrangement.

And this time Naruto was forcibly taken away by the Four Heavens Elephant Man, it was not actual combat training, but a real kidnapping incident.

If the Four-Sky Elephant Man succeeds, the consequences will be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Tsunade believes that the power around Naruto needs to be further strengthened.

Too much because of the existence of Kakashi, so it can be appropriately reduced, the guarding force around Naruto.

However... Tianzang is not Kakashi after all, he cannot replace Kakashi, and he is competent for this task with his own strength.

Since the quality is not enough, then the quantity should be made up.

But as for the transfer of several Anbu teams to Naruto's side, it remains to be discussed.

Anbe is directly under Hokage. Although Naruto is very important to Konoha, it is impossible to concentrate most of Anbe's energy on him, otherwise Konoha, a huge ninja village, would not be able to operate.

"Jiraiya, do you have any good suggestions?"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya who didn't say a word.

Jiraiya also pondered for a while, and responded to Tsunade: "My opinion is that instead of focusing on the power around Naruto, it is better to make Naruto himself as strong as possible."

"It's easy to say, unless he is given the power of Nine-Tails right away, he can only grow step by step."

Compared with strengthening the guards around him, it is far more important to strengthen himself. Of course, Tsunade understands this kind of thing.

However, what Naruto lacks now is time.

Arranging guards beside him is also to allow him time to grow up, so that no accidents will happen in the process.

"What I mean is that Naruto has many advantages as a ninja, but there are also many disadvantages. Especially in terms of vigilance, with positive strength, it is impossible for the Four Heavenly Elephants to capture Naruto. However, they can subdue Naruto through a sneak attack. This is Naruto's flaw. He is too vigilant to the outside world, and it is difficult to guard against sudden sneak attacks."

Zilai also explained.

"You mean, do you train Naruto in this regard?"

"Well, it's almost like this. After all, with Naruto's current strength, it is difficult for ordinary Jnin to take him down in a short time from the front."

If Naruto accidentally burst out the Nine-Tails Chakra during the process, then the one who escaped was the Jonin.

Tsunade considered for a moment, and gave Tianzang an order:

"Tianzang, you are in charge of arranging the training in this area. You should also supervise Naruto's training in normal times."

"So, task..."

"Well... I have an S-level mission for your seventh class, which is to fully assist Naruto in completing the raid training and raising his alertness. The time limit is one month. There is no limit to the means. After one month, I must see the results. As for the activity funds required for the mission, Jiraiya, I will leave it to you."

Tsunade gave such a task.

But not so much a task as an enforced order.

"Wait, why am I paying for the event? Shouldn't the money come from the village?"

Jiraiya, who suffered from the indiscriminate disaster, looked at Tsunade a little dumbfounded.

"Do you have any comments? The last incident has not been settled with you, and the novels you wrote have made a lot of money recently. For you, the funds for these missions are just a drop in the bucket. Now it's time for you to contribute to the village."

"...well, I promise."

Zilai also silently agreed.

"Don't feel like you're losing money. You don't have any children anyway. The money you save in the bank will belong to the village when you go there someday. Now it's just an advance payment, and you can save this little money by going to the Fengyue Field a few times later."

"That's not fooling around, I'm there to collect important information!"

When Tsunade said that he was going to the Fengyue place to fool around, Jiraiya immediately turned red and refuted, and loudly proved that he went to collect information.

It's just that when he said this, he lacked confidence.

Because it is true to go there to collect information, but it is also true to go there to enjoy the considerate service of the maids.

After all, as a well-known best-selling author in the ninja world, if you want to write words that move readers, you must achieve the unity of knowledge and action.

That is a practice that can be called truth, and it is not just for lust.

Especially in front of Tsunade, he didn't want to admit it.

"Who knows." Tsunade looked at Tianzang, "Tianzang, you go down first. In the next month, your seventh class has no mission to go out. I still need to think about the new guard team, and that's it for now."

"Yes, then I will take my leave first, Hokage-sama."

Tianzang nodded, turned and left.

"Have you found the reason why the Four Heavenly Elephants kidnapped Naruto?"

After Tenzo left, Tsunade asked Jiraiya.

Jiraiya's face was serious, and he nodded: "The investigation has revealed that they want to use the power of the nine tails in Naruto to obtain powerful chakra, and then use the ninja tools in their hands to resurrect the ancestor of the craftsman ninja village, so as to achieve the goal of dominating the ninja world."

"...Those who want to dominate the ninja world with that kind of thing are really a group of guys who like fantasy."

Tsunade stood up from the seat, walked to the window, looked out the window at the street scene at dusk, and sighed faintly.

Although this is the case, it also shows that the contradiction between big and small countries is so deep-rooted.

After all, it was not the kingdom of ghosts that forced Takumi Ninja Village to this point.

The country of ghosts just happened at the right time, and it became the last straw that overwhelmed Takumi Ninja Village.

It was the former Five Great Nations that really forced Takumi Ninja Village and caused the Four Heavenly Elephants to make this decision.

Craftsman Ninja Village, which produces excellent ninja tools for ninja villages in various countries, was persecuted by Konoha and other ninja villages in the past, and was not allowed to sell ninja tools to other ninja villages, otherwise they would be sanctioned.

However, as a Ninja Village in a small country, how could it possibly have the qualifications to resist. Because this is the joint pressure from the Ninja Villages of the five major countries, selling to one of them will definitely offend the other. But no matter which side's anger, Takumi Ninja Village cannot bear it.

Thus, the outcome of Craftsman Ninja Village, who was forced to be involved in the disputes of Ninja Village in the big country, can be imagined.

The excellent ninja tools they made were bought by various ninja villages at cheap prices for the crime of violating the contract.

The food and clothing of the villagers in Jiangren Village became a problem later on. Many villagers were forced to leave and looked for opportunities to survive elsewhere.

As a result, Radicals who are extremely hateful and hostile to big powers like the Four Heavenly Elephants were finally born in the Craftsman Ninja Village.

"Don't worry, Tsunade, everything will be fine. Soon, there will be true peace in both large and small countries."

Jiraiya followed Tsunade and looked out the window at the street scene. The people busy in the dusk are so ordinary and cute.

As long as the sons of prophecy are cultivated, such peaceful and peaceful scenes will eventually come true one by one, no matter if it is a big country or a small country.

All the injustices, wars, and sufferings in this world will be wiped out by the Son of Prophecy.

(end of this chapter)