Chapter 342: Is He Jiraiya's Disciple Too?
"I hope you're joking."
Tsunade looked at Darui, her face full of disbelief. "Are you telling us that the entire Hidden Cloud Village couldn't resist that guy named Pain?"
"The Hidden Cloud has at least ten thousand ninjas!"
"So many people, and they couldn't defeat one ninja!"
"I don't really believe that a great nation's ninja village can't handle one leader of the Akatsuki!"
"Hey, hey, hey, not everyone has a crow named Kitahara!"
In terms of destructive power, the fierce bird currently standing on Itachi Uchiha's shoulder should rank first.
As for the other ninjas in the world, no matter how powerful the jutsu they created, it was impossible to destroy a ninja village, right? This, of course, did not include Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
Now, the intelligence from the Land of Waves had confirmed Madara's whereabouts.
That guy named Pain, is he really that strong?
"…"
"It's not…"
Darui, a grown man, could only cry out in grievance under Tsunade's questioning. "We also couldn't believe that something like this would happen…"
"But, Lady Tsunade, this is the truth!"
A big man was kneeling at Tsunade's feet, crying his heart out. "Lord Killer Bee has been captured, Lord Raikage is seriously injured. Before I left the village to seek help, the hospital was filled with the wounded, and fallen comrades could be seen everywhere in the village…"
"I beg you!"
"I implore Konoha to save us!"
The tragic state of the Cloud Village was even more desolate than he had described. The entire village couldn't even find a ninja who could take charge.
Compared to other ninja villages, the Cloud was a place with a relatively high degree of modernization, and the difficulty of rebuilding was also great. To put it bluntly, the Akatsuki's attack had set the Cloud's economic and living standards back at least ten years.
In addition, the casualties among the Cloud ninjas were also quite heavy. After the Fourth Raikage was completely defeated by Pain, the other Jonin had swarmed forward, only to be completely routed in one move!
Currently, the Cloud Village couldn't even meet the conditions to gather all its wounded. The village's administrative system was on the verge of collapse, and the number of civilian casualties was even greater.
Darui and a few other Jonin who were still barely able to move had volunteered to go to the ninja villages of various countries to ask for aid. Konoha was clearly the most important location for seeking aid, and also the ninja village that could provide support the fastest.
"Lady Tsunade, this is indeed a possibility."
Itachi Uchiha spoke in a low voice, helping to explain, "Pain possesses the Rinnegan and can use many extremely powerful jutsu. He has also fought with Lord First Hokage before…"
"…"
Tsunade blinked a few times and said in a deep voice, "Understood. I will immediately deploy the village's idle medical ninjas to the Hidden Cloud to preside over the rescue."
"And."
Itachi Uchiha spoke calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, their next move should be the village's Nine-Tails jinchuriki… No, wait, Naruto!"
"Impossible!"
Kisame looked at the crow on Itachi's shoulder in surprise. "Are you saying they still dare to charge into Konoha?"
"It's not impossible."
Itachi's thoughts were deeper. If the other side considered Konoha as the battlefield, a combat power of Kitahara's level would basically be unable to exert its full strength. On the contrary, the other side might have no scruples.
Especially that group from the Akatsuki—they were crazier than the last!
And Konoha, precisely because of the joint Chunin Exams, had a lot of outsiders. It was not impossible that they might have slipped in!
And if Orochimaru's surrender was a feint, and he had secretly sent the Hidden Sand to try and attack and take Naruto… that possibility…
Was not non-existent.
Because the probability of Orochimaru's betrayal was too high.
"Notify the Defense Department to check the identities of all Sand and Mist ninjas!"
Itachi suddenly waved his hand to summon the ANBU. "Dispatch the ANBU to investigate if there are any suspicious individuals near the battlefield, especially near Team 7!"
His guess was not wrong.
Faced with the threat that Itachi might destroy the entire Hidden Sand, Orochimaru did indeed feel a mortal danger. But… Madara Uchiha also possessed this kind of strength!
This was very awkward…
Before the two powerful sides had decided a winner, a weakling could not casually pick a side. The only thing Orochimaru could do was to pretend he knew nothing.
In reality, he really didn't know anything.
The genin of the Sand Village—how strong could they be? The possibility of them being replaced midway was too high.
What's more, the guy who had snuck in was an old acquaintance.
His name was Hiruko. He was the most inconspicuous Konoha rogue ninja in the entire Akatsuki. Even Konan, who was in charge of recruiting him, had probably forgotten that the organization had such a person.
Hiruko was just a pawn released by Black Zetsu. No one supported him, and no one believed that Hiruko could succeed.
"A perfect prey…"
Hiruko had attacked a Sand genin from the same team and was hiding in the Forest of Death, his eyes fixed deadly on the three little ones of Team 7. "Itachi Uchiha's little brother. His Sharingan should be no worse than his brother's…"
"The jinchuriki of Konoha's Nine-Tails is also a requirement of the organization! As long as I capture the jinchuriki and then use the Sharingan to enhance my Chimera Technique, I will surely make that group in the organization look at me in a new light!"
Unfortunately, this time his hope was destined to be dashed.
The Naruto in front was showing his little companion the Summoning Jutsu he had learned. "Hey, hey, hey, Sasuke, I just learned this from the Pervy Sage!"
"As long as I can summon Gamabunta or even Gramps Toad, he'll teach me how to train in Sage Mode!"
"As long as I can master Sage Mode, I can definitely defeat Karin!"
Naruto confidently formed a hand seal, bit his finger, and shouted in a low voice, "Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu! Come on out, Gamabunta!"
Gamabunta appeared out of thin air, a pipe dangling from his mouth. He looked at Naruto, took a deep drag, and blew out a thick cloud of secondhand smoke. "Kid, I remember telling you, Mount Myoboku is not a place you can just casually set foot in in Konoha!"
"Huh? Why?"
"This is the Great Sage Kitahara's territory!" Gamabunta tapped his pipe and said in a cold voice, "Unless there's a particularly dangerous situation, don't just summon me casually, understand?"
Naruto looked at the giant toad with a perplexed expression. "But, Konoha is our village…"
"Ahem…"
Gamabunta seemed to have choked on the smoke. He shook his head. "Forget it, there's no explaining it to you. You don't have to worry about running into danger here anyway…"
"One last reminder before I go. There's someone spying on you from that direction."
Gamabunta pointed his short sword in the direction where Hiruko was hiding, then automatically released the summoning jutsu and disappeared from sight.
The yellow-haired ninja looked dissatisfied. "What's the big deal… Every time I summon Gamabunta, it's like this. It's not as interesting as the tadpoles!"
"Idiot! There's an enemy!"
Sasuke Uchiha touched his forehead and threw out a shuriken. "Hey! Get out here! We've already found you!"
"…Hehehe… I seem to have seen a familiar ninja beast just now…"
From behind the towering tree, a figure turned around and looked at Naruto. "It seems the jinchuriki of Konoha's Nine-Tails is also Jiraiya's disciple?"
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