Chapter 565: Sage Vs. Jinchūriki, Accepting a Mission in a Time of Crisis

The perception team that Jiraiya applied for solved the problem of Iwagakure's assassination.

However, it was not the Sensing Team that cooperated with Namikaze Minato to kill the ninjas who came to assassinate them, but Iwagakure's assassin team disappeared and did not attack again.

Jiraiya believed that this might be a small error in intelligence, which caused the assassin team to learn the news prematurely, so they gave up the assassination activity.

Although the process was different from what he imagined, the problem was still solved, so Jiraiya didn't pay too much attention.

A big battle will still have to be fought to determine the final winner on the battlefield, and small groups of harassers will not play a decisive role.

But what happened next was somewhat beyond Jiraiya's expectations.

Iwagakure showed super intelligence capabilities. Even though the Konoha Ninja Force had the help of the local ninja force Kusunin Village, the Konoha Ninja Force was at a disadvantage in the intelligence war.

Unable to detect the movements of the opponent's ninja troops, the actions of one's own ninja troops were repeatedly exposed and then failed.

Jiraiya, the loser, suspected that there was a high-ranking Iwagakure spy in the intelligence department.

But this is unlikely, because people with dirty resumes cannot get this position.

There's no way there's a spy in ANBU.

Faced with constant defeats, Jiraiya chose to switch from offense to defense, narrowing the scope of activity of Konoha ninjas and minimizing damage as much as possible.

He could only do this. The failure in the intelligence war caused them to lose the initiative. In this case, forcing themselves to show off would only allow Iwagakure to continue to expand their advantage.

But what Jiraiya didn't expect was that just as he was about to enter a full-scale defensive state, the information about the large army camp was somehow known to Iwagakure.

Boom! !

A huge explosion suddenly appeared in the Konoha ninja camp, startling Jiraiya and others who were looking at the map and studying strategies.

"Jiraiya-sama, no luck, we were discovered by the Iwagakure troops!" A Konoha jounin hurriedly ran into the camp to report.

"Iwagakure called?" Jiraiya frowned, "What's going on in the sensing class?"

The reason why he chose to defend was to take advantage of Konoha's excellent perceptive ninjas to offset the disadvantages of intelligence warfare.

As a result, Iwagakure called over, but the sensing class didn't make any movement.

"I don't know, the perception class did not conduct an early warning notice." Konoha Jonin shook his head.

Boom! !

There was another loud explosion, and Jiraiya knew that this was not the time to think about the negligence of the Sensing Team. What he wanted to do was to lead the Konoha ninja troops out of the crisis.

Jiraiya crossed over to the Konoha jounin and prepared to command the Konoha ninja troops to counterattack.

At this moment, a cold light flashed in the eyes of the Konoha Jonin, and he quickly took out his kunai and stabbed Jiraiya.

boom!

Namikaze Minato, who reacted very quickly, exploded with chakra and kicked the Konoha Jonin away.

Jiraiya was stunned. He didn't expect that the Konoha ninja just now would attack him.

That was a jounin of the Sarutobi clan, how could there be a spy?

"The technique of messing up the lion's hair!"

After all, Jiraiya is a powerful ninja who has experienced hundreds of battles. Although he was puzzled by the attack of Sarutobi Jonin, Jiraiya quickly used ninjutsu to attack Sarutobi Jonin.

No matter who the Sarutobi Jonin is, it is a fact that the Sarutobi Jonin attacked him, so the Sarutobi Jonin is the enemy.

Attacking the commander on the battlefield, even if Jiraiya killed him on the spot, no one could say anything.

Phew!

At this time, several conical stones smashed over.

Jiraiya recognized that it was the explosive escape of Iwakura, the deputy captain of the Iwagakure Explosive Force, and immediately changed his move, and the long hair that extended quickly came back to cover Jiraiya's body.

Whoosh!

Namikaze Minato uses the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to transfer.

Boom! !

Explosions sounded, and the rocks flying towards Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato suddenly exploded, and the violent explosion enveloped Jiraiya in white light.

Phew! !

Namikaze Minato knew that such an attack would not be able to kill Jiraiya, so after moving, he immediately threw several flying thunder god kunai towards Iwaku.

"Your opponent is not me." Iwaku spit out a stone to blow up the incoming Flying Thunder God Kunai, and then quickly retreated.

He is self-aware and understands that he is not suitable to deal with a ninja with full speed like Minato Namikaze.

Just when Namikaze Minato was about to pursue him, an extremely powerful chakra burst out.

"Minato Namikaze, have you thought about how to die?" Lao Zi walked out and blocked Minato Namikaze's way.

Namikaze Minato's expression became solemn, this was obviously a surprise attack that wanted to wipe out the Konoha ninjas in the Land of Grass in one fell swoop.

In his perception, not only the two captains of Iwagakure's blasting force were present, but also the two jinchuriki of Iwagakure.

"Psychic art!"

After blocking the incoming explosion, Jiraiya immediately used the psychic beast to summon the two immortals from Mt. Myoboku.

"There are so many powerful chakras, little Jiraiya, it's another tough battle." As soon as Fukasaku Sennin came out, he sensed the chakras of the jinchūriki and the powerful Iwagakure.

"It's really not the right time. I almost thought about what to make for dinner, but my thoughts were interrupted by a psychic." Shima Sennin complained.

"Damn it, now is not the time to talk about this."

"Dad of the child, don't underestimate the troubles of housewives."

"Stop arguing." Jiraiya said helplessly when he noticed that the Sarutobi jounin who was lying on the ground had disappeared inexplicably.

"Hurry up and stand on my shoulders and enter immortal mode. This time it's very dangerous."

Jiraiya is under a lot of pressure now. He is not worried about being punished for losing the battle, but he is worried that if his troops lose the battle, the Iwagakure troops will directly invade the Land of Fire.

The two sages also know the importance of the situation. Without saying much, they quickly jumped onto Jiraiya's shoulders and began to absorb natural energy.

"Boiling Release: Unparalleled Power!"

Just as Jiraiya was about to use the Sage Mode, a man in red armor rushed towards Jiraiya, accompanied by a train-like whistle.

Whoosh!

Bang!

Jiraiya suddenly jumped up and dodged, and a huge pit appeared on the ground where he was standing just now.

Han looked at Jiraiya calmly, but he was not surprised by this.

If the legendary three ninjas were so easy to kill, Jiraiya should have died at his or Lao Zi's hands long ago.

"Sage Mode!"

After condensing the natural power, Jiraiya merged the chakra with the natural power into a stronger sage chakra, and a facial mask appeared on his face, and his nose showed a little toad-like tendency.

"The situation is not as bad as I imagined." When he entered the Sage Mode and sensed the situation of the entire battlefield, Jiraiya was relieved.

There was no information from the perception team. The mystery of Sarutobi's betrayal made Jiraiya think that half of the entire ninja team might have died once he turned on his perception.

But the actual result was much better than Jiraiya expected.

At present, there are about 700 Konoha ninjas fighting hard against Iwagakure.

What Jiraiya didn't know was that Iwagakure, who now looked like a mastermind, was also confused.

Lishi did get news about the Konoha ninja camp from Iwagakure intelligence personnel, but the intelligence did not say for sure that this was Konoha's main force.

And Lishi was not a group of reckless people like Kumogakure who rushed over after getting the information.

What if it was a trap set by the opponent to lure the enemy in?

And if it was really Konoha's main force, there must be many perception ninjas on guard, and a sneak attack would be almost impossible to succeed.

But with the information, it would be a loss if he didn't try.

Finally, Lishi came up with a solution. He divided the 2,000 ninja troops into three small troops.

The first small troop was led by him. It had only 500 people, but most of them were elites. The Jinchūriki and the blasting team would be in this elite troop.

The second and third small troop were both regular troops, standing by on both sides behind the elite troop.

One was to prevent falling into a trap and being surrounded by people, and the other was to block the position to the greatest extent to prevent the Konoha ninja troops from running away.

If Lishi was sure that it was not a trap, he would immediately send out a signal for the two regular troops to surround and attack together.

Lishi never expected that he would lead the troops all the way to the Konoha camp and was discovered by patrolling ninjas only when he reached the vicinity of the camp, as if the Konoha perception team was all dead.

Before seeing many Konoha ninjas, Lishi once thought that this was not the main force of Konoha ninjas.

Boom boom! !

Lishi used explosive release to bomb recklessly. It didn't matter what problems the Konoha ninja troops had. The important thing was that he was going to make great achievements and become famous.

The ninja troops led by the three ninjas Jiraiya were to be defeated and destroyed by him.

"Summoning Technique!"

Jiraiya slammed the ground fiercely, and two huge toads appeared under his feet.

One of the red toads had a pipe in its mouth and a short sword on its waist, and the other was a purple-red toad with a large pot cover on its back and a harpoon covered with thorns in its hand.

"You block the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, I will deal with the commander on the opposite side." Jiraiya said quickly.

The principle of capturing the king first is also useful in the ninja world. If Jiraiya can solve the cracked stone, not to mention turning defeat into victory, at least the morale of the opponent's ninja troops can be reduced by several levels.

"What, I fight the tailed beast?" Gamabunta's eyelids jumped fiercely.

Although it is not much smaller than the tailed beast in size, it is a bit difficult for the toad to fight the tailed beast head-on.

"Although I am clumsy, I will try my best to stop him." Gamaken replied in a deep voice.

"It's only a short time to block it, please!" After saying that, Jiraiya locked onto the stone crack, burst out his chakra and dodged instantly.

Han turned around and wanted to chase, but Gamabunta suddenly jumped up and swung the harpoon at Han.

Han stopped, and the chakra power of the tailed beast in his body burst out. With the persistence of boiling escape, his strength increased rapidly.

"Boiling escape, unparalleled power!"

Han pinched the harpoon swung by Gamabunta with one hand.

Gamabunta wanted to crush Han with force, but under Han's terrifying power, the harpoon did not move at all. Not only could it not be pressed down, but Gamabunta couldn't even pull it back.

"Asshole, die!"

Gamabunta drew out the dagger at his waist and slashed at Han.

Although it is called a "dagger", it is compared with Gamabunta's huge body. In fact, the length of this dagger is several times that of Han.

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Han pushed Gamaken hard, pushing him back repeatedly, and then used the body-flickering technique to dodge Gamabunta's slash.

Han knew that Jiraiya's two summoned beasts were not simple, and it would be difficult to deal with them without showing real skills, so he quickly stimulated the tailed beast chakra in his body.

The dark red chakra that looked extremely ominous rose rapidly from Han's body, turning Han into a dark red monster with five tails.

Jiraiya, who rushed towards the cracked stone, felt Han's chakra getting stronger and stronger, and his sense of urgency became even stronger.

He was the only ninja at the scene who was qualified to fight the jinchuriki head-on. Minato could only contain him at best, and he had to deal with the cracked stone very quickly.

"Fire Release·Big Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya quickly refined the senjutsu chakra in his body into oil and held it in his mouth. Finally, when he spit it out, he changed the nature of the fire attribute chakra and ignited the oil.

Whoops! !

A large amount of flames suddenly appeared, burning the few Iwagakure ninjas closest to Jiraiya to death, and then rushed towards the cracked stone with undiminished momentum.

Although the name sounds simple and unpretentious, the power of the large flame bullets used by Jiraiya in Sage mode is very fierce, and its power exceeds most fire escapes in the ninja world.

Although Split Stone had good hardening skills, he did not dare to collide with it head-on and quickly retreated.

"Explosive Escape·Exploding Flying Rocks!"

Seeing that the captain was in trouble, Iwakura quickly spit out the explosive flying stone to help the cracking stone block Jiraiya's senjutsu fire escape.

"Psychic art!"

Jiraiya used his psychic technique again and summoned a giant toad with green skin.

Jiraiya asked Togahiro to deal with Iwakura and the surrounding Iwagakure jounin, while he continued to pursue Kaiishi.

"Those who can retreat should retreat as much as possible. The enemy still has reinforcements!" Jiraiya ordered the Konoha ninjas on the battlefield.

The powerful perception of Sage Mode allowed him to detect the approaching chakra in the distance.

Of course, you don't actually need to sense it to know, because the cracked stone is just blowing off the signal.

"Immortal Technique·Thousands of Hair Needles!"

Jiraiya in sage mode was already very powerful, and with the help of two sages, Split Stone was no match for him, and Jiraiya quickly seized the opportunity.

Under the influence of Senjutsu Chakra, Jiraiya's white hair became sharp and hard.

Even though Split Stone had good hardening skills, he could only withstand part of it, and his body was quickly covered in blood under the blows of the white-haired Qianbon like a storm.

"What a waste!"

"Molten Escape: Burning River Rock Technique!"

Lao Zi, who was chasing Minato Namikaze, had no choice but to give up on Minato Namikaze and ran towards Jiraiya, spitting out a huge fireball of lava and hitting Jiraiya.

"Rasengan!"

Namikaze Minato seized the opportunity, and a large amount of chakra condensed in his palm exploded, and he quickly rolled out a ball and hit Lao Zi.

But because Lao Zi was in Melting Chakra Mode and had high-temperature Melting Armor, Minato's Rasengan not only failed to hurt Lao Zi, but even burned his own hand.

"The defense is so high." Namikaze Minato was helpless.

Once the enemy's defense exceeds the power of the Rasengan, it will be difficult for Namikaze Minato to pose a threat to the enemy.

Lao Zi continued to rush towards Jiraiya without looking back.

Because he knew that he might not be able to kill Namikaze Minato if he turned back, but if he didn't turn back, Riishi would really die.

Although he didn't think highly of Kaishi, the opponent was the battlefield commander and the captain of the Iwagakure demolition force. If he died in Jiraiya's hands, it would have a very bad impact.

"Water Slash!"

Shima Sennin's seal spit out high-pressure water to cut off the incoming melting fireball, and then said quickly: "Little Jiraiya, retreat quickly."

Not only the four-tailed jinchuriki were attacking, but the five-tailed jinchuriki had also repelled Gamabunta and Gamaken, and were rushing towards them at top speed.

Whoosh!

Jiraiya had no choice but to cancel the jutsu and move away.

"It's a pity, it's just a little bit close." Looking at the cracked stones all over his body, Jiraiya secretly thought it was a pity.

If the jinchūriki were two seconds later, Kaishi would definitely die from his senjutsu.

"Minato, use a wide range of ninjutsu attacks." Jiraiya reminded Namikaze Minato while condensing chakra.

Now Jiraiya has only one goal, and that is to cover the evacuation of as many Konoha ninjas as possible.

With his powerful strength coupled with Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, it would be difficult for Iwagakure to keep them.

Ordinary Konoha ninjas don't have the conditions they have, so they must have someone to help them.

As long as enough ninjas withdraw, then Konoha will not be a disastrous defeat in this war, but just a setback.

Waiting for Konoha's reinforcements to arrive and then gathering together, there will be another powerful ninja force.

"Senpō Goemon!"

Jiraiya and the two great sages on his shoulders used ninjutsu at the same time. Fukasaku sage used wind escape, Shima sage used fire escape, and Jiraiya spit out chakra oil.

The three ninjutsu are all senjutsu blessed by senjutsu chakra. The three ninjutsu complement each other and eventually become the terrifyingly powerful Goemon.

One Iwagakure failed to escape and died suddenly without even screaming.

"Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"

Namikaze Minato jumped on Gamabunta's head, and formed a seal to condense chakra to change the nature of the fire attribute chakra, while Gamabunta refined chakra to make toad oil.

The two worked together, and the terrifying flames instantly burned everything within dozens of meters to black.

Namikaze Minato also signed a contract with Mt. Myoboku, and was an old acquaintance with Gamabunta.

However, due to his fighting style, Namikaze Minato generally does not use necromancy to summon the toads in Mt. Myouki.

"Then let's see whose ninjutsu is stronger!"

Seeing this, Lao Zi exerted the power of the tailed beast in his body to the extreme, and his body rapidly changed, turning into a huge ape with a tail.

Lao Zi opened his big mouth, a huge amount of chakra condensed, and a black ball slowly appeared in the air.

"Don't..." Split Stone wanted to stop him.

This tailed beast jade will divide the battlefield when it goes down. The Konoha ninjas are eager to escape far away, so it will not have much impact on the Konoha ninjas.

As for the Iwagakure who wanted to chase, the impact was huge. Who dared to chase people under the explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball?

The sound of the injured stone cracking was a little weak. Lao Zi may not have heard it, or he may have heard it but didn't want to pay attention to it.

In short, at that moment, the Tailed Beast Ball representing the power of destruction flew out and smashed between Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya.

Whoosh!

Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to Jiraiya's side.

In order to facilitate the battle, Jiraiya carried Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai with him for a long time on the battlefield.

Then Minato Namikaze put his hand on Jiraiya and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again to teleport to a marked distance, while Jiraiya cancelled the summoning technique and let the toads automatically return to Myoboku Mountain.

"It was really thrilling. Fortunately, Minato was here." Jiraiya patted Minato Namikaze on the shoulder and said.

If it weren't for Minato Namikaze, he would really be in danger this time.

It would be too difficult to fight against Jinchuriki and Iwagakure strongmen after being stabbed by Sarutobi Jonin.

"Teacher Jiraiya, Iwagakure's performance in this war is really weird." Namikaze Minato said with a serious expression.

Jiraiya nodded in agreement.

Before today, who would have thought that the Sarutobi clan's Jonin would be a spy.

The Sarutobi clan is not only a veteran family of Konoha, but also produced Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third generation Hokage. It stands to reason that the ninjas of the Sarutobi clan are all of good origin and have no motive to betray.

"When Hiroshi Jonin disappeared, the phenomenon was exactly the same as when the Iwagakure assassin team disappeared before." Namikaze Minato said with a serious face.

After using Flying Thunder God to dodge, Namikaze Minato was paying attention to Sarutobi Hiroshi.

Sarutobi Hiroshi's disappearance is very similar to using earth escape to drill into the ground, but it is obviously different from ordinary earth escape.

Because after Sarutobi Hiroshi merged into the ground, his breath disappeared directly, as if he didn't exist.

However, Minato Namikaze knew that Hiromichi Sarutobi existed, because although he could not sense Hiromichi Sarutobi's breath, he could sense the Flying Thunder God mark he left!

At the moment of contact with Hiromichi Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze left the Flying Thunder God technique on him.

It was just that the battle situation was too serious and Minato Namikaze could not get away. In addition, Hiromichi Sarutobi was too fast and soon left his perception range, so Minato Namikaze did not take Hiromichi Sarutobi down.

"Is that so? It's getting more and more confusing." Jiraiya rubbed his forehead.

He was not a particularly smart person, and the various abnormalities in this war had overloaded his CPU.

"But since you, Minato, have left the Flying Thunder God mark on him, it's easy to deal with. Next time you meet him, just catch him and torture him." Jiraiya exhaled and said.

The Flying Thunder God mark has a characteristic that it can never be eliminated unless the caster actively cancels it.

In other words, the next time they meet Hiromichi Sarutobi, Minato can directly fly the Thunder God to arrest him.

Namikaze Minato nodded, he had the same idea.

"Gather the troops and report to the village." Jiraiya patted the dust on his body and thought about the next task.

Although he was defeated, Jiraiya's mentality was good. This was not the first time he lost to Iwagakure.

During the Second Ninja World War, Jiraiya also lost to Rain Ninja.

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"This is the situation. The troops of the Grass Country have been damaged. Now the Grass Country Iwagakure is rampant. No one knows when they will attack the border."

Sarutobi Hiruzen briefly described the current situation of the Grass Country battlefield and said to Mu Yue in a deep voice.

"Sandaime-sama, is there anything I can do?" Mu Yue asked directly.

His character is a ninjutsu genius, not a high-IQ military strategist like the Nara clan. Sarutobi Hiruzen asked him to come and talk about the current situation of the war, so there is only one possibility.

Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted Mu Yue to be a firefighter to help Jiraiya on the battlefield.

"Mu Yue, I am very happy that you have such awareness. Now I order you to lead the support troops and lead 500 ninjas to the Grass Country to support the Grass Country troops!" Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled, and then ordered seriously.

PS: This chapter is 6k. I feel dizzy when writing it today. If there are any mistakes, you can leave a message in that paragraph. I will correct them when I see them.