Chapter 119 Master and Disciple Reunited

Shortly after leaving the Country of Rain, a team of ninjas wearing animal masks stopped in front of the exchange group.

Byakuya looked at the ninja team in front of him, frowned and said, "These people are probably sent by Konoha to attack us, right? I'll go over and kill them all."

"Bai Ye, don't be too impulsive..."

Xiaonan said this, but she was already ready to fight.

The clothes on his body gradually transform into detonating symbols, which can be fired and detonated wherever he goes.

Seeing that the exchange group was ready to start a fight at any time, Shiranui Genma looked a little flustered.

Taking off his mask, Genma quickly took out the forehead protector that symbolized his identity, and explained: "Don't do anything, we are the ANBU under the Hokage, responsible for escorting everyone from the exchange group to the village."

Byakuya then put away his weapon, walked up to Genma, and said with a chuckle: "It turns out that the ANBU is under the Hokage, but are you a subordinate of the Third Hokage or a subordinate of the Fourth Hokage?"

Seeing that the person who came was unkind, Genma subconsciously took half a step back, then cheered up and said, "Your Excellency, don't ask any more questions. I am an ANBU of Konoha and I follow the orders of the Hokage."

"Yes, yes, that's a perfect answer. I'm becoming more and more interested in this exchange."

Byakuya glanced at Shiranui Genma and slowly retreated behind Yahiko and Konan. He roughly guessed the identity of this Konoha ANBU, and he also had reason to reveal it to Yahiko and Konan.

After Byakuya retreated, Shiranui Genma was a little at a loss.

Seeing this scene, Yahiko sighed softly and started his performance. He first apologized for Byakuya's rudeness, and then began to make insinuations about Konoha's current situation.

After returning to the team, Yahiko and Konan set their sights on Byakuya.

Byakuya's action just now was very reckless and could easily destroy the care of Konoha and Amegakure Village, but Byakuya is not the kind of frivolous ninja, so this move must have a deep meaning.

Byakuya did not hide it, and said directly: "Although the leading ninja of Konoha is a jounin, his strength is not much stronger than that of a chuunin, and the other members are only as strong as ordinary chunin."

"The Fourth Hokage sent a ninja of this level to greet us. There are only two possibilities."

"The first possibility is that the Fourth Hokage despised us and deliberately sent these wastes to humiliate us. The second possibility is that these are already his strongest subordinates."

"I prefer the second option. The Fourth Hokage doesn't have many available people."

"This time he invited us to communicate. It is very likely that he wants to win over us. When you go to discuss cooperation, Yahiko, you can gain more benefits for the village."

After listening to Bai Ye's analysis, both Yahiko and Konan were a little surprised.

Byakuya just saw Konoha Anbu and analyzed so much information at once. This analysis ability must be too terrifying.

However, it’s good to know this ahead of time.

Brothers also have to settle accounts, not to mention that they each represent Konoha and Amegakure Village. It would be impossible for Konoha to ask Amegakure Village to pay unilaterally.

After a brief chat, Yahiko, Byakuya and others wasted no time and continued to move forward under the escort of ANBU.

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After spending a week traveling through most of the Fire Country, the exchange group finally arrived in Konoha City.

Standing on the outskirts of the city, Byakuya saw the iconic buildings of Konoha Ninja Village.

There are two landmark buildings in Konoha, one is Shadow Rock and the other is the statue of the Valley of the End.

The former symbolizes the previous Hokages, silently watching the entire Konoha, while the latter represents Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. It was the reconciliation of these two superpowers that gave birth to Konoha.

After walking into the main gate of Konoha, Byakuya felt the unique prosperity and tranquility of Konoha.

Although Konoha is not as prosperous as the big cities in the previous life, it is unique in the ninja world. The air is filled with the atmosphere of peace, and there is no musty smell like the Amegakure Village.

Bai Ye retracted his gaze and looked at the welcoming team in front.

There were many senior Konoha officials who came to greet the delegation. In addition to the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage, Jiraiya and two advisory elders were also among the team.

Although Amegakure Village is not among the five major ninja villages, it is also the only one among the small ninja villages.

After meeting Yahiko and Konan, the Fourth Hokage was still not strange, but Jiraiya could not hide his excitement. If the occasion was not serious, he would have rushed to hug his disciples.

Yahiko also looked a little excited. He had not seen Jiraiya for many years.

After not seeing each other for so long, Teacher Jiraiya seems to still look the same as before, but he has grown from a war orphan to the leader of the Hidden Rain Village.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Fourth Hokage, Yahiko and Konan approached Jiraiya and staged a touching drama of master-disciple reunion.

Bai Ye was not interested in the drama of master-disciple reunion. He was sensing the chakra of these people.

The chakra of Namikaze Minato and the Third Hokage far exceeds that of ordinary jounin, and is not inferior to that of Uzumaki ninja. This is the root of their strength.

After all, having more chakra does not mean being powerful, but powerful ninjas definitely have a lot of chakra.

What surprised Byakuya was that the chakra in Jiraiya's body was not much. Could it be that Jiraiya had mastered the secret technique of hiding chakra, and was it a kind of Myobokuyama's ability?

But none of this matters, because Byakuya has already sensed Kushina's chakra.

Kushina's chakra is slightly less than him, but the nine-tails chakra in her body is too huge. Although there is a sealing technique to cover it up, it is still too dazzling.

Retracting his gradually divergent thoughts, Bai Ye stopped spying on the Kage-level strongman and focused his eyes on other people.

It is very difficult for Kage-level strongmen to poach people, and even if they succeed in recruiting, they have to pay a considerable price. It is more cost-effective to find a way to recruit potential stocks.

At this time, there are good seedlings in the Konoha Ninja Village.

At this moment, Bai Ye sensed a malicious sight. Following the sight, the ninja hiding in the corner with bandages wrapped around his body was Shimura Danzo.

Without any hesitation, Bai Ye chose to look directly at Danzo and showed a kind smile.

After seeing that he was discovered, Danzo frowned. He didn't want to meet the exchange group, but after the exchange group arrived, he couldn't help but come out to observe and look for Bai Ye's traces.

As early as when the Fourth Hokage proposed to communicate with the Hidden Rain Village, he had always opposed communicating with the Hidden Rain Village.

On the one hand, he was worried that his attack on the Akatsuki organization would be exposed, and on the other hand, he was worried that Bai Ye would sneak into the exchange group and secretly sabotage Konoha.

But Bai Ye actually appeared in the exchange group openly, which made him feel a little at a loss.

He didn't know whether Bai Ye had already secretly carried out the plan to destroy Konoha, or simply showed up in Konoha.

In any case, Danzo couldn't let Bai Ye move around freely in Konoha.