Half of them are jounin who are extremely famous in Konoha.

Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

The eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the Third Hokage.

Although he is not a jounin, he is said to be a chuunin with terrifying physical skills.

In addition, there are ninjas from the Hyuga clan, ninjas from the Aburame clan, the Inuzuka clan, and the Inorakacho clan.

What do these names mean?

Is this the list of people to be assassinated next?

Soon, Haruno Zhao denied this answer.

He had a gut feeling that this was not a hit list.

This list is more like conveying some kind of message.

"Forget it, let's leave it to the superiors. Even if I know it, it doesn't make any sense."

He is just an ordinary chuunin, an ordinary acting manager of a barbecue restaurant. Such a troublesome matter cannot be solved by a small character like him.

No matter what this list means, it will always be a struggle game between the people on it and has nothing to do with him.

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In the land of tea, in a certain hotel.

"Oh, it's really troublesome... At this time..."

Jiraiya put down the writing pen and took the scroll that Konoha ANBU had given him not long ago, which recorded the important information left to him by his teacher, the Third Hokage.

I hope he participates in a top-secret S-class mission.

From Jiraiya's point of view, this so-called top-secret S-class mission is nothing more than closely related to the ongoing commotion in the Demon Country.

After all, this matter is so important and widely publicized. He is extremely good at intelligence, so there is no reason for him to miss such news.

After receiving the scroll, Jiraiya felt that the scroll was extremely hot and wanted to throw it away.

But when he thought of the old figure of his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi when he passed by Konoha a year ago, a trace of unbearable color flashed in Jiraiya's eyes.

His teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is already old. The heroic figure of the 'Doctor of Ninjutsu' back then can no longer be found in him.

Moreover, the Uchiha clan was annihilated, Uchiha Itachi defected, and the cause of death of another Uchiha genius Uchiha Shisui was a mystery... This made Jiraiya even more unable to help but sigh.

How is it possible that a thirteen-year-old child can destroy the Uchiha clan?

If the Uchiha clan could be easily wiped out in Konoha, then they would not be feared by ninjas from all over the world in the previous ninja wars.

Even the Sannin in their heyday could only avoid the sharp edge when facing the entire Uchiha clan and did not dare to fight head-on.

Even a sneak attack was not something a thirteen-year-old brat could do. Moreover, after the clan was exterminated, the ANBU was not aware of it until the next day. The ANBU's ability to act in Konoha Village directly under the Hokage could not be so weak.

If there was no root involvement, he wouldn't believe it at all.

As for what role his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, played in this, Jiraiya could no longer imagine.

The investigation into the genocide of the Uchiha clan was also immediately terminated.

He was afraid that at the end of the investigation, he would see the darkest part of the village, and that he would never be able to look directly at his teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen again, and would keep him in his memory together with the compassionate and loving teacher from the past.

This is the ruthlessness of time.

What will you become when you reach that age?

Will you change your original ambition?

Or……

Jiraiya shook his head, it was too early to think about this now.

He is not yet fifty, so there is no need to feel sad at this time.

He looked at the scroll in his hand, thinking whether he should agree to his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi, join this top-secret S-class mission, and become one of them.

The top village officials who secretly planned this S-level mission were obviously in a state of chaos, otherwise they would not have acted in such a hasty manner.

"Oh, if Minato is still here..."

Watergate……

Thinking of this name, Jiraiya's brain suddenly woke up, as if he had thought of something.

That happened a long time ago. At that time, Sakumo had not yet committed suicide, the Third Ninja War had not yet begun, and the three Chiba Shiraishi were still ninjas who believed in the will of fire...

Regarding the prophecy of ‘destruction’ made by the Great Toad Immortal of Mt. Myoboku.

The black hand that subverted the ninja world is hidden in Konoha.

All this time, he had never found such a dangerous person in Konoha.

Later, Qianba Shiraishi and three others defected, and he had a vague feeling that one of these three people was the 'Son of Destruction' predicted by the Great Toad Immortal.

Representing absolute destruction, it will become a nightmare for the ninja world, bringing countless pain and blood, and leaving the ninja world lingering in endless flames of war.

And this person, in his opinion, Qianba Shiraishi has the greatest possibility.

Mysterious, unknown, and good at hiding his nature, it was only when he defected that his true ferocious face was revealed, causing Konoha to suffer a heavy blow.

Compared to the Uchiha Ruri, Hyuga Ayane, and Chiba Shiraishi who had already emerged during the Konoha period, they were really inconspicuous. People's only impression of him was that he was Uchiha's son-in-law who was excellent in medical ninjutsu.

A ninja with good educational abilities. He is a member of the White Fang team and is highly appreciated by Tsunade, one of the three ninjas... Apart from that, people know nothing about the rest of his things.

Ninjas who are good at hiding their true nature are synonymous with danger.

Chiba Shiraishi fits this concept very well.

Later actions also proved that he was extremely dangerous.

Jiraiya rolled up the scroll and put it aside casually.

"It seems that I can't agree if I don't agree..."

Rather than the task itself, he wanted to find out the answer to a question that had puzzled him for a long time.

Can the future of the ninja world still be on the right path?
Chapter completed!