"Well, senior, what is going on? Why does it become like this?"

Shiraishi finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

The chief medical ninja knew that Shiraishi was the medical ninja following Sakumo, so it was natural that he didn't understand the situation here.

"We don't know the details. We just know that the mission that signed the armistice agreement with Sunagakure was attacked by unknown people on the way. When they were sent back, they were already in this condition."

The attending medical ninja said with a sad face.

"So what happened to the armistice agreement? Was it the Suna Ninja who made the move?"

"I don't know about it either. But we suffered heavy losses this time. I heard that even Jōnin Kato also died."

"Jōnin Kato?"

Shiraishi was startled. With this surname and the fact that he was a jounin, could it be...

"Tsunade-sama is very emotionally unstable right now. The sacrifice of Jōnin Kato has dealt a huge blow to her."

The attending medical ninja sighed.

"Jōnin Kato is so powerful, how could he..."

Shiraishi couldn't understand it.

Kato Jonin is Tsunade's current boyfriend, Kato Dan. Although his reputation cannot be compared with that of Sakumo, who has the name of White Fang, he is also one of the few elite Jonin in Konoha. In a one-on-one situation, it may not be possible.

How worse than the Sannin.

After all, the power of spiritual transformation is very terrifying.

Moreover, it also has a wide range of perception capabilities, so it is very easy to break through and find weak points to escape.

"In order to cover the evacuation of his companions, he chose to fight the enemy alone. By the time support arrived, he was already... dead! Lady Tsunade tried her best, but could not save the life of Jonin Kato."

"Is that so?"

Shiraishi sighed.

Although he and the Kato Danjonin were strangers to each other, this selfless act to save his companions, no matter from which point of view, people would sincerely admire his spirit.

In this age, life is not a time to be happy, and death is not a time to be sad.

This is the current theorem in the ninja world.

He could know that Tsunade was in pain, but he could not experience that pain personally.

Human joys and sorrows are not common.

Because he was not familiar with Kato Jōnin, his sigh was only for Tsunade.

The death of his younger brother Naoki, the sacrifice of his boyfriend Kato Dan... and he has been unable to recover since then...

No, he is still a Sannin after all, so that shouldn’t be the case, right?

Shiraishi thought so, but he didn't have much confidence in it.

After all, humans are emotionally fragile creatures.

Shiraishi saw that there was nothing to do here in the medical unit, so he left here and went to meet Sakumo and others at their residence.

Sakumo and the other three were already waiting there and talking about something.

"Sakumo-sensei, I'm back. What's going on? I heard that unknown people attacked the ninja mission that went to sign an armistice agreement with the Suna ninja."

"That's true. Not only that, Orochimaru was also seriously injured. If Jōnin Kato had not resolutely chosen to cut off the rear, it is very likely that everyone who went to sign the armistice agreement would have been completely annihilated in the enemy's encirclement.

Alright."

Sakumo explained what he learned from Orochimaru in a concise and concise manner.

"It's really outrageous. No matter what, you must maintain the highest level of vigilance."

Liuli had an angry look on her face.

After all, there are lessons learned from this kind of thing. During the First Ninja World War, when the second-generation Hokage and Kumogakure's second-generation Raikage signed an armistice agreement, they encountered Kumogakure's radical leaders, the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers, who led a large number of Kumogakure.

Hidden Jonin Raid.

The second generation Raikage was killed on the spot by the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers at the signing of the armistice agreement. In order to protect his subordinates, the second generation Hokage eventually died together with the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers and their troops.

This is all because of too much trust in the enemy.

With the Second Hokage's lessons learned, we should be more cautious when signing an armistice agreement.

Little did they know that Orochimaru, the commander, was seriously injured, and only half of the hundreds of Konoha ninjas returned.

The one who sacrificed the most was Kato Dan. In order to allow Orochimaru to lead the Konoha troops to evacuate, Dan alone fought to the death.

"Now is not the time to blame someone. Have you found out the identity of the enemy?"

Shiraishi looked at Sakumo.

Sakumo sighed, shook his head and said: "No. Their ninjutsu school is very complex. It is said that one of them is very powerful and seems to be immortal. He can be resurrected after being killed once. Because of this ability,

Many of his companions were careless, and he killed several Jonin in one fell swoop."

"Who is he?"

"have no idea."

Baishi and the others frowned slightly.

Such a powerful person with an ability similar to immortality cannot be unknown in the ninja world.

How could you not know?

"Maybe a bounty hunter from the black market."

Sakumo was not sure who the ninja who led the attack on the Konoha mission was, but he only guessed that the other party might be a ninja running rampant in the black market.

It was a truly dark world where the jungle prevailed, and there were many powerful but not very famous ninjas in it.

The ninja who attacked the Konoha mission this time fit the image of a powerful black market ninja.

"Underground black market? That would be very difficult to investigate. Could it be that Suna Ninja hired him?"

Shiraishi has also heard of such a dark world.

Existing in the dark side of the ninja world, the bounty hunters who run rampant in the black market are either defected ninjas or samurai. Although there are a lot of rubbish, there are also some truly powerful ones.

The underground black market has a complex network. Every country has a stronghold of this organization, which is deeply rooted in the ninja world.

"It is just a possibility, but we have no evidence to prove this. However, before we came back, the Third Kazekage sent an envoy over to condemn us for not keeping up with the appointment on time, and whether we planned to continue this war."

This incident made many Konoha ninjas angry.

In the eyes of many Konoha ninjas, it was the Suna ninjas who were behind the ambush of their mission.

If Orochimaru hadn't stopped him, the Sand Ninja envoy would have been torn into pieces by many Konoha ninjas.

After hearing this, Shiraishi and the other three felt a little depressed. They could understand the anger of those Konoha ninjas.

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of Sunagakure going back on his word and planning to catch Konoha off guard is very high.

However, these are all conjectures, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this was done by the Sand Ninjas.

It's really frustrating.

"What did the other side of the village say?"

"The village has just received this news. Because the matter is so important, the high-level officials will definitely debate it endlessly. It is estimated that it will take three or four days for the accurate order to be issued."

This is the most conservative time.

Now whether it is a fight or a draw depends solely on the decision of the senior management.

Shiraishi has no objection to this. He is not interested in war in the first place. How Konoha's top management controls this situation has nothing to do with him.

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"Peace talks?"

Three days later, the order from the high-level meeting came down.

Peace talks with Sunagakure.

This made many ninjas in the Konoha camp frown.

But the senior officials gave an explanation - the ambush of the Konoha mission, which prevented the signing of the armistice agreement between Konoha and Sunagakure, was all a conspiracy by Iwagakure.

The unidentified ninja who ambushed the Konoha mission was hired by Iwagakure from the black market.

At this time, Konoha and Sunagakure continue to wage war, and they will only fall into the trap carefully designed by Iwagakure together with Sunagakure.

Therefore, it is necessary to sign an armistice agreement with Sunagakure and guard Iwagakure Village.

"What's going on, Orochimaru?"

Jiraiya asked, not quite understanding.

Orochimaru took out another piece of information and said: "This is important information collected by the ANBU. Two days ago, the Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninjas had a small-scale conflict in the Bear Country."

"Sunagakure and Iwagakure...them?"
To be continued...