Late July.

Jiraiya and others, who protected the safety of the Fire Country's Daming Palace, hurried back to Konoha Village from Daming Palace. At this time, the village area that was destroyed by Uchiha Sasuke, except for the northwest plate that was seriously affected, the rest of the area was in

The construction team stayed up all night and basically repaired it in a hurry.

As the Hokage, Tsunade no longer places her office in the ANBU building of a subordinate agency, but moves back to the restored Hokage building.

Although there are still some areas outside the Hokage Building that still need to be rested, but at least they can be used for normal work without any problems.

"How is the situation over there with the Daimyo?"

Seeing Jiraiya, Gai and Tenzo appearing in the office, Tsunade asked about the current situation of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

As a Hokage, her relationship with that daimyo cannot be said to be unfamiliar. She has met that daimyo more than once since she was very young. He is an old man of the same generation as his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi. Strictly speaking,

He is also her elder.

"Under our constant surveillance, nothing happened in Daming Mansion. We only rushed back after the envoys from the Kingdom of Ghosts left."

Jiraiya said so seriously.

Otherwise, their team would not dare to let the Fire Nation daimyo come into contact with such a dangerous person.

"However, this time the Demon Country caused such a big commotion in Konoha, can the village just forget about it?"

Although he has been responsible for protecting the Daimyo in the Daimyo Mansion for a while and has not participated in the battle to protect Konoha, he can still get a rough idea of ​​the situation in the village through the information transmitted by the ANBU.

Needless to say, the buildings were damaged, but the hundreds of ninjas who died were really a big blow to Konoha.

"At this time, there is no other way but to exercise restraint. Are we going to start a war against them again?"

Tsunade's rhetorical question left Jiraiya speechless.

Tsunade gestured to Kai and Tenzo who were behind Jiraiya. The two nodded knowingly and left the office, leaving Tsunade and Jiraiya here.

Tsunade took a calm sip of tea to relieve the fatigue on her face, and then said: "As long as the power disputes within Konoha are not resolved for one day, it will be impossible to concentrate on dealing with the external environment. Next,

I have to quickly rein in the power within the village and gather them together. Otherwise, if the same thing happens next time, we still won't be able to act rashly."

At this time, no matter which country it is, it does not want to face the Kingdom of Ghosts on the battlefield.

Although the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth are in the west of the continent and are extremely difficult to deal with the Kingdom of Ghosts, the two countries are still suffering under the oppression of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Even so, they do not want to start a war with the Kingdom of Ghosts here.

, but to step up efforts to strengthen their country's military strength in order to be able to respond quickly in the future.

At this time, Kumogakure from the Kingdom of Thunder, the only country that had ever fought against the military of the Kingdom of Demons, also used the small country as a stage and relied on the power of other countries to engage in agent-based struggles with the Kingdom of Demons, keeping the scale of the battle to a minimum.

Proceed. And judging from the intelligence collected by the Anbu, it seems that the political power of the small country controlled by Kumogakure has begun to tilt towards a disadvantage.

Inciting civil organizations to arm themselves and leveraging their huge population base to develop a fairly large-scale self-defense counterattack force in the local area is the specialty of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Compared to the past, the Allied Forces of the Kingdom of Ghosts are getting stronger year by year.

The bad news is that the growth of the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot be stopped.

The good news is that currently no other big country has joined its alliance and has a relatively bad relationship with the Kingdom of Ghosts. Otherwise, the situation of the other big countries will be even more precarious.

"Accelerate internal integration? I heard those two consultants..."

Jiraiya remembered something and looked directly at Tsunade to confirm whether the news was true or false.

Tsunade nodded without hiding it.

"Koharu can find a charred and mutilated corpse when he goes to bed. As for the Mito Gate Flame... we can only build a burial mound. The burial will be the day after tomorrow. At that time, I will lead the jounin to see him off in person.

.”

This matter should have been dealt with long ago, but the recovery of the village is more important.

Therefore, the funeral arrangements for the two consultants can only be postponed.

"I didn't expect that just one Uchiha Sasuke could do such a thing. Those two old guys, even though they are old, are still good hands among the Jonin, but they are also..."

Jiraiya sighed.

It is useless to say anything at this time, after all, the living have passed away.

Moreover, the relationship between him and the two consultants, to be honest, is not harmonious. At most, there is a sense of respect in his heart because they are from the same school as his teacher, Master Sarutobi Hiruzen. Other than that, this

The passing of the two people made him sigh with emotion at most, and he had no other thoughts.

"Uchiha Sasuke's strength is certainly a bit surprising, but... the Sharingan ninja ability of a group of Anbu who intercepted me that day is even more incredible. His Mangekyo Sharingan focuses on the time and space level, and according to Sunagakure

According to the village's Machi Jonin, the other party used to wear the clothes of that mysterious organization and kidnapped Gaara who was on the front line of the battlefield at that time."

When Tsunade said this, her expression gradually became solemn.

He took out two photos, one of which was obviously not newly taken and had some signs of damage. This photo was provided by Maki, a Jonin from Sunagakure Village.

The figure that appears above is wearing a black red cloud coat, exposing the Mangekyō Sharingan in the right eye. The mask is an orange spiral pattern, and the left eye is covered and not exposed.

The figure in the second photo is similar, but instead of a black red cloud coat, the outer clothing is mainly black, and there are not many other colors. The style of the mask is also different, and except for the same kaleidoscope tattoo on the right eye

The wheel eye, its left eye is also exposed, but it is not the Mangekyō Sharingan, but an ordinary three-magatama Sharingan.

It is basically certain that the person in the two photos is the same person.

"you mean……"

"At that time, Sunagakure mistakenly thought that the ninjas who kidnapped Gaara and the organization that kidnapped Kumogakure and Iwagakure's Jinchuriki were the same group, but now that I think about it, that's not necessarily the case. The Oni Country knows the situation of this organization very well, at least.

He knows more than we do, and besides..."

Tsunade pointed at the spiral patterned man in the first photo.

"If this kind of acting is not groundless, then there might be a character wearing a spiral mask in this mysterious organization. Moreover, it is very likely that he also has a Sharingan."

As he spoke, he pointed to the left eye of the figure in the second photo.

"The people in the two photos both have the Mangekyo Sharingan in their right eye. In the first photo, the condition of the left eye cannot be seen clearly because of the mask, but in the second photo, the left eye has three magatama, which is very clear.

some problems."

"Is that a connection?"

After listening to Tsunade's hypothesis, Jiraiya also pondered the connection between it.

"It's just one of the assumptions made by the intelligence department, but everything must be considered based on the worst possibility. After all, our opponent is not simple."

Therefore, Tsunade believed that ninjas with spiral masks and Sharingan eyes existed in a mysterious organization that hunted jinchūriki.

"I know, I will investigate this aspect. Although Boss Fukasaku and the others have left Konoha and are looking for other places to recuperate, I still have some toads here that I can use."

Jiraiya said so.

After teaching Naruto the senjutsu of Mount Myoboku, the remaining members of Mount Myoboku, led by the two great immortals, had already left Konoha more than half a year ago, looking for a secluded place in the ninja world to thrive.

With hundreds of years of experience and knowledge, the two immortals have no shortage of knowledge about the ninja world. Some ancient and remote places are difficult for humans to find today, but it is not difficult for the two immortals.

Therefore, it is not something worth worrying about on their side.

However, due to the heavy losses after the battle at Mt. Myoboku, more than half of Toad Village’s high-level combat power was lost at the hands of the Oni Country military and the Ninja Clan. Today, only two major members of Toad Village are left.

Three or two large toads, including the Immortal and Toadbunta, supported the scene.

His strength has dropped to the point where he may even be slightly inferior to the Ninja Cat Clan.

Naturally, a Toad Village like this would not dare to call itself a holy place in the world of psychic beasts.

Having lost the powerful existence that competed with the Slug Immortal, the founder of Shigulin Forest, and the White Snake Immortal, the founder of Longdi Cave, there is a long way to go to regain the title of Holy Land. But as long as the inheritance of immortal magic remains, there is hope for a comeback.

"I hope so. In addition, this is some information compiled by the Intelligence Department about Uchiha Sasuke and the mysterious Sharingan ninja's abilities. Please read it carefully. Although it is not very useful, at least it can have an effect on them.

Understand it so that you won’t be caught off guard next time you encounter someone.”

Tsunade took out a scroll and placed it in front of Jiraiya.

The level difference between Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan is too big.

If it's just the Sharingan, you can still win the battle with detailed information.

But facing the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, if there is no ninja of the same level to suppress it, in a war, it will be an extremely terrifying meat grinding machine.

Jiraiya held the scroll recording the information and fell into a brief thought.

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"Lord Raikage, Konoha has suffered a lot this time. We should also pay more attention to the Kingdom of Demons."

Konoha was attacked by Uchiha Sasuke, and this incident was not hidden from the villages outside Konoha.

After all, on the day Konoha was attacked, Kumogakure and several other existing ninjas were watching.

In the office, Secretary Mabui made a brief analysis after reading the information compiled by the Kumogakure Intelligence Department.

In the center of the office, the Fourth Raikage, who could easily lift a barbell measured in 'tons' with one hand, snorted lightly without taking a breath, while continuing to lift a barbell heavy enough to lift a house with one hand.

The smashed barbell and the bulging muscles of the arms looked like they were made of cast steel.

"We'll talk about the Kingdom of Ghosts later. Haven't we always fought against those small countries in their territories?"

The Fourth Raikage said.

Although this was a personal commission from the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder, Kumogakure also gained a lot of benefits from manipulating the small country behind the scenes.
To be continued...