Chapter 565: Immortal vs. Jinchuuriki, taking orders in times of danger
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.
The final victory on the battlefield will still have to be determined by a major battle, and harassment by small groups 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.
Bang!
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 cone-shaped 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 Technique to transfer.
Boom! !
A series of explosions sounded, and the rocks flying towards Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato suddenly exploded. 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 path.
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.
"A lot of powerful chakra, little Jiraiya, it's another tough battle." As soon as Fukasaku Sennin came out, he sensed the chakra 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 now under a lot of pressure. He is not worried about being punished if he loses the battle, but he is worried about his troops defeating Iwagakure and directly invading the Land of Fire.
The two immortals also knew the importance, so without saying much, they quickly jumped on Jiraiya's shoulders and began to absorb the natural energy.
"Boiling Escape·Unparalleled Strange Power!"
Just when Jiraiya was about to use Sage Mode, a sound similar to the whine of a train sounded, and a man in red armor rushed towards Jiraiya.
Whoosh!
Bang!
Jiraiya suddenly jumped up and got out of the way, and a huge hole instantly appeared on the ground where he was standing.
Han looked at Jiraiya indifferently, not surprised at all.
If the legendary Sannin were that easy to kill, Jiraiya would have died at his or Lao Zi's hands long ago.
"Sage Mode!"
After condensing the natural abilities, Jiraiya merged the chakra with the natural abilities into a stronger senjutsu chakra, facial makeup appeared on his face, and his nose showed a tendency to turn into a toad.
"The situation is not as bad as imagined." When he entered the sage mode and sensed the situation on the entire battlefield, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief.
There was no message from the sensing class, and Jiraiya was so confused by the rebellion of the Sarutobi Jonin that he thought that half of the entire ninja force might be dead as soon as he started sensing.
But the real result was much better than Jiraiya expected.
There are currently more than seven hundred Konoha ninjas fighting hard against Iwagakure.
What Jiraiya didn't know was that Iwagakure, who looked like he was strategizing and arranging a smooth hair, was also quite confused.
Rishi did get information about the Konoha ninja troop camp from Iwagakure intelligence personnel, but the intelligence did not say for sure that this was Konoha's main force.
Moreover, Split Rock was not one of Yunyin's group of fools who rushed over after getting the information.
What if it’s a trap that your opponent lures them into?
And if it really is Konoha's main force, there must be many sentient ninjas on guard, making a sneak attack almost impossible to succeed.
But if you have information, you will lose if you don’t try it.
Finally, Split Stone came up with a solution. He divided the two thousand ninja troops into three small groups.
The first small unit was led by him, with only 500 people but most of them were elites. The jinchuriki and the demolition team would be among this elite unit.
The second small unit and the third small unit are both regular units and are on standby on both sides behind the elite small unit.
One is to prevent falling into a trap and being dumped, and the other is to block the location to the greatest extent and prevent the Konoha ninja troops from escaping.
If Split Rock is sure it is not a trap, he will immediately send out a signal for two regular troops to gather around and attack together.
Rishi never expected that he would lead his troops all the way to the Konoha camp, only to be discovered by patrolling ninjas near the camp, as if all the Konoha Sensing Team were dead.
Before seeing many Konoha ninjas, Riishi once thought that this was not the main force of Konoha ninjas.
Boom boom! !
Raishi used explosive escape to carry out bombings unscrupulously. It didn't matter what problems arose in the Konoha ninja army. The important thing was that he had to make great contributions and become famous.
The ninja troops led by the Sannin Jiraiya will be defeated and destroyed by him.
"Psychic art!"
Jiraiya slammed the ground, and two giant toads appeared at his feet.
One of the red toads has a pipe in its mouth and a short sword at its waist. The other is a purple toad, carrying a large pot lid on its back and holding a harpoon covered with thorns.
"You guys stop the Five-Tails Jinchuuriki, and I'll deal with the commander on the other side." Jiraiya said quickly.
The principle of catching the thief first is also useful in the ninja world. If Jiraiya can solve the cracked stone, not to mention turning defeat into victory, it will at least lower the morale of the opponent's ninja troops by several levels.
"What, I beat a tailed beast?" Gamabunta's eyelids twitched fiercely.
Although it's not much smaller than a tailed beast in terms of size, it would be a bit difficult for a toad to have a head-on fight with a tailed beast.
"Although I'm clumsy, I will try my best to stop him." Toad Ken replied in a deep voice.
"You only need to block it for a short time, please!" After saying that, Jiraiya locked on the cracked stone, burst out chakra and dodged away.
Han turned around and wanted to pursue him, but Toad Jian jumped up and swung the harpoon towards Han.
Han stopped, and the power of the tailed beast chakra in his body exploded. With Fei Dun's persistence, his strength skyrocketed.
"Boiling Escape·Unparalleled Strange Power!"
Han held the harpoon wielded by Toad Jian with one hand.
Toad Jian wanted to flatten Han with all his strength, but under Han's terrifying power, the harpoon remained motionless. Not only was it unable to press down, Toad Jian was unable to withdraw it even if he wanted to.
"You bastard, go to hell!"
Gamabunta drew out the short sword from his waist and slashed at Han.
Although it is called a "short sword", that is in comparison with Gamabunta's huge size. In fact, the length of this short sword is several times that of Han.
Han pushed Gama Takeru hard, pushing Gama Takeru backwards, and then used the teleportation technique backward to avoid Gama Bunta's slashes.
Han knew that these two psychic beasts, Jiraiya, were not easy to deal with unless they showed their true abilities, so he quickly stimulated the tailed beast chakra in his body. The extremely ominous looking dark red chakra rose rapidly from Han's body, turning Han into a big dark red monster with five tails.
Jiraiya, who rushed towards the cracked stone, felt Han's chakra growing stronger, and felt an even greater sense of urgency in his heart.
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 Release Flying Stone to help the cracked stone block Jiraiya's Senjutsu Fire Release.
"Psychic art!"
Jiraiya used his psychic technique again and summoned a giant toad with green skin.
Jiraiya asked Togahiro to deal with Iwaku and the surrounding Iwagakure jounin, while he continued to pursue the cracked stone.
"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 flare.
"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 smashed it at 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 Rishi, he was the battlefield commander and the captain of the Iwagakure demolition force. If he died at 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 jinchūriki 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 ninjutsu and move away.
"It's a pity, it was just a little bit close." Looking at the cracked stones covered with wounds, 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 did 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.
And for Iwagakure who wants to pursue, the impact will be great. Who dares to chase people despite the explosion of the tailed beast jade.
The sound of the injured cracking stone was a little weak. Lao Zi might not have heard it, or he might have heard it but didn't want to pay attention to it.
In short, at that moment the tailed beast jade, which represented the power of destruction, flew out and hit between Namikaze Minato and Jiraiya.
Whoosh!
Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to Jiraiya.
In order to facilitate the battle, Jiraiya always carried Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai close to him on the battlefield.
Immediately afterwards, Namikaze Minato put his hand on Jiraiya, and once again activated the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to a marked distance, while Jiraiya canceled the psychic technique, allowing the toads to automatically return to Mt. Myoboku.
"It's really thrilling. Fortunately, Minato, you are here." Jiraiya patted Namikaze Minato on the shoulder and said.
If it weren't for Namikaze Minato, he would really be in trouble this time.
It would be too difficult to fight the Jinchūriki and Iwagakure masters after suffering the blow from the Sarutobi Jonin.
"Jiraiya-sensei, Iwagakure's behavior in this war is really weird." Namikaze Minato said with a solemn expression.
Jiraiya nodded in agreement.
Before today, no one would have thought that a jounin of the Sarutobi clan could actually be a spy.
The Sarutobi clan is not only the elder family of Konoha, but also has the third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen. It stands to reason that the ninjas of the Sarutobi clan are all honest and have no motive for betrayal.
"When Hiromichi Jounin 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 get out of the way, Namikaze Minato was paying attention to Sarutobi Hiromi.
Sarutobi Hiromi's disappearance is very similar to using earth escape to burrow into the ground, but it is obviously different from ordinary earth escape.
Because after Sarutobi Hiromi merged into the ground, his aura disappeared directly, as if he didn't exist.
However, Namikaze Minato knew that Sarutobi Hiromichi existed, because although he couldn't sense Sarutobi Hiromichi's aura, he could sense the Flying Thunder God mark he left!
At the moment of contact with Sarutobi Hiromi, Namikaze Minato left the Flying Thunder God Technique on his body.
It was just that because the battle situation was too severe, Namikaze Minato couldn't get away, and because Sarutobi Hiromichi was too fast and quickly left the range of his perception, Namikaze Minato was unable to capture Sarutobi Hiromichi.
"I see, it's getting more and more confusing." Jiraiya rubbed his forehead.
He is not a particularly alert person to begin with, and the various anomalies in this war have overloaded his CPU.
"But since Minato you have left the Flying Thunder God's mark on him, it's easy to handle. Next time you encounter him, just catch him and torture him to find out." Jiraiya exhaled and said.
There is a characteristic of the Mark of the Flying Thunder God. As long as the caster does not take the initiative to cancel it, it can never be eliminated.
In other words, the next time they encounter Hiromi Sarutobi, Minato can fly directly to Raijin and arrest him.
Namikaze Minato nodded, he had the same idea.
"Gather the troops and report the situation to the village." Jiraiya patted the dust on his body and thought about the next work.
Although he suffered a defeat, Jiraiya's mentality was still good. This was not the first time he lost to Iwagakure.
During the Second Ninja War, Jiraiya was defeated by the Rain Ninja.
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"That's what happened. The troops of the Kingdom of Grass were damaged. Now the Iwagakure in the Kingdom of Grass is rampant. No one knows when they will launch an attack on the border."
Sarutobi Hiruzen briefly told the current situation of the battlefield in the Land of Grass and said to Mu Yue in a deep voice.
"Sandaime-sama, is there anything I can do?" Mu Yue asked directly.
The character he set up was a ninjutsu genius, but he was not a highly intelligent strategist like the Nara clan. So there was only one possibility for Sarutobi Hiruzen to ask him to come over and talk about the current situation of the war.
Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted Mu Yue to be a firefighter and go to the battlefield to help Jiraiya.
"I'm very happy, Muyue, that you have such an awareness. Now I order you to command the support force and lead five hundred ninjas to the Country of Grass to support the troops of the Country of Grass!" Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled, and then ordered with a serious look on his face. road.
PS: This chapter is 6k, and I felt dizzy writing it today. If there are any mistakes, you can leave a comment in this paragraph. I will correct it when I see it.
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