Konoha Village, an izakaya.
"The law of true fragrance is everywhere."
Watching Tsunade gulp down an entire large bottle of sake the moment she sat down, Hawking could not help but sigh.
Jiraiya sighed as well:
"Could you at least take some responsibility for the things you say?"
"That felt amazing! Jiraiya, what exactly did you want to talk about? Why did you bring Hawking along too?"
Having finished the whole bottle, Tsunade leaned forward and asked Jiraiya boldly.
Jiraiya's expression turned somewhat serious:
"I found out that Pain, Akatsuki's mysterious leader, is very likely hiding in the Rain Ninja Village."
"The Rain Ninja Village? That village is closed off. Even the inspections for each Chunin Exams are extremely difficult. Pain is actually hiding there?"
Tsunade immediately furrowed her brows.
Through the Yamanaka Clan's examination of Kakuzu and Hidan's memories, they already knew that Akatsuki's leader was a mysterious ninja named Pain, but neither of them knew many specifics.
The Rain Ninja Village had always stood at the border between three villages and was now extremely isolated. If they applied to enter and arrest Pain, the Rain Ninja Village would never agree.
If they forcibly entered this border region between three villages with a ninja force, it would inevitably cause misunderstandings and make the other villages think Konoha was about to start a ninja world war.
So if Pain was hiding in the Rain Ninja Village, it would indeed be very troublesome.
"I plan to secretly infiltrate the Rain Ninja Village."
Jiraiya picked up his sake cup and drained it in one gulp.
Tsunade immediately rejected the idea.
"No. It's too dangerous for you to go alone!"
Akatsuki's danger was obvious to all, especially its leader Pain, who was in the Rain Ninja Village, a place that was not on