Uchiha Madara Attacks

After Mu Yue led his team to Jiraiya's forces, Jiraiya personally came with several ninja to welcome them.

"Mu Yue, you finally made it." Jiraiya laughed as he walked over to Mu Yue.

The instant he saw Mu Yue, Jiraiya subconsciously let out a breath of relief.

Though Mu Yue was young, he had never failed to deliver on a mission. He was practically synonymous with reliability.

"I'll have to trouble you to inspect my ninja forces first, Mu Yue. We can discuss everything else afterward," Jiraiya continued.

He had given the order in advance for the ninja forces to assemble, so Mu Yue could begin the inspection as soon as he arrived.

"Alright, we'll inspect them first." Mu Yue nodded, having the team deal with miscellaneous matters while he took his disciples with Jiraiya to search for spies.

Name: Kano Masaaki Chakra: 5200

Name: Hyuga Yo Chakra: 7200

Mu Yue swiftly used Appraisal Technique on the Konoha ninja forces in the Land of Grass, but did not discover a single White Zetsu.

"I didn't find any problematic ninja. They may have fled beforehand, or they may be using another method to steal intelligence," Mu Yue said as he turned to Jiraiya.

There was no way the problem lay with Appraisal Technique. Even something as powerful as Transform could not deceive it, much less White Zetsu.

Mu Yue leaned toward the possibility that Uchiha Madara had learned that he was coming to the Land of Grass and had directly withdrawn the White Zetsu.

After all, he was moving with a ninja force rather than acting alone. It would have been easy for White Zetsu to uncover his whereabouts.

"I see. Maybe we should have assembled the troops earlier, but it's not a big issue. At least there are