A week passed quietly, and as expected, the request sent by Tsunade was rejected by the other major ninja villages.
The general idea is: It's just Akatsuki Organization. Except for the leader, the other party doesn't know its strength. Everyone knows who the other members are. Are you Hokage making a fuss out of a molehill?
In fact, Cloud Ninja and Earth Ninja, although they are worried about Tailed Beast that Akatsuki Organization now controls, they are more worried about you Konoha.
This made Tsunade so angry that he approached Neji one after another and had a good fight to vent his anger.
During this time, Jiraiya returned to Konoha. When he came, he happened to see Tsunade fighting Neji. On the spot, his face turned blue, he held his chest and felt a dull pain, and he planned to leave.
If I hadn't turned around and met Shizune and Kakashi, I'm afraid it would have taken a long time to recover before returning to Konoha.
Everyone gathered inside Hot Pot Restaurant.
Tsunade was eating hot pot and drinking sake in a carefree manner. His face was slightly smoked, and he looked like he was drunk on his own.
He supported his cheek with his hand, tilted his head and looked at Jiraiya, and said unceremoniously, "You guy, you want to run away just after you come back. With your body, you lost half your life when you resisted my punch, who asked you to practice!"
Jiraiya's face darkened. He had seen the violent Tsunade before, and the psychological shadow he had at that time exploded.
After trying to spy on Tsunade taking a shower without success, he took a hit from Tsunade and was hit by Monster Strength, breaking several ribs and losing most of his life.
In the end, he was rescued by Tsunade. It can be said that with such behavior, he can be regarded as the predecessor of Neji.
He drank a glass of wine unhappily, looked at the drunken Tsunade, and changed the subject. "That's all in the past, but it still shocked me. I didn't expect Neji to be so strong."
He looked at Neji, who was eating the food with concentration on his face, pretending that he couldn't hear the conversation between the two.
The same goes for Kakashi and Shizune. After all, the two elders were talking about dark history, so it was best for them not to interrupt.
Hearing the topic change, Neji put down his chopsticks and said, "Lord Jiraiya is overly praised, I still lack some warmth."
Jiraiya waved his hand and said casually, "I don't know about you yet, you just like to say these polite words."
At this point, Jiraiya will not continue to ask questions, as long as the topic is successfully changed.
Kakashi looked at Jiraiya and said carefully, "Lord Jiraiya is coming back this time. Does he have any information about [Xiao]?"
Jiraiya took a bite of the dish, enjoying the taste of hot pot, and looked at Kakashi appreciatively.
His expression straightened slightly, and he said slowly, "I came back this time just to track down [Xiao]'s whereabouts."
"Last time I sent back the news, I almost found Akatsuki Organization's lair. This time, I'm pretty sure. I'm going to go check out the information."
At this time, he lowered his head slightly and looked at Tsunade who was drinking in the glass. He frowned slightly and raised his head to look at Jiraiya.
"Don't go!"
"Tsunade You..."
Jiraiya looked at Tsunade with some surprise, seeing how drunk she was, and explained quickly.
"Don't worry, who am I? I am one of the [Sannin], and so is Akuma Jiraiya Toad Sage."
Jiraiya, who patted his chest and boasted, spoke without any shame, but these titles were true, just a little old and disrespectful.
Jiraiya thought Tsunade was drunk, so he said such willful words to prevent him from going.
In fact, at this moment, Tsunade had clear eyes and a wine glass in his hand, feeling vaguely uneasy in his heart.
Gulu!
Raise your glass, raise your head, and drink it all in one gulp.
The bold woman drank in such a domineering way, the wine glass fell on the table with a heavy sound.
Jiraiya, who was bragging, was stunned. Looking at Tsunade, who showed a serious attitude, the smile on his face gradually faded.
"Tsunade, you should know that you must go on this trip... This is my responsibility as Konoha Ninja."
Tsunade was silent, drinking one glass after another. She understood in her heart and was very clear about it.
However, according to Akatsuki Organization's current intelligence, the opponent is very powerful and also has seven Tailed Beasts in hand.
With such strength, Jiraiya sneaking into the opponent's base camp is obviously a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, which is extremely dangerous.
"Don't worry, I won't be willing to die if I don't collect the information." Great One comforted Tsunade with a carefree Jiraiya.
But even he has no confidence in his heart. He can only say that he will try his best.
The others were extremely quiet as they listened to the conversation between the two, while Neji sighed in his heart, stop setting a flag for yourself.
The old pervert came back at this time and wanted to sneak into Amegakure. He really knows how to find time.
I don't know whether Pain moves faster or Jiraiya moves faster. If the former is faster.
Then Jiraiya doesn't need to go there, because he will solve the opponent at that moment.
If Jiraiya is one step faster, then his plan may need to be slightly modified and simply advanced.
Sure enough, plans can never keep up with changes. When the situation changes, everything begins to change.
As Akatsuki Organization's actions become more frequent, more of his whereabouts will naturally be exposed.
And Jiraiya will naturally become a little faster based on this information.
At the end of the meal, Tsunade was relieved, because someone had to find out Akatsuki Organization's plan.
If she doesn't know the other party's plan, she can't persuade other major powers to join forces.
Jiraiya also understands this, so he has to go this time.
At the same time, he was the only one who had the strength to go there, and it would have been in vain for anyone else.
Just like what Neji said, it's just to give someone a kill to make the other party be more vigilant.
This meal was quite heavy. After Jiraiya came back and explained everything clearly, he didn't even stay overnight and set out on his mission.
He said very freely, "Tsunade, let's take a gamble this time. You bet that I will die. You have never won anyway, hahaha!"
The figure under the setting sun gradually lengthened, Tsunade's mouth moved slightly, but in the end he said nothing.
She just watched him leave quietly. The people she was familiar with in the past left her every time, leaving her alone to drink and get drunk.
Shizune looked at her worriedly. "Lady Tsunade?"
Seeing this, Kakashi stepped slightly closer to Neji, making the latter slightly confused, and then a push came from his back. Neji staggered a few steps and bumped into Tsunade's back.
Kakashi from behind gave him an encouraging look, indicating that the task of appeasing Lady Tsunade would be left to you.
Nowadays, there are not many people who can make Tsunade listen. Shizune counts as half, Naruto counts as half, and Neji counts as one.
Tsunade turned around and looked at Neji, grabbed the latter's collar, and strode directly towards Hot Pot Restaurant.
"Neji, drink with me tonight until you're drunk!"
"Huh? Teacher, I'm still underage!"
Tsunade seemed not to hear it and continued to drag Neji away. Minors are not allowed to drink, so you can always stay with her!
Kakashi and Shizune looked at the two people leaving, sighed softly, nodded politely to each other, and then left.