Because the Akatsuki Organization was involved, the village acted quickly. That very day, Jiraiya led an elite squad out.
Traveling through the night, the squad reached the southern coast in less than a day and met up with the patrol team that had accidentally come across infighting within the Akatsuki Organization.
Looking at the patrol team before him, Jiraiya frowned slightly. "How did you discover them?"
The patrol team's Chunin captain gave a detailed account of what had happened.
After listening, Jiraiya and Kakashi exchanged glances, both looking puzzled.
They didn't suspect the patrol team of lying. Rather, they found it hard to believe that a patrol team made up of one Chunin and three Genin could have escaped unharmed. Even from a distance, they should have been detected by members of the Akatsuki Organization.
Seeing their confusion, the patrol team's Chunin captain quickly said, "Lord Jiraiya, I know what you're wondering. But once you see the scene, you'll understand how our team managed to get away safely."
Jiraiya didn't waste time. "Let's go take a look!"
The group soon left the outpost and headed for the battlefield on the coast.
When they arrived, an Intelligence Squad ninja accompanying them compared the scene with the map in his hand and said, "This can't be right! The map shows a high cliff stretching along the coast for more than ten miles to the east. How has it turned into a reef flat?"
The patrol team's Chunin captain gave a wry smile. "Until yesterday, this was indeed a high cliff. We used to pass through here on our routine patrols. But after 'B' and 'D' of the Akatsuki Organization fought, this is what it became!"
"What!?"
The Intelligence Squad members looked at one another.
They could hardly imagine what kind of fierce