On March 20, in a tavern in a small mountain town on the border of Tianno Country, Akaashi, who was not wearing a forehead protector, successfully connected with Mr. Jiraiya!
"Teacher Jiraiya... Huh? Didn't you bring those three brats with you?" Akaseki asked pretending to be surprised.
"How can we take them with us on a mission?" Jiraiya felt a little weird when he heard this - Akaseki why would you ask this?
"Is there anything I can't bring with me? Can I still trust you Teacher Jiraiya?" Akaseki said matter-of-factly.
Jiraiya is also confused - is this a question of belief or not?
"But that's right. After all, it is dangerous to go deep into Land of Earth this time. They are not strong enough..." Akaseki said with emotion.
Jiraiya said, "Although the three of them cannot be said to be independent, they are enough to survive independently... The young eagle will one day spread its wings, just like you."
Jiraiya said and looked at Akaseki with emotion.
Jiraiya, who became a teacher for the first time six years ago, never imagined that just six years later, when he was just over thirty years old, not only two of the three students would be Jonin, but even "Konoha's Akaseki" would be even more famous than himself.
"Well, it's better for the three of them to live a good life than anything else!" Akaseki said sincerely.
Jiraiya:...
Just can't speak.
Then Akaseki and Jiraiya came to Lodging's hotel. Jiraiya also saw Ranwu... and Miroku.
Jiraiya:...
Jiraiya immediately changed his mind and began to admire the student's language arts.
Now Jiraiya finally understands why Akaseki specifically asked why he didn't bring Yahiko and Nagato with him!
"Akaseki, this is a mission." Jiraiya pinched the corners of his eyes and said.
"Teacher Jiraiya, don't worry, Miroku is not weak." Akaseki emphasized.
Jiraiya:...
This is obviously not a question of strength, but a matter of strength. It's a task like this. Normally, you can't bring irrelevant people with you, and even... she's not even Konoha Ninja!
It's just that Akaseki just kept emphasizing that he believed in Teacher Jiraiya, and acted like Yahiko and they could come, which made Jiraiya speechless for a moment, and it was difficult to raise the issue of "trust" directly.
Akaseki also followed up and said, "And...Orochimaru also knows about Miroku. Miroku will not interfere in our mission. In fact, he is here to help with that aspect."
Hearing that Orochimaru knew about it, Jiraiya's face became slightly brighter.
Then when he heard Akaseki talking about "that aspect", Jiraiya's expression suddenly became serious.
"Akaseki, what on earth are you going to do?" Jiraiya asked seriously.
Since Miroku also knew about this matter, Jiraiya no longer covered it up.
"Of course we have caught substantial evidence... and then in front of Lord Hokage, we will reveal Shimura Danzō's true identity, completely crush Root's conspiracy, and avenge those children who died innocently!" Akaseki said matter-of-factly.
Hearing Akaseki say this, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief.
What Jiraiya is worried about is that Akaseki and Tsunade will really take the opportunity to do something "big and spectacular"...
"Well, they actually did such a thing, we must not let them corrupt Konoha again... But now that Konoha is in a precarious situation, we still have to be careful when we act to ensure the least impact." Jiraiya emphasized.
Regarding Teacher Jiraiya's attitude, Akaseki was not surprised. After all, it was not the first day they met him...
Although he usually looks lazy, Jiraiya fundamentally has a sense of the overall situation and a sense of responsibility.
If you want to report Shimura Danzō and eliminate the cancer in the village, he will definitely help. But if you want to target Hokage Building and destroy the stability of Konoha, Jiraiya will be the first to refuse.
But even though he knew it, Akaseki was still impatient...
After all, for Akaseki, he "saw" Future who was exterminated by the Uchiha Clan. Jiraiya could not be all right, so he thought that his teacher's companion would do something that would hurt Konoha so much, so of course the two places different emphasis on it.
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"Teacher Jiraiya Don't worry, I will watch over Sister Tsunade and not let her be impulsive!" Akaseki said righteously.
Jiraiya:???
Is that what I mean?
Without waiting for Jiraiya to correct him, Akaseki continued, "And this time we are of course focused on the mission. In order to use children, or even babies, to complete his evil experiments, Shimura Danzō did not hesitate to sacrifice Konoha's interests, and was not even willing to end the war, but we cannot be like him."
Hearing this, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel pleased, and patted Akaseki on the shoulder with appreciation. "That's right, the mission comes first!"
"Then... member Jiraiya, let's set off now." Akaseki said sincerely.
Jiraiya:...
This is where you start calling your job, right?
In the plan formulated by Orochimaru, there are four teams, which will operate separately at the beginning. In Akaseki's team, there are only three of him, Jiraiya, Ranwu... Akaseki is the captain.
When Jiraiya saw this arrangement, he could already imagine the dark smile on Orochimaru's lips when he wrote down the mission scroll.
"Okay... Captain Akaseki!" Jiraiya glared at the student.
Time is running out, the four of them set off immediately...
On the way, Akaseki also introduced the primary goal of the mission.
"We, Akaseki Squad, are responsible for inserting the eastern part of Land of Earth from the direction of Land of Rice Fields, and the first stop is "Grayridge Relay Station", which is the information station located at the Grayridge Mountains. It not only delivers ordinary messages Ninjas who send information will be here at Lodging, and there are also Sealing Technique Formulas with messengers. Some urgent messages sent through Ninja Beast and Secret Technique are also sent, received, translated, and encrypted here..."
Jiraiya Before arriving, the only order he received was "rendezvous" and he didn't know the details.
"Grayridge Relay Station... should be Iwagakure's communication center in the entire eastern mountainous area, right? Orochimaru still has such a vicious vision." Jiraiya immediately realized the purpose of doing this.
"Well, judging from the current information, there are usually two Jonin stationed here, but Chunin has more. There are two or three teams, so Genin doesn't have to worry about it." Akaseki said.
Chunin can hardly be said to be alone on the battlefield, but it can definitely help in ordinary Jonin battles.
It can be said that in a Jonin battle, if one or two Chunins assist one side, then unless the strength of the two sides is extremely different, the victory can basically be secured!
"Two Jonin... Then the theme is that they cannot be allowed to leave alive, and the news must be cut off as much as possible?" Jiraiya understood immediately.
Normally speaking, three Jonin, fighting two Jonin, plus nearly ten Chunin, is not an advantage.
But on Konoha's team, the three of them are not ordinary Jonin...
Not to mention the Medical Ninja itself and the all-rounder Ranwu, the output of Akaseki and Jiraiya cannot be summarized by "Jonin".
Even if there is a small accident on Stone Ninja's side and more Lodging's Jonin, the two of them can cope with the situation - after all, it is a "thunder" that has been planned for a long time, and Orochimaru will certainly not arrange it into a "balance of power" match.
"Yeah, but that's where Relay Station is originally. There's a small chance that no news will spread... It doesn't matter if there is a little news. In short, after we destroyed this Relay Station, we immediately moved to the direction of Kannabi Bridge and arrived at the latest on April 1st., at that time, all the teams will cooperate inside and outside, and Akimichi Clan Jonin of Kannabi Bridge will attack "Shattered Sand Camp". "Akaseki also told Orochimaru's plan.
The four teams will initially attack multiple targets.
However, you must attack "Shattered Sand Camp" on time on April 1st - even if you don't have a target, you must turn around immediately and attack "Shattered Sand Camp".
"Shattered Sand Camp" is the base of Stone Ninja opposite "Kannabi Bridge"...
It is not as good as the location of "Kannabi Bridge". It was built forcibly from the ground, but it can temporarily serve as a block and assume the function of a fortress.