Grayridge Mountains West exit, in a certain valley.
Surrounded by cliffs, on a flat land with only two gentle slopes to exit, a rock fortress was carved here - it is "Grayridge Relay Station", one of Iwagakure's intelligence and information transmission hubs.
There is Cursed Seal Formula on the rock wall. If you step on it, you will definitely be discovered. On the two gentle slopes that can be walked without concentrating chakra, there are anti-invisible Sealing Technique Formula, and there are Sensory Ninja patrolling...
Relay Station's old Jonin Huiyue, when he saw young Jonin who had come to report a few days ago, looked restless again, he couldn't help but lectured. "Young man still can't calm down... Guarding the security of intelligence is also a part of the war. Why are you so anxious?"
"Huiyue Senior taught me... but I'm really worried about the situation on the front line." Dong Shiren said with a smile.
"There are difficulties on the front line, and you also have your own responsibilities. Today's young people... only have achievements on the battlefield in their minds." Huiyue said, shaking his head with regret.
Dong Shiren smiled apologetically but did not respond.
I don't know if it's because Third Tsuchikage is getting older...
Now in Iwagakure, not only the decision-making of Tsuchikage is becoming more and more rigid, but also there is a smell of "qualification" from top to bottom.
It seems that as long as you get older, you will naturally become incapable of changing. It is normal for older ninjas to give advice to younger ninjas. Even promotions to ninja ranks have more considerations on seniority.
If it weren't for the war, young people like Dong Shiren wouldn't be promoted so quickly.
"I heard that when you were on the front line, you followed that Roshi?" Huiyue asked with some disdain at this time.
"Yes, I worked under Captain Roshi for a long time last year." Dong Shiren said truthfully.
The last time I went on a mission with Master Roshi was in the southern mountainous area, looking for the secret of integrating Secret Technique...
As a result, I was almost killed by that Akashi Uchiha!
"I heard that he usually resents Lord Tsuchikage a lot?" Huiyue seemed to be looking for trouble.
"Nothing, captain Roshi also respects Lord Tsuchikage privately." Dong Shiren said flatly.
"Humph, that's good... he is Jinchuriki, and he can still move freely now... tsk tsk." Huiyue sounded like he should be grateful, and emphasized. "If he has any disloyal thoughts towards Lord Tsuchikage, we old guys will be the first to refuse!"
"That's absolutely not the case." Dong Shiren denied it repeatedly, but what he was thinking in his heart was: Who cares what rank you old people have...
Seeing this, Huiyue nodded with satisfaction, and then again tried hard to explain to Dong Shiren the principles of life.
Just when Huiyue was tired of talking and wanted to call it a day...
Boom--
With a loud noise, Huiyue and Dong Shiren felt that the entire Relay Station fortress shook...
Dong Shiren was the first to react, and a Body Flicker Technique disappeared in place and came to the top of the Relay Station small fortress.
What caught his eye almost scared Dong Shiren to death - the crimson "Susanoo"...
"Is it you? Could it be..." Dong Shiren was shocked.
Could it be...
I'm actually a peerless genius targeted by Konoha?
This "Konoha's Akaseki" has actually been looking for me?
Akaseki in "Susanoo" was recognized at this time - isn't this... that person?
Swish--
Hula--
Akaseki directly greeted him with "Thunderfire Greatsword". With this chop, rocks fell on the fortress, and Dong Shiren hurriedly got out of the way.
"Who... huh? Konoha Ninja?" Huiyue took a step slowly before coming out.
Immediately he saw a young man who looked young and wearing Konoha Headband standing inside this "shu".
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"You are so young, do you want to learn how to build? This is not a place for you to run wild!" Huiyue said, taking out two huge scimitars from the Sealing scroll behind his back.
"Wait... he is..." Dong Shiren was about to remind.
At this moment, Six Chunin, who was in the stronghold, also immediately surrounded him.
But the next moment...
Bang, bang, bang--
Six Chunin didn't see how he was attacked and fell down directly.
This is why Akaseki came in quietly - the guard Chunin was immediately killed by Genjutsu, and there was no time to do anything.
"You, you are...Uchiha Clan?" Huiyue looked at Akaseki in shock, so frightened that he covered his eyes with two knives.
Dong Shiren:...
Akaseki also looked at this guy in confusion.
Using large melee weapons, young ninjas will scorn or even ridicule when they see them, and they will immediately tremble when they find out it is Uchiha Clan... Isn't this a typical Sengoku ninja?
"Where did you dig this guy out from?" Akaseki asked with a strange expression.
Dong Shiren:...
However, Akaseki did not expect him to answer, and directly greeted him with "Hell's Gate Technique".
Under Akaseki's ninjutsu, the entire stronghold began to gradually collapse, and its own defensive techniques began to be forcibly destroyed.
Meanwhile...
"Is this... that Roshi's technique? Uchiha Clan can even copy Kekkei Genkai?" Huiyue couldn't help but be frightened when he saw this.
Akaseki:...
"This is my Combination Technique!" Akaseki abandoned his stronghold and chased this old thing to kill him.
Akaseki still hasn't forgotten about Roshi's plagiarism. Now there are still people talking about "Roshi's technique"?
Ah--
Amidst the screams, Huiyue was struck by "Thunderfire Greatsword". Not only did the sword blade sweep across his waist, but the huge sword spine enveloped him. The next moment, he was reduced to ashes in the thunder and fire!
"Susanoo" is very effective against small targets, especially small targets that are blindly avoided, but...
Also depends on the intensity!
At least Aburame Ryoma's "Elite Jonin" strength can take advantage of this "weakness". An ordinary... or even a little weak Jonin, Akaseki used Thunderfire Greatsword in front of him, and the entire attack range already included his maximum dodge range. "Sharingan" could easily see through all his dodge tracks.
After killing Huiyue, Akaseki turned around and attacked Iwagakure's stronghold...
Dong Shiren now had no intention of blocking. He quickly organized Genin, took the communication information that had not been sent away, and fled in the opposite direction.
At the same time, Dong Shiren was also cursing in his heart...
That old man's delay was too short!
At this time, Dong Shiren wanted to use his last chance to pass on the information - he had come out to check it out immediately, so Huiyue should have passed on the urgent information.
Who would have known that Huiyue was a step slower in reacting, and later went out, attracting a wave of hatred from Akaseki.
But just then...
When Dong Shiren was about to activate Sealing Technique Formula in front of him, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis. In an instant, his chakra was activated to the limit, and his performance was extraordinary!
Bang--
Only a few meteors and fireballs were seen, suddenly shooting out.
Although Dong Shiren avoided it, Sealing Technique Formula, which had the function of transmitting information, was instantly blown to pieces!
Dong Shiren understood instantly.
This time he failed, half of it was because he had dodged it, and the other half... was because the opponent's target was the stone wall in the first place, and it was just a convenience to him, so he didn't change his moves when he was dodging.
The next moment, Dong Shiren saw a Konoha Ninja with White-haired, who walked out as if he had just used ninjutsu.
"You, you are..." Dong Shiren looked at the person in front of him in shock. "Jiraiya? Aren't you dead?"
Jiraiya:...
Who the hell is spreading news of my death?
Of course, Jiraiya also understood that there was such news entirely because he had not appeared on the battlefield for too long.
Although I don't know how he died, but he has disappeared for so long, so he must be dead...Konoha is just hiding the news.
Let alone an enemy country, there is even such gossip inside Konoha.
The next moment...
Boom--
This time, I switched to Jiraiya and suddenly felt a sense of crisis, so I instantly used "Summoning Technique"...
I saw that the entire Grayridge Relay Station fortress completely collapsed in an instant under the simultaneous influence of internal and external forces.
Akaseki also saw what was happening inside from behind the collapsed rock wall!
The pink Gamaken, at this time, used an iron fork to hold against a "head" of a weird figure that was wrapped in red and black chakra and was no less than its size - the weirdest thing, of course, was that there were several tails behind this figure!
But the next moment, it immediately stopped being weird.
I saw this black and red figure expand instantly, directly breaking the iron fork of Gamaken, and at the same time revealing a huge pure white body...
It looks like a horse but has horns, and Five-Tails on the back... all indicate the identity of "it" - Five-Tails!
"Han... Master Han?" Dong Shiren narrowly escaped death and had not yet reacted.
Why is Mr. Han here?
Could it be...
Konoha's Sannin faked his death in order to sneak attack me. Lord Han... was it to secretly protect me?
"Let's go!" Han's voice came from Five-Tails's mouth.
"Yes!" Dong Shiren had no hesitation - it was the same when he followed Mr. Roshi and met Konoha's Akaseki.
"As expected..." Akaseki looked at Han Tailed Beast Transformation's figure and couldn't help but sigh.
Unlike before in Kannabi Bridge, Han was not sent here by Sealing Technique Formula, but was already in the stronghold!
He didn't even take action when Akaseki attacked, but waited until Jiraiya appeared before he also appeared.
This proves beyond doubt...
He has some information!
Not only did he know that Akaseki would come and waited here in advance, he even knew that Akaseki had powerful companions, so he waited for Jiraiya to reveal his position instead of showing up directly. Even Iwagakure's companions did not know that he was there.
Along the way, Miroku found nothing unusual except for a vague feeling at first.
However, Akaseki has been harboring this matter in his mind, suspecting that his whereabouts have been exposed!
Just...
Akaseki then looked around.
Except for Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Akaseki did not see other strong Iwagakure.
If you really know that you and the Jiraiya team members are coming, and want to resist and surround you, you shouldn't just come with one guy, right?