After finishing all the work at hand and handing the Hokage Seal over to Tsunade, who would oversee affairs from the Hokage Office, the Third Hokage set out for the Land of Iron under the escort of two Anbu squads.
For this mission to protect the Hokage at the Five Kage Summit, Jingyi did not have puppets serve as guards.
Under normal circumstances, puppets were not as flexible or convenient as people unless Jingyi controlled them continuously with his mind, which was exhausting.
Jingyi would rather select two Anbu squads.
The two Anbu squads were led by Eagle, one of the Anbu squad captains.
"Let's go."
Once everything was ready, the group left Konoha under the Third Hokage's lead.
But not long after they had left Konoha, an outrageous stunt that left the Third Hokage dumbfounded appeared.
Jingyi took out a scroll and released a puppet from it—an animal puppet made from the corpse of a tiger over three meters tall and nearly ten meters long.
"..."
The Third Hokage stared blankly as Jingyi brought out the puppet, then jumped onto its back and sat down. His mind began to reel.
The members of the two accompanying Anbu squads also stared wide-eyed at their Deputy Commander.
Did the Deputy Commander mean that the Hokage would walk while he himself rode on a puppet?
Little Blondie, standing beside the puppet and looking tiny by comparison, was also somewhat bewildered.
Teacher was riding the puppet. What about him?
"What? Why are you all staring at me? Don't we need to hurry? Minato, run along properly. Train your body and strengthen your physique."
Trying to slack off?
Not a chance.
As for whether the Third Hokage would also be walking, that did not seem to have much to do with him.
The puppet