The stone door slid inward, and a dry warm wind flowed out from the crack of the door, carrying a strange smell, like the astringent smell emitted by dead leaves after they have been exposed to the sun.
The two of them stepped across the threshold and stepped on the ground inside the stone chamber, making two soft sounds.
The stone chamber is very large.
The dome is so high that the top cannot be seen clearly, and the four walls are embedded with luminous ores. The brightness is not high, but they are spread evenly.
In the center, a huge Toad is sitting on the stone platform, with its back against the stone wall and its two front paws folded in front of its abdomen. Its eyes are half-open, the pupils are golden red, and there is a circle of fine lines around the edges, like annual rings.
Sasuke and Naruto both had their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.
Too big!
Great Toad Sage's eyes swept across the two people, from the top of Naruto's head to the soles of his feet, then from the soles of his feet back to his face, and then turned to Sasuke. The same process was repeated.
Then, he spoke slowly, his tone carrying the weight of thousands of years of vicissitudes.
"Uchiha Yongye."
"It will lead to the destruction of Shinobi World. Only you can stop him!"
Naruto frowned and retorted loudly.
"But I heard from the villagers that he is a very good man."
"The villagers all praise him as Upright Magistrate."
"Danzo experimented on villagers, but he chopped them down!"
Sasuke turned his head sharply. His neck turned to a large extent, and the lines on the side of his jaw tightened for a moment, and his eyes were fixed on Naruto's face with a fierce look.
"What a bastard!"
"Uchiha Yongye beat my brother! And arrested my brother!"
"He's the bastard's bastard!"
Naruto's neck stiffened, and his eyes met Sasuke's fierce glare without giving in.
"Your brother is a Madmen and committed the crime of genocide!"
" Master Yongye arrests him out of justice and extinguishes relatives!"
Sasuke's fists clenched violently. His body rushed forward half a step, and the soles of his shoes scraped a sharp sound on the stone ground.
"My brother was wrongly accused!"
"My brother is so gentle and kind, it is absolutely impossible to exterminate the clan!"
Naruto's mouth opened and closed again. His gaze paused on Sasuke's face for a moment, then moved away and landed on Great Toad Sage's face.
Great Toad Sage's eyes slowly closed and then opened again. The golden-red pupils lit up for a moment under the light of the luminous ore.
"Sasuke is right."
"The person who exterminated the clan is actually Uchiha Yongye."
"Mastermind is the one who brought trouble to Konoha!"
Naruto's chin dropped a bit. His eyes widened even wider than before, and his pupils shrank in his eye sockets.
"... Huh?"
Great Toad Sage stared at Naruto and spoke with sincerity.
"I have lived for a thousand years and have no enmity with him. I cannot wrong him."
"Uchiha Yongye is not only Evil, but also good at disguise. Naruto, you were deceived by him."
"Think about it, is Third Hokage not good to you? Such a good person was forced to become Konoha Rogue Ninja by Uchiha Yongye."
Thinking of the third-generation grandfather who brought him the only warmth, Naruto Uzumaki immediately believed it - the third-generation grandfather was very kind to him and was a good person! Uchiha Yongye must be a bad person if he hurt the third-generation grandfather! That's it!
"What a hateful guy!"
Naruto's voice was a little deeper than before, and the anger that surged up from his chest exploded at the end.
"I must knock him over!"
"Save the third generation grandfather, save Konoha!"
Great Toad Sage nodded with satisfaction.
"Fukasaku."
Sage Fukasaku jumped over from the side of the stone gate and landed in the open space on the side of the stone platform.
"Take them to practice, Ninjutsu, Senjutsu, Taijutsu, don't pull them down."
"Shinobi World's life and death lies in their hands!"
Naruto World, It is very difficult to regenerate a severed limb out of thin air. But if it is transplanted, sutured, and the subsequent wound healing is very simple.
Under the powerful treatment of Medical Ninja, after five days, Jiraiya, whose entire operating system was completely cut off, was able to move freely.
He came to the door of the newly built Hokage Building, looked up at the wooden sign on the lintel that had not yet been painted, and sighed quietly.
Today's Konoha is really in trouble! Mastermind Uchiha Yongye must be eliminated as soon as possible!
Jiraiya sighed while moving forward silently.
At the end of the corridor on the second floor, the door was closed. There was a piece of paper taped to the door with the words "Fifth Hokage Office" written on it. The ink had dried and the edges of the paper were slightly rolled up.
Jiraiya walked over and raised his hand. Before he touched the door panel, a figure flashed out from the corner of the corridor next to him and stood in front of him.
Hokage Assistant, Kato Shizune.
She was wearing a white coat, with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows, and her hands hanging by her sides. Her eyes fell on Jiraiya's face and she immediately looked away.
There was obvious anxiety and embarrassment in his eyes.
"Lady Tsunade is busy and has no visitors."
"Lord Jiraiya, please leave first."
"I will notify you immediately when Lady Tsunade is free!"
Jiraiya's hand stopped in mid-air. His brows wrinkled for a moment, then relaxed, and his chin tilted half an inch towards the closed door.
"What are you busy with?"
"This is a very urgent and important matter for me. You go and tell her."
"Let her put the matter at hand aside for a moment."
Shizune shook his head, not much, but very resolutely. The hair on the back of his neck shook a little with this movement and then fell back to its original place.
"No!"
"Lord Jiraiya, please leave immediately!"
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction, took a deep breath, and was about to speak again when a sound came from behind the closed door.
It was dull, heavy, like something hitting the wooden wall, and the entire floor shook.
Then there was the second sound, which was shorter and more violent than the first sound. There was also a vague hum at the end of the sound, which leaked out from the gap in the door panel and was suppressed again.
Then, those sounds connected in a series, densely packed, like high-explosive firecrackers!
Jiraiya's hand was clenched into a fist. The knuckles were raised, and the skin of the palm pressed against the nails, leaving a white mark. His eyes moved away from Shizune's face and nailed it to the door panel. His pupils shrank in the eye sockets and returned to their original positions.
"Is that all she's busy with?"
His voice came out from between his teeth, and every word contained an uncontrollable tremor.
"Who's the bastard in there?"
Shizune Chakra exploded and leaned forward half an inch.
Her toes dug in place, and the soles of her shoes scraped lightly on the wooden floor. She raised her hands from hanging by her sides, with her fingers spread wide and her palms facing outward, ready to go.
"Lord Jiraiya, please leave, don't make it difficult for me."
"Lord Hokage's matter is not your turn to take care of."
Jiraiya's fists clenched tighter. His nails dug into the flesh of his palms, and the tingling sensation climbed up the wrist bones and stopped at the elbow joint.
His lips were pursed into a straight line, and the bones of his jaw raised a hard edge under the skin.
He stared at the door panel, gritting his teeth. After a moment, he unclenched his fists, hung them by his side, turned around, and walked towards the other end of the corridor.
The footsteps rumbled a few times on the wooden floor and disappeared behind an empty door frame without a door panel.
He stood behind the empty door frame, leaning his back against the wall. The wood on the wall was still in its original color, and an astringent smell of grass juice seeped out of the wood fibers and penetrated into his nostrils.
Jiraiya tilted his head, his ears facing the direction of the end of the corridor.
The sound of high-explosive firecrackers continued, duller, deeper and more intense than before.
Mixed with the voice of Tsunade, it was vague and intermittent.