"Meikyō, do not resist!"
Minato Namikaze's gentle voice rang in Meikyō's ears.
The next second, a familiar sense of spatial teleportation came, and the scene before my eyes changed several times, and I arrived at another place in the dense forest.
Here, in the Meikyō, one could see Jiraiya with obvious signs of frogification on his face.
"Immortal Technique: Hidden Earth Needle!"
Upon seeing the return of Meikyō and Minato, Jiraiya, who had already sensed the intense Chakra fluctuations in the distance using Sage Mode, released a defensive Ninjutsu without needing any prompting from Minato or Meikyō.
Jiraiya's full head of white hair stretched to a length of over ten meters, spiraling into a sphere to protect the three of them.
Through the Transparent World, the Meikyō could see through the walls woven from white hair and witness a pillar of light suddenly rising into the distance, spreading silently to the surroundings.
The distance should be more than three kilometers, but there will still be an extremely powerful shockwave.
Meikyō quickly made a judgment in his mind.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar suddenly erupted at a certain moment, preceded by an extremely powerful shockwave.
Jiraiya's long white hair continued to grow, repairing the part that had been destroyed by the shockwave.
A few seconds later, Jiraiya withdrew his Ninjutsu, leaving behind only a pile of white hair that had been broken off by the shockwave.
"Phew! It's finally over!"
Minato Namikaze, disregarding his image, plopped down on the ground.
In order to escape such a long distance in such a short time, heaven knows how many times he activated Flying Thunder God in just one or two breaths.
Minato Namikaze could only be thankful that he hadn't retrieved the Flying Thunder God Kunai he'd left on the ground while rushing to and from his journey, which had left him and Meikyō with several Flying Thunder God nodes for their escape.
Now, Minato Namikaze could clearly sense that the Flying Thunder God Mark that were originally within his perception range had been completely destroyed.
"The Xuanyuan Group, huh? They really are the most powerful mercenary organization I've seen in all these years. It's said that they're strong enough to destroy a small country in a short time. Now it seems that their reputation is well-deserved. Even if I were to encounter them, I'm afraid I would have a hard time dealing with them."
Jiraiya looked at the deep crater in the distance that resembled a giant meteorite crater and said with a serious expression.
But soon, he went back to his usual carefree and jovial self.
"Speaking of which, kid, you're really impressive to have forced them to use such a suicidal trump card without sustaining any serious injuries!"
Jiraiya chuckled as he spoke, patting Meikyō on the shoulder.
He originally felt that compared to Minato Namikaze, none of his peers were as outstanding.
However, it now seems that Uchiha Meikyō, who is a disciple of both Tsunade and Kato Dan, may become a strong contender for Minato Namikaze.
"Speaking of which, I wonder which force managed to get such a powerful Genin to take action against Meikyō."
Minato Namikaze struggled to his feet and stood beside Meikyō and Jiraiya, muttering to himself as he looked at the giant crater in front of him.
"The number of forces or individuals capable of mobilizing the Xuanyuan Group can be counted on one hand, and those who also possess accurate information about me, besides Hanzo, are probably only..."
Meikyō sneered halfway through his sentence.
"Alright kid, stop thinking about these things. Minato already told me that this was intelligence about enemy ninjas intercepted by the Third Hokage's Anbu, which is how we found out you were in danger and sent us here."
Jiraiya laughed it off and brushed the matter off.
Having witnessed the dark side of the Ninja World, he had already guessed what exactly happened.
However, he was a muddle-headed person to begin with, and he would just turn a blind eye to some things and try to evade and cover them up.
Meikyō shook her head and didn't say anything more.
He, Inuzuka Ryo, Aburame Nami were on an S-rank mission, which wasn't something that enemy intelligence ninjas could easily intercept. There were only a handful of people who had the authority to know accurate information about S-rank missions in the village.
[It seems... I need to mention this to Teacher Tsunade and Master Dan a few more times, and I also need to be more wary of certain people.]
Meikyō thought to herself silently.
He wasn't alone; Tsunade and Kato Dan both held high positions in Konoha, especially Tsunade, who was the only direct descendant of the First Hokage and had saved countless ninja lives with Tsunade Medical Ninjutsu.
With the Uchiha Clan backing him, there are few people in Konoha with a background stronger than his. Even those with a greater background would be overwhelmed by his antics.
The power of Xuanyuan Group's self-destruction was immense; even from dozens of miles away, the pillar of light that reached the heavens and the earth could be clearly seen.
"I never expected that these mercenary ninjas would have such a suicidal tactic."
Shimura Danzō stopped his journey and went to a nearby hillside to look at the giant meteorite crater that appeared in the distance.
Based on his assessment of Meikyō's strength, he should be no Jonin than those veteran Jonin. After all, two years ago, Meikyō's overall strength had already reached the level of Jonin, only his abilities were not yet comprehensive enough.
Now, two years have passed. Even with guidance from veteran Uchiha Yu Uchiha and top-tier experts like Tsunade and Kato Dan, he is only fourteen years old. At most, he can strengthen his strengths, make up for his weaknesses, and develop one or two more Chakra Nature Transformation and attribute transformations. At most, he might reach the level of Elite Jonin.
Danzo believed that this was already a high compliment to Meikyō. With such strength, as long as one did not encounter Kage Level opponent or an opponent who could pose a threat to Kage Level expert, one would be more than capable of protecting oneself in the Ninja World.
Even so, Danzo still brought two Jonin and four Special Jonin to help him out. With this strength plus Danzo himself, as long as they were not surrounded by a large army, they would be able to deal with anyone except those Kage Level powerhouses.
According to Danzo's script, Meikyō is probably still struggling under the control of the Xuanyuan Group. Then, as the head of Konoha's intelligence, he intercepts information that the enemy village forces have hired the Meikyō Xuanyuan Group and arrives in time to provide support. Danzo, Danzo sends divine intervention to drive the enemy away. He then uses his past relationship with Kagami Uchiha's teammates to get closer to Meikyō and use this to win him over.
But now it seems...
"Hmph, with an explosion of this magnitude, it seems that brat is going to disappear completely along with his Sharingan."
Danzo was somewhat displeased, as he felt that the 30 million taels had been a waste of money.
"Forget it, he's just an evil Uchiha brat! Let's go!"
Danzo struck the ground heavily with his cane and turned back.
The Root ninjas then followed.