Rescue

"Ah... how enviable! Konoha really does produce one talent after another!"

"Roshi, kill them all. Don't leave a single one!" "Yes," Roshi answered, lowering his head. This time, he would not be careless again. He vanished with the Body Flicker Technique, and Jiraiya was the first to take the hit. Roshi sent him flying with a whip kick, leaving him unable to rise. "Jiraiya!" Tsunade shouted. "Don't bother shouting. I'll send you to join him." Then he stabbed a kunai into Tsunade's abdomen and slashed to either side. Blood instantly gushed out. Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo quickly rushed forward and engaged Roshi. "Hatake swordsmanship: Shadow Slash!" The strike left a wound on Roshi's body. Orochimaru seized the opportunity. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!" He added a few more wounds to Roshi's body.

"Hmph... all of you, die!" Roshi grabbed Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru by the neck, one in each hand, and squeezed hard. Both kicked wildly. With a crack, their necks tilted to one side. Roshi tossed them to the ground, their survival unknown.

In fury, Might Duy opened the Four Gates, his face turning bright red. He kicked off the ground hard enough to shatter it and attacked Roshi with the speed of an afterimage.

"Heh... a little interesting." Roshi dodged Might Duy's attack. After briefly exchanging a few blows with him, he lost interest, put some strength into a punch, and struck Might Duy in the abdomen. Blood spurted from Duy's mouth, and his Four Gates state immediately vanished. "Uchiha brat, Byakugan brat, you're the only two left." Hyuga Yeyang looked around. The Anbu had long since been taken out, and the others lay on the ground, unable to rise. Uchiha Hanyue's tomoe had already changed into three tomoe, and he glared fixedly at Roshi. Roshi no longer wanted to waste time and knocked both of them to the ground in an instant. They had not even had a chance to raise their hands. That showed just how much Roshi had held back earlier for them to have wounded him.

Looking at the people strewn across the ground, the Tsuchikage said, "All right, take that brat. We're leaving!" At the last moment, the Tsuchikage had still hesitated and had not killed them all. However, he had crippled them, leaving them unable to be ninja in the future.

Roshi carried Itō Yuying and followed behind the Tsuchikage. As they walked, Roshi asked, "Lord Tsuchikage, why didn't we kill them?" "Do you think I didn't want to? Konoha is too powerful now. If we killed them, our Iwagakure would be finished. Given Tobirama Senju's ways, he would certainly slaughter everyone." The Tsuchikage would not tell Roshi that he could not defeat Tobirama Senju either. "So we left them a little hope. Although we've made mortal enemies of them, they won't be quite so frenzied. After all, they have that miraculous medicine. They can certainly save a few of them. Also, the fact that they didn't kill you was another reason I let them go."

Just then, a stern voice rang out. "Put Itō Yuying down." Then a figure appeared out of thin air beside Roshi. Before Roshi could react, Itō Yuying vanished from his grasp.

"Tsuchikage, you really have no shame! You would even attack the younger generation!" "Tobirama Senju, that's easy for you to say! If I hadn't acted, my disciple would have died, do you understand? Are only your disciples precious? Isn't mine precious too?"

Tobirama Senju glanced at the Tsuchikage. "Wait here. If you dare leave, I'll go wreak havoc in your village." With that, he vanished from the spot. "Roshi, take everyone and leave first." "Lord Tsuchikage, you..." "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." "Yes." Roshi quickly left with the others.

Tobirama Senju brought Itō Yuying over to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others. He fed Itō Yuying a Senzu Bean, and before long, Itō Yuying had returned to normal. "I'll leave the rest to you. I'll go settle the score for you."

"Yes, Sensei," Itō Yuying replied.

Then Tobirama vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Watching him disappear, Itō Yuying silently resolved that he had to learn Instant Transmission. Itō Yuying hurriedly took several Senzu Beans from a concealed spot, crushed them, and put them in water. He gave it to Hiruzen Sarutobi first. Looking at his mangled chin, Itō Yuying did not even know where to feed it in. Steeling himself, he located the esophagus in his neck and made an incision, then channeled the liquid through the opening. Before long, Hiruzen Sarutobi's wounds rapidly healed.

A few seconds later, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up. Looking at his completely unharmed body, he exclaimed in wonder again and again.

"It really is miraculous medicine!"

Then the two began treating everyone one by one. Within five minutes, they had saved them all.

Everyone gathered around. Tsunade asked, "Yuying, what happened to us?" "Sensei came." "Granduncle came? Where is he?" "He said he went to settle the score for us."

Another ten minutes passed before Tobirama Senju suddenly appeared beside Itō Yuying. The moment Tsunade saw Tobirama Senju, tears fell from her eyes. She leaped into his arms and burst into loud sobs. Tobirama Senju gently patted her head without speaking, watching as she let it all out.

"You all performed very well this time. I'm very pleased. Although something unexpected happened, I'm proud of you. Konoha is proud to have you, and you're my pride too. I hope you'll all train hard from now on. You fought Kage Level and semi-Kage level ninja without dying. That's something you can brag about for years."

Hearing this, Jiraiya and Might Duy were instantly moved to tears. Each clung to one of Tobirama Senju's legs and wailed, "Lord Hokage, we've had it so hard..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Itō Yuying turned their faces aside as though they had seen nothing. Tobirama Senju watched the two smear tears and snot all over his trousers.

He was speechless for a moment. Did I go a little too far just now? Uchiha Hanyue, Hyuga Yeyang, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru looked enviously at Might Duy and Jiraiya. Tobirama Senju was speechless again. He crouched, set Tsunade down, and spread his arms. "Come here, my little darlings! Thank you for all your hard work." Then a whole crowd of little brats rushed into Tobirama Senju's arms, wriggling this way and that. Tobirama Senju sat on the ground and comforted them one by one.

Another half hour passed before Tobirama Senju finished comforting the little brats. It was true... encountering a Kage on their very first trip outside the village really had been hard on them. It was already very good that they had not wet themselves on the spot.

"All right, we still have to go to the Konoha camp. Once you arrive, get some proper rest for a few days. Hiruzen, once they've rested, tell them about the battlefield. Give them some simple missions so they can get used to life on the battlefield."

"Yes, Sensei," Hiruzen Sarutobi replied.

"All right, let's go." "Yeah!" the little brats cheered one after another.

Tobirama Senju left behind several surviving Anbu to gather their companions' bodies and bring them back to the village.

After another two days, they finally reached the Konoha Outpost base. The base commander stepped forward and saluted Tobirama Senju. Tobirama Senju waved a hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Konoha won't forget you." The commander said, "We're only doing our duty."

Tobirama Senju nodded and said, "Arrange accommodations for them. They've just been through a major battle."

"Yes." The commander called someone over to arrange their accommodations, and the children eagerly followed behind. Watching the little tots, Tobirama Senju was very happy. They were all Konoha's future.

"Come, Sano. Let's talk in the meeting room." "Yes, Lord Hokage," Nara Sano replied. They entered the Operations Meeting Room. Tobirama Senju asked several questions, and Nara Sano reported to him on each one. Then Tobirama Senju gave a few more instructions, and the meeting ended.

Tobirama Senju left the Operations Meeting Room and went straight to Itō Yuying's quarters.