Chapter 565: The Immortal Fights the Jinchūriki, and Takes on the Mission in a Time of Crisis

The perception team Jiraiya applied for solved the problem of the assassination of Iwagakure.

However, it was not that the perception team cooperated with Minato Namikaze to kill the ninjas who came to assassinate, but that the assassination team of Iwagakure disappeared and did not attack again.

Jiraiya thought that this might be a small mistake in intelligence, which led to the assassination team to learn the news in advance, so they gave up the assassination.

Although the process was different from what he imagined, it was barely a solution to the problem, so Jiraiya did not care too much.

The final victory or defeat on the battlefield still requires a big battle, and small-scale harassment will not play a decisive role.

However, the development of things was somewhat beyond Jiraiya's expectations.

Iwagakure showed super intelligence capabilities. Even if the Konoha Ninja Force had the help of the local ninja force Kusagakure, the Konoha Ninja Force was at a disadvantage in the intelligence war.

Unable to detect the movements of the opponent's ninja forces, the actions of their own ninja forces were repeatedly exposed and failed.

Jiraiya, who lost, suspected that the intelligence department had a high-ranking Iwagakure spy.

But this is unlikely, because people with a dirty resume cannot get this position.

It's impossible that there are spies in the Anbu.

With continuous defeats, Jiraiya chose to switch from offense to defense, narrowing the range of activities of Konoha ninjas and minimizing damage as much as possible.

He could only do this. The failure in the intelligence war made them lose the initiative. In this case, stubbornly showing off would only allow Iwagakure to continue to expand its advantage.

However, what Jiraiya didn't expect was that just as he was about to enter a full defense state, the intelligence of the large army camp was somehow known by Iwagakure.

Boom! !

A huge explosion suddenly occurred in the Konoha ninja camp, scaring Jiraiya and others who were looking at the map and studying strategies.

"Jiraiya, it's bad, we were discovered by the Iwagakure troops!" A Konoha jonin hurried into the tent to report.

"Iwagakure is coming?" Jiraiya frowned, "What's the situation with the perception team?"

The reason why he chose to defend was to use the advantages of Konoha's excellent perception ninjas to eliminate the disadvantages of the intelligence war.

As a result, Iwagakure came over, and the perception team didn't move at all.

"I don't know. The perception team didn't issue an early warning." The Konoha jonin shook his head.

Boom! !

There was another loud explosion. Jiraiya knew that this was not the time to think about the perception team's dereliction of duty. What he had to do was to lead the Konoha ninja troops out of the crisis.

Jiraiya passed the Konoha jonin and prepared to command the Konoha ninja troops to counterattack.

At this moment, a cold light flashed in the eyes of the Konoha jonin, and he quickly took out a kunai and stabbed Jiraiya.

Bang!

The extremely fast-reacting Namikaze Minato burst out chakra and kicked the Konoha jonin away.

Jiraiya was stunned. He didn't expect that the Konoha ninja just now would attack him.

That was a jonin of the Sarutobi clan. How could there be a spy?

"Ran Lion Hair Technique!"

After all, Jiraiya was a powerful ninja who had experienced hundreds of battles. Although he was puzzled by Sarutobi jonin's attack, Jiraiya still quickly used ninjutsu to attack Sarutobi jonin.

Regardless of Sarutobi's status as a jonin, it was a fact that Sarutobi's jonin attacked him, so Sarutobi's jonin was an enemy.

Attacking the commander on the battlefield, even if Jiraiya killed him on the spot, no one could say anything.

Swish!

At this time, several conical stones came crashing over.

Jiraiya recognized that it was the explosive escape of Iwaku, the deputy captain of the Iwagakure blasting unit, and immediately changed his tactics. His long hair extended quickly to defend and wrap Jiraiya's body.

Whoosh!

Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer.

Boom! !

Explosions sounded one after another, and the stones flying towards Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato suddenly exploded, and the violent explosion of white light enveloped Jiraiya.

Swish! !

Namikaze Minato knew that such an attack could not kill Jiraiya, and immediately threw several Flying Thunder God Kunai at Iwaku after the transfer.

"Your opponent is not me." Iwaku spit out a stone to blow up the attacking Flying Thunder God Kunai, and then retreated quickly.

He knew his own limitations and understood that he was not suitable to deal with a ninja like Minato Namikaze who had maxed out his speed.

Just as Minato Namikaze wanted to chase him, an extremely strong chakra burst out.

"Minato Namikaze, have you thought about how to die?" Old Purple came out and blocked Minato Namikaze's way.

Minato Namikaze's face became solemn. This was obviously a surprise attack to wipe out the Konoha ninjas of the Grass Country in one fell swoop.

In his perception, not only the two captains of the Iwagakure Explosion Unit were present, but also the two Chuuriki of Iwagakure were present.

"Summoning Technique!"

After blocking the explosive escape, Jiraiya immediately used the summoning beast to summon the two sages of Myoboku Mountain.

"So many powerful chakras, little Jiraiya, it's another tough battle." As soon as Sage Fukasaku came out, he sensed the chakras of the Jinchuriki and the strong men of Iwagakure.

"What a bad time! I almost thought about what to make for dinner, but the summoning technique interrupted my thoughts." Sage Shima complained.

"Mother, this is not the time to talk about this."

"Father, don't underestimate the troubles of housewives."

"Stop arguing." Jiraiya noticed that the Sarutobi jonin who fell to the ground disappeared inexplicably, and said helplessly.

"Hurry up and stand on my shoulders to enter the Sage Mode, this time is very dangerous."

Jiraiya is under a lot of pressure now. He is not worried about being punished for losing the battle, but he is worried that if his troops lose the battle, the Iwagakure troops will directly invade the Land of Fire.

The two sages also know the importance of the situation. Without saying much, they quickly jumped onto Jiraiya's shoulders and began to absorb natural energy.

"Boiling Release: Unparalleled Power!"

Just as Jiraiya was about to use the Sage Mode, a man in red armor rushed towards Jiraiya, accompanied by a train-like whistle.

Whoosh!

Bang!

Jiraiya suddenly jumped up and dodged, and a huge pit appeared on the ground where he was standing just now.

Han looked at Jiraiya calmly, but he was not surprised by this.

If the legendary three ninjas were so easy to kill, Jiraiya should have died at his or Lao Zi's hands long ago.

"Sage Mode!"

After condensing the natural power, Jiraiya merged the chakra with the natural power into a stronger sage chakra, and a facial mask appeared on his face, and his nose showed a little toad-like tendency.

"The situation is not as bad as I imagined." When he entered the Sage Mode and sensed the situation of the entire battlefield, Jiraiya was relieved.

There was no information from the perception team, and the mystery of Sarutobi's betrayal made Jiraiya think that half of the entire ninja team might have died once he turned on his perception.

But the actual result was much better than Jiraiya expected.

At present, there are about 700 Konoha ninjas fighting hard against Iwagakure.

What Jiraiya didn't know was that Iwagakure, who now looked like a mastermind, was also quite confused.

Lishi did get news about the Konoha ninja camp from Iwagakure intelligence personnel, but the intelligence did not say for sure that this was Konoha's main force.

And Lishi was not a group of reckless people like Kumogakure who rushed over after getting the information.

What if it was a trap set by the opponent to lure the enemy in?

And if it was really Konoha's main force, there must be many perception ninjas on guard, and a sneak attack would be almost impossible to succeed.

But with the information, it would be a loss if he didn't try.

In the end, Lishi thought of a way. He divided the 2,000 ninja troops into three small troops.

He led the first small unit, which had only 500 people but most of them were elites. The Jinchūriki and the blasting team would be in this elite unit.

The second and third small units were both regular units, standing by on both sides behind the elite small unit.

One was to prevent falling into a trap and being surrounded by others, and the other was to block the position to the greatest extent to prevent the Konoha ninja unit from running away.

If Lishi was sure that it was not a trap, he would immediately send a signal for the two regular units to surround and attack together.

Lishi never expected that he would lead the troops all the way to the Konoha camp and was discovered by patrolling ninjas only when he reached the vicinity of the camp, as if the Konoha perception team was all dead.

Before seeing many Konoha ninjas, Lishi once thought that this was not the main force of Konoha ninjas.

Boom boom! !

Lishi used explosive release to bomb recklessly. It didn't matter what problems the Konoha ninja unit had, the important thing was that he would make great achievements and become famous.

The ninja unit led by the three ninjas Jiraiya was to be defeated and destroyed by him.

"Summoning Technique!"

Jiraiya slammed the ground, and two huge toads appeared under his feet.

One of the red toads had a pipe in its mouth and a short sword on its waist, and the other was a purple-red toad with a large pot cover on its back and a harpoon covered with thorns in its hand.

"You guys stop the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, I'll go deal with the commander on the opposite side." Jiraiya said quickly.

The principle of capturing the king first is also useful in the ninja world. If Jiraiya can deal with the cracked stone, not to mention turning defeat into victory, at least the morale of the opponent's ninja troops can be reduced by several levels.

"What, I fight the tailed beast?" Gamabunta's eyelids twitched fiercely.

Although it is not much smaller than the tailed beast in size, it is somewhat difficult for the toad to fight the tailed beast head-on.

"Although I am clumsy, I will try my best to stop him." Gamaken replied in a deep voice.

"It only takes a short time to block it, please!" After saying that, Jiraiya locked the cracked stone, burst chakra and flashed away instantly.

Han turned around and tried to chase him, but Gamabunta suddenly jumped up and swung the harpoon at Han.

Han stopped, and the power of the tailed beast chakra in his body exploded. With the persistence of boiling escape, his power increased rapidly.

"Boiling escape: unparalleled power!"

Han grabbed the harpoon that Gamabunta was swinging with one hand.

Gamabunta wanted to crush Han with force, but under Han's terrifying power, the harpoon did not move at all. Not only could it not be pressed down, but Gamabunta could not even pull it back.

"Asshole, die!"

Gamabunta drew out the dagger at his waist and slashed at Han.

Although it was called a "dagger", it was compared with Gamabunta's huge body. In fact, the length of this dagger was several times that of Han.

Han pushed Gamabunta hard, pushing Gamabunta back repeatedly, and then used the instant body technique to dodge Gamabunta's slash.

Han knew that Jiraiya's two summoned beasts were not simple, and it would be difficult to deal with them without showing real skills, so he quickly stimulated the chakra of the tailed beasts in his body.

Dark red chakra that looked extremely ominous rose rapidly from Han's body, turning Han into a dark red monster with five tails.

Jiraiya, who rushed towards the cracked stone, felt Han's chakra becoming stronger and stronger, and his sense of urgency became even stronger.

He was the only ninja who was qualified to fight the Jinchuriki head-on, and Minato could only be a distraction at most. He had to deal with the cracked stone as soon as possible.

"Fire Style: Great Flame Bomb!"

Jiraiya quickly refined the senjutsu chakra in his body into oil and held it in his mouth. Finally, when he spit it out, he changed the nature of the fire attribute chakra and ignited the oil.

Whoops! !

A large amount of flames suddenly appeared, burning the few Iwagakure ninjas closest to Jiraiya to death, and then rushed towards the cracked stone with undiminished momentum.

Although the name sounds simple and unpretentious, the power of the large flame bullets used by Jiraiya in Sage mode is very fierce, and its power exceeds most fire escapes in the ninja world.

Although Split Stone had good hardening skills, he did not dare to collide with it head-on and quickly retreated.

"Explosive Escape·Exploding Flying Rocks!"

Seeing that the captain was in trouble, Iwakura quickly spit out the explosive flying stone to help the cracking stone block Jiraiya's senjutsu fire escape.

"Psychic art!"

Jiraiya used his psychic technique again and summoned a giant toad with green skin.

Jiraiya asked Togahiro to deal with Iwakura and the surrounding Iwagakure jounin, while he continued to pursue Kaiishi.

"Those who can retreat should retreat as much as possible. The enemy still has reinforcements!" Jiraiya ordered the Konoha ninjas on the battlefield.

The powerful perception of Sage Mode allowed him to detect the approaching chakra in the distance.

Of course, you don't actually need to sense it to know, because the cracked stone is just blowing off the signal flare.

"Immortal Technique·Thousands of Hair Needles!"

Jiraiya in sage mode was already very powerful, and with the help of two sages, Split Stone was no match for him, and Jiraiya quickly seized the opportunity.

Under the influence of Senjutsu Chakra, Jiraiya's white hair became sharp and hard.

Even though Split Stone had good hardening skills, he could only withstand part of it, and his body was quickly covered in blood under the blows of the white-haired Qianbon like a storm.

"What a waste!"

"The art of Melting Escape and Burning River Rocks!"

Lao Zi, who was chasing Minato Namikaze, had no choice but to give up on Minato Namikaze and ran towards Jiraiya, spitting out a huge fireball of lava and hitting Jiraiya.

"Rasengan!"

Namikaze Minato seized the opportunity, and a large amount of chakra condensed in his palm exploded, and he quickly rolled out a ball and smashed it at Lao Zi.

But because Lao Zi was in Melting Chakra Mode and had high-temperature Melting Armor, Minato's Rasengan not only failed to hurt Lao Zi, but even burned his own hand.

"The defense is so high." Namikaze Minato was helpless.

Once the enemy's defense exceeds the power of the Rasengan, it will be difficult for Namikaze Minato to pose a threat to the enemy.

Lao Zi continued to rush towards Jiraiya without looking back.

Because he knew that he might not be able to kill Namikaze Minato if he turned back, but if he didn't turn back, Riishi would really die.

Although he didn't think highly of Kaishi, the opponent was the battlefield commander and the captain of the Iwagakure blasting force. If he died at Jiraiya's hands, it would have a very bad impact.

"Water Slash!"

Shima Sennin's seal spit out high-pressure water to cut off the incoming melting fireball, and then said quickly: "Little Jiraiya, retreat quickly."

Not only the four-tailed jinchūriki were attacking, but the five-tailed jinchuriki had also repelled Gamabunta and Gamaken, and were rushing towards them at top speed.

Whoosh!

Jiraiya had no choice but to cancel the jutsu and move away.

"It's a pity, it was just a little bit close." Looking at the cracked stones covered with wounds, Jiraiya secretly thought it was a pity.

If the jinchūriki were two seconds later, Kaishi would definitely die from his senjutsu.

"Minato, use a wide range of ninjutsu attacks." Jiraiya reminded Namikaze Minato while condensing chakra.

Now Jiraiya has only one goal, and that is to cover the evacuation of as many Konoha ninjas as possible.

With his powerful strength coupled with Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, it would be difficult for Iwagakure to keep them.

Ordinary Konoha ninjas don't have the conditions they have, so they must have someone to help them.

As long as enough ninjas withdraw, then Konoha will not be a disastrous defeat in this war, but just a setback.

Waiting for Konoha's reinforcements to arrive and then gathering together, there will be another powerful ninja force.

"Senpō Goemon!"

Jiraiya and the two great sages on his shoulders used ninjutsu at the same time. Fukasaku sage used wind escape, Shima sage used fire escape, and Jiraiya spit out chakra oil.

The three ninjutsu are all senjutsu blessed by senjutsu chakra. The three ninjutsu complement each other and eventually become the terrifyingly powerful Goemon.

One Iwagakure failed to escape and died suddenly without even screaming.

"Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"

Namikaze Minato jumped on Gamabunta's head, and formed a seal to condense chakra to change the nature of the fire attribute chakra, while Gamabunta refined chakra to make toad oil.

The two worked together, and the terrifying flames instantly burned everything within dozens of meters to black.

Namikaze Minato also signed a contract with Mt. Myoboku, and was an old acquaintance with Gamabunta.

However, due to his combat style, Namikaze Minato generally did not use necromancy to summon the toads in Mt. Myouki.

"Then let's see whose ninjutsu is stronger!"

Seeing this, Lao Zi exerted the power of the tailed beast in his body to the extreme, and his body rapidly changed, turning into a huge ape with a tail.

Lao Zi opened his big mouth, a huge amount of chakra condensed, and a black ball slowly appeared in the air.

"Don't..." Split Stone wanted to stop him.

This tailed beast jade will divide the battlefield when it goes down. The Konoha ninjas are eager to escape far away, so it will not have much impact on the Konoha ninjas.

And for Iwagakure who wants to pursue, the impact will be great. Who dares to chase people despite the explosion of the tailed beast jade.

The sound of the injured cracking stone was a little weak. Lao Zi might not have heard it, or he might have heard it but didn't want to pay attention to it.

In short, at that moment, the tailed beast ball representing the power of destruction flew out and smashed between Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya.

Whoosh!

Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to Jiraiya's side.

In order to facilitate the battle, Jiraiya always carried Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai with him on the battlefield.

Then Minato Namikaze put his hand on Jiraiya and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again to teleport to a distant place with a mark, while Jiraiya cancelled the summoning technique and let the toads automatically return to Myoboku Mountain.

"It was really thrilling, fortunately you are here with Minato." Jiraiya patted Minato Namikaze on the shoulder and said.

If it weren't for Minato Namikaze, he would have been in great danger this time.

It would be too difficult to fight against the Jinchuriki and the strong men of Iwagakure after being hit by the sword of Sarutobi Jonin.

"Teacher Jiraiya, the performance of Iwagakure in this war is really too weird." Minato Namikaze said with a serious expression.

Jiraiya nodded in agreement.

Before today, who would have thought that the Sarutobi clan's jonin would be a spy?

The Sarutobi clan is not only a veteran family of Konoha, but also produced Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third generation Hokage. It stands to reason that the ninjas of the Sarutobi clan are all of good origin and have no motive to betray.

"When the jonin Hiroshi disappeared, it was exactly the same as when the Iwagakure assassin team disappeared before." Namikaze Minato said with a serious face.

After using Flying Thunder God to dodge, Namikaze Minato was paying attention to Sarutobi Hiroshi.

Sarutobi Hiroshi's disappearance is very similar to using earth escape to drill into the ground, but it is obviously different from ordinary earth escape.

Because after Sarutobi Hiroshi merged into the ground, his breath disappeared directly, as if he didn't exist.

However, Namikaze Minato knew that Sarutobi Hiroshi existed, because although he couldn't sense Sarutobi Hiroshi's breath, he could sense the Flying Thunder God mark he left!

At the moment of contact with Sarutobi Hiroshi, Namikaze Minato left the Flying Thunder God technique on him.

It was just that the battle situation was too serious, Minato Namikaze could not get away, and Sarutobi Hiromi was too fast, and soon left his perception range, so Minato Namikaze did not take Sarutobi Hiromi down.

"Is that so? It's getting more and more confusing." Jiraiya rubbed his forehead.

He was not a particularly smart person, and the various abnormalities in this war had overloaded his CPU.

"But since you, Minato, have left the Flying Thunder God Mark on him, it will be easy to deal with. Next time you meet him, just catch him and torture him." Jiraiya exhaled and said.

The Flying Thunder God Mark has a characteristic that it can never be eliminated unless the caster actively cancels it.

In other words, the next time they meet Sarutobi Hiromi, Minato can directly fly to arrest him.

Minato Namikaze nodded, he also had this idea.

"Gather the troops and report the situation to the village." Jiraiya patted the dust on his body and thought about the next task.

Although he suffered a defeat, Jiraiya's mentality was good. This was not the first time he lost to Iwagakure.

During the Second Ninja World War, Jiraiya was defeated by the Rain Ninja.

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"This is the situation. The Grass Country troops were damaged. Now the Grass Country Iwagakure is rampant. No one knows when they will attack the border."

Sarutobi Hiruzen briefly described the current situation of the Grass Country battlefield and said to Mu Yue in a deep voice.

"Sandaime-sama, is there anything I can do?" Mu Yue asked directly.

His character is a ninjutsu genius, not a high-IQ military strategist like the Nara clan. Sarutobi Hiruzen asked him to come and talk about the current situation of the war, so there is only one possibility.

Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted Mu Yue to be a firefighter to help Jiraiya on the battlefield.

"Mu Yue, I am very happy that you have such awareness. Now I order you to command the support troops and lead 500 ninjas to the Grass Country to support the Grass Country troops!" Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled, and then ordered with a serious face.

PS: This chapter is 6k. I feel dizzy today. If there are any mistakes, you can leave a message in this paragraph. I will correct them when I see them.