"No, I'm leaving. But before that, I'll give you a gift!" Saying this, Uchiha Itachi waved his hand, and a black crow suddenly flew out from his sleeve and then directly mouth bombed Naruto!
"Ugh....." Naruto's mouth was blocked, and he could only make a whimpering sound. The next second, the crow directly drilled into Naruto's stomach.
"What did you feed me to eat!" Naruto roared angrily.
"I hope you won't need to use this technique in the future," Not answering Naruto's question, Itachi said this instead.
"Alright, has the backhand arrangement been completed? Next, I'll go find Sasuke." After doing all of this, Itachi's body fell apart into countless crows and left this place.
"What exactly is this......." Seeing Itachi leave, Naruto was completely puzzled in his heart. He didn't know what Itachi's purpose was. He could have easily captured him now, but Itachi had given up.
Shaking his head, shaking off the unsolvable thoughts in his heart, Naruto continued on his way to track Sasuke and Orochimaru.
.......
On the other side, Kaoru, who had returned from Otogakure village, had also returned to Konoha village.
After silently withdrawing his shadow clone, Kaoru continued to stay by Wan'er's side, and no one knew that he had left the village, not even Wan'er.
Early the next morning, Kaoru took Wan'er to the Hokage's office, wanting to have Wan'er's eyes checked again.
"Very good, Wan'er's left eye looks very healthy and there's no problem, and her right eye also doesn't have any adverse reactions," In the surgery room, Tsunade said after examining Wan'er's eyes.
"That's great. Thank you, Tsunade-sama," Kaoru nodded and said. It seemed that in a few more days, Wan'er's eyes would both become Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He had finally finished one thing on his mind.
"Then Tsunade-sama, when do you estimate Wan'er can take off the bandages?" Kaoru asked again.
However, Tsunade didn't seem to hear Kaoru's words at all. She was staring out the window without saying a word, her face full of worry.
"Tsunade-sama?" Seeing that Tsunade was ignoring him, Kaoru asked again.
"Oh..... that Kaoru, what did you ask just now?" Tsunade reacted and said.
"I asked when Wan'er can take off the bandages on her right eye," Kaoru replied.
"Oh, that, Wan'er's right eye is in very good condition. She should be able to remove them in a week," Tsunade replied, and then looked out the window again, the look of worry on her face never going away.
Wan'er and Kaoru exchanged a look. They could both feel that Tsunade seemed to have some anxiety in her heart.
"Teacher, is there something you're worried about? You've been looking out the window non-stop from just now until now," Wan'er asked Kaoru.
"Ah, this......." Seeing that her worry had been discovered by her disciple, Tsunade quickly restrained her expression and said, "It's nothing big. It's just that Jiraiya went to carry out a rather dangerous mission, so I'm a little anxious."
Tsunade knew that as the Hokage, she couldn't easily reveal her worries. As the head of a village, it wouldn't be a good sign for her to be the first to lose her composure.
However, although Tsunade said it lightly, in Kaoru's heart, Tsunade's words had set off a storm.
"Tsunade-sama, you said Jiraiya-sama went to carry out a mission? What mission?!" Kaoru asked quickly.
"It's an S-rank mission. Only a few people know about it right now. However, it's okay to tell you about this mission. That is, Jiraiya went to investigate Akatsuki's leader," Tsunade replied.
"As expected, it's that!" Kaoru's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Jiraiya had already gone to Amegakure village to find Pain. If that was the case...... Jiraiya's death was coming! Although he had gone to Amegakure village to warn Konan and Nagato, Kaoru didn't think that the two of them would listen. Moreover, this time, Jiraiya had delivered himself to their doorstep.
"Teacher, how could you let Jiraiya-sama go alone to do such a dangerous thing? The enemy is Akatsuki ah!" Hearing Tsunade say this, Wan'er couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"He requested it himself. He wouldn't listen to anything I said," Tsunade sighed, "He wanted to ensure whether the information was true, so he told us to hold back first and he would go alone."
"Tsunade-sama, when did Jiraiya leave?" Kaoru asked again.
"Yesterday," Tsunade replied.
"Yesterday, huh. If Jiraiya didn't stop to rest on the way, he should still be gathering intelligence at this time. In that case, I still have a chance to save him!" After thinking to himself for a while, Kaoru raised his head and said, "Tsunade-sama, it's too dangerous for Jiraiya-sama to go alone. Let me go too!"
Jiraiya was one of the characters that Kaoru liked more in the original story. Moreover, after coming to the Naruto world, Jiraiya had also given him a lot of help, teaching him the Summoning Technique and taking him to Mount Myōboku. Therefore, Kaoru didn't want Jiraiya to die at the hands of his disciple again.
"But, Jiraiya has already been gone for a day, and,...." Tsunade hesitated and said.
"Don't hesitate, Tsunade-sama. That's Akatsuki's leader we're talking about. Jiraiya's trip is fraught with danger. So give the order, Tsunade-sama!" Kaoru said solemnly.
"Brother, you......" Wan'er, who was on the side, looked at Kaoru, her face also full of worry.
"......" After a moment of silence, Tsunade finally nodded, "Alright, I allow you to go to Amegakure village, but remember, your mission is to confirm Jiraiya's whereabouts. If you find anything wrong, withdraw immediately. Your safety is the top priority in this mission!"
"I understand!" Kaoru nodded immediately.
"Brother, let me go with you....." Wan'er, who was on the side, said;
"Wan'er, your right eye hasn't completely recovered yet. Rest in the village first. I'll be fine," Kaoru said. He fully knew the abilities of each of the Six Paths of Pain. It could be said that he was definitely at an advantage in fighting Pain.
"Brother, then be careful ah," Wan'er stepped forward and held Kaoru's hand, saying.
"Don't worry, I'm just going to confirm Jiraiya-sama's safety. If I encounter any enemies, I'll withdraw immediately," Kaoru said half-truthfully.
After saying goodbye to Wan'er and Tsunade, Kaoru made some preparations and then began to head towards Amegakure village.
Along the way, Kaoru was almost always running. He knew very well that if he could get to Amegakure village sooner, then Jiraiya's chances of survival would be higher!
"Jiraiya, you must hold on until I come ah. Your Jiraiya the Gallant's Tale can't end so easily......"
While running, Kaoru kept chanting these words in his heart.......
At this time, in Amegakure village in the Land of Rain, a life-and-death battle was taking place intensely.
Jiraiya had now completely activated Sage Mode. His entire face had become almost like a toad, and the toad sage couple were standing on his shoulders.
And Pain, who was in front of them, had already turned into three.
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