"What's wrong?" Tsunade asked quickly.
"That, that, Kaoru has returned with Jiraiya-sama. Jiraiya-sama is seriously injured. Now Kaoru is taking him to the surgery room and told me to notify Tsunade-sama to go and take a look immediately!" Shizune said while panting.
"What, Jiraiya is seriously injured!" Hearing this, Tsunade's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly ran out of the office. Wan'er, who was next to her, also revealed an anxious expression and followed her.
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Outside the surgery room, Kaoru and Wan'er were standing quietly here, and Tsunade was saving Jiraiya's life in the surgery room.
"Brother, did anything happen to you on this trip to Amegakure village?" Wan'er touched Kaoru's body, asking with a worried face.
"Don't worry, nothing happened to me. I directly took Jiraiya-sama away from Amegakure village and didn't have any conflict with Akatsuki's leader," Kaoru laughed.
However, this operation to save Jiraiya was really quite dangerous. If he had come any later, Jiraiya would have really been killed by Pain.
At that time, Jiraiya would have sunk into the sea. Even if Kaoru could resurrect him, he probably wouldn't even be able to find his body, so it would have been completely impossible to resurrect him.
This surgery lasted for a full three hours. After three hours, Tsunade walked out of the surgery room with a tired face.
Seeing Tsunade appear, the Kaoru siblings quickly greeted her.
"How is it? How is Jiraiya-sama now?" Kaoru asked.
"The surgery was very successful, but Jiraiya's injuries are really too serious. I estimate that it won't be possible for him to recover in two or three months. Moreover, it's also impossible to reattach his severed arm," Sighing, Tsunade said, shaking her head and sighing non-stop.
"Is that so...... However, although his injuries are recovering slowly, although he lost an arm, it's good that his life was saved," Kaoru also nodded and said.
"Yeah, yeah......." Tsunade revealed a helpless smile: "Honestly, when I saw those five such deep wounds on Jiraiya's body, I had almost determined that he was dead, but later, after my examination, I found that these five wounds hadn't damaged his internal organs. This is really a miracle ah. It seems that even heaven didn't want Jiraiya to die. Otherwise, if his internal organs had been damaged, even I would have been powerless."
Saying this, Tsunade's heart churned. She remembered when Katō Dan died. At that time, Katō Dan had damaged his internal organs, and Tsunade could only watch him die.
It was so good that this kind of thing didn't happen again.......
"Yeah, thank heaven," Kaoru also nodded and said, not saying that he had healed Jiraiya's damaged internal organs.
In any case, in Kaoru's opinion, he had indeed done something that he had always wanted to do. Jiraiya had finally survived, and his tale of the gallant would also not end like this.
"But all of this is thanks to you, Kaoru. If it wasn't for you, Jiraiya probably would have never come back," Tsunade wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then came to Kaoru's front, slightly tiptoed, and gently kissed Kaoru on the forehead.
"Thank you, Kaoru, for bringing Jiraiya back......"
A week later, Jiraiya finally woke up from an endless coma, and the first thing he did after waking up was to find Tsunade and explain the situation of Akatsuki's leader to her.
At this time, in a hospital room, Jiraiya's face was pale, and his entire body was wrapped in bandages, like a zongzi. His left arm was now empty, looking quite miserable. Around him, there were only a few people such as Tsunade and Kaoru here.
"I really didn't expect that I would have died in that Amegakure village. I didn't expect that I would be able to lie here safe and sound now and chat with everyone ah......" Jiraiya revealed a carefree smile and said.
"Oh right, Kaoru, I really have to thank you for this. It allows someone like me who's already old to have the good fortune to live a few more years." Although Jiraiya's face was pale, it revealed a burst of excitement. That old rogue feeling had returned.
"It's okay," Kaoru smiled. He was quite happy and fulfilled in his heart to see the character he liked being saved by him.
"It's better for you to talk less. Your wounds haven't completely healed yet, and your left arm is also......" Tsunade, who was on the side, said worriedly.
"It's okay, it's okay." Hearing Tsunade mention his left arm, Jiraiya didn't have any feeling of sadness on his face: "At least I survived. The arm is just a small matter. Moreover, it's good that it wasn't my right arm that was severed. Otherwise, I would have to practice writing with my left hand in the future. That would be too troublesome......"
"Jiraiya, this guy, is a natural optimist just like Naruto ah," Kaoru sighed.
"Alright, the greetings are over. Now it's time to talk about serious matters." After smiling, Jiraiya immediately became serious again, "This time, I finally found out who Akatsuki's leader is."
"Who?" Tsunade asked quickly.
"There are a total of six people. Together, they are called the Six Paths of Pain. In fact, these six people are just dead people who are being controlled, and their true controller is: Nagato." Jiraiya said indifferently, his eyes full of sorrow. His former disciple had become like this. Jiraiya's heart was more dead than alive.
"Nagato? Do you know this person?" Tsunade was stunned. Hearing Jiraiya say the name of Akatsuki's leader made her very puzzled.
"Do you remember the three children we met after fighting Hanzō of the Salamander before?" Jiraiya said.
"Of course I remember," Tsunade nodded, and then reacted: "Could it be that....."
"That's right. Nagato is one of them, that shy boy who possessed the Rinnegan," Jiraiya replied, "It's just that I never thought that he would become like this. Nagato, this guy, is controlling Yahiko's body, but he calls himself God. I wonder what he has experienced."
"In any case, this is very useful information. Knowing the situation of Akatsuki's leader is at least knowing how we should deal with them next time we face them," Tsunade said.
"Hmm," Jiraiya nodded, his face showing a hint of regret: "However, although that's the case, the abilities of each of the Six Paths of Pain are different. I've only exchanged blows with three of them. I still don't know anything about the other three."
"In any case, being able to obtain information and return safely is already the greatest good fortune," Tsunade said with a smile.
"Oh right," Jiraiya suddenly said, "Before, I killed one of the Pain, and also a Rain ninja. I put them both in the stomach of a toad. You can take them out and study them."
"Very good," Tsunade nodded, and then waved her hand: "Without further ado, let's start researching Pain's secrets immediately!"
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In a dark room, Orochimaru, wearing white clothes, was sitting quietly in it, his scarlet eyes staring silently ahead, like a white statue.
The next moment, a figure walked into it. The person who came wore a smile on his face, his eyes full of longing for Orochimaru. It was none other than Yakushi Kabuto.
"How is it?" Orochimaru asked.
"I did find a few Akatsuki bases, and I can also guarantee that one of these bases must be Itachi's hiding place," Kabuto replied, "So, next, as long as we send people to search them one by one, we will definitely be able to find Uchiha Itachi's whereabouts."
"Is that so? I didn't expect that we would be able to find Itachi so quickly. Not bad," A trace of a smile appeared on Orochimaru's face.
"So, Orochimaru-sama, should I send people to search these bases immediately?" Kabuto asked.
"There's no need. I'll go search them myself," Orochimaru smiled, and then got up from his seat.
"Go search them yourself? Orochimaru-sama, why do you want to do that?" Kabuto frowned and asked.
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