After discussing for a while.
Asuma thought for a moment and then spoke,
"And also, what Uchiha Itachi said, that he came to Konoha to find something, what exactly are they looking for."
Hearing Asuma's words.
Jiraiya's eyes became serious for a moment, showing a thoughtful expression.
Yagyu, after thinking briefly, said,
"It should not be Sasuke, it should be something extremely important to the organization he is currently in, judging from Uchiha Itachi's strength, whatever that organization wants cannot be something insignificant."
At this point.
Yagyu paused, then continued,
"Based on all the information I know, their target is very likely to be Uzumaki Naruto, to be precise, it should be the Nine-Tails inside Uzumaki Naruto, that is the real objective of Uchiha Itachi, or rather the organization he belongs to."
"After all, in the current Konoha that has been heavily damaged, there are not many things that would attract a Kage-level powerhouse."
Silence.
After hearing Yagyu's words, the atmosphere in the ward immediately became quiet.
Although saying that Konoha had nothing worth a Kage-level ninja's attention hurt their pride a bit, it was indeed the truth.
After hearing Yagyu's analysis.
Jiraiya looked at this junior he had only just begun to understand, with both satisfaction and surprise on his face.
The old man's judgment was indeed excellent.
On Yagyu Sōsuke, Jiraiya saw a very bright potential.
Thinking back to when the two elders had asked him to take the position of the Fifth Hokage, using the reason that Yagyu was too young to be the successor chosen by the Third Hokage, that reasoning now seemed completely untenable to Jiraiya.
No matter from which perspective.
In Jiraiya's view, Yagyu was already qualified to become Hokage.
First, in terms of strength.
Yagyu was powerful enough to fight Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame at the same time and remain unharmed, and in the recent Konoha Crush, he had displayed outstanding performance, his strength was unquestionable.
Second, in terms of experience.
Just from this analysis alone, accurately deducing the enemy's objective so quickly, this level of insight and intelligence was enough to break the claim of insufficient experience.
Based on all of this.
In Jiraiya's opinion, there was no need for him to go find Tsunade to take the position of the Fifth Hokage.
Yagyu was already fully capable.
At most, what he lacked was reputation.
Although Yagyu's achievements and contributions were already quite good.
They had not gone through the accumulation of time, so they still seemed somewhat superficial.
And this was also the reason Jiraiya did not strongly recommend Yagyu to become the Fifth Hokage.
It was still better to bring Tsunade back.
"Hmph, those old fools are truly senile."
Thinking of what the elders had said, and then looking at Yagyu's current performance, Jiraiya sneered in his heart,
"That kind of reasoning could only fool idiots."
To be honest, Jiraiya did not have a good impression of those elders.
After the Konoha Crush, many matters were handled by him, the village had not even stabilized yet, and they were already eager to seize the authority of the Hokage.
Even the negotiations with the Sand Village had not been prepared at all.
Their behavior was extremely unsightly.
Of course.
Jiraiya also did not want to involve himself too deeply in such matters.
It would be better to leave the mess for Tsunade to deal with after she returned.
While Jiraiya was lost in his thoughts.
Yagyu looked at Kakashi and then spoke.
"The matter is already over, so I will head back first, I originally came out to relax, but ended up participating in a big battle, life is not easy."
As he spoke.
Yagyu began walking toward the door, a look of emotion on his face.
Watching Yagyu's back, Jiraiya's eyes flickered, then he suddenly spoke,
"Sōsuke, are you interested in coming with me to meet someone."
Tap, tap.
Yagyu stopped, turned around with a puzzled look at Jiraiya,
"Who."
Tsunade.
Although he asked the question, Yagyu already knew in his heart who Jiraiya was referring to.
As expected.
In the next moment, Jiraiya spoke,
"One of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and also your senior sister, the top medical ninja known throughout the ninja world, the Slug Princess Tsunade."
Grinning.
A smile appeared on Yagyu's face,
"When do we leave, who else is going along."
Seeing that Yagyu did not refuse, Jiraiya smiled and said,
"In one hour, gather at the Konoha gate, bring your equipment, the journey may not be peaceful, and Naruto will be coming with us as well."
Hearing this.
Yagyu nodded after a brief thought,
"I understand."
After speaking.
He turned and left the ward directly.
This trip.
He would definitely encounter Orochimaru.
The killing intent Yagyu held toward Orochimaru.
Had not diminished at all.
Regardless of whether Orochimaru would later change or not.
Yagyu's intent to kill him would not weaken in the slightest.
If given the opportunity.
Yagyu would not hesitate to eliminate Orochimaru.
Just after stepping out of the hospital.
Yagyu saw Sasuke running toward the hospital, scattered memories in his mind surfaced.
On the journey where Jiraiya went to find Tsunade, Jiraiya was lured away by Uchiha Itachi using a distraction, causing Naruto to nearly be captured, afterward Sasuke came to rescue Naruto, but was defeated by Itachi again.
From then on, he became even more obsessed with power, eventually falling into darkness step by step.
Seeing Sasuke at this moment.
Yagyu naturally wanted to intervene.
Having made up his mind.
Yagyu directly stopped Sasuke, who was about to enter the hospital.
"Sasuke."
Calling out to him after he nodded in greeting and was about to leave, Yagyu spoke,
"You do not need to go to Kakashi, come with me for a bit, I have some information about Uchiha Itachi to tell you."
After saying that.
Yagyu directly walked toward his home.
Sasuke, who had originally intended to pass by him.
Stopped the moment he heard the name Uchiha Itachi, the person he had hated for years.
Compared to checking on Kakashi.
Sasuke wanted to know about Itachi more.
So he decisively gave up his original plan.
Walking on the way back home.
Looking at Sasuke following behind him, Yagyu spoke,
"This morning, about one and a half hours ago, Uchiha Itachi and his partner Hoshigaki Kisame returned to Konoha, because Konoha's strength is currently at an unprecedented low, they came to find something."
Without hiding anything from Sasuke.
Yagyu told him all the information that could be revealed.
Compared to the original approach of hiding everything from Sasuke.
Yagyu believed that being open like this would better keep Sasuke and help him change.
Listening to the information about Uchiha Itachi.
Just as Yagyu expected.
Although Sasuke was agitated and killing intent flickered from him.
He did not act impulsively.
This was a very good beginning.
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