In order to avoid being spotted by the experienced Jiraiya, Hyugazo did not lead the way, but only provided Jiraiya with the road conditions ahead through his Byakugan.
The three of them were making jokes like they had been a few years ago, and they got tired of looking at each other, Hinata Zang and Yin.
Jiraiya felt that he was much younger, and his originally calm state of mind gradually became unstable.
He is still very young in his forties, and so is Tsunade. If she confesses her love next time, she might be able to succeed. Tsunade must be very lonely after so many years.
Hinata Zang didn't know what the empty old man was thinking, but he also noticed that Yin became more clingy.
We obviously lived and ate together before, but now we have a strange feeling.
Is this because they started to face each other's feelings?
On the way to the ancient country of Loulan, it was inevitable to pass by the oasis where Sarah was located, but it was just a passing by and there was no incident.
Except for Sarah, the former queen, the oasis was unremarkable.
In the early morning one day later, Jiraiya and others appeared at the Loulan ruins.
Looking at the collapsed ruins, Jiraiya had no expression on his face, and immediately led by Hyugazo, he came to the place where the dragon's veins were sealed.
Soon the seal left by the Fourth Generation and the Flying Thunder God Kunai attracted Jiraiya's attention.
As Namikaze Minato's teacher, he could easily tell that this was a seal left by the former, and it also contained many traces of the Uzumaki Seal Technique.
After checking it, Jiraiya's expression changed.
He saw traces of the seal being touched, and the dragon veins of Minato's seal had indeed been noticed by others.
Bang…
After the white smoke dissipated, Toad Fukasaku appeared on Jiraiya's shoulder.
Although Jiraiya sensed the energetic dragon veins in the seal, it was the instructions given by the Great Toad Sage after all, and it was better for the Sage to confirm it himself.
The moment Fukasaku Sennin appeared, Hinata glanced over and frowned slightly.
According to vague impressions, this small toad is the highest-ranking executive in Mount Myoboku, except for Toadmaru. Although the senjutsu chakra in his body is not as good as that of Toadbunta, it is more pure.
If such beings are not prepared, they will inevitably notice something strange about themselves.
Fortunately, from the moment he saw Jiraiya, he dealt with himself and the aura of the dragon vein accordingly.
After being channeled, Fukasaku looked around a few times and saw Hinata Zou and Yin nearby, but he didn't pay much attention to it and immediately looked at the sealed dragon veins.
Leaping down from Jiraiya's shoulder, Fukasaku Sennin closed his eyes, and after feeling it carefully, he frowned.
Jiraiya quickly asked: "Fukasaku Sennin, how is the dragon vein?"
"Nothing serious at the moment."
Fukasaku Sennin shook his head, but the solemnity on his face did not diminish. Compared with a hundred years ago, the power of the dragon veins has dropped a lot, perhaps due to time and space travel, but it is still within the acceptable range.
In fact, the decline in dragon vein power is extremely normal.
Not only the dragon veins, but the natural energy of the entire ninja world is declining year by year. This is what the big toad master told.
After pondering for a while, Fukasaku Sage spoke again: "Little Jiraiya, last time I felt strange chakra traces outside Konoha Village, and I sensed them here again..."
Jiraiya's face was as gloomy as water. After Fukasaku Sennin deliberately pointed it out, he also felt the traces of chakra.
The battle that took place near the village did not affect the village.
But it also truly made the village feel the crisis, the battle that could change the scale of the terrain, and the chakra traces that were no less inferior to senjutsu, even made him, one of the three ninjas, feel frightened.
Those beings came to Loulan not long ago, but they didn't know why they didn't take the dragon vein.
This also caused Jiraiya to have a lot of doubts. Judging from the performance on the battlefield, the opponent was definitely not unable to break the seal left by Minato.
"Perhaps I am worried about affecting the entire ninja world."
Seeming to see Jiraiya's doubts, Fukasaku Sennin expressed his thoughts. After all, the dragon veins are closely connected with the earth's veins. Even the great master said not to approach the dragon veins easily.
Jiraiya nodded slightly. In fact, he was becoming more confused and worried.
Since the death of his apprentice Minato, the ninja world seems to have become more complicated and confusing, and many strange things have surfaced.
"Little Jiraiya, be more careful in the future."
After some warnings, Fukasaku Sennin disappeared where he was, and Loulan, who sealed the dragon's veins, was not willing to stay long.
After Fukasaku Sennin left, Jiraiya stared at the dragon's veins for a long time.
Then, a few more seals were placed on top of the water gate seal. Even the immortals were so taboo about it that it was better not to see things like dragon veins again.
After finishing all this, Jiraiya walked out of the sealing hall and saw Hinata Zou and Yin at the door.
Hinagazou hurriedly came up to him and asked with confusion: "Jiraiya-sama, have you completed your mission?"
Jiraiya nodded, and then added: "This mission is a secret. I hope you won't leak it. After all, this is the Kingdom of Wind."
Hinagazou nodded, and from the moment Fukasaku Sennin appeared, he was sure of his guess.
As expected, Jiraiya came here to check the dragon veins. His act of seizing the dragon veins not only alarmed Sunagakure, but also alarmed the ancient existence of the ninja world. I wonder if Pain from the Land of Rain was also aware of it.
It seemed that the water in the ninja world was much deeper than he imagined.
The small animals possessed by chakra were left behind, and Jiraiya, followed by Hinata Zou and Yin, returned towards the village.
Shortly after the three people left, Loulan ushered in two figures.
The two figures were none other than Scorpio and Orochimaru who had been forced back before.
They arrived here earlier than Jiraiya, but because they were afraid of Jiraiya, they didn't show up for a long time. Since they had failed before, there was no need to go through it again in a short time.
It's just that Scorpion complained quite a bit about Orochimaru being unable to defeat even two jounin.
Orochimaru kept laughing at Scorpion's defeat by Jiraiya, but did not want to reveal the information he had obtained.
Hyugazo, who has mastered senjutsu, may only be inferior to Jiraiya in strength, and Uchibo's eyes are obviously not as simple as ordinary three magatama.
It's not that he has never seen Uchiha with three magatama, but he definitely doesn't have such powerful eye power.
Orochimaru even suspected that Uchibo had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
It's just that these two people always like to hide their clumsiness and don't easily reveal their strength.
Not long after, Orochimaru and Xie appeared in the seal hall. With their ability, it was not difficult to see that there were new seal marks on the dragon veins.
Scorpion has no intention of touching the seal. He pursues eternal art.
But this did not prevent him from teasing Orochimaru beside him: "Orochimaru, why don't you take action? Don't you like to study these weird things? But most of them are waste..."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the sealing technique in front of him. After Jiraiya's reinforcement, the dragon vein seal was watertight.
But he could still feel the full power of the underground dragon veins.
After pondering for a while, Orochimaru said slowly: "This should be the place that attracts the leader's attention. It's business to collect information and report it to the leader."
Scorpion looked at Orochimaru in surprise and said: "You, a poisonous snake, can do serious things?"
Orochimaru's eyes became dangerous, and he looked at the foul-mouthed Scorpion without any secret. He was indeed quite interested in dragon veins, but he was not willing to conduct research with others. He preferred to keep it to himself.
The two of them went about collecting information nearby, and also harvested many remains from the ruins.
Those were puppets driven by Dragon Vein Chakra in the ancient Loulan Kingdom. Although there are only a few parts left, they can be used as a reference.
After collecting information, the two people who were about to contact Payne suddenly looked outside the ruins.
They found a Sunagakure team, and after licking their tongues, they pounced on the Sunagakure team.
After being frightened by Jiraiya, Hyugazo and others, they had been holding fire in their hearts and found it difficult to vent.
………
Within the Land of Fire.
After leaving the endless sea of sand, Jiraiya and his party finally arrived at a small town in the Land of Fire.
After learning that there were natural hot springs in the area, Jiraiya jumped into the bathhouse, and Hinata Zou and Yin did not refuse the proposal.
After a long journey, they really needed a good rest.
In the open-air hot spring, Hinata Zang and Yin's eyes met each other, and under the mist, they outlined hazy curves.
The two did not talk openly to each other, but wore close-fitting clothes.
Leaning on the hot spring stone, Hinata looked at Yin who was rubbing his eyes and asked in a low voice: "How is your vision recovering?"
"I have recovered a lot..." Yin replied softly.
Hinata nodded. He had always been concerned about Yin's eyesight. Yin's eyes were the key to dealing with Obito. Otherwise, even if Obito was defeated, Obito's time and space abilities would not be affected.
Feeling the adaptable temperature of the hot spring, Hinata slowly closed his eyes and thought about the dragon veins.
Because he stayed with Jiraiya, he never had the opportunity to let Yin become a dragon jinchuriki, and I'm afraid it would be difficult to get another chance before arriving in the village.
The power of dragon veins is huge. Over the years, Yin has been using eye skills to prevent the leakage of dragon veins' aura.
This was also the reason why he asked about sound and vision before. Although the consumption of the seal was not as high as Susana's, it still cost a lot of power.
Enjoying the hot spring, Hinata gradually slid into the spring water and spit out bursts of bubbles.
Uchi Bo, who was stunned on the side, quickly reacted and came over, but was attacked by Shui Dun, and his hair wrapped in a towel was immediately soaked.
"Water Escape, Water Bullet Technique!" Uchibo formed a seal with his hands.
Suddenly, the open-air hot spring became noisy, and playful water escapes were performed one after another.
On the other side, Jiraiya, who was listening to the sounds of fighting nearby, sighed that it was great to be young while starting to write. As a best-selling author, he had to find time to update it no matter how busy he was.
However, this time the characters in the book have the ability to see through things.
A few days later, the three of them arrived in Konoha and separated at the entrance of the village.
As soon as he returned to the village, Jiraiya went to the Hokage's office. Although he didn't want to see his old teacher, he had to inform the Third Generation about his encounter with Orochimaru and Scorpion.
Soon, Jiraiya told the third generation exactly what happened these days.
After listening, Sandai's expression gradually became solemn. Whether it was Orochimaru and Scorpion, or the movements in the Kingdom of Wind a few days ago, they were all things he had been paying attention to.
As Konoha's rebel ninja, Orochimaru and Sunagakure's rebel ninja colluded together openly.
It is enough to prove the rampage of their behind-the-scenes organization, but investigations these days have shown that the organization they are in is just a bounty organization, fighting for money.
He didn't believe that someone as powerful as Orochimaru would fight for money.
As for the organization that Orochimaru belongs to, the bounty missions it accepts are usually issued by Iwagakure Village. The third generation has to suspect that the bounty organization is related to Iwagakure Village.
That old fox Ohnoki cannot be underestimated.
As for the Loulan dragon vein, the third generation didn't seem to care that much. Although the dragon vein chakra seemed very attractive, Loulan, which once had the dragon vein, was just like that, not even as good as the Ninja Village in a small country.
And using the chakra possessed by dragon veins is not as convenient and quick as that of tailed beasts.
Konoha doesn't need it, and Sunagakure doesn't have enough technology. They just need to ensure that Sunagakure doesn't have the technology to take advantage of it. But judging from the current situation, Sunagakure can't even control its own tailed beasts.
It's far from anything to worry about.
After informing the third generation of the collected information, Jiraiya asked about Naruto. Naruto was now at the age when he had reached the Jōnin School.
The third generation revealed the arrangement for Naruto, which will allow Naruto to enter the school as an ordinary person, and will be equipped with a special ANBU for protection.
Jiraiya nodded, not having many objections to the old man's arrangement.
He actually had the idea of adopting Naruto, but in addition to being the son of the fourth generation, Naruto also had the identity of a Jinchuuriki. He wanted to truly adopt him unless he became the fifth generation Hokage.
His dream cannot be restricted by the Fifth Hokage. In addition to finding a new son of prophecy, he is also tasked with collecting intelligence for the village, just like the organization Orochimaru is currently in.
This is the information that needs to be collected with focus.
Then, Jiraiya also mentioned Hyugazo and Uchibo who met in the desert, but the third generation paused for a moment and just informed them that they had been relieved of their ANBU positions.
Let them return to the free life they dream of.
………
at the same time.
In the Kazekage's office, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa also received news that several Suna ninja teams had been attacked. According to reports from survivors, the attackers were the rebel Ninja and Orochimaru.
In the report, the most critical piece of information is that Scorpion indeed has a human puppet that can use magnetic escape.
This undoubtedly confirms the fact that Scorpion is the murderer of the Third Kazekage.
After the news gradually spread, Elder Chiyo directly issued a pursuit order regardless of life or death, and Sunagakure also included Scorpion and Orochimaru, and even the bounty organization behind them, on the ANBU investigation list.
As this news spreads widely, Sunagakure's prestige has dropped to the lowest among the five major powers.
There is a faint trend of falling out of the five major countries.
This chapter has been completed!