Their confrontation was discovered by the ANBU ninja of Konoha Village, and the news was quickly reported to Jiraiya who was taking a nap in the office.
Thinking of what the Third Hokage told him before his death, he wanted to bang his head against the wall.
I thought this matter was not urgent, but I didn't expect Uchiha Itachi to come so quickly.
After the Uchiha clan was exterminated, the Third Hokage wrote a handwritten letter detailing what happened. He secretly left the letter in the old house of the Sarutobi clan.
He hoped that his successor could use his own handwritten letter to clear Uchiha Itachi's name. Uchiha Itachi was not a traitor. He had sacrificed a lot for the village and should not suffer more harsh punishment and torture. The Third Hokage believed that he should put this matter to rest.
To be clear, the merits and demerits of this specific matter can be judged by future generations.
Jiraiya knew about the existence of this letter, but due to the numerous tasks at hand and his habit of being lazy, he did not regard this matter as his top priority for a while.
Now that the master of suffering has come to the door, his place is in chaos.
He first found Shikaku and asked Shikaku, who had not yet completely handed over his duties as Jonin squad leader, to lead people to support Kakashi and catch up with Itachi Uchiha. He could use force or words to keep the people first.
Shikaku was not involved in the Uchiha clan's annihilation incident. He was not yet a staff officer at that time. He only had speculations about the matter. The specific process and the participants were not clear.
The Third Hokage and the four of them internally decide the major and minor affairs of Konoha Village. He, as a consultant, is often the spokesperson of the Ninja clan. His power is small or big, but it is not big.
Jiraiya whispered a few words, and Shikaku's face became serious. This kind of wiping of buttocks is the most difficult thing to handle.
"I'm going to find the letter. No matter what that Uchiha thinks, the village must make this matter clear. You go over first, I'll be there soon!"
Jiraiya ran all the way into the Sarutobi family's old house and met Konohamaru on the way.
Konohamaru lowered his head and held a cardboard box in his arms, which contained some relics of the Third Hokage.
Jiraiya saw the crystal ball in the cardboard box at a glance. Even if the situation was urgent, he still felt that this thing... well, it was very valuable!
He grabbed the crystal ball and put it in his arms.
"Fire...Hokage-sama?" Konohamaru had already come out of the shadow of his grandfather's death. He was a little stuttered at this time, but he still said hello to Jiraiya. He was quite puzzled. This person
What are you doing at your home?
Jiraiya scratched his head: "Well, I remember the third generation old man said that he had some letters left for me in his reference room. Do you know where his reference room is?"
"I know, Hokage-sama, come with me."
Two minutes later, Jiraiya found the Third Hokage's data room, opened it, and was dumbfounded.
There are more than fifty large cabinets filled with all kinds of dense documents. It is really difficult to find a letter among so many documents...
Jiraiya was extremely depressed, and subconsciously wanted to ask Naruto to use shadow clones to help, but as he spoke, he realized that this matter involved the reputation of the village, and he could not rely on others, so he could only create thirty shadow clones himself.
Cursing, I searched for that crucial handwritten letter among the piles of documents.
On the other side, Shikaku found his old buddy Ding Zao. His opponents were S-class rebel ninja Uchiha Itachi and Inogaki Kisame. The former's Sharingan and the latter's Water Release were both extremely powerful. His solution was still Inoka.
Unfortunately, Haiichi left the village to perform a mission. Yamanaka was the one at the root, so he could only call Ino, who had just returned to the Yamanaka flower shop, and the three of them formed the core of the "Uchiha Itachi recovery" mission.
Shikaku is not as optimistic as Jiraiya. He believes that the chance of this happening again is very high.
The pursuit battle would definitely involve the Inuzuka family, so he called Inuzuka Kiba's biological mother, Inuzuka Takumi.
To fight against the strong men of the Uchiha clan, Byakugan was indispensable. He also called the head of the Hyuga family, Hinata Hizashi.
Five people followed the trail.
...
On the other side, Kakashi relied on his Sharingan and wanted to practice with Itachi. He asked a few people to close their eyes and not look at the Sharingan. As a result, he didn't even hold on for a second and was casually beaten by Itachi.
Put down.
At the critical moment, my good friend Matt Kay came to the rescue.
Itachi and Kisame stopped as soon as they got along, leading their goal today to Kyuubi, and then drifted away.
The "Uchiha Itachi Recovery" team met them on the road.
Metkai wanted to go with them, but Shikaku refused. Kai is a big talker. Once he gets passionate, he might make the matter known to everyone. The Uchiha clan's affairs are in Konoha.
It's really hard to explain in detail. The fewer people who know the truth, the better. The clan leaders have big families and have seen many dark things. Ino is one of Ino's own people. Even if he knows the whole story, he won't publicize it everywhere. Metkai's personality is too straightforward.
, he cannot be allowed to know the details of this matter.
Both Kakashi and Kurenai were severely injured by Uchiha Itachi's illusion, and Asuma was also injured in the battle with Kisame. Shikaku ordered Kai to escort them back first, and their five-person team continued to pursue Uchiha.
Wave weasel.
Inuzuka Claw, the aunt with a slightly cruel look, was a little unnecessary, because after Uchiha Itachi and Inikaki Kisame defeated Kakashi, they didn't run away at all. They strolled leisurely on the road, and within ten minutes, they were gone
The road was blocked by a group of five people.
"Mr. Itachi, the people in your village are really persistent, but the people who come here seem to be all old guys." Kisame Kisaki showed his shark-like teeth and looked at Ino ferociously: "However, there is still a young guy mixed in among them.
Xiaoyu, is he the person from the bookstore before? What? Judging from your expression, do you want to compare with your uncle Kisame?"
Kisame is strong in taijutsu, monster strength, Samehasaki and chakra. Simply speaking of water ninjutsu, Ino is not afraid of him.
"Uchiha Itachi, I want to talk to you." Shikaku said.
Before he finished speaking, Uchiha Itachi made a slight tilt of his head, and Hinata Hinata quickly reminded a few people: "Close your eyes! His chakra is flowing, and he is going to cast an illusion."
Except for him, the owner of the Byakugan, everyone including Ino closed their eyes.
Uchiha Itachi didn't quite understand their purpose: "Mr. Shikaku, Head of the Hyuga family, I don't think I have anything to talk about with you."
"It's not us. The Godaime is on his way. He wants to talk to you."
Uchiha Itachi said lightly: "Not interested."
Shikaku used Ino's sense of communication to give Ding Zao a "do it" order. He wanted to first clean out Kisame, a traitorous ninja with a surveillance nature.
He saw Ding Zao's right hand quickly multiplying, his eyes closed, and his huge palm slapped fiercely in Kisame's direction.
The force of this palm was so heavy that it seemed to possess tremendous power. Even Kisame did not choose to take it head-on.
He touched the ground with the soles of his feet and jumped back more than ten meters before jumping out of the attack range of Ding Zuo's palm.
