There is something that everyone does not know, or subconsciously ignores it.
Several forces received the information that Uchiha Madara had captured a jinchuriki, but the time was not the same, and even the so-called sequence was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Before Scorpion went to the Rain Ninja Village to inform Nagato of this information, he had already secretly passed the content of this information to Yakushi Kabuto in advance!
Therefore, when Nagato appeared in Kirigakure Village, Yakushi Kabuto's information arrived in Konoha almost at the same time.
Konoha Village!
Hokage's office.
"Tsunade, where did you get this information?"
Jiraiya slapped his hands on the desk hard, his voice obviously rising a bit.
After finishing speaking, Jiraiya seemed to feel that his tone was slightly wrong, so he lowered his tone, but still said with a dissatisfied look on his face:
"Even if there is no problem with this information, why are you sending Naruto along? Don't you know that Naruto's current status as a Jinchuuriki is extremely sensitive!"
Tsunade leaned on the chair and rubbed her ears, her face looking calm from beginning to end.
Jiraiya saw that Tsunade still looked unconcerned at this moment, took a deep breath, and was about to continue speaking.
"This is grandpa's order."
Tsunade's calm voice sounded in Jiraiya's ears.
The words Jiraiya was about to say seemed to be stuck all of a sudden. His face turned red instantly and he didn't know how to speak.
Shizune, who was standing behind Tsunade, saw Jiraiya's aggrieved look and couldn't help but put her hand to cover her mouth and let out a chuckle.
Jiraiya glared at Shizune with a helpless look on his face: "Senju Hashirama-sama, why are you doing this?"
"This is really dangerous for Naruto."
"Who knows, maybe grandpa has his own considerations."
Tsunade's mouth twitched and she spoke calmly.
Tsunade could generally guess Senju Hashirama's true thoughts, but even she was embarrassed to say them out.
Dang! Dang!
Two slight knocks on the door sounded.
Hearing the knock on the door, Jiraiya sighed, took back his hands on the desk and hugged them to his chest.
"come in."
Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya, shook her head slightly, and spoke softly.
The first person to walk in was Kakashi Hatake, who was wearing a black mask and his hands in his pockets.
Following Kakashi was a young man with long black hair, green sunglasses, and jounin mail.
"Hokage-sama."
"Jiraiya-sama."
As soon as the two of them entered the door, they saw Jiraiya in the office. They bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.
Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi, then looked at the figure behind Kakashi. There was no surprise in sending Kakashi on this mission. After all, Kakashi was also Naruto's mentoring Jonin.
"Yamashiro Aoba?"
Jiraiya looked at Yamashiro Aoba with a little surprise.
Tsunade seemed to notice Jiraiya's doubts and smiled softly.
"This mission is not only to prevent Uchiha Madara from seizing the One-Tail Jinchuuriki, but Konoha also needs an ally."
"Grandma Chiyo does have some grudges against us, but that doesn't mean that other senior officials in Sunagakure Village don't want to cooperate with us."
A trace of worry flashed in Tsunade's eyes, and she spoke calmly.
After hearing these words, Jiraiya also roughly understood the reason why Tsunade sent Yamashiro Aoba.
The succession ceremony for Tsunade's inauguration as the Fifth Hokage was prepared by Yamashiro Aoba and Shiranui Genma.
In a way, Yamashiro Aoba can be regarded as Tsunade's direct descendant.
Going to Sunagakure Village from Yamashiro Aoba itself represents the intention of being the fifth generation Hokage.
Unknowingly, Jiraiya saw a trace of his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi in Tsunade.
Now Tsunade is becoming more and more like a real Hokage. Jiraiya thought with a sense of relief and a little melancholy in his heart.
"After arriving at Sand Hidden Village, give this scroll to Ebizo."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tsunade threw the scroll she had prepared a long time ago towards Yamashiro Aoba.
As the result was a scroll, Yamashiro Aoba solemnly put it away while nodding lightly.
"You can set off directly now. Naruto should be at the gate of Konoha. The next thing will be left to you two."
Tsunade couldn't help having a headache when she thought of Naruto and rubbed her temples.
Kakashi also had a helpless expression on his face, and he looked at Yamashiro Aoba, and the two of them turned around and left the Hokage's office at the same time.
Next to the main gate of Konoha.
Senju Hashirama rubbed Naruto's golden hair and laughed loudly:
"That's right, you just have to have this kind of energy, Naruto!"
Naruto looked full of energy and nodded vigorously, not caring at all that his hair was messed up by Senju Hashirama.
"Don't worry, Senju Hashirama-sama, I will definitely bring Sasuke and Neji back!"
Naruto clenched his fists hard with a serious look on his face.
Senju Hashirama, who was laughing loudly, couldn't help but look at Naruto with a look of helplessness.
"That's not what I'm talking about."
"It doesn't matter whether we chase the white-eyed boy or the red-eyed boy back. The important thing is! You can't lose to them."
"After all, you are considered my disciple, you must not lose!"
Senju Hashirama patted Naruto on the shoulder, showing a very serious look.
"I will never lose! With the guidance of the Lustful Immortal and Senju Hashirama-sama, I am very strong now!"
At the thought of seeing Sasuke again, Naruto nodded without hesitation, said loudly and with excitement on his face.
"That's the momentum!" Senju Hashirama showed approval on his face and patted Naruto's shoulder heavily.
However, Naruto probably didn't listen to what he said just now, right?
Senju Hashirama couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
at this time.
Two footsteps came into Senju Hashirama's ears.
Following the direction from which the sound came, Senju Hashirama glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Kakashi and Yamashiro Aoba, rushing towards the direction where they were.
Senju Hashirama coughed lightly, and the careless look he had just now disappeared in an instant.
"Senju Hashirama-sama!"
"Senju Hashirama-sama!"
Almost at the same time, two respectful voices came from behind Senju Hashirama.
"You are here. If that's the case, then Naruto will be left to you."
Senju Hashirama looked serious and said to Kakashi and Yamashiro Aoba. As soon as he finished speaking, the whole person disappeared into thin air.
"Senju Hashirama-sama, it's really..."
Kakashi held his forehead and complained softly.
The unbridled laughter of Senju Hashirama and Naruto just now was heard from a distance apart.
What's more, Kakashi glanced at the Konoha civilians around him who were looking at them with strange looks.
"Then, should we leave here first?"
Yamashiro Aoye coughed lightly and was the first to remind.
Kakashi nodded in agreement, and while Naruto was still in a daze, he grabbed Naruto's clothes and disappeared into an afterimage.
Naturally, Yamashiro Aoba was not far behind and disappeared almost at the same time.
At the same place, only Naruto's scream could be heard!