Konoha: This Uchiha is very stubborn.

Chapter 504 Escape
  Three days later, in the Hokage's office.

Toshiro, who had enjoyed the blessing of being together for two days, sat on his office chair.

Looking at the subordinates who came to report below, their faces were full of disbelief.

"Kakashi...is what you said true?"

"Jiraiya secretly let go of the assassin who assassinated the Hokage?"

It's true that Jiraiya is an emotional person, but he is also a Konoha ninja.

You can tell from the fact that he stayed in the Land of Rain to take care of Yahiko and the other three brats.

But this time, Konan was the criminal who assassinated him, the Hokage.

How could Jiraiya let him go so easily?

"What about others?"

Isn't this a cooked duck flying?
  "I don't know. When we woke up, the prisoner had disappeared in the ward."

"There is no one else but Jiraiya-sama who will come to visit the prisoner."

Kakashi replied helplessly.

The whole group of them all fainted unconsciously while guarding the prisoners.

After he woke up and recalled the whole story and the traces of the scene, he locked the prisoner.

Come and report immediately.

"How long has it been going on?"

With a calm face, Toshiro had to face this reality.

Thinking about it, this battle with the Xiao organization really cost my grandma's family.

Although half of the members of the Akatsuki organization were captured, none of them were killed, and they still had to let the tiger go back to the mountain. This was really a waste of work.

Fortunately, there are still Orochimaru and Ye Cang.

Otherwise, you will really get nothing this time.

"Half an hour has passed. I think Lord Jiraiya has taken the prisoner out of Konoha."

In half an hour, it was basically impossible for a ninja of Jiraiya's level to catch up with him.

"Everyone of these is really full of the will of fire!"

Holding his forehead, Toshiro didn't expect that Jiraiya could do such a thing, he was really bold.

"Did you leave any tracking means on the prisoner?"

Xiaonan is different from others. He is the best bargaining chip for Nagato, so he might still have to try to track it down.

"Have!"

Kakashi's reply was concise and to the point.

As a serious criminal, ANBU would naturally do some tricks on her to facilitate some unexpected situations.

"very good!"

"Go and notify the ANBU chief and ask him to mobilize the manpower suitable for tracking. We will meet at the exit in five minutes."

After saying this, Toshiro did not hesitate and prepared to personally lead the team to hunt down Konan and Jiraiya.

It seems that if she doesn't show her ability, I don't know who has the final say in Konoha.

……

On the other side, in a forest dozens of miles away from Konoha.

"Xiaonan, I will send it here."

Jiraiya, who was walking in front, stopped and looked at the grown-up Konan behind him.

"I would like to advise Nagato not to be too extreme."

"Hokage has signed a peace agreement with several major countries, and the world will get better and better in the future."

"The tragedy that happened to you will never happen again."

Konan briefly told him about his experiences over the years, and Jiraiya felt extremely sorry for this.

With the attitude of giving it a try, he still wanted to persuade Nagato to stop him from going further down the wrong path.

Especially Nagato's eyes have legendary eyes.

This strengthened my determination.

"Teacher, won't you come with me?"

Not in a hurry to leave, Konan looked at Jiraiya with very complicated eyes.

It was this somewhat slovenly man who took care of the three of them during their most difficult times and taught them ninjutsu.

"You let me go privately, and the Hokage will not forgive you easily."

No matter which village they were in, as a subordinate ninja, if they let go the criminal who assassinated the Hokage, they would not end well.

In this case, it is better to let the teacher leave Konoha with him. I think I would be very happy to see the teacher in Nagato.

Moreover, with the joining of the teacher, it is more confident to convince Nagato.

"Hahaha!"

"Xiaonan, don't underestimate your teacher."

Scratching his head, Jiraiya laughed a few times.

"I'm Toad Sage Jiraiya, it's okay. Besides, I'm also a Konoha ninja."

When talking about Konoha ninjas, Jiraiya looked back and saw the blurred rock carvings in the distance.

If he just ran away, he would become a traitorous ninja of Konoha, something he couldn't do.

Moreover, he also had many questions that he wanted to ask Uchiha Toshiro about some of the information he learned from Konan.

"Then...Teacher, take care!"

Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Xiaonan took a step forward, hugged Jiraiya, and then turned into pieces of paper flying in the sky and disappeared into the forest.

When Toshiro arrived, Jiraiya was alone.

Where is Xiaonan's figure?

"Jiraiya, do you know what you did?" Toshiro couldn't help but his eyes twitching when he saw Jiraiya smoking a cigarette while waiting for them.

This guy has a big heart.

"Take him down!"

Without waiting for Jiraiya to answer, Toshiro ordered directly to the ANBU behind him.

"Yes!"

Without hesitation, these people were all Anbu who he had promoted in recent years.

Among them are those family members who have come to seek refuge, as well as some of the more outstanding civilian juniors from Spring Village, who can be said to be able to carry out orders and prohibitions.

"Jiraiya-sama, I'm offended!"

An ANBU with a jar on his back and a fox mask, holding a chakra-suppressing lock in his hand, stepped out from the crowd and stood opposite Jiraiya.

"It's...Zhi Hui!"

Putting away the pipe in his hand, Jiraiya was very calm, without his usual cynical look at all.

"Feel sorry…"

After rejecting Aburame Shihui, Jiraiya turned his attention to Toshiro and then said:
  "Hokage-sama, as long as you promise me not to chase any escaped criminals, I will capture them without mercy."

His eyes swept over Toshiro's back, the Byakugan, the ninja dog, and the Shihui in front of him. Jiraiya knew that he was not their main target.

Their real target is Xiaonan who escaped.

"Stubborn."

He snorted coldly. Seeing that Jiraiya was still trying to negotiate terms with him, Toshiro said coldly:

"Leave it to me, Jiraiya."

"Zhi Hui, you come to lead the team to hunt down the escaped prisoners. You should know the other party's intelligence, so be careful."

After explaining Shi Hui, Toshiro turned his head and looked at Jiraiya opposite, his eyes unkind.

Since he would have to drink wine as a penalty for skipping the toast, Toshiro planned to have a good exchange with Jiraiya to let him know who the Hokage was.

I gave you some face, but you repaid me like this. Don't blame him for being rude.

"Yes!"

After receiving Toshiro's order, Aburame Shihui, the head of the ANBU, made a few gestures and planned to leave with the ANBU behind him.

"Toshiro, listen to me!"

Seeing Toshiro directly asking Shihui to chase Konan, Jiraiya finally became a little anxious and quickly explained.

"I do this for the future of the ninja world, and also..."

However, before he could finish his words, he saw Shihui Aburame, leading his subordinates behind him, chasing past him towards the forest.

"Ninja Law: Disorderly Lion's Hair Technique"

After just a moment's hesitation, Jiraiya decided to stop Shihui's actions.

The people have been released, we can't let the Hokage and the others capture them again.

"Now that I've done it, I won't be polite."

Looking at the white hair growing wildly on the back of Jiraiya's head, Toshiro's blue light flashed in his hand, and half-moon-shaped slashes flew out.

Cut off all the white hair that was blocking Zhihui's actions.

"I have always been a little regretful that I didn't fight with you last time."

"I would like to take this opportunity to learn about Miaomu Mountain's toad magic."

When he got the Flying Thunder God that time, he was originally going to have a fight with Jiraiya.

But considering the situation of Uchiha at that time, he chose a trick and used genjutsu to take away the Flying Thunder God Scroll from Jiraiya.

This time I can just have a good fight with him.

"Toshiro, listen to me... Nagato's situation is special. Only Konan can let him..."

Before he could explain, he saw that Zhi Hui and others, who had escaped from the harassment of his long hair, had already disappeared into the forest in a few flashes.

He quickly turned around and chased after them.

"Do you think I really don't dare to kill you?"

Seeing Jiraiya who wanted to stop Shihui and the others even if his back was exposed to him, Toshiro was furious.

Do these so-called heirs of the Will of Fire have something wrong with their heads?
  In the original work, Nagato almost flattened Konoha, but after the protagonist heard what happened to him, he was able to let him go.

Jiraiya is in a similar situation now.

It’s true that just like the kind of master, there is also the kind of apprentice.

"Fire Release: Impatiens Flower Flame Bullet"

Seeing Jiraiya trying to catch up with Shihui, Toshiro opened his mouth and spat out more than thirty red fireballs, which surrounded Jiraiya's direction.

The power of this ninjutsu does not pose much of a threat to enemies of their level, but it is very useful for harassing the opponent.

"Hiss! Hot, hot, hot~"

Jiraiya did not choose to dodge these small fireballs. The white hair on his back wrapped him up like a hedgehog.

Just resisted.

However, the power of these ninjutsu was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Although he suffered a small loss, his body once again blocked Zhihui and others.

"Jiraiya-sama...are you really going to let the prisoner escape?"

Being stopped again, Aburame Shihui, who had always been taciturn, couldn't help but question her even though she respected her friend as a teacher.

"After all, he is the criminal who assassinated the Hokage. Why do you have to fight with your comrades from the same village for an outsider?"

Aburame Shihui's character was able to say so many words at once, which showed that he was very dissatisfied with Jiraiya's repeated interceptions.

Even if he is a hero in the village, he acts like this.

He couldn't agree with it either.

(End of this chapter)