Konoha: I, Uchiha, just want to die.

Chapter 360: Information Jiraiya Appears Halfway
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While Uchiha Ci was fighting at the second line of defense,

the other side,
castle tower,
Four figures swooped vertically up from the collapsed mountain on the side of the castle tower, went up 600 meters, and climbed onto the flat top of the rock pillar.

Leading the charge was Yahiko, who strode forward with a greatsword on his shoulder, followed closely by Konan, Nagato, and Miyashiro En, who was at the end of the team.

now,

As they got closer to the castle tower that looked like a fortress, Yahiko couldn't help but frown.

"Strange, why is there no one defending this place?"

The surroundings were so quiet that he felt uneasy.
"According to Scorpion's intelligence, the envoys of the countries participating in the Five Nations Talks have already landed here. Among those participating in the meeting is a strong man like Jiraiya-sensei. However, we are not sure about their attitude towards us and whether they will attack us to protect the Daimyo."

Xiaonan frowned and reminded the three people,
"Besides, we just encountered Orochimaru, the Raikage's son and his partner. There's no telling how many more powerful people are hiding in this place."

“So, everyone, don’t be careless.”

After passing through the second line of defense of Kumogakure, they launched a surprise attack on the mountain where the giant chakra cannon was located. When they eliminated this threat, the eight members of Akatsuki accidentally captured Shota Hyuga, a member of the Hyuga clan.

At that time, Orochimaru suddenly appeared and took away one of Hinata Shota's Byakugan. The other Byakugan was temporarily given to Scorpion in the team who had excellent anatomical skills and could transplant the eye in wartime. In critical moments, it was up to him to decide who would transplant the eye.

"Understood!" Nagato nodded.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly focused, and he discovered something through the vision shared by the spirit beast.
"I have seen the location of the Kumogakure intelligence team provided by Scorpion's spy. It is in the third room on the right side of the pavilion."

Hearing this, the other three people's eyes suddenly froze.
Yahiko took a deep breath and said:

"Well, let's finally confirm the plan,"

"Use the power of the Human Path and the Blood Dragon Eye to gather intelligence first and force the daimyo to reveal his whereabouts."

"After finding the daimyo's location, we can be sure that—"

"The Sandaime Raikage will definitely stay by the Daimyo's side to protect him!"

"So, according to what we discussed before, the three of us will hold back the Sandaime Raikage and seize the opportunity. Miyashiro En, you will take the opportunity to behead the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning. Once the mission is completed, immediately retreat and join the other four members of the organization."

"At the same time, Nagato, keep an eye out for the Slide Body Technique signal from Zero Kai."

"It has been confirmed that Uchiha Ci has appeared on the north side, so he will definitely intervene in this battle. You will pass on the intelligence we have collected to him!"

"Okay!" Nagato nodded immediately.
I will skip over how the three fought against the Third Raikage and arranged their tactics to seize opportunities. This is something that needs no further explanation, as Yahiko and the other two had such tacit cooperation.

The core of the entire tactic is built around the special abilities of the two major eye techniques and bloodstains: the human way, the animal way, the illusion body technique, the illusion hypnosis of the blood dragon eye, and finally the heavenly way and the Shura way, which are used to fight a decisive battle with a powerful enemy.

Soon, the four of them moved forward.
From a distance, you can already see the main gate of the castle tower.

However, at this moment——

"and many more!"

Along with a human voice, a frog suddenly jumped out from the cracks in the rocks beside the four people!

As the frog opened its mouth, it became wider and wider, and a white-haired figure covered in blood was spit out and fell in front of the four people.

This sudden change startled Yuya Chengyan, and he subconsciously lit up his blood dragon eyes and raised his palm to attack.
However, after seeing the person in front of him clearly, Nagato immediately grabbed his wrist.

And Yahiko's voice of surprise also sounded at the right time.

"Sensei Jiraiya?!"

"Ahem. Is it Yahiko?"

Lying on the ground, Jiraiya gasped for breath and couldn't help coughing up blood. His vision blurred and it took him a while to recognize the three people in front of him. They were the three disciples he accepted from the Rain Country.

Then, he immediately stretched out a hand, blocked their way, and said in a deep voice:
"Yahiko, Nagato, Konan."

"Don't go any further, the name of the Land of Lightning is not in it at all!" "Teacher Jiraiya, what did you say!?"

"Believe me, I came here to save Uchiha Ci. Just now, while the Aibi group of Kumogakure left, I had sneaked into the intelligence team of Kumogakure to collect intelligence, and finally learned from them through torture--"

"The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning is still in the Hidden Cloud Village. Also..."

Jiraiya stood up with difficulty, raised his hands and made a seal, and pulled out another unconscious person from the stomach wall of the Myoboku Mountain Rock Toad.
Judging from his appearance, he is one of the envoys sent by the Iwagakure to participate in the Five-Nation Talks.

An elite Iwagakure jonin named Toushin.

"Ahem. This guy also wanted to sneak into the Kumogakure Intelligence Team to look for something, but I found him and knocked him out. I used my words to pry some information about the Iwagakure out of him."

"Iwagakure seems to be confirming the location of the Third Raikage."

"Combining all the information, I came to a conclusion—"

"The construction of this city, including the convening of the Five Nations Summit, was all done by the Raikage to lure out Uchiha Ci and kill him."

"cage!"

"But now, a bigger cage targeting the Third Raikage is being formed outside!"

After hearing Jiraiya's words, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato looked at each other in bewilderment.

"There are other places where the Daimyo, Iwagakure, and the Third Raikage are not here, or a bigger cage?"

When they broke through the defenses of Kumogakure and came here, Jiraiya had actually taken advantage of the noise they created and used his identity as a Konoha envoy as a cover to act before them. He tortured them into a lot of unexpected information in the most heavily guarded core area of ​​Kumogakure.

Should we say that he is worthy of being a teacher like Jiraiya?
Yahiko quickly came to his senses, and squatted down with Konan to help Jiraiya up.
The three of them had not yet experienced Hanzo and Danzo's backstab, and they only had respect for Jiraiya as their teacher. They would not kill their teacher like in the future. Although they were still a little skeptical about Jiraiya's words, they didn't have time to think about it. Yahiko winked at Nagato.

Nagato immediately took a step forward and raised his palm to grab the forehead of the Iwagakure ninja under him.

A stream of azure blue chakra appeared on his palm, and when he pulled it upwards slightly, something like a soul was drawn out.

This is the ability of the Human Path, one of the Six Paths of the Rinnegan, which can extract souls and read the memories of others.

Yahiko looked at the injuries on Jiraiya's body, and his eyes fell on the tear in front of his chest that almost pierced his heart like lightning.

"Teacher Jiraiya, your wounds..."

Jiraiya shook his head. Seeing that he had gained his disciple's trust, he panted heavily, took out a uniquely shaped kunai from the bag of ninja tools behind him, and slapped it into Yahiko's hand.

"Hoohoo. I'm fine. Yahiko, help me give this to Uchiha Ci!"

Yahiko was stunned when he saw the kunai in his hand.
But before he could come to his senses,
Jiraiya then struggled to get up, raised his head as if sensing something, and looked in a certain direction behind him.
With a look of determination in his eyes, he stood in front of the three people and raised his hand.
"Now, get out of here!"

"I'm here to buy you time to leave."

"Leave?" Konan looked at Jiraiya in astonishment.
"Teacher Jiraiya, what happened? Who hurt you?"

however,
Before Xiaonan finished asking,

On the side, Nagato, who had read the memories of the dead man in Iwagakure East, suddenly changed his expression!
At the same moment,
Above the sky, a terrifying white lightning suddenly flashed!

Then,

At a speed faster than the roar of sound, it spreads and resounds across the earth.

A fierce figure with a dark face and a savage aura all over his body,
Slowly step out of the castle tower gate!

“——Boom!”

The sky darkened!
(End of this chapter)