Naruto: In the name of the Senju, he made the ninja world tremble.

On the other side, in another forest not far from the battlefield, Xiao Nan, who was returning to base after obtaining the intelligence, involuntarily stopped in her tracks as a large, reddish-brown toad blocked her path.

This toad is sturdy and short, covered with irregular black spots, and has a string of round beads around its neck with the prominent character "忠" (loyalty) engraved on them.

"Croak!"

The honest and gentle-looking toad recognized Konan and greeted her with his webbed feet. During his three years in the Land of Rain, he had often taken Yahiko and the others to play and practice ninjutsu in the lake.

"Hey, Konan, long time no see! You've gotten even more beautiful. Where are those two brats, Yahiko and Nagato? Why are you out here all alone?"

Jiraiya, sitting cross-legged on Gamachu's head, looked gently at his student. He hadn't expected to see his student before leaving the Land of Rain, which eased his sadness over Orochimaru's departure.

However, to Jiraiya's surprise, when his students saw him, they showed no joy whatsoever, but instead looked at him with the same rejection as if he were a stranger.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel a bad premonition. Could it be that the three children had a conflict? Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Nan across from him coldly replied.

"Yahiko is gone, Nagato is gone, Konan is dead, those three innocent boys you knew are gone. Jiraiya-sensei, your dream killed them!"

As the sound faded, Konan's figure rustled like paper, drifting away in the wind and disappearing before Jiraiya's eyes.

Faced with this scene, Jiraiya, whose mind was disturbed by Konan's words, did not react for a moment, but just watched quietly as the paper butterflies in the sky gradually disappeared.

"What on earth happened? What happened to Nagato and the other two?" Jiraiya was still completely confused, but his bad feeling was becoming more and more obvious.

Jiraiya had been searching for the child of prophecy spoken of by the Great Toad Sage. During the Second Shinobi World War, he encountered Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan.

This child is kind-hearted, values ​​companionship, and possesses the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan and the Rinnegan. By every measure, he is the most suitable candidate. But now...?

"Gama-chū, we need to go back to Mount Myōboku. There are some things I need to consult with the Great Toad Sage. I hope he has woken up by now."

As Jiraiya spoke, he began to set up the Reverse Summoning Technique. At the same time, he recalled Konan's black and red cloud-patterned clothing and thought that this might be the only clue to finding Nagato and the others.

In contrast to Jiraiya's deep concern, Chiba, who was suffering a backlash from his unfamiliarity with the Flying Thunder God Technique, was fast asleep.

On the tatami mat, a slug about one meter long was placed under Chiba's head as a pillow. As Chiba slept, strands of life chakra wrapped around his body.

Uchiha Tsuki, who was being treated nearby, looked at Chiba with envy, as if she wished she could take her place. She also wanted to fall asleep with the soft slug as her pillow.

"Slug-sama is Tsunade-sama's summoning beast. I saw it on the battlefield. Although it has a gentle personality, it keeps its distance from everyone without being noticed."

The masked pharmacist, Nonou, used her palm-wielding magic to heal Yue, saying with some surprise, "I didn't expect Chiba to get along with it so well. This will be very important in future battles."

As a medical ninja, no one could help but envy Tsunade's summoning beast. However, unlike the summoning beasts of the other two holy lands, which wore their personalities on their sleeves, the slug treated everyone with the same gentleness and aloofness.

"Senior Shrine Maiden, your medical skills are truly superb. It's such a waste to have you assigned to be a spy. What are the villagers thinking?"

"Cough cough cough!"

As soon as Uchiha Yue finished speaking, Gekko Hayate, whose injuries had eased slightly, coughed, trying to get her to watch her words, since this senior was from a different system than them.

"It's alright, Gale, the shrine maiden won't mind." Chiyu's voice came from the side. He stretched, played with the shrunken slug in his palm, and came to the group.

"An unexpected situation arose during this mission. Although the process was dangerous, we managed to get through it perfectly. However, we still need the shrine maiden to provide a report so we can file it when we get back."

Ninjas can't just rush through missions like they do in anime. Secret rendezvous missions like this require proper documentation. Otherwise, if something goes wrong during the investigation, who will be held responsible?

"Of course, then let's go over there, Chiyu," Yakushi Nonou said, getting up and leading Chiyu away. At the same time, Uchiha Tsuki also received a look from Chiyu.

"Swift Wind, I saw that your swordsmanship was quite good during this mission. How about we spar a bit?" Uchiha Tsuki asked, brandishing "Sword Rain" in his hand, his fighting spirit undiminished.

Hayate Gekko was naturally delighted with this. The Uchiha clan was renowned for their mastery of ninja tools, and it was rare to encounter someone as easy to get along with as Uchiha Hayate, so of course they had to have a match.

"Chiba, you should know who's behind me. Helping me is going against him," Yakushi Nonou said with a hint of doubt as she wrote her report. "His terror is far beyond imagination."

"he......"

"Nonou-senpai, my surname is Senju." Senyu interrupted Yakushi Nonou's discovery, pointing to herself with her thumb. "Just because of this surname, I need to oppose him. You couldn't possibly not know about his spying on Wood Release, could you?"

Chiyu's words silenced Yakushi Nonou. As someone whose medical ninjutsu ranked among the top ten in Konoha, she had participated in relevant experiments and was naturally aware of this.

"So, I have to thwart what he's going to do, especially since he's a talent like you, Nono-senpai. It would be best if I could win him over."

"Besides, this guy Dou is no simpleton either. Once he's won you over, he won't be afraid of not coming."

Hearing Chiyu openly reveal her thoughts about spying on Kabuto, Yakushi Nonou's lips twitched slightly behind her mask. Wasn't she afraid that she would tell Kabuto if she said this in front of her adoptive mother?

"You still can't escape his surveillance, but I can arrange for you and Kabuto to communicate directly, which will at least prevent a human tragedy."

At this point, Chiyu suddenly felt that she had done a few good deeds since she came into this world: she was the hope in the eyes of the elders of the Senju clan, including Kana Uzumaki and her daughter, and now Kabuto Yakushi and Nono Yakushi.

Unbeknownst to her, Chiyu herself was actually disrupting the original plot development, but there's a saying...

The tragedy happened before I arrived, but it still happened after I arrived. So, didn't I come for nothing?