Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 248 The Great Toad Sage's Arrangements

"Lord Fourth Generation, the casualty statistics are in."

In the meeting room of the Kazekage statues inside the Kazekage Building in Sunagakure, the Anbu quickly tallied the casualties of Sunagakure. The Edo Tensei bodies were not afraid of damage and could be resurrected even if they were shattered, causing considerable trouble for Sunagakure.

"Four hundred and twelve ordinary villagers died and seventy-eight were injured; three hundred and forty-five ninjas died and ninety-four were injured, among others, buildings were damaged."

After the Anbu compiled statistics on the number of casualties and various losses in Sunagakure, even Yekura felt a little sad after hearing them. The Edo Tensei had only been invading Sunagakure for less than an hour. If they had stayed any longer, these numbers would probably have doubled.

Most importantly, the One-Tailed Beast of the Sand Village is gone, which was a crucial strategic weapon for the Sand Village.

Luo Sha said with a headache, "Everyone, what do you think we should do next?"

However, after he finished asking his question, the hall fell silent, and no one could respond.

"Oh"

Only Yekura chuckled softly, then said, "If the wise and decisive Kazekage had listened to me just now, at least we could have saved the One-Tail. But what happened? Suspicion and infighting caused the Kazekage to lose his judgment, leading to the loss of the One-Tail."

boom!

Rasa couldn't help but slam his fist on the table. The damage to the village, the casualties among the ninjas, and the loss of his son and the One-Tailed Beast had already filled him with anger, and now, after hearing Pakura's taunts, Rasa was even more unable to bear it.

"Yakura, how do you know their target is the One-Tailed Beast? Is it you?"

"Rasa, stop talking nonsense! You failed to kill me with Kirigakure last time, are you trying to frame me again this time?!"

Ye Cang shouted angrily, and his chakra aura burst forth, creating a series of powerful gusts of wind that even cracked the hard table and the ground.

Luo Sha retorted angrily, "Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

"Gentlemen, now is not the time for infighting. Let's deal with the village matters first."

After a high-ranking Sand Ninja member stepped forward, several other Sand Ninja members also stood up to persuade him. However, they stood in two distinct factions in the meeting hall, with only Yekura's side having fewer people.

However, some neutral ninjas were in the middle, such as Chiyo and Ebizo. Although they had retired, Sasori of the Red Sand had appeared, so they came to hear what was going on.

Moreover, Pakura is stronger than Rasa. Once a ninja reaches adulthood, their chakra reserves are at their peak. To become stronger, they need to rely on their understanding of ninjutsu or other secret or forbidden techniques.

In just a few years, Luo Sha's strength could not have changed significantly; at most, it could only have strengthened its control over gold dust.

However, Yekura is different. The Sage's Seal on her body continuously absorbs natural energy, which is then used by the seal to modify her body. This allows Yekura to accept Uchiha Yoichi's will while also strengthening her physical attributes.

If Rasa only lost by a narrow margin in the duel more than a year ago, then if they were to fight now, there is a 70-80% chance that he would die.

With the persuasion of the Sand Village leaders, the anger between Rasa and Pakura gradually dissipated.

Then a Sand Ninja spoke up: "Fourth Hokage, the compensation will be about 110 million taels, not including the loss of buildings. Why don't we go and discuss it with the Daimyo's office?"

Upon hearing the amount of the compensation, Rasa's face darkened. The village did have some money now, which he had painstakingly saved by panning for gold in the desert. Moreover, he suspected that after Yekura colluded with Konoha, he was no longer willing to use the village's money to reimburse supplies.

That's how they managed to accumulate around 200 million, but now the compensation alone will take up more than half of that. It's like tearing his flesh out of his body.

"Let's do it this way. We'll have the finance department cooperate with you later."

Luo Sha gritted his teeth and said, "We can't not give compensation, and we also need to appease the civilian casualties. If we withhold this money, the villagers will lose heart."

"What should we do with those who stole the One-Tailed Beast? It seems like it was premeditated, and Konoha's rogue ninja and Sasori of the Red Sand are among them. Should we ask Konoha's Uchiha Fugaku for information?"

"No need to ask anymore, Konoha has already sent intelligence, but unfortunately the enemy is too fast."

Yecang took out the information from the Uchiha Merchant Guild, placed it on the table, and continued, "When the information came from Konoha, the enemy had also invaded. At that time, I had already thought of reminding our Kazekage, but some people didn't take it seriously. Heh, the enemy was the Akatsuki, and the Akatsuki that resurrected Uchiha Madara. Their goal is to collect the nine tailed beasts in the ninja world."

Upon hearing the name Uchiha Madara, everyone was taken aback. Even Chiyo couldn't sit still. She had lived through the era of the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara and knew about the fame of these two legendary ninjas during the Warring States period.

There were five First Kage from each village, but only Hashirama Senju was known as the God of Shinobi, and Madara Uchiha was the only ninja who could fight Hashirama Senju.

After everyone circulated the information and learned about it, they were all at a loss. Some Sand Ninja did not know how powerful Uchiha Madara was and thought that no matter how powerful Uchiha Madara was, he could not possibly be able to defeat the entire ninja village.

However, Chiyo stopped these foolish remarks. Putting aside Madara Uchiha's strength, the reanimated bodies alone had already caused the Sand Village a lot of trouble today, not to mention that the Akatsuki organization might have other ninjas.

"Let's ask Konoha for help. We can only rely on Konoha now."

Chiyo spoke up, and after she finished speaking, she received the approval of many people; the Sand Village ninja are currently very weak, and seeking help from Konoha is the best choice.

As for the Sand Ninja who still hold onto hope for the Daimyo's help from the Land of Wind, they're idiots; the Sand Ninja who just asked the Daimyo for help was just asking a routine question.

"Konoha won't help Sunagakure unconditionally. Instead of begging from Konoha, you should join Konoha. That way, all the civilians and ninjas of Sunagakure can live a good life and won't have to worry about food, clothing, and shelter anymore."

Bang!

"Yakura, do you know what you're saying?!"

Chiyo's angry shout interrupted Pakura's words. The others, including Rasa, also looked surprised and incredulous. Rasa then spoke up, "Pakura, you really did collude with Konoha and betray the Sand Village!"

"Fool, go and see for yourself what the Sand Village and the Land of Wind are like now! It's you high-ranking 'Sand Village leaders' who betrayed the Sand Village!"

Ye Cang stood up and said coldly, then turned and walked out.

She blurted out her thoughts without thinking, but Yekura didn't regret it afterward. After she got up and left, five more Sand Ninja got up and followed her, leaving with Yekura.

During the nearly two years that Yekura had served under Uchiha Yoichi, she also paid attention to using her advantages to win people's hearts and gather her subordinates.

If not half, at least 40% of the ninjas in the village followed Pakura. Therefore, after Pakura left, even Rasa did not dare to easily allow the Anbu to capture Pakura back.

It's one thing to fail to do it, but if things go wrong, it could cause even greater turmoil in Sunagakure.

However, Yekura didn't care about that. After leaving the Kazekage Building, he immediately said to the assassin who followed him, "Enya Maru, immediately have Juzaburo, Ryuji, and Masato come to me."

"Yes, Lady Yekura."

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At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya, suddenly summoned in reverse, immediately said with displeasure, "Gamabunta, I'm talking about something important! Why did you suddenly summon me here?"

"Who knew, it was Master Fukasaku who notified you, it seems it was the Master who was looking for you."

After Gamabunta finished speaking, he exhaled a puff of smoke at Jiraiya and continued, "Jiraiya, the ninja world seems to have become much quieter lately."

"After all, the war is over, and I haven't encountered any particularly dangerous missions. I'll definitely try to communicate with you through spirit mediums when I have the chance in the future."

After greeting everyone, Jiraiya continued walking into Mount Myōboku. He had been there many times and knew where Fukasaku lived.

Upon arriving at a toad house, Jiraiya knocked on the door, and Fukasaku opened it from the inside. Seeing Jiraiya, Fukasaku jumped onto his shoulder and said, "You've come, little Jiraiya. Come on, let's go see the master."

"Boss Fukasaku, what business does the Master have with me?"

"I don't know, but the master seems quite eager to see you. This is probably the first time."

As the man and the toad talked, they soon arrived at the place where the Great Toad Immortal lived.

However, when they arrived, the Great Toad Sage was sleeping, so Fukasaku immediately shouted, "Master! Master! Jiraiya is here too!"

After calling him several times, just as the sage was preparing to use other methods to wake up the great toad sage, the great toad sage woke up on his own.

"Hey, what's up?"

Fukasaku, already used to the Great Toad Sage's scatterbrained nature, reminded him, "Master, didn't you tell me to call Jiraiya last time? Now that he's here, you can talk to Jiraiya about whatever you need to say."

"Little Jiraiya."

Upon hearing this, the Great Toad Sage fell silent. Both Jiraiya and Fukasaku had a bad feeling, as they had encountered the Great Toad Sage's lapses in judgment many times before.

But just when they thought the Great Toad Sage would be confused again, the Great Toad spoke up, saying, "That's right, I do have something important to tell Jiraiya. By the way, Jiraiya, have you found the Child of Destiny?"

"Not yet, Toad Sage. I haven't had much time to wander around the ninja world lately."

Jiraiya scratched his head and said, "The main problem is that Konoha has been too strict lately. The longest missions have to be completed within a month. If they are not completed, they have to return to the village to report. With the time limit, Jiraiya feels like he has his hands and feet tied."

"Since we haven't found it, then so be it. I'm afraid we'll never find the chosen one again."

The Great Toad Sage spoke up, then asked Hagoromo, "Ashura's chakra is probably in trouble."

Without Ashura's chakra, naturally no one could dispel the hatred and resentment within the strongest tailed beast, Kurama. The prophesied child who would unite with the nine tailed beasts would also cease to exist. However, the Great Toad Sage never expected that one day his prophecy would also be wrong.

"I have something else to ask you, Jiraiya."

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya quickly asked, "What is it, Great Toad Sage?"

"At the crucial moment, you will be needed to step up and save the ninja world."

As the Great Toad Sage said this, he took out a box from under his seat and handed it to Jiraiya.

Jiraiya took the box, opened it, and saw a pill and a talisman inside. He then asked, "Great Toad Sage, what are these...?"

The giant toad immortal said, "You can take the immortal medicine now. When you are needed to step forward, the medicine will take effect. As for the immortal talisman, carry it with you at all times. You will know its use when the time comes."

"Are you going to eat it now?"

Jiraiya looked at the dark pill. Although he was a little reluctant, he picked it up and swallowed it in one gulp because of his trust in Mount Myōboku.

However, after swallowing it and waiting a while, Jiraiya didn't feel anything else; it was as ordinary as eating a piece of sushi.

"The Great Toad Sage, this elixir of immortality."

The Great Toad Sage interrupted Jiraiya, saying, "You'll find out then, little Jiraiya. Take the Sage's Talisman back with you too, and you'll find out then."

"I understand, Great Toad Sage. Is there anything else?"

"Without Jiraiya, you can go back now." The Great Toad Sage paused for a moment, then continued, "Thank you for your help these past few days, Jiraiya."

"Haha, it's nothing, I'm a white-haired immortal, this little favor is nothing!"

After chuckling a few times, Jiraiya bid farewell to the Great Toad Sage and Fukasaku Sage. This time, Fukasaku Sage did not see Jiraiya off, since Jiraiya knew the way anyway.

After Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku, Fukasaku asked the Great Toad Sage, "Master, what is that Sage's Medicine?"

It knew that the Immortal Talisman possessed powerful healing abilities, capable of even bringing the dead back to life in a short period of time; however, this did not seem to be something that Mount Myōboku could produce.

Hundreds of years ago, Fukasaku asked the Great Toad Sage, who said that each of these talismans was one less available, so they could not be given to the contract holders to use indiscriminately.

"The Immortal Medicine and the Immortal Talisman come from the same source, but the Immortal Medicine is much rarer; Mount Myōboku only has this one."

What are the effects of the elixir of immortality?

"You'll understand Fukasaku then; it won't do any harm to Mount Myōboku or the ninja world."

At this point, the Great Toad Sage was unwilling to say more, and Fukasaku, seeing this, had no choice but to leave, though he was still somewhat worried.

Of all the contractors throughout the series, Jiraiya is the one that best suits Fukasaku's tastes, so even though Jiraiya's Sage Mode is only half-baked, he and Shima will still help him fight.

If it were any other contractor, failing to cultivate immortal arts would simply turn them into stone statues.

"Sorry, Jiraiya."

After much deliberation, Fukasaku ultimately sided with Mount Myōboku. The Great Toad Sage's arrangements were never wrong, and if he wasn't told, it was probably pre-arranged.

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Two people were slowly approaching from the outskirts of Konoha Village.

The man and woman were Nagato and Konan, who were wanted by Konoha Village.

At this moment, Konan's chakra was almost depleted, but she still struggled to support Nagato and walk towards Konoha Village. Because Nagato was still alive, she did not know what had happened to him, but a lot of Nagato's red hair had already started to turn white.

His aura was getting weaker and weaker. If this continued, Nagato would die sooner or later, and in the ninja world, only Konoha might be able to save him.

It's highly unlikely that the Iwa ninja and Kumo ninja would do that. If they knew that Nagato's Rinnegan had been taken, they would definitely dissect Nagato's body to study the information.

Given their identities, Konan and Nagato would most likely have died after arriving in Konoha, but Konan had nowhere else to go, so she had no choice but to gamble that Konoha would save them.

"Who goes there!"

A security team noticed Nagato and Konan, but upon approaching them, they discovered that both were in a very weak state.

"Who are you, and why have you come to Konoha?"

The squad leader of the security team was about to ask about the situation when he suddenly noticed that Nagato and Konan's clothes looked increasingly familiar, as if they resembled the characteristics of wanted criminals in Konoha.

At this moment, Konan spoke up, "We are from the Akatsuki organization. We hope to meet the Hokage. We have important information that only Nagato knows."

Konan then told a lie: if Konoha wanted to know the information, they had to bring Nagato back to life.

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