Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 506 Jiraiya Blocks the Way

Guh...!

Danzo opened his mouth wide, gurgling incessantly, his tongue flailing wildly as if trying to shake out the smell of excrement from his mouth.

"Hahaha!"

"That's hilarious!"

Li Yao was laughing so hard he bent over and slapped his thigh from a short distance away.

The big black dog, Tuan Zang, spread its four legs to the sides and opened its mouth wide, making gurgling noises, just like a person who has eaten something disgusting and is squatting down frantically gagging.

Li Yao found the chaotic posture of the human and dog working together hilarious.

Danzo vomited for a while, but found that he couldn't vomit anything. In fact, the stench of feces kept tempting him.

Right now, his physical instincts as a big black dog make him crave to eat feces, but his human will and cognitive abilities make it difficult for him to accept the deliciousness of feces.

This feeling of conflict between body and mind drove Danzo almost insane.

"Roar roar roar roar!"

Finally, Danzo the Black Dog turned his gaze to Li Yao, the one who had brought him to this state. Perhaps it was his instinct that gave him courage, or perhaps he could no longer sense Li Yao's power.

In short, the snarling black dog, Tuanzang, kicked off with its leg and lunged at Li Yao with its mouth wide open.

But as soon as he took off, before he even landed, Li Yao had a thought, and his chakra controlled the big black dog's body, making it completely still.

Snapped!

Unable to control the large black dog's body, Danzo fell flat on his face.

"Alright, let's go back to Konoha!"

After laughing, Li Yao had a sudden thought and returned to Konoha with the big black dog Danzo.

Back in Konoha, Li Yao cast two forbidden spells on the big black dog.

One is that they cannot leave Konoha Village.

One can only eat shit.

Then they let Danzo, that big black dog, roam freely.

Li Yao went back to Biwako, his third wife, to study how to create a baby.

From then on, Konoha gained a big black dog that couldn't move when it encountered poop.

……

Two days later.

in the afternoon.

The eastern part of the Land of Fire borders the Land of Iron. After crossing the great river at the mouth of the sea, Tsunade and her entourage, who were escorting the Third Hokage, arrived within the territory of the Land of Iron.

However, just as everyone approached the river...

Bang!

A large cloud of thick white smoke suddenly burst open on the riverbank beach covered with white stones and sand ahead.

In the smoke, a dark shadow as large as a small mountain was faintly visible.

Clang! Clang!

The three squads of ANBU ninjas who accompanied them drew their ninja swords and instantly took positions around them, protecting Tsunade, the Third Hokage, and Lee Yoh's Lightning Release clone - White Fang - in the middle, while warily looking ahead.

The three people being protected, however, remained calm, seemingly aware of who was approaching.

"Lord Jiraiya!!"

As the smoke cleared, a giant toad with a katana slung across its waist and a large pipe in its mouth sat on the sandy riverbank. Who else could it be but Gamabunta, the Great Toad of Mount Myōboku?

However, what caused the ANBU ninjas to gasp in surprise was Jiraiya, who was standing with his hands clasped together on top of the giant toad Gamabunta's head.

"Jiraiya, what are you doing here?"

Tsunade stepped forward, looked at Jiraiya on the giant toad's head, and asked a question she already knew the answer to.

Li Yao's Lightning Release clone, White Fang, stood beside the Third Hokage, and he saw a relieved smile on the Third Hokage's face.

I imagine the arrival of Jiraiya must have moved the Third Hokage somewhat.

Li Yao's Lightning Release clone, White Fang, smiled without saying a word, watching the confrontation between Tsunade and Jiraiya.

Jiraiya kept his hands clasped together, glanced at his teacher standing next to Hatake Sagumo, a flash of anger in his eyes, then looked at Tsunade with a complicated expression.

"Tsunade, you're our teacher's student! How could you do such a thing to him?"

Jiraiya also couldn't understand. No matter how wrong the teacher was, that was no reason for Tsunade to send him to one of the Four Great Hidden Villages.

Everyone understands that if the teacher falls into the hands of the four hidden villages, he will only face death.

Jiraiya could hardly believe his eyes when he learned of what had happened in the village from the urgent intelligence reports that came in that morning, including Tsunade's decision to deal with their teacher.

He thought that with Tsunade in the village and her support, his teacher would at most be dismissed from his position as Hokage. He never expected that Tsunade would be the one to ask to send his teacher to one of the Four Great Hidden Villages.

It was thanks to Tsunade's leadership that the village made the decision to ask their teacher to die.

Tsunade's actions were tantamount to murder.

Jiraiya couldn't understand why Tsunade would do such a thing.

But he would never allow anyone to send his teacher to his death, so he came.

"Jiraiya, with your intelligence, you should know what the old man has done all these years, and the consequences of not handing him over now."

Tsunade asked coldly, "The village or the old man, which do you choose?"

Despite Jiraiya's seemingly silly demeanor, Tsunade knew that he was actually quite intelligent.

She knew that there must be some of the old man's loyal followers in Konoha who had sent information to Jiraiya, and that the old man in the information was definitely innocent.

However, she believed that Jiraiya had his own judgment.

Jiraiya should understand that, putting aside everything else, just the previous attack on the four hidden villages' ninjas who had already retreated back to their home countries by sending ANBU had led to the mobilization of the four Kage and heavy losses to the ninja forces on Konoha's four major battlefronts.

This responsibility alone is enough to cost three generations their lives.

Moreover, the current situation is already quite clear.

The four hidden villages genuinely want a ceasefire.

But the prerequisite is that the old man must die.

Otherwise, the four hidden villages would attack Konoha simultaneously.

This attack is not like the previous ones. The four hidden villages dare not mobilize their full strength and must leave most of their forces to guard against other hidden villages.

Now, the four hidden villages are forming an alliance to besiege Konoha.

If this situation arises, Konoha will absolutely be unable to stop it.

Tsunade would never allow Konoha, which her grandfather and the others had protected, to be destroyed by the old man.

This is the bottom line!

It was precisely because the Third Hokage's actions of sending ANBU ninjas to attack the ninjas of the Four Hidden Villages who were retreating to their homelands, driven by his own desires and interests, crossed Tsunade's bottom line that she made up her mind to send the Third Hokage to his death.

Just like when Madara Uchiha threatened the safety of Konoha, my grandfather had no choice but to kill his good friend Madara Uchiha.

Tsunade had the same will; she was willing to send her teacher to his death for the sake of Konoha.

Compared to Tsunade's unwavering will to do everything for the good of Konoha, Jiraiya, who always proclaimed his desire for world peace, did not have that same will.

He knew the serious consequences of his teacher's reckless actions, but he couldn't just stand by and watch his teacher go to his death.

"If one person really has to die to make the Four Great Hidden Villages stop, I will go in place of my teacher. My reputation as one of the Three Legendary Sannin is no less than that of my teacher. My death should be enough to quell the anger of the Four Great Hidden Villages."

Upon hearing this, Li Yao's Lightning Release clone, White Fang, didn't seem to feel anything, but Tsunade and the other Anbu ninjas were all deeply moved.

Jiraiya did not resort to force, but chose to die for his teacher. This determination is awe-inspiring and thought-provoking.

"here you go!"

The Third Hokage's eyes lit up, and he inwardly gave Jiraiya a thumbs up for his handling of the situation.

Put yourself in their shoes. If one day you were in the same situation as the Third Hokage, and there was someone like Jiraiya who would be willing to die for you, the sense of security you would feel would be incredibly comforting.

Jiraiya's actions resonated with Tsunade and the other Anbu ninjas.

When there is emotional resonance, the third generation will be placed in the position of the weaker party, which will in turn generate empathy.

Empathy softens one's decisions, allowing one to consider things from the perspective of three generations.

Once you start thinking from the perspective of the third generation.

Then the chance for those three generations to escape this calamity has arrived.

At this moment, the group of ANBU ninjas couldn't help but start to ponder.

Sending three generations of ancestors to their deaths—isn't that a bit too cowardly and pathetic?

Even Tsunade began to fall into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)