Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 504 Escape

Three days later, in the Hokage's office.

Having enjoyed two days of blissful companionship, Toshiro sat in his office chair.

He looked at his subordinate who came to report, his face full of disbelief.

"Kakashi... is what you're saying true?"

"Jiraiya secretly released the serious criminal who attempted to assassinate the Hokage?"

Jiraiya was indeed an emotional person, but he was also a Konoha ninja.

The fact that he stayed in the Land of Rain to take care of Yahiko and the other two kids tells us something.

But this time, Konan was the criminal who tried to assassinate him, the Hokage.

How could Jiraiya let him off so easily?

"Where are the others?"

Isn't this like a cooked duck flying away?

"I don't know. When we woke up, the prisoner had already disappeared from the ward."

"Besides Lord Jiraiya, no one else will come to visit the prisoners."

Kakashi replied somewhat helplessly.

While guarding the prisoners, the entire group of them unknowingly fainted.

When he woke up, he recalled the whole story and the traces at the scene, and he identified the culprit.

I will come to report immediately.

"How long ago did this happen?"

With a somber expression, Toshiro had no choice but to face this reality.

Thinking about it, this battle with the Akatsuki was truly a huge loss for us.

Although they captured half of the Akatsuki members, they didn't kill any of them and had to let them go back to the mountains. It was all for nothing.

Fortunately, Orochimaru and Pakura were still there.

Otherwise, we might really end up with nothing this time.

"Half an hour has passed. It seems that Lord Jiraiya has already led the prisoners out of Konoha."

In half an hour, it would be virtually impossible for a ninja of Jiraiya's caliber to catch up with him.

"These guys are really brimming with the Will of Fire!"

Toshiro rubbed his forehead, surprised that Jiraiya would do something so audacious.

"Were any tracking devices left on the criminals?"

Konan is different from others; he is the best bargaining chip to control Nagato, so it might be worth trying to track him down.

"have!"

Kakashi's reply was concise and to the point.

As a serious criminal, the secret service would naturally do some things to her to make it easier for unexpected situations to occur.

"very good!"

"Go and inform the head of the secret service to gather suitable personnel for tracking. 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 we need to teach her a lesson; otherwise, we won't know who's really in charge in Konoha.

……

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

"Xiao Nan, I'll leave you here."

Jiraiya, who was walking ahead, stopped and looked at Konan, who had grown into a young woman, behind him.

"Try to persuade Nagato not to be so extreme."

"The Hokage has signed a peace agreement with several major powers, and the world will become better and better in the future."

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

Konan briefly recounted his experiences over the years, which Jiraiya found extremely regrettable.

He wanted to give it a try and persuade Nagato not to go further down the wrong path.

In particular, Nagato's eyes possess the legendary eyes.

This further strengthened my resolve.

"Teacher, aren't you coming with me?"

Instead of leaving immediately, Konan looked at Jiraiya with a very complicated expression.

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

"You let me go without permission, and the Hokage will certainly not forgive you easily."

No matter which village it is, a subordinate ninja who lets the criminal who attempted to assassinate the Hokage go will not have a good ending.

Since that's the case, it would be better to let the teacher leave Konoha with me. I imagine Nagato would be very happy to see the teacher.

Moreover, with the teacher's involvement, they were more confident in persuading Nagato.

"Hahaha!"

"Xiao Nan, don't underestimate your teacher."

Jiraiya scratched his head and laughed a few times.

"I am Jiraiya, the Toad Sage, so I'm fine. Besides, I'm also a Konoha ninja."

When Jiraiya spoke of the Konoha ninjas, he looked back at the blurred rock carvings in the distance.

If he were to run away like this, he would become a traitor to Konoha, something he couldn't do.

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

"Then... take care, teacher!"

Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Konan stepped forward, hugged Jiraiya, and then turned into countless fluttering pieces of paper, disappearing into the forest.

When Toshiro arrived, Jiraiya was all alone.

Xiao Nan is nowhere to be seen.

"Jiraiya, do you know what you've done?"

Seeing Jiraiya smoking a pipe while waiting for them, Toshiro couldn't help but feel a twitch in his eye.

This guy is really carefree.

"Take him down!"

Without waiting for Jiraiya's reply, Toshiro gave orders to the Anbu behind him.

"yes!"

Without hesitation, these were all people he had promoted in recent years to the secret service.

Among them were family members who had come to join them, as well as outstanding commoner descendants from Chuncun Village, who could be described as strictly obeying orders.

"Lord Jiraiya, please forgive me!"

An ANBU member, carrying a jar on his back and wearing a fox mask, stepped forward and stood opposite Jiraiya, holding a chakra-suppressing lock in his hand.

"It's... Zhihui!"

Putting away his pipe, Jiraiya remained remarkably calm, completely devoid of his usual nonchalant demeanor.

"Feel sorry…"

Having rejected Aburame Shiki, Jiraiya turned his gaze to Toshiro before speaking:

"If the Hokage promises me that he will not pursue any of the escaped criminals, I will surrender."

Jiraiya glanced at Toshiro's back, where the Byakugan and ninja dogs were faintly visible, and at Shiki in front of him. He knew that he was not their main target.

Their real target is Xiao Nan, who has escaped.

"Stubborn and obstinate."

With a cold snort, seeing Jiraiya still trying to negotiate, Toshiro said coldly:

"I'll handle Jiraiya."

"Zhihui, you'll lead the team to hunt down the escaped criminal. You should know their intelligence, so be careful."

After explaining the emblem, Toshiro turned to look at Jiraiya opposite him with an unfriendly gaze.

Since refusing a toast will result in a penalty drink, Toshiro decided to have a serious talk with Jiraiya and let him know who the real Hokage is.

I gave you some face, and you repay me like this? Don't blame him for being impolite.

"yes!"

Upon receiving Toshiro's order, Shiki Aburame, the head of the ANBU, made a few hand gestures and prepared to leave with the ANBU behind her.

"Toshiro, listen to me!"

When Jiraiya saw that Toshiro had directly ordered Shiki to chase after Konan, he finally became a little anxious and quickly tried to explain.

"I'm doing this for the future of the ninja world, and also..."

However, before he could finish speaking, he saw Aburame Shiki, with her subordinates behind her, walk past him and chase after him into the forest.

"Ninja Art: Lion's Mane Technique"

After a brief hesitation, Jiraiya decided to stop Shiki and the others from taking action.

The person has already been released; we can't let the Hokage and his men bring them back.

"Since we've started, I won't hold back."

Seeing Jiraiya's white hair growing wildly at the back of his head, Toshiro's hand flashed with a blue-green light, and a series of crescent-shaped slashes flew out.

Cut off all the white hairs that were stopping Zhihui and the others from doing their work.

"I've always regretted that we didn't end up fighting last time."

"I'll take this opportunity to experience the Toad Sage Technique of Mount Myōboku."

When I obtained the Flying Thunder God Technique, I originally intended to fight Jiraiya.

However, considering the situation of the Uchiha clan at the time, he chose a shortcut and used genjutsu to take the Flying Thunder God scroll from Jiraiya.

This is a good opportunity to have a proper match with him.

"Toshiro, listen to me... Nagato's situation is special, only Konan might be able to..."

Before he could explain, he saw Zhihui and the others, who had escaped his long hair's interference, disappear into the forest in a few flashes.

He quickly turned around and chased after them.

"Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?"

Seeing Jiraiya willing to expose his back to stop Shiki and the others, Toshiro was furious.

Are all these so-called inheritors of the Will of Fire out of their minds?

In the original story, Nagato almost leveled the entire village of Konoha, yet the protagonist, after hearing about his ordeal, still spared him.

Jiraiya is in a similar situation now.

It's true that like master, like apprentice.

Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Flame Bullet

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

This ninjutsu isn't very powerful against enemies of their caliber, but it's excellent for harassing them.

"Ouch! It's so hot!"

Jiraiya did not dodge these small fireballs; his white hair made him look like a hedgehog.

They just toughed it out.

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

Although he suffered a minor loss, he once again shielded Zhihui and the others with his body.

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

Stopped again, even the usually taciturn Shiki Aburame couldn't help but question her, despite respecting her friend's teacher.

"That's the criminal who tried to assassinate the Hokage. Why fight your own villager for an outsider?"

Given Shiki Aburame's personality, the fact that he could say so much at once shows that he was very dissatisfied with Jiraiya's repeated attempts to stop him.

Even if he's a hero in the village, this kind of behavior is unacceptable.

That didn't make him agree either.

(End of this chapter)