Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 120 Hanzo's evaluation of Jiraiya

"Hanzo, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. You are a man I can help. Our village is a sieve right now. There are too many spies from other ninja villages, and many of them hold high positions. If we don't make a firm decision to get rid of these spies quickly, our Amegakure and the Land of Rain have no future."

Kirito praised Hanzo for his resolute decision to launch a major purge of Amegakure.

The high-ranking position he wanted to hold in Amegakure wasn't one of a lone commander; he genuinely intended to cultivate a group of loyal followers within the village.

Before that, he needed to conduct a major purge within Amegakure.

After all, every radish has its own pit. Without a major purge, how can we better get him into office and make it easier for him to place his own people in those important positions in Amegakure?

Moreover, the village of Amegakure is still dominated by Hanzo.

If he wants to break this deadlock, Hanzo will also need to personally carry out a major purge of Amegakure.

Only by making Hanzo personally attack his own people will the people of Amegakure become disloyal to him, making it easier for him to absorb those who are dissatisfied with Hanzo in the future.

At this moment, Hanzo was fantasizing about working together with Kirito to make the Land of Rain better than it is now, unaware that Kirito was setting a trap for him.

"Masashige, Amegakure has only just stabilized. If we start a large-scale purge immediately, it could cause chaos. Moreover, you are aware of Amegakure's interrogation techniques, and we lack ninjutsu and skilled interrogation ninjas in this area."

After agreeing to Kirito's request, Hanzo said with some difficulty.

Although he was determined to cleanse Amegakure, practical problems still troubled him.

Amegakure's foundation can't compare to that of major ninja villages like Konoha. Apart from its Water Release ninjutsu, Amegakure doesn't really have many other powerful ninjutsu to boast about.

"Don't worry, I've already prepared everything for you."

Kirito smiled mysteriously.

The next moment, he took out a summoning card from his body, used the Summoning Jutsu: Release Jutsu to take out a scroll from inside, and then handed it to Hanzo.

Hanzo, unsuspecting, immediately took the scroll, opened it, and a look of shock appeared on his face: "Masashige, is this information of yours true?"

The scroll contained a great deal of secret information about Sunagakure, including various strategic deployments on the battlefield between Sunagakure and Konoha, such as the locations of armories, granaries, and field hospitals.

If the intelligence is true, once Konoha obtains it, it will deal a huge blow to Sunagakure, forcing them to redo their strategic deployments.

"Of course it's true. I spent a lot of money to hire a ninja who is proficient in torture techniques to get this from those two elite puppeteers from Sunagakure. Unfortunately, there are strong sealing techniques that prevent us from getting more valuable information."

Kirito said with a hint of regret.

His words were half true and half false. While there were indeed extremely strong sealing techniques protecting the brains of Akasago and Sarashima, his Spirit Transformation Technique did not need to read their brains to obtain information. Instead, it acted directly on their souls, obtaining their memories by reading their souls.

"It's already great to have obtained this information. Masashige, are you planning to hand it over to Konoha?"

Hanzo said excitedly, his face full of joy and his eyes showing anticipation.

"That's right, I plan to contact Konoha secretly and use it to exchange for a copy of the torture ninjutsu from Konoha."

Kirito gave an affirmative answer.

However, he will then present Konoha with more detailed information than what is contained in the scroll. In this way, he can legitimately bring the information back to Konoha, alleviate the pressure on Konoha from Sunagakure, and incidentally gain sufficient benefits for himself.

"Perhaps you can get something more in return. I accidentally obtained some secret information, which is that Konoha is currently in the process of passing on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. I have received news from the border that Iwagakure and Kumogakure have suddenly dispatched a large number of ninjas to gather at the border of the Land of Fire. This news should be true. If you hand this information over to Konoha at this time, you can definitely get an unimaginably rich reward."

Hanzo thought for a moment and then offered a reminder.

After leading Amegakure in battle against Konoha, he deeply understood how powerful this ninja village, founded by the God of Shinobi, was. At the same time, they fought against both Amegakure and Sunagakure, and were able to hold out until Amegakure could no longer hold on and had to surrender, which shows how profound its foundation was.

Currently, Konoha is in the process of passing on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and will face enormous pressure from the three great ninja villages. If Konoha can use this information to severely damage Sunagakure, it will definitely greatly alleviate the pressure from the outside world.

"Hanzo, what you say is true, but this is clearly taking advantage of Konoha's misfortune. We may be able to gain a lot of rewards in a short period of time, but do you think Konoha will be grateful to Amegakure? Definitely not. Konoha will only hate Amegakure even more."

"Didn't you just promise me that we'd build an even stronger Rain Kingdom together? Have you forgotten already? Do you think it's better for the Rain Kingdom to be on good terms with the Fire Kingdom now, or to offend it?"

Kirito's expression instantly turned cold after being reminded by Hanzo, and he said in a cold voice.

Hanzo was surprised to see Kirito suddenly get angry at him, but after hearing Kirito's words, he immediately realized and blamed himself, saying, "You're right, I was too short-sighted. If the Land of Rain can use this to make friends with the Land of Fire, it is indeed better than Amegakure getting such a small reward."

He then continued, "Then we should act quickly and contact Konoha to send out this information. Sunagakure is probably also afraid that Konoha will get this information, and they may have already started to adjust their strategic arrangements. The longer we delay, the less valuable this information will become."

"You're right, this matter does need to be dealt with as soon as possible. However, I will personally discuss this with Konoha. Hanzo, it's not that I don't trust you, it's that I really don't trust the people around you. Once this information leaks out, its value will be greatly reduced, and I might face even greater danger than if I had encountered those two elite puppeteers."

Kirito nodded and said with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Hanzo's face darkened slightly, and he sighed, "I understand. I'll leave this to you. If you want to contact Konoha, you can go find a guy named Jiraiya. He's a disciple of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and he's currently in the Land of Rain."

"Jiraiya? I've heard of him. He's one of the legendary Sannin you bestowed the name upon. Tell me honestly, what kind of person is he?"

Kirito said thoughtfully.

"How should I put it? He's probably a bit naive. To be honest, the reason he stayed in the Land of Rain is because he adopted three orphans from the Land of Rain and is teaching them to become ninjas. He's a Konoha ninja himself, yet he's helping the enemy country train ninjas. What else can you call someone like that but naive?"

Hanzo carefully recalled his impressions of Jiraiya and the information he had gathered about Jiraiya's activities in the Land of Rain, and smiled bitterly.

"I see. That's an interesting fellow. Worth meeting. Goodbye then."

Kirito smiled.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kirito turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared from the spot.

Upon seeing this, Hanzo's smile quickly turned cold, and he decisively used the flames formed by his Fire Release chakra to burn the scroll in his hand.

He then stepped out of the inn, watching the rain begin to fall again, and murmured, "Hattori Masanari, I hope everything you've said is true. Don't let me see you betray Amegakure or the Land of Rain, or I'll take you down with me even if I die."

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