Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

After he said these hurtful words, some of the Iwa ninjas couldn't contain their emotions and suddenly attacked Kirito.

They simultaneously unleashed a collective Earth Release ninjutsu on Kirito: Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique.

More than a dozen huge rock projectiles were fired rapidly toward Kirito.

Seeing this, Kirito was about to defend himself when a thick earthen wall appeared in front of him, blocking all the incoming rock projectiles.

"Who gave you permission to act? Without my orders, anyone who dares to act without authorization will be treated as a traitor to the village."

Huang Tu promptly used Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall to block his comrade's attack on Kirito, and shouted loudly with a red face.

These guys are such bastards! They launched an attack without his orders. If this really causes conflict between Iwagakure and Amegakure, it could be a major disaster for the village.

Hattori Masanari is not the kind of ninja that Iwagakure can easily manipulate. If they launch an attack, the relationship that they have worked so hard to build may immediately break down, and their cooperation with Iwagakure may be canceled.

Sunagakure serves as a cautionary tale, and Hattori Masanari has the audacity to do such a thing, as evidenced by his current relentless efforts to offend Sunagakure.

Iwagakure cannot follow the same path as Sunagakure.

Furthermore, these guys are really getting more and more unruly. He, the team leader, is still alive, and they're already starting to disregard him, the son of the Earth Shadow.

The Iwa ninja who made the move were loudly reprimanded by Huang Tu, and their expressions became somewhat unnatural, with some even showing resentment.

However, since Huang Tu, the team leader, has now stepped forward to help Kirito out of the predicament, it is clear that he will not support their actions. In addition, there was the warning just now, so they had no choice but to give up continuing to attack Kirito.

"The ninjas of your village are quite short-tempered. I'll let it go this time, but it won't be good if they do it again next time. I might not be able to see it, but if I encounter danger, I will retaliate."

Upon seeing this, Kirito spoke coldly, staring with murderous intent at the few Iwa ninja who had just attacked him.

Kirito's killing intent may not be as great as Hanzo's, a Kage-level powerhouse who has killed countless enemies, but the White Zetsu clone is now at least a Kage-level powerhouse, and he even defeated Kakuzu, so his killing intent is extraordinary.

When these people were stared at by Kirito's White Zetsu clone with murderous intent, they instantly felt as if they had returned to their childhood and were being stared at by a terrifying beast. Their bodies turned cold, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back in fear.

"Enough, Mr. Hattori. I believe you wish to maintain a friendly relationship with Iwagakure. Please refrain from doing anything that could harm our friendship. From what you just said, it seems our deal is indeed not yet complete. Let's finish this deal as soon as possible."

Seeing this, Huang Tu stepped forward to block Kirito's view and said with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Kirito glanced at Huang Tu, the frost on his face instantly melting away, the killing intent in his eyes disappearing, and he said with a smile, "Of course, I, Hattori Masanari, am very willing to maintain a good friendship with Iwagakure. So, Mr. Huang Tu, please come with me, this lone wolf. I will definitely not disappoint you."

"No, Lord Huangtu, it's too dangerous for you to go with him alone."

The next moment, Black Rock shouted a reminder.

The other Iwa ninja also agreed, not wanting Huangtu to go with Kirito alone.

“Mr. Huangtu, now is the time to show the friendship between you Iwagakure and me. You don’t think I would intentionally harm you, the son of the Tsuchikage, do you?”

Kirito said to Huangtu with a smile.

After hearing Kirito's words, Huang Tu remained silent for a moment before turning to the other Iwa ninja and saying, "Wait here for me to return. No one is allowed to follow me."

They, the Hidden Stone Village, are not afraid of Hattori Masashige's tricks, nor are they afraid of Amegakure behind him.

Although he was the son of a wealthy family, he was not a coward. Last time, out of consideration for his subordinates, he allowed them to follow him. Hattori Masanari also yielded due to the authority of Iwagakure.

But this time, because of some idiots, the Rain Ninja in front of him clearly has no intention of enduring it again.

In order to ensure the village could successfully complete its cooperation with Hattori Masashige, what harm was there in taking a risk in Huangtu?

The other Iwa ninjas, seeing that Huang Tu had actually agreed to Kirito's request and was going to make the deal alone, wanted to continue persuading him, but seeing Huang Tu's serious expression and eyes, they had no choice but to swallow their words and watch helplessly as Huang Tu and Kirito left.

Soon after, Huang Tu and Kirito arrived at a cave, where they saw Akasa, whose limbs had been cut off and whose fate was unknown.

"Don't worry, he's still alive. I know a little bit of medical ninjutsu, and he's doing quite well right now. You can take him back alive without any problem."

Kirito pointed at the red sand and said.

Huang Tu wouldn't listen to Kirito's words alone. He decisively went forward to check on Chi Sha's condition and confirmed that he was out of danger and breathing normally before believing what Kirito had said.

"Take this. This is the remaining part of the deal. I hope you understand that the friendship between us in Iwagakure is very precious."

Huang Tu looked at the red sand on the ground, thought for a moment, then took out a scroll from his body and handed it to Kirito, then forced a smile and said.

In this transaction, Iwagakure suffered a considerable loss. Not to mention that the elite puppeteers from Sunagakure that they obtained in the deal were snatched back by Sunagakure, and they also lost many people in the pursuit.

Now they're trading scrolls containing S-rank ninjutsu.

Huang Tu felt very frustrated.

Although this was a bargaining chip agreed upon from the beginning, the Red Sand had previously been obtained for free by Iwagakure, but this despicable Amegakure has taken it back.

Regardless, he successfully completed the task the old man had given him.

"Rest assured, I, Hattori Masanari, have already witnessed the sincerity and friendship of Iwagakure. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will be very happy to cooperate with Iwagakure."

Kirito naturally knew what Iwagakure wanted. He took the scroll, opened it, and confirmed that the contents were genuine. He then readily offered a rosy picture of his willingness to cooperate with Iwagakure.

Huang Tu seemed fairly satisfied with the food. Seeing that Kirito was so cooperative, he finally showed a genuine smile and nodded, saying, "Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation in the future."

After saying that, he extended a hand to Kirito.

Kirito immediately reached out and shook hands with him, saying with a big smile, "Definitely, definitely."

Huang Tu was a decisive person. After getting what he wanted from Kirito, he immediately took the prisoner Akasa and left.

Kirito stayed where he was and watched Huang Tu leave. Once Huang Tu had completely disappeared from sight, he suddenly said, "He's already gone far away."

The next moment, Hanzo the Salamander emerged from a nearby puddle.

"Why didn't you attack Chiyo earlier, Hanzo? With your skills, you could have stopped that wretched old woman if you had made a move."

Kirito immediately put on a stern face when he saw Hanzo the Salamander.

He was still very unhappy about missing the chance to kill Chiyo, and even though he knew Hanzo's predicament, he still wanted to ask him a few questions.

“Masashige, I know you have a deep grudge against Chiyo, but you also need to consider Amegakure’s current capabilities. We shouldn’t have a serious conflict with Sunagakure for the time being. Sunagakure is currently fighting Konoha and is temporarily unable to attack Amegakure, but that may not be the case once the war is over. If you think about it calmly now, you will definitely understand my predicament.”

Upon hearing this, Hanzo smiled wryly.

He certainly wanted to kill this powerful enemy, but the weakened Amegakure behind him made him hesitant to easily kill Chiyo.

Chiyo was the wife of the First Kazekage, an important Kage-level shinobi in Sunagakure, and the leader of the Sunagakure's martial arts faction.

If he kills Chiyo, then Amegakure and Sunagakure will definitely go to war.

If it were the old him, he would have done it without hesitation, but not now. He has learned too much about the hidden dangers and current situation of Amegakure and the Land of Rain from Hattori Masanari, and he really dares not drag Amegakure and the Land of Rain into war again.

"Sigh, what a pity. I probably won't be able to find such a good opportunity to kill that old woman again, since she has no other sons."

Kirito sighed, a regretful expression on his face.

In order to maintain Hattori Masanari's persona, he had no choice but to magnanimously forgive Hanzo's lack of support.

"That's not how it works. This old woman has lost five Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Master puppets, so her combat power has dropped by at least 30%. Moreover, these puppets are not easy to replace. With the abilities of Sunagakure, creating five more such puppets would be extremely difficult and impossible to complete in a short time. If she encounters me again in the future, without these puppets to help her, my chances of killing her will increase by at least 20%. If she is foolish enough to come to the Land of Rain to cause you trouble in the future, then she won't be able to return alive."

Hanzo spoke confidently, making a promise to Kirito and revealing his strong confidence in his own strength.

“That’s good. We shouldn’t stay here any longer. Let’s go back to Amegakure. Our relationship with Iwagakure has been initially repaired. It’s time for us to work together to make Amegakure and the Land of Rain better.”

Kirito looked thoughtful upon hearing Hanzo's words, then smiled slightly.

It's time for his Rainhide Infiltration Plan to begin.

"Alright, let's work together to make Amegakure and the Land of Rain strong again."

Hanzo said excitedly.

All he can think about now is that Hattori Masanari can come back and help him.

He doesn't have Hattori Masanari's mind. He's completely clueless about things like building Amegakure. Now that a large number of high-ranking spies have been exposed, Amegakure's internal administrative system is almost paralyzed, though not completely. Now he's just waiting for Hattori Masanari, who has been abroad for a few years and has acquired a lot of knowledge, to help him restore Amegakure's administrative system.

After all, many of the feasible construction plans he had heard about from Hattori Masanari were things that Hattori Masanari would have to handle.

There's also the intelligence network; Hattori Masanari needs to put in a lot of effort into that as well.

There was no other way; Amegakure simply had too few capable people, so they had to rely on the most capable to do more work.

Kirito smiled in response, gripping Hanzo's outstretched hand tightly, thinking, "If I can reverse the fate of the Land of Rain, will I be able to obtain more enhancement points?"

The idea of ​​building Amegakure and the Land of Rain was initially a lie he told Hanzo, but now he actually has that intention.

He used his White Zetsu clones to travel throughout the Land of Rain, where he saw only the devastation left by war, with many people struggling to make ends meet.

Although these people had nothing to do with him, he couldn't help but feel that he couldn't just sit idly by and do nothing.

If it can make the world a better place, then quietly contributing his share is probably the right thing to do.

He didn't aspire to be a chosen one; he simply wanted to make this world, which seemed like hell on earth, a better place.

"It's best to avoid war if possible."

Kirito thought to himself, and then he and Hanzo quickly headed towards the Land of Rain.

Before leaving, he glanced casually at a green toad standing on a rock not far away.

Before long, Kirito and Hanzo had walked away.

Suddenly, the green toad opened its mouth, and a hand reached out from it.

Then, Jiraiya emerged from it.

"Was that last look he gave me a surprise?"

Jiraiya looked in the direction Kirito and Hanzo had left, his expression grave as he thought to himself.

While he was staying in the Land of Rain, Konoha naturally couldn't allow an elite Jonin like him to focus solely on teaching three war orphans from the Land of Rain. Instead, they secretly had him take over Konoha's intelligence network within the Land of Rain.

He himself possesses outstanding intelligence-gathering abilities in this book.

Therefore, after obtaining accurate information about the location of the transaction between Hattori Masanari and Iwagakure, he secretly infiltrated the location and gathered intelligence.

It turned out that this trip was truly worthwhile. He not only discovered the mysterious Kage-level powerhouse, but also learned about the outcome of the transaction between Iwagakure and Hattori Masashige, making it a very fruitful trip.

However, Hattori Masanari's last glance gave him a chilling feeling, as if he had been exposed.

"Never mind, let the teacher handle these troublesome matters. Right now, I just need to focus on gathering intelligence and guiding Amegakure and Konoha toward peace."

Jiraiya scratched his head in annoyance and sighed.

Then, he used a summoning technique to summon a messenger toad, handed it a prepared intelligence scroll, and said with a smile, "Please remember to deliver this to the Hokage personally."

"I understand. Leave it to me. By the way, Jiraiya, Master Fukasaku wants you to go back to Mount Myōboku when you have time."

The messenger toad stuck out its tongue, wrapped the information scroll that Jiraiya handed it, swallowed it, and then spoke to Jiraiya.

"Oh~, it's rare for Boss Fukasaku to call me back. Do you know what it's about?"

Jiraiya was surprised to hear this.