Uchiha's personal opinion

Jiraiya paused, stopping the giant toad beneath him from retaliating.

Gamabunta obediently stopped drawing his sword and allowed the Adamantine Chains to bind him.

"call……"

Minato Namikaze immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I will not give up!"

Standing atop the chained Gamabunta, Jiraiya raised his head high and shouted, "No matter how rampant evil may be, the moment of justice will eventually arrive!"

"No matter how powerful the evil Uchiha clan may be, the Will of Fire will ultimately guide Konoha back to the right path!"

"I am Jiraiya! Jiraiya who will never give up!"

Then, Jiraiya raised his left hand and revealed a talisman with the character "破" (break) on it.

Ignoring his shouts, the police department ninjas first unleashed a barrage of kunai bullets, then charged forward in battle formation.

"No one can stop a just trial!"

After uttering his final cry, Jiraiya immediately crushed the talisman in his hand.

A beam of yellow light rose up, enveloping Jiraiya and Gamabunta. Then, the two ignored the shielding barrier and transformed into a wisp of smoke, disappearing under the pull of the Reverse Summoning Technique.

The police ninjas, having missed their target, halted their advance and stood there somewhat bewildered.

This is the first time someone has been able to break through the barrier that the Uzumaki clan specifically used to block summoning spells.

"What's going on!"

Sakumo Hatake was the first to land next to Minato Namikaze. He glanced at the expressionless Orochimaru with a strange expression, then looked at Orochimaru's mansion, which had been reduced to ruins, and finally looked at Minato Namikaze, who was still in a daze.

"...Is someone inside?"

Sakumo Hatake sensed the presence of living people in the ruins.

"Oh, right!"

Minato Namikaze immediately reacted, "Save them right now!"

The police ninjas immediately sheathed their weapons and entered the ruins to carry out rescue operations.

"...What's going on?"

Seeing the Konoha ninja being carried out of the ruins, still unconscious, Hatake Sakumo frowned and asked again.

These people are the ninjas who recently went missing from the village...

And it was found in Orochimaru's house.

However, Orochimaru stood calmly to the side, and Minato Namikaze showed no intention of making an arrest.

What's going on here?!

Sakumo Hatake suddenly felt like his brain wasn't working properly.

"...Well, Lord Sakumo, it's a long story."

Minato Namikaze carefully chose his words, "Originally... never mind, how about I give you a report later?"

He felt that he couldn't make sense of things anymore.

Everything that happened today is so surreal!

Minato Namikaze, with the support of Tokumitsu Uchiha, had been rising rapidly in his career and was considered to have a very successful official career. Although he was not arrogant and overbearing, he was still somewhat proud. However, when faced with this sudden incident today, even he felt that his response was full of flaws.

I'm still too young... I need to be more patient and calm in the future...

Minato Namikaze secretly cheered himself up.

"Fine!"

Sakumo Hatake raised an eyebrow but didn't press further. "However, shouldn't the alert signal be lifted?"

At this moment, hundreds of powerful Konoha ninjas landed around them, looking at everything before them with equally bewildered expressions.

Isn't this the highest alert signal from the police department?

What's going on here?

Is that all?

The group of Konoha Jonin looked at each other, and finally all looked at Minato Namikaze and his group.

"I apologize, Lord Sakumo, it was my oversight..."

With an apologetic expression, Minato Namikaze greeted Sakumo Hatake and the Jonin who had come to his aid. He then pulled out a signal flare from his pocket again and fired three blue flares in succession.

Although the Jonin were puzzled, they did not ask any questions. They bowed to Hatake Sakumo and then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

The defensive barrier above the village was also dispelled.

"Ugh……"

After everyone had left, Minato Namikaze looked at Orochimaru, who was still standing in the same spot, and felt a terrible headache coming on.

"How am I supposed to write this report...?"

Minato Namikaze, the expert at reporting, scratched his head, looking extremely troubled.

"Why don't we go and see Lord Deguang together?"

The "gentle and refined" Orochimaru pointed out the key point, and very unusually, he used honorifics when addressing Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Chapter 341 Recruiting the Enemy

"To be honest, Jonin Minato, you didn't handle this matter very well."

In the top-floor office of the police headquarters, Uchiha Tokumitsu put down the action report submitted by Namikaze Minato with a headache and rubbed his temples in distress.

Minato Namikaze lowered his head and hung his hands, looking as if he was humbly admitting his mistake.

The loud noise coming from Orochimaru's area was naturally noticed by Uchiha Tokumitsu. However, he initially assumed it was just a fight between Orochimaru and didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, he had given Minato Namikaze sufficient authority, and Minato had indeed drawn a large number of elites from the police department to carry out the operation, and had also coordinated with the sealing squad to cooperate. All the preparations beforehand were very thorough.

But as expected, an accident still occurred.

After all, no one expected that the series of ninja disappearances that caused such a stir in the village was actually a clumsy scheme devised by Jiraiya to force Orochimaru to defect!

In this way, not only did Uchiha Tokumitsu's original plan to take down Orochimaru completely fail, but the police department might even have to award him a banner for "sacrificing a friend for the greater good"!

"Lord Deguang, I admit that I failed in my duties this time. Please punish me!"

Minato Namikaze made no attempt to defend himself, after all, he had indeed performed poorly and made many mistakes in dealing with the series of events following Orochimaru's report.

"...It wouldn't be considered a punishment, but it seems that this early promotion is not going to happen."

Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed, "Especially the highest alert signal you issued for the police department... it was a complete blunder!"

Of course, this was not because of "overstepping" the mark, but because Minato Namikaze failed to accurately grasp the situation and his own strength, and lacked experience in dealing with oversized summoning beasts, which instead caused unnecessary panic in the village.

"In handling this emergency, I certainly didn't think things through..."

Minato Namikaze blushed and said with remorse.

Uchiha Tokumitsu looked at him for a while and then nodded.

"Making mistakes is not a big deal, as long as you can recognize your mistakes and not repeat them in the future."

He then took a scroll from his desk drawer and handed it over.

"Lord Tokumitsu..."

Minato Namikaze was somewhat at a loss.

He was aware of his shortcomings in this operation and was prepared to accept punishment, but he did not expect that his superior would only say a few words indifferently and then give him such a big gift.

He clearly saw that the scroll handed over by Uchiha Tokumitsu was marked with the words "Flying Thunder God Technique".

Minato Namikaze was instantly smitten.

Although he intended to refuse because he believed that one should not accept rewards without merit, this secret technique was just too much to his liking!

So, Minato Namikaze tremblingly accepted the scroll handed to him by Tokumitsu Uchiha.

"This secret technique is incomplete."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said, "Moreover, since the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, no one has mastered this secret technique, so this will be a great challenge for you..."

"But, like I said, I have high hopes for you, so don't let me down!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said in a gentle voice.

"I obey your command!"

Minato Namikaze took a deep breath and bowed respectfully to Tokumitsu Uchiha.

Where is Orochimaru?

Uchiha Tokumitsu did not say anything more.

"He was in the lobby on the first floor, but he wasn't detained. They just had several men watching over him."

Minato Namikaze answered immediately.

"Let him come up."

Uchiha Tokumitsu hesitated for a moment before saying, "You still need to work hard at the new district police station and achieve results as soon as possible!"

"As ordered!"

Minato Namikaze immediately bowed and left.

"Orochimaru……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu never expected Orochimaru's response to be so decisive.

So, the key is how to use this opportunity to continue to control Orochimaru...

However, one shouldn't be too calculating. After all, judging from Orochimaru's brazen report against Jiraiya, he still has the pride of a strong person. No matter how good a friend is, he will turn his back on them once they cross his line.

So, the key is how to dance within Orochimaru's bottom line...

Uchiha Tokumitsu pondered deeply.