Chapter 52: Seems Pretty Easy
At this moment, Minato Namikaze was in the combat command room, reporting the mission to Orochimaru.
"Lord Orochimaru, since the Cloud ninjas gathered their forces to hunt us down, we ended the mission. However, it seems that the Cloud ninjas don't plan to send more ninjas to the Land of Hot Water for now. We attacked their supplies twice, but since we couldn't take them away, we destroyed them on the spot."
Orochimaru nodded. "It seems that the Cloud ninjas aren't that impulsive and don't intend to retaliate against us further. It looks like we should have a short period of rest for now."
The Cloud ninjas gathered their forces to hunt down Minato Namikaze because they had no other urgent matters and wanted to get rid of the one who had been harassing them.
The deaths of nearly a hundred Cloud ninjas were already enough of a headache for them, and there wouldn't be any excessive friction with them in the short term.
After reporting the mission, Minato Namikaze stepped back.
After leaving the combat command room, Minato Namikaze happened to run into Tsunade, who was looking for him.
"Lord Tsunade."
Tsunade said in a hurry, "Minato, you're back just in time. The old man sent you an urgent letter."
Tsunade handed the letter to Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze immediately opened the letter and read it.
After seeing the content of the letter, Minato Namikaze's expression immediately became very serious.
Seeing Minato Namikaze's serious expression, Tsunade also frowned and asked worriedly, "Is something wrong with Konoha?"
Minato Namikaze nodded. "This isn't the place to talk. Lord Tsunade, where is Master Jiraiya?"
"Uh..." Tsunade replied a bit awkwardly. "Jiraiya is in a coma right now. The medical ninjas are treating him."
Minato Namikaze asked in disbelief, "What? Master Jiraiya is being treated? Is he injured? Who did it? But all those well - known Cloud ninjas are in their camp. Does that mean the Cloud Hidden Village has sent powerful ninjas to the Land of Hot Water?"
Tsunade averted her head guiltily. "Minato, it was me. Don't ask too many questions about the specific reason. Now come with me to see Jiraiya. Since there's an urgent matter, I'll treat him myself and wake him up quickly."
Minato Namikaze thought in surprise.
Did Jiraiya sneak a peek at girls taking a bath again and get busted by Tsunade?
Really, did he forget the incident when Tsunade broke six of his ribs back then?
Minato Namikaze followed Tsunade to see Jiraiya helplessly.
In the tent where Jiraiya was, Minato Namikaze was startled when he saw Jiraiya with a pale face.
It seems that this injury is about as serious as the one when his ribs were broken.
Did Jiraiya sneak a peek at not just one girl but a group of girls taking a bath this time?
Tsunade said to the medical ninja who was treating Jiraiya, "Alright, you guys take a rest. I'll take over from here."
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"Yes."
The medical ninjas stopped their treatment. Tsunade rolled up her sleeves and directly used Medical Ninjutsu - Mystical Palm Technique to treat Jiraiya.
Medical Ninjutsu - Mystical Palm Technique is not a simple ninjutsu; it's a high - level medical ninjutsu. Whether it's internal or external injuries, the released chakra can achieve an amazing recovery Speed.
More than half an hour later, Tsunade stopped performing the jutsu.
Minato Namikaze asked, "Lady Tsunade, how is Teacher Jiraiya?"
"Don't worry. He'll wake up soon."
As soon as Tsunade finished speaking, she slapped Jiraiya across the face.
"Ouch!"
Minato Namikaze involuntarily gasped, and his own cheek twitched as if he were the one being slapped.
With Tsunade's slap, Jiraiya woke up. He gradually opened his eyelids. Seeing Tsunade in front of him, Jiraiya immediately perked up.
Jiraiya reflexively tried to dodge, but it tugged at his wounds, and he grimaced in pain.
Tsunade snorted and then said to Minato Namikaze, "He's awake. You can talk to him now."
Jiraiya looked at Minato Namikaze and said in surprise, "Hey, Minato, you're back?"
Minato Namikaze said helplessly, "Teacher Jiraiya, you're not getting any younger. You should be more serious! Stop peeping on girls taking baths!"
Jiraiya wondered, "Peeping on girls taking baths? Which time are you talking about? I didn't do it this time!"
"If you didn't, then why would Lady Tsunade..."
Minato Namikaze's voice suddenly stopped. He looked at Tsunade somewhat shyly.
Jiraiya immediately realized that Minato Namikaze had misunderstood, but he couldn't explain.
Because it sounds better than having an affinity for a Puppet that resembles Tsunade a lot.
Tsunade glared at Jiraiya and then said to Minato Namikaze, "Then I'll leave first."
Minato Namikaze stopped Tsunade, "Lady Tsunade, please stay and listen."
Minato Namikaze said seriously, "The Third Hokage sent a letter, stating that Iwagakure is now putting pressure on Konoha. They either want us to hand over Kamishiro or they'll declare war on Konoha..."
Hearing Minato Namikaze's words, Jiraiya and Tsunade also looked serious.
Jiraiya said gravely, "If Iwagakure joins the fray, then the Third Shinobi World War will basically start officially."
Minato Namikaze nodded, "That's right. The Third Hokage said in the letter that we can't hand over Kamishiro, but we also can't let Iwagakure wage war against us. If Iwagakure also decides to wage war against us, then Konoha will have to face attacks from the three big ninja villages of Kumo, Iwa, and Suna. We'll be under great pressure, and the key to stopping this..."
Jiraiya picked up where Minato Namikaze left off, "The key is Kamishiro, right?"
Tsunade asked in confusion, "That perverted kid is the key? What influence can he have on Iwagakure's decision while he's here?"
Minato Namikaze raised his eyebrows.
Perverted brat? Kamishiro?
How come Kamishiro was called a perverted brat by Tsunade after he went out?
Jiraiya explained it to Tsunade. "Kamishiro has a ninja hawk that can directly contact Third Kazekage Kuidou of Sunagakure. I figure the Third Hokage wants to use Kamishiro's ninja hawk to send false information to Kuidou and get him to help us solve this crisis."
After that, Jiraiya asked Minato Namikaze, "Minato, am I right?"
Minato Namikaze nodded. "Yeah, you're right. That's exactly what the Third Hokage meant. The Third Hokage also said we have a month. If it doesn't work, we'll have to give up on Kamishiro."
Jiraiya frowned. "A month? We're in the Land of Hot Water, and there's the Land of Fire in between. Even a ninja hawk will take days to fly to Sunagakure of the Land of Wind. And we have to subtract the time it took to send the message from Konoha. We're running out of time!"
Minato Namikaze agreed. "Yeah, I just calculated. We have to make Kamishiro summon the ninja hawk within a week, and then we intercept the ninja hawk and replace the message with false information."
Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya thought for a while, recalling what Kamishiro had always done...
This mission should be quite easy.