[Iwaku Street]
The only inn on the street, the first floor here is for eating, the upper floor is for resting.
The climate here is cold, even though the time is not late yet, the sky outside is already dark.
"Tsunade-sama, we've already stayed here for so long, when are we leaving?", Shizune held Tonton in her arms, looking worriedly at Tsunade who was gorging herself.
Tsunade had been wandering around all this time, wherever powerful and influential people needed treatment for strange illnesses, she would go and earn some money for gambling.
A person's name is like the shadow of a tree, as the top-tier medical ninja in the ninja world, no matter where she went, she was always treated as an honored guest.
This was also the reason she still had money even though she kept losing.
Tsunade burped while drinking and said to Shizune, "What's the rush, we don't have anything to do anyway."
Shizune's face was full of worry, "Didn't something big happen in the village?"
"Tsunade-sama isn't going back to take a look?"
Tsunade poured herself a cup of wine and drank it all in one go, "Tch, that old man has tons of tricks, what's there to worry about."
At this moment a tall figure appeared beside Tsunade's table.
Then he sat down heavily, snatched the wine pot in front of Tsunade, and poured himself a cup.
"Jiraiya-sama?", Shizune was a little surprised, Jiraiya actually came here.
Tsunade raised her head, her drunkenness faded quite a bit, "Why are you here?"
Jiraiya drank a cup of wine, the cold in his body was dispelled by a wave of warmth, "I came to take you back."
Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya, just took the wine pot back and poured herself another cup to drink.
She had no intention of responding at all.
Jiraiya wasn't annoyed either, he took out an intel scroll from his body and handed it to Tsunade.
Seeing that Tsunade didn't take it, Jiraiya reminded, "You'd better take a look."
Jiraiya's expression was very serious.
Tsunade raised her eyebrows slightly, then took the scroll.
The intel on the scroll had been organized by Jiraiya, starting from when Danzo prepared to wipe out the Uchiha clan but was countered.
Then to recently, the Uchiha clan captured the Sand's Jinchuriki alive, Uchiha Rengoku first fought Yugito, then fought the AB combo, beating the Kumo to a pulp.
Even the Raikage was turned into a cripple.
At first Tsunade was still rather indifferent, but by now she was sitting up straight.
Until she saw the recent part, Uchiha Rengoku had been promoted to the position of advisor elder, and was about to succeed as the Uchiha clan leader.
"Where did this Uchiha Rengoku pop out from?"
Let alone Tsunade and others who weren't in Konoha, even those in Konoha had never heard of Rengoku's name.
After all, Rengoku wasn't eye-catching before, he only rose up recently after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Jiraiya took out another scroll and gave it to Tsunade, "This is Uchiha Rengoku's file, after the recent battle, he has fully revealed his nature."
"He's a typical hawkish Uchiha clansman, and extremely arrogant."
"After he takes over as Uchiha clan leader, he probably won't stay obedient."
Tsunade flipped through the intel in her hand, her eyes filled with astonishment, "Only seventeen years old, yet he has this kind of strength and strategy."
Tsunade continued flipping through the intel in her hand,."Have you fought him before?"
Jiraiya denied, "No, but the two Great Toad Sages told me that Rengoku's chakra volume is several times mine."
"If we really fight, my chances of winning are slim."
"From his current battle record it's obvious, one-on-one fights can't beat him."
The drunkenness on Tsunade's face also faded.
"He even recruited Orochimaru?", Tsunade almost missed that part on first glance.
Jiraiya looked embarrassed and said, "Yes, the old man gave in to Rengoku's pressure and already pardoned all of Orochimaru's crimes."
"But Orochimaru has now joined the Uchiha clan, not returned to the village."
"The Uchiha clan is now at its peak, just Rengoku's combat power alone is this strong."
"There's also Fugaku and Itachi, both have Mangekyo Sharingan."
"Now they've also captured a One-Tail Jinchuriki, and the Hyuga clan has also been roped in."
"If you still don't go back, the old man won't be able to hold out."
"Rengoku is already an advisor elder now, the next step might very well be the Hokage seat."
"Tsunade, no matter what, Konoha is your grandfather's legacy, you wouldn't want the village to fall into Uchiha's hands, right?", Jiraiya also advised.
Senju Hashirama died too early, Tsunade's education mostly came from Senju Tobirama.
There's no need to say how much Senju Tobirama hated the Uchiha clan.
Tsunade naturally held prejudice against the Uchiha too.
"Besides…", Seeing Tsunade's expression soften, Jiraiya quickly added, "The old man is already preparing to take action against Danzo."
"If you return, you can prevent Danzo from doing anything desperate."
Tsunade's face was full of surprise, "The old man is willing to move against Danzo?"
Back when Orochimaru defected, there was plenty of evidence pointing to Danzo.
But because Danzo still had value, those things were suppressed.
Although Tsunade didn't stay away from Konoha just because of this, it played a big part.
After all, what Danzo did was always shady.
Here, Jiraiya smiled bitterly and said to Tsunade, "Remember those three disciples I took in from Amegakure back then?"
Tsunade thought about it for a while before recalling, "They're related to Danzo too?"
Jiraiya nodded, and told Tsunade some of the intel he had gathered.
Tsunade was speechless, Danzo really only ever did things that made enemies for Konoha.
"I already went to Amegakure once, but didn't find them."
"Konan's paper technique is highly mobile, I don't know where they've gone."
"I now want Danzo dead more than anyone."
"The village's current situation, it's still better to go back once."
Tsunade, hearing this, thought for a moment and still agreed, "Alright, then I'll go back and take a look."
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[Mt. Katsuragi]
On this mountain lived in seclusion the Tsuchigumo clan's spirit medium, and his granddaughter.
Besides an old servant taking care of them, there was no fourth person on the mountain.
The Third Hokage's four ANBU had already arrived at the foot of the mountain.
But the scene was a mess, all the traps below had already been triggered.
And judging from the triggered state, it was about one or two days ago.
The ANBU followed the mountain path upward.
At the summit of Mt. Katsuragi, the spirit medium and the others had completely disappeared.
On site there was only one old man lying dead on the ground.
The ANBU took out a scroll to compare.
"This person should be the servant who attended the spirit medium, looks like we came just in time."
"We can report back to the Third Hokage now."
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