The man standing at the top of the ninja world

"Maybe something happened in the Kingdom of Earth, which caused a large-scale retreat of the Iwa ninja, so Danzo was free to support us." Tsunade speculated wildly.

The number of ninjas displayed in the Kingdom of Grass is roughly the same between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Earth. If you look closely, Konoha has slightly less. After all, Konoha has one against three.

In Tsunade's opinion, other than the large-scale retreat of the Iwa Ninja, there should be no reason for Danzo, as the commander, to retreat from the battlefield. The battlefield in the Country of Grass is more important than the battlefield in the Country of Rain.

After all, it's impossible for Danzo to use some clever trick to defeat Onoki. Both parties have known each other for more than [-] years. Tsunade doesn't think Danzo has this ability. It would be nice if he didn't get beaten up by Onoki.

"Maybe." Orochimaru said noncommittally, "In short, it has nothing to do with us."

"It's written in the letter. Danzo had already set off before the teacher handed this letter to Toad. He is a wind release ninja. It only takes two days at most to arrive here to replace us."

"We don't need to worry about anything else, just keep an eye on Nagato."

"That's right." Jiraiya nodded and muttered: "In that case, let me go and guard Nagato and the others first. Tsunade, you can replace me in the evening, and I will hand it over to Orochimaru tomorrow."

"no problem."

"can."

Seeing this, Jiraiya said nothing more, turned around and walked outside the house, and disappeared in an instant.

The way of guarding is naturally to be in the dark, rather than carelessly guarding outside Nagato's room. People coming and going in the camp will be very noticeable. With Jiraiya's strength, the three of Nagato are It was impossible to discover him anyway.

......

One day later, early in the morning.

"Stop, who are you"

On the outskirts of the Konoha camp, in the pouring rain, two patrolling ninjas held kunai and looked warily at the five mysterious men standing in front of them wearing hooded tops, covering their faces.

"It's me." The mysterious man took off his hat, shook his head, and said calmly.

"You are..." One of the patrolling ninjas looked at the other person's exposed face in surprise and said uncertainly: "Danzo-sama"

Danzo nodded, "That's right."

These five ninjas who suddenly appeared outside the Konoha camp were Danzo and his four henchmen who rushed from Konoha to the Country of Rain.

In order to bring Nagato back to Konoha as soon as possible, they traveled through the stars and nights, and their speed was much faster than Orochimaru expected. It only took one day and two nights to get from Konoha to the Land of Rain.

But now is different from later. According to the original history, Danzo was dismissed from his position as Hokage Advisor by the Third Hokage after the Uchiha clan was annihilated. From bright to dark, he rarely appeared in front of others, so that the new generation of ninjas, such as Naru Others don't know him at all.

But now, as an advisor to the Hokage, Danzo is still very well-known in Konoha. At least Konoha Chuunin and almost all ninjas above have met him and know his appearance very well.

Another patrolling ninja did not relax his vigilance at all after seeing Danzo's face. He stared at Danzo and reminded his companion: "Don't be careless. You can't confirm that he is the advisor just based on his face. It’s also possible that the enemy pretended to be Danzo-sama to confuse us.”

"Don't forget, before we came to the Kingdom of Rain, Lord Danzo was still fighting in the Kingdom of Grass. How could he suddenly come to the Kingdom of Rain?"

"Very good, keep enough vigilance. Only in this way can you be a qualified Konoha ninja." Danzo's originally cold eyes showed a hint of appreciation, and he was very satisfied with the performance of the two patrolling ninjas.

"Don't worry, we will stay here motionless. Now you can notify the ninjas in the camp and ask Orochimaru and the others to come out and identify us."

"Okay." One patrolling ninja continued to look at Danzo and the others with concentration, while the other patrolling ninja began to use ninjutsu to communicate with the camp. Most of the patrolling ninjas had this ability.

"The art of ninja. The art of understanding the mind."

This patrolling ninja is a member of the Yamanaka clan, named Yamanaka Gale. What he uses is the ninjutsu that Yamanaka Ino and her father Yamanaka Haiichi used to communicate with the entire ninja coalition during the Fourth Ninja War. Transmit your own words into the target's mind.

Tens of seconds later, Shanzhong Liefeng opened his eyes and said, "Okay, they have received the information and will immediately inform the three commanders and ask them to come over immediately."

The two sides turned a blind eye to the pouring rain above their heads and just stood facing each other in the rain. After waiting for about 5 minutes, dozens of Konoha ninjas arrived from the camp, and the leading ninja was Orochimaru.

Everything went well next. Orochimaru confirmed that Danzo's identity was true and that he was not pretending to be an enemy. He took him to the headquarters in the center of the camp, which was Orochimaru's own room, while Jiraiya and Tsunade Already waiting inside.

On the other side, in Nagato's house, because the Sannin was ordered to stay in the house and not go out, Nagato began to teach Konan and Yahiko how to read.

Literacy is necessary for ninjas. If you want to become a ninja and learn powerful ninjutsu, you must first be able to read. Otherwise, even if S-level ninjutsu is placed in front of you, you will only be blinded.

Even Naruto, who later dared to hand in a blank test in the Chuunin exam, was literate.

But in the entire ninja world, literate people are actually only a minority, and the vast majority of people are illiterate.

This is the case with Konan and Yahiko. Firstly, they are still young, and secondly, they are just civilians, not high-ranking officials, nobles or wealthy people, so they basically don't know a few words except their own names.

As for Nagato, although he is also a civilian, his father Ise is a doctor. As a doctor, it is of course impossible for him to be illiterate. The original Nagato was also planning to become a doctor, so he was better literate than Konan. Get better with Yahiko.

"Is that red-haired kid the Uzumaki Nagato with the Rinnegan that your letter wrote about?"

Danzo stood outside Nagato's house, expressionlessly looking through the window at Nagato, Yahiko and Konan who were sitting together in the house.

Jiraiya, who was standing next to him, nodded when he heard the words, "Yes, he is Nagato."

After entering the headquarters, Danzo did not rush to discuss with the Sannin how to replace them. Instead, he proposed to meet the owner of the Rinnegan Eye in person to confirm the other person's situation.

The Sannin could understand Danzo's request, so he asked Jiraiya to bring him here.

"Let's go." Danzo glanced for a few times and then looked away, "It's time to discuss replacing you."

Inside the house, Nagato, who was teaching Yahiko and Konan to write, seemed to feel something. He suddenly turned his head and looked towards the window, but saw nothing.

Maybe it was just his own misunderstanding. Nagato shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and concentrated on teaching the two of them.