The man standing at the top of the ninja world

Everyone looked at the two men with solemn expressions. There was no doubt that these two men should be the leaders of the unidentified ninja who attacked and occupied the Flame City.

Only Nagato was different. He looked at the man on the right wearing a turban and a mask, with a hint of astonishment in his eyes, because he discovered that he actually knew this person.

It's him, there's no mistake, it's indeed him, but with his identity, how could he appear here?

This man wearing a turban and mask, with only a pair of eyes exposed, is suddenly one of the members of the Akatsuki organization in the original Naruto novel, Kakuzu, the rebellious ninja of Taki Ninja Village.

Nagato suddenly had deep doubts in his heart. Kakuzu was one of his future younger brothers. There was no way he could mistake Kakuzu's identity, but he clearly remembered that Kakuzu had always been a loner before joining the Akatsuki organization. How could a former bounty hunter lead such a large group of ninjas to attack a city in the Land of Fire?

Jiraiya said: "You are the group of ninjas who attacked Flame City, right?"

"That's right." The white-haired man nodded.

"Who are you, and why do you want to attack Raging Flame City?"

"Hey, Toudou, what happened?" At this time, Kakuzu turned to look at the white-haired man next to him, with obvious dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Didn't you say that the only Sannin who came to Konoha this time was Tsunade? Why is Jiraiya here too?"

Toudo shook his head, with a puzzled look on his face, and said, "I don't know either. From the information I learned, the only Konoha ninja who came to Flame City this time is Tsunade's team."

"But now it seems that even Jiraiya's team is here too."

Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at each other, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Sure enough, someone revealed their information to this group of unidentified ninjas, and this person should be one of the few in the Land of Fire who knew about this. Among the ministers of affairs.

Because the Daimyo of the Land of Fire originally only wanted the first team to carry out this task, but the Third Hokage sent Jiraiya's team out just to be on the safe side. These people didn't know about this and explained it to them. The people they conveyed the information to were among the ministers of the Fire Nation.

Tsunade looked sharply and said loudly: "Hey, tell me who leaked our information to you."

Todo shook his head, "Sorry, I can't tell you this question."

After saying that, he looked at Kakuzu with a smile on his face and said: "Mr. Kakuzu, although I didn't expect Jiraiya to come with him, it's not a big deal. With the two of us here, even if the Sannin is here, There is nothing to worry about both of them, they are both going to die."

"Hmph." Kakuzu snorted coldly, "You make it easy. Every strength of Konoha's Sannin cannot be underestimated. There are two Sannin here now, and it is very dangerous to deal with them."

"Mr. Kakuzu, after I kill them, I will double the reward I promised you, how about that?"

"That's pretty much it."

"Kakuto?" Jiraiya looked at Kakuzu, frowned, and asked, "Are you the ninja Kakuto who defected from Taki Ninja Village decades ago?"

Kakuzu nodded, "Yes, have you heard of my name?"

"I just accidentally learned something about you. But, are you really that Kakuzu? Rumor has it that he disappeared after bloodbathing Taki Ninja Village. If you are really that Kakuzu, you should at least be there by now. Are you over 60 years old?"

Jiraiya's voice was a little suspicious. Although ninjas have various abilities with chakra, they are still ordinary people. A ninja in his 60s should have lost a lot of strength, but Kakuzu seems to have no such signs at all.

"Hmph, I have begun to live as long as heaven and earth. Time is meaningless to me. I want to get rid of you."

"Arrogant." Tsunade was furious, "Just a bunch of you guys want to kill us?"

"Haha." Kakuzu laughed, "Are all the younger generations so ignorant now?"

"Little girl, when I fought with your grandfather Senju Hashirama, you were not even born yet."

Tsunade was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Kakuzu in astonishment, "What are you talking about, you and my grandfather fought against each other?"

Kakuzu nodded and said proudly: "Yes, that happened decades ago. At that time, the senior officials of Taki-nin Village were dissatisfied that Taki-nin Village only received one tailed beast from the Five Shadows Conference, so they decided to Assassinate the First Hokage, and the person who performs this task is me."

"However, Senju Hashirama is worthy of being called the God of Ninja. I fought with him, but in the end I was defeated by his hands and failed to kill him."

"This..." Tsunade's expression changed slightly. Her grandfather was the God of Ninja. Although Kakuzu was defeated by her grandfather, if Kakuzu really has the strength to fight with her grandfather, he will undoubtedly win. She is much like Jiraiya.

"Hey, old guy." Nagato looked at Kakuzu with disdain, "Don't flatter yourself, there is no such thing as a big battle. The First Hokage clearly defeated you with one move."

"Boy, you...how do you know this?" Kakuzu had a look of astonishment on his face. Just like Nagato said, when he went to Konoha to assassinate Senju Hashirama, he had just approached Senju Hashirama. , before he could take action, he was discovered by Senju Hashirama, and was subdued by Senju Hashirama with one move.

Later, Senju Hashirama asked him about his identity and purpose of coming, told him that Konoha did not want to start a war with Taki Ninja Village, and let him go.

After the mission failed, Kakuzu returned to Takinin Village, was punished by the top management of Takinin Village, and was imprisoned. The more he thought about it in prison, the more angry he became. Senju Hashirama is so powerful, and he can execute it with his strength. This mission is no different than committing suicide.

As a result, he finally returned to Taki Ninja Village alive. Not only did he not receive comfort, but he also had to accept punishment. This was simply bullying him deliberately.

Kakuzu escaped from the prison in a rage and killed all the senior officials of Taki-nin Village. Then he left Taki-nin Village with the most powerful secret skill of Yu, and became a bounty hunter.

However, when he assassinated Senju Hashirama, he and Senju Hashirama were the only two people present. Nagato was only a teenager. How could he possibly know that he was subdued by Senju Hashirama's move?

Nagato looked at Kakuzu jokingly and said, "Old guy, why should I tell you how I know?"

As he said this, he couldn't help but laugh. In fact, he also guessed. After all, the process of Kakuzu's assassination of Senju Hashirama did not appear in the original Naruto novel.

However, Nagato is not just guessing, but a reasonable inference. Kakuzu was only a slightly more powerful Kage-level ninja during the Shippuden period. When he assassinated Senju Hashirama, Senju Hashirama was in At his peak, he himself hadn't even learned the unique skill of Earth Resentment. At best, he was at the level of a Kage-level goalkeeper, or even just an elite Jonin.

How could Senju Hashirama need a second move to defeat someone like him?

"What? It turns out he was just a guy who was easily defeated by my grandfather and then spared his life. It really shocked me." Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief. She had really let Kakuzu be frightened just now, thinking that Kakuzu is a strong man on the same level as her grandfather Senju Hashirama.

Haruno Zhao curled his lips, "He's just an old man who was severely beaten by the First Hokage and then spared his life. He's still bragging about how he fought against the First Hokage. He's really thick-skinned."

Not only Haruno Zhao, but everyone including the ninjas from Kakuzu looked at him strangely, and some of them even laughed.

Kakuzu was furious and stared at Nagato, his eyes burning with anger, "Boy, you are looking for death!"

"Hmph, old guy, come and kill me if you can?" Nagato looked confident. He was really not afraid of Kakuzu, because he could be said to be Kakuzu's nemesis.

Relying on the secret technique of Taki Ninja Village, Kakuzu can extend his life by robbing the hearts of other ninjas, and he can also use the ninjutsu of the original owners of these hearts, and his five hearts have mastered wind, thunder, water, and fire. The five elements of earth ninjutsu make him a very versatile ninja and a standard ninjutsu type ninja.

To put it bluntly, he is a low-end version of the Third Hokage.

And Nagato's Rinnegan's Hungry Ghost Path ability can absorb ninjutsu. All of Kakuzu's ninjutsu are ineffective against him. He can definitely defeat Kakuzu.

Kakuzu formed a seal with his hands and was about to attack Nagato. At this time, Todo standing next to him stopped him.

"Mr. Kakuzu, this Uzumaki Nagato is just a chuunin. Let's work together to get rid of Tsunade and Jiraiya first. We will talk about other things after killing them both."

Kakuzu glared at Nagato fiercely and said solemnly: "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Tsunade turned back to look at Nagato and the other six, and said, "You six, protect Akaka Shinya and don't let him get hurt."

Nagato, Uzumaki Kushina, Konan, Yahiko, Haruno Ou, and Namikaze Minato all nodded together, "Understood, we will definitely not let these people hurt him."

This was something they had discussed from the beginning.

"Yes." Tsunade nodded, then looked at Toudo, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and punched him.

"Asshole, go to hell!"

On the other side, Jiraiya faced Kakuzu.

Toudo stepped back a few steps and dodged Tsunade's attack. Then he waved his hand and said: "Get started and kill all these Konoha ninjas. As for the ordinary people, leave them alone. A group of ordinary people did not resist at all." Ability, wait until you kill these Konoha ninjas, then deal with them."

"Yes." Hundreds of ninjas surrounding everyone responded loudly, and then they all took out their weapons and rushed towards Nagato and the other six people.