Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch Uchiha Zongxian

"Still no news from Tsunade?"

also asked.

"There are no clues at all. The Anbu who are looking for Tsunade-senpai are almost running thin. They have checked all the big and small casinos in the Land of Fire. Unfortunately, Tsunade-senpai seems to have no intention of showing up and has been playing with the Anbu." Guerrilla warfare.”

"That's it!"

Zilai also sighed lightly.

It seems that after all these years, Tsunade still hasn't gotten rid of the shadow of the past, and she doesn't want to return to the village... Then forget it!Anyway, Mr. Tofeng seems to be quite old, but he should still be able to hold on for a few more years. The new generation of Konoha is also growing vigorously. As a wanderer who has left the village, it is better not to dictate the affairs of the village. !

"New generation?"

Toad Sage's eyes passed over Zongxian, and then towards Itachi and Kimimaro. Looking at these overly young faces, Jiraiya deeply felt that the new generation of Konoha had grown up. In fact, compared with these young people, he is already a genuine old thing.

"Sogen-kun, I heard that you met Orochimaru in the Kingdom of Water?" Jiraiya was not ready to express any more opinions about the Fifth Generation Hokage, so he simply changed the subject and talked about another thing that concerned him very much.

He has traveled extensively these years,

One is to find the Child of Destiny, which is a long mission with no end in sight, and the other is to track the whereabouts of Orochimaru. He is still brooding about the betrayal of his former classmate and comrade and cannot let go.

"Yes."

Zongxian nodded, "But it was not me who met Orochimaru, but Shisui. He and Orochimaru had a fight. The end result was that Shisui was injured, Orochimaru escaped alone, and Kimimaro... ·That white-haired boy was a child who was brainwashed and deceived by Orochimaru, and was rescued by Shisui."

"According to Shisui's report, Orochimaru's soul was defective due to his research on the forbidden art of immortality, and he was easily repelled by him."

All this information about Orochimaru was compiled into a report and submitted to the village.

With Jiraiya's status, he must have seen all this information, and Zong Xian just repeated it at this moment.

"Uchiha Shisui? You single-handedly defeated the Two-Tailed Jinchuuriki. You Uchiha are really full of talents! You can make that guy Orochimaru suffer... I really want to see that bastard in such a mess, He betrayed the village for the sake of immortality, but in the end, he researched forbidden arts and took out his own soul first!" Jiraiya seemed to be cursing, but also seemed to be sighing, even Kimimaro, who was standing not far away, could Feel the complex emotions contained in the words.

"The Kingdom of Water... Go and see it if you have a chance!"

Jiraiya muttered.

Although it is unlikely that Orochimaru will still stay in the Kingdom of Water, no one can say for sure. Orochimaru's mind is different from that of ordinary people, and he cannot figure out Orochimaru's thoughts according to common sense.

"There is no problem in going to the Kingdom of Water. We are allies with the Mist Ninja now, but... I thought Jiraiya-senpai you would stay in the village to take care of Naruto!"

"I have become accustomed to traveling around the world. After staying in the village for such a long time, I can no longer hold back my desire to travel!"

Jiraiya smiled freely and said, "As for Naruto, I originally thought about taking him out of Konoha and traveling with me if it didn't work out, but now it seems that it is better to let him stay in the village. The old man is traveling together, what Naruto needs are friends of the same age... But I will come back to visit Naruto from time to time!"?

learn from mistakes,

After being fooled by Sarutobi-sensei, Jiraiya had obviously learned his lesson. His last words were an implicit threat, and he was always worried that Uchiha approaching Naruto was plotting the power of the Nine-Tails.

"Don't worry, Naruto is my sister's friend, and he is also half of my disciple. No matter what, he will not make his life worse than when the Sandaime was in power." Zongxuan smiled and sarcastically said back. Before threatening others, he first saw clearly whose fault Naruto had been treated in the past.

After hearing what Zongxian said,

Jiraiya's smile suddenly stiffened.

This is something he still can't let go of. Some of Sarutobi-sensei's actions are completely unacceptable to him. However, Sarutobi-sensei is gone. No matter how much dissatisfaction he has in his heart, he can only hold it in his heart and there is no way to vent it. , even if you are being ridiculed like this, you can only endure it.

"Half a disciple? Did you teach Naruto the secret technique of painting, Sogen-kun?"

Jiraiya, who was unsure and unsure, had no choice but to change the topic.

"Super Beast Pseudo Painting, Sun Release Secret Technique, is very suitable for Naruto. Not only is he a Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, but he also inherited the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan. This Yang Release type of secret technique can shine in his hands. Zong Xian didn't chase after him, a sarcastic sentence was enough, and he continued to chat with Jiraiya as if nothing had happened.

"Then why not just accept Naruto as your disciple?"

"The first is to avoid suspicion."

Zongxuan answered calmly, "Our Uchiha clan has such a history after all. Strictly speaking, Shisui and I both have the power to control tailed beasts... If Naruto is accepted as a disciple, there is no doubt that there will be someone in the village." How much gossip is not conducive to our clan’s integration into the village.”

"The second is that Naruto is not suitable to be my disciple. The abilities of our Uchiha clan are basically based on these eyes. There are not many things I can teach Naruto. I also have the secret technique of super beast fake painting." I got it from one of Danzo's subordinates. Even if it wasn't me, Naruto could have learned it from other channels in the village. Besides, you are here, Jiraiya-senpai! I don't have to do anything for you."

While the two were talking, they walked towards the street outside the park.

Uchiha Itachi and Kimimaro followed closely behind.

"Jiraiya-senpai, if there is nothing else, I will leave. I still need to report back to Hokage-sama regarding the fact that you have no interest in the Fifth Generation." When they reached the street, Sogen stopped and said goodbye to Jiraiya.

"Please tell Senior Zhifeng that I'm really sorry for delaying this for so long."

Said so too.

Zong Xian smiled and was about to leave when he noticed an unexpected person approaching. On the street where there were not many people, an ANBU wearing a fox face mask knelt in front of him, "Zong Xian Sir, if there is an emergency, please go to the Hokage Building immediately."

Emergency situations?

The sudden change made Zong Xian a little confused. It was the war in the north that had changed. He thought in his heart and said: "I understand, let's get over it."

"Jiraiya-sama, if you have time, Hokage-sama would also like to invite you to the Hokage Building."

"Eh? Is there still me?"

Jiraiya scratched his head, hesitant.

He is self-aware. As a wandering wanderer, he doesn't have the nerve to get involved in major events in the village. This is why he did not meet the Hokage when he returned to the village. Sooner or later, he will have to set out again. of.

but,

He was somewhat embarrassed that it took him so long to give an answer about the Fifth Generation, and it seemed like something big had happened. If the situation was serious, he couldn't just sit back and ignore it, while keeping the future of the ninja world in mind. , and his love for the village has never diminished.

"All right!"

After a brief hesitation, Jiraiya agreed, and then looked at Zongxian again, "Zongxian-kun, it seems that I don't need to bother you anymore."

"Jiraiya-senpai, together?"

"Then let's go together."

Sogen and Jiraiya rushed towards the Hokage Building. As for Uchiha Itachi and Kimimaro... they continued to work. As newcomers to the police department, patrolling was their daily task.

----

The Hokage Building has changed to the owner's office.

In Jiraiya's memory, it was Sarutobi-sensei who first sat here. At that time, Sarutobi-sensei was very high-spirited and was a famous "ninja hero" in the ninja world. The title of the strongest Hokage was of course an exaggeration, but at that time Hiruzen Sarutobi is worthy of the title of "Ninja Hero".

Later, due to a series of incidents during the Third War, Sarutobi-sensei abdicated, and Jiraiya watched his most beloved disciple take over this office. At that time, he firmly believed that his disciple, who was as warm as the sun in winter, would give him The village brings a better future.

But who knew that the "yellow flash" really disappeared in a flash. Konoha's Fourth Hokage died young, and the surviving Sandaime came back to the throne. Now, the Sandaime has stepped down in a disgraceful way. And he was humiliatingly assassinated in prison by a rebel ninja from Kirigakure Village. This office had a new owner.

"Sogen-kun, you're here! And... Jiraiya."

Akimichi Tifeng was a little surprised when he saw Jiraiya appearing with Zongxuan. He was not blind to see Jiraiya's free-spirited choices, but he just wanted to give it a try and see if he could. Talk about moving Jiraiya, after all, he is such a powerful fighter who is not from the Uchiha clan.

"Finally you are willing to come see me!"

Akimichi Torifu and Jiraiya are no strangers. As a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the famous "Sannin" also fought under Akimichi Torifu when he had not grown up in the past.

"Lord Hokage."

Jiraiya didn't hold back, he stepped forward and said: "I'm sorry for delaying for so long, but please forgive me for still being unable to take over as the Fifth Hokage."

"... Still don't want to?"

Akimichi Tifeng was stunned for a moment, but he was not too surprised by this answer. It had been delayed for such a long time. Regardless of whether Jiraiya finally agreed or refused, he was fully mentally prepared, and now Jiraiya was clearly the choice rejected,

But in this way, the selection of the Fifth Hokage became difficult again.

"My temperament is not suitable for becoming Hokage."

"That's it! In this case... we can only let the ANBU increase their efforts to find Tsunade!" The Fifth Generation Acting Hokage sighed, seeming to have completely forgotten what Munexun said just a few days ago. Directly from him to move from agency to formal proposal.

"Lord Hokage, we will talk about the fifth generation Hokage in a moment. Can you first tell us what happened?" Zongxian interrupted Lord Hokage's remarks about looking for Tsunade and set his target on the sixth generation. He didn't want to see the Shodaime's granddaughter come back.

If the good-looking Tsunade comes back, with her status as the granddaughter of the First Hokage, the disciple of the Third Hokage, the founder and perfecter of Konoha's medical ninja system, and one of the most dignified Konoha Sannin, it can be said that no one Being able to compete with him for the position of Hokage, as long as she is determined to be Hokage, even the yellow flash will not be her opponent.

And this is a woman with tenacious and long vitality,

Even though Zong Xian is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, he doesn't want to wait for 20 to [-] years before competing for the Sixth Generation. Such a long waiting time is really torture.

"Let the ANBU urgently call me and Jiraiya-senpai over. Did the Kumo ninja make any big moves again? Is it possible that Shisui and the others didn't block the Kumo ninja's attack?" Zongxian said while turning his gaze to the person standing in the room. The other three people were the Jonin squad leader, the head of the interrogation department, and the head of the ANBU.

The squad leader of the jounin class, Nara Shikaku, is an acquaintance. The head of the interrogation department is a middle-aged woman with a cold and stiff face, Ryo Itoi. The life experience of this director is also inspirational.

She has the most ordinary origin, her parents are civilians. She entered the ninja school because she had a little talent to refine chakra, but she relied on her own efforts to become the deputy director of the interrogation department before she was 30 years old. Taking advantage of the downfall of the Sandaime Hokage, he overthrew his immediate boss and removed the word 'vice' before the age of 35.

Sogen is no stranger to Deputy Minister Itoi, no, he is now Minister Itoi. The Police Department and the Interrogation Department also cooperate a lot. Although the Uchiha clan themselves can use the Sharingan to interrogate a lot of information, but Due to various circumstances, there is a lot of cooperation between the two departments.

As for the new minister of the Anbu codenamed "Song Zang".

Seeing the chakra aura that was not unfamiliar, Zongxuan recognized the identity of the man hidden behind the mask. The third in command of [Gen], second only to Shimura Danzo and Aburame Ryoma, Yamanaka Masakazu was born in the Yamanaka clan. , previously attacked Zong Xian with a woman who used the secret technique of super beast fake painting, but was captured alive by Zong Xian.

The death of Shimura Danzo and Aburame Ryoma did not mean the death of Gen. To be precise, because of their deaths, Gen reintegrated into the ANBU, and Yamanaka Masakazu was chosen by Akimichi Tofaze to be the general among the dwarfs because of his family background—— Making do with it, he became the new head of ANBU, and the former third-in-command of Reagan suddenly became one of the real top leaders of Konoha.

The change of fate is so wonderful and interesting!

Zong Xian looked at this interesting combination in front of him and couldn't help but wonder what happened on the front line. The ANBU minister was just here, but why did the interrogation department minister also appear here?

"Not Kumo-nin."

Akimichi Tofaze didn't say anything more about the Fifth Hokage. Although this matter was quite urgent, there was another more urgent matter at the moment, "It's Iwa Ninja."

"Iwa Ninja?"

Jiraiya frowned.

It is already quite difficult to deal with the northern Kumo ninja's attack on Konoha. If the Iwa ninja makes any changes at this time, won't Konoha have to fight on two fronts again?

"Did the Iwa ninja go south?" Sogen asked calmly. Compared to Jiraiya, who had always been away from the village's power center, he actively moved closer to the power center and successfully made himself a member of the center. He knew that Iwa ninja had gone south. Shinobu's sudden change is just something that is bound to happen. The only question is when will it happen?

"Iwa Ninja hasn't gone south yet, but it's almost the same. Our spy stationed in Iwa Ninja sent back a secret report. Kumo Ninja and Iwa Ninja have envoys to each other. The Sandaime Tsuchikage is already preparing to go south to attack us personally." Speaking of this. For one thing, Qiudao Qifeng also had a headache.

Although this matter had been anticipated for a long time, it could not change Konoha's current problem of insufficient troops. It was already difficult enough to block the Kumo ninja. How could there be enough troops to fight the Iwa ninja at this time? The Iwa ninja also suffered heavy losses at that time, and they probably couldn't mobilize too many troops, but they were still more capable than Konoha, who was fighting on two fronts.

"Ohnoki? That old guy's dust escape is quite tricky!"

Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a headache when he mentioned the old and strong Sandaime Tsuchikage. He had faced the Sandaime Dust Kage in the past, and he could still remember the terrible destructive power. In terms of destruction alone, The power is comparable to that of Tailed Beast Jade.

"Is the Iwa ninja going south? It's definitely impossible to defend it with the border defense troops in the northeast, but the village... can't squeeze out more troops now, can it?"

"It's not just that."

Akimichi Tofeng sighed and waved his hand, "Shikaku, please explain!"

"not only that?"

Zongzhen raised his eyebrows in confusion and turned his gaze to Nara Shikaku, waiting for the explanation from this smart man of the Nara family.

"The spies we planted in Iwagakure were originally members of the Roots." Nara Shikaku said briefly, then asked Sogen a question, "I wonder, Uchiha Minister, have you ever heard of walking people?" Miko?"

"The walking miko? Are you talking about our legendary spy in Konoha? Could it be that she is the spy lurking in Iwagakure Village?"

Before Zong Xian could answer, Jiraiya answered in surprise.

For a spy, strictly speaking, being famous is not a good thing. It means that the enemy will focus on tracking him down. However, if he can enjoy such a great reputation while also concealing his true identity, then this is undoubtedly a top-level spy. spy.

The walking witch,

It is a legend among legends.

As a well-known legend in Konoha, she had such a name at the end of the Second Ninja War. However, the enemy investigators did not obtain any other information except that she was female. , age, and appearance are all a mystery.

Later, this miko became active in the intelligence community, traveling to Sand Hidden Village, Iwagakure Village, and Kumogakure Village, and collected a lot of important information, which greatly helped the frontline war.

Without the active spies represented by this miko, even if Konoha could win World War II and World War III, it would still have to pay a heavier price.

"That's right, before Shimura Danzo was defeated, many spies, including this walking miko, had been sent to Iwagakure Village. The information this time was passed back by this miko... "Having said this, Nara Shikaku paused for two seconds, and then said: "However, now, we suspect that perhaps the spies planted in Iwagakure Village may have been exposed."

"Exposed?"

Zongxian was puzzled, "Did our legendary horse stumble?"

"No, there is a problem in the village." Nara Shikaku smiled helplessly, "Some time ago, the root organization was disbanded and the process of merging into ANBU was not smooth. A considerable number of Danzo's diehard elements caused trouble. It’s quite a mess, the Uchiha clan leader should still be impressed, right?”

Zong Xian nodded gently.

Nara Shikaku continued: "The problem came at that time. The internal chaos at that time gave many spies in the village the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. The spies of Iwa Ninja took advantage of the chaos and stole a copy of the root organization that we had placed in each village. Spy list... If Minister Itoi hadn't tortured this piece of information from an Iwa ninja spy whose identity was discovered, we might not have known about the leak of the list until now."

"Can such a thing be leaked out? What do ANBU do for food?"

Zongxuan couldn't help but interrupted Nara Shikaku's words.

The newly appointed ANBU chief and the interrogation department chief Itoi stood there as if they were wooden figures and remained silent.

"Uchiha Clan Leader, strictly speaking, the Anbu was quite chaotic at that time." Nara Shikaku explained helplessly that the fifth generation acting Hokage did not succeed according to tradition, or even came to power in a hurry after the sudden death of the previous generation, but overthrew him. The third generation seized power.

Even if there is a smooth succession, it is inevitable to change the administrative team. Akimichi Tofaze, who has seized power, naturally has to take over the ANBU, the most important power department, in the shortest possible time. The inevitable purge has plunged the ANBU into an unavoidable chaos. ······

"······I understand."

Zongxian was also quick-talking for a moment, and soon he remembered the situation at that time. Because of the chaos in the Anbu, the police department spent a lot of energy to maintain the order and stability of the village. He no longer pursued the past events and asked directly: "So, it's possible that the walking miko has been exposed to the eyes of the Iwa ninja? How many months has it been already?"

"Probably not yet."

Nara Shikaku explained: "The miko who walked first can pass back information proving that she has not been discovered by the Iwa Ninja. The list stolen by the Iwa Ninja is not complete, but as the saying goes, pull out the carrot and bring out the mud. Even these spies are basically They are all single-line connections, but that cannot be said to be true safety... The walking witch herself noticed that the wind was in the wrong direction, and the information passed back also said that she would choose to escape in the near future, hoping that the village could be at the border Answer."

"So, you want to send someone to pick up this walking witch?"

"Yes."

The new head of ANBU nodded, "Even if the person cannot be rescued alive, we must try to bring the body back. If we cannot even recover the body, we must ensure that the body is completely destroyed and cannot be left to the Iwa Ninja. .”

These words are quite callous.

But it is not difficult to understand. Even Jiraiya just frowned in displeasure when he heard these words, but he did not deny the correctness of these words. Not to mention being captured alive, even if it was just the corpse of a legendary spy, it was still important. Confidential information, there are too many secrets hidden in his mind, and they must not fall into the hands of the Iwa ninja.

"Save people or silence them?"

Zong Xian rubbed his eyebrows. He didn't know much about this walking miko. Even in his memory of the previous life, he only mentioned it briefly. However, he remembered that this miko seemed to have died because of Danzo's methods. He fell into the hands of Kabuto Yakushi, which led to Kabuto Yakushi's darkening. He was bewitched by Orochimaru and joined his subordinates, becoming a minor BOSS that Naruto and the others would face in the future.

Now Danzo Shimura is finished, the walking miko is still alive and well, it doesn't matter whether Kabuto Yakushi will turn black or not...

Just a pharmacist's pocket,

So what if he joins Orochimaru's command?Even facing Orochimaru himself, Munexun, he had no fear.

"I probably understand the matter, but Hokage-sama, you came to me to ask me to visit the Earth Kingdom in person, right?" Zongxuan looked again at the Fifth Generation agent who was sitting in the chair in silence for a while. Hokage, he won't even ask him to take action on such a trivial matter.

If he has to do everything by himself, why should he be the patriarch or minister?

"That's not so."

Qiudao Qifeng waved his hand and quickly denied it.

"I want to form an elite team to support the walking miko. To this end, I would like to ask for your opinion, Sogen-kun. Also, since the Iwa ninjas are going south, we need to raise troops as soon as possible and decide on the commander-in-chief... "..." As he said this, Qiu Daofeng couldn't help but sigh.

This force is really difficult to raise!

The civilian ninjas can no longer be scraped, and families such as Sarutobi and Shimura have almost squeezed them dry. If this continues, the students of the ninja school will have to graduate early, or they will continue to 'scratch' people from other families in the village. Not to mention anything else, the Hinata, Uchiha, Aburozuka and Inokacho families can definitely mobilize another wave of troops.

at this point,

Qiu Daochengfeng knows it best!

After all, he is from the Akimichi clan.

"I see, so you are calling Jiraiya-senpai here because you hope that Jiraiya-senpai will be the commander-in-chief of the war against the Iwa Ninja?" Zong Xian understood why he even called Jiraiya over.