People are in Hokage, one person at a time

Jiraiya on the road had already made full preparations mentally. As the speed increased, the capital of Hot Spring Country had long disappeared from his sight.

They walked along the road until noon before Jiraiya planned to let Rope Tree down to rest. However, the brothers' journey home would obviously not be so smooth. Just like when they brought Rope Tree out at the beginning, the people from other ninja villages were not fools. Now Konoha is recruiting people on a large scale. The spies from other ninja villages who had difficulty in sneaking into Konoha in the past have now become an important force in Konoha's construction.

Therefore, although the information about Senju Nawase is not an open secret, in the eyes of some smart people, Senju Nawase represents too many things. Even if they know that Senju Nawase is followed by Jiraiya, one of the three great ninjas of Konoha, in the face of absolute temptation, many people will still choose to take risks.

In the first six months or so after they came out, the two had experienced dozens of attacks, big and small. Although they had a period of peace and quiet, there were still people who refused to give up in secret...

"It looks like we have a special visitor."

Jiraiya put the rope tree down and slapped it with his hands, and then he removed the self-binding curse on the rope tree.

Then Jiraiya turned around and looked at the woods not far away. About thirty meters away from the two of them, a tall, silver-haired man covered in a black robe and wearing a half-face mask on his head slowly walked out of the woods.

The other person came out without saying a word, but just looked the two of them up and down with a scrutinizing gaze. On the other hand, Jiraiya felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity on the silver-haired man, just like standing on the calm surface of a lake and looking down at the ambiguous reflection in the water. Although they were very similar, with the surge of undercurrents in the water, some subtle differences clearly told Jiraiya that this was not the so-called self in the mirror.

"who are you?"

Jiraiya's expression became serious as he crossed his arms. However, the silver-haired man did not answer immediately. Instead, he continued to look Jiraiya up and down with an inquiring look.

After a few seconds, the other party slowly spoke: "Master Jiraiya, the hero of the ninja world, right? I didn't expect that our first meeting would be in such a scene. I'm really sorry."

The silver-haired man spoke in a somewhat puzzling manner. Just as Jiraiya was about to answer, the silver-haired man continued, "Although I personally do not want to be an enemy of the heroes of the ninja world right now, Lord Jiraiya, can you hand him over to me?"

"Are you here for the Rope Tree as well?"

Jiraiya said in a deep voice, looking at the other person's extremely familiar figure. Although he was a little taller than himself, the feeling was right. If they really started fighting, this guy would definitely be his rival.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You asked Brother Jiraiya to hand me over to you. Do you think I'm a useless person who has no power to resist?"

Rope Tree was so angry that he kept yelling. How many people had he buried with his own hands using Wood Release since he came out? How come there were still such arrogant guys popping up from unknown corners?

Don’t they know that they are the patriarch of the Senju clan?

Having inherited Wood Release from their great-grandfather, wouldn't they really be afraid?

Shinobu became more and more angry as he thought about it. As he spoke, he formed seals with both hands and was about to teach this arrogant guy in front of him a lesson. However, before he could release the first seal, Jiraiya's arm blocked his body.

"Don't be impulsive. This person's strength is probably not inferior to mine."

"Not inferior to you? What's wrong with not inferior to you? Can the two of us be afraid of him?"

"What I mean is, his target is you, so let me test his quality, you just stand aside first, if things don't work..."

"Stop talking nonsense. If we two brothers join forces, what can we not get? You want to catch me, right? I see you have never been hit on the head by a Wood Release Technique. Feel the wrath of the Thousand Hands. Wood Release Technique: The Birth of the World of Trees!"

The Rope Tree stretched out its hands, and a large number of vines broke out of the ground and quickly grew into towering trees.

Unlike Yamato's Three Rooms and Two Halls Technique's Wood Release, as the heir of the Senju clan and the direct blood relative of Hashirama Senju, even in Danzo's transplant experiment sequence, Nawase's cells are the best dilution of Hashirama's cells. In addition, in the subsequent experiments and recuperation process, Danzo, Orochimaru, Senju Tobirama and Kiyomizu added some ingredients to Nawase. Although Nawase's chakra may not be able to catch up with his perverted grandfather, he can create a little Uzumaki Naruto or something, so there will be no problem in releasing the power of Wood Release.

The rolling vines shattered the earth into pieces, and in just a few breaths, the forest covering an area of ​​more than 300 meters enveloped everyone present.

Although the Tree World Descent would cause basically no casualties when it was first released, if one was entangled by this forest that could absorb chakra, even beings at the level of the Five Kage would probably not be able to escape safely.

What does it mean to create geographical advantages?

"This is Wood Release, the power from Senju Hashirama that is praised as the power to pacify troubled times."

Feeling the speed at which the chakra in his body was draining away, the silver-haired man couldn't help but sigh.

I thought the most troublesome person on this trip would be the hero of the ninja world, but if he could fully release the Wood Release...

Without time to think, under the cover of the trees, Jiraiya's figure suddenly flashed to the side of the silver-haired man, and a powerful whip-kick swept towards the silver-haired man's head. The speed was so fast that even though the silver-haired man had been prepared for the attack, he almost didn't have time to parry.

The powerful kick allowed the silver-haired man to quickly break almost three tree trunks. However, facing this level of attack, the opponent reached out and grabbed Jiraiya's fist as if nothing had happened. Then the silver-haired man pulled Jiraiya's body in front of him, and his left hand turned from a fist into a palm and stabbed Jiraiya's throat directly.

"He's stronger than me, and even faster than me!"

The two exchanged a few lightning-fast moves with physical skills. Realizing that he was at a disadvantage, Jiraiya did not hesitate and narrowly avoided the silver-haired man's heavy punch aimed at his throat. With a toss of his head, Jiraiya's long white hair half wrapped around his opponent like a living giant python.

"The hero's strength should not be underestimated!"

Pouring Wind Style Chakra into the kunai, the silver-haired man cut off Jiraiya's long hair without any hesitation and dodged. Looking at the other party's nimble dodging, even though Jiraiya was knowledgeable and experienced, he couldn't help but feel it was difficult.

"Information leak?"