In an instant, the master and the disciple looked at each other.

The atmosphere in the study was depressing, and there seemed to be a stalemate.

Before that, after returning from the Fire Temple.

Uchiha Sasuke took the time to compile all the information provided by Kakuzu into a new report document, titled -

"Top Secret: Summary of Statements on the Akatsuki Organization-II"

Compared with the information provided by Uchiha Itachi, the content provided by Kakuzu this time was much more.

Among them, the biggest increase in intelligence was that Kakuzu directly pointed out the current location of the Akatsuki headquarters -

Yuyin Ninja Village.

In addition, as mentioned earlier, there is a report on the abilities of "Ze" a member of the Akatsuki organization.

Kakuzu also gave further explanations on the abilities of the other ninjas.

In addition, Kakuzu's information also fills in the blanks regarding the appearance description of the Akatsuki members.

Among them, the description of Konan caused great anxiety in Jiraiya's heart.

Light blue hair and orange eyes.

The direction of ninjutsu is related to "Shiki paper".

If we talk about the information originally provided by Uchiha Itachi, the name "Konan" was mentioned in it.

This also made Jiraiya feel hopeful, thinking that they were just people with the same name.

And right now, this information about Kakuzu, whether it is the description of his appearance, the "Amegakure Ninja Village", or the "Shikigakure paper".

The combination of these three factors finally made Jiraiya unable to turn a blind eye any longer.

In my memory, the little girl who loved origami and who had begun to become blurred gradually became clear again.

Once upon a time, during the Second Ninja World War.

When Jiraiya was still a young man, he met three war orphans in the Rain Village and accepted them as his disciples.

They have been together day and night for three years.

During those three years, Jiraiya took care of their daily lives and provided guidance and training in ninjutsu.

Three years later, after confirming that the three were able to take care of themselves, Jiraiya set out on his journey home.

Later, news came from afar.

And Xiaonan is one of these three children.

Right now, according to Kakuzu's information, among all the members of Akatsuki, only Pain and Konan have never dealt with Konoha.

If Konan is really one of the core senior members of Akatsuki, then Jiraiya would not dare to think about Pain's identity.

Could it be that my momentary lapse of judgment at the time had brought such a huge disaster to the ninja world?

The thought of this possibility made Jiraiya feel extremely anxious and he couldn't sleep every night.

Not long ago, the destruction of Takigakure Ninja Village was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

According to Kakuzu's intelligence, except for Gaara, the One-Tailed Jinchūriki of Akatsuki, all captured Jinchūriki will be sealed with the "Sealing Technique: Nine Sealings of the Phantom Dragon".

Through this sealing technique, the Akatsuki organization can extract the power of the tailed beast from the body of the Jinchūriki and seal it into a huge golem.

When the nine tailed beasts gather together, Akatsuki will have the ultimate weapon capable of destroying the world.

As for those Jinchūriki whose tailed beasts were stripped away, their fate is death.

Previously, after some review, Jiraiya had already come to a conclusion.

As long as Akatsuki still regards collecting the tailed beasts as its core goal.

Then, the next person to be captured could only be the only remaining enemy - the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Naruto.

According to this terrible conjecture, the seemingly peaceful Konohagakure Village may be dragged into the war at any time.

After several days of careful consideration, Jiraiya finally made up his mind to go to the Rain Village in person to confirm the existence of the terrible nightmare.

If everything is as he guessed, Konan and Pain are his disciples back then.

Then, even if he was filled with grief, he would personally cut off the evil fruit that he had planted.

Make a final break with those three disciples.

"I repeat, your identity is Hokage!

"I'll go if anyone wants to go!

"From ancient times to the present, how could a Hokage go deep into the front lines to conduct intelligence reconnaissance?"

Uchiha Sasuke said loudly.

He was seen leaning back in his chair, tapping the table in front of him with his index finger knuckles, obviously very angry.

"Uchiha Sasuke, I'll say it again, this time is completely different from all the previous situations.

"No one knows what's going on in the Hidden Rain Village!"

Opposite Sasuke, Jiraiya, who was sitting across a table from him, also refused to give in.

He frowned and said loudly:

"It's true that I'm the Hokage, but you represent the future of Konoha!

"If I die, Konoha still has you to take over. If you die, there will be no one left!

"Have you forgotten what you promised me?!

"This time, you can't do whatever you want!"

"I'm messing around?"

Uchiha Sasuke was so angry that he laughed.

He sat there, took a few deep breaths, and finally forced himself to calm down again, then slowly spoke:

"Anyway, tell me what you want to know.

"You don't have to go, and I don't have to go either. I have a way to tell you the truth."

"I just want to destroy his headquarters to avoid any more trouble!"

On this side, Jiraiya didn't know if it was just a temper tantrum.

I saw him leaning back as well, looking indifferent and totally unwilling to cooperate.

"you

"Stubborn!!"

Uchiha Sasuke stood up immediately, wishing he could slam the table and yell at his master.

On this side, Uchiha Sasuke walked quickly around the room.

His mind was agitated as he thought about ways to convince Jiraiya.

The whole person seemed very irritable, like a trapped animal at dusk that had just been locked up in a zoo.

"Stop shaking, I'm dizzy."

Jiraiya held his head, his reckless look finally revealed.

"Let me think about it"

On this side, Uchiha Sasuke refused to pay attention to the other party and continued pacing back and forth.

"By the way, Danzo."

Uchiha Sasuke stopped, returned to the table, and said:

“I told you the day before yesterday that Shimura Danzo is investigating me.

"Right now, the move by sending out Sai is most likely aimed at me.

"Suppose, you went to the Rain Village, and..."

Uchiha Sasuke paused, trying hard to choose his words in his mind, and spoke again:

“And, what happened, the worst happened.

"Have you ever thought about what Konoha will become by then?"

This reason finally brought Jiraiya back to reality.

However, he made up his mind to go to the Hidden Rain Village after careful consideration.

He had also thought about the question raised by Uchiha Sasuke.

Jiraiya sat up straight, his face solemn, and looked into Uchiha Sasuke's eyes and said seriously:

“I know, both are troublesome.

“But ultimately you have to prioritize.

“In my opinion, Shimura Danzo will not make any major moves for a while.

"But the Xiao organization may come knocking on our door at any time!

"At that time, how will we weigh the life of Uzumaki Naruto and the life of the entire Konoha?"

Uchiha Sasuke was speechless for a moment.

I saw him sitting there blankly, unable to speak for a long time.

"In short, this matter is of great importance."

Here, Sasuke suddenly remembered something and said quickly:

"Wait for me here for a moment, I will definitely give you a good reason."

As he spoke, he strode back towards his bedroom.

Hokage's house, Uchiha Sasuke's bedroom.

As soon as Sasuke entered the room, he immediately bit his right finger, leaving a bloody mark on his left arm.

Then he quickly formed seals with both hands and clapped them downwards:

"Ninjutsu: Psychic Technique!"

Bang!

After a burst of smoke, a middle-aged monkey with a bored face was summoned.

It was still wearing that wrinkled old windbreaker, looking like a down-and-out detective.

The cunning monkey looked around and said lazily:

"long time no see.

"I thought you died at Orochimaru's place."

Uchiha Sasuke was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

It turns out that so much time has passed since the last time I met the cunning monkey.

Since then, I haven't encountered any complicated life decisions. Instead, they are almost all life and death issues related to combat.

As for combat-related issues, it is obviously a better choice to ask for information from netizens rather than asking Houju for help.

And now.

Uchiha Sasuke came to his senses and immediately explained the situation to the cunning monkey:

“Orochimaru’s undercover work has concluded, and everything went as smoothly as you expected.

"Right now, the Kirigakure has been captured by Orochimaru, and the Sand Village is also on the verge of being captured."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Without waiting for Sasuke to finish, the cunning monkey waved his hand and said impatiently:

"I just haven't been hanging out with you during this period, but I'm not isolating myself from everything in the ninja world and living in seclusion.

"Speaking of which, I'm afraid I know more about the news in the ninja world than you do."

After a pause, the cunning monkey suddenly laughed and said jokingly:

"Like, the great hero who saved Sunagakure?"

Uchiha Sasuke was stunned for a moment, but soon understood.

He replied shyly:

"You've heard it all."

“It’s hard not to hear it.”

The cunning monkey laughed.

"Anyway, you know better about the current situation in the ninja world."

Here, Uchiha Sasuke regained his serious expression, quickly got to the point, and said:

"Right now, the reason I asked you to come out this time is mainly because there are some disagreements between me and the Hokage."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, the cunning monkey couldn't help but become interested.

"Recently, with the destruction of Takigakure Ninja Village, Master Gama has become increasingly anxious.

"In his opinion, the Akatsuki organization could attack Konoha at any time and capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"If it's serious, they are more likely to join forces with the Razer Alliance."

Uchiha Sasuke said slowly.

In the meantime, the cunning monkey will ask questions at any time about what you don’t understand.

Everything, including Danzo's movements and recent actions, were explained clearly to Hou Jie.

".Therefore, I think the threat from Shimura Danzo is probably a higher priority issue."

As Uchiha Sasuke finished his explanation, the cunning monkey couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

After a moment, the cunning monkey concluded:

“So, this is the situation now.

"You two, master and disciple, have a disagreement on the priority of 'internal troubles' or 'external troubles'."

"Yes."

Uchiha Sasuke nodded.

In my heart, I couldn't help but admire Hou Jue's ability to generalize.

"So what do you want me to do?"

The cunning monkey Jie yawned and asked lazily.

“I don’t care what you think.

"Anyway, convince the Hokage-sama to keep him in Konoha for me."

Uchiha Sasuke said.

There is uncontrollable worry and anxiety in my heart.

“With the world in mind, I want to wear the crown.

"It won't do if you act so emotionally."

The cunning monkey Jie drooped his eyelids and spoke slowly.

There was a gleam of brilliance in his eyes that couldn't be concealed.

In the face of Hou Jie's suggestion, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help but be stunned.

Soon, he understood what Hou Jue meant.

Sasuke closed his eyes, calmed himself down, and said:

“I’m sorry, I was too anxious.

"Then according to your opinion, in the current situation, who is right and who is wrong between me and the Hokage?"

The cunning monkey nodded silently, thinking to himself that this boy is teachable.

Then he said:

“As to the relative importance of domestic affairs and foreign affairs, we often hear a statement.

"Whether it's a ninja village, a country, or an individual, the most important thing is to first take care of your own internal affairs.

"Phrases like 'work hard to improve your internal strength and consolidate the driving force of domestic demand' and 'just work hard and leave the rest to fate and time' all come from this cognition.

“For the most part, I agree with that statement.

“But in special historical periods, we must also realize that there are indeed historical moments when handling external affairs well is more important than handling internal affairs well.

"For example, during that window of opportunity to reshape the world."

However, Uchiha Sasuke was in a restless mood at the moment.

At this moment, he wished he could hurry over to see if Jiraiya had already secretly run away.

Therefore, it is difficult to have enough patience to truly appreciate Hou Jue's words.

Hou Jie saw everything about Sasuke's attitude.

His voice was cold, but he still insisted:

"Currently, Konoha's external environment has reached a relatively cramped and relatively solidified position.

"No matter how good you are at handling things and making macro plans, they are useless in this context.

"The current situation in the ninja world can only be solved through war.

“Under a rigid external environment, strategic discussions and designs no longer have much meaning.

"On the contrary, tactical arrangements are the most critical."

At this point, the tone of the cunning monkey gradually became heavier.

He was slightly angry and asked:

"For Konoha right now, the next battle or even war is imminent.

"How to fight? Who to fight? Where to fight? Who will fight? These are the most critical questions.

"How do you think about this? How does the Hokage think about this? I don't see a complete system of thinking."

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