Chapter 148: Jiraiya dies, Tsunade initiates the Five Kage Summit

On this day, Konoha held a memorial service for the Konoha Elders and the four major ninja clans.

After all, the death of more than 2,000 people is not a small matter.

In addition to the number of deaths during the war, even during the Nine-Tails Rebellion and the Konoha Collapse Plan, Konoha has never had so many deaths.

And the dead are all Konoha Elders and their families, including the Sarutobi clan where the Third Hokage is.

It is reasonable to hold a memorial service for them, and even the daimyo sent people to pay tribute.

At the same time, it is also to implicitly test Tsunade whether there are new candidates for elders, or whether to continue to retain the elder system.

After all, without the Elders, if the Hokage has any accidents, the daimyo who does not know Konoha well will have no one to recommend candidates and provide advice to him.

For these, Tsunade has no time to pay attention to them for the time being, and the same is true for Yagyu.

Unlike the memorial service for the Konoha Collapse Plan, this memorial service dedicated to the farewell of the Konoha Elders is not grand.

The clan leaders of the major ninja clans were not present, but only sent a clan representative.

Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Hikaru, the murderers, did not go, and Yagyu also took a mission in advance and slipped away.

Only the members of the four major ninja clans who rushed back from outside were crying hard, and it was not known whether they were crying for the clan leaders and clan members, or for their own future.

Looking at the survivors of the four major ninja clans who were crying and collapsing, the representatives of other ninja clans were not moved at all. If they had not received strict training, they almost couldn't help laughing out loud in gloating.

After all, no one is a fool!

They saw everything that the Third Hokage and the Konoha Elders had done to govern Konoha.

Konoha White Fang committed suicide, the three Konoha ninjas defected, left the village, and the Hyuga clan's Kumogakure incident, as well as Uchiha Shisui's bizarre suicide and the demise of the Uchiha clan two years later...

Not counting the Fourth Hokage's death in order to seal the Nine-Tails, the shadow of Konoha's high-level officials can be seen in these events.

Especially the demise of the Uchiha clan, which made the remaining wealthy Hyuga clan obedient to the Konoha high-level officials.

Even the wealthy Hyuga clan is like this, let alone other ninja clans.

No one wants to be the second Uchiha clan.

So when the Root organization wants to take away outstanding clan members, both the Aburame clan and the Yamanaka clan have no complaints.

It's not that they don't have it, but they dare not!

In fact, the dissatisfaction of the major ninja clans with the Konoha high-level officials has accumulated for many years.

So when Sarutobi Hiruzen died and Tsunade returned to Konoha, they immediately became Tsunade's supporters. Even though Tsunade had not returned to Konoha for many years, they were happy to see the Senju clan regain the ruling power of Konoha, rather than Shimura Danzo, who was qualified to be a candidate for Hokage, becoming the fifth generation Hokage.

Now the Elders and the four major ninja clans, as well as the demise of the Root organization, the major ninja clans just want to applaud.

Even the Aburame clan and the Yamanaka clan, who have lost their outstanding clan members, are the same.

The termites that have been sucking blood from Konoha since the Second Ninja World War have finally disappeared completely.

Now it is their turn to repay the four major ninja clans!

The suddenly empty cake will definitely be divided by the major ninja clans, just as the Konoha high-level officials ate the legacy of the Uchiha clan and the Fourth Hokage and his wife.

Of course, these are just the struggles of the high-level officials.

The lower-level ninjas and civilians of Konoha certainly don’t know that a small village is so dark and dirty.

They all spontaneously sent white chrysanthemums to the Konoha Elders and the four major ninja clans to thank them for their contributions to Konoha.

Looking at the portrait of Sarutobi Asuma, who is in the second row after the Konoha Elders, Yuhi Kurenai’s expression is a bit complicated.

Unexpectedly, after the end of the Third Ninja World War, the first person to die in their class was Sarutobi Asuma, the son of the Hokage.

Although Kurenai rejected Asuma Sarutobi's confession many times, she undoubtedly had a deeper impression of this classmate and suitor who grew up with her than Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy, as well as the dead Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin.

Another familiar person disappeared from her life, which made Kurenai recall the departure of her father more than ten years ago, and she felt a rare fear in her heart.

In this cruel world, people around you, even yourself, may die suddenly one day.

If you do nothing, you will only leave this world with countless regrets.

Do whatever you want to do, so that even if you fail and are rejected, at least you will not leave regrets.

Thinking of this, Kurenai's expression suddenly became determined.

Unlike Kurenai Yuhi, who had complicated emotions, Team 10 cried softly.

Shikamaru Nara felt even more confused and desperate.

In the original work, he at least knew that it was the immortal combination of Hidan and Kakuzu who killed Asuma Sarutobi, and he could choose to kill the two to avenge Asuma Sarutobi.

Now, he has no idea how Asuma Sarutobi died, and who used the super long-distance technique to curse the four major ninja clans.

He doesn't even know the enemy and the enemy's technique. No matter how smart he is, he can't avenge Asuma Sarutobi.

But soon, Nara Shikamaru had a new target.

He didn't know who the murderer was, just because of his vision, strength, and even status, he was not qualified to know more.

But if it was the Hokage, he must know who the murderer was. Even if he didn't know, there would be a target with the greatest suspicion.

Nara Shikamaru decided to ask the Fifth Hokage to tell him.

If he couldn't find out, he would ask his father, or he and Ino would ask Yagyu.

As long as he knew who the murderer and the suspect were, Nara Shikamaru would have a target for investigation. Once he met the other party in the future, he would kill him to avenge Asuma Sarutobi.

Naruto was also crying, and there were two little ghosts beside him, Ise Udon and Kazesai Moegi.

They were all crying for Konohamaru.

This was exactly why Uchiha Sasuke refused to come.

It wasn't that he felt guilty seeing these people crying.

But he was afraid that he couldn't help but attack the survivors who had decided to let go.

They all paid so much for Konoha. When the Uchiha clan was destroyed, not to mention the memorial service, even the bodies were taken away by the Konoha high-level officials in the name of burial.

Thinking of the ten three-magatama Sharingan on Shimura Danzo's arm, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't imagine how many more Sharingans he had hidden, and whether he was using the bodies of his clan members for experiments again.

So Uchiha Sasuke didn't want to come, fearing that he would have murderous intentions again and attract attention.

Yagyu just came back the day after the memorial service.

It was also on this day that a piece of news shocked him.

Jiraiya is dead!

"What's going on? Why didn't I receive any news?"

Yagyu frowned, and for the first time felt out of control.     Did he change too many things, causing the butterfly effect to change the original direction of Shippuden beyond recognition?

The news of Jiraiya's death came too suddenly.

In addition to the true identities of Nagato and Uchiha Obito, Yagyu had already told Tsunade all the information about everyone in the Akatsuki organization, including the disguised Obito, without hiding anything.

Now the Akatsuki organization has only sealed the three-tailed beast, and Pain and the Six Paths have not taken action. Jiraiya could not have collected the information that the headquarters of the Akatsuki organization was in the Hidden Rain Village.

And in the original work, Jiraiya also told Tsunade before taking action.

But Tsunade never told Yagyu.

How did Jiraiya die?

Thinking of this, Yagyu couldn't help but contact Baimao, and the wooden clones who used the disguise technique to act as spies in the Hidden Rain Village.

As a result, these wooden clones were also unaware.

Yagyu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Jiraiya didn't die at the hands of Pain Six Paths, but at the hands of others?

So, Yagyu teleported to the Hokage's office.

At this time, the atmosphere in the office was very depressing.

Whether it was Tsunade or Shizune, or even Karin in a black suit, they all looked sad and silent.

"Sister Tsunade, what's going on?" Yagyu asked, "How did Lord Jiraiya die?"

"He was killed by the leader of the Akatsuki organization."

Tsunade's beautiful eyes turned red slightly, and she gritted her teeth and said: "The leader of the Akatsuki organization was one of the three little devils back then, and Jiraiya was a disciple accepted by the Hidden Rain Village!"

Hearing this, Yagyu's heart trembled slightly.

Was he really killed by Nagato?

That level of battle could actually be concealed from the wooden clones hiding in the Hidden Rain Village?

Even if the wood clones have very little chakra, their perception is not to be underestimated!

Could it be that this battle between the master and the apprentice is different from the original, and it did not happen in the Hidden Rain Village? Or did Nagato set up the barrier in advance?

Yagyu was thinking in his heart, but on the surface he continued to ask: "Where is the body of Master Jiraiya? Sister Tsunade, how do you know this?"

"Jiraiya's body should be in the hands of the leader of the Akatsuki organization." Tsunade said, "This is the news brought by the Immortal Fukasaku of Myoboku Mountain. There is also the intelligence code collected by Jiraiya on its back. It is now receiving treatment and deciphering."

"Does Naruto know?"

"Well, the kid left without saying a word." Tsunade closed her eyes and rubbed her temples with both hands, saying, "Jiraiya's death should be a big blow to this kid. Sasuke has gone to comfort him."

Hearing this, Yagyu could not help but release his perception, and indeed saw Uchiha Sasuke's chakra next to Naruto's chakra.

Yagyu instantly felt relieved. With Uchiha Sasuke by his side, he was not afraid that Naruto would suddenly turn evil and burst out the Nine-Tails Chakra.

It was not that Uchiha Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan could control Naruto.

It was that Uchiha Sasuke could best understand Naruto's current feelings.

In the Tiandi Bridge incident in the original work, Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke met again, and he was almost killed by Uchiha Sasuke.

Because Uchiha Sasuke was too disgusted with Naruto's arrogance and really wanted to cut off the bond with Naruto.

Naruto, who lost everything when he was born, could not understand the pain of Uchiha Sasuke, who once had everything but lost it.

So Naruto, who could not understand Uchiha Sasuke's feelings but kept saying that he wanted to bring him back to Konoha, was not qualified to save Uchiha Sasuke.

It was not until Jiraiya died that Naruto, who experienced the pain of losing an important person and really let go of hatred and forgave his enemy, officially awakened the so-called "mouth-to-mouth" and regained the qualification to stand in front of Uchiha Sasuke.

It is the same now. Only Uchiha Sasuke can understand Naruto's current feelings, and only he can prevent Naruto from turning evil.

So, Yagyu temporarily put Naruto's affairs aside and asked, "The headquarters of the Akatsuki organization is in the Hidden Rain Village, so what should we do next?"

The implication is, should we go to war?

Tsunade did not speak, but continued to rub her temples.

After a long time, she finally opened her eyes and said sternly: "First it was the Konoha Elders and the four major ninja clans, and the Root Organization, and now it's Jiraiya. The Akatsuki Organization is no longer a simple gathering place for S-level rebel ninjas, but a terrorist organization that threatens the safety of the ninja world."

"The Rinnegan in the myth, and the capture of the tailed beasts, they definitely have ulterior motives."

"While they haven't captured all the tailed beasts yet, we must gather together and nip this huge danger that will threaten the entire ninja world in the bud in advance."

After that, Tsunade said to Yagyu: "Yagyu, please use the Flying Thunder God Technique to go to the four major ninja villages and the Iron Kingdom, and invite the other five shadows to the Iron Kingdom. I will convene a meeting of the five shadows to discuss joining forces to solve the Akatsuki Organization."

"I know, Hokage-sama." Yagyu nodded seriously, and the way he addressed Tsunade also changed.

But Yagyu's heart was full of surprises.

I didn't expect the Five Kage Talks to come so early, and it was Tsunade who initiated it.

You know, Nagato is not dead yet.

If the Five Kage Talks are successfully held, I don't know if the Fourth Ninja World War will come earlier, and will the Ninja Alliance be as united as in the original work?

Yagyu was very curious.

So, with the help of Shizune and Karin, he disappeared without a warning with the messenger token and the official invitation letter.

When he appeared again, he had arrived in a country with heavy snow.

This is one of the few neutral countries in the Ninja World, and it is a neutral country with strong strength. The five major Ninja villages tacitly do not attack it.

In this age of ninjas, the Iron Country is also the only samurai country that practices chakra, but not ninjutsu, but swordsmanship.

"I am Yagyu, an elite jonin of Konoha. As an envoy of the Land of Fire and the Hidden Leaf Village, I come to the Land of Iron to visit Lord Mifune. This is my token."

At the entrance of the Snow City of the Land of Iron, Yagyu, who had specially changed into a green vest, showed the envoy token to the guard and introduced himself.

Hearing this, the two guards immediately changed their expressions, and then said respectfully: "Please wait for a moment, Lord Envoy, I will report to Lord Mifune immediately."

Obviously, they all recognized Yagyu.

Even the Land of Samurai knows the name of Yagyu.

After all, in the past three years, Yagyu and Team 8 have made a great reputation.

In peacetime, they can give up the mission when they encounter it, and they will not be punished when they return to the village. This shows how powerful Team 8 is.

Everyone knows that it is not Team 8 that is powerful, but Yagyu, the second one to awaken the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai after the first generation of Hokage.