Chapter 565 Jiraiya, you are free!

The location of the Sand Village is the second largest oasis in the Wind Kingdom. Several major underground water veins of the Wind Kingdom pass through here, making it a natural settlement.

In terms of location, the Wind Country area to the north and east of the Sand Village is all vast deserts, with only scattered small oases dotted among them.

Whether facing Iwagakure to the north or Konoha to the east, the location of Sand Village is the only choice for large-scale military deployment.

Therefore, the reconstruction of Sand Village is imperative.

The rebuilt Sand Village will become Konoha's militarized fortress stationed in the Land of Wind, which can distract the attention of the Iwagakure and resist its invasion, and can also become a sharp knife to penetrate the Iwagakure at the right time.

.......

Mt. Miaomu.

Jiraiya, who was summoned by Gamaken, did not rush to leave, but went straight to find the Great Toad Sage, hoping that the Great Toad Sage could solve his doubts.

Unfortunately, the Toad Sage was still asleep, so Jiraiya had to wait patiently.

After sitting for half a day, the eyelids of the big toad immortal slowly opened.

"It's Jiraiya who has arrived."

This was the first thing the Great Toad Immortal said after he opened his eyes, and he was obviously very confident.

"It's me, the Great Toad Immortal!" Jiraiya said respectfully, "I came here this time to ask the Great Toad Immortal to help me solve my doubts!"

"Hmm..." The Great Toad Sage pondered for a while, then said slowly: "Jiraiya, your trip out was not smooth, was it?"

"Yes, Great Toad Sage!" Jiraiya nodded dejectedly and told the Great Toad Sage in detail about his experience on this trip.

Ever since he learned the prophecy from the Great Toad Sage more than thirty years ago, Jiraiya has always been shouldering the mission of finding the Child of Prophecy and guiding him onto the right track.

But now, Jiraiya is confused.

This time, although Zilai did not forget to "collect materials", he also tried his best to find the key nodes of fate.

But fate seemed to be playing a big joke on Jiraiya: the node he was looking for was right in front of him, but he had never been able to find it, and everyone in Konoha kept him in the dark!

By the time Jiraiya realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

The future of the ninja world that he expected has gone off track.

Now, Jiraiya urgently hopes to get guidance from the Great Toad Sage.

Guide him to find the way to get the ninja world back on track.

After hearing Jiraiya's words, the Great Toad Sage fell into a long silence.

It seems that the last prophecy has actually pointed out the direction of destiny.

Instead of reminding Jiraiya to act as soon as possible.

The predetermined destiny has undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Ugh......"

The Great Toad Sage let out a long sigh, expressing his pity for Jiraiya.

"I'm sorry, little Jiraiya. Fate has completely changed."

"The new prophecy I obtained has completely overturned the previous prophecy."

"Jiraiya, in the new prophecy, you are no longer the one who is responsible for guiding the destiny of the child of prophecy."

Having said that, the Great Toad Immortal paused and spoke with difficulty.

"Congratulations, Jiraiya! You're free!"

free?

I am free?

Jiraiya, who travels around the ninja world all day, lives a life of debauchery, collects materials everywhere, and indulges in flowers, seems to have always been free.

However, Jiraiya, who has been tasked with finding and guiding the Child of Prophecy for more than 30 years, does not seem to be free.

The sense of mission to achieve future peace in the ninja world was like a heavy yoke that always weighed on Jiraiya's shoulders, from the age of 20 to his fifties.

Now, the Great Toad Sage tells Jiraiya that the prophecy has changed and there is no longer a place for Jiraiya in the prophecy.

Jiraiya was free.

Neither joy nor sadness appeared on Jiraiya's face.

Jiraiya just shed two lines of tears unconsciously.

"why?"

Jiraiya asked the last question quietly.

"In the previous prophecy, the appearance of the Son of Chaos was a warning. It was he who led the Son of Prophecy onto another path."

The Great Toad Immortal answered like this.

"Thank you, Great Toad Immortal."

Jiraiya bowed deeply and turned to leave Mount Myoboku.

......

A week has passed since the implementation of the Konoha Collapse Plan. Konoha has gradually emerged from the shadow of war, residents' lives have returned to normal, and the Konoha ninjas who experienced the battle have also been repaired and reorganized.

Minato carefully selected five thousand ninjas from the village, together with the two thousand "Konoha Ninjas" led by Kabuto Yakushi, a total of seven thousand ninja troops, led by Minato himself, and marched towards the Otogakure Village.

On the second day after setting off, Minato received news of the demise of the Sand Village; on the seventh day, Minato set foot on the land of the Land of Rice.

Then Kabuto Yakushi and his two thousand "Konoha Ninjas" said that coming to the Land of Rice was like returning home.

Led by two thousand "guides", the Konoha army effortlessly wiped out Orochimaru's hidden strongholds one by one and pulled out the nails of the Otogakure Village stationed in various places in the Land of Rice.

However, in order to support the Sand Village war, the Otogakure Village seemed to have sent out most of the village's ninjas, resulting in these strongholds being basically empty.

Until the capture of Otogakure Village, the Konoha army did not encounter any decent resistance.

As for Orochimaru, he had already run away with his "Four Sound Ninjas" to who knows where.

Minato felt "regretful" and "indignant" about this, and stated that he would "eradicate all evil", and updated the bounty on Orochimaru throughout the ninja world.

A full 80 million taels!

But considering Orochimaru's level, it is likely that this bounty will never be redeemed.

At the same time, Minato also announced to the ninja world that after the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Rice was officially incorporated into Konoha's territory.

At this point, Konoha has occupied more than half of the area of ​​the Ninja Continent and more than one-third of the population.

It should be noted that the demise of Otogakure Village does not mean the demise of the Land of Rice.

Under the one-country-one-village system, a daimyo who loses his ninja village can only rely on other countries with powerful ninja villages, but it does not mean that his regime has disappeared.

Just like now, Konoha destroyed the Otogakure Village, and the "business" that originally belonged to the Otogakure Village in the Land of Rice Naturally transferred to Konoha.

Judging the situation, the Daimyo of the Land of Rice directly submitted a vassalage treaty to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. The support that the Land of Rice originally provided to the Village of Otogakure naturally fell to Konoha.

In addition, the Daimyo of the Land of Rice expressed that he would increase the supply. After all, Konoha is a large ninja village, which cannot be compared with the previous Otogakure.

To put it simply, Konoha directly monopolized the ninja business in the Land of Fire and the Land of Field, and consumed the finances of the two countries regarding the supply of ninjas.

Of course, a large portion of these financial revenues must be allocated to Orochimaru. This was part of the cooperation that Kadoki and Orochimaru had discussed before.