Chapter 943 Lean

At this moment, a hurried voice was heard. "Tsunade-sama, Shizune-nee, something bad has happened. A large number of suspicious people are approaching the village." It turned out to be a Genin who hurried over to report the news.

Tsunade put down her bowl and chopsticks, her eyes instantly became sharp, "Let's go and take a look."

Shizune followed closely behind, temporarily putting aside the previous entanglement in her heart. The two rushed to the entrance of the village and saw a group of people dressed in strange clothes. Tsunade stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Who are you? Why are you approaching Konoha Village?" A man walked out of the crowd and sneered: "We heard that Konoha Village now has many strong people, but we came here today, just like this."

Tsunade snorted coldly, quickly forming seals with both hands, ready to fight. Shizune also drew out her kunai and stood beside Tsunade. When the battle was about to break out, an old man walked out of the group and raised his hand to stop the provocateur. "We are just passing by here, and we have no ill intentions." Tsunade did not relax her vigilance and said, "In this case, let's leave quickly." The old man looked at Tsunade, nodded slightly, and slowly left with everyone. After this incident, Shizune looked at Tsunade with a little more determination. No matter what, it was important to protect the village first.

Tsunade and Shizune turned around and were about to go back to the village when they heard a slight noise behind them. They turned back alertly and saw a figure quietly leaving the group at the end of the group and running towards the forest. Tsunade's eyes were stern, and she whispered to Shizune, "Follow them and see." The two followed quietly.

Deep in the woods, they found the figure stopped at an open space, muttering something, and then a mysterious rune formation rose from the ground. Tsunade realized that something was wrong and rushed forward to stop it. But the figure smiled triumphantly. It turned out that this was a bait to lure Tsunade. At this time, more hidden enemies emerged around and surrounded Tsunade and Shizune.

Just as the encirclement was tightening, a familiar sound of ninjutsu blasting suddenly rang out from all around. It turned out that Jiraiya and Naruto had arrived. Naruto excitedly shouted, "Grandma Tsunade, we are here to save you!" The four of them stood back to back, facing many enemies, and Tsunade laughed and said, "Today I will let you know how powerful Konoha Village is!"

Seeing that Konoha had more support, the enemy showed no intention of retreating. One of them shouted, "Today is the end of your Konoha Village!" and ordered everyone to attack. Tsunade rushed to the enemy first and punched the ground. The powerful impact shook the front row of enemies to the ground. Jiraiya was not to be outdone. He summoned Gamabunta's tongue, wrapped around several enemies and threw them away. Naruto turned on the Nine-Tails mode, his whole body emitting orange light, like a blazing sun, and rushed into the enemy camp. Shizune performed medical ninjutsu in the back to ensure that everyone had sufficient physical strength.

However, the enemies were numerous and they continued to perform strange combinations of ninjutsu. For a while, Konoha was in a tough fight. At this moment, countless huge ice blocks suddenly fell from the sky. It turned out that Sasuke arrived in time. He looked at the enemy coldly and said, "If you want to bully Konoha, you have to ask me if I agree." After Sasuke joined the battle, the situation gradually turned around. Everyone worked together and finally defeated this group of mysterious enemies. Finally, the enemies saw that the situation was hopeless and fled. The people of Konoha Village smiled at each other, tired but full of pride, and returned to the village together. They knew that as long as they were united, no matter how big the difficulties were, they could overcome them.

After returning to the village, the villagers lined the streets to welcome the heroes back. Tsunade looked at everyone with satisfaction, knowing that Konoha's cohesion was the most powerful force.

That night, Konoha held a celebration banquet. At the banquet, Naruto happily ate heartily. Although Sasuke still had a cold face, he occasionally talked to his friends. Jiraiya drank and told people about his past adventures to amuse everyone.

Just as the atmosphere was heated, an Anbu ninja hurried to Tsunade and whispered something. Tsunade's face changed, and she stood up and said, "Everyone, be quiet. I just got news that there seems to be a mastermind behind those mysterious enemies, and they have also stolen some information about Konoha's secret ninjutsu."

Everyone suddenly became serious, and Naruto clenched his fists: "Damn it, they still won't give up!"

Tsunade looked at everyone with a determined look in her eyes: "This time we have to take the initiative and find out who is behind this."

Therefore, Konoha began to organize an elite team, led by Tsunade, and Sasuke, Naruto, Jiraiya and Shizune also responded. They packed their bags and set out quietly at night, chasing in the direction where the enemy might hide, determined to defend Konoha's dignity and safety.

They followed the clues for several days and nights, and finally came to a gloomy castle. There was a strange atmosphere here, and all kinds of traps were set up around it. Tsunade signaled everyone to move forward carefully, and everyone sneaked into the castle carefully.

Entering the castle, they found strange runes carved on the wall. Sasuke used his Sharingan to interpret them and found that this was an ancient evil sealing technique. At this time, a group of black shadows suddenly appeared. These black shadows were like ghosts and very fast. Naruto immediately threw out several shadow clones and rushed towards the black shadows, but found that the shadow clones had no effect when passing through the black shadows.

Tsunade calmed down, thinking of the ninjutsu combination she had used before, and figured out how to deal with it. She asked Jiraiya to use the fire escape technique to illuminate the surroundings, making the black shadow invisible, and then asked Sasuke to use the lightning escape technique to attack. Sure enough, the black shadow revealed its entity after being attacked by the lightning escape technique, and it turned out to be a puppet being controlled.

As they went deeper into the castle, they found a secret room with a man in black robe sitting inside. The man in black robe sneered: "You finally found me." Tsunade shouted angrily: "Hand over Konoha's confidential information!" The man in black robe stood up, and a new battle was about to break out.

The black-robed man slowly raised his hands, and a dark force surged up. Sasuke took the lead in attacking, his Sharingan spun, and his Raikiri stabbed straight at the black-robed man. The black-robed man easily dodged sideways and shot out several black rays with his backhand. Naruto quickly blocked in front of him with his body and activated the shield to resist.

Jiraiya took the opportunity to summon Gamaken and pounced on the black-robed man from the side. The black-robed man suddenly disappeared, and then appeared behind Tsunade, reaching out to grab Tsunade. Shizune quickly threw a few kunai, forcing the black-robed man to dodge again.

"Hmph, you have some skills." The man in black robe formed seals with his hands, and more puppets emerged from the secret room. These puppets had different shapes, some holding sharp blades, and some spraying flames.

Everyone stood back to back, nervously responding. Naruto thought of a way. He created several shadow clones to attract the puppets' attention, while his real body quietly went behind the black-robed man.

Sasuke cooperated with Naruto and deliberately launched a strong attack to distract the black-robed man. Just as the black-robed man was dealing with Sasuke's attack, Naruto shouted and hit the black-robed man's back with a Rasengan. The black-robed man was knocked out and hit the wall. Tsunade took advantage of the situation and punched the black-robed man in the face, taking back Konoha's confidential information. Seeing that the plan failed, the black-robed man turned into black smoke and fled. Konoha successfully completed the mission and returned to the village with the information.