Flowing Water of Konoha

In an unknown forest at night, several people were resting beside a lit bonfire.

Liu Shui used the wooden stick in his hand to fiddle with the wood that was about to burn out by the campfire: "Tsunade-teacher, not long after we left the lake, three ninjas appeared near us."

Tsunade: "I discovered it too, but I still don't know their purpose."

Jiraiya: "We need a chance to draw them out."

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Jiraiya-sama, can you use Earth Release to create a hiding space underground?"

Jiraiya thought about it for a while, and he understood Liu Shui's plan. He used shadow clones to replace them on the ground, while they waited for opportunities in the underground space.

Jiraiya: "Okay, but we need Naruto to act in a play!"

Jiraiya motioned to everyone not to tell Naruto... Naruto, who was recalling the feeling not far away, only felt a sudden coldness in his body.

Uzumaki Naruto: "Hiss", no one is talking bad about me!

Naruto suddenly looked back at the chatting people sitting by the campfire. He felt that it wasn't them. It must be that nasty guy Sasuke who was jealous of my excellence...

In a room in Konoha, Sasuke, who was practicing, suddenly sneezed, "Ah!" It must be Naruto who is talking bad about me!

As time went by, everyone in Liushui gradually fell asleep, leaving Naruto alone to keep vigil...

Around one o'clock, Naruto couldn't resist the invasion of sleep, and kept nodding...The forest also seemed darker.

As Naruto's mind gradually became confused, nine dark figures gradually approached a few people in the forest...

A ninja who seemed to be the leader gestured to a ninja wearing a colorful animal mask next to him to take care of Naruto.

The ninja took out a kunai from his ninja bag, blended his body into the darkness and attacked Naruto...

Just when the ninja was still two meters away from Naruto, thin lines invisible to the naked eye passed through him...

The ninja stopped moving forward and his body was broken into pieces.

The other eight ninjas were extremely shocked. They didn't expect that their companions would be killed so easily. That was a special jounin!

At the moment when several people were shocked, eight figures suddenly appeared behind them.

Three of them are Liu Shui and two earth clones, and the other five are Jiraiya and his four shadow clones...

Three green lights and five Rasengan hit the eight ninjas respectively...

Liu Shui chose to attack the three weakest ninjas. Under Liu Shui's ninjutsu, the three ninjas instantly lost control of their bodies and fainted to the ground.

The remaining five ninjas were hit with a big hole in the back by Jiraiya's "Rasengan"...

When the flowing water is released, it senses that there are no other people within a radius of 500 meters around it, and then the alert is lowered.

Jiraiya knelt down and examined the three ninjas who were knocked down by the running water. After lifting up the colorful mask and examining the tongue, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

It is Danzo's method of controlling the "root" ninjas, the "Seal of the Tongue's Root". These ninjas were all sent by Danzo!

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Jiraiya-sama, is there any problem with the identities of these ninjas?"

Jiraiya: "These are the basic ninjas. What does Danzo want to do! Tsunade is the fifth generation Hokage that everyone recognizes..."

Liu Shui didn't know how to tell Jiraiya that Danzo was already crazy because of "Hokage", and that incident had become his inner demon.

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Jiraiya-sama, what should we do next?"

Jiraiya: "We must bring Tsunade back to Konoha safely and let her become the Fifth Hokage so that we can defeat Danzo to the end."

Liu Shui and Jiraiya gathered the corpses of the eight people together. Jiraiya made several seals and spit out a fireball from his mouth to burn the corpses, and then buried the ashes deep underground with earth escape...

As for the three ninjas who were knocked unconscious by the running water, they died peacefully after Jiraiya wiped their necks one by one...

Naruto was woken up by a stench and felt something strange behind him. He rolled forward just in time to see Liu Shui and Jiraiya standing by the fire. The stench was coming from there.

When Naruto came to the two of them, Jiraiya happened to bury the ashes of the eight people in the ground.

Uzumaki Naruto: "Luxury Sento, what happened to Liu Shui?"

Kamikawa Ryusei: "A few wandering ninjas attacked us and were killed by me and Jiraiya-sama."

Liu Shui and Jiraiya did not intend to tell Naruto about the "root" ninja, because his temperament could not hide secrets.

Uzumaki Naruto: "Then why don't you wake me up? Next time there will be wandering ninjas and let me come!"

Naruto patted his chest with a confident look on his face, as if he meant it first when he made a move for any wandering ninja.

A blue vein appeared on Jiraiya's forehead, and he appeared behind Naruto and lifted him up with his fist:

"You brat, how are you doing with your Rasengan training? Let's compete with me here!"

Uzumaki Naruto: "Oh! It hurts! It hurts! I was wrong! I was wrong! I don't dare to be a lustful immortal anymore!"

Liu Shui looked on and was very happy, trying hard not to laugh...

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Jiraiya-sama, let's get Teacher Tsunade and Senior Sister Shizune out of the underground first!"

Jiraiya nodded, put Naruto down and formed a seal with his hands before diving into the ground.

Uzumaki Naruto: "Aren't Grandma Tsunade and Sister Shizune sleeping there? ...Oh, why are they missing?"

Naruto rubbed his sore temples and asked Liu Shui in confusion. When he looked back, he saw that Grandma Tsunade and Sister Shizune who were still sleeping in the campfire were gone...

Kamikawa Ryusei: "That's Lord Jiraiya's shadow clone. We discovered the traces of that group of wandering ninjas very early on."

Uzumaki Naruto: "Oh... So you are using me as bait!"

Naruto slapped his thigh hard, just as he figured out why he had to be on guard.

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Naruto, aren't you angry that we used you as bait?"

"I know you won't put me in a dangerous place." Naruto showed a bright smile.

Liu Shui: If you act like this, if I sell you, you can still count the money for me...

While the two were talking, Jiraiya came out of the earth with Tsunade and Shizune.

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Tsunade-sensei, Shizune-senpai."

Uzumaki Naruto: "Grandma Tsunade, sister Shizune."

Jiraiya: Don’t I have a sense of existence?

Tsunade: "Jiraiya told me...we need to speed up our return to Konoha...Naruto, you don't have much time."

Uzumaki Naruto: "Grandma Tsunade, don't worry, I will learn the "Rasengan" before returning to Konoha."

Naruto looked confident. He had already figured out how to quickly learn the "Rasengan".

Tsunade didn't say anything, she just nodded to indicate that she understood. She felt that she was incompetent and suffering from "hemaphobia", she was really powerless!

Jiraiya: "Have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow, except for eating time, you will be walking in the trees."

Jiraiya doesn't know how to comfort Tsunade. It's not like he saw Tsunade showing this expression...

Liu Shui looked at Jiraiya who looked troubled, took out two bottles of sake from the storage scroll and handed them to him.

Kamikawa Ryusei: "Jiraiya-sama, this is for you to comfort Teacher Tsunade!"

Jiraiya looked at the sake in the flowing water with some surprise. Ninjas were not allowed to drink alcohol during the mission...but he was Jiraiya-sama!

Jiraiya looked happy and took the sake to Tsunade to drink and talk...