Naruto Orochimaru: I must win this time

46 years of Konoha

"Teacher, our mission has been completed. When will we return to the village?"

Minato, who was wearing a Jonin vest, said to Jiraiya in front of him. Judging from his expression, he seemed very relaxed.

"Let's go ahead and check the information again. Now that we're out, let's take a look at more developments in Iwagakure Village."

Jiraiya said without looking back. In Jiraiya's opinion, intelligence is the key to victory or defeat. There is a big difference between having intelligence in hand and having no intelligence.

With his cheeky skin, white teeth, and healthy ferret, Jiyaya's reputation for intelligence is not in vain.

"Minato, are you missing your girlfriend?"

There were two teammates on both sides of Minato, one with slightly darker skin and white hair named Dekai;

The other one who is also his teammate looks a bit like the second pillar. His name is Akai Shuichi, and he is the three-man team led by Jiraiya.

"Dekayi, a single like you can't understand people like us who have a partner."

Before Minato could answer, Shuichi spoke up and said, judging from his words, he was also someone who had no shortage of partners.

Jiraiya in front said that he was being noticed. Wasn't this a way of showing off his superiority in front of him?

"Haha, I'm afraid Kushina will be anxious after being out for so long."

Minato scratched his head in embarrassment. After all the battles, the greenness on his face had gradually faded away, and there was a touch of determination in his eyes.

"Not to mention, I also miss that bastard from the tap water."

Thinking of this, a touch of tenderness appeared in Jiraiya's eyes. Kakashi took care of the tap water while he was out on missions.

If Kakashi didn't have time to play with Metkai, they could still play together even though they were orphans.

Metkai was a good friend of Kakashi, and he often came over to train with Kakashi, and they got to know each other from time to time.

After Matt Dai died in the battle, Kakashi also comforted him for a while. He felt the same feeling of losing a loved one, and since Tap Water was in a similar situation to them, the three of them could naturally play together.

It has to be said that the war has left many people orphaned, and there will probably be more in the future.

Fortunately, there are elders like Jiraiya to take care of them, otherwise their life would be even more difficult.

This time, Jiraiya led the team, and it was the first time they participated in a battle of this level in the ninja world. Several people were a little nervous at first, but under Jiraiya's leadership, they achieved success in several battles with Iwagakure. won.

All those who can come to the front line are experienced veteran ninjas, and they quickly adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield.

It's not much different from the usual tasks. The biggest difference is that they start working on it as soon as they disagree, without any negotiation between the two parties.

If you win, you can continue to advance your mission, but if you lose, there is only a dead end.

Conflicts occur frequently, and the number of opponents is not the three or five that usually perform tasks. It may be thirty to fifty or even three to five hundred. When the fight gets fierce, it may even be three to five thousand.

It's just that there are many teams like Jiraiya, who are mainly responsible for sudden advances on the battlefield, intelligence exploration, or beheading operations, etc.

People value essence rather than wealth. In the words of Orochimaru's previous life, he was a scout among the special forces and the mouthpiece of Konoha.

As Jiraiya said, they were not in a hurry to return to the village. Jiraiya planned to change the route back to Konoha and take a look at the situation on other Konoha borders.

"Ok?"

Just when several people were already fantasizing about their plans after returning to the village, Jiraiya's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Sensing Jiraiya's strange movement, the three of them immediately took warning and quickly explored the surrounding environment.

"No abnormalities were detected within three kilometers!"

Shuichi, as the sentient ninja in the team, reported the situation after exploring the area.

"Teacher, did you discover something?"

The other people didn't notice anything strange, Minato asked with some doubts in his eyes, but they didn't relax and kept fighting.

"I feel a little uneasy. It seems that a powerful ninja is approaching."

Jiraiya also frowned. Having experienced many battles, he had already developed a keen sense of combat. This feeling of uneasiness was sometimes very accurate.

The last time this feeling occurred was when the three ninjas were trapped in a cave and in dire straits.

After hearing Jiraiya's words, Shuichi started to investigate again, and this time he searched more carefully.

"Still nothing found!"

This time Shuichi still told the results of his investigation. Minato and Shuichi also looked at Jiraiya with some doubts, but before they could speak, a strong earthquake felt on the ground beneath their feet.

"No! Be careful underground...".

Jiraiya was the first to react, grabbing Deka who was closest to him and jumping away.

Minato was not slow either, he impressed the Flying Thunder God the moment he came into contact with Shuichi.

Before their feet could touch the ground again, magma erupted from the place where they were standing, accompanied by hot steam, exploding like a volcanic eruption.

"This is…?"

A hundred meters away, Jiraiya put down Dekayi and looked at the scene. Dekayi, who was lucky enough to escape, also patted his chest in shock.

"It seems we are being targeted!"

Minato also brought Shuichi behind Jiraiya, and quickly looked ahead after hearing Jiraiya's words.

The hot magma spread out in all directions. If they hadn't known that there were no volcanoes in the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth, they would have thought that the scene in front of them was a volcanic eruption.

"Han, I already told you that this method won't work!"

"Shut up, you rebellious ninja have no right to lecture me!"

The sound of two people talking slowly came from the steam, and their true faces were not revealed until they walked out of the center of the explosion.

"Who are they? The Jinchuriki Lao Murasaki of Iwagakure Village?"

"The one with steam all over his body should be the Five-Tailed Jinchūriki!"

Jiraiya and Dekai revealed their identities one after another. After hearing the two people's knowledge, Minato and Shuichi's expressions became solemn.

"I didn't expect them to appear here at the same time!"

"Looks like we're not very lucky!"

Jiraiya also cheered up. It was also the first time for him to face a Jinchuriki. After World War II, all major ninja villages realized the role of Jinchuriki on the battlefield.

It can be said that almost every ninja village has more or less cultivated jinchuriki of its own village. Iwagakure Village has two jinchuriki like Kumogakure Village.

It's just that Lao Zi, a restless guy who often ran away from home because of a personality disagreement with Ohnoki, has been labeled a traitor to the ninja. When the ninja war broke out, he still had some conscience and knew he would come back to help his country.

"Who did I think it was? Isn't this a ninja from Konoha!"

Han Ming said knowingly, his tone full of sarcasm. Lao Zi on the side breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the faces of the people in front of him clearly, and then looked forward proudly.