Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

Qingye never used his full strength. In fact, he entered the Sage Mode, which was enough to kill the group of Kumo Ninjas in front of him.

In Sage Mode, the attack power of his moves is doubled, which is simply not something that ordinary ninjas can contend with. He can be said to be the nemesis of the reckless Kumo ninjas.

But in fact, he didn't dare at all.

Just like he told Hongdou, their mission has been exceeded. However, it was not a mission to transport supplies, but a bait mission.

With the help of wind escape perception, Qingye was able to clearly perceive that there were still two enemies in the woods in the distance who had not yet taken action.

Of those two guys, Aoba was very familiar with one of them because he was the Fourth Raikage. As for the other one, although Aoba didn't see his face, he was able to identify him from a distance.

That was a chakra reaction as huge as a volcano. That guy was the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

Compared to the Kages of other villages, the Raikage is the one who likes to fight in person the most. This guy has mastered the Lightning Release Bodybuilding Technique to a very high level. He is extremely energetic and a complete battle maniac.

Compared to the third generation of Konoha, unless he was trapped in a cage, he would never attack casually...

Qingye is not afraid of the Raikage now. This guy is very powerful, and even if he enters the Sage Mode, he may not be much weaker than him. Moreover, even if he can't beat him, he has the confidence to escape from him.

What he was really worried about was the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

This guy is a perfect Jinchūriki. He can mobilize the power of the tailed beasts at will. The key is that Aoba remembers that the tailed beasts can sense natural energy.

Qingye didn't want to expose his magic until it was absolutely necessary, so he never used the Sage Mode.

He was waiting for Konoha's reinforcements to arrive. The Third Hokage was bad at everything, but there was one thing that was useful at certain times. That was that he usually had a bit of dignity.

This is completely different from Danzo. Danzo is a completely shameless person.

Konoha's resistance was very difficult, except for Aoba and Red Bean who were able to handle it with ease, the rest of the people were already in a tough fight.

Five minutes into the battle, nearly half of the thirty-man team had suffered casualties.

The remaining people gathered together and used combined ninjutsu to barely block the attack of the Cloud Ninja. However, chakra is limited. In five minutes at most, they will completely lose their resistance.

Hongdou had even begun to despair.

"How is this possible? This is the heartland of the Fire Nation. It is under the absolute control of the Wood Industry. Why would we encounter such an attack in such a place?"

“Because that’s our mission.”

Qingye called out Hongdou's words, causing Hongdou to be stunned for a moment. Then she seemed to realize something.

"If we were bait, then the ANBU support should have arrived by now."

Qingye looked back at the direction they came from. He had actually sensed a large number of ninjas approaching. However, they did not attack directly. They just stood by and waited.

It seems that there are still many people in Konoha who want to take this opportunity to eliminate Orochimaru's network of relationships.

But at this time, Qingye suddenly felt that there was unrest among the crowd behind him.

Because his perception was only with the help of the wind, to sense the chakra within a certain range. It was far inferior to the Byakugan and Kagura's mind's eye. Therefore, he didn't know what happened behind him. He just felt that someone had activated chakra and rushed over.

From a distance he could see a conspicuous white-haired ninja coming to support him at high speed.

It's Kakashi. Aoba smiled. Judging from the situation, Kakashi must have disobeyed orders and forced his way in to reinforce.

The two of them fought their way through the Cloud Ninja's blockade and joined together.

"What's going on? Are you the only one here?"

"No, the situation is very bad. We expected the enemy to launch a surprise attack. However, we did not expect that the combat power deployed by the enemy exceeded our ability to deal with it. Therefore, the rear decided to wait for reinforcements."

"...So, the reason there are no reinforcements is that the reinforcements are waiting for them?"

"......almost."

Qingye understood that the reinforcements from the Anbu must have sensed the presence of the Raikage. After all, there must be a perception team in the reinforcements. It was normal for them to sense the other party.

This is where the embarrassment lies. They may have prepared a large number of elite ninjas to serve as reinforcements. But it is impossible for the Hokage to come in person. Therefore, no one in the army can fight against the existence of the level of the Raikage.

So the commander ordered to continue waiting. The consequence was that he watched Qingye and his men die in battle.

"There are still people in Konoha who can fight against the Raikage. Are you waiting for the Hokage?"

"...Hokage-sama did not go to the battle. But Jiraiya-sama has arrived."

"Jiraiya, that's fine."

Qingye didn't relax in his heart. Jiraiya was indeed strong, but if he entered the Sage Mode, there were not many people in the current ninja world who could beat him at this time.

But he couldn't fight against the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki at the same time. At this time, Konoha's Jinchūriki had not yet formed a fighting force.

Apart from anything else, once the battle gets intense, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki will directly fire the Tailed Beast Ball at everyone, and that will be the end of them.

Generally speaking, all the major ninja villages would treat the tailed beasts as strategic weapons. They would not use the tailed beast jade easily because the consequences of this thing were devastating, almost like nuclear weapons.

Everyone used one, and then the others all used it. After a few Tailed Beast Balls, the five major ninja villages were directly transformed into five major basins.

But this thing has no effect in front of Kumogakure. These mad dogs really dare to use it if they have the chance. Therefore, Qingye is not very optimistic about the current situation.

To put it bluntly, Konoha is still too weak. There are too few masters who can stand on their own.

Kakashi's arrival forced the reinforcements from the rear to join the battle ahead of time. At this time, the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki who had been hiding finally appeared.

This so-called bait operation is actually a two-way operation.

Konoha deliberately spread the news that this team of ninjas was escorting important supplies, and that Aoba, a mortal enemy of the Cloud Ninjas, was also among them, in order to attract the Cloud Ninjas to send out elite troops for a surprise attack.

At the same time, Konoha assembled a large force, ready to come from behind and devour this elite force of the Cloud Ninja in one go.

The result was that the fish was caught, but it was too big for the fishing line to support it.

Aoba glanced at the reinforcements.

Kakashi, Might Guy, and a large number of elite troops from the Anbu and the Root. Among them, some recognizable characters include Gekko Gale, Bian Zu Lei Tong, etc.

When he saw Might Guy, Aoba felt relieved. With him here, there shouldn't be any problems today.

But he also felt a little regretful. If Jiraiya couldn't arrive in time, today's Might Guy might have become his last.