Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

However, since Jiraiya asked this, there was no reason for Ito Toru to hide his shortcomings.

Anyway, just answer the questions according to the answers.

So he pretended to think for a while and then slowly said: "Since Master Jiraiya looks so serious, could it be that the Third Kazekage is gone?"

"what?"

The corners of Yahiko's mouth twitched slightly: "Ito brother, you can joke too."

"He is the shadow of a village after all. How can he just disappear like that?"

“That’s a bit outrageous.”

"..."

"..."

However, Nagato, Kimimaro, and Konan were silent.

They were all the kind of people who were not good at speaking, and the reliability that Toru Ito had shown along the way made them very clear that Toru Ito was definitely not someone who would joke at a time like this.

"..."

Yahiko looked around and scratched his head.

"Why don't you talk?"

"Hey, Ito-kun, are you kidding me?"

"Teacher Jiraiya, please speak up. What kind of important information is this? It can't be true, right?"

Jiraiya's eyes widened in shock, unable to speak.

He didn't expect that Toru Ito would guess it right at once!

However, by doing this, by sharing the information with these younger generations, his psychological pressure would be reduced a lot.

After all, Toru Ito had already revealed the whole matter, and all he needed was to add the relevant details.

This is also one of the reasons why Toru Ito revealed this matter.

He could tell that Jiraiya was under considerable pressure because of this.

Although he looks cheerful and carefree on the outside, Jiraiya is actually a person with a strong sense of responsibility. Similarly, the pressure he puts on himself is much greater than that of ordinary people.

This is also why, in the original work, he went to the Rain Country alone to gather intelligence, and when he had many opportunities to leave, he chose not to leave, but fought to death.

"How did you guess it?"

Naturally, they began to take Toru Ito seriously and truly began to discuss him as a comrade-in-arms in the same sense as them, rather than just a subordinate and junior.

"what?!"

Although Yahiko and the others were mentally prepared when Toru Ito said it, it was not until Jiraiya acknowledged it that they realized it was true and were extremely shocked.

"It's just a wild guess."

Ito Toru exhaled slowly.

"For example, the loud noise earlier. We were so far away, but we could still hear that kind of noise. It was definitely not meant to deal with ordinary ninjas."

"Whatever the reason, the Third Kazekage will definitely go check it out."

"And if it was just a simple matter of calming the situation, your reaction wouldn't be so serious even though the teacher was there."

"as well as……"

Ito Toru glanced out the window.

"The Hidden Sand Village is a little too quiet today."

"..."

"It's a very illogical analysis, but it makes some sense."

Jiraiya thought about it according to Toru Ito's ideas, but found that it didn't work, so he gave up.

"This is also the information I want to tell you."

"The Third Kazekage is dead. Our current mission is to leave here as least exposed as possible."

"what?"

Yahiko felt a little empty and confused.

"Is this... is this finished?"

"..."

The one who is even more nihilistic than him is Kimimaro.

He was ready to fight to the death, but in the end he was told that the target was already dead...

This feeling is like training hard for half a year to defeat the invaders, with the awareness of certain death, holding a grenade to blow up the enemy's tank, but in the end the tank exploded by itself...

It's really some black humor.

"Then can't we just go?"

Xiaonan didn't understand.

"No."

The one who spoke was Nono, her face looked serious.

"If we leave now, the responsibility of killing the Third Kazekage will definitely fall on us."

"When the time comes, the Hidden Sand Village will surely launch a crazy revenge."

"This……"

Yahiko and Nagato were startled.

"Then what should we do?"

In response to their questions, Jiraiya did not answer, but looked at Ito Toru again.

"Ito, what do you think?"

"..."

Are you treating me like Doraemon?

Toru Ito, who was looking out the window, turned back helplessly.

"I think, rather than these, we should observe the reaction of the Sand Village."

"Ok?"

Ito Toru's point of view calmed down the people who were originally a little panicked.

Just like his words always have the power to reassure people.

"Observe the reaction of the Sand Village? Why?"

Yahiko was a little confused.

"Because it's war time."

Ito Toru said simply and clearly: "If the news of the Third Kazekage's death were to spread at this time, and he was assassinated, it would be a huge blow to the entire Kingdom of Wind."

"They can't afford the consequences of this."

"Besides...there are also smart people in the Hidden Sand Village. They know how to deal with this matter."

"We just have to wait until tomorrow to find out."

"..."

Jiraiya frowned and thought for a moment.

"Makes sense."

"No need to think too much. We will just deal with whatever situation we encounter!"

"Okay! Today's meeting ends here, everyone go back to sleep!"

He declared the meeting dissolved.

Everyone returned to their rooms to rest with different expressions.

On the other side, Ebizo, who had fallen asleep, was awakened by a hurried knock on the door.

"Who?"

He opened his eyes dissatisfiedly and glanced at the sky outside.

"Isn't it still night time? Aren't you letting the old man sleep?"

"Lord Ebizo! There is something very important and urgent that needs your attention!"

"I have to be the one doing everything, it's annoying."

Ebizo drooped his eyes, got up reluctantly, walked to the door and opened it.

"Hey? Why are there so many people?"

He glanced at the dozen or so elite jonin in front of his door, all of whom were well-known and powerful figures in the Hidden Sand Village.

"What on earth is going on? My birthday hasn't even arrived yet?"

"Lord Ebizo! Please stop joking, Lord Kazekage, Lord Kazekage is missing!"

? !

Ebizo's eyes suddenly became clear, with a hint of disbelief.

"What?! The Third Kazekage is missing?!"

"Yes! We suspect it's related to the loud noise before!"

"Where is the location?"

"Please follow us, Master Ebizo!"

The group moved quickly and soon arrived at the original battle site.

“…What a neat and efficient method.”

Although the light was dim, Ebizo could still see the ground clearly with the help of the moonlight.

"And it was cleaned very thoroughly, even the sand was turned over..."

“No trace was left.”

"We have sealed off the area and searched around, but we didn't find the sand iron that Master Fengying used. Even the huge pit that was created by the explosion has been covered up..."

The Sand Ninja next to him explained the situation.

"..."

Ebizo listened to their reports as he walked.

"There are two possibilities at present. One is that Master Fengying encountered a powerful enemy here, and the other is that he left the village for some reason we don't know."

Ebizo paused slightly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Ebizo, we don't want to speculate like this, but this is indeed the case."

"Don't be stupid. That man won't abandon his village."

Ebizo glanced at the Sand Ninja, then looked away.

"If you can't find any clues, go back and let Luo Sha handle the Kazekage-related affairs first."

"Search in secret at the same time."

As he said this, his eyelids drooped unconsciously.

It's not like he didn't have any clues.

If I remember correctly, this sand dune was Scorpio's favorite place to play...