Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

"The Battle of Kikyo Mountain?"

Even Jiraiya, who has an eccentric mind, was a little confused when he first heard this battle plan: "But...isn't Mount Kikyo near Konoha Village?"

Because he travels frequently, he is quite familiar with the environment around Konoha Village.

Kikyo Mountain is a mountain very close to Konoha Village.

It is named because there are many Platycodon grandiflorums growing on it.

But, isn’t the current battle line far away from Konoha Village?

Do we have to run back to fight?

Jiraiya felt a sense of absurdity rising in his heart.

If the person who said this was not Toru Ito, he would probably have already started questioning.

However, since it was Toru Ito who said this, Jiraiya still had the patience to wait and hear what he wanted to say next.

"Ahem, don't worry about the details. It's just a code name, to confuse the Iwagakure."

"Master Jiraiya, take a look at this map first, and you will understand."

"okay."

Jiraiya came over and Ito Toru made way for him so that he could see the map on the table clearly.

This is a very detailed map with various lines marked on it and professional data annotations.

If someone who knows the business looks at it, he can immediately see a lot of detailed and useful information from it.

Even Orochimaru and Tsunade couldn't fully understand it.

Because Toru Ito drew it himself based on detailed data.

At this moment, Orochimaru and Tsunade both focused their eyes on Jiraiya, and then looked at each other.

"Do you think he can understand it?"

"It's hard for me to see."

"I feel so too."

During the silent communication between the two, Jiraiya frowned, looked at the map, nodded seriously, and then fell into deep thought.

He can't really understand it, right?

At this moment, both Tsunade and Orochimaru were a little surprised.

However, Jiraiya's philosophical look did not last long. After being silent for dozens of seconds, he suddenly turned to Tsunade and asked, "What's drawn on it?"

Hearing this, Tsunade was immediately furious. She put her hands on her hips and said helplessly, "I know you don't understand."

Jiraiya scratched his head, an awkward smile on his face, seeming a little guilty.

He muttered quietly: "Hey hey... well..."

Tsunade rolled her eyes at him unhappily and continued to complain: "So what on earth did you visit after being out for so long?"

"Hey! This is quite interesting!"

Talking about this topic, Jiraiya immediately became confident and answered with his chest puffed out: "Of course, I am going to collect information from various places and find the child of prophecy! This is a big matter related to the peace of the ninja world!"

What you said sounds good, looking for the child of prophecy in a brothel?

The corner of Toru Ito's mouth twitched slightly. Akatsuki's intelligence network was established by Scorpion. In the process of establishment, it inevitably came into contact with some intelligence centers in various places.

And then... although I didn't pay much attention, there was a record of a white-haired man visiting almost all the entertainment shops...

Of course, all casinos have stories of some legendary big fat sheep lurking around, but we won’t talk about that for now.

You two, are you going out to practice or travel?

In comparison, Orochimaru can be said to be diligent and hardworking, the only one among the three ninjas who actually works.

"…Why are you still obsessed with that strange fable?"

Orochimaru was speechless: "A so-called toad sage tells vague and boring fables. Only you would believe and pursue them."

"That's right, if you have that kind of skills, you might as well stay in Konoha Village."

Tsunade crossed her arms across her chest, showing her great strength: "What is the meaning of prophecy? Can prophecy make me win every time I bet?"

"..."

"..."

"What are you looking at? Is there something wrong with what I said?" Tsunade glared at him with her beautiful eyes.

There's nothing right about it!

"So this is why you can't cultivate into Sage Mode."

Jiraiya sighed quietly: "I don't ask you to be very pious to the newcomers, but at least you can take the attitude of the immortal seriously."

"Humph, it doesn't matter if you don't need that kind of thing."

Orochimaru and Tsunade's faces both darkened.

This is an eternal pain in their hearts.

Especially for Orochimaru, it doesn’t matter whether he succeeds in practicing or not, because he has the Yin Seal anyway, so it doesn’t matter to him. Unlike Tsunade, he really wants to practice to the Sage Mode.

But he just couldn't find the Dragon Cave. Normally, this should be impossible.

But Orochimaru happened to encounter this.

There can only be one explanation for this.

That is, the White Snake Immortal in Longdi Cave does not want to see him.

Orochimaru showed no emotion on the surface, but he was very disappointed in his heart.

Because the Sage Mode sounds extremely tempting just from the name!

And yet I just happened to master it by myself!

This kid looks so nonchalant, it really makes people angry!

"Cough cough."

Ito Toru coughed slightly a few times beside him.

"Well, let's get back to the topic, shall we?"

Obviously when two of you are together, the topic can still go on normally, but when you three ninjas get together, something suddenly goes wrong!

The topic can be diverted to an unknown distance!

"Okay, Ito, you speak first." Orochimaru nodded, and Jiraiya and Tsunade had no objection.

"First of all, the map shows that the Iwagakure's attack this time was very sudden, but after the actual fight, I found that they didn't seem to really want to go to war with Konoha."

"Please look."

He pointed to several locations on the map.

"Since we arrived, aside from the elite demolition troop that Danzo encountered, the rest of the Iwagakure teams aren't particularly strong."

"Moreover, their strategic goals are mostly containment and conservative strategies. They don't seem to want to have a direct conflict with us."

“So, I came to a conclusion.”

"The Iwagakure's attack this time is just a test, and their target is not Konoha!"

Ito Toru said firmly.

"Well……"

Jiraiya fell into deep thought: "Isn't this a good idea? Since they don't want to fight seriously, we won't fight seriously either, and just use up our energy like this."

"You are so naive, Jiraiya."

Orochimaru spoke up from the side: "Don't be led by the enemy's strategy. No matter what they want to do, don't let them achieve their goals. This is what we should do."

"Yes."

Ito Toru nodded: "I also agree with what Lord Orochimaru said. The Rock Ninja's behavior obviously does not take us seriously!"

"That's why I made this [Battle of Kikyo Mountain] plan!"

……

Five hundred miles away from the Konoha camp, there is a mountainside covered with snow.

In the camp built of solid rock, the captains of the Rock Ninjas were gathered in a small stone hut to discuss.

"Most of the teams sent out recently have not come back." A rock ninja captain spoke first.

"Konoha's reaction was unexpectedly strong... and the troops they sent out were also very capable, so we can't gain much advantage."

"This damn weather is too cold, and everyone is not very motivated to fight."

"Can't you even contain him?"

"Not only can we not do it, but Konoha is also constantly increasing the pressure..."

"If this continues, our situation will not be optimistic!"

Every Iwashi Ninja's face was as blue as a stone in winter.

The mission they received was to test Konoha's strength and conduct small-scale local combat.

This kind of mission is generally easy. After all, if there is no direct combat, the danger will be much less.

Therefore, many people looked relaxed and were talking and laughing before setting off.

However, when they arrived here, they were greeted with a heavy blow.

Everyone was stunned!

"What on earth is that old man Ohnoki thinking!?"

Someone muttered.

"After all, there's nothing to be gained from fighting Konoha!"

"Shut up."

A gloomy voice sounded from the darkness.

The leaders of the Iwagakure fell silent.

“I don’t want to know how hard it was, or how many lives were lost.”

A tall and thin figure slowly walked out of the darkness.

He was an Iwashi ninja with a gloomy expression and messy hair.

"I have to complete the instructions given by the Tsuchikage-sama. Before the Third Raikage falls into the trap, I must make everyone think that our target is Konoha!"

His words were unclear, but they were like ice, sending a chill down everyone's spine.

Because they knew that this meant countless more ninjas would die!

"Why are you still standing there?"

"Keep on attacking! Keep on fighting!"

"We can't stop until everyone is dead!"

"Yes!"

After the battle order was issued, all the Rock Ninjas took action reluctantly, while secretly praying that the Konoha Ninjas on the opposite side would be gentler.

The situation here was soon reported back to the Iwagakure Village.

This is a village surrounded by high mountains on all sides, protecting the village in the middle like a solid wall.

The reason why the Land of Earth has been able to develop smoothly without being disturbed is not only because of Oonoki's survival, but more because of the country's unique terrain.

Any ninja village that wants to attack must consider whether they can break through the solid defense of the Iwagakure Village!

The third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, was sitting in a huge house made entirely of rocks. His small figure looked a little funny, and his rosacea made him look even uglier.

This is a person who is unpleasant both in appearance and in character, and his temper is also very strange.

The reason why he can firmly sit on the position of Tsuchikage is his absolute strength!

However, this powerful old man became furious after reading the report sent back from the front line.

"A bunch of trash!"

"I'll let you hold Konoha back for a bit. You lost half of this bunch of rubbish? We sent 1000 people, but now there are only 500 left. And you're asking me for more?"

"Excuse me?"

Ohnoki was so angry that his face turned red and his blood pressure soared!