Chapter 279: Storming Out
Jiraiya actually dared to attack Danzo?
Yoru felt excited inside, but unfortunately, this was the Hokage’s Office, with so many people around, it wouldn’t lead to disaster.
What a pity.
Lynx saw Jiraiya forming hand seals, drew a kunai from his ninja tool bag, and charged straight for Jiraiya’s throat.
Orochimaru also moved, his target Lynx.
Two snakes shot out from Orochimaru’s sleeves; one bit Lynx’s wrist holding the kunai, stopping Lynx’s kunai from stabbing Jiraiya’s throat.
The other snake wrapped around Lynx’s throat, tightening it.
Yoru saw a hint of regret appear in Jiraiya’s eyes and knew the fight wouldn’t happen.
He then formed hand seals with both hands, spreading the Karma Seal of Retribution in all directions, locking down Lynx, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya who had made their moves.
As the Hokage and Copper Fox’s man, it was time to control the scene.
Chakra surged, documents on the table flew everywhere, and the scene became extremely chaotic for a moment.
The Third Hokage shouted, “Stop!”
Copper Fox also shouted, “Lynx! Stand down!”
Yoru saw the killing intent fade from Lynx’s eyes and released the seal on Lynx.
Lynx retreated behind Danzo; the two poison fang bite marks on his wrist were still oozing black blood.
The Third Hokage said again, “Jiraiya! Don’t act rashly!”
Seeing Jiraiya calm down, Yoru removed the Karma Seal of Retribution on Jiraiya.
Orochimaru broke free from the Karma Seal of Retribution and said, “Fox’s sealing jutsu is not bad.”
Yoru thought to himself, the Karma Seal of Retribution is pretty powerful against weaklings, but against experts it’s still a bit lacking; the blocking time is uncertain.
No one paid attention to whether Fox’s sealing jutsu was powerful; they all looked toward Jiraiya.
Jiraiya’s expression alternated between green and purple; finally, he threw down a sentence and left.
“I didn’t know Uchiha Madara was behind Nagato Uzumaki! I’m not a traitor ninja either! I’m going to travel the Ninja World! Don’t come looking for me again!”
In the original story, Jiraiya left the village to travel after the Third Great Ninja War; could it be that because of Danzo’s targeting, Jiraiya was leaving now?
Then Sakumo Hatake taking Minato Namikaze as a disciple faced no more obstacles.
With a bang, Jiraiya slammed the door and left.
The Third Hokage said to Orochimaru, “Go stop him! Have him come to the Sarutobi Clan Compound tonight to see me!”
The Third Hokage still couldn’t bear to part with this powerful disciple Jiraiya.
Orochimaru left reluctantly.
He always had to clean up after the foolish Jiraiya.
Having him stop Jiraiya was less effective than sending Tsunade, but unfortunately Tsunade never came to the Hokage’s Office.
The door wasn’t closed yet when Danzo stared at the Third Hokage, his voice low:
“Hiruzen Sarutobi! Why should your disciple be treated specially?
If you don’t deal with Jiraiya, who will fear Konoha’s traitor ninja policy in the future?”
The Third Hokage sighed and said, “Jiraiya is different; Jiraiya has the chance to become a Kage level ninja, to become Konoha’s pillar of the future.”
Danzo said again, “Then let the overwhelmingly strong Jiraiya go chase and kill traitor ninjas, chase and kill Uchiha Madara!
Root’s losses were all caused by Uchiha Madara and Uzumaki remnants; I can’t swallow this anger!
My Root has been completely destroyed several times?
The 4 new recruits just trained were all dead again!
Jiraiya must pay the price for his mistake! He must atone for his crimes!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and said, “The matter of chasing and killing Uchiha Madara needs to be considered carefully.
Uchiha Madara is too strong; it’s not something Jiraiya can handle.”
Every village takes an unrelenting stance toward traitor ninjas.
As long as the traitor ninja lives, the village won’t stop.
Uchiha Madara is different; Uchiha Madara is too strong.
If you don’t chase and kill him, you won’t die.
If Jiraiya goes to chase and kill Uchiha Madara, as long as Jiraiya doesn’t die, Uchiha Madara won’t stop; it’s like the reverse of ‘unrelenting.’
Danzo saw that Hiruzen Sarutobi was both protective and indecisive, and left without looking back.
With another bang, he slammed the door and left.
Root and Lynx Squad suffered heavy losses this time; Danzo was furious.
Silence, silence filled the current Hokage’s Office.
No one was giving face to the Hokage; Jiraiya, Danzo—these two went too far.
After a long time, Yoru asked quietly:
“Hokage, Root is used to using rumors. Should we be careful that Root uses rumors to attack Lord Jiraiya?”
Staying in the Land of Rain during the war—this alone wouldn’t weigh only four taels on the scale; once weighed, it would be a thousand jin.
Everyone else was shedding blood for Konoha, so on what grounds did Jiraiya detach from the battle sequence on his own?
Even Tsunade, no matter how angry she was at the high-ranking officials, that willful person only dared to hole up in the medical bay and didn’t shirk her responsibilities.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said, “Good, Fox, you be careful of Root’s rumors.”
“I understand.”
Yoru thought to himself, as long as unfavorable rumors about Jiraiya appear in the village now, whether Root did it or not, Hiruzen Sarutobi would suspect Root.
Yoru planned to use the old method, secretly spreading rumors with genjutsu to increase the conflict between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
It couldn’t end like this; Danzo, if you don’t deal with Jiraiya, I look down on you.
Jiraiya, feel Konoha’s darkness.
Seeing Fox about to leave in a hurry, Hiruzen Sarutobi said:
“Fox, you can’t rest yet; in a bit, the Uchiha Clan Head will come. You talk to him about the Uchiha Madara matter.
Keep it confidential; the Uzumaki Clan matter is a village secret and cannot be leaked.”
“I understand, Hokage.”
Hanashika went downstairs and called up Uchiha Kane, Fugaku Uchiha, and Uchiha Touka, who had been waiting a long time, to the upper floor.
After entering the Hokage’s Office, the Third Hokage’s face no longer showed the fatigue from just arguing loudly with Jiraiya and Danzo.
“Clan Head Zhong, please sit,” the Third Hokage said.
“Copper Fox survived from Uchiha Madara’s hands thanks to his powerful defensive ninjutsu.
The Uchiha Clan should provide some advice for the village; next time we encounter Uchiha Madara, we won’t suffer heavy losses like last time and this time.”
Uchiha Kane’s heart was extremely unsettled, his expression pained and helpless.
This was truly a disaster out of nowhere.
What advice could he provide?
When he graduated from the Ninja Academy, Uchiha Madara had already defected from the village.
The clan had preserved some research data on Uchiha Madara, and in those data, it was all about how the First Hokage brutally beat Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara’s weaknesses were obvious: chakra amount inferior to the First Hokage, ninjutsu inferior to the First Hokage, taijutsu inferior to the First Hokage.
What advice could the Uchiha Clan provide? Advice on getting brutally beaten?
Uchiha Kane said, “Third Lord, my Uchiha Clan cut ties completely with Uchiha Madara back in my father Uchiha Hino’s time.
When Uchiha Madara first defected from the village, not a single one of us followed; we drew a clear line early.
The First Hokage and Second Hokage also acknowledged our sincerity.
The Uchiha Clan didn’t follow Uchiha Madara in defecting; with Uchiha Madara’s personality, he absolutely won’t forgive us.
Compared to Konoha Village, he must hate us even more.
This time Uchiha Madara clashing with Konoha ninjas again was something we never expected.”
What Uchiha Kane said was from the heart; he really didn’t know how to deal with Uchiha Madara.
He really wanted to say they should invite Senju Hanaki Clan Head, or Princess Tsunade, to discuss how to deal with Uchiha Madara.
When it comes to dealing with Uchihas, the Senju Clan was the real expert in that area.
