Chapter 52: Seems Pretty Easy

  At this moment, Minato Namikaze was in the combat command room, reporting the mission to Orochimaru.

  "Lord Orochimaru, since the Cloud ninjas assembled their troops to hunt us down, we ended the mission. However, it seems that the Cloud ninjas have no intention of sending more ninjas to the Land of Hot Water for now. We attacked their supplies twice. As we couldn't take them away, we destroyed them right there."

  Orochimaru nodded. "It seems that the Cloud ninjas aren't so impulsive. They don't pn to retaliate against us for now. It seems we'll have a short break."

  The Cloud ninjas' assembling their troops to hunt down Minato Namikaze means they have no other urgent matters, so they want to deal with Minato, who has been harassing them.

  The deaths of nearly a hundred Cloud ninjas have given them a huge problem to deal with. There won't be any intense friction with them in the short term.

  After Minato Namikaze finished reporting the mission, he stepped back.

  After leaving the combat command room, Minato Namikaze happened to meet Tsunade, who was looking for him.

  "Lord Tsunade."

  Tsunade said in a hurry, "Minato, you're back just in time. The old man sent you an urgent letter."

  Tsunade handed the letter to Minato Namikaze.

  Minato Namikaze immediately opened the letter and read it.

  After reading the content of the letter, Minato Namikaze's expression instantly became very serious.

  Seeing Minato Namikaze's serious expression, Tsunade also frowned and asked worriedly, "Has something happened in Konoha?"

  Minato Namikaze nodded. "This isn't the pce to talk. Lord Tsunade, where is Teacher Jiraiya?"

  "Uh..." Tsunade replied somewhat awkwardly, "Jiraiya is in a coma right now. The medical ninjas are treating him."

  Minato Namikaze asked in disbelief, "Ah? Treatment? Was Teacher Jiraiya injured? Who did this? But all those well - known Cloud ninjas are in their camp. Does that mean the Cloud Hidden Vilge has sent powerful ninjas to the Land of Hot Water?"

  Tsunade averted her gaze guiltily. "Minato, it was me. Don't ask too many details. Now come with me to see Jiraiya. Since there's an urgent matter, I'll treat him myself to wake him up quickly."

  Minato Namikaze was stunned.

  Did Jiraiya peep at girls bathing again and get caught by Tsunade on the spot?

  Seriously, did he forget about the time when Tsunade broke six of his ribs?

  Minato Namikaze followed Tsunade helplessly to see Jiraiya.

  Inside the tent where Jiraiya was, Minato Namikaze was startled to see Jiraiya looking deathly pale.

  It seems this injury is as bad as the one when his ribs were broken.

  Did Jiraiya peep at not one but a group of girls bathing this time?

  Tsunade said to the medical ninjas who were treating Jiraiya, "Alright, you can rest. I'll take over from here."

  ”

  “Yes, ma'am.”

  The medical ninjas stopped their hands. Tsunade rolled up her sleeves and directly used Medical Ninjutsu - Mystical Palm Technique to start treating Jiraiya.

  Medical Ninjutsu - Mystical Palm Technique is not an ordinary ninjutsu; it's a high - level medical ninjutsu. Whether it's internal or external injuries, the released chakra can achieve an amazing recovery speed.

  More than half an hour ter, Tsunade stopped performing the jutsu.

  Minato Namikaze asked, “Lady Tsunade, how is Teacher Jiraiya?”

  “Don't worry, he'll wake up in a jiffy.”

  As soon as Tsunade finished speaking, she spped Jiraiya across the face.

  “Hiss~”

  Minato Namikaze involuntarily gasped, and his own cheeks twitched as if he was the one who got spped.

  Under Tsunade's sp, Jiraiya woke up. He gradually opened his eyelids. Seeing Tsunade in front of him, Jiraiya instantly perked up.

  Jiraiya instinctively tried to dodge, but he pulled his wounds and winced in pain.

  Tsunade snorted and then said to Minato Namikaze, “He's awake. You can talk to him now.”

  Jiraiya looked at Minato Namikaze and excimed in surprise, “Hey, Minato, you're back?”

  Minato Namikaze said helplessly, “Teacher Jiraiya, you're not a young man anymore. It's time you got serious! Stop peeping on girls taking baths!”

  Jiraiya asked in confusion, “Peeping on girls taking baths? Which time are you talking about? I didn't do it this time!”

  “If you didn't, then why would you be spped by Lady Tsunade...”

  Minato Namikaze suddenly stopped speaking and looked at Tsunade sheepishly.

  Jiraiya immediately realized that Minato Namikaze had misunderstood, but he couldn't expin.

  Because it sounds better to say he was peeping on girls taking baths than being close to a Puppet that looks a lot like Tsunade.

  Tsunade gred at Jiraiya and then said to Minato Namikaze, “Then I'll leave first.”

  Minato Namikaze stopped Tsunade, “Lady Tsunade, please stay and listen.”

  Minato Namikaze said seriously, “The Third Hokage sent a letter. Iwagakure is now putting pressure on our Konoha. They either want us to hand over Kamishiro or they'll decre war on Konoha...”

  Hearing Minato Namikaze's words, Jiraiya and Tsunade also looked serious.

  Jiraiya said gravely, “If Iwagakure joins the fray, then the Third Shinobi World War will basically be officially underway.”

  Minato Namikaze nodded, “That's right. The Third Hokage said in the letter that we can't hand over Kamishiro. Also, we can't let Iwagakure decre war on us. If Iwagakure decides to go to war with us, our Konoha will be attacked by three big ninja vilges: Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure. We'll be under great pressure. The key to preventing this...”

  Jiraiya picked up where Minato Namikaze left off, “The key is Kamishiro, right?”

  Tsunade asked in confusion, “That perverted kid is the key? What influence can he have on Iwagakure's decision when he's here?”

  Minato Namikaze raised his eyebrows.

  "Naughty d? Kamishiro?"

  How come Kamishiro was called a naughty d by Tsunade after he went out?

  Jiraiya expined to Tsunade, "Kamishiro has a ninja hawk. That ninja hawk can directly contact Third Kazekage Kaito of Sunagakure. I think the old man's idea is to use Kamishiro's ninja hawk to pass false information to Kaito and let Kaito help us solve this crisis."

  After speaking, Jiraiya asked Minato Namikaze, "Minato, am I right?"

  Minato Namikaze nodded. "Yeah, you're right. That's exactly what the Third Hokage means. The Third Hokage also said we have a month. If it doesn't work, we'll have to abandon Kamishiro."

  Jiraiya said with a pain in the neck, "One month. This is the Land of Hot Water, and there's the Land of Fire in between. It'll take many days for the ninja hawk to fly to Sunagakure of the Land of Wind. And we also need to subtract the time for the letter from Konoha to reach us. We don't have much time left."

  Minato Namikaze agreed. "Yeah, I just calcuted. We have to make Kamishiro summon the ninja hawk within a week, and then grab the ninja hawk on the way and repce the message with false information."

  Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya thought for a while and recalled what Kamishiro had always done...

  This mission should be quite easy.