I am the most popular character in Naruto!

The pressure is immense in every sense...

"Since that's the case... then I have no choice but to do it..."

Minato reluctantly picked up the pen and documents, succumbing to Tsunade's oppressive aura.

"Oh, that's a good girl."

Tsunade nodded in satisfaction, and quickly dismantled the table with the hole in it. She then took out another table from her storage scroll.

"Come on, add another item to the supplies request: request a table."

“…Yes, yes, yes.”

Minato sighed and began to attend to official business, while Tsunade sat happily to the side, receiving a silent massage and enjoying her sweet soup.

"Minato, how is my little Chi-chan doing now?"

Tsunade took a sip of the sweet soup, shook her head gracefully, and looked at the conscientious Minato, asking him a question.

Minato raised his head, pondered for a moment, and then replied, "I think Chiaki should be fine. She's actually quite strong."

"Oh?"

Tsunade looked at Minato in surprise, "You know Chiaki's true strength? Come to think of it, it seems like it's been a long time since I sparred with Chiaki."

"of course."

Minato nodded in response, "Although I haven't sparred with Chiaki... oh... that sparring match with Lord White Fang doesn't count."

"But I can clearly sense Qianqiu's strength. Her secret technique, Beyond the Realm, is something that no human can contend with."

"An existence that cannot be fought against by human power..."

Tsunade murmured these words, looking curiously at Minato, "Suppose you and Chiaki sparred one-on-one, who would win?"

"If I can't escape, I'll lose in a sparring match, but I'll win in a life-or-death battle."

Minato said seriously, putting down his pen, "I think Chiaki's only weakness right now is that her defense is too weak before she unlocks the Other Side of the Boundary."

"Give me a chance, and before Qianqiu has time to activate her secret technique, I can make her lie down."

"I see……"

Tsunade nodded knowingly. It seemed that although Chiaki had the support of a secret technique, she still suffered from the common problem of medical ninjas.

"It seems that I must teach Chiaki the Hundred Healings Technique once she reaches the Kage level."

Tsunade touched the Yin Seal on her forehead and pondered.

With the Hundred Healings Technique, the survivability of medical ninjas will be greatly enhanced.

Unless someone cuts off your head with a single blow, the Hundred Healings Seal can basically be repaired and restored using the stored life force.

In addition to Chiaki's own super-strong life force recovery ability, combined with the Hundred Healings Technique, even if someone really cuts off his head, he might still be able to use it after it is reattached.

"I think you should be more worried about Jiraiya and Orochimaru than Chiaki."

Minato picked up his pen again and continued to handle official business.

Why should I care about them? That's strange.

Tsunade rolled her eyes in disdain. "If they lose so easily, it would be less shameful for them to die out there and never come back."

While handling official business, Minato said to Tsunade, "That's right, Chiaki has a strategist guiding him, so at worst he'll just have to retreat in defeat."

"But the situation in the Land of Rain is quite complicated. I recently heard that a strange organization has appeared there, something called 'Akatsuki'."

"It seems that this organization is giving Hanzo a real headache."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, pondering the name deeply. "Akatsuki?"

"I've never heard of it. Is it some big organization?"

Chapter 254 It's not a big problem, don't panic.

"Report!"

"Urgent report!!!"

At the temporary camp of Konoha heading to the Land of Rain, the front-line reconnaissance ninjas rushed into the camp and scrambled to their knees before Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

"explain."

Orochimaru frowned, quite displeased with the panicked reaction of the intelligence-gathering ninja.

As a frontline intelligence ninja, one must remain calm and composed regardless of the type of intelligence received.

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi died right in front of me, it wouldn't be enough...

Oh.

This is something to be alarmed about. After all, anyone would panic if their own team's Shadow was defeated.

But apart from this situation, even if the sky were to fall, one should not panic.

"What's the panic? It's not like Hanzo suddenly died!"

Jiraiya glared at the reconnaissance ninja. "Even if he's dead, there's no need to panic!"

"Yes Yes……"

The scout ninja looked at Jiraiya with surprise, then swallowed hard to calm himself down.

"Have you sorted out your emotions?"

"Say it."

Orochimaru frowned and urged the reconnaissance ninja to provide feedback.

"Report, the demigod Hanzo is dead."

The reconnaissance ninja took a deep breath and spoke in a calm tone.

"!!!"

Jiraiya stumbled and fell to the ground, then scrambled to his feet, grabbing the scout ninja's shoulder and shaking him, exclaiming, "What did you say?!"

"say it again!"

"report!"

The scout ninja shouted, "Hanzo the Demigod has been confirmed dead! The Land of Rain has now entered a period of national mourning and has also closed its borders!"

"???"

"What the hell?!"

Jiraiya exploded on the spot, finally understanding the meaning behind the strange look in the scout ninja's eyes.

Hanzo the Demigod is dead?

How could he possibly be dead?

How could a Kage-level figure fall so silently?!

Hanzo the Salamander, this man brought immense suffering to the legendary Sannin of Konoha, but also bestowed upon them glory.

Given his caution and strength, how could he possibly perish in his own country?

"Impossible...it can't be possible..."

Jiraiya paced anxiously in circles, "I was just joking, how could that old bastard Hanzo suddenly die?"

"Who did it?"

"What was the cause of death? Has the investigation been completed?"

He grabbed the scout ninja urgently, who glanced helplessly at Jiraiya: "Lord Jiraiya, this information is what we just gathered. We also ran into scouts from other countries, and everyone got the same information."

"As for the specific cause of death, the Rain Country reports that he died suddenly from illness, but we speculate that it may have been due to poisoning..."

"Ah."

Orochimaru sneered, "Poisoned?"

"Yes."

The reconnaissance ninja said with a forced smile, "According to intelligence, the poison of the salamander used by the demigod Hanzo is a poison that even he himself cannot cure, and he also has a poison sac in his body."

"This time, the demigod Hanzo suffered a rupture of his poison sac due to a physical condition, which released toxins from his body, leading to his death from poisoning."

"Perhaps after some time, the Land of Rain will use this explanation to announce it to everyone."

"Hilarious! Hanzo the Salamander, a man known as a demigod, would be poisoned to death by his own poison?"

Jiraiya laughed as well, "You're making it sound like Tsunade will die from her own healing, Orochimaru will die from his own poisoning, and I'll die from being too handsome—it's all so absurd."

"check!"

"Keep investigating!"

Orochimaru frowned and said, "Whatever the information, whatever the clues, bring them to us. Hanzo of the Salamander's sudden death could very well affect our subsequent plans!"

"Yes!"

The scout ninja quickly responded and disappeared from the spot.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru exchanged a glance, both with furrowed brows.

This matter came about in a rather strange and unusual way.

At this point in the Third Shinobi World War, the Kazekage suddenly disappeared, and the demigod Hanzo suddenly died.

Are these two events a coincidence?

Or is someone secretly plotting something?

"I'd better investigate this matter myself."

Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru and said, "If the Land of Rain really enters a state of isolation, then this place might be the first one we take."

"After we take this point, we can completely bypass the Land of Grass and go behind it, directly wiping out the entire Land of Lightning's forces, launching a pincer attack."

Orochimaru nodded. In terms of reconnaissance and intelligence gathering abilities, Jiraiya was indeed stronger than him, so he felt relatively at ease letting him investigate Orochimaru.

"It's been almost a month, and we're only halfway there. It's definitely slow."