Konoha: My peaceful life was betrayed by the system.

"Chiefs? What brings you here? Oh, no, you're reinforcements, right?"

Jiraiya smiled. With so many people arriving at once, the mission in Rain Province should progress much faster.

“Yes, the Hokage sent us to provide support. You are familiar with the situation here, so tell us quickly,” the Yamanaka clan chief urged.

As a sensory ninja, he is slightly weaker in strength, but his ability on the battlefield is irreplaceable.

The first thing I did was to ask Jiraiya for information in order to prepare for tomorrow's mission.

Jiraiya didn't keep them in suspense and told them everything he knew, and even provided the punctuated map he had created from the wind.

"You can discuss now which direction to go tomorrow."

The clan leaders looked at the map and soon began to discuss it, occasionally asking Jiraiya for his opinion.

Many of these people were elders, so Jiraiya was rather reserved standing next to them.

The previous laxity is gone.

"I didn't go on a mission today. I was lucky the past two days and didn't encounter any Kage-level enemies, so I don't know the density of enemies deep inside and can't be of much help."

Upon hearing this, the Nara clan chief waved his hand and said, "It's alright. With this old fellow here, we can find out all the enemy's information in less than a day."

The clan chief of the Yamanaka clan also proudly raised his head. As the head of the Konoha Village's intelligence department, he certainly had the ability.

That's why he came here.

The remaining two old buddies were just there to make up the numbers and to protect him.

"In that case," Jiraiya said with a smile, "That's good. If we can get specific information about the enemy, our attack will be much easier."

Jiraiya didn't think the enemy would be that strong.

After all, they were all enhanced through some kind of secret technique, and it is said that they would die on their own after a period of time, and would even spontaneously combust.

But the ninjas didn't have the time to wait, and these man-made things would inevitably keep appearing as soon as one batch died.

Waiting for them to all die on their own is completely unreliable.

After discussing it for a while, the clan leaders quickly finalized a plan.

The three clan leaders, Ino, Deer, and Butterfly, act together, while the remaining clan leaders act independently, killing enemies upon discovery and marking their locations on the map.

So far, it's a fairly effective plan. Let's see how it goes in practice tomorrow.

As darkness fell completely, the clan leaders realized that they hadn't even gone home yet, and had been chatting outside for so long.

He immediately parted ways with Jiraiya and went into his apartment to rest.

Jiraiya reluctantly returned to his apartment. He had planned to go out to buy food, but after so long, he hadn't even walked fifty meters.

When Minato and the others saw Jiraiya return empty-handed, they were completely dumbfounded.

Didn't we agree to go buy food? Where's the food? Did they eat it on the way?

"Alright, let's call our older brother. We ran into reinforcements on the way and chatted with them for a while, which made us neglect our business."

Upon hearing that reinforcements had arrived, Minato no longer cared about whether he would have dinner or not, and immediately began to inquire.

"So, who are the reinforcements?"

Jiraiya read out the names of the clan leaders one by one: "So far, we've only discovered these few clan leaders. There might be others, and the Kage-level reinforcements from other villages should be arriving soon. We can go and pay them a visit tomorrow morning."

“Okay!” Minato had no objections, and Yahiko and Konan nodded in agreement.

As for Kushina, she's busy climbing the ranks right now and doesn't have time to deal with these things.

Her hunger made her clumsy and she couldn't help but complain, "Jiraiya-senpai, why haven't you bought the food yet!"

Chapter 696 Ebizo and Omurashi

Upon hearing that reinforcements had arrived, Minato no longer cared about whether he would have dinner or not, and immediately began to inquire.

"So, who are the reinforcements?"

Jiraiya read out the names of the clan leaders one by one: "So far, we've only discovered these few clan leaders. There might be others, and the Kage-level reinforcements from other villages should be arriving soon. We can go and pay them a visit tomorrow morning."

“Okay!” Minato had no objections, and Yahiko and Konan nodded in agreement.

As for Kushina, she's busy climbing the ranks right now and doesn't have time to deal with these things.

Her hunger made her clumsy and she couldn't help but complain, "Jiraiya-senpai, why haven't you bought the food yet!"

Turning around after turning off his phone, he found Jiraiya already inside: "Oh, Jiraiya-senpai is back. Why didn't you call me? It's so awkward."

She said she was embarrassed, but she wasn't at all. Kushina was just that kind of easygoing person who would never fuss over trivial matters.

After spending these few days together, she found that Jiraiya-senpai was quite easy to get along with, and that all of them got along very well.

Aside from Jiraiya being rather lecherous, everyone else is pretty good.

"Kushina, Jiraiya-senpai didn't actually buy food. He encountered reinforcements from Konoha and they were chatting at the entrance."

"Ah..." Kushina's expression immediately turned aggrieved: "But I'm really hungry."

Jiraiya patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, dinner will be delivered soon. I've already told Brother Torifu that there won't be any new dishes today."

Kushina could accept this, and after eating a piece of beef jerky that Minato handed her, she continued her climb up the ranks.

Minato shook his head helplessly at this: "Let her play. We'll call her when we eat later."

In this small team, excluding Jiraiya, Minato is undoubtedly the captain. He can take care of everyone's emotions and allocate tasks reasonably, and he is very responsible.

Jiraiya was more like a bodyguard, watching over them from the sidelines.

Not long after, the delivery person knocked on the door, and the group devoured the food in a whirlwind.

After eating and drinking to your heart's content, the day was over.

The next morning, Minato woke up from his sleep and could clearly feel that it was very noisy outside.

It seems like there are a lot of people celebrating something.

Looking down through the curtains, I saw two teams entering the city center.

Judging from their clothing, they are from the countries of Wind and Earth. Minato must have come to provide support.

There were about sixty people in total, and more than half of them were medical ninjas dressed in neat uniforms.

If we're talking about Kage-level ninjas, the two villages combined probably have around ten.

There were fewer people than those sent by Konoha.

Since I've already been woken up, I might as well get up and go for a walk to get some fresh air.

After getting dressed, Minato carefully left the apartment, afraid of disturbing other people's sleep.

The streets were packed with people, mostly ninjas from Sunagakure and Iwagakure, but there were also quite a few ninjas from Konoha who had come out to watch the spectacle.

Watergate is one example.

The leader of the Sunagakure group was a middle-aged man with a receding hairline, but his eyes were very shrewd, giving Minato a very cunning feeling.

I didn't recognize the people behind me. One of them was a man whose only distinguishing feature was his red hair.

But unlike the Whirlpool Clan, his color is lighter.

Minato didn't recognize him, but the fact that he was standing there undoubtedly proved that he had Kage-level strength.

Minato, the leader of the Iwagakure village, knew him; he was a ninja named Rōshi.

I had been to Konoha Village for vacation before, and during that time I often sparred with people there.

Shuimen often went to watch and learned a lot from it.

Halfway there, the two teams stopped, and then a cloud of mist flew out from the office building and condensed into a human shape in front of the two teams.

"Ebizo, long time no see! Why is your hair so thin?" Torifu teased as soon as they met.

He had some connection with Ebizo; when he was young, the first person he met when he went to Sunagakure on a mission was Ebizo.

He was a handsome young man back then, but now he's a greasy, balding middle-aged man.

Ebizo seemed completely unfazed by Torifu's teasing, still smiling as he said, "Oh, isn't this the Hokage? Why have you come to greet me personally?"

"It's been so long since we last met, I've missed you terribly."

Then, Toruka turned to look at Old Purple: "I didn't expect the Tsuchikage to send you here. But that's perfect, there are quite a few enemies this time, you can fight to your heart's content."

Old Purple seems to have bipolar disorder; he's always very impatient and often injures his opponents during sparring sessions in Konoha.

If it weren't for Onoki's repeated apologies, Torifu would have taken him down long ago.

Lao Zi didn't say anything, he just clasped his hands in a fist salute to Qu Feng. In fact, he really didn't have anything to say.

Because Onoki told him that if he caused trouble again this time, they were too far apart, and Onoki might not be able to protect him.

Therefore, I am being particularly cautious this time, trying to say less and make fewer mistakes.

As someone who's over fifty, I understand this principle.

Behind him followed a burly man in red armor, who had never been to Konoha Village before.

But Toru recognized him; he was Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, though the Five-Tails was currently being kept by the Hyuga clan.

He's no longer relevant, but the fact that he still possesses Kage-level strength without a Tailed Beast speaks volumes about his talent.

Qu Feng's gaze returned to Ebizo. He didn't have much to talk about with Lao Zi, but he had quite a few topics to discuss with him.

After all, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Where is Chiyo-senpai? Why didn't she come this time?" Torifu thought that Kazekage would ask Chiyo to come out of seclusion, but instead she sent her younger brother.

It doesn't matter anyway, we're all about the same strength, as long as they can help out.

"Haha, my sister is busy taking care of her grandson, so she asked me to solve this problem. She even brought her son over with her."

Upon hearing what Ebizo said, Toruka noticed that the man behind him had red hair, just like that kid Sasori.

The man also took a step forward: "Greetings, Lord Hokage. I am Sasori's father and Elder Chiyo's son."

"Scorpion gained a lot during his trip to Konoha with the Kazekage, and I am very grateful for the Hokage's generosity."

Qu Feng nodded inwardly, thinking that the boy was quite polite. He then waved his hand and said, "It's alright. I just liked Scorpion, so I gave him some small gifts. Don't worry about it."

"This matter in Rain Province involves three of our countries and the Ninja Village. I hope we can unite as one and completely resolve this troublesome issue."