Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

Although the chaos of the Warring States period was brought to an end thanks to Lord Hashirama's efforts.

Unfortunately, this peace only lasted for about ten years.

After the First Shinobi World War broke out, these ordinary villagers had no ability to resist and naturally could not develop.

Kagura nodded in agreement to herself.

In fact, even among the five great ninja villages, Konoha is a unique existence.

After all, when the village was founded, Konoha had ample funds from the very beginning, thanks to the money that Hashirama Senju earned from selling tailed beasts.

You can't see the environment of Sunagakure Village; it's only possible to survive in a desert.

If given a choice, who would build a village in such a place?

Traveling is always tedious, especially when there aren't many scenic views along the way.

To Kagura's surprise, the fat man named Tomikawa was not much slower than them along the way.

But upon closer reflection, it makes sense. After all, for a traveling merchant, this kind of daily journey is probably something he's long been used to.

As everyone's steps grew heavier, the sun unknowingly set behind the distant mountains.

The afterglow shone on the crowd, casting long shadows behind them.

They had now passed through the village and entered a new forest.

As they walked, Kagura, who was at the front, suddenly stopped.

If you stood in front of him, you could see that his eyes had now transformed into Sharingan.

Staring at the somewhat dark woods ahead, he suddenly made a gesture behind him.

The three people, including Tsunade, who had stayed in place with him, suddenly tensed up when they saw the gesture.

Their bodies transformed into black shadows, and the three of them instantly arrived beside Fu Chuan, forming a triangular formation to guard him.

During the previous weeks of getting to know each other, the four of them had already established some hand signals to facilitate the execution of tasks.

The gesture Kagura just made means:

Enemy has appeared!

Chapter 13 Actual Combat

Although there was no one around at this moment, out of trust in Kagura.

After he made that gesture, the three of them immediately took out their weapons and stood next to Bu Chuan, assuming a fighting stance.

Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood to the side with his arms crossed, seemingly detached from the situation.

Seeing this, everyone understood that Sarutobi-sensei had no intention of taking the initiative this time.

Kagura took out a kunai from her waist and stared intently ahead.

A moment of silence fell over the room, but thankfully it didn't last long.

A voice rang out from the woods:

"You little rascal..."

"How did they manage to find us?"

As if receiving a command, figures emerged from the forest as the voice rang out.

Tsunade and the other two looked somewhat tense, because at this moment, nearly a dozen figures emerged from the forest.

These people were all dressed in gray ninja bodysuits, their faces completely covered by black masks, revealing only a pair of hungry wolf-like eyes.

The one who just spoke must be their leader; he is currently standing in the tree, looking down at the crowd below.

He frowned and continued:

"These eyes..."

So that's how it is. Are you a brat from the Uchiha clan?

No wonder they were able to find us.

At this moment, dozens of his men had slowly surrounded Kagura and the others.

Kagura looked up and carefully observed the leader who was speaking. She noticed that he did not have any ninja village markings on his body, and she realized that these people in front of her were the so-called "Ryunin".

At this time, since the ninja villages were still relatively new, there were many ninjas in this land who did not belong to the five major ninja villages.

They gathered on the outskirts of the five kingdoms, without a clear organization or belief, and mostly survived by being hired or by robbing.

There is no such thing as backing down in a battle between ninjas. The moment Kagura saw these people come out, she knew that this battle was unavoidable.

He calmly gave the orders to the three people behind him:

"Orochimaru, Jiraiya, you two are responsible for the enemies on both sides."

Tsunade should not leave Mr. Tomikawa's side and should be responsible for protecting him.

"I will deal with these enemies ahead."

At this time, there were about thirty or forty enemies in the field, half of whom were directly in front of the group.

Kagura clearly took on the most difficult task.

A hush fell over the room as a leaf was blown down by a gentle breeze and drifted slowly to the ground.

Just as the initial message indicated, the moment the leaf fell to the ground, both sides suddenly transformed into streaks of black shadows and charged towards each other.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya had disappeared from the group and, following Kagura's orders, launched an attack on the enemy.

Tsunade, her weapon still firmly in her hand, stood silently before Tomikawa.

Flashes of fire erupted in mid-air, and the sounds of shuriken clashing against each other echoed all around.

A figure with silver hair suddenly appeared in the air; it was Jiraiya.

After quickly forming hand seals, his mouth suddenly bulged out.

Fire Release: Flame Bullet!

Several fireballs struck the enemies chasing after him.

The enemies hit were instantly engulfed in flames and collapsed to the ground, screaming in agony.

However, the principle behind this ninjutsu is to hold oil refined from chakra in one's mouth and spit it out while using fire-style techniques to ignite it.

Despite their frantic rolling on the ground, they could not extinguish the flames on their bodies.

Seeing the results of his attack, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a hint of excitement on his face.

Before he could even land, several kunai shot towards him.

Jiraiya, still in mid-air, straightened his expression but showed no sign of panic.

As he formed another hand seal, his silver hair suddenly grew longer, like a coat that wrapped around his entire body.

Ninja Technique: Needle Jizo

Those strands of hair were like a solid fortress, deflecting all the kunai flying towards him.

The pursuing ninja's eyes sharpened, and he immediately drew his long sword and charged forward.

Since we can't break through the defense with ranged kunai, let's just use melee attacks!

Just as several ninjas reached the top of the semi-circular "hedgehog," Jiraiya's voice came from inside again:

"Needle Hell!"

Those hairs, as hard as steel needles, suddenly shot out like hidden weapons.

With a whooshing sound, the ninjas who were about to attack him a second ago were now lying on the ground covered in blood.

On the other side, Orochimaru is facing the same situation as Jiraiya.

As soon as he landed, dozens of attacks consisting of kunai and shuriken appeared in front of him.

Orochimaru formed a hand seal with one hand, and a gust of wind suddenly appeared in front of him.

The fierce wind blew the dozens of weapons away.

Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough

"It's my turn!"

He muttered something under his breath and pulled out several shuriken from behind his back.

After forcefully throwing the shuriken in his hand towards the enemy, he immediately formed hand seals.

Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!

It was a ninjutsu that Orochimaru had stolen from his teacher, Sarutobi.

The several shuriken split into thousands of shuriken, launching an indiscriminate attack on a grove of trees ahead.

A series of muffled thuds rang out as enemies hidden in the woods were shot down to the ground.

After doing all this, Orochimaru turned around and looked in Tsunade's direction.

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared around Tsunade.

Inside was the enemy who had tried to launch a sneak attack, but she had smashed him into the ground with her fist.

But she ignored the people she had knocked down and stared ahead in astonishment.

Following her gaze, Orochimaru also looked ahead.

When he saw what was happening in front of him, his eyes narrowed in shock.

Before them lay the battlefield that Kagura had carved out for herself.

The leader who had spoken earlier and his subordinates had fallen from the tree and were standing in front of Kagura.

Strangely, even now, those people remain standing in the same spot.

There was no weapon drawn, nor any shouting; the entire battlefield was eerily quiet.

If you look closely, you'll see that their eyes are filled with confusion.

They stood frozen in place, as if under a curse, unable to move.