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Chapter 297 Crisis at the Fire Temple (Second Update)

"Alright then, it will probably take Jiraiya one or two months to return from searching for Tsunade. Lord Danzo, please consider this carefully and send someone to inform me as soon as you have made a decision."

Seeing Danzo struggling with his decision, Li Chuan immediately stood up.

If there's no direct rejection, it means they're interested, and once they're interested, there's basically no problem.

Danzo needed a variable to break the Third Hokage's control over the village, and this variable was delivered to his doorstep. Even if this variable might have other purposes, Danzo had to agree to cooperate with him in order to bring about change.

Moreover, this entry period is six months long, and this is only the first day, so he's not in a hurry.

"To His Highness the Prince!"

Danzo did not try to stop Li Chuan from leaving, because he was indeed unable to make such an important decision at that moment.

He needed some time to sort out his thoughts, and then send someone to thoroughly investigate Li Chuan's intelligence in the capital of the Land of Fire.

After leaving the Root Base, Li Chuan didn't go anywhere else; he directly Apparated back to his residence to sleep.

Although it was only the first day, he had already accomplished quite a lot.

The next morning, just as he left the house, intending to go to the Hokage Building to discuss learning ninjutsu with the Third Hokage, a young man dressed as a businessman suddenly appeared and blocked his way.

"Your Highness, there is urgent intelligence."

The young man respectfully handed a rolled-up piece of paper to Li Chuan.

The young merchant was the head of the town of Shukuba, the closest town to Konoha Village. After receiving the intelligence that morning, he immediately rushed to Konoha.

There are various shops in Konoha Village, but generally there are not many other types of shops besides basic daily necessities and ninja-related shops. Shukuba-cho, on the other hand, is a bustling town five kilometers away from Konoha Village.

Many Konoha ninjas and villagers would go to Shukubacho if they wanted to go shopping or do a big shopping spree.

"I see."

Li Chuan waved for the young businessman to leave, then unfolded the note as he walked away.

After reading it, he couldn't help but shake his head:

"Looks like I'll have to send Kakuzu to meet Hidan sooner rather than later."

It turns out that Itachi relayed the contents of the Akatsuki's meeting last night to the nearest Kawakami. Kawakami learned that Kakuzu and Tobi might go to the Fire Temple soon to kill his first master, Jiraiya.

Putting away the note, Li Chuan continued towards the Hokage Building.

After exchanging pleasantries, the Third Hokage gave Li Chuan several ninjutsu scrolls, instructing him to learn them on his own first and come back to him if he encountered any problems.

The Third Hokage is still serving as Hokage and has many official duties to attend to every day, so he doesn't have time to specifically instruct Li Chuan in ninjutsu.

Li Chuan had no objection to this; in fact, he felt that this was the most efficient way to learn.

With his current level of ninjutsu, he really doesn't need too much detailed instruction. All those shadow clones he used to study ninjutsu weren't for nothing.

If you encounter some truly troublesome problems, it's not too late to consult three generations of ancestors.

So, carrying a bunch of ninjutsu scrolls, Li Chuan returned to his residence once again.

However, he didn't rush to start studying so quickly. Instead, he used the teleportation book to return to the Prince's Mansion and quickly made dozens of door keys, which Ji Nai then sent to various strongholds.

At the same time, he also sent Ji Nai to the town at the foot of Mount Hijira and had people guard the temple so that he could report any situation to him immediately.

Jiraiya is quite strong, but against Kakuzu, an old guy with five lives who can use advanced ninjutsu of five different elements, he has virtually no chance of winning.

Moreover, there is an even more formidable Obito disguised as Tobi.

Although Obito only has one Mangekyou Sharingan, its ability is spatial. If you can't quickly figure out the characteristics of his ability when you fight him for the first time, you can easily be killed instantly.

He also has Hashirama's Wood Release cells in his body, which allows him to use various powerful Wood Release ninjutsu and offset the burden brought by the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Seven days later, inside a house within the Konoha Sarutobi compound.

Li Chuan was using the advantage of Shadow Clone Technique to quickly learn the five elemental ninjutsu he had obtained from the Third Hokage in the past few days when a slender figure suddenly twisted and appeared in the wardrobe space.

It was Ji Nai who came over using the key that Li Chuan had provided.

"Your Highness, something has happened at the Fire Temple. Two strange people are fighting with Master Jiraiya."

"They actually went."

Li Chuan retracted all his shadow clones, and with Ji Nai, used the portal key to traverse space, instantly appearing inside Chuanji's shop in the town at the foot of Mount Hiji.

"You can go back now. Just leave a few people here to keep an eye on things from now on."

After giving Ji Nai an order, Li Chuan immediately used Phantom Shift to appear inside the Fire Temple.

At this moment, the Fire Temple's supposedly strongest defensive iron wall had been broken by Kakuzu, and Jiraiya was fighting Kakuzu's five-elemental composite ninjutsu at the temple gate using the Fudo Myoo technique.

However, it was clearly already very difficult.

The monks of the Fire Temple were completely unable to intervene in a battle of this caliber and could only gather anxiously in front of the temple.

"Senior brother!"

Kong, who was standing at the very back of his fellow disciples, suddenly felt someone behind him. He turned around and immediately showed a look of surprise.

When the other monks heard this and turned around to see Li Chuan, they also showed excited expressions.

Although Li Chuan did not stay at the Fire Temple for long, his talent was amazing. Before that, apart from the abbot Di Lu, none of his fellow disciples could match him in sparring.

So when everyone saw Li Chuan appear, a glimmer of hope returned to their eyes.

"Don't worry, Master will be fine with me here."

Seeing this, Li Chuan raised his hand to reassure the monks and walked to the front of the group.

"Is this all you've got? Then you might as well die. Blame it on your high price and your apprentice swindling me out of a lot of money."

Kakuzu created distance, dodging the red chakra fist attack from the Fudo Myoo controlled by Jiraiya. Then, three masks sprouted from his right hand, aimed at the immobile Jiraiya:

"Combined Ninja Art: Final Shot!"

The three masks released wind-style chakra, fire-style chakra, and lightning-style chakra respectively. Then, the three types of chakra instantly merged together, transforming into a giant chakra cannon that shot straight toward the land.

In this short battle, the experienced Kakuzu has already discovered the weakness of Jiraiya's ninjutsu: his inability to move.

As long as he unleashes a powerful enough ninjutsu, he can break through the opponent's special ninjutsu that combines offense and defense, thus ending the battle in one fell swoop.

"Go, senior! Go, senior! You're the best!"

Behind Kakuzu, Obito, wearing a mask and holding two fans, was jumping around cheering him on.

"not good!"

Sensing the terrifying chakra fluctuations emanating from Kakuzu's side, Jiraiya's eyes widened, and he immediately switched from the Different Myōō Mode, which was mainly responsible for attack, to the Thousand-Armed Kannon Mode, which was responsible for defense.

(End of this chapter)