This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Because behind her, there were dozens of ninjas chasing her!

The strangest thing is that this group of ninjas are clearly divided, but their goals are surprisingly consistent!

Their target is her!

Who can tell her what is going on?

The girl's mentality collapsed completely!

At that moment, the girl had no time to think about it. She suddenly panicked and ran away even more desperately.

But being chased by dozens of ninjas, especially when they were so easy to dodge?

Thus, this "inexplicable" pursuit began in this mysterious way.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is clear why such a result occurred.

Because of the girl's identity as an Iwagakure, both 3.4 Konoha and Raingakure will subconsciously choose to be hostile to the girl.

Who in the entire ninja world doesn't know about the dirty dealings between the Rain Ninjas and the Iwagakure of Konoha?

The relationship between Konoha and Iwagakure is not as clean as imagined.

Want to know where this place is? This is the battlefield where Konoha and Rain Ninja fought!

What does it mean that an Iwagakure suddenly appears here?

This means that the Rock Ninja is likely to make a move against the Rain Country! If the Rock Ninja is really plotting something, wouldn't it be a great achievement to capture this lone Rock Ninja?

In addition, the reason why the Rain Ninja and Konoha fought here was just an "encounter", not because they received orders or missions to fight.

Therefore, even if we win, the credit will be limited.

What's more, the strength of both sides is similar, and it is not certain who will win if a fight really breaks out!

On one side is the lone Rock Ninja who is extremely relaxed and very likely to have accomplished a great deed.

On the other side is Konoha (Ramen), which has little wealth but strong combat power. Which one would you choose?

In this way, the unfortunate girl began her escape journey to the Rain Country.

Chapter 391: Legendary Ninja Love and Friendship

In a rainy country, a young ninja with white spiky hair sat cross-legged in a dim tent, staring blankly at his arm wrapped in white bandages, wondering what he was thinking.

In the dim candlelight in the tent, his face looked extremely warm.

His slightly haggard face held a hint of gentleness, but a closer look revealed a distinct complexity deep within.

At this moment, besides the sound of the falling rain, a slight noise was heard outside the tent.

The young man with white spiky hair looked up and saw a plump and charming female ninja walking into his tent.

The female ninja was wearing armor and had shining golden hair. Even in such a dim environment, the dazzling hair was shining like pure gold.

This inevitably gives people a feeling that she is an extremely noble princess, and wherever she goes, it will be turned into a magnificent palace.

The young ninja's charming and handsome face is filled with restraint and fortitude.

After entering the tent, she looked at the white-haired young man sitting cross-legged in the tent.

"Jiraiya"

"How are you doing?"

Her pleasant and gentle voice rang in Jiraiya's ears. The moment it entered his ears, it brought a warm feeling like sunshine.

"I'm fine, Tsunade."

Jiraiya smiled and shook his head.

At the same time, he quietly removed the gentleness from his face and replaced it with a heartless look.

Tsunade shifted her gaze to Jiraiya's arm wrapped in gauze. A hint of bright red could be seen faintly through the pure white gauze. One could imagine that there was probably a bloody mess under the gauze.

Seeing this, Tsunade's mood sank a bit again.

Ever since Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru led their troops to launch a counterattack against the Rain Ninjas and invaded the Land of Rain, the war has lasted for nearly half a year.

It can only be said that although the three ninjas have paid enough attention to the war situation, they still underestimated the difficulty of this war.

Konoha, which has an advantage in strength on paper, is currently in a passive position.

During this period, there were few large-scale battles between the two sides. Most of them were sporadic encounters, counterattacks, assassinations and intelligence battles.

Whenever the scale of the battle shows signs of escalating, the Rain Ninjas will quickly retreat, using the four-word tactics of "collapse, retreat, sell, and escape" to the extreme.

Whenever Konoha wants to pursue, it will be blocked by the demigod Hanzo.

Under the powerful strength of Hanzo of the Salamander, the ninjas from Konoha who went to pursue him would soon be repelled.

Among the group of Konoha ninjas, Hanzo of the Salamander's powerful strength is almost equivalent to a god descending to earth and can move freely in an empty space.

With the support of Hanzo Salamander, Rain Ninja fully utilized the "guerrilla tactics" to the extreme.

Coupled with the fact that the Rain Ninja already had the home advantage of the Rain Country and that they were good at assassination, Konoha was in great pain for a while.

The three elements of war.

In terms of time, place, people and Konoha, they were all at a disadvantage.

The war lasted for half a year, and both sides suffered losses, but overall the situation remained very close to a draw.

At first glance it seems like both sides are forcing a 50-50 tie, but you have to know.

Even though the Rain Ninja themselves lacked mid-level combat power and their combat quality was far inferior to that of the Konoha Ninja, the war situation was still able to be tied. This shows the excellence of Hanzo's tactics and brilliant command.

And Hanzo of the Salamander's purpose is very clear, which is to bring Konoha down in the Land of Rain!

Fortunately, the Konoha family is large and powerful, and can still afford to fight against the Rain Ninja for a short period of time.

That's not the worst.

As the war continued, more and more problems began to emerge.

For example: because they did not consider that they would be fighting in the Rain Country for a long time, the standard weapons produced by the Fire Country would gradually rust because they did not have good anti-rust treatment; the food and grass transported to the Rain Country would become moldy due to moisture if they were stored using conventional methods; the epidemics and acclimatization brought by the weather in the Rain Country would also cause the people to suffer from the disease.

Various problems broke out one after another, making the three ninjas overwhelmed for a while.

And because there has been no breakthrough in the battle for a long time, the three ninjas have been under tremendous pressure.

Pressure accumulates and the sudden increase in pressure can cause errors and mistakes in people's judgment.

Jiraiya's injuries were caused by his own recklessness and mistakes.

He shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake, but with the situation getting worse and worse, it was inevitable that Jiraiya would lose his composure.

"call"

Tsunade sighed softly and suppressed her chaotic thoughts.

She was the one who treated Jiraiya's wound, and she knew that such an injury was not serious.

What she was worried about was not the wound on Jiraiya's arm, but Jiraiya's mental state.

Real examples tell Tsunade that the key factor that determines the outcome of a battle on the battlefield is often not the ninja's physical condition, but psychological problems!

The more advanced the ninja, the more likely he is to face such problems.

As a commander, he is different from ordinary ninjas.

Jiraiya's every move affects all the ninjas in Konoha.

Tsunade didn't say much, but came to Jiraiya and skillfully helped Jiraiya untie the bandage on the wound, and cleaned and healed the wound.

"Jiraiya, you are no longer the last one in the past."

"You are now the commander-in-chief of the Konoha army. You must hold on and not fall."

"Besides, you're my teammate, Tsunade! Cheer up, you hear me?!"

While helping Jiraiya treat his wounds, Tsunade spoke to Jiraiya.

Tsunade's tone seemed to be strong due to the recent training.

"Hahaha!!!"

"Don't worry, I'm Jiraiya-sama, the Toad Sage. How could I fall down like this?"

Hearing this, Jiraiya smiled extremely brightly, even his body was shaking back and forth.

But what Tsunade obviously didn't notice was that there was a hint of bitterness in Jiraiya's smile.

"Teammate is just..."

Only Jiraiya could hear the bitter whisper deep in his heart.

"Well, that's pretty much it."

Seeing this, Tsunade nodded in satisfaction.

Jiraiya's injuries were not serious. With Tsunade's level of medical ninjutsu, she could naturally deal with it in just a few moves.

"Okay, since everything is fine, I'll leave first."

"There are still things waiting for me to deal with in the medical unit."

After treating Jiraiya's wound, Tsunade stood up and spoke to Jiraiya.

As the war continued, many wounded soldiers were still waiting for Tsunade's treatment, and her time was indeed precious.

"Well, let's go."

In response, Jiraiya just smiled slightly and waved his hand in a heroic manner.

Seeing this, Tsunade was completely relieved and decisively turned around and left Jiraiya's tent.

And the moment Tsunade turned around, a hint of reluctance appeared on Jiraiya's face.

He could feel that he was getting further and further away from her.

Because through Tsunade's face, Jiraiya vaguely realized that Tsunade's heart might have already been completely filled with a shadow.

Tsunade may or may not understand his feelings.

But no matter whether she understood or not, she would never respond to him at all.

As Tsunade said, they were just teammates.

Although he understood this clearly in his heart, whenever his 780 eyes saw the white gauze on his arm, his heart would always ache.

This is the huge gap between "knowing" and "doing".

You know she can't be yours, but you still can't remain calm in your heart.

Jiraiya knew that tonight was destined to be another sleepless night for him.

Tsunade left the tent and walked into the rain without shelter, letting the rain flow down her golden hair.

"How about it?"

Before Tsunade could walk far, a hoarse voice suddenly came from the shadows beside her.

Hearing this, Tsunade stopped and looked towards the dark shadows.

"You are such a weird guy."

"It's just a matter of words. You're obviously the one who's most worried. Can't you go by yourself?"

"I must go."

Tsunade said to the darkness with a dissatisfied look on her face.

In the shadows, a man with purple eyeshadow and a feminine face walked out slowly.

He was none other than the last of the three ninjas and Sarutobi Hiruzen's last disciple - Orochimaru.

"hiss~"

Hearing this, Orochimaru smiled and let out a hissing sound like a poisonous snake.

“That’s different.”

"It's not like you don't understand."

After Orochimaru finished laughing strangely, he spoke meaningfully, with a strange emotion in his snake eyes.

Hearing this, the dissatisfaction on Tsunade's face gradually disappeared, and she remained silent.