Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

"Yes, Grandpa Jiraiya, I understand!"

The blond boy took the kettle and gulped down nearly half of it. After taking a deep breath, he raised his head and spoke loudly.

These two people were Jiraiya and Naruto, who left the Hidden Leaf Village a few months ago and traveled to other countries.

Ever since the battle at the Valley of the End, Naruto, who returned to Konoha, has fallen into a state of near despair and collapse.

This is different from the original story where only Sasuke defected.

In this life, two brothers whom he valued extremely defected, one of whom was his real brother - Menma Uzumaki. This double blow had already shaken Naruto's heart the most. In the battle of the Valley of the End, the murderous intent displayed by Menma made Naruto's heart collapse.

He couldn't believe that Menma wanted to kill him.

When facing such a reality.

It would be strange if Naruto, who was only 12 years old, could still accept it calmly.

Therefore, Naruto was in a daze for the few days after returning to the village. It was not until Jiraiya, who had just completed external reconnaissance and security missions, returned to the village and had a face-to-face talk with Naruto that Naruto regained his spirits.

After all, it is still the same Naruto.

Even though his last name in this life is Namikaze, the essential things have not changed at all. This is why Menma believes that it is still Naruto who is the reincarnation of Ashura's Chakra, rather than him.

Only someone with a personality like Naruto's can match Ashura's chakra.

It was also based on Jiraiya's conversation.

The two of them still embarked on a journey of training, becoming stronger, and collecting intelligence, just like in the original work. In Jiraiya's words, people can still understand each other. Jiraiya believes that Naruto can definitely make Menma and Sasuke change their hearts, as long as he can continue to become stronger and have the power to bring them back.

Naruto also firmly believed this, so around the same time that Menma joined Takigakure, Naruto followed Jiraiya and left Konohagakure.

Now, it has been several months since they left the village. During this period of time, their traces are almost everywhere in the Fire Country. Now they are in the border area, doing intensive training in the Rasengan.

At the same time, I was also thinking about what path to take next.

"Haha, take a break first. Cultivation is not something that can be accomplished overnight through hard labor. You need to take a proper rest. Otherwise, you will get half the result with twice the effort."

Jiraiya pointed to the fish and shrimp that were almost cooked and the steamed rice and said with a chuckle.

"Yes, Grandpa Jiraiya!"

Voracious eating style.

On the attributes of a glutton.

Naruto is definitely in the top three in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Jiraiya, who was sitting nearby, was sipping a drink while looking at Naruto with a kind look. Jiraiya, who was not married and had no children, really treated Naruto as his own grandson, after all, he was Minato's son.

Of course, the same goes for Menma.

Thinking of Menma who has already defected.

A hint of sadness flashed in Jiraiya's pupils.

Although it's not the first time.

But every time he thought about it, Jiraiya regretted his decision. He should not have left the ninja village, should not have trusted his teacher so much, he should have stayed in the village and taken care of Menma and Naruto personally.

We can't let the two brothers live separately, if that were the case, how could they have come to this point! ?

Who knows, maybe now is the scene where the two brothers are working together to revive Konoha.

How could it come to the point of killing each other?!

Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, but when he learned from Kakashi and others that Menma would actually kill Naruto, Jiraiya's heart couldn't help but twitch.

They are my biological brothers!

If this really happens, whoever is killed will be killed.

At that time, how would I face Minato and Kushina?

'It's all my fault. . . . '

Jiraiya sighed softly in his heart, thinking quietly.

He had never regretted so much as he did during this period of time.

"Eh? Grandpa Jiraiya, why aren't you eating? Hurry up and finish eating. Didn't you say you would teach me about taijutsu later?"

After finishing his meal, Naruto burped with satisfaction, looked at Jiraiya who still hadn't touched much of his food, and asked with a puzzled look.

"Haha, let's just have a couple of drinks first. No rush, no rush."

After Naruto turned his gaze, Jiraiya quickly adjusted his mentality and said with a laugh.

"Oh, you should drink less too, Grandpa Jiraiya, drinking is bad for your health!"

"Haha, are you going to start controlling your Grandpa Jiraiya now?"

"Isn't that also caring about you?"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Jiraiya shook his head in amusement.

"Chirp!"

And that's at this moment.

Suddenly, a rather shrill eagle's cry was heard from the sky. Jiraiya was startled and looked up. A majestic falcon came into his sight.

At a glance, he could recognize the 'Ninja Hawk' that belonged exclusively to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Jiraiya's eyes focused and he raised his right hand.

"Whoosh!"

The falcon also directly locked onto Jiraiya's position and swooped down rapidly from a high altitude.

It came directly to Jiraiya's side and stopped on Jiraiya's shoulder very steadily.

Jiraiya also took a small piece of paper from the top of the falcon's claws with ease, and then gently waved his right hand.

The falcon then took off into the sky again.

Jiraiya then opened the note, saw the content marked with special symbols, and translated it step by step.

Jiraiya's expression then tightened.

"Eh? What's wrong? Grandpa Jiraiya, did Grandma Tsunade send some important information? Is it related to Orochimaru!?"

Naruto, who was sitting opposite him, also noticed Jiraiya's change in expression at the first moment. He immediately stood up, walked directly in front of Jiraiya, looked at Jiraiya with a look of great concern and asked.

"Well, I guess so."

Jiraiya said as he nodded slowly.

The message that Tsunade sent via the Ninja Hawk did contain some information from Orochimaru, but more of it was focused on another key issue - that was the traces of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Yugao.

There is no impenetrable wall in this world.

Yugao's defection.

For ordinary ninjas, small ninja villages are top secrets that cannot be obtained, but in other large ninja villages, they can get some relevant dynamic information. Orochimaru started from the Hidden Mist Village and reversely detected the traces of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. As the Hidden Leaf Village was also closely watching Orochimaru's movements, it was also able to detect some clues.

The Konoha side led by Tsunade certainly didn't know that the reason why Orochimaru did this was because of Menma's request. In Tsunade's view, this was Orochimaru's own personal choice. A guy who was already very dangerous, now he had his eyes on the tailed beasts.

Plus there's Menma who had already joined Orochimaru.

Tsunade had to consider whether this was Orochimaru's next plan.

Orochimaru is already very dangerous.

Tsunade would not allow such danger to escalate further.

To this end, Tsunade not only urgently dispatched a team of the most elite Anbu from the village, but also passed the information to Jiraiya.

I hope Jiraiya can also go there. Tsunade has no desire for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, but she definitely does not want to see the Six-Tails fall into Orochimaru's hands.

"What kind of news is that!?"

When Naruto heard that it was really related to Orochimaru, his eyes suddenly widened, and he asked hurriedly with a very urgent tone.

Why pay attention to Orochimaru!?

It’s all because of Menma and Sasuke.

To this day, after experiencing the battle at the Valley of the End, although Naruto is no longer as naive as before and thinks that everything is Orochimaru's fault, he still feels in his heart that if it weren't for Orochimaru, Menma and Sasuke would never have gone to the point of defecting.

Therefore, if Naruto were to make a list of the people he hates the most and wants to kill the most, Orochimaru would definitely be at the top of the list, and he is the only one at the moment.

Now that he finally heard news related to Orochimaru, Naruto was naturally very concerned.

"Orochimaru has sent people to a small country in the south called 'Haru' to search for someone very important."

Jiraiya temporarily concealed some of the content and explained to Naruto in a concise manner.

"The Land of Spring? Then let's go there right now, Grandpa Jiraiya!"

Naruto first murmured something in a low voice, then suddenly looked up at Jiraiya with a very determined look and said in a deep voice.

Although he had already decided to take Naruto with him to investigate.

But when he saw Naruto he was still so excited.

Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Of course you have to go, but, Naruto, I have to make it clear to you first. You cannot act on your own. You must stay by my side at all times and follow my instructions throughout the process. Do you understand?"

Jiraiya lowered his head slightly, looking at Naruto with a very serious and solemn expression, and spoke in a deep voice.

It also clearly shows Jiraiya's attitude.

"Yes, don't worry, Grandpa Jiraiya, I will never do anything rash!"

When Naruto heard Jiraiya's words, he first showed a look of great joy, and then nodded like a chicken licking rice and responded.

"That's good. Remember your words, Naruto!"

Listen to Naruto's answer.

Only then did a faint smile appear on Jiraiya's face.

"Yes!"

Soon afterwards.

After a simple packing, the two of them leaped up and headed southeast at a very fast speed.

At the same time.

In the Land of Fire, in the most prosperous area in the center, where the Hidden Leaf Village is located, in the darkest underground secret room.

"Is the information confirmed?!"

Danzo Shimura stood on the main seat with a gloomy look on his face, looking at a Root man who came to report information, and asked in a cold voice.

"Yes, Lord Danzo, the target location is in the Land of Spring!"

A man at the bottom, whose entire body seemed to be wrapped in darkness, replied in a deep voice.

"Mist Ninja, Vulpix, this is really a good opportunity!"

The only exposed pupil of Danzo also revealed a hint of greed. As the Dark Lord of Konoha who has always been determined to become the Hokage, the power he most wanted to obtain was naturally the Sharingan and Wood Release.

The power of the tailed beasts has always been one of Danzo's goals.

In his opinion.

He is the only one in this world who is qualified to control these powers, and only he can use and lead these powers correctly.

The defection of the Six-Tails Jinchūriki, isn't this a God-given opportunity for him! ?

It just so happened that because of the special movements of the Cloud Ninja some time ago, with the help of the two elders Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu, and Danzo's status being there, Tsunade was finally forced to cancel the restriction order on the Root.

Danzo was once again able to command the Root under his command at will.

Although Tsunade had obviously stepped up surveillance on the Root than before, Danzo didn't care at all. There were only a few truly elite teams in the Anbu directly under the Hokage, and Danzo really didn't believe that Tsunade would send all of them to supervise the Root.

If you really do that.

Danzo would be happy instead.

Because he can impeach Tsunade openly!

If they didn't do that, how could the remaining people really restrict the roots? At most, they would know that his roots were taking action.