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The situation on the battlefield of Land of Rain was temporarily quiet. Amegakure shinobi did not make any moves, and Iwagakure shinobi also restrained themselves.
Thus, Ishigami Hara learned from Orochimaru that Konoha had already started negotiations and communication with Iwagakure shinobi, and it was obvious that they were going to make arrangements for Four Tails and its Jinchūriki.
It had been almost half a month since the last time, and the sealed Jinchūriki had been released by Ishigami Hara, but was now being held in the Konoha camp, with Jiraiya acting as its guard, saving Ishigami Hara some trouble.
Ishigami Hara thought he would be transferred to the Iwagakure shinobi side to serve as a strategic deterrent to them, but he did not expect that the order from the rear was to let him return to Konoha with the Four Tails Jinchūriki.
In the central tent of the Konoha camp, Ishigami Hara frowned and looked at the mission scroll in his hand, which contained a transfer order from Konoha, issued by Sarutobi Hiruzen himself.
Ishigami Hara and Tsunade were ordered to take the Four Tails Jinchūriki back to the village, and Nawaki was also ordered to go back at the same time.
In the big tent, except for Ishigami Hara, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade were all present. There were only four of them, so some words were spoken directly.
"Heh, the old guy is scared."
These words were said by Tsunade.
Since the death of Kato Dan, Tsunade has experienced a decadent stage, and now she has barely recovered, but she has lost the momentum of the past.
It seems that she has let go of many things, especially in the evaluation of this order, which can be said to be quite sharp.
"Ahem, Tsunade, don't say that, it will make people misunderstand," Jiraiya advised.
"Hmph, there's no one else here, don't think I don't know what those old guys think."
Tsunade didn't care about that at all; she sneered and said, "The three advisors are probably already worried about whether their power will be affected by the rise of Hara? As for the old guys, they are just indecisive."
Orochimaru was not surprised, he just licked his lips, grinned, and said hoarsely, "Tsunade, don't say such things to others, it won't do you any good."
"Hmph."
Tsunade naturally knew this, although no one dared to do anything to her, but after all, it had a bad impact. Fortunately, there was no one else at the scene, so Tsunade said what she thought in her heart. If she were in another place, she would naturally not do so.
"Alas..."
"If Hara-kun goes back, the pressure on our side will be great."
Jiraiya scratched his head.
Orochimaru smiled and said, "Not really."
"Hanzō of the Salamander has been scared."
"He doesn't dare to do much to Konoha now."
"Iwagakure's Jinchūriki in our hands, so they are naturally more passive."
"In this way, our main focus in the future will be on the hidden aspect." As he said that, he took out a piece of information and said directly, "Maybe we can cause some trouble for Kumogakure."
Ishigami Hara had also seen this information, which was about some friction between Iwagakure and Kumogakure. The two sides had accumulated grievances since the First Shinobi World War, and perhaps it was just a spark away from igniting it.
Ishigami Hara's mind was not on this, and he put down the scroll in his hand with a calm face.
"Kid, what do you think?" Tsunade asked.
Calling Ishigami Hara a kid does not mean that Tsunade has any opinion on him. On the contrary, the two get along very well, especially since Ishigami Hara's talent in medical ninjutsu is recognized by Tsunade.
Calling him this is just Tsunade's personality, and Ishigami Hara does not care.
Hearing this, Ishigami Hara just smiled and said, "I don't have any ideas. Since it is the order of the Hokage, I will obey it."
"Tsk, boring!"
Tsunade could see that Ishigami Hara was speaking one way and thinking the other, but she didn't care.
How could Ishigami Hara not understand what Sarutobi Hiruzen and the three advisors were thinking? It was nothing more than that his achievements here were too great, his reputation was too high, and he was too young. It had reached the point where they had to care.
To put it simply, he was a little too successful to be a threat to his master.
There was some sarcasm in Ishigami Hara's smile. As expected, no matter which senior leader it was, the situation was dirty.
But Ishigami Hara didn't care much either, because power was the foundation, and the ninja world was a world where power belonged to oneself. Here, many things are often not determined by morality, but by the strength of power.
Whether it was age, potential, or the power he possessed now, Ishigami Hara had an innate advantage, even an absolute advantage. So he also wanted to see what the village's high-level officials would do to him.
"Hara-kun, be careful of Hyūga and Uchiha when you go back," Jiraiya said.
He could make such an exhortation, obviously agreeing with Ishigami Hara's situation.
Hearing this, Ishigami Hara nodded slightly and smiled. "Don't worry, I won't have any problems. Instead, Uchiha and Hyūga should be more worried."
"Ahaha, that's true. It seems that some people will have a headache after you go back."
In this way, the matter was decided, and the date for Ishigami Hara to go back was set.
As for whether there would be any problems here after he leaves, this is not something Ishigami Hara should consider.
The situation here is in a good position, and Konoha will definitely send reinforcements, so Ishigami Hara doesn't need to worry too much.
On the contrary, Nawaki is quite unhappy with the decision to transfer himself from the front line.
According to him, he finally got familiar with the rhythm of the battlefield and made a good improvement.
Calling him back at this time would make him a weaker.
Unfortunately, this was the order of the Hokage.
Even though he was the grandson of the First Hokage, he could not disobey the order at this time.
He could only return home with resentment.
In this way, Ishigami Hara and his group of more than 30 people left the Konoha camp.
Except for Ishigami Hara and his group, most of them were seriously injured soldiers who were difficult to treat on the front line, and they returned to Konoha together.