The Land of Rain is after all the territory of Amegakure, and naturally Amegakure could not miss Jiraiya's foothold in the Land of Rain.
After Kirito obtained the exact location, he manipulated the White Zetsu clone to use the Mayfly Technique to move quickly underground, quickly approaching Jiraiya's current residence.
Like the residence in the original plot, it was a house built alone on the edge of a lake.
Kirito looked at the house from a distance, which had a deep impression on him, and sighed, "There really are creatures like the White Zetsu here."
Using spiritual perception, he had discovered that there were five White Zetsu in the basement of the house, spread out to monitor every move around the house.
If he hadn't been alerted in advance that there might be White Zetsu
In addition to the White Zetsu, Kirito also discovered that there were four ninjas hiding around him. Like the White Zetsu, they were all closely monitoring the house.
Kirito used the Mayfly Technique to quietly approach and discover that these four ninjas were all from Konoha's ANBU, which immediately relieved him.
He came to see Jiraiya as Hattori Masanari, and the most troublesome thing was that the news had leaked. Once the Sunagakure knew about it, it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't become suspicious and quickly react by readjusting their strategic arrangements.
However, those White Zetsu underground were ultimately a hidden danger.
As far as Kirito knew, those White Zetsu were Uchiha Madara's eyes, and they were his helpers in provoking strife among the nations.
He used Hattori Masanari's disguise to meet Jiraiya, and these White Zetsu will definitely report this news. Uchiha Madara might even put this news up for sale on the black market.
In short, there is still a possibility that the news will leak.
"Eliminate them. This time, as long as you directly destroy them without reading their souls, it should not trigger the seal technique that Uchiha Madara has imposed on them."
Kirito hesitated for a moment before making his decision.
The next moment, a white and transparent Kirito drilled out of the White Zetsu clone.
His soul had left his body!
At that moment, the five White Zetsu were still dutifully obeying Uzumaki's orders and carefully monitoring the movements around the house, completely unaware of the danger approaching.
In no time at all, the five White Zetsu were unable to even let out a scream as they directly had their souls extinguished, turning into five soul-less vegetative bodies.
Subsequently, his clone's soul quietly entered the room.
Here, he saw Jiraiya, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, the four of them sleeping soundly.
Kirito just watched them from afar, not getting too close, and he didn't even dare to look at Nagato, the current Rinnegan user, too often.
The Rinnegan is the eye of a sage, also known as the eye that controls life and death.
Kirito very much doubted that if Nagato opened his eyes right now, he would see him, who was already in his soul form and had completed his stealth.
So, he glanced at Jiraiya and the others, and, after confirming that Jiraiya was among them, he left the house. He then split his soul and re-entered the White Zetsu clone, and used the Mayfly technique to burrow underground and take all five White Zetsu underground with him.
Next, he manipulated the clone of Hattori Masanari, played by the White Zetsu clone, to slowly burrow out of the open space in front of the house.
Jiraiya's current strength has not yet reached the level of a shadow ninja, but it is already quite close.
As a powerful ninja, his alertness is naturally very high.
Kirito did not sneak up on him this time using his barely perceptible spirit, but instead appeared directly and strutted in. Jiraiya, who was originally asleep, immediately sensed that something was wrong. He quietly opened his eyes and then quickly left the house without waking up Yahiko and the other three.
"Oh, what a rare guest,"
Jiraiya opened the door and, upon seeing his late-night visitor, exclaimed in surprise.
He never expected the visitor to be Hattori Masanari. It had been several days since he last saw Hattori Masanari, and at the time, he had sworn that Hattori Masanari would come to them in Konoha for the handover. However, he had learned that night that Hattori Masanari had gone to Iwagakure instead.
He had been slapped in the face.
To be honest, he was having a headache about how to explain to his teacher, and he didn't expect Hattori Masanari to come looking for him today.
Was it because his deal with Iwagakure hadn't gone very well, or was he trying to hold out for a better offer from another ninja village?
Just as he was racking his brains over this, a scroll was suddenly thrown from the hands of the Hattori Masanari played by Kirito's White Zetsu clone.
Seeing this, Jiraiya quickly caught the scroll.
As a matter of precaution, he didn't open the scroll immediately, but looked at Kirito and asked doubtfully, "What's the meaning of this?"
"It means nothing. I just want you to see the sincerity I've shown first. I just don't know if Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, dares to open it and take a look,"
said Kirito indifferently.
Jiraiya was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then decisively opened the scroll.
The first step in a transaction is to gain trust.
In order to ease the relationship between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire and walk together on the road to peace, what does it matter if Jiraiya takes a little risk?
Moreover, he believed that Hattori Masanari was not a fool. Since the other party knew his name, they must also know that his teacher was Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
If anything happened to him, perhaps there would be another outbreak of war between Amegakure and Konoha.
Finally, he dared to open the scroll without preparation, which showed that he was very confident in his own strength. He was confident that even if there was a trick in the scroll, he would be able to react first and take defensive measures.
Sure enough, there was no trick in the scroll, but the content inside surprised Jiraiya.
The content in this scroll was actually a hidden supply warehouse that Sunagakure had set up on the battlefield.
He looked up in surprise at Kirito and asked, "Is this real?"
"Whether it's true or not, you Konoha people can just go and verify it for yourself. I'm sure with your Konoha abilities, with the location provided by this intelligence, you can quickly find the Sunagakure's hidden supply warehouse as recorded on the scroll."
Kirito continued to say coldly.
"So what do you want, please speak up, or let's go find a place to have a drink and talk properly. I know there's a good pub nearby, it's a bit late, but it shouldn't be closed yet."
Jiraiya saw that Kirito's attitude towards him, and more precisely towards Konoha, was quite hostile, and decisively chose to get close to him, smiling slightly.
"That won't be necessary. If you are sure that the information is fine, then bring a copy of the interrogation jutsu heritage and enough resources to train thirty jōnin to this place to find me. Remember, you must come alone. If I find that something is wrong, then the deal is off.
And don't try any tricks. I know about the methods of the Konoha Darkness, the root of your Konoha. You, Konoha, only have one chance."
Kirito heard this and coldly refused Jiraiya's invitation without hesitation.
After saying that, he threw Jiraiya a sign with words engraved on it, then without delay re-entered the ground and quickly left the area.