Jiraiya saw that Kirito had left so decisively, and if he wanted to continue to get close to him, he had to withdraw. He smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that Hattori Masanari has a strong prejudice against Konoha."
In fact, he had already expected this. After all, Konoha had just defeated Amegakure and turned the Land of Rain into a wasteland. As an Ame-Nin, it was strange for Hattori Masanari not to dislike Konoha.
Perhaps that was why the other party had chosen to do business with Iwagakure in the first place rather than Konoha.
Moreover, it seemed that Hattori Masanari had suffered at the hands of the Konoha Root before, and he was very cautious about doing business with Konoha this time.
Although Jiraiya didn't know much about the Konoha Root led by Danzo, he knew that it was an army that specialized in doing dirty work for Konoha.
Its motto was that it would use any means necessary as long as it could protect Konoha.
Hattori Masanari's worries were correct. Once the leader of the Root, who was currently imprisoned in the depths of Konoha Prison, heard about this, he might soon send an elite unit of the Root to obtain what they needed from Hattori Masanari at the lowest possible cost.
"Forget it, I'll leave this to the teacher to worry about. I'll just be responsible for delivering the message this time,"
Jiraiya sighed as he shook his head after giving it some thought.
After saying this, he immediately used the Shadow Clone Technique to create a shadow clone, and then told the shadow clone to go back to bed.
This piece of information is too important. Once it is confirmed to be true, it will definitely have a significant impact on the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure, and it may even be the opportunity for Konoha to quickly defeat Sunagakure.
In order to ensure that the information is delivered safely, he plans to deliver it himself this time.
Also, he doesn't really trust these ANBU ninjas sent by Konoha.
He had heard it said that there might even be someone from the Root in the ANBU directly under the Hokage, but it was impossible to find out for sure.
He wasn't sure if this was true or not, but just in case, he had to be careful this time to avoid letting the leader of the Root know at this time and end up ruining everything.
Once the shadow clone returned to the room, Jiraiya quickly walked up to the four ANBU ninjas responsible for keeping him in contact with the village.
The four ANBU ninjas appeared one after the other upon receiving Jiraiya's signal.
"You four follow me and deliver the information back together,"
Jiraiya smiled, but his voice was a little cold, with an unmistakable tone.
"Ha~"
The four ANBU ninjas immediately responded in unison upon hearing this.
The next moment, Jiraiya and the four ANBU ninjas instantly disappeared from the spot, and then headed towards Konoha at breakneck speed.
With their speed, they should be able to return to Konoha Village before dawn.
"This Sannin is really meticulous. It seems that when dealing with him next, I need to speak as little as possible and not let him discover anything about me."
At this time, Kirito poked his head up from the ground where Jiraiya and the others had disappeared. Using his spiritual perception, he noticed that Jiraiya was rapidly moving away with the four ANBU ninjas, and his face was grave as he spoke.
At the same time, he couldn't help but praise the other party for being meticulous.
Jiraiya personally delivered the intelligence back, and also took with him the four ANBU ninjas who knew that he had met with Jiraiya.
And he eliminated the White Zetsu here.
In this way, if the news were to leak out again, it could only be said to be the will of heaven.
Of course, there is still one way to be absolutely sure.
It's just that Kirito and Jiraiya would never use it.
If it were to be replaced with Danzo and the Root he leads to safely deliver the intelligence back, they would probably do it without hesitation.
...
On the other side, deep in the forest of death, in front of the secret villa where Mito was located,
a huge sealing altar had been built, and now only the final acceptance stage remained.
Kirito's true body was at this time repeatedly checking with some elite seal class ninjas proficient in sealing techniques to see if there were any errors in the various seal techniques on the sealing altar.
The sealing altar is a key item for sealing the nine tails, and there must not be the slightest error in the seal techniques engraved on it, otherwise if it fails at a critical moment, it will truly kill many people.
"Aren't you going to rest yet?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind Kirito.
Kirito heard the voice, but did not turn around immediately, but continued to concentrate on confirming the correctness of the seal technique in front of him before turning to Chizuru in front of him and saying, "Everyone else hasn't rested yet, so how can I, a disciple of Mito, be an exception?"
Because Sandaime had agreed that the Uchiha clan should be involved in this Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation, there were also Uchiha clan ninja here at this time.
However, the only Uchiha clan ninja who appeared was Chizuru.
Many in the Uchiha clan were a little unhappy about this, but they held their noses and accepted it, given Chizuru's identity.
Sandaime and the three Hokage advisors were very pleased with Uchiha Homura's decision. His proposal to let only Chizuru come to the scene to participate in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation was not hindered in the slightest, and it was passed unanimously.
"At a time like this, you should be by Lord Mito's side,"
Chizuru immediately saw through Kirito's lie.
There were so many seal class ninja here to test the sealing technique, there was actually no shortage of Kirito.
"Teacher Mito has Nawaki and Tsunade-sama to take care of, so I'm very relieved. Besides, they need a little more time with Teacher Mito than I do right now."
Kirito's expression froze as Chizuru saw through his lie, and he answered with some difficulty.
Chizuru heard Kirito say this and, after a moment of silence, she said coldly, "I didn't realize that you were sometimes a bit of an idiot. Lord Mito is also someone very important to you, right? If you don't go see her and talk to her again, you won't have the chance in the future."
Kirito froze upon hearing this and looked at Chizuru blankly.
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and go in,"
said Chizuru, who was a little annoyed at being looked at blankly by Kirito, and gave him a hard kick on the right leg.
"Ouch, be gentle."
Kirito pretended to rub the place where he was kicked in pain, and then under Chizuru's fierce glare, decisively abandoned the task of detecting the sealing technique and quickly ran towards the villa.
The people around them noticed the conversation between the two and couldn't help but smile, before continuing to work seriously.
It was something that everyone who came here knew: Lord Mito would soon be leaving.
Many of them had never met Mito in person, but that did not stop them from respecting Mito, the wife of the first Hokage.
They knew in their hearts that Mito had dedicated her life to Konoha, and now that she was leaving, they must send the great woman of Konoha off in style, and they must ensure that the Nine Tails was safely sealed within the body of the new Jinchuriki.
That was the only thing they could do for her at the moment.
"You must say a proper goodbye, and not look back..."
Chizuru muttered as she watched Kirito's departing back, then her eyes suddenly welled with tears as she thought of something.