Chapter 18 A sudden mission

The conversation with Orochimaru was not caused by Kagura's sudden whim.

After the battle that day, he had keenly sensed the desire hidden in Orochimaru's eyes when he looked at him.

Thinking of Orochimaru's obsession with the Sharingan in the original work, he naturally understood what that desire represented.

But after all these years of getting along, he felt that Orochimaru's nature was not bad, so he had this conversation on purpose.

It was also an attempt to save his friend.

Two days passed quickly.

During these two days, Sarutobi Hiruzen hardly appeared in front of them.

Orochimaru seemed to have been approved and ran to the local ninja academy all day.

He didn't come back until the evening with a satisfied look on his face.

As for Jiraiya, he seemed even crazier.

According to him, he found many rare novels here that were not available in Konoha.

But whether it was due to lack of money or because he couldn't move so many books back,

Jiraiya finally decided to stay in the bookstore and read as many books as possible.

So far, he has been trapped in the bookstore almost all day, and even did not return to the hotel at night.

And Kagura, who was left behind, could only face the angry Tsunade alone in embarrassment.

Although he tried to buy gifts or talk to her to appease her anger, it obviously did not have much effect.

Today, the seventh team gathered again at the dock.

There was a large basket of packed books behind Jiraiya, and Orochimaru was holding a scroll and recording something on it from time to time.

Only Tsunade turned her head to the side and stood far away from Kagura.

Looking at Tsunade who was obviously in a bad mood, Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little confused, but he just thought Tsunade was being childish and ignored her.

After returning to the mainland by boat again, everyone began to move towards Konoha Village.

Although Tomikawa's pace was not slow on the way here.

But compared with these ninjas, there is still a big difference.

On this return trip, everyone was running all the way.

In the forest, several shadows kept passing through the tall trees.

It took them three days to walk before, but this time they only took one day to reach the outskirts of Konoha Village.

He estimated the remaining distance in his mind and looked up at the scorching sun hanging above his head.

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his right hand and signaled the team to stop.

As several shadows flashed by, four figures suddenly appeared behind him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said:

"It's about two hours from here to the village. Find a place under the shade of trees, eat something and then set off."

After everyone nodded, they fell directly to the ground and began to rest on the spot.

After groping in the backpack for a while, Kagura took out a piece of cake from the bag.

This was the cake he bought in the Whirlpool Country two days ago. It was made of honey, rice cakes and red beans.

While maintaining a good taste, it also has the characteristics of being able to be preserved for a long time.

So before leaving, Kagura bought a few pieces to use as dry food on the road.

Looking at the last piece of cake in his hand, Kagura thought for a while, handed it to Tsunade opposite him and said:

"This is delicious, do you want to try it?"

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Tsunade turned her head and replied angrily:

"Who wants to eat your food? You should save it for your little sister in the Whirlpool Country!"

This little pepper...

Is it necessary to be angry for so long?

Kagura thought helplessly in her heart.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya were eating their dry food at this time, while watching the two of them with interest.

An expression of eating melons.

As for Sarutobi Hiruzen, he has been accustomed to this situation in the past two days.

In addition to sighing that youth is really good, he didn't have too many thoughts.

Seeing this situation, Kagura had to eat the cake silently by himself.

After drinking some water, he leaned against the tree trunk and half-closed his eyes to rest.

Suddenly, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind. "Ding!

Trigger emergency mission!

Mission option 1: Successfully escape from 'Golden Horn'.

Mission reward: You can randomly draw a ninjutsu and understand it.

(The ninjutsu level must be A-level or above.)

Mission option 2: Successfully kill 'Golden Horn'.

Mission reward: You can randomly draw a ninjutsu and understand it.

(The ninjutsu level must be S-level or above.)

You can only complete one of the two mission options, and it cannot be repeated."

After hearing the mission information in his mind clearly, Kagura stood up immediately in shock.

Who is Golden Horn?

That is a legendary figure who has influenced the development trajectory of the entire ninja world!

Especially as a ninja from Konoha Village, even students in the Ninja Academy have heard of this name.

In the late period of the First Ninja War, not far from now, the internal division of the Hidden Cloud Village began to split into the pro-war faction and the peace faction.

Among them, the peacemaking faction headed by the second Raikage decided to cease fire and form an alliance with Konoha Village.

At the alliance ceremony, it was the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku who led their subordinates to suddenly launch a coup, killing the second Raikage on the spot and injuring the second Hokage Senju Tobirama.

The Konoha forces took advantage of the chaos to escape from the scene, but were chased by the elite troops led by the brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

The second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama tested everyone's overall view and action at a critical moment, and then went alone to lead the enemy away to cover the team's retreat.

Unfortunately, facing a large number of opponents, Senju Tobirama was eventually defeated.

The seriously injured Senju Tobirama died shortly afterwards.

In that battle, the 20 elite troops led by Kinkaku and Ginkaku were all annihilated.

The two brothers also suffered great damage in that battle, but did not die.

Later, Ai, the disciple of the second Raikage, who died at the hands of Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

After taking office as the third Raikage, he was determined to avenge his master and carry the heads of the two brothers to attend his master's funeral.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who had been seriously injured in the previous battle with Tobirama Senju, were ultimately unable to resist the pursuit of the "strongest spear", and thus ended their legendary lives.

Kagura's face quickly turned pale as the information of the two brothers flashed through his mind.

Although he didn't know what happened, Kinkaku, who was supposed to die at the hands of the third Raikage, appeared outside the Konoha Village.

But this was not the time to delve into this matter. Kagura was trying hard to think about the possibility of escape.

It was not that he had no confidence in Sarutobi Hiruzen beside him, but that the strength of this enemy was too beyond the scope.

As Kinkaku, who was revered as "two rays of light in the cloud" together with Ginkaku, his strength was far more powerful than what was revealed in the animation plot.

He himself had the chakra of the tailed beast level, and what was even more terrifying was the brutal character of the two brothers.

After being swallowed by the Nine-Tailed Fox, they actually ate the Nine-Tailed Fox's flesh directly in its stomach.

In the end, even the Nine-Tailed Fox had no choice but to spit them out and let the two brothers go.

They also gained the Nine-Tailed Fox's power and could even use the Nine-Tailed Fox's tailed beast form.

Most importantly, they also possessed the five great ninja tools passed down from the Six Paths Sage.

Each of those ninja tools had the ability to influence a war.

So in the original plot, even when facing the two brothers who were seriously injured, the Third Raikage could only rely on sneak attacks to win the final victory.

Such a Kage-level powerhouse who was once above the Five Kages is really not something that Sarutobi Hiruzen can deal with now.

Seeing Kagura's strange behavior, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked over in confusion.

But before he spoke, his face suddenly changed and he immediately stood up.

He stared at the woods in front of him with a stern look.

The other three people looked at each other in confusion when they saw this.

Then a few seconds later, even the three of them felt an indescribable danger from the front.

Everyone quickly took a defensive posture and looked at the woods in front with horror.

Although it was noon, the depths of the woods in front were still dark, as if a black hole from the abyss was staring at them.

As a gust of wind blew, a terrifying pressure came from the front.

Facing that pressure, Kagura and others felt as if they were fighting against the baptism of a storm on the sea.

Just when Tsunade felt that she was about to collapse, a hoarse and crazy voice finally came from the front:

"Oh?

It seems that I met an acquaintance..."