After Training Bankai for a Decade, I Was Scouted by the Akatsuki Chapter 233 The Mysterious Kyo

Upon hearing this,

Tsunade was suddenly speechless and understood.

This point,

She had almost overlooked...

On second thought, it was true.

If their strength wasn't formidable, how could they have successively defeated Suna's Gaara and that Chiyo, then calmly leave...

Such strength, placed in any random village, would solidly be at the Kage-level.

And in the Akatsuki,

There were definitely more than three or four mbers with this level of strength, maybe even eight or nine...

With Sunagakure's weak strength combined with Konoha's current gap between generations, it was hard to fight them...

Just as Tsunade was pondering,

Shizune beside her also realized this,

She suddenly thought of sothing, looked at Jiraiya, and said cautiously:

"If the strength of two villages isn't enough..."

"What if we further ally with the other three great villages to form a coalition...?"

"If Akatsuki's goal of collecting Tailed Beasts also includes them, then, by allying with them, we would absolutely be able to defeat Akatsuki, right...?"

Shizune analyzed seriously.

Although she usually didn't say much,

Having been with Tsunade for so long, she naturally had so basic strategic thinking.

The Five Great Nations Alliance was her sudden idea.

However,

As soon as she said this,

Before Jiraiya opposite could speak,

Tsunade here shook her head seriously, then slowly said:

"This thod... also not feasible."

"Let's set aside the fact that we don't know if their Tailed Beasts have been captured like Suna's..."

"Just the conflicts between us and the Land of Lightning, Earth, and Water over the years would make it hard to easily form an alliance."

Tsunade said sowhat helplessly.

As soone who had personally participated in the Second Shinobi World War, she deeply knew just how deep the hatred between the great villages was.

And the reason she was helpless was precisely because of this.

As the newly appointed Fifth Hokage of Konoha, she also wanted to repair relations with other villages and make peace.

But for now, it still seed impossible.

Hearing this,

Shizune was montarily stunned,

And at this mont, Jiraiya opposite also nodded, saying:

"That's right."

"At this ti..."

"Unless they can already recognize the threat of Akatsuki,"

"Otherwise, an alliance is impossible."

As the words fell,

The room fell into a long silence.

Each was lost in their own thoughts.

Their expressions were naturally different.

Until a mont later,

Jiraiya

Suddenly seed to think of sothing, his gaze instantly flickered, and then he said seriously:

"Wait..."

"Perhaps, I've thought of a breakthrough."

"--!?"

"What?"

Tsunade imdiately looked over and quickly asked.

And Jiraiya suddenly turned around and pulled out a small brown notebook from behind him.

On it were written a few words, the handwriting very scribbled, but vaguely legible as sothing like a "travelogue".

Just as Shizune and Tsunade were puzzled,

Jiraiya quickly flipped through it very seriously, and then a mont later, his eyes lit up, and he stopped.

The next mont, he turned the notebook around and said firmly:

"This was my casual notes while traveling the Shinobi World."

"Once in a tavern in the Land of Earth, I happened to encounter a few Shinobi who claid to be from Agakure."

"And from their drunken chatter, they seed to ntion a major incident."

As he spoke,

Jiraiya paused slightly before continuing:

"In Agakure so years ago, there was a major incident unknown to the outside world."

"It is said that the original leader there, Hanzo the Salamander, was killed by so rebellious Shinobi, and his subordinates either surrendered or were completely annihilated...

"Since then, the ruler of Agakure was completely replaced."

"?"

Hearing Jiraiya's words,

Shizune and Tsunade were montarily puzzled.

Huh?

Why did he suddenly ntion a change in Agakure?

Wasn't the topic about the Akatsuki...

Just as the two were puzzled,

Jiraiya slightly raised his gaze, lowered his voice, and said:

"Do you rember...?"

"During the Chunin Exams, there was a very mysterious Agakure Shinobi who claid to be a swordsmanship teacher and led three students to Konoha."

"His na was... Kyo."

Kyo?

Tsunade and Shizune were simultaneously puzzled.

This na was relatively unfamiliar to them.

After all,

When the two of them returned to Konoha with Jiraiya back then, the Chunin Exams incident had long been completely suppressed.

Even after succeeding as Hokage, not many people ntioned it.

And as for the na "Kyo", they had only happened to hear Jiraiya ntion it, seemingly a mysterious existence very familiar with Konoha's history.

Just as the two were confused, Jiraiya continued to explain thodically:

"So things, perhaps no one has told you."

"This Kyo,"

"In fact, from any perspective, he was the most mysterious existence in that exam."

"Once, before the Chunin Exams venue, he used a strange, seal-less Ninjutsu to easily suppress Kakashi's Team 7, with very formidable strength."

"Although he claid to be a swordsmanship teacher, from beginning to end, he never drew the sword hung at his waist."

"And, as an outsider, he could recount Konoha's past history in detail."

"As if he had witnessed it firsthand."

...!

As Jiraiya narrated,

Tsunade and Shizune's expressions grew grim.

And Jiraiya paused, took the teacup on the table and took a light sip before continuing:

"Such a mysterious person naturally attracted the attention of the teachers and others back then."

"Thus, after discussing with Nara Shikaku, Sarutobi-sensei dispatched Konoha's Anbu Shinobi to monitor him."

"At the sa ti,"

"He also sent out a Konoha team to go to Agakure for further verification."

"However, a strange thing happened—"

Jiraiya's gaze flickered slightly, he leaned forward, and said in a low voice:

"That morning, the Anbu Shinobi responsible for monitoring Kyo set out."

"However, that very night, the large-scale Konoha Crush operation began directly, with almost no warning..."

"And then, an unknown huge summoned beast appeared, destroyed the Hokage Rock, and caused imnse chaos."

"The Anbu team responsible for monitoring the Agakure Shinobi was also found dead the next day, suspected to have died at the hands of Orochimaru."

"Even more strangely,"

"By the ti our personnel finally arrived at Agakure and verified that Kyo's identity, and ntioned wanting to see the leader of Agakure, the other party's Shinobi suddenly changed expression and refused in an exceptionally strong manner."

Jiraiya said seriously.

"?!"

Hearing this, Tsunade and Shizune couldn't help but hold their breath.

Their feelings, of course, also began to feel strange.

That's right, strange.

This entire incident that Jiraiya recounted was filled with a strange atmosphere.

As if hinting at sothing...

And just at this mont,

Jiraiya suddenly looked up, his gaze sharp, and said firmly:

"That's right."

"Just as you think,"

"Since three years ago, Shikaku and I have suspected..."

"This Agakure Shinobi nad Kyo might have secretly participated in the Konoha Crush operation."

"And, his appearance also extrely likely... represents so mysterious force within Agakure."

In the end, Jiraiya almost spoke word by word.

"!?"

However,

Upon hearing this,

Tsunade and Shizune were simultaneously greatly shocked.

This speculation was too bold, wasn't it...

What kind of thought process is this...

How could he connect all these clues together...

Jiraiya truly lived up to his na.

Although he seed pervy, lazy, and unconcerned, his thinking was still as ticulous as ever...

After being stunned for a long mont, Tsunade spoke with a complicated look:

"..."

"You an, he could be a mber of Akatsuki...?"

"And the base of the Akatsuki is also very likely to be inside Agakure...?!"

Tsunade asked incredulously.

And hearing this,

Jiraiya suddenly closed his eyes again, pretending to be a master, and slowly shook his head, saying:

"Can't be certain."

"But indeed, as far as I know…"

"The ti when the Akatsuki first began to appear in the Shinobi World seems to coincide with the ti of that great change in Agakure ..."

"And Agakure seemingly had no need to drive away all our envoy Shinobi just because of an ordinary teacher like him."

"This can only an that there must be so problem within Agakure."

"And if that's actually the case,"

"Then all the doubts are cleared up.

Jiraiya spoke slowly.

Then,

He subtly exhaled a breath, as if finally saying everything.