However, he did not speak, but looked at Jiraiya and motioned him to continue.

Jiraiya seemed to recall for a moment before continuing:

“Although the Sand Village didn’t say it explicitly, but from all the signs, it seems to indicate a fact.

The third Kazekage seems to be missing.”

Hearing this, Kagura did not show any surprise on her face, and thought to herself that this was as expected.

Jiraiya didn’t notice his expression, but continued:

“It has been three months since the last time the Sandaime Kazekage appeared in front of everyone.

Since then, no one has seen that adult again.

Moreover, the actions of the Sand Village have been strange recently.

They kept sending out large numbers of ninjas. These people were not on missions, but more like they were looking for something.

Because of their actions, there have even been a lot of frictions with Yahiko and others from the Rain Country recently.

But the problem is, in response to Yahiko’s questioning, these ninjas from the Sand Village refused to say what they were looking for.

Combining these two points, I guess it is very likely that their Sandaime Kazekage is missing.”

Hearing Jiraiya’s analysis, Kagura nodded in agreement.

After he drank a sip of wine silently, he suddenly asked Jiraiya:

“By the way, when you were in the Sand Village, did you notice whether Chiyo’s grandson, the boy named Scorpion, was still in the village?”

“Chiyo’s grandson, Scorpion?”

Hearing this, Jiraiya raised his head and tried hard to recall.

After a long time, the handsome and fair face of the boy in the Chunin Exam several years ago finally emerged from his mind.

He looked at Kagura curiously and said:

“this…

I really didn’t notice it.

What’s up with him? “

Kagura raised the wine glass to cover her mouth and said sullenly:

“Oh, nothing, just asking out of curiosity.”

Jiraiya looked at Kagura strangely and didn’t ask any further questions.

But he didn’t know that at this moment, Kagura’s mind was rapidly recalling some of the plots from the original world line.

If he guessed correctly, the missing Sandaime Kazekage might have died at the hands of Chiyo’s little grandson.

Come to think of it, it’s only been four years since the Chunin Exam. Has he already grown to this point?

If it was really that Scorpion who did it, he would probably no longer be in the Sand Village by now, but had defected from the village.

this…

Did he finally join Akatsuki?

The combat power of “Akatsuki” has been enhanced again?

But Kagura could only mutter these words in her heart.

After the two were silent for a moment, Kagura started the conversation again:

“Come to think of it, the Hidden Rain Village founded by Yahiko has now been recognized by all countries.”

When Jiraiya heard Kagura mention his disciple, a hint of pride appeared on his face.

Over the years, under the leadership of Yahiko, the Hidden Rain Village has become increasingly powerful and has become a force that cannot be ignored.

Perhaps it was because of their relationship with Jiraiya, or perhaps it was because their existence was recognized by Konoha’s top brass.

A year ago, Konoha took the lead in recognizing the status of the Hidden Rain Village headed by Yahiko, and was the first to establish diplomatic relations with them.

Don’t underestimate this move. Being recognized by a big country like Konoha undoubtedly gave Yahiko’s Rain Village real legitimacy.

So after Konoha, the other four major countries also established diplomatic relations with it one after another during this year.

It can be said that, nominally speaking, Yahiko is now at the same level as Sarutobi Hiruzen.

So when Jiraiya heard Kagura mention Yahiko, he did not hide the pride on his face at all, and even pretended to be humble and said:

“Hey, that kid seems to have done pretty well these years~~~”

Seeing Jiraiya’s conceited look, Kagura curled her lips and said nothing.

Fortunately, I’m not bad either.

My disciple Minato will also become the next Hokage.

After being proud for a while, Jiraiya restrained his smile and said solemnly:

“However, due to the recent actions of the Wind Country, the Rain Country has also been a little uneasy recently.

In fact, besides me, many countries have already guessed that the Sandaime Kazekage is missing.

The outside world is far from as peaceful as Konoha Village, and the situation in many places has begun to become somewhat tense.

This is also the reason why there are fewer missions recently.”

Having said that, Jiraiya suddenly sighed.

He looked up at the roof of the pub and said with a heavy voice:

“I hope this won’t lead to a new war.”

Chapter 113: Visitors from the Hidden Cloud Village

After hearing Jiraiya’s words, Kagura did not respond, but just silently drank the sake in front of her.

He knew very well that according to the original plot, the Third Ninja World War would only be a few years away.

Coincidentally, the turmoil in the original plot was caused by the disappearance of the Third Kazekage of the Land of Wind.

So Kagura knew very well that Jiraiya’s worries would soon become a reality.

However, since they were talking about the Rain Country, Kagura couldn’t help but think of Nagato, whom he had abducted with great difficulty.

In the end, Nagato returned to the Hidden Rain Village.

Just like the original world line, the three giants Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan reunited again.

The only difference from the original plot is that Nagato’s parents are not dead, but are living well in Konoha Village.

As Nagato said before he left, after he and Yahiko worked hard to build the Rain Kingdom into a peaceful country, he would come in person to take his parents back.

After asking Jiraiya about the current situation of the Rain Country, Jiraiya suddenly mentioned something:

“Speaking of which, I heard that the Hidden Cloud Village will send an envoy to Konoha soon.

According to my intelligence, the other party is likely to have bad intentions this time.

You ask the old man to pay more attention.”

The Hidden Cloud Village is going to send an envoy over?

Hearing this, Kagura frowned and nodded to Jiraiya.

Although over the years, Jiraiya seemed to be the least reliable among them.

But only a few people like Kagura know that he is actually the one who has been working hard for the village.

It is true that he traveled around the world, but it is also true that he was constantly outside collecting reliable intelligence for the village.

Over the years, thanks to Jiraiya’s intelligence, Konoha Village has avoided and solved many difficult problems.

Since Jiraiya specifically mentioned this matter, it means that there must be something wrong with the envoy this time.

But Zilai had no idea about the purpose of this messenger’s visit.

The Hidden Cloud Village…

Kagura thought about the village. In the original plot, the Hidden Cloud Village could be said to be the most famous kidnapper.

They were the ones who wanted to abduct Uzumaki Kushina from Konoha Village a few years ago.

Could it be that they already knew through some kind of intelligence that Kushina had become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?

His target for coming to Konoha Village this time is still his female disciple?

After thinking about it, Kagura felt that this was indeed very possible.

It seems that I have to remind the old man to send more Anbu people to protect Kushina.

Afterwards, Kagura and Jiraiya did not continue discussing current affairs, but began to chat about other things casually.

It has to be said that Jiraiya did encounter many interesting things during his travels over the years.

He is indeed an excellent novelist. Kagura couldn’t help but be fascinated by his vivid and moving narration.

As the night deepened, the two finally left the izakaya.

Since Yamato was still at Kagura’s house, Jiraiya also stayed at Kagura’s house tonight.

The next morning, as soon as Kagura opened her eyes, she saw Tsunade standing in front of her with a smile on her face.

Speaking of which, although Tsunade has a bad temper, it comes and goes quickly.

Today, she seemed to have forgotten that she had beaten Kagura yesterday, and she smiled and asked Kagura to get up and have breakfast.

However, the bruises on Kagura’s face that had not yet faded and her son Qianyu’s frequent touching of her butt confirmed what happened yesterday.

As for Jiraiya and Yamato, they had apparently said goodbye and left early in the morning.

After breakfast, Kagura warned her son Chiyu not to tell others that he had the Sharingan, and then she went out leisurely.

Kagura knew very well how much trouble it would cause if the news of Chiyu opening the Sharingan were to spread.

Apart from anything else, at least the Uchiha clan leader Fugaku would inevitably bother me.

It is better to have less trouble than more, and he would rather not have the title of genius.