Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 126 Waiting
In the middle of the night, Tsunade woke up.

He found himself lying under a tree, with Jiraiya's big face in front of him.

Almost subconsciously punching out, she looked around and asked anxiously:
"What's going on? Where is Tetsuya Yamanaka?"

"Run away." Jiraiya said helplessly, explaining everything that happened before: "That guy used illusion to control you, and then in order to ensure your safety, I had no choice but to let him go."

"you"

Tsunade opened her mouth to curse a few curse words, but the sequelae left by the illusion took over. She felt a stinging pain in her head, frowned, and took a breath:
"It hurts"

At the same time, a previously forgotten memory gradually emerged from the mind, giving people the feeling of recalling the clear experience of a dream last night.

She recalled that she was trying to break away from Tetsuya Yamanaka's hand holding her ankle, and the three-tailed body was expanding like a mountain to bury her.

Yamanaka Tetsuya's spirit body was just right, and he appeared at the right time, making eye contact with Tsunade.

At that moment, Tsunade realized that she was about to be hit.

But I didn't expect that just after waking up from the illusion, Yamanaka Tetsuya ran away, and the chaos ended in chaos.

Although she wanted to ask Jiraiya why he let that guy run away, Tsunade could naturally understand his difficulty.

If you want to blame, you can only blame her for being easily tricked.

"How could his illusions reach this level? How could I be so easily affected?"

"That kid is indeed the most terrifying illusion genius I have ever seen. I can tell by your reaction." Jiraiya tried to comfort her, not to fall into self-blame and lose her balance: "Perhaps only Uchiha Shisui can follow Compare it to Tetsuya Yamanaka, it’s such a pity.”

What he regretted was why such a genius went astray.

This association can't help but lean on Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas who was his former companion.

Although he couldn't understand it, Jiraiya knew that there was a reason for what Orochimaru did, at least on the surface, which was the desire for the truth of ninjutsu and the pursuit of the secrets of forbidden arts.

What about Tetsuya Yamanaka?
What for?If he is really the person who is going to destroy the world in the so-called prophecy, then what is the reason for destroying the world?

Naturally, he didn't know much about Tetsuya Yamanaka, so he asked about this guy's teacher, Tsunade, who had just been taken hostage by his disciples:

"By the way, you should know a lot about Yamanaka Tetsu, right? There must be a reason for him to do this, right? So what is the reason?"

This question gave Tsunade a headache. Does she understand her disciple?
From accepting him as a disciple to sending him to Kirigakure, only a month or two passed. Before returning to Konoha to succeed the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade had never met Tetsuya Yamanaka, nor had she heard anything about him. information.

That trust comes more from the attitude of the Third Hokage.

So she was a little angry:
"Why are you asking these questions? Anyway, just think that I was wrong. It's also my fault, the old man has always been so accurate in judging people."

Just as he was talking, he noticed something was wrong with Jiraiya's expression, and Tsunade said doubtfully:
"what happened?"

"Teacher, he has..."

After hesitating for a moment, Jiraiya was still ready to tell the news that the third generation had passed away. Perhaps he should consider hiding it for a while and waiting for Tsunade to recover from today's blow. It would be better to know this kind of news.

However, as the Fifth Hokage now, in principle, it is better to speak out about such a major matter as soon as possible.

There was no need for Jiraiya to finish what he said. Tsunade, who was very familiar with the situation of the third generation, knew what the second half of the sentence meant.

It's just that the old man is gone.

Tsunade unexpectedly did not feel too much sadness. She had been immersed in the study of medical ninjutsu for many years. As the strongest medical ninja in the world, she knew a long time ago that the third generation was about to die soon.

Maybe it was because I had been mentally prepared for a long time, so the arrival of this news was not surprising.

"Needless to say, I know."

Tsunade stood up while holding on to the tree, and found that her legs and feet were a little weak. She didn't know whether it was caused by the aftereffects of the genjutsu, or whether she was actually not as calm about the news as she appeared to be, but was just hiding it in her heart.

"Um, what is that?"

Jiraiya thought for a while and added:
"Yamanaka Tetsu didn't do anything. The teacher actually left peacefully."

"Um"

Tsunade just held onto the tree and looked into the distance.

They were on a hillside, which was already at the edge of the actual control area of ​​Konoha Village. Even though there were traces of Konoha ninjas in various Fire Country towns, they were all Fire Country lands.

After running all night, the sky is turning pale, and the surrounding darkness is slowly dissipating.

Tsunade stared there for a long time, then suddenly turned around:
"Let's go back."

The gate of Konoha was destroyed by inexplicable provocateurs, the third Hokage died in the village, Danzo, a member of the elder group, was assassinated, the fifth Hokage was kidnapped and ran away, etc. So many things happened in one night, and the current village does not know what will happen. situation.

As Hokage, Tsunade didn't have time to wallow in her emotions and had to go back to the village to deal with all kinds of troubles.

……

On the other side, Tetsuya dragged his half-broken arms back to the meeting place agreed with Kakuzu.

The sky was dim and bright, and Kakuzu hadn't arrived yet.

Maybe that guy was in some trouble, but Tetsuya had inquired in advance that Naruto was not in the village before executing the plan. If he hadn't met the protagonist, this old ninja with five lives wouldn't have overturned, right?
It's hard to say. If Metkai gets mad, it might not be easy for Kakuzu to leave.

If he hadn't been wary of Metkai's existence, Tetsuya wouldn't have wanted to find someone to help him attract firepower.The frightening speed and power brought by opening six or more gates of the Eight Gate Dungeon can be described as defeating all means with one force, and a death gate kick that can threaten even the sixth level of Yekai. It can be said to be the most powerful combat power in Konoha today. .

Tetsuya's genjutsu doesn't have much confidence in dealing with this kind of guy.

Of course, apart from Akai, I unexpectedly met Jiraiya tonight, which was not expected in the plan.

Maybe Jiraiya had something to do when he quietly returned to Konoha, or maybe his actions had more and more butterfly effects. In short, the future situation was likely to deviate from the information he knew.

But these are no longer a problem.

In the forest clearing that left some human traces, Tetsuya sat down on the spot where he rested the night before, leaning on the half-dead wooden pile behind his back, and continued to treat his injuries.

He was going to wait here for a while.

Kakuzu might have died in Konoha, or he might still be on the road, or he might have been frightened and panicked and didn't come this way at all.

But considering that the next process of joining Akatsuki still requires acquaintances to guide him, Tetsuya still feels that he should wait for this temporary companion.

Without him, he could only wait and see if Nagato would contact him.

It's not a waste of time.

I hope this guy hasn't already had five hearts hollowed out by Maite Kai, and dragged to the experimental table by Konoha Ninja for dissection and research.

(End of this chapter)