Naruto: I have shed my snake skin and become a dragon!

He was wearing a red robe and a pair of wooden clogs on his feet.

"Jiraiya-sama?"

Jiraiya heard Lu Ye's voice, turned around and looked at them and smiled: "Hahaha, isn't this Shika Yuan's son? His name is Lu Ye?"

"Yes, Master Jiraiya still remembers me?"

Jiraiya waved his hand: "Of course I remember, your father and I have a pretty good relationship."

Arriving next to Jiraiya, Luye saw Hiruzen sitting behind the desk.

At this time, he was frowning and there was no smile on his face.

He has aged a lot in the past year, mainly because he is worried about the war.

There was really no one around who could be used, even Jiraiya was called back.

That Orochimaru guy, Hiruzen rarely delegates important tasks to him now.

Hiruzen may also be able to feel that Orochimaru's mind is not on the village at all now, and he has been conducting so-called research in secret.

However, in the past few years, no one in Konoha Village has disappeared or died for no reason.

So Hiruzen just let him.

Kano often interacts with Orochimaru and learns some superficial things from him.

But I have no idea what he is studying.

Maybe he was still helping Danzo research Hashirama cells, or maybe he was researching his own immortal reincarnation.

But Luye doesn’t pay much attention to this anymore.

With his current strength, even if he breaks up with Orochimaru, he has nothing to fear.

"Hokage-sama, all members of Team Shikano have arrived."

Lu Ye said respectfully towards the Hokage.

Hiruzen nodded, but there was still no expression on his face.

"Minato hasn't arrived yet, just wait for him."

As soon as he finished speaking, the knock on the door rang again.

Then, Minato walked in.

It was obvious that he was startled by Jiraiya: "Master! Why are you here!"

Jiraiya laughed and said, "Didn't the old man say he came to me if he had something to do? I'll come back to help him."

When he heard this, Hiruzen finally showed a rare smile on his face.

"Yes, I asked your master to come back. Konoha Village is in crisis on all sides now, and he must come back."

Minato is also aware of the current situation in Konoha Village. The Kingdom of Thunder has been harassing the border of the Country of Fire, and is waiting for Konoha Village to kill their ninjas, so that a conflict will completely ignite the war.

The Earth Kingdom, which has always been against the Kingdom of Thunder, has recently shown signs of taking action against the Leaf Village.

But their main target seems to be the Kingdom of Thunder.

Jiraiya had a smile on his face, but it was only on the surface. When Jiraiya faced the war, it could be said that he was more serious than anyone else.

He is also the only one among the Sannin who has seen through the true nature of the village, yet still comes out to help the village in times of crisis.

"Old man, tell me quickly, what's going on, why are you so anxious to come back to me."

Hiruzen sighed: "The war has broken out."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was excited. The war had broken out? But they didn't receive any news!

Hiruzen ignored everyone's surprise and continued: "I received information yesterday that the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth had sent troops to test each other's borders two days ago. I think they should have started fighting today."

Minato immediately said: "Then let's quickly prepare for war! Otherwise, when the Kingdom of Thunder reaches our doorstep, we will have to defend!"

Jiraiya was also very supportive of his apprentice's words.

"This is also the purpose why I called you here. I need you to form an elite unit to behead and balance the enemy's elite ninjas to reduce the pressure on us in frontal combat."

Good guy, Luye didn't expect that Naruto would actually dare to come like this.

But this is obviously not the same concept as a raid team.

Since both Jiraiya and Minato were in this team, it was naturally impossible for anything dangerous to happen.

"I said old man, no."

Jiraiya's voice broke the silence in the office.

Hiruzen raised his eyes and looked at him: "What do you have in mind?"

"To be honest, I'm not very good at things like beheading or sneak attacks, but it might be better if I go to the front line to command."

Hiruzen was convinced when he heard it: "Hey, it seems that I am really a little confused. You are indeed not assassination material, so let's do it. You will be responsible for leading the team at the front line."

Then Hiruzen looked at Minato and the Kano team: "You have cooperated many times, and it shouldn't be too troublesome to execute the mission, but no matter what, your lives are the most important. Once the plan fails, you will return immediately. Join Laiye’s team and join the frontline confrontation.”

Hiruzen was just a trick, assassinating enemy elites to weaken their momentum.

But if they fail, it will undoubtedly strengthen their momentum.

It just depends on the actions of Minato and Kano.

"Alright Hokage-sama, we will complete the mission."

Minato was the first to speak, and Kano naturally couldn't escape, so he followed Minato and responded.

"Very good, we will assemble the army tomorrow and head to the border of the Country of Fire! Be ready to respond to the enemy at any time!"

The war began quietly.

There was no major ceremony, no grand appearance, just a casual remark from an old man with a vicissitudes of life in a small room.

The Third Ninja War began completely.

Countless creatures will lose their lives because of this war.

But this cannot be changed. Driven by the general trend, individual abilities alone cannot change the outcome of the war at all.

Unless you are Hashirama and can be invincible in the ninja world.

In that case, maybe it can be done.

But Luye's current strength is still invincible to Konoha, so how can he possibly try to change the war.

Let’s just survive well.

The future is promising. In the future, Kano may really surpass Hashirama and become the new number one in the ninja world.

But at least he can't do it yet.

So just live on honestly, and if you can, take care of your teammates and friends.

There's only so much that can be done in war.

Kill some more enemies.

Hiruzen then deployed his plan for the war in the office.

How to solve the problem if we have to face the armies of two or more countries at the same time.

Hiruzen has already thought about all this.

However, there were still some unreasonable parts, and Jiraiya helped correct them one by one.

"Okay, that's it for today. Tomorrow Konoha Village will enter a state of war. I hope your mission goes well."

Hiruzen said with a serious expression.

"Yes!" Several members of the Luye team responded immediately.

Then Jiraiya and Minato also responded.