August, the eighth day.

The Kingdom of Tianzhi, Daming Prefecture.

Cloudy and breeze.

Kakashi and his group finally arrived at the most prosperous city in the Land of Field.

Four people walking on the street.

But I can't feel the prosperity and excitement of this city at all.

"There are too few people on the street, right?"

Lin looked around.

Not only are there few pedestrians on the street, but less than half of the shops around them open for business. All the rest are signs that are suspended. Breezes blew, and the fallen leaves rolled up and slipped away on the street, adding a little desolate and coldness.

"Haha, Lin, do you feel like watching a horror movie?"

Asma looks quite stingy and doesn't care about this weird atmosphere at all.

"Stop talking nonsense, there are no ghosts in this world."

Lin said irritably.

"This may be possible! I know that there is a forbidden technique called [Spiritual Transformation] in the village. It is said that the soul can leave the body and kill people invisibly!" Asma winked and continued to scare the girl.

"Is the spiritual transformation technique? I will visit the third generation of the purpose and ask how powerful this spiritual transformation technique is!"

Lin said lightly.

Then, Asma's face froze, who was about to continue making a few jokes.

Panic!

Mom, if the old man knows the secrets in the village casually, he will definitely throw him to death without beating him to death. The key is that he does not have the confidence to quarrel with the old man. If no one saves the situation at that time... Then the ending can be described as a tragic word.

"Lin, do you want to eat? There are people selling fried meat pies there."

“It’s so oily.”

"Then... do you want something to drink? There are people selling oolong tea."

“I’m not thirsty.”

Asma racked her brains and circled around Lin, asking about her well-being, and was very hardworking.

Kakashi's lips tugged under the mask and almost burst into laughter.

Let this guy slut, and finally the trouble came out, and Lin got stuck in his braid.

The group came to Daming's mansion in Tianzhiguo.

After reporting their identities, they followed the servants into the mansion, and walked through the gorgeous houses and gardens. When Akai was already a little confused, they finally came to a courtyard with dry landscape style and saw two middle-aged men sitting in the corridor drinking.

"Yo, Kakashi, Asma, you are here!"

Jiraiya, who was dressed up like a kabuki, also saw Kakashi and the others at this time, raised the wine glass in his hand and greeted him.

"Mr. Jiraiya?"

Kakashi's eyes widened in surprise.

On the way they came, Asma and Lin guessed who the mysterious fifth teammate would be and raised various possibilities, but they really didn't expect it to be Jiraiya.

"Thank you, everyone, for your arrival."

At this time, Daming of Tatsunomi, who was sitting next to Jiraiya, expressed his welcome to the four.

The next thing to do is to follow the process.

He handed over the document, confirmed the task, and talked about nonsense with His Excellency Daime. In the end, Daime Tatsunomi, who was still a little wink, said goodbye and left, leaving the space for Konoha's ninjas.

"Sir Jiraiya, why are you here?"

After sitting down, Kakashi couldn't wait to ask.

"Why can't I be here?"

Jiraiya asked back.

"No, no, I don't mean that... That, aren't you traveling to get materials?"

"That's right! I'm just coming to Tianzhiguo to get materials? By the way, I'll help you with a task and earn some wine." Jiraiya slowly drank tea, "Okay, let's not talk about these boring nonsense, let's talk about some serious things... You all know the situation of this mission, right?"

Kakashi and the others couldn't help but become serious and straightened their backs to face Jiraiya.

"It's generally clear that it's said that Orochimaru is probably in Tanoko Country. Our task is to confirm whether the news about Orochimaru is true or false." Kakashi said.

"That's right! That guy Orochimaru... is unwilling to be at peace wherever he goes!"

Jiraiya sighed.

"Huh? Lord Jiraiya, have you confirmed Orochimaru's whereabouts?" Lin's eyes lit up when she heard Jiraiya's words.

"No."

Jiraiya shook her head.

"I have only been to Tianzhiguo for two days. I only had time to take a bath, drink two drinks, and haven't had time to investigate!"

Kakashi, Lin and the others looked dark.

Have time to take a bath, drink, and don’t have time to investigate?

Even if you fool the ghost, you should be more careful!

No matter how much I complain, I can only roll in my heart. Facing Jiraiya, what else can these younger generations do besides pinching their noses and suffering?

"Then... Can you tell me, how likely is the matter in Tanoko Country related to Orochimaru?" Looking at Akai who was wandering around in the sky, Asma with blank eyes, and Lin who didn't want to talk anymore, Kakashi, the captain, could only take on the heavy responsibility and continue to talk to Jiraiya.

"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. Each one has no humorous cells."

Jiraiya put down his wine glass, "Although you have already learned about the situation in Tianno Country, in order to ensure that there is no problem with communication between us, I will explain to you the current situation in Tianno Country."

He pushed away the wine utensils in front of him and took out a map of the Land of Field and a pen from his arms.

"Two months ago, in early June, a group of thieves from Caochuan Mountain were attacked by mysterious forces, and all the thieves disappeared. Next was a group of thieves from Fanyuan...." Jiraiya explained again, while marking symbols on the map, and circled all the attacked places at different times according to the time difference of the attack.

"The end is... Saito's family, which was attacked yesterday morning, the prison in the castle was broken, all the prisoners were taken away, and some of the money was lost."

Finally, he drew a triangle symbol, Jiraiya dropped the pen in his hand, looked at the four people, and asked:

"Did you see anything?"

Akai widened his eyes, not sure.

Lin Xiu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and the light of her mind flashed, but she felt that there was still a layer of hazy gauze, which was not clear.

"The attacker's nest is in Black Hat Mountain!!"

Kakashi and Asma said in unison.

"I see!"

Hearing the two of them and seeing the location of Black Hat Mountain on the map, Lin clapped her hands and suddenly realized.

Only Akai was left with one eye staring like a bull's eye. He looked like he wanted to poke two holes out of the map with his eyes. It was not that Akai was so stupid, but that the group of people around him were too smart, so he seemed to be less smart.

"Akai, look at this."

The most considerate person is the only girl in the team.

Lin picked up the signature pen that Jiraiya dropped and connected the different marking symbols with lines. Seven or eight slowly nested circles appeared on the map immediately. "Did you see it? The innermost circle was the earliest target to be attacked, and then it continued to advance outward according to the changes in time......"

"I see!"

Akai slapped his thighs suddenly, "This is the grass by the nest, so I have to go away and look for the target."

"That's the reason."

Jiraiya nodded slowly, with a smile on his face. These little ghosts were very good. "In all the attacks, a large number of people were missing. Since there were no large number of bodies found, it means that these people must have been sent to somewhere. Judging from this map, Black Hat Mountain is the most likely."

"Then, are you going to investigate this Black Hat Mountain next?"

Asma was ready to try.

"Black Hat Mountain is a must-do, but before that, you have other tasks." Jiraiya dragged the wine utensil back and continued to drink.

"What mission?"

Kakashi looked at Jiraiya in confusion.

Isn’t their mission to confirm whether the news about Orochimaru is true or false?

"Salvage the war between the gangs in Daming Mansion."

Jiraiya was holding a wine glass, and the old god was there.

"······· Suffer the gang war?" Kakashi and Asma widened their eyes together, looking at Jiraiya. They needed an answer. Is this hell of a matter of not having any relationship with their mission?

"But Master Jiraiya, Mr. Minato said that our task is to investigate Orochimaru..."

"Of course, Minato has the final say in Konoha, but this is Tianno Country. Only a few of us, who do you have the final say?" Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi sideways.
To be continued...