"Maples, I know about your situation. You're now a Tokubetsu Jonin in the front line. Go back and rest. When it's time for you to fight, I'll give you a mission."
Jiraiya said to Maples.
Although he didn't want to rely on Maples's strength, he still looked at the big picture. He couldn't let Maples, who was such a powerful force, stay idle and waste Konoha's strength.
Therefore, he would draw up a plan for a full-scale battle, and launch a decisive battle against the Sand. With Maples's presence, and the enemy's sneak attack plan being destroyed, the odds of winning were very high.
"Good."
Maples nodded.
It just so happened that he also wanted to rest. He ran all the way from the camp in the Land of Grass, and saved Kurenai on the way. His body could recover with Time Reversal, but his mental exhaustion couldn't be relieved. He needed to rest and adjust his state.
Watching Maples leave the tent, Jiraiya turned to look at Minato, and suddenly shook his head: "Don't lose to him in the next battle, Minato."
Maples was Orochimaru's disciple, and he was younger than Minato. If he performed better than Minato, then he would have a hard time facing Orochimaru.
Jiraiya's idea was very simple.
He himself doesn't want to be Hokage, but he also knows that Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato both want to be Hokage. One of them is his disciple, and the other is his companion. He doesn't care too much about who becomes Hokage in the end, but whose disciple is better?
Minato smiled and said: "He's an excellent Ninja, but he won't surpass me. Maybe in the future, but he's still too young."
"No."
Jiraiya looked at Minato and shook his head: "Minato, don't underestimate him just because he's young. You don't know, but just a while ago, he single-handedly destroyed an elite force from the Sand Village, planning to attack us from behind!"
This information was received by Jiraiya not long ago, and Minato didn't know about it. At this time, hearing Jiraiya's words, he couldn't help but show a trace of surprise.
Taking a detour to the Country of Rain to ambush the elite troops in the rear?
There shouldn't be too many of them. If there were too many of them, they would be easily exposed. However, there shouldn't be too few of them either. If there were too few of them, they might not be able to break through the defensive line behind them.
Kakashi, Uchiha Zetsu, Rin Nohara, and the others who hadn't left yet also looked at Jiraiya in shock. Of course, they didn't know about this information.
"The number of troops?"
Minato asked with a solemn look.
Jiraiya said with a deep look in his eyes: "Nearly a hundred people … at least ten Jonins."
"How could this be?!"
Minato couldn't keep calm, and his heart was in turmoil.
Destroying an elite force of nearly a hundred people, including ten Jonins, he was confident that he could do it with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, but he couldn't be sure without actual combat.
The key is, how did Maples do it?!
With such a large number of ninjas, if he wants to annihilate them all by himself, he must ensure a fundamental principle, that is, to be able to nullify all attacks and restrictions of the opponent!
Relying on the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, he was able to do this, but how did Maples do it? Looking at Maples, he didn't seem to be the type with high defense. Although he was very fast, it wasn't to the extent that all Ninjutsu and restrictions would be ineffective.
Could Maples also use the Flying Thunder God Jutsu?
"I don't know how he did it, but the result is true."
Jiraiya turned to look at the direction where Maples disappeared, and said with a deep look in his eyes: "Even I can't do that kind of thing, so although this disciple of Orochimaru is young, he's a monster. Don't treat him like a normal Ninja."
These words were to remind Namikaze Minato not to underestimate Maple Night.
As for not being able to do it …
He couldn't do it by himself, but if he summoned the two Great Sage of Mount Myoboku and entered Sage Mode, it would be different, and he could kill hundreds of Ninjas.
But even if he counted it as his own strength, it didn't make any sense, because he and Orochimaru were of the same generation, so it was natural for him to win against Maples. The key was that if Minato lost to Maples, it would be a bit of a pain in the ass.
"I'll be serious, Jiraiya sensei."
Minato nodded, and there was a glimmer of light in his calm eyes.
He was serious.
If before, when he heard about Maples's record in the battlefield of the Kusanagi Country, he was only concerned about Maples, but after hearing about this record, he was really serious, and he also realized that his previous judgment of Maples was wrong.
Maples wasn't a young Ninja who needed to continue to grow, but someone who had already caught up with him at this age!
Kakashi, Uchiha Zetsu, and the others next to him were a bit dumbfounded at this time.
They couldn't speak at all.
Jiraiya's words were like a book from heaven, and it was difficult to understand. What did he mean by encountering the Sand's elite troops, what did he mean by killing nearly a hundred Ninjas, and ten Jonins …
What the hell is this?!
Even Kakashi was still some distance away from becoming a Jonin!
Belt Soil and Rin were still Genin!
Even Kakashi, who was the closest to Maples, was shocked for a moment, and he barely recovered, with a bitter smile on his face.
Now, he wasn't afraid to fight against a Jonin. He encountered a Jonin before, and he almost killed him, but he couldn't compare to Maples at all.
"Maples … is too strong."
Rin's eyes were full of shock, and after a long time, she couldn't help but murmur, feeling like she was in a dream.
…
At the same time.
Sand Village's frontline camp, in the most central tent.
After many days of investigation, the scouts sent by the Sand found traces of Pakura and the others fighting in the Rain Village, but they couldn't find any useful information.
The only thing that was certain was that Pakura and the others were all killed!
Because so far, they didn't encounter any survivors, and even if there was one person alive, they should have contacted them by now, but unfortunately, there was none.
The news came back.
The entire tent fell into an oppressive atmosphere.
"How is this possible …"
Ebizo's eyes were filled with disbelief.
He was very clear about Pakura's strength. Pakura led an elite force of nearly a hundred people, and their combat power was extremely strong. Even if Konoha sent twice the number of ninjas, they may not be able to destroy all of them!
To completely destroy them without letting anyone escape, I'm afraid that it would take three times the number of elite ninjas to do it, but it's impossible for Konoha to mobilize nearly three hundred elite ninjas under their noses without them noticing!
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