After leaving Konoha, Jiraiya and his team rushed to where the intelligence team was trapped.
In fact, Jiraiya has given up hope of rescuing the intelligence team.
Because too much time has passed.
It took a long time to get back to Konoha from Sanyuan and send the message, and it would take them a long time to reach the border.
With this kind of delay, the chances of the intelligence unit surviving were extremely low.
Now Jiraiya hopes that the intelligence force can hold on a little longer and delay the ninjas of the Wind Country for a while longer.
Let them not withdraw to the Rain Kingdom too early.
Because in this way, he still has a chance to catch up with the group of ninjas from the Wind Country and avenge the intelligence team.
If the intelligence team doesn't hold out for long, they may not even get a chance to seek revenge.
This is the first time Jiraiya leads Anbu to do something.
He also wanted to complete the task beautifully.
So I secretly hoped that the intelligence team could last longer.
"If the intelligence team can't hold out until we arrive, and they're all killed by then, then my mission will fail."
Orochimaru said with a little concern.
This mission is his assessment for taking office.
He is very concerned about this.
If the entire intelligence team was wiped out, then his assessment would definitely be considered a failure.
So his mood now is the same as Jiraiya's, hoping that the intelligence team can last longer.
"If all the members of the intelligence team were killed by the Wind Country ninjas, then we can just find the Wind Country ninjas and kill them all. Don't worry, you will definitely pass the Jōnin test with me here."
Jiraiya said with a smile.
"I am also very curious about the puppetry of the Wind Country."
Orochimaru said as he licked the kunai in his hand.
Seeing Orochimaru's actions, Jiraiya knew that the last time he was poisoned, he still hadn't made Orochimaru change this habit.
"The ninjas from the Wind Country love to use poison, so don't lick them randomly when you fight them."
Jiraiya couldn't help but remind.
"Don't worry, I brought a lot of antidote pills this time."
Orochimaru said without caring.
Jiraiya was speechless for a moment. It seemed that Orochimaru had already prepared himself for being poisoned.
"To be honest, I also want to have a big battle to see how big the gap between us is."
Orochimaru then went on to say that he had also entered the Ryūchi Cave to train for a long time, and his strength had improved greatly.
"Then you have to adjust your mentality."
Jiraiya said to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru still hasn't given up the idea of catching up with him.
But he has the system, and it is unrealistic for Orochimaru to catch up with him.
Also, Orochimaru has not yet started his scientific research journey, and has not yet begun to delve into various Forbidden Techniques, so now he can only be regarded as a civilian genius without any special Bloodline boundaries.
No matter how talented you are, your strength can only grow steadily. It is simply unrealistic to want to make rapid progress like Jiraiya.
Even though Orochimaru has now entered the Ryūchi Cave for training, some of the Ryūchi Cave's secret training techniques will require a huge amount of time to master.
If Jiraiya didn't have the binding system, he would have to spend a huge amount of time to learn the unique ninjutsu of Mount Myōboku. The ninjutsu of the three holy places is not easy to practice.
He is a little worried about Orochimaru now. After seeing his powerful strength, his mentality will be a little broken.
"As a companion, I also hope that you will become stronger and stronger."
Orochimaru said with a smile.
Jiraiya nodded, Orochimaru was in a good mood right now.
He has not yet experienced war and has not realized the fragility of life.
"It looks like the intelligence team is in danger."
A few days later, Jiraiya and his companions approached a canyon.
According to Sanyuan, the intelligence team was trapped in the canyon ahead.
But there was no sound coming from the canyon now, and when Jiraiya opened the Eye of Insight, he did not see any Chakra flow in the valley. Instead, he saw many corpses lying on the ground and broken puppets.
But Jiraiya did not say what he saw, he did not want to expose the Eye of Insight.
"It's silent. It looks like we are indeed late." Homura also spoke up.
"Orochimaru, you must have signed up a lot of Summoning snakes while you were training in Ryūchi Cave. Why don't you release a few Summoning snakes now and head to the canyon ahead to investigate and see what the situation is?"
Mitokado Homura ordered Orochimaru.
Jiraiya frowned slightly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen only asked Mitokado Homura to come and serve as an advisor, not to be the captain.
Now that he was the captain of this team, Mitokado Homura gave direct orders, which made Jiraiya a little unhappy.
In the original work, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu are also obsessed with power.
When Tsunade was the Hokage, he often quarreled with the two of them.
Orochimaru looked towards Jiraiya.
"Do as Elder Homura says." Jiraiya nodded.
Orochimaru was still very powerful and did not directly respond to Mitokado Homura.
Mitokado Homura showed a hint of displeasure on his face.
Was Orochimaru looking down on him?
But Homura quickly put away that trace of displeasure.
"Summoning."
Orochimaru bit his thumb and slapped the ground, summoning a small snake that looked and looked the same as the rocks.
Orochimaru has many summoning beasts, but the most famous one is Manda.
Orochimaru gave the little snake an order.
The little snake stuck out its tongue, nodded, and then crawled into the canyon.
Not long after, Orochimaru's Summoning beast returned.
"I didn't find any living ninjas. There were many puppet fragments and bodies of Konoha Shinobi deep in the canyon."
Orochimaru's Summoningmon spoke up.
"Are you sure you have checked thoroughly and there are no living ninjas?"
Mitokado Homura asked first.
"Since the intelligence team has been destroyed, the ninjas from the Wind Country are likely to be lying in ambush in the canyon."
"My Summoning Beast is very reliable. I trust him. If Elder Homura feels that my Summoning Beast is unreliable, you can now sneak into the canyon and investigate."
Orochimaru said coldly, then patted Summoningmon's head.
The Summoning Beast then turned into a puff of white smoke and returned to Ryūchi Cave.
"Orochimaru, what's with that attitude?"
This feeling of being looked down upon by Orochimaru made Mitokado Homura want to get angry.
As a high-ranking member of Konoha, he controls most of the power in Konoha. Every ninja is polite to him.
Now Orochimaru showed him no respect at all, which made him very unhappy.