Chapter 50 - 50 (1/2)
The news about the Sand declaring war soon spread across Konoha, even the villagers knew that war was coming.In the Hokage's office, the 3rd was asking Jiraya about the new Kazekage. But Jiraya didn't know much about him. He only had what he heard when he was on his mission in the Sand village.
Normally, a Kage should be one with experience on the battlefield, or one who is a prodigy and very famous in his village. But the new Kazekage was someone that Konoha had no information about before he took over.
”Hokage Sama, this is intelligence from the battlefield in the Sand country!” An Anbu came in and delivered a scroll to the 3rd.
He opened it quickly. He sent out some of the best Anbu to get this information as soon as possible.
”The 4th Kazekage is a male, of unknown age, and a Magnet Release Blood Limit skill user. His way of fighting is unknown. The prisoner of the Sand that we arrested said that he was able to beat Shukaku on his own in the desert.”
The last sentence of the scroll made the 3rd's face gloomy. Suppressing Shukaku, the one tailed beast in the desert is a great feat. This man is not one you would want to underestimate.
”Here, you can read it as well!” The 3rd handed over the scroll to Jiraya. After reading through it, his face showed the same expression as his Sensei.
”Sarutobi Sensei, immediately send out the troops! This guy is too dangerous for Sakumo san to fight alone!”
”You're right. This new Kazekage sounds really powerful. Not to mention that they still have Chiyo, that old woman is Kage tier. This should too troublesome for Sakumo to deal with on his own.” The 3rd understood how serious this matter was. He was in a hurry to send out the troops.
”Anbu, call Ryo Yamanaka in!” The 3rd told the Anbu who delivered the scroll.
In a few moments, Ryo was there at the office. After the 3rd permitted it, Jiraya passed the scroll to him.
Ryo read through it. In the Manga, the 4th Kazekage wasn't that relevant all along the story. During the execution of the plan to destroy Konoha, he was killed by Orochimaru. Then he was summoned by Kabuto using Edo Tensei.
Before reading the scroll, Ryo felt that the 4th Kazekage shouldn't be able to face Jiraya in his Sage mode.
”Ryo, you can see in the intelligence too that this is a tough one. Ryo, Jiraya, get ready to set off tomorrow, you will be set off tomorrow morning to Join Sakumo. You are to fight off the Sand Ninja.”
”Yes, Hokage Sama!”
After the two left the Hokage's office, the two of them gathered their teams.
On the 3rd training ground, Ryo and his medical squad set the time to depart. He then let the team disband to prepare themselves to leave.
The 3rd gave him a very tight time limit, so Ryo also had a few things to prepare, and had to say goodbye to his family and friends.
Kunais, explosive tags, Shurikens… Ryo went and stocked up on all the tools he thought he would need. Then he went and used his Sage mode to sense the positions of Kushina and the others.
Ryo took Kushina to Ichiraku to have a bowl of Ramen and to tell her that he was about to set off. As her only disciple is about to leave Konoha for war, she was very nervous and told him about what he should pay attention to on the battlefield.
After saying goodbye to Kushina, he went to the Ninja Acadamy. Not too long ago, Yugao started going there. He didn't want to disturb her, but he looked at her from a distance to keep her image in his heart.
Afterwards, he went to the Forest of Death. Minato was not summoned yet, so he, Kakashi and the others continued to train in there.
”Hey Kakashi, Obito, Rin!” Ryo and the 3 greeted each other.
”Hey, what brings you here Ryo Yaro?” Obito's words were harsh as ever.