Chapter 122 Lord Bai Ye
The Third Hokage's question caused Danzo to fall into a brief silence.

Half a year ago, he did carry out espionage activities in the Land of Rain, trying to use the conflict between the Akatsuki organization and the Hidden Rain Village to plunge the Land of Rain into chaos.

For this purpose, he invested in Bai Ye, allowing Bai Ye to seize power and become the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

But what he didn't expect was that Bai Ye's target was not limited to the leader of Akatsuki, but the entire Rain Country. For this reason, Bai Ye had been concealing his strength, and later took advantage of Hanzo's absence to capture the Hidden Rain Village.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with saying that Bai Ye is Hanzo's disciple.

While Bai Ye was pretending to be captured, he was indeed accepted as a disciple by Hanzo. He was also present at the apprenticeship ceremony and witnessed it with a group of Rain Ninjas.

But this information cannot be shared with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Once it is revealed that the Root under him has been severely damaged, the Third and Fourth Hokage will definitely take the opportunity to seize his power, and the Root may even be disbanded directly.

After a moment's silence, Danzo said, "I did have some conflicts with them, but they are all in the past. However, Bai Ye is a difficult brat to deal with, so you must not take it lightly."

"is it?"

The Third Hokage gave a suspicious look.

Being stared at by the Third Hokage, Danzo felt a surge of anger in his heart and said with a frown:

"Why are you looking at me? Everything I do is for Konoha."

The Third Hokage was about to question in the Hokage's tone, but then he thought better of it.

Danzo's hesitancy must indicate that he is hiding something, and things are definitely not as simple as Danzo said, but now he has resigned as Hokage and cannot force Danzo to speak.

However, this did not stop him from doubting Danzo.

After decades of living together, he knew Danzo too well. Danzo's actions against the Hidden Rain Village must have caused a big trouble and might even have affected the interests of the village.

Utane Koharu and Mitokado En were already accustomed to this scene.

Would Danzo and Hiruzen still be themselves if they didn't confront each other? They would all suspect that someone else was using the transformation technique to disguise them.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the advisory office was becoming more and more depressing, the Third Hokage sighed and said, "Forget it, let's continue to see Minato's performance. Minato is the Hokage now."

"I…"

Danzo didn't know what to say for a moment and could only continue looking at the crystal ball.

After Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, the balance of power in the village was suddenly broken and has not returned to normal until now.

He actually thought Hiruzen was the Hokage just now, but Hiruzen was only an advisory elder now.

……

At the Ninja School.

After visiting the Ninja School, Minato Namikaze took the exchange group to have a meal and rest on the spot. While sharing his experience in managing the Ninja School with Byakuya, he also chatted with Yahiko about interesting stories about Jiraiya.

Jiraiya didn't get angry when he heard his own embarrassing stories. He just smiled and reminisced about the past with Konan.

During the conversation, Jiraiya asked about Nagato, wondering why Nagato didn't come with them. Konan explained it carefully.

The Rain Kingdom is still in chaos, and someone must stay in the village to take charge.

Jiraiya frowned, but also said that he could understand, he had been in the Rain Country for three years and knew the difficulties the Rain Country faced. The Rain Country was different from Konoha, it was very difficult for ordinary people there to survive.

Looking at Bai Ye in the distance, Jiraiya said to Konan with some doubt: "Konan, how did you get to know him, and when did you create the Akatsuki organization?"

Konan also looked at Bai Ye and said, "After Jiraiya left, we wandered in the Rain Country for a few more years, and eventually met Bai Ye and established the Akatsuki organization together."

"The Akatsuki organization was established based on the words you left behind, but Bai Ye added some new things to it..."

At this point, Xiaonan paused, hesitating whether to continue.

Hearing this, Jiraiya was stunned for a moment. The establishment of Akatsuki has always been something he was proud of, but what exactly did Byakuya add to it?
This aroused his curiosity?

Facing Jiraiya's puzzled expression, Konan slowly said, "Bai Ye feels that Jiraiya-sensei and Yahiko are too naive. Some things cannot be achieved through negotiation and mutual understanding alone."

"However, the current Akatsuki organization has abandoned some of its fantasies and started to face reality."

Jiraiya fell into deep thought. He found that he couldn't understand what Konan said. Then he burst into laughter and had to admit that he was old.

The three orphans who followed him back then have grown up and have their own careers.

And he seems to be still standing still, always pursuing the peace brought by the Child of Prophecy.

At this time, Bai Ye noticed Konan and Jiraiya beside him, and walked over and said, "Hello, Master Jiraiya. You should be the teacher of Yahiko and the others."

Jiraiya was brought back to reality, and nodded slightly, saying, "You should be Bai Ye, I just learned about your situation. Yahiko and the others really owe a lot to you for your help."

"Of course. If I hadn't been here, Akatsuki would have been destroyed long ago."

Jiraiya was stunned by Bai Ye's words. He was just bragging subconsciously, but he didn't expect that Bai Ye was so immodest. His three disciples were so powerful, how could anything go wrong so easily?

However, considering Bai Ye's age, Jiraiya had some understanding.

When he was a child, he was even crazier than Bai Ye. He called himself the Toad Sage and the savior of the ninja world every day. However, he was hit by reality and his personality became stable and mature.

Immature kids like this need to accept the beatings from society.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya stood up, stretched out his palm as big as a palm leaf fan, and hugged Bai Ye in his arms:
"Then I have to thank my disciples for saving their lives, Byakuya. When night comes, I will take you to eat the village's specialty, Ichiraku Ramen."

Seeing this scene, Xiaonan's eyes flashed with a trace of panic.

Teacher Jiraiya is so familiar, could he be remembered by Byakuya? And Byakuya did not lie, he really saved the Akatsuki organization, all of this is true.

Bai Ye broke free from Jiraiya's restraints and said seriously:

"I am not young. Secondly, my teacher Hanzo and the Third Hokage are of the same age. According to this calculation, I am your peer. I call you Master Jiraiya, and you should reply Master Byakuya."

Looking at the serious Bai Ye, Jiraiya couldn't help laughing and said:
"Okay, okay, Lord Bai Ye, I formally invite you to attend an important event tonight. Please be sure to arrive on time."

After hearing this, Bai Ye nodded and said, "I accept the invitation of Master Jiraiya."

Seeing this scene, Konan on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want Bai Ye and Teacher Jiraiya to have a conflict. It was great to be able to maintain the current situation.

However, since entering Konoha, Bai Ye has been pretending to be harmless. What is he trying to do?
Although this is what fourteen-year-olds should be like, they are members of the Akatsuki organization.

(End of this chapter)