Jiraiya was very happy.
Kakashi was just an ordinary ninja, and what he knew was very limited, so he didn't even ask.
Now, it was perfect!
He was quite familiar with Nara Shikaku in front of him.
In the frontline camp during the Third War, the person in front of him was his strategist and logistics chief, so the friendship between the two was actually quite good.
In response to this.
Seeing Jiraiya in front of him, Nara Shikaku was quite unhappy.
Being pulled out to work by his own clan head was annoying enough, and now he encountered Jiraiya, who annoyed him even more. So after thinking about it, he couldn't help but say: "I belong to the Uchiha faction now; it's not appropriate for us to be so close."
"You'd better go find my clan brother; he is the one from the village faction!"
But, unfortunately.
Jiraiya didn't listen at all and forcibly dragged Shikaku away.
Nara Shikaku: "..."
At this moment, he was naturally quite unhappy inside.
Yes!
He had clearly stated that he had joined the Uchiha now, and it was inappropriate to be too close to Jiraiya.
But, unexpectedly.
Jiraiya didn't care about his situation at all, and didn't care how he would explain to the Uchiha in the future. This made his impression of Jiraiya drop drastically.
However.
Even though he was quite unhappy in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.
As someone who could be arranged by Nara Shikaku to become the leader of a new faction, his intelligence was naturally no worse than Nara Shikaku's.
So.
He still maintained a lazy posture and 'invited' Jiraiya to his residence.
After simply making him a cup of tea, he didn't mean to exchange pleasantries at all: "Lord Jiraiya, please be quick; I have things to do later!"
He was quite direct.
First of all, the other party was Jiraiya, and Nara Shikaku naturally didn't want to offend him.
However, similarly.
Considering his current position, he naturally couldn't get too close to the other party.
Therefore, as a leader of a clan group, he could give a certain amount of respect on the surface, but he also had to maintain enough distance and send Jiraiya away as soon as possible.
On the contrary.
What he needed to consider now was how to explain to the Uchiha next!
On the other side.
Jiraiya's perception ability was good, and of course, he sensed Shikaku's unhappiness, but he simply didn't care.
After all...
In his opinion, a person who abandoned the 'Will of Fire' was lucky not to be beaten to death directly. If doing so wouldn't have a great impact on the situation, he would have taken action and chosen to kill long ago.
This was the reason why he chose to be so tough now, without considering Nara Shikaku's thoughts at all!
"Hmm, okay!"
"Tell me briefly what exactly happened in the village."
"Why did your Ino-Shika-Cho choose to defect to the Uchiha, and how is the Uchiha's situation recently?"
"Tell me this news, and then I'll leave immediately!"
Jiraiya was quite direct.
First of all, he couldn't trust what his teacher said, and he trusted Uchiha Jin even less.
So.
Even if Nara Shikaku here had defected to the Uchiha, he believed more that the Nara clan were all smart people, and he had personally contacted Nara Shikaku in front of him.
Therefore, he judged.
Even if this guy defected to the Uchiha, he still wouldn't dare to lie to him, Jiraiya.
After all...
Not everyone in Konoha was as tough as Uchiha Jin and dared to confront him, Jiraiya, head-on!
Just kidding!
He was one of the Konoha Sannin after all, recognized by Hanzo of the Salamander, the 'Demigod of the Ninja World'.
Yes.
This was not the era of randomly opening Gundams in later generations. In this era where the Akatsuki organization had not started its actions, Hanzo of the Salamander still had a resounding status in the ninja world.
Facts proved that it was indeed so.
Even though Nara Shikaku was unhappy in his heart, he finally started to explain.
From the beginning, Uchiha Jin's parents were captured by Root, which led to Uchiha Jin directly awakening the Mangekyou, and then he started an assassination battle with Root.
Today you kill one of my Uchiha, tonight I kill two of your Root members.
Just like this...
Uchiha Jin paved the way with slaughter, and with his Mangekyou, he completely conquered the active batch of Uchiha.
Subsequently.
In the confrontation with the Konoha higher-ups, for some unknown reason, the Konoha higher-ups backed down.
The Anbu and Root surrounding the entire Uchiha were withdrawn, and then Uchiha Jin gained more support based on this.
Subsequently.
The assassination war between Uchiha Jin and Danzo escalated. The Radical Faction took precautions early, so almost no one was assassinated; but Fugaku chose to trust Sarutobi Hiruzen, which led to heavy losses for the Moderate and Neutral factions killed by Danzo.
It was precisely because of this.
Most people chose the Radical Faction, and Fugaku completely became a commander without soldiers.
After mastering the entire Uchiha, Uchiha Jin used the Police Force as a springboard. After a fierce battle with the Konoha higher-ups, it finally ended with the Konoha higher-ups admitting defeat.
Uchiha Jin, who got the clan grounds back, naturally had his prestige rise to another level.
As for the current village?
Because of the Police Force's slacking off, the Anbu reluctantly chose to accept it, and now the Anbu's reputation also stunk.
The Konoha higher-ups had no solution!
It seemed that a big battle took place in the Forest of Death a few days ago, but because Nara Shikaku's rank was not high enough, he didn't know the specific situation.
In short...
Nara Shikaku made no comments, just briefly told Jiraiya what he 'should' know.
Other things? Don't know!
If you want to know, go investigate yourself.
On the other side.
Jiraiya became more serious as he listened, and his face began to get worse and worse. He felt the difficulty of Uchiha Jin.
Although his teacher was inhumane, his methods were quite good.
Being able to force his teacher to this point without using any force was enough to show Uchiha Jin's extraordinary nature.
After pondering for a moment: "A few more questions!"
"Please speak." Nara Shikaku nodded.
Jiraiya spoke: "The Police Force is inactive; did the Hokage just endure it like this?"
"The Police Force has its own explanation." Nara Shikaku said slowly: "Considering there were too many complaints, they adopted legal procedures, which of course takes a lot of time."
"For example, if you beat me up and I sue you, the Police Force needs to investigate, right?"
"Is there anyone to testify? Is there any physical evidence? How serious is the injury?"
"For witnesses, statements need to be recorded, but civilians are unwilling to cause trouble, afraid of retaliation after the arrested person gets out of prison."
"Physical evidence? Even harder!"
"Where can ordinary civilians find physical evidence? To verify injuries, one has to go to the Konoha Hospital and get an injury report."
"In short, the process is quite troublesome, and dragging it out for a year or a half is very easy."
"After all, the Police Force doesn't just have this one case. If you want to wait for the Police Force to handle it, then you wait slowly. It's estimated that the Police Force won't be able to handle it until you die."
"But, it's legal!"
Jiraiya was dumbfounded hearing this, standing there silly.
Good heavens!
This—works too?
Subsequently.
He asked several questions carefully, and Nara Shikaku answered them all of course.
However...
Jiraiya couldn't listen anymore later on.
Because he heard the public opinion war between the two sides, and heard the rumors spread by the Uchiha even more.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's improper ascension, conspiracy theories about Nawaki, Dan Kato, Sakumo, and others, and deliberately killing Namikaze Minato just to regain power himself, the Senju and Uzumaki clans being exterminated by conspiracy...
Hearing these, Jiraiya's heart almost jumped out!
Immediately following was bone-chilling coldness.
He had thought about his teacher being inhumane, but thinking carefully now, if these rumors were all true, then Sarutobi Hiruzen was too much of a bastard, right?
Of course.
What terrified Jiraiya even more was that Uchiha Jin hadn't played all his cards yet.
He just spread some cases that happened long ago and the parties involved were long dead, but for things where the parties were still alive, Uchiha Jin still held them in his hand, ready to fire!
For example—
Uzumaki Naruto's life experience, the village's dark experiments...
Thinking of this, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle!
Besides that.
He also completely figured out the reason for Kakashi's revenge. The rumors spread by the Uchiha were simply heartbreaking.
Any normal person would rather die than not take revenge.
Otherwise.
Even if he seemed alive, he was actually dead.
Jiraiya could understand Kakashi's behavior.
But, the problem was...
What to do?
Even knowing Uchiha Jin's methods, he couldn't think of a way now.
So.
At this moment, Jiraiya was obviously even more worried!
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