When Hatake Sakumo heard Jiraiya's words, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, although he doesn't know Earth Release Ninjutsu, his power is stronger than you think."
Jiraiya had a black line on his head and said, "Stronger than you?"
Sakumo did not answer this question directly, but glanced at Naito.
Naito said calmly: "Sakumo-sama is better than me."
Jiraiya showed a pained expression on his face.
"No matter how strong you are, if you can't use Earth Release Ninjutsu, there's nothing you can do against those guys. Sakumo-sama, don't the ANBU have any other suitable ninjas?"
Hatake Sakumo's expression became extremely serious. He looked at Jiraiya and said, "He is the most suitable ninja. You have to believe in him."
Jiraiya twitched the corner of his mouth, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Well, since he is good at speed, the support chief can still be useful."
Looking at this scene, Hatake Sakumo added another sentence calmly.
"By the way, Jiraiya, he is only assisting you and can act alone according to his own ideas at any time."
"I see."
Jiraiya nodded.
Of course, ANBU ninjas are directly under the ANBU system. Even if they assist Konoha's jounin or elite jounin in their actions, they do not have the right to directly order the ANBU.
When he and Naito left the headquarters and walked outside the camp, Jiraiya couldn't help but think of Namikaze Minato again.
After the previous attack, Namikaze Minato's performance was extremely outstanding. Any chuunin might have been in a certain death situation, but Namikaze Minato managed to escape unscathed. His strength was enough to become an ANBU ninja.
Thinking of this, another figure appeared in Jiraiya's mind that he hadn't heard from for a long time and his memory was a little blurry. What was his name
Back in the ninja school, that kid was still ahead of Minato Namikaze. Now it seems that it was just a flash in the pan, and he should have been far behind Minato Namikaze.
Jiraiya didn't connect Naito at all with the ANBU ninja who was trusted by Hatake Sakumo and who seemed to have a high status.
Soon, Jiraiya and Naito walked out of the Konoha camp.
Then the two of them sped up.
Jiraiya wanted to test Naito's speed to see if he was really as good at it as Hatake Sakumo said.
As a result, Jiraiya continued to accelerate, and finally increased his speed to the limit.
But next to Jiraiya, Naito followed him unhurriedly. Even when Jiraiya increased his speed to full speed, Naito seemed to have no change and just kept following him.
Looks like he's at ease.
"Sure enough, your speed is very good."
Seeing this scene, Jiraiya couldn't help but praise him, and then slowly slowed down.
While praising him in his heart, Jiraiya couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. If Naito was extremely good at earth escape ninjutsu, he would definitely be the one to restrain the Iwagakure surprise attack force.
Now, even Jiraiya doesn't know how fast he is, but he doesn't know the earth escape ninjutsu. Once those Iwagakure ninjas get into the ground, what's the use of being faster
Along the way, Yu Ye remained silent.
One reason is that Naito doesn't want to talk to Jiraiya. Jiraiya can't help him. Talking to Jiraiya is just nonsense.
Another reason is that Yu Ye is in a bad mood now.
After resting for less than half a day, Yu Ye was forced to deal with some Iwagakure surprise attack troops. Yu Ye felt a little annoyed, so the look in Yu Ye's eyes contained a hint of coldness.
Jiraiya's gaze inadvertently touched Naito's eyes, and his heart trembled inexplicably, slightly shocked.
"This look, this momentum... coupled with the speed just now, this guy is definitely very strong, he should be stronger than me."
Jiraiya's expression became slightly solemn. Although Naito didn't know how to escape from Earth, he couldn't help but respect Naito.
A strong person is respected wherever he goes.
…
The border of the Fire Nation.
After leaving the Kingdom of Rain, the sky gradually became clearer.
Not far from the border of the Country of Fire, there is a small camp in Konoha. This camp was specially established to deal with the Iwagakure surprise attack force and is located on the edge of the Country of Fire.
The Iwagakure surprise attack force did not dare to go deep into the Land of Fire. That would be courting death. Even if they could escape, once the Leaf Village reacted, they could still be easily destroyed.
Therefore, their attacks are usually at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain.
It was when Namikaze Minato was passing through the border that he encountered a sneak attack by the Iwagakure surprise attack force. Almost all the people who were traveling with him died.
Only Namikaze Minato, whose strength was close to that of a jounin and whose mind was extremely superior, finally escaped unscathed.
It was precisely for this reason that Jiraiya was extremely angry. He went straight to the Konoha camp in the Rain Country and slapped the table to ask Hatake Sakumo to find a way or send a team of ANBU to support.
Although due to the war period, Namikaze Minato did not directly become Jiraiya's student, but was temporarily incorporated into the Konoha genin army, Jiraiya had long regarded Namikaze Minato as his disciple.
…
Inside the temporary camp.
A group of ninjas are on standby at any time. Once the Iwagakure surprise attack force emerges from somewhere underground and launches an attack, they must quickly provide support.
At this time, Namikaze Minato was also in the camp.
"Jiraiya-sama."
Seeing Jiraiya and Naito coming in, some ninjas saluted Jiraiya.
Jiraiya nodded, and then asked: "Did those Iwagakure bastards show up again?!"
"Not yet."
A ninja reported to Jiraiya.
Behind Jiraiya, Naito stood there without saying a word from beginning to end, but the faint momentum rising from Naito made all the ninjas present couldn't help but look sideways.
powerful!
Very strong!
Just from this temperament and momentum, you can feel that this ANBU ninja standing behind Jiraiya is very strong.
When he came to the battlefield of World War II, Yu Ye had already experienced many battles, and his aura was almost completely formed. The aura he showed was not the kind of killing and bloody, but a kind of violent and domineering.
Many times, you can tell whether a ninja is good at assassination or frontal combat based on his momentum.
"Jiraiya-sama, this ANBU is..."
"Anbu ninja, code name Tianyu." Jiraiya briefly introduced Yu Ye, and then said: "He is a speed ninja, here to help support, but he is not good at earth escape ninjutsu."
"That's it."
Although the ninjas present shook their heads slightly when they heard that Yu Ye was not good at Earth Release Ninjutsu, they did not dare to show any expression of looking down on Yu Ye.
But behind the crowd, Namikaze Minato looked at Naito's figure and frowned slightly, feeling a vague sense of familiarity.
"This person... seems to have been seen somewhere."
"But it feels really strong."