Chapter 891

"The higher-ups want us to take advantage of this period and immediately transfer Little Jue to the daimyo of the Water Country's hiding place."

To tell the truth, Jiraiya had long anticipated that the daimyo's residence would meddle in this mission, but what he hadn't expected was that the group of advisors who hung around the daimyo mooching food and drink would propose such a foolish suggestion, and the key point was the daimyo actually agreed!

The worst possibility was now behind them, beyond the detection range of Lin Cheng's Byakugan.

If they followed the trackers from the Mist ninja and obeyed these idiots' orders, bringing Little Jue to the daimyo's hiding place, that Mizukage would probably laugh himself awake in his sleep!

"Is this the plan proposed by that fool? Didn't the Fourth Hokage make any comment on it, and what did the Elder Council say?" Jiraiya was even pinning his hopes on the Elder Council now. Even though he didn't particularly enjoy dealing with those people on a regular basis, at this moment he sincerely hoped to hear some feedback from them.

"Before this, the Elder Council had already gone to the Capital of Fire to negotiate with the daimyo about this incident..." The Leaf Anbu reporting in was wearing a mask, but Jiraiya could still imagine that the other party must be wearing a troubled expression at this moment.

"From the first day they entered the daimyo's residence, the reception desk notified us that since the meeting would last several days, the elders would rest at the daimyo's residence for a few days."

"Bah, still playing tricks at a time like this!" Jiraiya slammed the table hard. Just how much more blood do these ninja have to shed before these people stop their scheming? He glanced subconsciously at Little Jue nearby, who was happily playing with Lin Cheng. Jiraiya felt that if he really did as those people said, even if that loli didn't end up hurt in the end, he would never be able to forgive himself for what he'd done...

"So what do you plan to do, Jiraiya? Obey this order and send Little Jue to a hiding place we don't even know the location of?" Xiao Mei couldn't care less about all that. She already belonged to the type basically detached from Konoha's establishment, and even from the Land of Fire, so this clearly purposeful order was directly rejected by her.

"To be honest, I don't really care about your choice, but if your final decision puts Young Yuanzi in danger, I will spare no effort to take her away."

Since the Third Great War, Konoha's leadership had been in a huge power vacuum. Even though Mizuna had done her best to handle every matter, there was always an invisible force interfering, and even with the Third Hokage helping to share the burden, it was to no avail.

Xiao Mei, whose mind had never been on Konoha's upper echelons, had always assumed it was the all-powerful Elder Council in Konoha causing trouble. But this time, that group of elders recognized by many as stubborn old fossils had actually been detained by the daimyo's residence.

If so, there was probably another undiscovered obstruction in the Land of Fire, in Konoha village.

"I want to stay with them. Until I confirm Little Jue is safe, I won't let him slink away!" Young Yuanzi shook her head vigorously. Of course she wouldn't say that, although she did indeed have the intention of winning over Little Jue, her greater desire was to spend more time with Lin Cheng, whom she felt she'd met far too late.

Before this side was even dealt with, Zabuza, who had been acting as background all this time, actually came to cause trouble too.

"I suppose the Mist ninja forces will need a long time to regroup, so there's no reason for White Zetsu to continue acting with you." Zabuza was very curious about Young Yuanzi's identity. Before this, he had already been endlessly annoyed by Yuki no Koku Bi, who wanted to take away his most satisfactory tool, White. If only he could beat her.

But ever since this little girl called Young Yuanzi appeared, he noticed Yuki no Koku Bi's attention seemed to have shifted away from White. Since Yuki no Koku Bi had already stated she wanted to take that young but exceptionally fierce girl away, didn't that explain everything?

"Don't try to muddy the waters, Zabuza. White is mine, no question." Xiao Mei saw right through Zabuza's tricks at a glance. She glared at Zabuza without any concealment and said: "Even if White leans more toward you, that's only temporary. I don't want such a pure, flawless flower to wither in your hands."

"Hmph, didn't expect you to be a flower lover. I wonder who it was that didn't spare her own kekkei genkai, turning vast stretches of jungle and grassland into permafrost."

Even though he couldn't beat the other in terms of strength, he couldn't concede verbally either. Zabuza was unmoved by the pressure Xiao Mei exerted, and immediately fired back with cold mockery. White, standing to the side, watched the two of them at daggers drawn, at a loss for what to do. Soft-hearted as she was, she didn't want either Zabuza or Xiao Mei to get hurt, but she didn't know how to dissuade them.

Watching the team about to fall apart, Jiraiya's head was splitting with pain. He was very bad at handling this kind of situation. He figured if Orochimaru or Mizuna were here, it would be a completely different scene.

"Lord Jiraiya, before I came, Lord Danzo actually said one more thing."

Just as everyone's heated argument had reached an impasse, the Leaf Anbu delivering the intel deliberated for a moment, carefully choosing a silent gap to speak.