Chapter 733

Pressure, of course, there was! But Orochimaru had a unique way of relieving pressure.

Recalling the painful wails of the Rain ninjas when the poisonous snake bit the captured Rain ninjas last night, Snake Uncle felt much lighter in his heart.

Don't forget, Orochimaru is a pervert.

Uh, ever since Tsunade went over yesterday, Jiraiya seemed to have let go of a lot.

But facts proved that when Orochimaru saw Tsunade today, Tsunade's pressure hadn't weakened in the slightest.

What exactly happened overnight? To make Tsunade look like a different person.

Most importantly, a ring, the meaning it symbolizes is no small matter...

Orochimaru's eyes flickered, patrolling around the tent.

Finally, he placed his vision on a man with light blue long hair.

Kato Dan!

A member of Konoha's small ninja clan, Kato, who possessed a special "soul out of body" bloodline.

His strength, as well as the power behind him, were both quite good, and plus he didn't look bad; he seemed to be a good object to start a romance with.

Could it be him?

Orochimaru analyzed crazily in his heart, and the desire for "eating melons" and "gossip" was also constantly expanding.

According to what he knew, Konoha's high-level and Senju's high-level seemed to want to match Kato Dan and Tsunade together.

"Hmm, indeed much stronger than Jiraiya..."

Looking at the "talented" Kato Dan, then looking at the unkempt Jiraiya, Snake Uncle commented in his heart as if it were true.

On the other side, Kato Dan looked at Orochimaru's "gloomy" gaze and revealed an awkward but polite smile.

Orochimaru's "perversion," who in Konoha didn't know?

Being stared at by Orochimaru all the time was not a good thing.

Kato Dan's heart tightened.

But this worry didn't last long.

Soon, when he turned to see the dazzling Tsunade, a hint of heat and obsession flashed in his eyes again.

Conversely, Tsunade, the moment she saw Kato Dan, a hint of disgust flashed in the depths of her eyes.

Clearly, after experiencing the matter in the Land of Iron, the three words "Kato Dan" had completely entered Tsunade's blacklist.

With Tsunade's wisdom, how could she not see Kato Dan's intentions?

Tsunade, who had already given her body and mind to Mizunuki Ryosuke, just seeing Kato Dan's gaze made her feel a sense of disgust in her heart.

But after all, both sides were Konoha ninjas, and as a commander, Tsunade had to pay attention to her influence in the hearts of Konoha ninjas.

And Kato Dan's identity was also very sensitive, so Tsunade couldn't directly teach Kato Dan a lesson, so she could only let it go for now.

"Alright, since everyone is here, let's begin."

"I gathered everyone here because I intercepted a piece of intelligence."

"According to the intelligence, in the southern mountains of the Land of Rain, there is a cluster of Rain ninjas hiding there."

"It's just that the reliability of the intelligence is very average, so now I've gathered everyone here to seek your opinions on what measures should be taken."

Orochimaru didn't talk nonsense and directly announced the purpose of the meeting.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, these three commanders, each managed a part of the affairs, and intelligence had always been Orochimaru's responsibility.

Hearing this, everyone in the seats looked at each other, frowning and remaining silent.

The Konoha ninjas in the seats were basically high-level ninjas who held a portion of power; one could clearly see that apart from the Sannin who were commanders, members of Konoha's ninja clans such as Inuzuka, Aburame, Kurama, and even the Sarutobi clan of Hiruzen Sarutobi were all present, and many of them were clan leaders who had come in person.

Overall, this Konoha ninja unit led by the Sannin could be called a gathering of heroes even within Konoha.

And the reason these elite members of the ninja clans appeared on this battlefield was also out of response to Hiruzen Sarutobi's war strategy.

It was clear that Hiruzen Sarutobi, in order to help the Sannin win, had also used all his strength to gather a group of elites for the Sannin.

"What else is there to say?"

"We should just take people and kill them directly."

Before anyone else could speak, Jiraiya said first, a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes.

Hearing this, Tsunade frowned.

Orochimaru had already said that the accuracy of the intelligence was very "average," meaning this piece of intelligence was unreliable, and it might even be a fake message deliberately released by the Rain ninjas.

Perhaps the so-called "Rain ninja cluster" was just a trap used to trick Konoha ninjas into taking the bait.

Attacking rashly would likely lead to falling into the enemy's trap.

Not only Tsunade, but most of the people in the seats thought of this possibility, and their eyes revealed a hint of hesitation.

"Not appropriate, what if it's a trap?"

Tsunade denied Jiraiya's proposal, her expression very serious.

"But if we don't do this, we don't have any other good way in the current situation, do we?"

Jiraiya said gloomily, and his words made everyone fall into complete silence.

Jiraiya's words also revealed the biggest dilemma Konoha encountered in the Land of Rain.

That is—Konoha simply couldn't find the main force of the Rain ninjas.

Undoubtedly, the Land of Rain was the home field of the Rain ninjas.

Ever since Hanzo of the Salamander changed his war strategy, he had completely brought the home-field advantage of the Rain ninjas to the extreme.

Hanzo of the Salamander abandoned the Rain Village and instead led the Rain ninjas to hide in the Land of Rain to fight a Mobile Corps Commander war.

And because they occupied the geographical advantage of the home field, the Rain ninjas knew all kinds of environments within the Land of Rain like the back of their hands, and hiding was effortless.

In this respect, Konoha ninjas were naturally far inferior to Rain ninjas.

And the Rain ninjas only acted on a small scale, launching operations against Konoha ninjas in the way of "assassination," and even the largest cluster would not exceed a hundred people.

This led to Konoha being exhausted because they were constantly being contained.

They had no choice but to choose to disperse personnel and counterattack the small groups of Rain ninjas in the way of "squad against squad" or even "one-on-one."

Such passive counterattacks, of course, could not advance the progress of the war.

This was also the biggest problem Konoha encountered in the Land of Rain.

Now, having finally received news of a Rain ninja cluster, if they didn't take the initiative to act, were they just going to let it pass?