"How about this, it will probably take Jiraiya one or two months to find Tsunade and bring her back. Danzo, you should think about it carefully. Once you've made a decision, send someone to inform me at any time."
Seeing Danzo fall into a dilemma, Li Chuan stood up directly.
Not directly refusing indicated that he was tempted, and as long as he was tempted, the issue was basically not a big one.
Danzo needed a variable to break the Third Hokage's control over the Village, and he was the variable delivered to his doorstep. Even if this variable might have other purposes, in order to bring about change, Danzo had to agree to cooperate with him.
Moreover, this entry had a duration of six months, and it was only the first day. He wasn't in a hurry.
"See Prince off!"
Danzo didn't try to keep Li Chuan from leaving, as he truly couldn't make such an important decision right now.
He needed some time to sort out his thoughts and then send people to thoroughly investigate Li Chuan's intelligence in the Land of Fire's capital.
After leaving the Root Base, Li Chuan didn't go anywhere else and directly used Apparition to return to his residence to sleep.
Although it was only the first day of entry, he had indeed done quite a lot of things today.
Early the next morning, just as he left the mansion, intending to go to the Hokage building to discuss learning Ninjutsu with the Third Hokage, a young man dressed as a merchant suddenly appeared and blocked his path.
"Your Highness, there is urgent intelligence."
The young man respectfully handed a rolled-up paper strip to Li Chuan.
The young merchant was the person in charge of the Chuan Ji store in Sukuba Town, the nearest town to Konoha Village. After receiving the intelligence in the morning, he immediately rushed to Konoha.
There were also various shops within Konoha Village, but generally, besides basic necessities and Ninja-related stores, there weren't many other types of shops. Sukuba Town, on the other hand, was a prosperous town five kilometers away from Konoha Village.
Many Konoha Ninja and villagers would usually go to Sukuba Town if they wanted to go shopping or do some major purchasing.
"I understand."
Li Chuan waved his hand, signaling the young merchant to leave, then walked while opening the paper strip.
After reading it, he couldn't help but shake his head:
"Kakuzu, that guy, it seems I can only send you to meet Hidan ahead of time."
It turned out that Itachi had sent the contents of the akatsuki's meeting last night to the nearest Chuan Ji store. Li Chuan learned that Kakuzu and Tobi might go to the Fire Temple in the near future to kill his first Master, Chiriku.
Putting away the paper strip, Li Chuan continued towards the Hokage building.
After meeting the Third Hokage, they exchanged pleasantries, and the Third Hokage gave Li Chuan several Ninjutsu scrolls, telling Li Chuan to study them himself first and come back to him if he encountered any problems.
The Third Hokage had not yet retired as Hokage and still had a lot of official duties to attend to every day, so he didn't have time to specifically guide Li Chuan in learning Ninjutsu.
Of course, Li Chuan had no objections to this. In fact, he felt that this was the most efficient way to learn.
With his current Ninjutsu level, he really didn't need too much detailed guidance. So many Shadow Clones researching Ninjutsu weren't researching for nothing.
It wasn't too late to ask the Third Hokage for advice if he encountered some more troublesome problems.
So, holding a pile of Ninjutsu scrolls, Li Chuan once again returned to his residence.
However, he wasn't in a hurry to bury himself in studying so quickly. Instead, he first used the teleportation book to return to the Princes Residence, quickly made dozens of Portkeys, and had Kino send them to various Bases.
At the same time, he had Kino personally go to the small town at the foot of the Fire Temple mountain and send people to guard the Fire Temple, reporting any situation to him in a timely manner.
Chiriku's strength was not bad, but against Kakuzu, this old guy with five lives who could use five kinds of high-level elemental Ninjutsu, he basically had no chance of winning.
What's more, there was also the even more powerful Tobi, disguised as Obito.
Although Obito only had one Mangekyo Sharingan, the ability of that eye was spatial, and if one couldn't quickly figure out the characteristics of his ability during the first battle with him, it was easy to be instantly killed.
He also had Hashirama's Wood Release cells in his body, which allowed him to use various powerful Wood Release Ninjutsu and offset the burden brought by the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Seven days later, within a mansion in the Sarutobi compound in Konoha.
Li Chuan was using the advantage of Shadow Clones to quickly learn the elemental Ninjutsu scrolls he had gotten from the Third Hokage these past few days. A slender figure suddenly twisted and appeared in the wardrobe space.
It was Kino who had come through the Portkey set by Li Chuan.
"Your Highness, something has happened at the Fire Temple. Two strange people are fighting with Master Chiriku."
"They actually went."
Li Chuan dispelled all his Shadow Clones, took Kino through the Portkey across space, and instantly appeared in the Chuan Ji store in the small town at the foot of the Fire Temple mountain.
"You go back. Just leave a few people here to keep an eye on things from now on."
After instructing Kino, Li Chuan directly used Apparition and appeared inside the Fire Temple.
At this time, the Fire Temple's Seal iron wall, known as the strongest defense, had been broken by Kakuzu. Chiriku was fighting Kakuzu's five-element composite Ninjutsu at the temple entrance with Fudō Myōō.
However, it was clear that he was already struggling greatly.
And the monks of the Fire Temple, facing this level of battle, couldn't intervene at all and could only gather at the temple entrance, anxious.
"Senior Brother!"
Kong, who was standing at the very back of the group of Senior Brothers, felt someone suddenly appear behind him. When he turned around, he immediately showed a look of pleasant surprise.
And the other monks, hearing this, turned their heads and also showed excited expressions when they saw Li Chuan.
Although Li Chuan didn't stay at the Fire Temple for long, his talent was astonishing. Before, in the temple, besides the Abbot Chiriku, none of the other Senior Brothers were his match in sparring.
So when everyone saw Li Chuan appear, hope suddenly returned to their eyes.
"Don't worry, with me here, Master will be fine."
Seeing this, Li Chuan raised his hand, reassured the monks, and walked to the very front of everyone.
"Is this all you've got? Then you can die. Blame it on being too valuable, and your disciple cheating me out of a lot of money."
Kakuzu pulled back, dodging the red Chakra fists controlled by Chiriku's Fudō Myōō attack. Then three masks grew from his right hand, aimed at the immobile Chiriku:
"Composite Ninjutsu: Final Shot!"
Three masks released Wind Release Chakra, Fire Release Chakra, and Lightning Release Chakra respectively. Then the three nature types of Chakra instantly merged together, transforming into a giant Chakra cannon, shooting directly at Chiriku.
In this short battle, the experienced Kakuzu had already discovered the weakness of Chiriku's Ninjutsu, which was his inability to move.
As long as he released a Ninjutsu powerful enough, he could break through the opponent's special Ninjutsu that was both offensive and defensive, thus resolving the battle in one go.
"Go, Senior! Go, Senior! You're the best, Senior!"
Behind Kakuzu, Tobi, wearing a mask and holding two war fans, was jumping up and down, cheering Kakuzu on.
"Not good!"
Sensing the terrifying Chakra fluctuation coming from Kakuzu's side, Chiriku's eyes widened, and he immediately switched the Fudō Myōō mode, which was mainly responsible for offense, to the Thousand-Armed Kannon mode, which was responsible for defense.
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