"Let's go."
Danzo glanced at Jiraiya and the Anbu members standing behind him and said in a cold voice.
Although Jiraiya now has many ninjas with him, he still has many ways to separate Jiraiya from them.
It didn't affect him killing Jiraiya at all.
Danzo then set off with the Root ninjas, but the Anbu members did not move at all, as if they did not hear what Danzo said.
"Set off."
Jiraiya said calmly.
Only Anbu ninjas have actions.
The ninjas who work in Anbu will not listen to Danzo's orders.
Will only follow orders from Jiraiya and the Hokage.
The town they were going to attack had an iron mine that could be used to make various ninja tools. It was an extremely important town to the Rain Country.
If Konoha wants to take it down, it will definitely lose a lot of ninjas.
But no matter how difficult it is, that town must be taken down.
Because as long as they take down that town, Konoha will be able to support itself through war.
When launching a large-scale war, what is actually being fought is the economic strength and various resources of each village.
War consumes a lot of resources, and after a ninja dies in battle, pensions must be paid.
Either way it would cost a huge amount of money.
However, if Konoha can seize the iron mines of the Rain Country, it will be able to utilize the resources of the Rain Country, and the financial pressure will be greatly reduced.
Whenever a large-scale war is launched, towns rich in resources will be the first places the enemy will attack.
Their mission this time is to capture this town.
Of course, for an important town like this, the defense of the Rain Country must be very strong.
It would be very difficult to defeat the Anbu led by Jiraiya and the Root led by Danzo alone, especially since the two of them are not on good terms with each other. Once a war breaks out, there is a high possibility that they will stab each other in the back.
Jiraiya and Danzo both knew it well.
Jiraiya planned to kill Danzo before attacking the town to avoid being stabbed in the back when a conflict broke out with the Rain Country Ninja.
Jiraiya believed that Danzo must have the same plan.
Anyway, after completing this mission, only one of him and Danzo can return to the village, and the other must die outside.
Danzo and Jiraiya were on their way at their fastest speed.
They didn't slow down until they entered the territory of the Rain Country.
Because in the Land of Rain, if you move quickly, you will most likely run into a trap set by the enemy.
After the construction of the fortress was completed, the Fire Nation began to invade the Rain Nation. Naturally, the Wind Nation and the Earth Nation were not willing to lag behind and also sent a large number of ninjas into the Rain Nation.
Therefore, it is impossible for the Rain Country to defend its borders.
Moreover, from the beginning, the Rain Country had no intention of fighting the three major countries on the border. It directly chose to abandon the border, withdraw its troops, guard important towns, and fight a protracted war with the three major countries.
But the Rain Country naturally would not give up the border directly. Their ninjas set up many traps on the border. If you accidentally ran into one, you would definitely lose your life.
The Root Ninjas led by Danzo, and the Ninjas from the Hyuga branch house.
The Byakugan has a very strong detection ability, and ordinary traps cannot be hidden from its detection.
Relying on the Byakugan, they discovered several traps in advance and easily destroyed them.
They traveled for another two days in the Rain Country and finally arrived at Konoha Shinobi, a base established in the Rain Country.
More than 200 Konoha Shinobi have gathered in this base, but most of them are Chūnin, with only a few Jōnin.
The stronghold established by Konoha was not far from the town that Jiraiya and his men were going to attack.
Jiraiya and Danzo came to reinforce them and cooperate with them to attack the Rain Country town ahead.
Jiraiya and Danzo entered the base, and the Konoha Jōnin present immediately came out to greet them.
"Greetings to Elder Danzo, Master Jiraiya."
The three Jōnin in the base said respectfully when they saw Danzo and Jiraiya.
Then he took the two of them to a wooden house.
Danzo entered the room and naturally took the upper seat.
Jiraiya found a random seat and sat down.
"How strong is the defense of Iron Ore City?"
Danzo asked one of the Jōnin.
"There are a total of 500 ninjas stationed in the Rain Country in Iron Ore City. There are eleven Jōnin and two Elite Jōnin. As for whether there are any hidden Jōnin and Elite Jōnin, we cannot be sure now."
"Because the Iron Ore City is now closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave, we cannot go in and carefully explore the intelligence."
The Jōnin who was asked answered.
"What a strong defense."
Jiraiya's eyes flickered slightly as he thought to himself.
The defense of Iron Ore City is stronger than he imagined.
There are no Elite Jōnin in Konoha's temporary base, but the defense of Iron Ore City does have Elite Jōnin, and the ninjas in Konoha cannot sneak into Iron Ore City.
Therefore, all the information they obtained was what the Rain Country wanted them to see.
Jiraiya felt that there must be hidden Jōnin or even Elite Jōnin in the Iron Mine City.
After all, few city defenders would reveal their true troop numbers.
Because the strength shown is weaker, the enemy will send out fewer soldiers.
And it can catch the enemy off guard.
In addition, the Iron Mine City is a very important resource point for the Rain Country and is the focus of their defense.
There is a high possibility of having hidden defenders.
"When will the rest of the troops arrive?"
Danzo asked next.
With just this, the Konoha Shinobi would never be able to capture the Iron Ore City.
Therefore, there will be other Konoha Shinobi coming to this base from the fortress.
"The Uchiha clan, the Hyuga clan, and the Akamichi clan will arrive tomorrow."
One of the Jōnin answered.
The Konoha Shinobi here, including these three Jōnin, are all civilian ninja.
"When I came here, the Hokage-sama had already ordered us to take down the Iron Ore City in the shortest possible time, because the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth have also sent troops to invade the Kingdom of Rain.
They will definitely not miss a place rich in resources like this one.
We must take down this city before they arrive and firmly control it in the hands of our Konoha."
Danzo said in a deep voice.
If we cannot capture this city after a long time, the ninjas from the Wind Country and the Rain Country will surely come over to share a piece of the pie.
During the war, iron ore was an extremely important resource. The casting of various ninja tools all required iron ore.
"Jiraiya, you've been training at Mount Myōboku, and your strength is the best among all of us. You'll need to rest up a bit later, and then go to the Iron Ore City to gather some intelligence."
Danzo said to Jiraiya.