Chapter 120: Special Training, Internal Affairs and War Room

Chapter 120: Special Training, Internal Affairs and War Room

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Jiraiya's training started much like his past short session on Mount Myboku.

The Nature Energy bubble around him was just as thick despite the fact that the Nature Energy around them was considerably thinner... Well, at least that was what Jiraiya had thought at first.

But after a few seconds, the Nature Energy in the surrounding area seemed to skyrocket.

It wasn't long before the Sannin realized that the spike in Energy was all coming from Ken.

He alone was enriching the Nature Energy in that random forest and allowing it to reach the level of Mount Myboku.

Now, it wasn't exactly shocking that Ken was able to do that.

His office was also pretty much filled with Nature Energy since he was there a lot. Many places that Ken frequented within the Compound were the same.

They certainly held more Nature Energy than places in other villages. But that was just the energy that radiated from Ken's body subconsciously as he blended into the environment around him.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

None of the places within the Dark Brotherhood Compound were to the level that Jiraiya was feeling now.

'I guess it's something else entirely when he does it on purpose...'

It was intimidating for the fledgling sage, but he knew that it was certainly going to assist with training.

The training proceeded the same way that Jiraiya was already familiar with.

He was allowed to play around with a wisp of energy. Ken's palm was firmly planted on his back, encouraging him to experiment in safety.

And needless to say, Jiraiya certainly felt safe.

His teacher had absolute control over Nature Energy at the end of the day, it was completely different from his training with the Toads, who needed a stick to beat Nature Energy out of him when he screwed up.

Ken also had the stick tied to his belt, just in case. But Jiraiya was also well aware he could simply suck the Nature Energy out of him at a moment's notice, just like he had done in the past.

Slowly but surely, Ken allowed the Sannin to experiment with more and more Nature Energy, to gain control over more of it in a perfect environment.

Although the Sannin was supposedly talented, he was still starting to sweat when he felt that energy within him.

It was just as violent as he remembered it, the only difference now was that it wasn't rushing into his body at great speeds and threatening to turn him into a motionless statue.

Hours passed, and Jiraiya wasn't any closer to being able to control the blob of energy within him.

Ken sighed as he eventually took his palm off the Sannin's back, extracting the energy at the same time.

Jiraiya gave a long exhale, his entire body was filled with sweat, and his eyes were weary and tired.

"Next time you will try to enter sage mode naturally, and I will help balance the Nature Energy with the Chakra within your body." The Blind Monster's words echoed throughout the small clearing they were in.

Ken slowly sat up and cracked his neck, his hair swaying from side to side as he then wordlessly walked back towards the compound.

Jiraiya was left both breathless and speechless.

'He could've done that all along?!? Wouldn't that have been more efficient?'

But he didn't voice out his concerns. He didn't dare to.

Ken was his teacher, and a student was not to object to the methods of his teacher unless they truly didn't respect them. He had learned that the hard way from Hiruzen, who struggled to discipline him properly his entire childhood.

At the end of the day, Jiraiya had still managed to gain a lot more control over Nature Energy thanks to the current training.

He still had a long way to go before he could actually control it enough to balance it with his own chakra, but he was still closer than before.

And he was bound to get even closer as long as Ken kept training him.

Needless to say, despite having to sleep in the woods, things were looking up for the Sannin.

Not so much for Danzo back in the leaf.

Things were still rather quiet. Hiruzen was still taking his time investigating after he was tipped off by Ken.

In all fairness, it would take a while for him to actually start a formal investigation on Danzo, for now, he was just being cautious and keeping an eye out while the bodies of the would-be Jinchuriki kidnappers were still getting studied.

Hiruzen did notice that the process was taking a lot faster than expected, and this made him even more suspicious.

Danzo did have influence over most affairs within the Leaf, and it seemed that he was, for some reason, delaying the results of the autopsy.

'I guess it's fair to say that they won't be accurate... I'd ask Tsunade to do it since I can trust her, but we aren't on the best terms currently...'

Tsunade was, by far, the best Medical Shinobi in Konoha, but she was currently still grieving the loss of both her younger brother Nawaki and her lover, Dan Kat.

Besides that, the unfortunate and bloody death of her lover seemed to have made her somewhat afraid of seeing blood.

"But of course..."

And while they were having that conversation, Danzo was already well onto his goal...

The 'Personal Business' he was tending to was nothing more than a large-scale meeting.

A gigantic room, it was occupied by a large number of stone chairs which formed a circle around a huge clearing.

On those chairs sat down the Kage of most of the Small Villages in the vicinity of the Land of Iron and beyond. The Kazekage and a representative for the Tsuchikage were also present.

Besides that, there were the heads of many clans as well. Every leader present brought with them at least one bodyguard as well, so the large room was filled up quickly.

And among them stood Danzo, masked and with two of his root anbu with him.

All of them wore masks, even the Kazekage and the Kage from the smaller villages. Of course, Danzo was still able to recognize all of them.

And he was sure that they recognized each other.

But the one that had called the War Room meeting had made it clear. All of those that were present were to wear masks.

No one, not even Danzo himself had any clue who had called all of them there.

Danzo just knew that one of his root agents had intercepted a message that was meant for him.

It showed that the person sending that message had a lot of information on Konoha's state of affairs, and it gave Danzo a nice proposal too.

Helping him cover up his most recent mistake, and helping him get rid of Ken, who was bound to become a headache in the future. Though he already was one.

Of course, Danzo was no fool. He knew that something shady was going on. He had already been on the scene for decades.

Still, his current situation made it difficult for him to refuse such an offer. And that was how he found himself there...

At the creation of a large Shinobi Alliance, not as a representative of the Leaf, but as a representative of the Root, an organization he had created to protect the Leaf from the shadows.

'But who was it? Who has the power and influence to convince this many people to gather up in one place?

Just weeks before, they were all at each other's throats, yet now they are seemingly waiting together and considering an alliance...'

Danzo was pondering the identity of their mysterious host, something strange happened.

The entire room shook, and immediately everyone stood up from their seats and jumped back.

The first thought in everyone's mind was that they had fallen into a trap.

Danzo was still calm however, he had expected something like that to happen. What he didn't expect was for a large pillar of stone to rise in the middle of the room.

The earth parted as the finger appeared, it gave the leader of the Root a very eerie feeling.

He gulped as he then noticed something else...

A projection appeared right on top of that finger. A shadow figure of a tall man with spiky long hair.

But what stood out the most were his eyes... Oh god, his eyes.

Just seeing them made the hair on Danzo's back stand straight. Those eyes were an enigmatic kaleidoscope of otherworldly design.

The man's pupils, instead of conventional circles, were a haunting, ethereal fusion of concentric, interlocking circles that seemed to pierce the very fabric of reality.

These ghostly rings radiated a pale, otherworldly violet hue, resembling the dim luminescence of a distant, dying star.

And just as everyone in the room was taking in those details, their backs filling with sweat, a deep and aged voice sounded out from that figure.

"Greetings... It would seem that my appearance has startled you all."

Suddenly, it all clicked to Danzo.

'I see... He gathered everyone here. To think a man with such power still existed in this world...'

And just like that, the host of the War Room made an appearance. And the meeting officially started.

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Btw, Nagato still has the Rinnegan in this verse, and he's already well into forming the Akatsuki. But this will be explained later on as well

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