Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Hatake Sakumo to bring the war with Sunagakure to a swift conclusion, allowing Tsunade to reinforce the battlefield in the Land of Rain. At the same time, he also transferred Jiraiya and Orochimaru to the Land of Rain front to bail out his two teammates.
However, since the three of them were burdened with heavy responsibilities, they could not reach the Land of Rain battlefield immediately. Only Orochimaru's situation was relatively manageable; Shimura Danzo had no choice but to take over Orochimaru's workload for the sake of his two teammates, letting Orochimaru depart first.
There was also a rumor—true or false, no one knew—that upon hearing this news, Tsunade let out a furious curse calling them "good-for-nothing parasites."
Chapter 34