Escape From Konoha

Ayane's attitude was left aside, because even if this guy was angry, he would only put a smile on his face, leaving people completely confused as to whether she was angry or didn't mind at all.

Because of this, she is, in a way, more dangerous than Liuli.

Liuli is very simple, happiness and anger can be directly expressed on her face.

She was really angry at the moment, and she was furious.

It's really hard for Shiraishi to predict what terrible things will happen if he doesn't give a reasonable explanation.

The live dragon clone on Shiraishi's shoulder also felt a solemn atmosphere brewing in this house, like a storm was coming, and it started to squirm along Shiraishi's back as if it was none of its business. Slowly crawl to the ground, away from this smoke-filled battlefield.

Shiraishi-sama’s emotional life is really colorful. Huo Piao sighed deeply in his heart.

"Well, what's wrong with you two? There's no need to welcome me back with such a scary expression."

Shiraishi tried to ease the depressing atmosphere trapped in the quagmire.

Hearing Baishi's clumsy excuse, Liuli snorted coldly: "I'm sorry to say that you disappeared for more than a week in total and left without saying a word. If you don't come back, I really think you have completely disappeared."

"That's right, Mr. Shiraishi, do you know how much trouble you have caused us by leaving here suddenly? You have also disrupted the order of our work, and we have to worry about your safety."

Ayane was also scolding Shiraishi.

Shiraishi can probably imagine how anxious Ruri and Ayane were during this time after he left.

After all, he is usually in charge of things. Liuli is responsible for security and extermination, and Ayane is responsible for supervision. Letting the two of them take over their own work does make them feel a little confused.

"I'm not a child, so there's no need to worry about my safety. But now that I'm back, I'll be more careful next time."

The main reason was that his trip to the wet bone forest was too abrupt. After all, it was the living snake that used counter-spiritual techniques to summon him there, and it had nothing to do with Baishi's own will.

His original idea was to summon a clone of the living dragon to learn about the situation in the wet bone forest before making a decision whether to go to the wet bone forest.

Unexpectedly, after he signed a contract with the living snake in a tricky way, the living snake directly channeled him to Shigu Forest, without having time to explain the matter to Liuli and Ayane.

In addition, there is a natural environment for cultivating immortal magic in the Shiggy Bone Forest, and it took several days to learn the healing magic of the living dragon, so he could not get back in a short time.

"Then this is from Shigulin..."

Ayane looked at the silent viper on the side.

Liuli also turned her attention and looked at the live beetle with interest.

"Ah, yes, it is a clone of Immortal Slug of the Shiggy Bone Forest. This time he came with me because he has important matters to deal with. Normally you can just call it Living Slug. This is its name."

Shiraishi introduced the identity of the living snake to the two.

"Good afternoon both of you."

The soft and waxy sound of the live dragon rang out.

Because it was their first meeting and they were not very familiar with each other, Liuli and Ayane just nodded to the living creature as a greeting.

Compared with the newly arrived psychic beasts like the living dragon, those stupid sons and daughters know the basics better.

"You two came here together. Do you want to see me for anything?"

Shiraishi asked.

The two people's previous look of attacking the enemy did scare Shiraishi a bit.

"I mainly came to see the situation on your side, and the group of trainee medical ninjas have now arrived safely in the Land of Fire by sea. They should enter Konoha now. In addition, the third generation of Sunagakure Village Kazekage, through spy operations in each village, has been confirmed to have disappeared before the start of the Third Ninja War. The reason for the disappearance is unknown, and the possibility of being assassinated cannot be ruled out."

Liuli briefly explained the matter.

After all, the disappearance of Feng Ying, one of the Five Kages, is not a trivial matter, and Liuli can't think of anyone who can take away Feng Ying, one of the Five Kages in the contemporary era, without any noise. This kind of thing is simply unheard of.

"Have you settled down yet?"

Shiraishi was a little surprised. Originally, Kazekage's disappearance was still speculation by all parties.

Now it is confirmed that Feng Ying disappeared before the war. In other words, various countries have obtained the definite evidence of Feng Ying's disappearance, otherwise it would not be possible to make such a conclusion.

Of course, it could also be a trick set up by Sunagakure, but this possibility is unlikely.

"However, after the Kazekage disappeared, Sunagakure still had the guts to launch a war against Konoha. He was really brave."

Ruri experienced the power of the Sunagakure ninja personally during the Second Ninja War.

In terms of comprehensiveness, it is not at the same level as Konoha.

There are endless blood successors and secret ninjas in Konoha, but it is not only the top ninjas who are the powerful force that shocks all countries.

These blood successors and secret ninjas may have a certain gap in individual strength from the top ninjas, but when calculated as a unit of ninja clan, they are more intimidating than individual powerful ninjas.

This is how the Uchiha clan's reputation was achieved.

Whether it is an individual or a clan of ninjas, as long as they can serve as a guarantee to intimidate others, that is strength.

After losing a top ninja like the Third Kazekage, Sunagakure still had the courage to launch a war against Konoha, which really surprised Ruri.

"That's not courageous. If Feng Ying didn't disappear, it was planned for a long time. If Feng Ying disappeared accidentally, it was just a helpless move."

"have no choice?"

"Instead of fighting for the position of the Fourth Kazekage for the people of your own village and killing each other, it is better to divert internal conflicts as much as possible and use the achievements of attacking Konoha to determine the Fourth Kazekage's position. The candidate. It not only avoids internal cannibalism, but also makes the previous plan not in vain. Even if the third Kazekage loses, the equipment of Sunagakure Village must be better than Konoha's hasty response."

Shiraishi lamented that there are capable people among Sunagakure.

To be able to react so quickly, the top ninjas of the five major countries have their own set of benchmarks for war acumen and the direction of the situation.

Naturally, these people cannot be underestimated.

Even the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, whom Shiraishi does not like, will not comment on other aspects, but in terms of the balance of the situation, it has indeed stabilized the situation in Konoha, although this balance of the environment was achieved at the expense of other ninjas. of stability.

Sunagakure's idea is that instead of dying because of internal friction, it is better to let these people die directly with the Konoha ninjas. This not only determines the candidates for the fourth Kazekage, but also weakens Konoha's strength and gets what he needs. Interests.

It was probably the decision made by Sunagakure's Chiyo siblings.

These two people have been Kazekage's right-hand men since the days of the Second Kazekage Samana. When the Third Kazekage came to power, they spared no effort to assist the Third Kazekage and strengthen Sunagakure's power.

Now that the third generation of the Kazekage is missing, the Chiyo siblings, who are nearly fifty years old, have missed the best age to compete for the Kazekage, and naturally will not compete with young people for the Kazekage position.

It is reasonable to use war to gain merit as the fourth generation Kazekage's promotion path.

"Who are the current candidates for the Fourth Kazekage?"

Shiraishi asked.

"Based on the uncertain information, it seems to be Sunagakure Jonin Rasa."

"Rasa? Is that the Sand Jounin who controls Magnet Release and Sand Gold? He is very powerful and possesses the special ninjutsu to suppress Ichibi Shukaku. Not surprisingly, the Fourth Kazekage is him."

To become the Five Kage, the tailed beast is a threshold that must be crossed in the past.

Rasa has strong strength, and his ninjutsu also has a great restraint effect on the one-tailed Shukaku. He is also a jounin that the third generation Kazekage respects and trusts. As long as he achieves enough achievements in this war and becomes the fourth generation Kazekage, There shouldn't be any twists and turns.

Shiraishi couldn't tell you everything about famous ninjas from various countries, but he had heard of some of their deeds.

Rasa from Sunagakure, and Ye Cang, the Burning Release ninja, etc.

Kirigakure's seven ninja swordsmen.

Yellow Earth, son of Iwagakure's Tsuchikage, and Kuri, the blaster ninja.

The son of the Third Raikage of Kumogakure, the rap expert Kirabi.

These people are all powerful ninjas who have become famous in the ninja world in recent years.

A person like Shiraishi, a Konoha chuunin who had been unknown before, was not on the same level at all.

But as he became Konoha's S-class defector ninja, Shiraishi felt that his reputation should be quite big.

Although at the Chunin level, it is a bit of an eyesore no matter how you look at it.

"Speaking of Sunagakure, I plan to go to the Kingdom of Wind in a while."

Shiraishi pondered for a moment and said to Liuli and Ayane.

"Going to the Kingdom of Wind?"

"There is a dragon vein underground in Loulan, which contains majestic chakra. I plan to use that thing for my own use."

Shiraishi explained.

"Loulan? A place within a country?"

Liuli had naturally heard of Loulan.

Because it is located deep in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind, many people know little about it, but it is also true that this country does not receive much attention.

"I heard that even Sunagakure ninjas who are familiar with the terrain may get lost and die of thirst if they encounter a sandstorm there. Shiraishi-kun, let me go there with you. My Byakugan may be of great use."

Ayane volunteered to follow her.

Liuli's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous light.

"Uh... let's talk about it then, because I don't know much about Loulan yet. Before going, I will send investigators to sneak there to understand the situation in the country before making a decision."

Shiraishi felt that the atmosphere in the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder again, and decided to stabilize the two people first.

Finally, Baishi asked another question, pointing to the large mountain with its head cut off in the distance outside the window and asked: "By the way, what is going on with that mountain? Do you know?"

Ayane touched her lower lip with her finger, tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled slightly and said: "I don't know, maybe a meteorite fell from the sky and just hit there. Shiraishi-kun doesn't want this kind of thing." I don’t mind, it’s nothing serious anyway.”

"It could also be an earthquake."

Liuli added.

"..."

Shiraishi was 100% sure that these two people must have been responsible for the mountain being torn away.

But speaking of which, what kind of ninjutsu caused it? Bai Shi looked at the mountain that had lost its top, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

Even if Ayane's Divine Sky Strike is used continuously, it will not be able to achieve this effect in a short while.

It's not like the trauma caused by the destruction of Liuli's celestial magic type.

Was it caused by the fight between the two? Apart from this, Shiraishi can't think of other possibilities.

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"Jiraiya-sama, the support troops sent from the village have arrived."

Among the main accounts of the Konoha camp, Jiraiya sits here.

Different from what Orochimaru faced, Jiraiya faced an Iwagakure ninja who was no weaker than Sunagakure.

This time, he fought against Iwagakure's Loess and Explosive Release ninjas, winning and losing.

But compared to the Iwagakure ninja who is full of offensive power, he can only passively defend.

The reason is that there is a huge gap in the number of ninjas.

Now when support arrives, the situation should be much better.

"Thanks a lot."

Jiraiya patted the shoulder of the jounin who was reporting the news.

"By the way, Lord Jiraiya, there is another important message to convey."

"What?"

"There seems to be something strange going on over there with Yunyin."

This Konoha Jonin looked serious.

"Kumogakure?"

The nervousness was evident in Jiraiya's voice.

For some reason, the Kumogakure ninjas of the Kingdom of Thunder have always been well-known war madmen in the ninja world.

The Kumogakure ninjas who are keen on martial arts are always searching for powerful ninjutsu in various parts of the ninja world to strengthen themselves, and they also focus on military development. They follow Konoha in the ninja villages of the five major countries.

If they join the battlefield, the situation will undoubtedly become complicated.

At this time, Konoha is already overwhelmed just facing Iwagakure and Sunagakure. If Kumogakure is also involved in Konoha's battlefield, a three-front battle will be carried out, and the pressure on Konoha will be even greater.

"Who are they targeting?"

Jiraiya felt tremendous pressure.

I also regret a little bit that when I was at Miaomu Mountain, I didn't pay attention when learning senjutsu, and as a result, I am still half-assed now.

If the two great immortals of Miaomu Mountain could be channeled and enter the unique immortal mode of Miaomu Mountain, the situation would undoubtedly be much better.

"We don't know for the time being. The ANBU are only aware of some of Kumogakure's movements, but the specific purpose of Kumogakure is still a mystery."

"I understand, go down."

"yes."

After the Jonin left, Jiraiya sat back on the chair, leaned his back on the chair, and let out a long breath.

"War..."

When this war starts, how many people will die?

There was a trace of sadness in Jiraiya's eyes.

Moreover, a shocking collective defection had just occurred in the village, which implicated two wealthy families, Uchiha and Hyuga.

Even the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki and his disciple Minato were implicated.

He also knew about Minato's resurrection from the dead. He didn't know that the sleepy giant toad sage actually had a treasure that could bring people back to life, but the side effects must have been huge.

After the war, he had to go to Miaomu Mountain to thank the old immortal in person.

Minato was his valued disciple, and the great Toad Sento tried his best to save him this time, which made Jiraiya believe that Minato was probably the prophesied son of the Great Toad Sento in his dream, who could bring peace to the ninja world.

Thinking of Minato's usual style and achievements at a young age, Jiraiya also believed that Minato would have the power to change the world in the future.

"Qianba Shiraishi... could he be the terrifying existence in Toad Sage's dream that destroyed the ninja world?"

Jiraiya was thinking of something very long-term.

Chiba Shiraishi...this ordinary Konoha chuunin with an ordinary name has actually been hiding in the village for more than ten years without anyone noticing.

Even Minato died in his hands. If it weren't for the Great Toad Sage, he would probably have lost an outstanding disciple like Minato.

I don't know why, Jiraiya has this premonition, and the premonition is getting stronger and stronger.

This person will be his disciple Minato's lifelong enemy.

The first time I met this person was through Sakumo.

The next information I got to know about this person was through Tsunade.

No matter how you look at him, he is an inconspicuous Konoha ninja.

Jiraiya recalled many things, and in the end he could only sigh helplessly.

Sakumo died, Tsunade avoided the battlefield, and all three of Sakumo's disciples defected and took away some of the Uchiha and Hyuga clan members, causing considerable losses to Konoha.

"Speaking of which, I wonder how they are doing... Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato. I hope they will be safe in this war."

Jiraiya thought of the three orphans he had adopted on the battlefield in the Land of Rain.

I heard before that they planned to do something big in the Country of Rain, and even established a slightly famous organization dedicated to peace in the Country of Rain.

Jiraiya couldn't go to visit them because he needed to sit here to resist the raids of Iwagakure ninjas.

However, now that Sunagakure and Konoha are at war, the Rain Country will definitely be affected by the war.

Jiraiya could not predict what the Rain Country would become in this war.

I can only pray that the three of them can survive safely.

In this era, survival is more important than anything else.

Only by living can we have hope of realizing our dreams.

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Move forward with dreams in mind and pray for peace to the weeping nation.

That was the promise the three of them had made in the past, so the three of them embarked on this vigorous road of peace without hesitation.

In order for peace to come, no matter how difficult or dangerous the front is, their will cannot be shaken.

The dream is ahead, but every step is actually bloody and fighting.

And despair and pain!

——On the battlefield where the rain was pouring, there was the sound of the collision of kunai and shurikens.

The flash of the detonating talisman exploded in an instant, bringing light.

Thunder roared, moving like silver snakes among the dark clouds.

The ninjutsu hit the ninja, and he screamed at the last moment of his life.

Blood-stained weapons, and holes made by ninjutsu and detonating talismans.

Fire boils in the rain.

Thunder and lightning pierced the earthen wall.

The water dragon stirs up turbulent waves and rushes into the enemy's camp, bringing destruction and death.

The sharp wind blade moved forward in the rain, mixed with blood, and roared like a beast.

Sunagakure's ninjas and Konoha ninjas exchanged fire here.

The faces of both sides were full of ferocity and blood, anger and hatred.

At this point in the battle, the reason no longer matters.

In order to survive, for your family, for your country, and to avenge your dead companions, you must send ninjutsu and blades into the enemy's chest.

"Are these powerful ninjas crazy? This is a village where ordinary people still live!"

On the cliff, a group of ninjas wearing black coats witnessed the ninja battle between Sunagakure and Konoha.

They are a ninja organization from the Land of Rain that calls itself "Akatsuki".

The lead ninja's name is Yahiko.

Yahiko looked at the battlefield below in disbelief. In the battlefield, there were many civilians fleeing in panic, crying and wanting to escape from this hell of war.

The ninjas had no intention of killing them, but the flying kunai, flying shurikens, detonating charms, and ninjutsu were all mindless killing tools.

The moment it was thrown out, the civilians had no choice but to leave it to fate.

"Damn it! Why are there civilians here? Didn't these people leave early and take refuge?"

A member of the organization also became anxious.

These civilians involved in the fighting are all their compatriots, civilians of the Kingdom of Rain.

"Go and stop them! If this continues, those civilians will definitely..."

There were also women, old people and children among them. When Yahiko saw this scene, he was angry and had to suppress his anger, knowing that he could not act out of emotion at this time.

Preventing the fighting between the two sides is naturally the best result.

So, Yahiko led Akatsuki's people down from the cliff and went to the core of the battlefield to prevent the battle between Sunagakure and Konoha.

This was a chance encounter involving over a hundred people.

At the beginning, neither the ninjas of Konoha nor Sunagakure expected that the battle would happen so suddenly.

By the time he came to his senses, the battle had already happened.

"Wait a minute, we are Amegakure's ninjas, and there are civilians here. Please stop your fighting behavior immediately!"

When Yahiko rushed over, he immediately shouted to the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure.

But his shouts had no effect. The faces of the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure were only crazy and ferocious. The blood in the air stimulated their bodies and made their brains almost blank.

Take up arms and kill the enemy, this is their only idea.

Although I have been taught that during war, I am not allowed to attack civilians...but I still need to abide by it if I have the ability.

It is a war anyway, and it is normal for civilians to be affected.

The Country of Rain is not a powerful country, and the daimyo are corrupt and incompetent, so it is impossible to denounce their faults.

Because they all know that if their blades hesitate, they will die on the battlefield.

For the sake of these civilians who are not from your own country, if you stop the blade that can kill the enemy, you can know the answer without thinking.

"No, they won't listen at all!"

Angry at their nonsense, but weakness is the original sin, and they, the Akatsuki, dare not intervene in such a battle.

Maybe he will be killed by the crazy Konoha and Sunagakure ninjas who jointly target him.

"Go get the civilians out first! Move quickly!"

Seeing that his words were of no use to these ninjas, Yahiko immediately changed his mind and first saved the innocent civilians of the Rain Country.

Everyone in Akatsuki is a very powerful ninja. If they fight against ninjas like Konoha and Sunagakure, they may be completely defeated, but saving civilians is still relatively easy.

After all, the civilians who did not escape from the core battlefield were already dead, so there was no need to take risks.

The civilians who can survive are all on the edge of the battlefield. If they are taken out carefully, there will be no problem.

A red-haired boy from Akatsuki also witnessed what Yahiko saw, and quietly clenched his fists, with anger and sadness in his eyes.

Among the Akatsuki, he rescued the most civilians, more than a dozen, including two children.

One of the children's right arm was affected by the explosion of the detonating talisman. It was already bloody. He was crying in the rain and was treated by the medical ninja inside Akatsuki.

"These big country beasts have no mercy! I really want to kill them!"

Akatsuki's medical ninja showed indignation, hating these powerful ninjas.

But he also knew that it was not realistic to kill these powerful ninjas, and if the matter was exposed, they would suffer crazy revenge from the other side.

The ones who will suffer then will still be these unarmed civilians of the Country of Rain.

Yahiko patted the man's shoulder, turned to the red-haired boy and said, "Sorry to trouble you, Nagato."

The red-haired boy named Nagato shook his head, indicating that it was nothing serious.

Yahiko walked up to a rescued civilian and picked up a piece of his food to give to him. This place was some distance away from the battlefield, so there was no need to worry about being affected by the battle.

Yahiko looked at the villager in confusion: "I remember that an evacuation order was issued before. Why haven't you left yet?"

The villagers stared at Yahiko's young and energetic face with dull eyes, and said numbly: "Escape? Where to take refuge? In this country, either ninjas are fighting or bandits are rampant. Where can we take refuge?"

It was the look of a hopeless person, with numbness and despair on his face.

Yahiko was stunned in the rain, silent.

The patter of rain seemed to hit Yahiko's heart. Looking at the gloomy sky, he was surrounded by endless chill.

(PS: In the three battles, the protagonist and Madara are a hidden line, and Nagato is an exposed line. Let me mention it here.

In addition, don’t go to the Genshin weapon pool. After three wolves, a Goma Staff came out. I felt the pain of Nagato carrying a bag of rice on the second floor...)