Escape From Konoha

The defense line of fire shrinks.

Since the beginning of the year, the Damingfu ninja troops of the Land of Fire, temporarily led by the roots, have been shrinking their front lines.

This method of hiding in the dark and waiting for opportunities made Nagato feel troublesome.

However, Nagato felt relieved when he thought about the leader behind the Damingfu Ninja Force.

Throughout Danzo's life, since the Third Hokage came to power, he has been a ninja in the dark.

Darkness is the area that Root is most familiar with and the area that he is best at.

Although Bai Jue was sent to investigate, only the most peripheral information was detected.

The entire camp is surrounded by a special sensory barrier and is very tightly defended. There are also white-eyed ninjas monitoring it day and night. Under such double insurance, Bai Jue cannot sneak into the root base and investigate any useful information.

But shrinking the front line does not mean that the Fire Nation is afraid of Amegakure. Nagato is self-aware. With the exception of him, there is nothing worthy of the attention of the Fire Nation. Even oneself is just an insignificant role in the eyes of the other party.

"This method of shrinking the front line seems to be secretly storing up something... Do you want to take down Yugakure in one go?"

In the tent at the camp, Nagato frowned and thought.

The stove next to it quietly radiated light and heat, making the cold tent a little brighter and warmer.

A normal war should deal a huge blow to the enemy with minimal sacrifice.

During the Third Ninja War, Konoha demonstrated the strategic miracle of individual tactics.

It also proved the feasibility of such tactics.

The Fourth Hokage, Yellow Flash, single-handedly reversed the unfavorable situation for Konoha in the three battles. He ended the battle with Iwagakure at the speed of light. Then he quickly moved to Yuno Country and faced the Kumogakure ninja troops, allowing Kumogakure to also respond to Yellow Flash. in the name of God.

The reason why this happened was because in these two battles, Yellow Flash won with speed and at the minimum cost, he won for Konoha and became the key figure in Konoha's victory in the Third Ninja War.

Cut off the supply lines and harass individual soldiers, thereby containing the main force on the front and making the main force dare not act rashly.

This is not a tactic unique to Yellow Flash;

During the Second Ninja War, Konoha's White Fang team consisting of four people, Sakumo Hatake, Uchiha Ruri, Hyuga Ayane, and Chiba Shiraishi, had already mastered the very sophisticated methods of destroying a small group of elite forces behind enemy lines. Great tactical and strategic experience.

Their harassment work behind enemy lines even affected the positive balance of power between Ninja Village and Ninja Village, causing Sunagakure to shrink back and dare not fight Konoha head-on.

However, due to the powerful reconnaissance function of the White Eyes, every encirclement and suppression campaign was reversely annihilated by the White Fang team.

Thanks to this, the yellow flash of the White Fang team became even faster and became the master of this type of tactics.

As a result, Konoha's ninja sacrifice rate dropped significantly in the middle of the Third Ninja War, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent battle with Kumogakure.

According to this type of tactics, cutting off supply lines and harassing behind enemy lines with small groups of elite troops are what Konoha is best at.

It stands to reason that Konoha, which has accumulated so much experience, even if it cannot reproduce the glorious achievements of the White Fang Team and Yellow Flash, can still rely on its previous experience accumulation to effectively attack the power of Amegakure.

However, since the Kingdom of Ghosts officially intervened in the Kingdom of Rain, the Kingdom of Fire has been deliberately shrinking its defense line.

Although there are still basic ninja activities, they are to collect intelligence, not to cut off the supplies behind Amegakure, and to harass behind enemy lines... The main mission of Aburame Ryoma, who sneaked into Amegakure's rear, is still to collect intelligence.

This resulted in a series of deployments made by Nagato years ago, all of which were misguided and wasted effort.

"Is it because of Chiba Shiraishi?"

Nagato thought.

Indeed, Yellow Flash is dead, as is Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumoge, but the other three members of the White Fang team are not dead.

Compared with Konoha's statistical theoretical experience, Chiba Shiraishi, as a person who has experienced it personally in the past, is obviously better than Konoha in these fields. He also knows how to use such tactics and set traps.

Perhaps it was because of this that the Fire Nation did not dare to repeat such tactics in the Rain Nation. Firstly, the quality of ninjas in Damingfu was not as good as that of Konoha. Secondly, because of Chiba Shiraishi, they were afraid of being counterattacked.

The intervention of the Kingdom of Ghosts changed the overall strategy of the Kingdom of Fire. Nagato was somewhat depressed when he noticed this.

So, Nagato is a little unsure of what countermeasures Danzo will take next.

Compared with this veteran in the ninja world, his combat experience is still too immature.

Maybe the overall situation is not inferior to the opponent, but when it comes to the detailed arrangements, in the eyes of experienced people, it is a frustrating move full of loopholes.

"Nagato."

Xiaonan walked in from outside, wearing not the Akatsuki organization's red cloud uniform, but a black hooded raincoat.

She took off her hat and her clothes were stained with rainwater.

"What's wrong? Is there any new news from Bai Jue?"

Nagato turned his head and asked.

"No. The envoy from the Kingdom of Ghosts has arrived. Do you want to see him?"

Nagato thought for a moment and then agreed.

"It doesn't hurt to meet him. Let the envoy come in."

Xiaonan nodded, turned around and walked out.

When she returned again, she was followed by a young woman about twenty years old, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat like an ascetic, but from the collar and the bottom of the skirt that was not completely covered by the raincoat, you could see This is a wandering witch from the land of ghosts.

In the name of practicing medicine, spies from the Oni Nation's military spread throughout the ninja world.

However, it's not the one from last time. Has the person in charge replaced it? Seeing that this wandering priestess is not the same person as the wandering priestess who was in charge of negotiating with him last time, Nagato secretly guessed in his heart.

"Sir Payne."

The wandering priestess saluted slightly, expressing her respect for Nagato, the leader of Yuyin.

"Come here at this time, do you have any new plans for the kingdom of ghosts?"

"Yes, there is a problem in the Country of Waves. Lord Shiraishi is worried that it will affect the Country of Rain, so he specially asked me to come over and have new cooperation with Lord Pain."

The wandering witch brought such news.

Nagato's eyes flickered.

"The Country of Waves."

This was something he didn't pay much attention to.

Although he knew that there was also a small country stage where the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Fire competed, it was not his own country after all. In order to deal with the Kingdom of Fire, he did not have the energy to pay attention to the situation there for the time being, and only paid attention to it occasionally.

Looking at it now, the reason for the recent abnormality at the root is probably because the Fire Country has changed its countermeasures against the Wave Country, which has caused the situation here to also change.

"I roughly understand the matter...but what is the new cooperation you are talking about?"

Nagato asked.

"I hope that Lord Nagato can select twenty Amegakure ninjas as soon as possible, and then we will give Lord Pain a satisfactory answer."

"Twenty Amegakure ninjas?"

Nagato narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Yes, our country of ghosts has recently developed a batch of new bombs, which are far more powerful than the detonating charms used by ninjas and can be mounted on flying ninjas. However, due to some operational problems, it requires two or three days of training. .”

The wandering witch tells the truth.

After hearing this, Nagato had no expression on his face and stared at the wandering miko for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay. Konan, you take her to select twenty Amegakure ninjas. Priority will be given to Amegakure ninjas who have operated flying ninja tools. "

Naturally, Amegakure Village also purchased some of the flying ninja tools developed by the Demon Country. However, since the number purchased was not large, only five, they were usually used to detect the enemy's situation rather than attack.

Because the assault capability is too weak, and the Fire Nation has also purchased flying ninja tools, Amegakure does not have an advantage in terms of quantity.

"plz follow me."

Xiaonan nodded, said something to the wandering witch, and turned to leave.

The wandering miko bowed slightly to Nagato and left with Konan.

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The Kingdom of Fire, Daming Mansion.

The Daimyo of the Fire Country received the letter from the Daimyo of the Country of Waves. After reading the entire letter, he showed a satisfied smile.

Recently, there have been frequent reports of unfriendly news to the Fire Nation, which made him, a famous figure in the Fire Nation, feel a little flustered. However, the situation is finally a bit more stable now.

The workers' cooperatives of the Land of Waves were sealed in the official name of the Daming Prefecture of the Land of Waves. Although it intensified some dissatisfaction at the bottom, this method was simply enough to appease the civilians at the bottom.

Next, as long as the granary is opened a little and some food is distributed for free, it will be enough to appease the resentment and dissatisfaction of these civilians.

Without anyone's deliberate guidance, the Fire Country Daimyo knew that these civilians had no future. Although these civilians unite, it is not a problem, but if there is a ghost country secretly tempting them, then the situation will be completely different.

The only thing he is worried about is that the Kingdom of Ghosts will penetrate too hard into the people of the Kingdom of Waves and dominate the public opinion of the entire Kingdom of Waves, causing the Kingdom of Waves to fall into civil strife like the Kingdom of Rain.

The Country of Rain needs war and the Country of Waves needs stability. This is the policy tone decided from the beginning.

As long as the emotions of the civilians at the bottom can be stabilized, then no matter what the Ghost Country does in the Wave Country, it will be useless. It is also unable to pass through the Kingdom of Waves and pose a threat to the Kingdom of Fire.

This is not only the face of the Fire Nation, but also a border security issue for the Fire Nation.

The Country of Waves is too close to the territory of the Country of Fire. It is an important strategic location equivalent to an outpost. It is a strategic center that cannot be controlled by other countries no matter what.

Now it seems that the crisis in the Country of Waves, which is acting in accordance with the will of the Country of Fire, has been temporarily resolved.

However, we cannot be careless. The Kingdom of Demons, being forced in this way, will definitely not be willing to withdraw from the Kingdom of Waves like this, and will definitely take follow-up actions. What this follow-up will be is unknown to the Fire Nation Daimyo. This is possible through political diplomacy or military diplomacy.

Therefore, the daimyo of the Fire Country did not relax their surveillance of the movements of the Ghost Country.

Facing this rising star who had defeated his ally, the Wind Country, he had to pay 100% attention.

As long as you don't give the Kingdom of Ghosts anything to attack, then no matter how comfortable the Kingdom of Ghosts is on the international stage, it won't be able to shake the status of the Kingdom of Fire in the slightest. The Kingdom of Thunder also has no possibility of ascending to the throne.

While attacking, a tight defense must also be carried out.

"The matter in the Country of Waves has come to an end for the time being. The Daimyo of the Country of Waves will take care of it for us. Next, there is the issue of the Country of Rain."

After convening the ministers directly under them, the Fire Nation daimyo held a high-level meeting in the castle.

These important ministers have also read the letter from the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Waves, and are also satisfied with the actions of the Kingdom of Waves.

As long as they act according to their will, then the Ghost Country will not be given any opportunity to cause unrest at the bottom of the Wave Country, and the money and materials used to win over the bottom civilians of the Wave Country will be wasted.

Although this can't hurt the Kingdom of Ghosts, and it can't even count as losing the face of the Kingdom of Ghosts, it is a good turning point.

The past few months have continued to bring all kinds of bad information, and now they are in urgent need of a spice to restore their confidence as the leader of the five major countries.

"Regarding the Kingdom of Rain, the ninja forces stationed in the Kingdom of Rain have been reduced. Now there is only one action time left to decide the outcome in a battle."

An important minister of the Fire Nation said.

"In other words, Danzo is completely ready, right?"

The Fire Nation daimyo covered half of his face with a folding fan, squinted his eyes, and revealed a ray of light.

"For ninjas who have taken banned drugs, they have basically completed their training. Although they cannot defeat one against a hundred, one against twenty or thirty is still very easy for ninjas who have taken banned drugs. Even if Yugakure Leader Payne, whoever has three heads and six arms, will be crushed by our ninja troops under the absolute power."

An important minister showed joy in his eyes.

Compared to the Kingdom of Waves, the Kingdom of Rain is obviously more worthy of their efforts in thinking about how to deal with the enemy.

If it was the Ame Hidden Village before the Third Ninja War, of course they would not dare to do this.

Because Hanzo's deterrence was still there at that time, he had to rely on the power of Konoha to form a suppressive force on the Amegakure Village. However, this suppressive power could easily be broken by the Amegakure Village. At that time, there will be a conflict with Amegakure Village, and it is likely that the pattern of the Second Ninja World War will be repeated, and it will end in nothing.

But today's Amegakure is no longer the Amegakure of the past. The quality and quantity of ninjas are very worrying. In addition, the domestic economic collapse, famine, refugees and other problems have not been effectively solved. Without a stable environment, it is completely impossible for Amegakure to develop with peace of mind over the years and restore the peak power of Hanzo's rule.

This made them grateful to Orochimaru, who had defected to Konoha. After all, he was the first to propose the plan to frame Hanzo, and then executed it together with the roots.

The death of a large number of Hanzo and Amegakure's elites also directly led to Amegakure's rapid decline, and he was once reduced to a vassal of Konoha.

A large amount of secrets and resources flowed into Konoha, which was on the verge of destruction.

If it hadn't been for the sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage later, Kumogakure saw the right opportunity to make a comeback, forcing Konoha to continue the war with Kumogakure, and only then did Yugakure get out of control again. Otherwise, Ame Hidden and the Country of Rain would already be in their possession, and such a thing would never happen, and the border of the Country of Fire would become very stable.

Therefore, whether it is the Kingdom of Ghosts or the Kingdom of Thunder, the top management of the Kingdom of Fire are very resentful.

These two countries always sabotage their perfectly planned actions every time. They are like natural opponents of the Fire Nation. They always like to give them a 'surprise' at critical moments.

"Changes will be made later to avoid long nights and dreams. Send a message to Danzo, asking him to deal with the resistance forces organized by Amegakure in the Land of Rain as soon as possible. There is no need to go around in circles with Amegakure and carry out the final general attack. Destroy all enemies in one battle! "

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire closed the folding fan in his hand and made the final decision.

"yes."

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The sun was shining brightly, and some of the frost and fog on the waters of the Land of Waves had also dissipated a lot. This calm day was perfect for going out to sea.

Fishing boats, large and small, leave from the coastal shores, bring fishing tools, and go out to sea to catch fish.

"Mr. Dazuna, long time no see."

When Dazna arrived at the coast with his tools, a young man came over and greeted him.

"It's you, Kesha. I haven't seen you for a while. My precious grandson has been complaining about you at home recently. Why don't you go and play with him?"

Dazna recognized this as Kesha, the fisherman.

The other party is a foreigner who came to live in the Country of Waves with a dream, but after these years of influence, he can be regarded as a native of the Country of Waves. From an outsider's perspective, he cannot be seen as a foreigner. .

And because of his kind, brave and charitable character, he is also quite famous in the local area.

The last time the gate of the coastal dam was damaged, the other party bravely withstood the pressure of the sea water and repaired it together with the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts, which also left a deep impression on Dazna.

Most importantly, he is the savior of his grandson Inari.

If it weren't for the other party, Inari might have died at the bottom of the sea because of those naughty kids' mistakes.

If it turned out like that, both he and his daughter Tsunami might have a mental breakdown and not know how to survive.

"I can't help it. Things have been a bit busy recently. I will go over and check on Yi there in a few days."

Kesha scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

"That's good. I'll talk to Inari about this when I get back. By the way, there's one more thing."

Dazna suddenly remembered something.

"What's up?"

Seeing Dazna's mysterious look, Kesha tilted his head in confusion.

Dazna put his hand on Kesha's shoulder. His originally kind face suddenly became ferocious and terrifying. He showed his fists as big as sandbags in front of Kesha and stared at Kesha fiercely:

"By approaching Inari, could it be that you have any evil intentions towards my daughter?"

"Uh... where are you talking about? Miss Tsunami and I have only met a few times. How could we have any ideas?"

Although Tazuna's daughter Tsunami is a well-known beauty, there are not many people who have crossed the threshold of Tazuna's family before getting married.

Even if her husband died later, many people would come to ask for her hand in marriage.

However, Kesha thinks that he is not the kind of man who can't move when he sees a beautiful woman, and he has not yet thought about starting a family.

Because housing prices in the Country of Waves have been too high in recent years.

It would take him years to save to buy a house.

"You mean, my daughter is not very attractive? Can't attract your attention?"

After hearing this, Dazna's face seemed to become even more ferocious.

Kesha swallowed his saliva, feeling that the kindness the old man in front of him usually displayed was completely fake.

When it comes to my daughter, it becomes extremely scary.

"No, no, I mean, Miss Tsunami is a charming housewife."

"After all, you still have some thoughts about my daughter, right?"

"...It's whatever you say, Mr. Dazuna, I don't want to defend myself."

Kesha sighed helplessly.

He felt that anything he said might be misunderstood by Dazna as having inappropriate thoughts about his daughter, and he was speechless.

Is this old man a daughter-in-law?

"Hey, Dazna, Kesha, the boat is about to sail, what are you doing there?"

In the distance, the cry of worker Kiki came, telling Dazna and Kesha to hurry up.

"Haha, it's okay. I'm having a good exchange of feelings with boy Kesha."

Dazna laughed loudly and patted Kesha on the shoulder. The fierce and ferocious expression just now completely lost all traces.

Kesha also forced a smile on his face.

Really, how can two men easily communicate with each other? People who don't know it would think they have some special hobbies.

Even if you want to exchange feelings, you have to find another woman, such as Ms. Tsunami...

Kesha shook his head quickly, clearing the dirty thoughts from his mind.

No, I am an upright man at sea and I cannot think about other people's wives, even though Ms. Tsunami is very attractive as a wife.

"Okay, Kesha, let's go there quickly. You are a fishing expert, so I'll ask you to show your prowess this time."

As if all the previous threats were false, Dazna and Kesha were talking and laughing, and took him with them to meet with Kiki's fishing team.

…

The sun was setting in the west and was almost sinking into the other side of the sea.

The air temperature over the sea slowly dropped, and a freezing breath swept over me.

The fishing team that Dazna belongs to can be said to have returned with a full harvest because of the presence of Kesha, a fishing expert.

Looking at Kesha who was surrounded by everyone in the center, Dazna just watched from a distance and showed a sincere smile.

Although he is a boy from abroad, he has already gained quite a reputation in the country of Waves, and many people even regard him as the main one. This transcendent charm easily attracts others to surround him.

If the other party can really combine with Tsunami because of Inari, after he leaves, Tsunami and Inari will have something to rely on.

But...Dazna felt that he was thinking too much.

A young man like Kesha who attracts attention wherever he goes is sure to be a hot seller.

Even Mr. Cardo, the rich man from the Kingdom of Ghosts, was very fond of Kesha. He asked Kesha more than once. How could such an outstanding man like a man who was already married and had children? What about widows?

"Well, it can be said that we have returned home with a full load today. Let's go back quickly."

Worried that pirates would come and wander around, Kitchen asked everyone to return to land quickly.

The rest of the people responded one after another, and at this moment, there was suddenly a panicked shout.

Everyone looked at Dazna's position and saw that the small, single-person fishing boat he was driving suddenly spun on the sea. A huge vortex appeared there at some point and sucked the fishing boat into it.

Affected by the whirlpool, Dazna swayed unsteadily on the fishing boat and could not even hold the oar firmly.

The bucket next to it was also overturned, and the fish inside jumped out of the bucket and jumped on the fishing boat.

Soon, without giving Dazna a chance to call for help, the whirlpool directly swallowed the man and the boat into the rapids, sinking both Dazna and the boat to the bottom of the sea.

It happened so suddenly that no one could react.

"Mr. Darzner!"

Among the people, Kesha was the first to react. When he saw Dazna being swept into the sea by the whirlpool, he knew that the longer time passed, the more dangerous Dazna would be, so he quickly jumped off the fishing boat and dived into the sea. , and swam away from the position where Dazna sank.

"Don't mess around, Kesha!"

The shouts of the people on the fishing boat were too late, and Kesha could not be seen on the sea.

"Hey, Kiki, what should we do?"

The rest became anxious.

The two top figures, Kesha and Dazna, have disappeared, and Kiki is their backbone.

"I-I don't know what to do either."

Kiki was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. It was the first time he encountered this situation and he didn't know what to do.

In such a whirlpool, no matter how good a person is, his life may be in danger.

Even though Kesha is the most water-savvy among them, human power is still too small in the face of such a situation.

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A wet cave with the sound of dripping water.

Dazna woke up leisurely, stood up from the ground, looked at the surrounding environment, and showed a dazed expression.

"Where am I...where am I?"

Unable to determine where this place was, Dazna only remembered that he was caught in the whirlpool and fell unconscious after that.

I thought I would sink directly to the bottom of the sea, but I didn't expect to end up in such a strange place.

Next to it is a puddle leading to the sea, surrounded by rock walls with no gaps, and in front of it is a dark cave that winds and leads deep.

However, looking at the candles burning around it, it is obvious that there are people living here, and there must be vents here.

After thinking to no avail, Dazna had no choice but to stand up. His wet body was very cold, and he sneezed directly, and the mucus almost came out of his nose.

Then, he slowly and cautiously walked towards the cave.

It was as if we had entered a dark world. Even with the candlelight, the place looked extremely eerie.

Dazna swallowed, a little afraid of the environment here.

I had no choice but to hold on to the wall and walk forward slowly.

Soon they came to the end of the cave, and a door was blocked in front. There was an iron lock hanging on it, and there was a keyhole for opening it.

On the iron lock, there is also a family crest that Dazna feels familiar with.

"This emblem...isn't it a royal family emblem that only famous people can use?"

Knowing this result, Dazna couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know where he had arrived, it was obvious that he was still in the Land of Waves, not a completely unfamiliar country.

What followed was doubt.

On the iron lock, why are the family emblems of the great masters of the Land of Waves engraved?

Does this cave have anything to do with famous people?

Dazna's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

I always feel that I accidentally discovered something not very good.

And this matter will have something to do with the most terrifying force in the Kingdom of Waves—the great masters.

After Dazna realized this, he quickly turned his head, trying to escape from this place of right and wrong.

No matter what is hidden behind the door, it is not something that a foreman can control.

The best way to deal with it is to pretend that you don't know anything, and that you have never been here before.

However, the moment he turned around, Dazna saw a icy knife light slashing towards his body.