Escape From Konoha

Beep——

Beep——

The alarm clock rang in the dimly lit room, and through the cracks in the curtains, only a dim light could be seen, and there should be some time before full daylight.

But the moment the alarm clock rang, the man opened his eyes from the bed and woke up, and the sleepiness disappeared completely the moment he opened his eyes.

He stretched out his hand out of habit and pressed the alarm switch, and silence returned to the room.

The man started from the bed board, lifted the quilt, got out of bed, turned on the light in the bedroom, and started dressing.

After waiting for the clothes to be put on, the man walked to the mirror in the closet and carefully looked at his own image at the moment.

Shoulder-length water-blue hair, handsome face, calm but sharp eyes, but then under the subconscious adjustment, the sharp color in the eyes disappeared, and turned into a soft and friendly meaning.

But this posture didn't last long, the man seemed to have noticed something, took out the kunai from the ninja bag, turned around and pointed the kunai in his hand to the corner of the room.

At some point there stood a young man a few years younger than himself.

The young man wore a pair of round-rimmed glasses, and he had a quiet and friendly demeanor. With a slight smile on his face, he stood there motionless and stared at him.

"It's you, Dou. What's the matter here so early in the morning?"

After the man recognized the person's identity, although he put down his palm, the Kunai in his hand did not put away, obviously he was wary of this young man with glasses.

"Don't be so indifferent, I just came here to express my condolences to you according to the order of Oshemaru-sama. Today's arrangement, you have no problem alone, Mizuki?"

Call out the man's name.

Konoha Chunin, currently working in Konoha Ninja School, is an elite teacher.

As if feeling the distrust in Dou's tone, Mizuki frowned quickly and said, "If you don't believe me, you can take over my task at any time. I don't feel safe working with someone like you."

"Don't get me wrong, we all do things for Oshemaru-sama, and most of the time we can't help ourselves. Moreover, Oshemaru-sama attaches great importance to this matter. You are the most suitable candidate."

Kabuto said with a smile.

"Then don't talk nonsense here, I'm being watched by people from the Anbu right now. If you don't want to reveal your identity, don't keep too close to me."

"Knowing that you are being watched by Anbu, you dare to act so boldly. As Master Orochimaru said, you are a guy who likes to seek wealth from danger. However, I also remind you, don't even think about betraying Master Orochimaru, otherwise you understand your What’s the end result?”

"Oh, then I'd like to hear about it."

Mizuki looked at Kabuki with a sneer.

"For example, I remember you have a fiancée in the village..."

laugh!

Kunai pierced the air and put it on Dou's neck.

Mizuki appeared in front of Dou, with a few hairs falling down.

For the kunai hanging on his neck, Kado looked at Mizuki indifferently.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything malicious, I just don't want you to do unnecessary things and end up implicating the people you value."

Dou looked at the cold killing intent hidden in Mizuki's eyes, and said these words in a flat tone.

"This kind of thing is not something you should say."

Mizuki said coldly.

"Even spies like us who rely on deception to survive, there are things in their hearts that they are not allowed to desecrate. I can understand your situation very well, because I have lost it, so for me now, Master Orochimaru is everything."

"I just need strength, the power to make Konoha such idiots regret it. I'm not interested in your past. Orochimaru and I are just a cooperative relationship, don't try to order me with the attitude of superiors and subordinates."

Mizuki seemed to see through Dou's potential intentions, and sneered secretly in his heart.

"That's a shame."

Pushing the glasses on the bridge of the nose, the smile in the eyes disappeared, turned into indifference, and looked at Mizuki.

The solicitation failed. He thought to himself.

However, this was also to be expected.

It's just a pity to lose such a good chess piece.

After all, if Mizuki can complete this mission, his status in Orochimaru's mind will inevitably be elevated and he will move closer to trusted members.

This is also the reason why he came here to win over the other party.

Whether it's coercion or playing the emotional card, it doesn't seem to be very effective.

You can only wait for the opportunity to appear in the future.

After all, there are too many people under Orochimaru who want to challenge his position and work hard for Orochimaru.

If you don't recruit your own tribe as soon as possible, you might be secretly killed one day and become a stepping stone for others to advance.

This may be the charm of Lord Orochimaru. Doudou couldn't help showing a smile.

Just one word and one action is enough to make people crazy and work for him.

The fanatical attitude of despising worldly bad habits and pursuing immortality and truth makes people want to rely on him.

"If there's nothing else, hurry up and get out of here before I can restrain my murderous intention towards you."

Mizuki put down Kunai, turned around, with an indifferent attitude.

"Okay, then I wish you good luck, and don't forget to put the things in the designated place when the time comes. You should know the consequences of mission failure. That curse seal is a double-edged sword, and it will enhance the power you have been longing for, But it will kill you too."

Kabuto took a deep look at Mizuki's back, formed a seal with his hands, and turned into a ball of white smoke and disappeared into Mizuki's room.

"What a nasty guy..."

It's not a personality mismatch, but a professional conflict.

Being in the big dye vat of Konoha, I was already very tired.

As a result, he has to constantly compete with his 'peers'. Even he would have the idea of ​​abandoning all distracting thoughts, emptying his head and relaxing.

"Also, this curse seal is neither the curse seal of the sky nor the curse seal of the earth. This is the limit of my ability."

Mizuki stroked the position of the curse mark on his body, showing a self-deprecating smile.

Orochimaru's curse seal can enhance the ninja's strength, but it also requires certain requirements for the quality of the 'sacrifice'.

If the quality is very high, it will be bestowed with two seals of heaven and earth.

If the quality is low, it will be given a semi-finished product with a mediocre boost ability and a curse seal with strong sequelae.

Unfortunately, he's exactly the kind of ninja with very low talent.

Obviously he is about the same age as Hatake Kakashi, but the other party is already a big man in charge of the situation, but he can only live in the ninja school for the elderly.

Whenever I see talented students in school, I can't help but feel jealous. Why is my talent so useless? There is neither family secrets nor blood succession boundaries...

As a teacher, Mizuki is well aware of the unfairness of this world.

Some of it comes down to luck, some to human nature.

"well……"

It's not my style to be sentimental.

Mizuki has always been conscious of what he desires.

Get ahead and become the best among people.

For this reason, he kept climbing up. No matter whether he was jealous, whether he hated genius, or whether he was greedy for vanity in his heart, he just wanted to work hard to climb up.

In this kind of world, only by constantly climbing up can we obtain a better life and dignity.

He enjoys the feeling of being supported.

No matter Konoha or Orochimaru, they will only be stepping stones on his way to promotion!

At this moment, Shuimu's heart was as firm as ever!

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"Good morning, Iruka."

"Good morning, Mizuki."

At nine o'clock in the morning, Mizuki came to his office at the Ninja School and found that Iruka had already arrived early and was reading some student information there. He was probably worried about the students who were taking their graduation exams this morning.

So Mizuki came up to say hello.

Iruka is one of the few acquaintances he has a good relationship with, but unlike a person like him who is not satisfied with the status quo, Iruka seems to be very enthusiastic about the job of a teacher. Colleagues, as well as the love and affection of the students.

Although they were good friends, Mizuki was also jealous of Iruka.

Why is Iruka, who is weaker than himself, more popular than himself?

It used to be too.

Although he is obviously weaker than him, in every rating test, he gets higher scores than himself.

Although affinity is one aspect, before becoming a teacher, those rating tests should focus more on ability, strength and performance.

For a long time, Mizuki began to doubt himself whether he was not doing well enough in certain aspects.

Jealousy is his motivation for promotion.

He wants to be the best among people, even if his talent is only average, but he also wants to enjoy the glorious moment of being noticed by everyone, stand out, and take action for this.

As a result, Iruka outshines him every time.

Perhaps, he was born a despicable person.

Therefore, every time he meets Iruka, Mizuki's heart is extremely complicated.

Jealousy, envy, desire, and hatred!

But he will not show these on the bright side. Mature people should learn to control their emotions.

Even if you don't like the colleague in front of you, you must try to restrain the negative emotions in your heart and don't bring them to work.

"Are you busy with the students' affairs?"

Mizuki glanced at the student profile in front of Iruka, and asked with a smile.

Iruka sighed, nodded and said, "Yeah, I'm not worried about other students, but Naruto... Although I accepted Mizuki's suggestion, I gave Naruto extra tutoring last night, but the effect is still not good Good. His ninjutsu is still not very handy. And this year's graduation test is transformation..."

In other words, Naruto, whose ninjutsu scores are extremely bad, has already been sentenced to death in this year's graduation exam.

"Don't worry, I believe that Yoshito has his own destiny, Naruto will definitely pass the exam today and become a ninja."

Mizuki strives to be what a teacher should be.

Although he doesn't like Naruto's bad student who relies on pranks to attract the attention of others.

Not only is it irresponsible to oneself, but it will also affect the mood of other students in class and waste their precious time.

Moreover, he believes that some things can be opened up.

Unfortunately, thinking of Naruto's unique identity, Mizuki also knew that this might be Naruto's only choice.

Obviously it was Renzhuli, but in the end, I was the only one who was concealed. Although not everyone in the village knew about it, except for children, all the adults were insiders.

So what's the point of such concealment?

Anyway, Mizuki didn't quite understand what that Hokage-sama was up to.

"I hope."

Although he hopes that Naruto can pass the exam, Iruka also knows that this hope is really slim.

It was too difficult for Naruto to transform overnight.

Iruka is pessimistic about Naruto's ability to graduate smoothly.

"Iruka, Mizuki, come over for a meeting. In half an hour, the exam time will come."

A bald man in his fifties came to the door of the office and called out to Iruka and Mizuki who were talking about something.

Because of the graduation exam, the school start time is delayed today, and the sixth grade students only need to arrive at the corresponding classroom before nine o'clock.

The official time for the graduation exam is 9:30.

"Yes, we understand, come right now, Director Fujimura."

Mizuki nodded.

This bald man in his fifties is his and Iruka's direct superior - Fujimura Taiga.

A senior elite teacher who has served in the ninja school for thirty years, he and Iruka can be regarded as the guide in the school.

Speaking of which, the other party is also a super celebrity of the ninja school.

After all, being able to teach three incomparably terrifying S-level rebels, no matter whether it is a good reputation or a bad reputation, it also shows how extraordinary each other is.

The students he taught have also made a lot of great "contributions" to Konoha over the years.

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"Today's graduation test question is the avatar technique. As long as two complete avatars can be summoned, it is considered to have passed the test. Well, other teachers will come over later to be in charge of order and call names in order. Those who get their names Classmates, go to the classroom next to you to take the exam, if your name is not called, please wait quietly in the class."

Iruka, who walked into the class after the meeting, explained the content of today's test and the order of the graduation test.

Then he secretly glanced at Naruto who was holding his head in distress, and sighed in his heart, but he didn't say anything in the classroom. If Naruto's ability is not good enough, let him pass the graduation exam. , will only harm Naruto.

Iruka couldn't do this kind of thing.

After Iruka finished speaking, he left the class and went to the next classroom to set up the examination room.

After Iruka left, some students in the class were happy and some were sad.

Mastering the Three Body Art is not difficult, but it is not easy to say simple.

For most students, such a test is no different from sending sub-questions.

But for a small number of poor students, avatar is not a basic ninjutsu that can be mastered so easily.

"What a boring exam."

Sasuke, who was sitting in the corner of the classroom, did not feel the slightest fluctuation in his heart regarding the content of the exam announced by Iruka.

But Sasuke had already expected this kind of thing.

The exercises I usually do are all related to the Three Body Techniques. In addition, they are the application of Taijutsu and Shuriken.

But that is something more basic than the Three Body Technique. It is a skill that every student needs to master, so it will basically not be included in the assessment.

Sasuke was more concerned about who his future team members would be than this.

He inspected all his classmates in the classroom and had already begun to estimate which two people would form a team with him.

First, eliminate the tail end of a certain ten thousand year crane.

Not to mention whether the opponent can successfully pass the graduation test, even if he can pass this test, with the opponent's ability, it is impossible to be in the same team as himself.

Rather than being like this kind of loser, he hopes that his teammates in the team are elites in the same class.

Sasuke glanced back and forth among the 'elites' in his class, trying to estimate which two of them would become his teammates.

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"Did you start looking for teammates so early? Sasuke is still so realistic."

Through the crystal ball unfolded by the Three Hokages, Kakashi noticed that Sasuke, who was sitting in the corner of the class, was scanning the backs of his classmates in the classroom. Kakashi knew exactly what the other party was looking at.

During the genin period, there will be fixed teachers and teammates. For students, this kind of thing can be found out by just asking around.

Moreover, after following him for several years, Sasuke knew more information than ordinary students under the influence of his ears and eyes.

Therefore, Sasuke must have been looking for his teammates a long time ago.

For a student with outstanding abilities like him, his own strength is enough, so he doesn't want his teammates to hold him back.

Because the other party needs revenge.

Sasuke will not put his extra energy into taking care of others.

Kakashi knew this well.

"This also shows how outstanding Sasuke is. After your teaching, his strength is obviously a level higher than that of his peers."

Hizaki smiled with satisfaction.

The more powerful Sasuke becomes, the potential benefits to Konoha are obvious.

The only difficulty lies in the kingdom of ghosts.

If Sasuke knew that there were still members of the Uchiha clan in a distant country, what choice would he make?

Because of this, he arranged for Kakashi to have a heart-to-heart talk with Sasuke and gain his trust.

In order to prevent this day from coming.

It's not just to reassure Uchiha Itachi who is far away from Konoha.

Also because Sasuke will always grow up one day, his vision will gradually see the outside world.

Things about the kingdom of ghosts will not be hidden at all.

In particular, Oni no Ninja intends to join forces with the rest of the Ninja villages of the great powers to hold a joint Chunin exam this year. At that time, with Sasuke's temperament, he will definitely sign up for it.

Once Sasuke signs up to participate in this joint chunin exam, it means that he will definitely come into contact with the Uchiha clan of the Kingdom of Demons.

Perhaps, this is a good opportunity to test whether Sasuke can remain loyal to Konoha.

As for the grudges between the Uchiha clan and the higher-ups, this secret will forever remain in the endless abyss.

He believed that Itachi would definitely arrange this matter.

From beginning to end, Itachi stood firmly on the side of the Will of Fire and never let them down.

"He is too obsessed with revenge. Even without my guidance, he will do everything possible to become stronger."

The moment the other party survived with the belief of revenge, Kakashi could no longer treat Sasuke completely as a child.

After such a tragic incident, Sasuke's mentality was already out of tune with the students at the same time.

While students of the same age are still enjoying their childhood lives, the other party harbors hatred, is frightened by nightmares every day and is covered in cold sweat, and his mentality has long since changed.

Others need to 'open meat' in order to become real ninjas.

And Sasuke, I'm afraid, can quickly adapt to things like killing people.

"In any case, you still need to be personally responsible for Sasuke's later teachings."

Hiruzen had something to say.

Currently, only Kakashi in Konoha can stabilize Sasuke's mood.

He hoped that Kakashi would let Sasuke make the right decision at the right time.

This is also a promise to Itachi.

For Konoha, it can also gain a powerful Sharingan ninja.

To deal with the Uchiha clan in the Kingdom of Demons, Sasuke's ability is needed.

Only Sharingan can deal with Sharingan better.

If you can open the Mangekyō Sharingan, you will be more confident in dealing with the Kingdom of Demons.

"The work of Anbu..."

Kakashi hesitated for a moment, although there were enough nails buried in the ANBU.

But suddenly, Kakashi felt a little uncomfortable with a new lifestyle.

If you think about it carefully, the Fourth Hokage has been working in the ANBU since he came to power thirteen years ago.

Among the ANBU, he can be regarded as a veteran-level figure.

Now he has to leave all this behind and walk into the sunshine. For Kakashi, it is a very long-lost experience.

I remembered some past events when I followed the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato.

"You don't need to hand it over completely to others. Some decisions still need to be made by you as the minister. For some trivial matters, just let Tianzang handle them on your behalf."

Sun Zhan said.

"I understand. As for Tenzo, that's no problem."

The other party is a staunch supporter of the Will of Fire, possesses the Wood Escape Blood Succession Limit, and is one of the few loyal confidants of Hiruzen.

As a superior, he would not tie all the power of ANBU to one person.

As the ANBU minister, he originally got it by accident.

Tianzang is the best person to share his power.

And teaching Sasuke was just an excuse that he couldn't refuse.

Kakashi has long known that this day would come. It has nothing to do with trust, but with decentralization of power to better balance the power in the hands of subordinates.

As they talked, the school's graduation exam also reached an extremely critical moment.

The picture presented in the crystal ball is the scene where Naruto stood in the classroom used for the graduation exam with a look of uneasiness under the serious gaze of several examiners such as Iruka and Mizuki.

It could be seen that Naruto did not have the slightest confidence in the upcoming Clone Technique test.

He formed the seals in the order of the clone technique, and with a bang, a pale clone appeared next to him, his body wilted, like a dead fish lying on the ground.

"..."

Hizhan slightly lowered the hat on his head.

Kakashi also looked away.

Several examiners in the crystal ball had black lines on their heads.

Although they had already expected that Naruto's ability would make it difficult to pass this exam, but such a poor avatar technique simply refreshed their lower limit cognition of avatar technique.

No matter how bad it is in previous years, no comment will be made.

Although it was not stated explicitly, the examiners' eyes conveyed this meaning.

"Sure enough, it would be better to wait until next year to conduct the assessment."

After a long time, Kakashi said such words.

One Sasuke is already troublesome enough, but if the Nine-Tails jinchuriki is also thrown into the mix, his work pressure will undoubtedly be even greater.

Ri Zhan did not express his position on Naruto's matter, but said: "Next, keep an eye on Mizuki, he will definitely take action against Naruto in the future, and then follow this line to find the instigator behind the scenes."

He was very worried that the person behind Mizuki was the man who was extremely dangerous to Konoha - Chiba Shiraishi!

"yes."

Kakashi nodded and disappeared from Hiruzen.