Escape From Konoha

"Have you selected the third team member so quickly? According to my estimation, I thought it would take a while longer."

After receiving Tsunade's order, Tenzo immediately came to the Hokage's office, and his expression must have been a little surprised.

It has been more than half a month since he took over Team 7. During this time, Tenzo has basically become familiar with the business of Team 7, and at the same time, he also knows how to get along with Naruto and Sakura.

Currently, under his leadership, Team 7 has completed one C-level mission and several D-level missions doing chores. The team has a good level of integration. If we continue at this pace, we will soon be able to take on more advanced B-level missions. level tasks.

"Ah, I originally planned to select a genin from the Hyuga branch to join Team 7, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes... Anyway, you should take a look at this person's information first."

Tsunade handed over an information document. Tenzo stepped forward to take the information document, opened it and scanned it at a glance.

Before he finished reading, Tianzang's brows furrowed: "The root?"

Tsunade nodded, holding the tea cup in her hand, looking out the window, and said, "Yes, Danzo arranged for him to come in. His name is Sai, and he is the same age as Naruto, but his name should be a pseudonym. There is no record of him in Konoha’s ninja files.”

At this point, Tsunade clicked her tongue.

Generally speaking, even if you are a ninja at the root, your ninja file records cannot be blank.

At least the basic information before they joined the root will be retained for reference.

But this genin named 'Sai' has no record at all.

Obviously, this person is an orphan adopted by Genbu since he was a child. He has received the most stringent training from Genbu since he was a child. He forgets himself and his life until he becomes a qualified tool that exists only for the mission.

Tianzang looked at the photo on the file. He was a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old, with black hair and a relatively immature appearance, but his narrowed smile gave people a false... and nihilistic feeling. The sense of emptiness is more false than false, and it doesn't look like a living person at all.

Ninjas who can train such a 'doll' can only do it at the basic level in Konoha.

"Previously, he was ordered by his superiors to follow Masumi Asami of the Medical Department. Unfortunately, he was caught by the other party and sent to the torture department for custody... Although he was released on bail by the advisory group a few days ago, according to Ibiki He is a very tough-talking, troublesome kid who doesn't know what pain is."

Tsunade continued to explain.

"It won't help Ibixi. It seems like I have a headache now."

Tianzang scratched his head, feeling that things were troublesome.

Ibiki is Konoha's interrogation expert. If he can't be tortured, then the only way to find out is with the Yamanaka clan's Heart Turning Technique.

However, the brains of ninjas like those born at the root are very powerful spells, and it is very difficult to obtain information from their brains.

"Not necessarily. In terms of ninja abilities, he is a very good genin. According to the information sent by Genbe, he once successfully assassinated a special jounin from another country with one person."

When Tsunade said this, her eyes became serious.

"The assassination... of a special jounin? And it was successful? A genin... how is it possible?"

Tianzang's face was startled, and he quickly flipped through the information document in his hand. When he turned to one of the pages, his body stiffened and his pupils instantly dilated.

"With Genbu's inhumane training method, even if he assassinates a Jonin, I don't think it is strange."

Tsunade sighed.

"That being said, he is also a jounin."

Although Tenzo had heard of geniuses who could defeat jounin as genin, hearing about it and seeing it with his own eyes were two different things.

"His secret technique is very special. It is suitable for exploration and assassination. It can also draw flying creatures for people to ride. Although it looks like Yin Escape in appearance, it is actually the use of Yang Escape. Please pay attention to it. .”

Tsunade reminded.

"yes."

Tianzang firmly grasped the document in his hand and looked solemn.

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"Starting today, I will introduce you to a new teammate."

In the open space on the river bank, Tenzo summoned Naruto and Sakura to meet here.

In addition to the three of them, there was a fourth person present.

He is a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, with short black hair, and the color of his skin is the kind of pale that one has not seen the sun for a long time. It is frighteningly white.

In contrast, the clothes are mainly white with black on the back, making his skin look even paler.

"This is Sai. From now on, he will be a member of Team 7."

Tianzang introduced the two of them.

"Captain Yamato, why are new members suddenly added at this time?"

Naruto asked incomprehensibly.

"A team usually consists of four people. Moreover, this is what Hokage-sama means. Only in this way can Team 7 quickly take on more advanced tasks."

Tenzo explained for Naruto.

"That's it. If that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I'm fine."

Naruto stepped forward and greeted the boy named Sai.

"Hello, I'm Sai."

Sai was still smiling with narrowed eyes.

"Well, Saei, can you please stop smiling like that? I think it will give people a bad feeling. And you have been staring at me since just now. Do you have any objections to me?"

Naruto asked confused.

"No, I don't have any objections to you. I was just thinking about how I can protect you, a guy who needs to be protected and doesn't have balls, in this team."

After Sai said this with a flat smile, the air fell into deathly silence.

"No...no balls?"

Naruto was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He was so angry that he flew into a rage, and smoke erupted from his seven holes.

"You bastard, what did you just say? You said I have no balls!?"

Regardless of whether this was a new teammate or not, Naruto rolled up his sleeves, clenched his fists, and prepared to go up and repair the opponent.

"Hey, calm down, Naruto. Although what he said is a bit wrong, there is no need to go up and hit them."

Sakura restrained Naruto to prevent the situation from getting worse.

After persuading Naruto, Sakura turned to look at Saai and said, "I'm telling you, did Naruto offend you somewhere in the past? We are all members of the same team after all, so it's best not to say such things again. .If you continue like this, I can only ask you to quit."

A tone full of lessons.

"Haha, is that so? I quite like an ugly girl like you who feels good about yourself."

Sayi thought she had a perfect smile.

"..."

There was silence for three seconds.

"You bastard, tell me clearly? What do you mean by ugly girl? Believe it or not, I will punch you to death!?"

Feeling as if her chest was about to explode with anger, Sakura's fists began to harden, and she stepped forward to grab Sai's collar and lift him up, causing veins to pop on both sides of his temples.

I believe that if Sai doesn't give a reasonable explanation, this conflict will be inevitable.

"..."

Looking at the suddenly chaotic scene, Tianzang shrugged his face and sighed silently.

He had no choice but to step forward and separate Sakura and Sai to prevent the conflict from escalating.

"Okay, you can all be quiet. Sai, why are you talking like that just now? Although I know that you entered Class 7 for special reasons, if you continue like this, I can only ask the Hokage to kick you out. It’s Class 7. No matter what, the team’s cooperative spirit must come first.”

After Tenzo pulled Sakura away, he stared at Saii seriously.

Naruto and Sakura looked at Sai like this, with dissatisfaction in their eyes.

Apparently they thought so too and needed a reasonable explanation from Sai.

"Feel sorry."

Sai suddenly bent down and apologized to the three of them.

Then he straightened up, and under the gaze of the three people, he took out a book from his arms and opened it for them to read.

"Book?"

Naruto blinked, wondering what the other person was doing and why he took out the book.

"This book is..."

Sakura looked at the title of the book, which was called "100 Ways to Communicate Normally with People."

"Because this book says that the best way to communicate with others is to smile. If you smile, you can communicate with people normally. Even if you say something that is outrageous, you will be forgiven."

Sai explained, then scratched his head in confusion and said:

"But now it seems that this is not the case. Even if you smile, you will still be targeted."

"Of course, what you said is really too much and is no longer a joke! Besides, it's best to read less of such messy books!"

Sakura couldn't help but blame and complain.

"Feel sorry."

Sai continued to apologize, the smile on his face unchanged, but there was no warmth, only a hollow nothingness.

"Saui, don't you know how to get along with others? Are you reading this kind of book?"

Naruto seemed to have thought of something, and his tone was slightly silent. In Sai, he seemed to be able to see his past self.

They are also unsociable, don't know how to speak according to the atmosphere, and want to join the group, but don't know how to do it.

Even now, it is often difficult for him to see the atmosphere clearly and speak.

"Well, I haven't been taught such knowledge since I was a child. Besides, I don't have any objections to you. Rather, you are like air to me, and I can't feel your existence."

Sai said with a smile.

The fake smile made both Naruto and Sakura look at each other.

There are extremely incomplete personality flaws in Saoi, and they are so sure of it in their hearts.

"Impossible, don't you have any friends? If you are in school, you will have at least one or two friends..."

Naruto asked in disbelief.

"No... I didn't go to a ninja school. In my education, there were only tasks and how to become an excellent ninja. Apart from that, any feelings are a burden."

"..."

After hearing Sai's words, even Tenzo's expression began to change.

"How can it be?"

"I come from the roots. The elder Shimura Danzo who attacked the Third Hokage a few months ago is my superior."

Sai paused and stated this fact.

"!?"

Naruto and Sakura looked at Sai with wide eyes and disbelief.

"You three, let's stop chatting here. It's time to go on a mission."

Tianzang clapped his hands, signaling for everyone to pay attention.

Although he was a little concerned about Sai's words, Naruto calmed down and turned to Tenzo.

Tenzo glanced at the three of them and announced: "This mission is a C-level mission to eliminate the large wild boar wandering around the nearby village. Although you are all ninjas, wild boars are not easy to deal with. Remember to be careful when the time comes.”

"yes."

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"Ninpo Technique: Super Beast Fake Painting!"

At lightning speed, he quickly drew the outline of the creature on the unfolded scroll.

Then, Sai injected chakra, and the 'creatures' on the scroll suddenly became three-dimensional, breaking away from the plane of the scroll and forming a living ink painting.

They were jet-black snakes, running as fast as lightning on the forest floor, entangling the wild boar that was digging the earth with its fangs.

The wild boar that was attacked was swallowed back from its throat before it let out a low roar.

I saw the wild boar's strong body tilted twice, twisting and falling. Judging from its appearance, it should have died from all the bones in its body being strangled.

"Amazing!"

Sakura exclaimed when she saw Sai easily dispatching a wild boar.

Although defeating a wild boar head-on is nothing, wild boars are highly alert and it is difficult to approach them.

However, Sai's ninjutsu can kill wild boars silently. If it is used on people... Sakura couldn't help but shudder.

Her intuition told her that Sai's assassination ability was very terrifying.

"This is nothing. Every mission I have performed in the past has been much more difficult than this."

Sai didn't mean to show off, but told the truth.

Stepping out of the darkness, Saoi ignored the wild boar's body and quietly lurked towards the next wild boar.

Later, he used the same technique to kill the second wild boar without causing any alarm.

There was only the sound of the gentle breeze blowing in the forest, and it was extremely quiet.

"I heard that the roots belong to the ANBU. Is this true?"

Knowing that the next task would be very simple, Sakura followed up easily and asked casually.

Sai turned his head slightly, then turned his face and looked forward. As he walked, he answered Sakura's question: "Yes, the roots are also affiliated with the ANBU, but this is only a nominal affiliation. The one who really leads the activities of the roots is the group. Master Zang, not the Hokage."

"Danzo... that person..."

Sakura paused for a moment, seeming to have some scruples.

"Danzo-sama is the leader of the fighting faction in the village. Even though he is behind bars now, he is still secretly controlling the voice of the fighting faction. It is Danzo-sama's will that I join Team 7."

Sakai didn't reply.

"Then, his purpose is..."

Regarding this question, Sai did not answer, but chose to remain silent.

He found the third wild boar and continued to use secret techniques to draw a black snake and kill the wild boar.

"Okay, the wild boars on this side have been dealt with, now we only have to look at the captain and Naruto's side."

"good."

Sakura nodded and followed Sai's footsteps towards the agreed meeting point.

When they returned to the meeting place, before Tenzo and Naruto came back, Sakura said, "Saui, I'm going to check on them. You should be able to stay here alone, right?"

"It doesn't matter, nothing will happen to me alone."

Sai didn't pay attention to Sakura's movements, but chose to sit with his back against a tree and enjoy the gentle breeze coming from the forest.

His hair was blown, and Sai took out a drawing book slightly larger than a palm from his ninja bag. With a pen in his hand, he opened the drawing book to the middle page, looked at the patterns on it, and fell silent.

Until a voice came to my ears:

"Saui, I didn't expect you to be so good at drawing."

Sai's eyes narrowed and he turned to look beside him. Naruto didn't know when he appeared here, commenting on his painting.

"Is it a picture book? The painting style is very cute. If you don't mind, can you let me take a look?"

Sakura also walked over to take a look, and was immediately attracted by Sai's cute painting style, and began to request.

"I'm sorry, I haven't decided how to finish this picture book yet. Moreover, I have decided not to give this picture book to others."

Sai shook his head, rejected Sakura's request, and put the drawing book away.

There was disappointment in Sakura's eyes. She could see that Sai was very wary of people and things in the outside world, and it seemed that he did not want others to know his thoughts.

"What? It's such a stinky fart. Even if you show it to me now, I don't want to see it."

Naruto snorted and turned his head to the side.

"That's the best way."

Sai didn't pay attention, put the drawing book into his ninja bag, and stood up from the ground.

Tianzang, who was watching everything silently, didn't say anything, but the eyes that looked at Sai were full of scrutiny.

His intuition told him that Sai's painting book contained his most important thoughts.

"Okay, don't argue anymore. The mission is completed. Let's return to the village to deliver the work."

As the captain, Tenzo made the final decision.

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"How's it going, Yamazaki, have you found the target?"

In the wilderness of the Bird Country, Chiba Aya looked at Yamazaki Ku who landed from the sky and asked him if he had found the target.

Yamazaki Jiu landed from the sky and put away the flying ninja tool behind his back. It looked like an ordinary metal square bag.

Panting heavily, he came to Cai and said: "No, I have searched hundreds of kilometers around the land, but I have not found the target. Judging from this situation, the target is probably no longer within the Kingdom of Birds, and He went to another country."

"These guys are really good at running away. If we can't determine the range, there's no way to search like headless flies."

Cai frowned, feeling troubled.

"There's nothing we can do about it. The target has special abilities. The team that chased it before were all injured. We have to be careful here."

Yamazaki's tone deepened.

Just as Cai was about to talk, two figures came running quickly from a distance.

It was Uchiha Yan, the leader of their group, and Uzumaki Kaoru, the team member.

"Teacher Yan, we have no news here."

Without waiting for Uchiha Yan to ask, Cai took the initiative to report the results of the search here.

Uchiha Yan frowned: "Didn't you gain anything here?"

"What are you doing, Yamazaki, you are flying in the sky, how can you not find the target?"

Xiang Rin glared at Yamazaki Jiu, as if complaining about the other party's incompetence.

"If you can't find it, you can't find it. Besides, my flying ninja tool is almost out of energy. Would you mind helping me recharge it?"

Yamazaki Jiu said, taking off the flying ninja tool from his back and placing it in front of Xiang Rin.

"Didn't you bring a spare 'battery' yourself?"

Xianglin continued to stare.

"I only brought four batteries with me when I came out this time, and now I only have two batteries left. I have to use them sparingly. After all, among our group, you are the only one who has the most chakra and recovers quickly."

"..."

The two of them glared at each other.

"Okay, Xianglin, just help Yamazaki recharge his chakra. Anyway, it doesn't cost you anything."

Uchiha Yan patted Xianglin on the shoulder and asked her to assist.

"Damn it, I'm not a power bank!"

Xiang Lin said this, but he still put his palm on the groove of the flying ninja tool very honestly, and poured the chakra in his body into it to charge it.

After all, as the only aerial unit in the team, Yamazaki Hisashi's role can be imagined.

Whether it is pursuit, search, or cover combat, its capabilities are top-notch.

Soon, Xianglin felt a large amount of chakra in his body and successfully input it into the flying ninja tool. The energy displayed on it was full.

"Thank you."

Yamazaki Jiu excitedly put the flying ninja tool back behind his back. Although the flying ninja tool was very heavy for ordinary people, this weight was nothing to a ninja.

Therefore, even if he is carrying such a heavy flying ninja gear, it will not affect Yamazaki Kupei's footsteps.

"Okay, now let's focus on the next action. Judging from the current situation, the target is not in the Bird Country, but in another country."

Pulling the sniper rifle hanging on her back, Cai began to express her opinions.

"If it's not in this country, it would be quite troublesome to find it."

Xianglin said with a troubled expression.

The Kingdom of Birds has not deviated too far from the strength of the Kingdom of Demons. Therefore, certain forces from the Kingdom of Demons have settled in this country, which can make it easier for the ninjas of the Kingdom of Demons to move here.

But once it goes beyond this range, trying to find the exact target in the ninja world, plus if the target is deliberately hidden, is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"You have to keep searching even if it's troublesome. This is your mission. Next, the troops will be divided into two groups. You will go to the northeast to search, and I will go to the southeast. After you find it, don't rush in. Remember to contact the wandering witches and debt collectors around you. , let them assist.”

Uchiha suggested.

"no problem."

Cai thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Hisashi had no objections.

"Then, take action."

After Uchiha finished speaking, he used the teleportation technique to disappear from the place and moved towards the southeast.

Watching the only jounin in the team leave, Aya, as the only chuunin among the remaining members, naturally assumed the responsibility of the captain, so he gave the order:

"Let's go to the northeast to search. Xianglin and I are working below. Yamazaki, use your flying ninja tool and continue searching from the sky. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find the target!"

"yes!"