Escape From Konoha

"There is no problem with the money, the amount is the same."

In a luxurious villa in the suburbs, after slowly counting the money, Kakuzu said to the bald man beside him who was looking at him tremblingly.

"Of course, I don't dare to do anything in front of Mr. Kakuzu."

The bald man rubbed his hands and forced a flattering smile from his face.

Kakuzu closed the black suitcase filled with banknotes, and could vaguely see a few precious gems sandwiched between the banknotes.

"Well, Mr. Kakuzu has come all the way. He must have been very tired after traveling all the way, right? Would you like to take a bath in the hot springs here? For example, I have some top-notch beauties here..."

The bald man continued to rub his fingers, and at the same time motioned with his eyes to the two maids standing aside, who were wearing slightly skimpy clothes.

The two maids also calmly untied half of their kimonos, revealing their white shoulders. At the same time, the round white chest was also half hidden and half visible. Their shy and blushing looks gave people an ultimate sense of temptation.

For ordinary men, it is absolutely impossible to resist such temptation.

However, Kakuzu turned a blind eye to these temptations. He just stared at the bald man with his green eyes.

"Ahem, why, Mr. Kakuzu, don't you think two are enough? If not, I can call a few more over so that you can enjoy... no, it's a hot spring bath."

The bald man continued to smile flatteringly.

Ignoring the flattering smile on the bald man's face, Kakuzu just picked up the black suitcase filled with banknotes, and also chose to turn a blind eye to the maid who was still shy.

"No, I'm not interested in these things. Remember to repay on time next time. I'm not so polite every time."

After Kakuzu finished speaking, he picked up the black suitcase, walked out of the room, and walked out of the villa.

He didn't expect Kakuzu to leave so quickly. Looking at his quickly leaving back, the bald man couldn't help but touch his bald head, feeling a little dumbfounded.

"What a weirdo. I've never seen a guy so obsessed with money."

The bald man complained.

Inexperienced debt collectors like Kakuzu were the type he didn't like to deal with the most.

"Your Highness, Master~"

The maid's delicate voice came from the side.

So, turning to look at the two beautiful maids, the bald man immediately forgot about his previous unhappiness. Like a hungry wolf, he suddenly saw his prey and pounced on it ferociously.

"The debt here has been collected, and the next goal is..."

Walking to the official road in the suburbs, Kakuzu took out a small book and checked out a name with a pen to prove that the person had successfully repaid the loan.

"Is it this way?"

Kakuzu turned his head to look at the direction of his next debt collection target. Hanging on his black coat was a pure gold medallion engraved with an aster pattern. It shone in the sun and was extremely eye-catching.

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"This mission is to expel the wolves wandering around the village. The level is C and the reward is 80,000 taels."

The leader of Team 7, Jonin Tenzo, summoned the members of Team 7 to meet at the main entrance of Konoha, including Sai who had just entered, a total of four people.

When the members gathered together, Tianzang announced the mission he was going to perform this time, explained the content of the mission, and the rewards he would receive afterwards.

"Anyway, in the end, I can only get six thousand taels."

Naruto pursed his lips and said dissatisfied.

The reward of 80,000 taels seems to be a lot, but in fact, after the mission is completed, 40,000 taels must be handed over to the village first, and then half of the remaining 40,000 taels must be given to the leading Jonin.

The remaining 20,000 taels are the reward for the three team members.

Therefore, the average of the three people is only more than 6,000 taels.

"It's almost time for you to get used to these things, Naruto." Tenzo smiled and continued: "Besides, based on your current situation, you should not be short of money."

After receiving the inheritance from the Fourth Hokage and his wife, let alone those precious collections of ninjutsu and sealing techniques, it is difficult to evaluate them with accurate money. Even the money left behind is at least hundreds of millions of taels.

Even if he doesn't work for the rest of his life, it will be enough for Naruto to live a life without worries.

"That's what I say, but I still feel like I can't save any money."

Although he received a generous inheritance, Naruto did not use the money stored in the ledger. Instead, he still used the money he earned from hard-working tasks.

Only when you have enough food and clothing can you feel happy.

You know, being too addicted to material enjoyment is a taboo for ninjas.

Tenzo smiled slightly, somewhat understanding of Naruto's thoughts, and then he looked at Sai and said, "How is it, Sai, are you still used to the life of the group? How does it compare with when you were at the root?"

Unexpectedly, Tenzang would suddenly mention him. Sai didn't show any panic on his face and replied with a smile: "Thanks to the captain relationship. Although I am still adapting to the normal team formation mode, I think I will be able to master it soon." .As for the difference from the roots...it should be a little different."

"That's good. After all, you are someone who the Hokage specifically asked me to take care of."

Tenzo smiled.

Sai nodded slightly, the smile on his face fading.

He knew that Tianzang had been wary of him, so this was a warning to himself not to do any tricks in this team.

It's a pity that he has not received any tasks that are not conducive to Naruto. At least, his superiors have not asked him to do anything in this team yet.

"However, if you sincerely integrate into this team, I think it will definitely benefit you a lot. I can understand some of your thoughts. After all, I was a member of the Roots in the past."

Hearing what Tenzo said, not only Sai, but also Naruto and Sakura were shocked.

"Captain Yamato, you..."

"That happened a long time ago, there is nothing to hide."

Tenzo smiled.

"Speaking of which..." Sakura seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked: "I've wanted to ask from the beginning, why do you, Captain Yamato, use the Wood Release Ninjutsu that only the First Hokage-sama can use?"

Sakura asked this question, and both Naruto and Sai looked over with curious eyes.

Tenzo did not answer Sakura's question, but changed the topic:

"Okay, without further ado, it's time to go on a mission. Although this time's destination is still within the Land of Fire, Konoha is a bit far away. It's best to arrive before noon."

Seeing Tenzang's skillful change of subject, Naruto made a sound of displeasure, but he didn't say anything and followed Tenzang's footsteps and started to set off.

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"The mission this time is patrol?"

In the Hokage's office, Kurenai, who was the leader of the eighth team, took the mission scroll from Tsunade, glanced at the content displayed on it, and frowned.

Seeing Kurenai deep in thought, Tsunade nodded indifferently and said, "Yes, according to the patrol personnel stationed at the border, a group of unknown forces entered the Country of Fire. Not only that, the unknown forces sneaked into the Country of Fire. After the Kingdom, a document was sent from the Kingdom of Ghosts, and they will temporarily send some teams into the Kingdom of Fire to facilitate their investigation of some things."

"Hokage-sama, have you agreed?"

Hong's frown deepened. This matter also involved the Kingdom of Ghosts, which made her feel that the matter was difficult.

"No, how could I agree to such a request? In any case, the safety of the Fire Country should be protected by Konoha itself, not by personnel from other countries. For this task, I have asked Kai's team to set off first Go investigate. And your mission from Team 8 is to join forces with Team Kai and use the search capabilities of your team members to dig out this unknown force from behind."

Tsunade knocked on the table and said loudly.

"Isn't there a specific goal? And the Fire Country is so big, if we don't standardize a scope..."

Red wants more information.

Once the information is obtained, it would be too difficult for Team 8 to search within the Fire Country.

"There is nothing more, just this information. I know this mission is a bit overwhelming, but now other teams have their own missions, and the only team that is free and good at searching is your eighth team."

Tsunade replied.

"I see."

"In addition, if you encounter people from the Kingdom of Ghosts, don't break into a conflict with them unless you have to. Just drive that group of unknown forces out of the Kingdom of Fire."

After Tsunade paused for a moment, she reminded Kurenai.

"Yes, then I'm going."

Hong nodded heavily, took the mission scroll, and turned to leave the office.

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"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama has given an order. Except for the necessary personnel entering and leaving the Kingdom of Demons, no one else is allowed to enter without documents from Konoha. If you break in without permission, you will have to be annihilated as an enemy."

Stationed at the gate of the Konoha camp on the western border of the Land of Fire, a jounin intercepted the trio of Aya who wanted to enter the Land of Fire.

"Can't you be accommodating? We suspect that a dangerous element has broken into the Land of Fire and may pose a threat to the people of your country."

Ai did not get angry at the Konoha jounin's refutation, but continued to use reason and emotion in an attempt to persuade the Konoha jounin.

However, no matter what Sai said, this Konoha jounin's attitude was extremely determined.

"This is Hokage-sama's order, and we can only act according to the order. Moreover, since you said that dangerous elements have broken into the Land of Fire, it is our matter in Konoha and does not require the help of your Demon Country ninjas. If If you understand, please leave.”

The Konoha Jonin still refused sternly and never let go.

"Acting Captain, since they don't agree, let's go. Anyway, whatever happens, it has nothing to do with us."

Yamazaki put his hands behind his head, seemingly not in a hurry.

"Hey, Yamazaki, this is our mission!"

Xianglin glared at him dissatisfied.

"But this is other people's territory, and we will not let us do whatever we want. If we break in without permission, it may cause diplomatic conflicts."

Yamazaki glanced at Xianglin and said helplessly.

Cai turned her head and looked at the two people beside her. Just as she was about to speak, a voice intervened:

"What happened here?"

Everyone looked at the person who came, and saw a man with watermelon hair who was less than thirty years old. His black hair was shining and he was wearing a green tight-fitting ninja suit. He looked like a kappa overall.

This man is Konoha Jonin Metkai. Behind him, there are two men and one woman, his students Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee and Tiantian.

As soon as Kai arrived, he asked what happened here.

"It's Kai."

This Konoha jounin obviously knew Kai, and from the tone of his voice, it seemed that he had a good relationship with him.

"These three people are ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts. They are chasing a group of dangerous elements and want to enter the Country of Fire for search... However, Hokage-sama has given a death order not to allow ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts to enter the Country of Fire for search. I have already They were harshly rejected.”

The Konoha Jonin explained the situation here. After hearing this, Kai nodded seriously.

The purpose of their coming here was exactly the same, to investigate a group of unknown persons who broke into the territory of the Land of Fire. Judging from the methods used by this group of unknown persons to hide their whereabouts, there was no doubt that they were a group of ninjas with extraordinary skills.

However, when looking at Cai and the others, Kai had a look of surprise on his face.

"I remember you were..."

Apparently they recognized the identities of Cai and the others.

Cai didn't answer, but just glanced at Ningji who was looking at him. A sharp fighting spirit seemed to flash in his eyes, and he frowned slightly.

His instinct told him that if he continued to stay here, he would cause a lot of trouble.

"In that case, let's take our leave. I hope that group of people won't cause any big trouble in your Kingdom of Fire."

Cai had no idea of ​​talking to people in Konoha. After saying this, she quickly left the camp where Konoha ninjas were stationed with Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu.

Leaving Konoha's camp, Cai and the others came to an open space more than ten kilometers away. They were surrounded by dense forests. The shade of the trees blocked the sky and even the sun's light, so it was still daytime. The forest looked as dim as dusk.

"Judging from the current situation, that group of people has sneaked into the Land of Fire, and Konoha's attitude is relatively firm and prohibits us from entering and searching."

Cai analyzes the current situation.

"Can't you imitate them and sneak in?"

Xianglin expressed her thoughts.

"We are ninjas who belong to our country. We will be strictly scrutinized when entering and exiting the territories of other big countries. These countries have a very strong awareness of guarding against foreign ninjas, and they are not on the same level as small countries."

Moreover, even if it is a small country, it is best to report it to the local managers to avoid causing trouble beyond the mission.

The only ninja group that can stay in the Land of Fire for a long time are the wandering miko and the debt collectors responsible for collecting debts.

Although it is possible to sneak in quietly, but being discovered after sneaking in quietly will cause a lot of diplomatic trouble.

After all, the Fire Nation is hugely powerful, and at least on its own territory, it will not allow ninjas from other countries to act rampantly.

Cai hated trouble, so the idea of ​​sneaking into the Land of Fire to investigate simply disappeared from his mind.

"However, as long as the scope of their activities is determined, it is only a matter of time to find them. Yamazaki, check if there are any other groups around, and tell Teacher Yan by the way that the target has been found. We can just wait outside, then People can’t stay in the Fire Country forever.”

"good."

After hearing the order from Ai, the acting team leader, Yamazaki Jiu did not hesitate. He took out the communication tool from his backpack, pulled out the antenna, and started to connect the signals of the surrounding action groups to communicate.

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"I didn't expect that just chasing away the wolves would be so troublesome. It's almost dark."

After knocking down the last wolf, Naruto wiped the sweat from his face and panted slightly. Then he looked up into the sky and found that the sun had set toward the west and most of the sky had fallen into darkness.

"At this time...it seems that I have to stay in this village for one night. Let's go back tomorrow morning."

Tianzang also took a look at the sky and thought that traveling at night was somewhat inconvenient, and he was also a little tired at the end of the day.

There is nothing major happening in the village now, so there is no need to rush in such a hurry.

"So, what do you two think?"

Tenzo looked at Sai and Sakura.

"I'm OK."

Sakura shook her head.

Sai also smiled and said, "It's no problem for me either."

Tianzang got the answer, nodded slightly, and took the three of them back to the village where the wolves needed to be expelled. After discussing with the village chief, he successfully obtained two empty rooms from the village chief.

"Sakura has a room for herself, and the three of us have a room. Is there no problem with this allocation?"

Stopping in front of two empty houses, Tenzo turned around and asked.

"Three men crowded into a house..."

Naruto looked at the small house and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Moreover, this is not a place for people to live at all, but a small warehouse or something like that.

"Stop being picky. If you are a girl, it's not that I can't give you preferential treatment."

Tenzo patted Naruto on the shoulder.

But Naruto was thinking about something else. As long as it was a girl, would there be no problem?

"If that's the case, would you like to give it a try?"

For example, using tricks like seduction.

"What do you want to try?"

Sai turned around and asked.

"Ah, it's nothing, I didn't say anything! Sai, you heard wrong!"

Naruto quickly covered his mouth, his intuition telling him that if he used the seduction technique here, he would definitely be beaten badly by Sakura.

"Really? Naruto, you are really a strange person."

"You have no right to criticize me. In my opinion, you are the weirdo."

After hearing what Sai said, Naruto responded with some dissatisfaction.

No, there is no cooperation at all.

Perhaps because of the lack of commonality, he felt that he couldn't cooperate with Sai.

The same goes for missions, he cannot be regarded as a being like Sasuke.

If it were Sasuke... Thinking of this, Naruto looked a little lonely on his face and sighed.

Sai noticed Naruto's sigh but said nothing.

Night came quickly, and the remote village was surrounded by silence and darkness.

In the small warehouse room, Naruto and three people were crowded together.

Because it was so backward, the village didn't even have electricity, so it used candles and kerosene lamps for lighting.

"Captain Yamato, doesn't this village even have electricity?"

It wasn't that he was looking down upon, Naruto was just expressing his true inner thoughts.

In Konoha, he was used to a convenient life and the use of electricity. Suddenly living in a place without electricity, it was inevitable that he would be a little uncomfortable.

"You are so naive. Do you think that every place in the Fire Country is Konoha?"

Sai laughed out loud at Naruto's innocent statement.

Maybe he didn't mean to be discriminatory, but to Naruto's ears, it was full of ridicule.

"Saui, please stop saying a few words."

Tianzang glanced at Saii helplessly, this guy still didn't have the spirit of teamwork.

Then, he turned his attention to Naruto and said;

"This kind of thing is actually very common. As Sai said, a prosperous place like Konoha is very rare in the Land of Fire. Basically, only a few large cities in the country can match it. And these , and thanks to the hard work of past Hokages."

Tenzo told Naruto something in general.

"is that so?"

Naruto tilted his head, looking like he didn't quite understand.

"It's almost like this. Every mission is an accumulation of experience and knowledge. Maybe you will understand it when you see more things one day."

Tenzo smiled.

Naruto squatted there in confusion, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Okay, let's go to bed early. We have to rush back to the village early tomorrow morning. Good night."

Tenzo yawned, leaned his back against the wall, closed his eyes and began to rest.

"Good night."

Sai also said good night, looked for an open space and began to lie down on his side.

"What? You're going to bed so early. I'll go and make myself comfortable first."

Seeing both of them going to bed so early, Naruto felt very bored, so he carefully walked past the two of them and walked out of the warehouse.

The night air had a cool chill, and the moon was exceptionally white and bright. Naruto shuddered and walked towards the woods not far from the warehouse.

Naruto was whistling in the open woods as he unzipped his pants and began to relieve himself.

When I was halfway through relieving myself, suddenly there was a whooshing sound in the woods.

"who!?"

The released urge to urinate suddenly reversed, causing Naruto's body to tremble.

After patrolling the surroundings for a week, he found it was completely dark. Naruto swallowed and his voice trembled:

"Is it Sakura? Or Captain Yamato? Sai?"

I called three people's names in succession, but no one responded.

Then, the sound of salsa suddenly sounded in the woods, which was the sound of the leaves blown by the breeze.

…

In the warehouse room, Tian Zang opened his eyes instantly, and after a moment of slowing down, Sai also opened his eyes.

The two opened their eyes, looked at each other, and without saying a word, rushed out of the warehouse and came to the place where Naruto had just relieved himself.

There was only a piece of moisture left here, but Naruto had disappeared from here.

Not only that, but in the nearby bushes, two ANBU ninjas were found lying on the ground, unconscious and unable to move.

Tianzang looked serious, knowing that something serious was about to happen.

Naruto is missing.

"Saui, call Sakura, I-"

Before Tenzo could finish speaking, Sai's figure had disappeared from the place and he was chasing after him alone.

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"Haha, Konoha's little mouse is indeed chasing us."

The short-haired boy running in front looked at Saoi who was chasing after him and sneered.

He was seen holding a strange blue three-pronged sword in his hand, looking at Saoi who was constantly approaching him, full of confidence.

"Ninpo Technique: Super Beast Fake Painting!"

Saoi didn't get angry at the short-haired boy's ridicule, and calmly drew on the scroll with a brush. In an instant, two tigers roared out of the scroll, bared their teeth and claws and bit the short-haired boy.

When the short-haired boy saw this, his expression remained unchanged. He clenched the blue three-pronged sword in his hand and flicked it.

Three long snake-like swords immediately penetrated out, cutting through the tranquility of the night sky, and pierced directly through the chests of the two tigers.

The fiercely attacked tiger turned into black ink and sprinkled from mid-air.

The remaining 'long snake' shot at Saoi who was flying towards him very nimbly.

Zuo Jing's expression changed slightly, and he rolled his body sideways, avoiding the enemy's attack in embarrassment.

"Telescopic sword? But this attack range..."

The distance between him and the short-haired boy is at least ten meters. In other words, on the premise of having flexible attacks, the three-pronged sword in the opponent's hand also has long-range attack capabilities.

and……

Zuo Jing glanced around and found no other people.

The short-haired boy was not carrying the missing Naruto, and his face could not help but darken.

Bait?

"It seems that you have almost understood that your companion is not on my side. You have fallen into the trap. And you will also die here! Use this ninja tool of mine, the Longyan Yali Dark Sword, to send it to you personally. You give me a ride!”

The short-haired boy laughed ferociously and poured the chakra in his body into the three-pronged sword.

The three-pronged sword suddenly underwent an astonishing change. The body of the three-pronged sword, which was originally like a telescopic sword, immediately transformed into three blue water dragons, like a living creature opening its eyes and grinning at Saii in mid-air.

"go to hell!"

Swinging the three-pronged sword that turned into three water dragons, the short-haired boy seemed to see Sai dying miserably in front of him, and the smile on his face became more and more ferocious.

boom!

The ferocious smiling face was frozen under the moonlight.

The straight light pulled out of the air flashed away.

Then, in that instant, the short-haired boy's head exploded all over the ground like a watermelon that had been cracked open with a stick.

The headless body swayed feebly twice and fell to the ground.

Zuo Jing was also frightened, and without thinking much, he retreated directly, using trees to cover his body, and carefully checked his surroundings.

On the trunk of a tree 700 meters to the west, Cai gently put down the sniper rifle she had held in mid-air. Her arms were a little numb, but this numbness quickly disappeared from her body.

"Really, if you continue to stay in the Land of Fire, you might be able to live a little longer. In this way, one of the Four Elephants in the Artisan Ninja Village will be gone."

He exhaled softly and started talking to the radio communicator placed next to his mouth:

"Yamazaki, you should be in the sky now, right? One of the targets has been solved. You go over and bring the body back. Next, go hunt the remaining three."

"Acting Captain, is it okay to take the body back?"

Yamazaki's uncertain tone came from over there.

Cai responded calmly:

"It doesn't matter. Didn't the above give instructions? Except for the leader, the rest only need to bring back their bodies."