Escape From Konoha

"These attacks are useless to me, and any ninjutsu has no effect on me!"

The water tiger charging at the front relied on the characteristics of the armor on its body to charge straight towards Tenzo's direction.

The clenched fist smashed the rock on which Tenzo was standing, forcing Tenzo to jump out of the way and use ninjutsu to restrain his opponent in a safe place.

However, when the wooden vines wrapped around the water tiger's body, the chakra in the vines was immediately sucked dry and turned into ordinary wood.

Wood of this hardness cannot be used to restrain a ninja's body.

"Well done, Water Tiger, just keep this position and charge forward. Peacock Whirlwind!"

Seeing this scene, the only female peacock couldn't help but become happy. She waved the two swords in her hands and released a storm attack in the form of a tornado, wrapping both Tenzo and Suihu in it.

Seeing the peacock's storm attack regardless of the enemy or ourselves, Tianzang was slightly startled and instantly realized that this was one of their tactics.

Because Water Tiger's armor has the ability to absorb chakra and can absorb the chakra contained in ninjutsu, then the storm formed by ninjutsu cannot pose a threat to him.

On the contrary, because others have not absorbed the characteristics of chakra, they are easily involved in this kind of ninjutsu that does not distinguish between friend and foe.

At this time, the water tiger only needs to absorb a part of the chakra in the storm around his body, which not only protects himself, but also causes trouble for his opponent.

"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!"

Tianzang could only step back, forming seals at the same time, and formed an earth wall in front of him to block the storm that hit him.

"sucker Punch!"

A ferocious smile appeared on the water tiger's face, and the jade on the armor glowed brightly, absorbing the chakra in the earthen wall, and shattered the wall with one punch.

Tenzo jumped next to Naruto and Sai, blocking the two behind him.

Around them, the water tiger, the peacock, and the tall, thin man leading the way formed an airtight encirclement.

"It's really amazing. You can escape such an attack without any damage."

The tall and thin man weighed the black sword blade in his hand slightly, his expression solemn.

An ordinary ninja would have fallen under such an attack long ago.

However, Tianzang can still deal with them. Judging from his expression, he should be able to do it with ease, but he obviously hasn't tried his best.

The reason why they did not fight with all their strength may be because they were concerned about the presence of Naruto and Sai, and were afraid that expanding the scale of the battle would affect them.

"Captain Yamato!"

Naruto helped the seriously injured Sai, put his arm around his neck and put it on the other shoulder to stabilize the other person's body and prevent him from falling.

"Naruto, can you still move?"

Tenzo stared straight ahead, but his words were directed towards Naruto.

"Well, although my body can't use much strength and I don't have enough chakra, there is no problem if I move."

Naruto felt that even with all his strength, he could not squeeze out any decent strength from his body. It was obviously because he had been drugged, which caused his body to be unable to exert any strength. In addition, his chakra is almost at the bottom, so fighting in this situation is very disadvantageous for him.

"In that case, protect Sai and leave the fighting to me."

Tianzang's expression became serious.

At this time, Naruto and Sai cannot be allowed to escape from their sight.

If Naruto and Sai were allowed to leave first, the enemy would definitely send one of them to pursue them, leaving the two to contain them.

In Naruto's current condition and with a wounded person, it would be difficult to resist.

Therefore, in this situation, the most correct thing to do is to prevent Naruto and Sai from leaving their protection.

"It was a smart choice not to let them leave first. However, ninjutsu is ineffective against me. Next, let you ninjas from great countries see the true despair——"

The water tiger's wild laughter stopped abruptly.

It was the sound of a hard object penetrating the skull.

The water tiger's smiling face froze in the air for a moment, and then brilliant blood exploded from the front and back of his forehead, his body swayed, and he fell down.

In the wall behind him, a black hole the size of a finger appeared.

--far away.

Cai, who was lying on the edge of the cliff, saw the water tiger fixed there like a wooden stake and was killed by himself with a sniper rifle. Then he quickly locked the second target with his white eyes. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger again and fired. Second bullet.

"careful!"

The moment the tall and thin man saw the water tiger's head explode, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted loudly to the peacock while retreating wildly.

After taking a full shot of the peacock, it also flashed quickly and retreated to the side.

boom!

Behind where she left, a dark finger-sized hole appeared.

When the peacock saw this, his pupils shrank and he was filled with fear.

If it had been any later, she might have died from her head exploding like Shui Hu.

Peacock raised his head and glanced far ahead. Although he didn't see anyone, and he didn't feel any murderous intent, there was indeed someone using some kind of long-range weapon to snipe at him.

"This is……"

When Tianzang saw the body of the water tiger, his expression changed slightly, and his eyes glanced into the distance, feeling silent for a while.

"Eh? Why is he dead? Did the reinforcements do it?"

Naruto looked at the water tiger who had a arrogant expression before and suddenly turned into a corpse, and he was a little unable to react.

"No matter what, it's hard to call this reinforcements."

Tenzo forced a smile from his face.

"Captain Yamato, Naruto, are you all okay?"

At this time, Sakura arrived here.

"It's okay, but Saii..."

Naruto turned his head and glanced at Sai who was being helped up by him. Although he still didn't faint due to his willpower, looking at his expression of painful breathing, he knew that his condition was not very good.

"It doesn't matter, leave it to me!"

Seeing Sai's body covered with bruises, Sakura's expression became serious.

Seeing that Sakura was planning to treat Sai immediately, Tenzou didn't say much and directly formed the seal.

"Wood Release·Wood Spindle Wall!"

This is an arched wooden wall that is harder than the Earth Escape and Earth Current Wall. Even if it encounters a powerful attack, it will not collapse upon contact and can effectively block the enemy's attack.

Naruto and the other three were left in the arched wooden wall, while Tenzo jumped to the top of the arched wooden wall to observe the situation outside.

Not surprisingly, the peacock and the tall and thin man were frantically looking for the enemy who was sniping at the water tiger.

Moreover, in order to avoid being sniped, both of them were moving at high speed and did not dare to stay in one place for too long, fearing that they would also end up like water tigers.

——Cai stood up from the edge of the cliff, but did not put away the sniper rifle, but continued to hold it in her hand.

Although the sniper attack on the second target failed and successfully aroused the enemy's alert, as long as his position was not discovered, there would be a new turning point sooner or later.

"Yamazaki, you and Xianglin help me limit their range of activities. Moving targets are difficult to hit."

Cai opened her mouth and spoke into the earband walkie-talkie while running forward.

The scenery on both sides kept drifting backwards, Cai moved very fast, and soon changed to another excellent sniping location.

In Bai Yan's observation, all the terrain here was uneven. At the beginning of the sniper attack, he had prepared multiple preparatory sniper locations for himself.

Stopping, Byakugan is in the open state. Under the observation of Byakugan's far-reaching ability, the expressions on the faces of the peacock and the tall and thin man, as well as their actions, are clearly visible.

Moving targets with no pattern of movement are difficult to snipe, but as long as their range of activities is fixed, these two people will become excellent targets again, allowing him to snipe from a long distance.

Cai used her hands as a chassis to hold the sniper rifle firmly in mid-air without any shaking, and aimed the muzzle at the peacock about five or six hundred meters away.

This is the second sniper target.

The tall and thin man who is the leader must be captured alive, otherwise he will be the one who is sniped from the beginning.

"Understood, it will take about twenty seconds. I will go first, Xianglin, you are responsible for the control."

This is Yamazaki's voice.

In addition, there was also the sound of whining airflow and vibration, and it was flying high in the sky.

"I know, there's no problem on my side!"

Xianglin's impatient voice came.

"It's about to happen!"

From the intercom, the vibration of the air flow became louder.

Yamazaki Ku, who was circling like an eagle in the sky, immediately took action and his flight trajectory began to change.

He carries a telescope similar to goggles, which can not only protect his eyes at high altitudes, but also use the function of the telescope to observe targets in the air or on the ground.

Although this ability is still a little immature compared to Byakugan and its use is quite cumbersome, this distance is enough for him to lock on to the target location on the ground.

"Peacock, be careful in the sky!"

The tall and thin man who was looking for the sniper suddenly noticed something and looked up into the sky. A black shadow quickly enlarged in his field of vision, and his expression changed.

"That is--"

The peacock also looked up into the sky and looked surprised when he saw the figure approaching him in the sky.

"Ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts!? Could it be that Shui Hu was captured by them..."

Peacock realized what was going on and knew which ninja killed the water tiger.

"These rats are really haunting! It seems that the lessons I gave them before were not enough!"

The tall and thin man was also a little angry.

There is only one last step left, but the people from the Kingdom of Ghosts are going to cause trouble at this time.

He raised the black sword blade in his hand high, and the tip of the sword immediately released a strong white light that obscured his vision, dispersing the surrounding darkness.

However, Yamazaki Jiu, who was illuminated by this white glare, did not close his eyes. Instead, he ignored the white glare that stung his eyes, threw two white metal balls from his hand, and dropped them towards the ground.

"What?"

The tall, thin man was surprised to see Yamazaki Ku ignoring his ninja abilities.

Then he saw Yamazaki Jiu throw two white metal balls and immediately retreated wildly.

Based on his many years of experience in dealing with ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts, this must be some kind of very dangerous explosive that does not require chakra to release an explosion. Even armor that absorbs chakra is vulnerable to such explosive weapons. .

If the human body is directly exposed to such an explosion, there is a high probability that it will die suddenly on the spot.

Snap, snap, snap.

The white metal ball bounced on the rock a few times, clicked twice, and the surface of the ball began to bulge.

No explosion?

The tall and thin man and the peacock looked at the metal ball that did not explode and couldn't help but be stunned.

I saw the raised white metal ball, revealing a complete circular gap. A thick white smoke instantly sprayed out from the circular gap of the metal ball. In the blink of an eye, the entire canyon river was swept up. In the thick white mist.

"Peacock Tornado!"

Peacock wields his two swords and uses their abilities to release a powerful storm that disperses the surrounding white mist.

"Hmph, to this extent——"

Before Peacock finished speaking, he was about to leave the place and retreat to a safe place.

However, the two swords seemed to be rooted in the rock beneath their feet, unable to move.

"What's going on, my body..."

Peacock looked down and saw a black spell densely covered under her feet, like a black snake entwining her feet and fixing them on the rock.

As if thinking of something, Peacock raised his head and swept towards an empty area, with a look of horror in his eyes.

boom!

The sharp bullet passed through Peacock's forehead and penetrated her entire brain.

Bloody flowers exploded from the front and back of his forehead, scattering all over the night sky.

"Peacock!"

Seeing the peacocks following in the footsteps of the water tigers, all of them were killed with a single shot to the head. The tall and thin man's eyes were splitting, and he shouted the names of his companions, but he could not change the fact that she was dead.

"In this way, you are the only one left. If I take you back, this mission will be completed."

Behind her, the girl's confident words sounded.

The tall and thin man turned around and saw a girl with bright red long hair standing on a rock not far from him. She was wearing a pair of red-rimmed glasses and was surrounded by an intellectual atmosphere. .

"You bastards-"

Regarding the anger of the tall and thin man, Xiang Lin said indifferently: "Oh, don't pretend to be so innocent. Not only did you rely on the Ziyuan Flower Chamber of Commerce, you also boldly attacked the mine and stole many rare ores. You just caused mining The matter of worker casualties has not been settled with you yet.”

"Damn it, you big countries are just a bunch of bandits. It is precisely because of you, the country of ghosts, that the ninja tools of our Craftsman Ninja Village have been unable to be sold in recent years! They are obviously combat ninja tools made by our Craftsman Ninja Village. Even more powerful, but the result is that no one cares about them! Let them all die!"

The tall and thin man seemed to be deeply stimulated by Xiang Lin's words, and his slitted eyes were spitting out flames that burned to the extreme.

As he spoke, he raised the black sword blade in his hand, and powerful aura waves condensed on the tip of the sword.

Xianglin looked at everything with a smile, as if he didn't care about such attacks.

And her indifferent attitude, in the eyes of the tall and thin man, was just a kind of arrogance.

And arrogance needs to pay a price!

The tall and thin man cut off the black sword blade——

boom!

The sword energy attack that was ready to go was on the verge of collapse.

The terrifying aura condensed on the tip of the sword also dissipated in the air in an instant, turning into an indescribable breeze.

The tall, thin man felt his knees lose feeling and a bloody hole appeared there.

The white hot bullet was embedded deeply into the hard rock, and the hole it drilled out was a dazzling reminder of its existence to outsiders.

The tall and thin man cried out in pain and fell to one knee.

"hateful!"

He had no intention of stopping the attack, and still tried to raise his arm to attack Xianglin.

boom!

The second shot came instantly.

It penetrated his arm holding the sword, along with his flesh and bones.

The black sword blade fell down, stained with bright red blood.

The tall and thin man's face twitched and he fell on the wet rock. His blood-stained face was washed by the river water, and the coldness hit him.

Now I completely lost my ability to resist.

Xianglin didn't pay attention to the miserable condition of the tall and thin man, but glanced towards the top of the rock wall on one side.

Cai's figure appeared there, holding the sniper rifle in the air, removing the tall and thin man's resistance from close range.

Then, chakra condensed under his feet, and Cai's body disappeared from the top of the rock wall in an instant. When he reappeared, he had already reached the side of the tall and thin man.

"Xiang Lin, heal him. It would be bad if he dies due to excessive blood loss."

"knew."

Xiang Rin stepped forward, first formed a seal, and wrapped the black spell that bound the body and chakra like a long snake around the tall and thin man's body, and then used medical ninjutsu to treat him.

"Damn it, don't think that I will succumb to the power of your great country! You are not qualified to judge me!"

Even though he was caught, the tall and thin man still glared at Cai with stern eyes.

"I have no interest in the resentment in your heart against the big country. I came to arrest you just because you Four Elephants attacked the mining area belonging to the Kingdom of Ghosts and caused casualties. It was out of soldier's duty."

Cai said without wavering.

There will always be enemies with various positions in the mission. If you are not firm in your mind, you may be shaken by such rhetoric.

The Kingdom of Ghosts has attracted much attention in this era because of its powerful military power and industrial capabilities, and it has also been envied by many people. Many countries that rely on the medical and arms industries to develop their domestic economies regard the Kingdom of Ghosts as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh.

Cai has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

Among them, the Takumi Ninja Village is a ninja village that regards the country of ghosts as its enemy.

This ninja village once produced a large number of ninja tools. Like the Iron Kingdom, it was the supplier of ninja tools to the ninja villages of the five major countries in the past.

However, due to its weak strength, it cannot have true neutral strength like the Iron Kingdom. Therefore, it is often bullied by the five major countries with strong power. For example, it is threatened not to sell ninja tools to other countries. If it violates, it will be sanctioned.

Therefore, over the years, the export situation of ninja tools in the Craftsman Ninja Village has not been ideal.

The emergence of new weapons in the Kingdom of Demons is the last straw that overwhelms the economic source of the Takumi Ninja Village.

This is probably the reason for being hated.

"Humph, kid, your parents seem to be the top military leaders of the Ghost Country. Anyway, evil people like them who bully small countries will not end well in the end, just like the five major countries in the past!"

The tall and thin man still spoke harshly, with deep reluctance hidden in his eyes.

"You bastard, please be quiet!"

Before Cai said anything, Xianglin angrily punched the tall and thin man in the stomach to tell him to shut up.

The tall, thin man vomited a mouthful of blood and calmed down.

At this time, Yamazaki Ku flew down from the sky and landed next to Aya and Xiang Rin.

"The mission is finally over now. It took a lot of effort. The spare batteries are almost used up."

Yamazaki put away the flying ninja tool behind his back, glanced at the tall and thin man on the ground, and then said to Cai.

Sai turned to look at where Tenzo and the others were. The ninjutsu on the wooden ingot wall was released, and Sakura had pulled Sai back from danger.

"Ah, aren't you during the Chunin Exams-"

When Naruto saw the figures of Cai and the others, he immediately came to his senses and pointed with his finger.

"We dealt with these guys and we caught them first. They should be left to us to deal with. There should be no problem with this, right?"

Sai looked at Tenzo, the only jounin in Konoha's group, and his intuition told him that with the strength of this Konoha jounin, there was no need to conflict with him.

Tianzang was about to answer, but someone responded faster than him:

"That's not okay. These guys kidnapped our Konoha ninjas before. There are some things that must be clarified, and we cannot leave them to you, the Kingdom of Demons."

The sudden voice did not belong to anyone present.

Yamazaki was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw a figure jumping down from the rock wall on the other side.

Following him, there were a dozen figures who jumped down, all wearing Konoha ANBU ninja uniforms.

However, the styles of masks are divided into two groups. One group is mainly animal masks, and the other group is ANBU masks. The patterns are more complex and give people a cold atmosphere, which is different from ordinary ANBU.

root!

Cai narrowed her eyes.

He immediately recognized the Anbu who were following him, and mixed in with a few root ninjas.

That Ninja no Yami, a direct subordinate of Shimura Danzo.

An extreme member of the Konoha martial arts faction.

When he was in school, he had heard about the name of this Shinobi Darkness, and his parents had also warned him that he should be extra careful when dealing with root ninjas and not be careless.

Compared to ANBU, Gen is the king of darkness in Konoha.

The leader of this Anbu and Root team was a white-haired ninja who was nearly fifty years old.

Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

Coming from the same school as the current Fifth Generation Hokage.

"No wonder I sensed a powerful chakra before. Did it turn out to be the Sannin himself?"

Xiang Rin, who was standing next to Sai, stared at Jiraiya with her red pupils, showing a solemn expression.

Although I heard that Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, had been defeated by the military leader of their country of ghosts, this did not mean that they could deal with the three ninjas with their strength.

After all, the so-called Sannin are already top-notch ninjas on the ninja strength ladder. Their strength is much stronger than that of jounin.

"Landful Immortal!"

Naruto's surprised voice came from over there, probably because he felt reassured by Jiraiya's arrival.

Jiraiya waved his hand, signaling Naruto to quiet down.

After hearing the news of Naruto's disappearance, he set off from the Leaf Village without stopping, and everyone in the Anbu and Roots also took notice.

Until now, seeing that Naruto was fine, he felt a little relieved.

However, the Four Elephants of the Craftsman Ninja Village who abducted Naruto must be brought back to Konoha for interrogation.

"We caught this first. Even if you are a Sannin, you should be reasonable. After our interrogation is over, it will be your turn in Konoha to interrogate."

Sai used her own white eyes to look at Jiraiya, refusing to give in.

At the same time, he held the sniper rifle in his hand tightly, his finger silently on the trigger, ready to fight at any time.

"No, we have to fight with the Sannin and so many Konoha Anbu..."

Cold sweat broke out on Yamazaki Jiu's face, and an unprecedented pressure squeezed his heart, making his heart beat faster and he was so nervous that he couldn't control himself.

Why would I, as a genin, fight with a legendary ninja like the Sannin?

Isn't this a very ordinary A-level pursuit mission?

If he were to fight the Sannin, and there were so many Konoha Anbu, it would be at least a super S-level mission.

In the military of the Kingdom of Ghosts, there are very few troops that can complete this task.

"If that's the case, then I can't let you go."

Jiraiya said seriously.

"Really? It's really an honor for me to have the Konoha Sannin personally take action. So, isn't the guy over there coming out yet? You've been watching for long enough."

Cai's eyes shifted and glanced at the rock wall behind her.

"Eh?"

Yamazaki turned his head and looked behind him. The originally static rock wall suddenly began to squirm, and a figure walked out of the rock without any gaps.

when?

Yamazaki Jiu looked at the visitor in surprise.

The green pupils and the black coat that was blown by the strong wind at the bottom of the canyon all revealed this person's identity.

The Immortal - Kakuzu.

"Haha, he is indeed the son of those two people. From the very beginning, did you notice my existence with your white eyes? What a powerful insight."

After saying this with a smile, Kakuzu looked at the tall and thin man lying behind Xiang Rin.

"I'm sorry, this person is my debt collection target. He has a debt he borrowed seven years ago that has not been repaid. Including interest, he has to pay back a total of 110 million taels, and today happens to be his repayment Date. So, can you leave him to me?"

The wind in the canyon became stronger, and the black coat on Kakuzu was blown up again. The golden round plate engraved with the aster flower mark hanging on the black coat was also eye-catchingly exposed to everyone's sight, and Attracted everyone's attention.

Even in the dark night, this golden medallion engraved with the imprint of the aster flower can emit a dazzling light of its own accord, shining impressively.