Escape From Konoha

After a while, nine containers containing chakra were neatly placed in front of Shiraishi and "Lin" in order from No. 1 to No. 9 under the hard work of General Tu.

The nine bottles, starting from bottle number one and ending with bottle number nine, contain part of the chakra from one tail to nine tails.

However, since it is a backup material, what appears in the container is only a very small part of the free chakra, not the tailed beast chakra that formed the tail entity.

However, even if it is free tailed beast chakra, the amount of chakra it contains is not comparable to that of ordinary ninjas. With these chakras, it is enough to train nine powerful jounin... Of course, the premise is that these chakras can be controlled.

Tailed beast chakra is tailed beast chakra after all, even if it is only the part spawned by Shiraishi, it still contains "darkness" that ordinary humans cannot conquer.

If you use these rashly, the ninja will easily be controlled by this part of chakra.

"I didn't expect that as a human, you would have collected so much tailed beast chakra without even knowing it."

Seeing all the chakra of the nine tailed beasts appear in front of him at once, Nanao Shigeaki, who appeared in the image of 'Lin', also sounded slightly surprised.

Judging from the amount of tailed beast chakra contained in the container, it is definitely not small.

"Maybe it's a personal interest. I have had a strong interest in things like Chakra since I was very young. Compared to ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu, which seem very powerful to ordinary people, I am more interested in them. I'm not very interested in this, but it's the seals and techniques, and the 'chakra' that make them up, that are the teacher who aroused my interest. Just like this..."

As he spoke, under the surprised gaze of Nanao Chongming, Shiraishi held up his palm, raised it to the mid-air in front of him, and paused.

A lot of cold air appeared in the surrounding space, and pieces of white ice crystals, like white particles, fell from the sky.

Not only that, a piece of ground in front of Baishi's feet began to bubble like magma. White ice crystals fell into the magma and instantly turned into air and disappeared.

Next to the magma pool, there is a small green tree that broke out of the ground against the laws of nature and is growing vigorously.

"Is this Ice Escape, Molten Escape...and Wood Escape? You actually have mastered three blood inheritance limits?"

Chongming's tone was full of shock, and he looked at Baishi in disbelief.

He couldn't believe that a human being could master the power of three blood inheritance boundaries.

This is incredible.

"You're wrong. These three escape techniques are indeed ice escape, melt escape and wood escape, but they are not the limit of blood successors. They are just escape skills that I simulated using chakra as a prototype. They look the same as blood successors. The boundary escape technique is the same, but its essence is not the same thing, and in terms of power... it can only express this form."

Shiraishi explained with a smile.

Because of this ability, it can be used for juggling, but if it is used against the enemy, its lethality may be far inferior to that of ordinary fireballs.

"Even so, to be able to reach this point is already amazing."

Chongming said in amazement.

"This is part of the ability that emerged after I gained a deeper understanding of Chakra. It is similar to my past conjectures. As long as you understand the material Chakra, no matter what kind of ninjutsu it is, or the blood inheritance limit that is difficult to copy, it is nothing. It's just a matter of 'expression'. Everything among ninjas was initially made of chakra, even the tailed beasts."

Bai Shi's indifferent gaze swept over him, making Chongming feel frightened.

Although the words were simple, Chongming knew that it was definitely not by accident that Shiraishi had reached this point.

His way of thinking is different from most people in this ninja world.

He disdains powerful techniques, because in his opinion, as long as he understands the source of chakra, any powerful technique, or the sacred and inviolable blood inheritance limit in the eyes of ordinary ninjas, is within easy reach.

What is the future of this road? No one can tell Shiraishi the answer. Even Shiraishi himself may need to explore and move forward throughout his life.

"Yes, from the very beginning, our tailed beasts are just creatures made of chakra."

Chongming nodded, expressing his feelings.

Regarding this point, I am afraid that Shiraishi knows more about the existence of tailed beasts than they do.

"But, then again, to give birth to the original power of the Ten-Tails, just gathering the chakra of the nine tailed beasts is not enough. There is also an important 'body' missing. If there is no 'body', even if it is collected These chakras cannot return to their true form and form the Ten Tails."

Chongming focused his attention on the nine bottles again and said to Shiraishi.

Although the tailed beast is made of chakra, if it is just pure chakra, it cannot be condensed into an existence like the tailed beast.

In the same way, even if the chakra of the nine tailed beasts is gathered together, if there is no such thing as a 'body', it will just be the chakra of the nine tailed beasts.

On the road to obtaining the origin of the Ten-Tails, it is simply not feasible.

Among the nine tailed beasts now, probably only the Nine Tails, which is closest to the Ten Tails, possesses part of the original power of the Ten Tails.

"Of course I know about this. If it was before, I might have been unable to do anything, but for me now, it shouldn't be a problem."

Shiraishi nodded.

The chakra of the nine tailed beasts, without the body of the ten tails, is just a few balls of chakra with special consciousness. For ordinary people, it is indeed an amazing power, but for a being like Shiraishi, it is not an amazing thing.

Therefore, Shiraishi took the next step. He took out a scroll from his ninja bag, and spread the scroll on the ground without paying attention to Chongming's gaze.

With a bang, white smoke appeared.

Along with the white smoke, there was also a piece of wood looming in the smoke.

The pieces of wood were shaped into irregular shapes, and the bark was cracked, as if there was no bark at all.

But this kind of tree is incompatible with any other tree in the ninja world.

This is the sacred tree - a small fragment of the Ten-Tails body.

It was something that was traded from Nagato a long time ago.

The Wood Release of the Ghost Country also relied on these wooden blocks and combined with his understanding of chakra to create the Blood Succession Boundary.

However, due to the extremely low success rate, currently, among the nearly 10,000 ninjas in the Demon Country's military, only three are suitable.

The probability is three out of ten thousand, which can be said to be an extremely low probability.

One of them joined the Thorn Team led by Ichiki. He was an adult and was at the peak of what a ninja should have. He was also a rare elite ninja among the Jonin in the Kingdom of Demons.

The other two people, a boy and a girl, aged fourteen and thirteen, are currently studying at the Ghost Country Ninja School and receiving training related to wood escape.

Closer to home, the piece of wood in front of you, even if it is an insignificant fragment of the Ten-Tails body, but as long as it is still a fragment of the Ten-Tails body, it cannot be treated with common sense.

"Next, I will use nine different tailed beast chakras to fuse them according to their respective characteristics. If nothing else happens, I should be able to extract something...such as the original power of the ten tails you mentioned."

"Doesn't your body matter?"

Chongming saw that Shiraishi's body seemed to be in a period of recuperation.

His face looked a little paler than usual.

"No problem, it's just that I fought with someone before and my energy is somewhat damaged. I can recover after a few days of rest. Okay, let's get started now."

After Shiraishi said that, he focused on the wooden blocks in front of him and the nine containers.

He walked over and pulled out the stoppers of the nine containers one by one.

Then Shiraishi made a slight move with his palm, and directly in the Muji state, the tailed beast chakra in the container began to float out of the bottle, like water, flowing continuously in mid-air, and finally all rivers returned to the sea, towards the sea. He quickly rushed towards the wooden block and wrapped it up.

The motionless wooden block sucked part of the chakra of the nine tailed beasts bit by bit.

Chongming felt a little palpitated by the scene in front of him. He wanted to say something and moved his lips. In the end, he didn't say anything. He just controlled Lin's body and took a few steps back. The palpitating feeling dissipated a little. .

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"So... why did you suddenly think of asking me to teach you how to read? Didn't you hate reading the most before?"

In the Konoha Library, there is a reading area where various public documents are recorded. Shikamaru held his chin in one hand while staring at Naruto, who had a large number of reading materials in front of him, with unmotivated eyes, and stared in boredom. Yawned.

Because Naruto suddenly came to him one night a few days ago, asking him to teach him how to read and accumulate the amount of knowledge a good ninja should have.

To be honest, Shikamaru was very surprised by Naruto's change.

At first, I thought that Naruto had taken the wrong medicine or had a wrong tendon, which caused him to have confused thoughts and make some actions that were not in line with his usual behavior.

After all, when Shikamaru thinks of Naruto, he thinks of this training madman.

Whenever I have time, I will basically spend it on training to enhance my strength.

So much so that Naruto may not even be as good as some students at the Ninja School in terms of accumulation of knowledge.

"Because this is a necessary skill to become Hokage. Please, Shikamaru, you are the only person I can think of who can help me!"

Among the people he knew well, except for the recommendation from his father Minato, Naruto thought about it carefully and it seemed that Shikamaru was the most suitable person.

Although Jiraiya is very powerful, he is not suitable to teach him these things.

The rest of his friends either have dogs or bugs, or they think about handsome guys or snacks all day long. If you think about it seriously, Shikamaru seems to have no real shortcomings except that he is a bit lazy and often lacks motivation.

Whether it is the strength of the ninja, or the knowledge and strategic actions involved in the ninja, it seems that he has the potential to become a big shot.

Looking at Naruto who clasped his hands together and lowered his head slightly towards him, it can be said that the request was extremely sincere. Shikamaru scratched his head, feeling that the matter was troublesome, and finally sighed.

"Let me ask first, Naruto, your current interest... shouldn't be a three-minute passion, right? If you have the naive idea of ​​reading something by the way, or completing some task, then I think you should give up and spend all your energy on it. It would be better to focus on cultivation."

The laziness on Shikamaru's face subsided slightly, and his expression became slightly sharp, as if he was glaring at Naruto, which made Naruto feel a strong pressure.

Obviously in terms of strength, he should be stronger than Shikamaru.

But in the current situation, Shikamaru seemed to be shocked.

"Uh, does it make any difference?"

Naruto tilted his head and crossed his hands on his chest, thinking about the difference between the two.

"The difference is huge. If you have the idea of ​​​​three-minute heat instead of the idea of ​​wanting to learn, then even if I teach you how to teach you this knowledge, it is meaningless. It is not only a waste of your Time will also be a waste of my time.”

After experiencing what happened to Sasuke, Shikamaru also thought about it painfully.

At that time, it was clear that our side had the advantage.

No matter in terms of numbers or overall strength, his side has the upper hand.

However, it turned out that Sasuke successfully defeated them and escaped from their pursuit.

In addition to not expecting Sasuke to be cruel, it was also due to their lack of individual strength.

Although teamwork is important, if the strength gap between teammates is too large, then such teamwork will simply hinder the strong players in the team.

The stronger the individual is, the more powerful the team will be after finding suitable teammates and working together with each other.

Just like a piece of information he had read, the trio from the Kingdom of Ghosts - Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri and Hinata Ayane.

This is a typical example.

Although the three of them have a tacit understanding of 20 to 30 years, they are in tune with each other and are the most perfect team-type ninjas.

But that doesn’t mean the three of them are only strong when they work together.

Individually, each of them is a ninja who can rival or even defeat a village of shadows.

The reason why their teamwork is strong is because they are top ninjas in their own right, not just based on cooperation.

Therefore, Shikamaru has been looking for ways to become stronger and hone his family's secret skills for more than a year.

Otherwise, if something like this happens next time, even if you have a smart brain, it will be meaningless in the face of absolute power.

If Naruto came to ask him for advice with the mentality of casually learning, then Shikamaru felt that there was no need to waste time on such things.

Even if Naruto is his friend.

No, precisely because they are friends, he should be made to realize that ‘learning’ is by no means a simple matter.

On the contrary, these systematic knowledge are more torturous than simple cultivation. Many people will find this kind of learning extremely boring halfway and cannot give up.

"Although I don't understand, I will study hard."

Naruto's tone was quite serious.

"..."

So, this guy didn't understand what he meant at all, right? The corner of Shikamaru's mouth twitched slightly.

But he also knew that such complex systematic learning would be difficult to understand thoroughly with Naruto's poor foundation.

An alien in practice and an idiot in theory.

"Oh, I understand. In that case, let's do an internship first."

Shikamaru sighed helplessly, he could only use this method to identify slightly what kind of mentality Naruto had in asking him to learn from him.

"Internship?"

"That's right. Next, I will recommend you to read a book. You are not required to understand the core concepts of these books, but you are required to be able to remember the key knowledge points. And in half a month, I will You take a written test.”

Shikamaru's chin rested on his crossed hands. Although his words calmed down, he gave the impression that he was more serious.

"written examination?"

Naruto shivered suddenly and woke up instantly.

Looking at Shikamaru with a calm expression in front of him, it was like looking at a hateful demon.

Theoretical exams are what he is least good at and dislikes the most.

In every theory test in the ninja school, his results were disastrous. Not only did he never pass, but he was also far away from the passing line.

Therefore, every time he took such an exam, all he felt was endless suffering.

Shikamaru, who gave him a written test, was no different from a demon in Naruto's eyes.

"That's right, if you can handle such a nasty thing, I will believe you, and you are not asking me for advice just for fun. Otherwise, you'd better stop here and focus on your cultivation. "

Shikamaru said this, which also meant that there was no room for maneuver when it came to the written examination.

Either Naruto goes back home, or he passes the test with dignity, showing a serious attitude that is recognized by him, and proves that his decision is not a temporary one.

"Having said that, can't we change to individual tests? For example, actual combat..."

Naruto hesitated.

"No. In terms of actual combat, you are already skilled enough. There is no difficulty for you. Moreover, a person's growth lies in overcoming his own weaknesses. Naruto, it is precisely because you are too weak in this area that I Test like this. Otherwise, this test of your determination will be worthless."

Shikamaru answered seriously.

He knew that Naruto was not good at these things, so he felt the need to test him more and more.

The purpose of this exam is not to see how much knowledge Naruto can understand, nor is it to require him to pass with full marks, but to verify Naruto's attitude through this exam.

This is his purpose.

After all, Naruto is a person who may carelessly copy and make mistakes even if he puts the answer in front of him.

If you want to get something from him, you must be serious about it, just like the cultivation of immortal arts, devote one thousand percent of your enthusiasm and energy to make yourself stronger.

"I know, then, the book I want to read is..."

Naruto asked.

"Well, well..."

Shikamaru walked to the bookshelf nearby, randomly pulled out a book about four centimeters thick, and placed it in front of Naruto.

"Just this one."

"On the relationship between ninjutsu, taijutsu, illusion and chakra, and basic overview and application"

The title is very long, and the book is much thicker than ordinary books.

And the important thing is that Shikamaru has read this book many times and knows many of its core contents clearly.

But he was sure that Naruto had never read such a basic book.

Sure enough, he saw Naruto's body that was almost fainting. Just the name must have given him a huge headache.

"There are about 500 pages of content in it. You have to read it within half a month. Naruto, this shouldn't be an easy task for you."

Shikamaru smiled slightly, and then walked outside without hesitation.

"Then, in half a month, meet here at seven o'clock in the morning. If you don't want to fail, just try your best to read this book thoroughly, and then prove that you are serious."

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The block came to life.

Literally, after Shiraishi injects the Jiuben Tailed Beast chakra into the wooden block and fuses it through the characteristics of both parties, the fragments that are regarded as the body seem to have life.

This kind of life is not the life in nature, the kind of life like ordinary trees, but a living thing.

In other words, the wooden block that was originally a 'dead object' became a living 'living thing'.

"I didn't expect that after just a little try, something so interesting would happen. Is this the Ten-Tails?"

Baishi stopped and turned to look at Chongming who was standing outside the safety circle.

The other party controlled Lin's body and stood outside the circle, keeping a distance from here.

Whether it was the aura on Shiraishi's body or the aura emanating from the wood, it made him feel seriously uncomfortable.

"No, it's not. Although it feels similar, it's just a slight touch. The mere existence of that guy's chakra can cause the heaven and earth to change, the earth to collapse, and tsunamis to come. It can be called a moving natural disaster."

Chongming described it this way.

It was separated from the Ten-Tails' body and knew the horror of the Ten-Tails.

The piece of wood in front of me was just contaminated with a trace of its aura. With the help of the Jiufen Tailed Beast's chakra, this aura was full of vitality, not just a dead thing like before.

"Is that true? But a piece of wood of such a size can have such an abnormal life state after receiving the chakra of the nine tailed beasts... It's hard to imagine how powerful the vitality of the original body will be."

Shiraishi couldn't help but marveled.

Although what he spied was only an insignificant part of the Ten-Tails, it was enough to make him feel moved.

"You are right, it is an abnormal existence that transcends attempts."

Chongming controlled Lin's body and walked over, nodded to Baishi, and acknowledged his words.

"Next, it's time to test the results. Although there is only a trace, it finally has some connection with the original power of the Ten-Tails... Now I should be able to perfect the 'Fairy Beast Mode'."

Shiraishi never forgets this incident.

He really wanted to witness with his own eyes what the perfect jinchūriki that was contaminated with the aura of the Ten-Tails would look like after entering sage mode.

"In that case, it's your turn to play."

After saying that, Chongming exited Lin's consciousness space, allowing Lin's consciousness to return to her body.

Lin blinked and her eyes brightened slightly, indicating that her consciousness had returned to her body.

Because she is a perfect Jinchuuriki, even if her body is controlled by Shigeaki, she will not suffer any damage, and she can also clearly see external things in her body.

"Lin, absorb the chakra contaminated with the Ten-Tails' aura."

Shiraishi pointed at the wooden block and gave instructions to Lin.

Lin nodded.

"I understand, Shiraishi-sensei."

With a gentle breath, Lin stretched out her palm towards the wooden block, touched the wooden block with her fingers, extracted that part of the chakra, and mobilized her own senjutsu chakra, as well as the tailed beast chakra of Nanao, to use it Winding, wrapping, and finally the three forces merge.

In an instant, a strange energy, like a gentle stream of water, enveloped Lin's body. Her body began to burn without any warning. It was an almost transparent pale blue flowing flame.