Escape From Konoha

In order to return to the border station of the Kingdom of the Wind as soon as possible to solve the problem of antidotes, the Sand Hidden Squad led by Temari, all members of the team were lightly packed, and began to move towards the nearest station.

On the way back to the nearest station at full speed, a bloody smell that had not completely disappeared was penetrating into Temari's nostrils through the air.

As a ninja, she was so familiar with this smell that she couldn't be more familiar with it.

"Stop!"

Temari made a gesture to stop his body from sprinting.

The group of sand ninjas behind them, as well as Hanami Haruka and Miko Mist Branch who joined temporarily, also stopped and looked towards the desert ahead.

There are pitted sand fields everywhere due to violent explosions. Not only that, in these pitted sand pits, the yellow sand half-covers a large number of ninja corpses.

None of these corpses were complete, and all of them were severely damaged by the violent explosion.

Even though everyone present was used to seeing dead people, they still felt nauseated at the scene in front of them.

"Why, how could this happen, this is..."

Teju exclaimed in a low voice, disbelief appeared on his face, and there was anger in his eyes.

Because these dead ninjas are all sand ninjas.

They were apparently ambushed by someone, and all died heroically.

Such a scene made Temari clenched his fists and his breathing became heavy.

She stepped forward step by step and stood in the middle of the group of corpses. The feeling of oppression made her even more difficult to breathe.

The accompanying medical ninjas also stepped forward in silence and began to examine the sand ninja corpses.

"Master Temari, it won't take a day for these people to die. And they didn't seem to show any signs of resistance, so they were killed, probably because they were ambushed."

After one of the medical ninjas checked, he began to report to Ju.

"May I know who did it?"

Temari asked with a sullen face.

The medical ninja was about to answer when a crisp voice came in:

"It's the Iwagakure Ninja named Didara, this is the clay debris after he cast ninja."

Not far away, Hanami Haruka, who started to inspect the battlefield, was holding a piece of debris in his hand.

It is the clay crumbs dedicated to Didara.

"It's no wonder that the reinforcements have not been seen for a long time. Was it an ambush?"

Temari took a deep breath, and finally understood why the reinforcements did not come after returning to the Land of Wind.

When they fought against the enemy, this force may have encountered a poisonous hand, and it was impossible to go to the northern border to meet them back.

"I'll leave the corpse collection to you guys."

Temari knew that this was not a time for anger, and the most important thing right now was to return to the nearby Sand Gazebo as soon as possible and prepare the antidote instead of wasting time here.

Therefore, Temari decided to keep some people here to clean up the battlefield and restrain the corpse of Sand Shinobi, while she took Hanami Haruka to Sand Hidden's resident to prepare the antidote.

Regarding Temari's arrangement, everyone did not object, and nodded in agreement.

...

About two hours later, Temari led some Sand Shinobi, Hanami Haruka and Kirie, to a sand hiding place.

After confirming that Temari's identity was correct, Sand Shinobi, who guarded the station, began to let him go.

After arriving at the resident, Temari transferred Maki, who was still injured and still awake, to a special ward to rest. At the same time, he arranged for people to lead Hanami Haruka to the resident warehouse to select medicinal materials and prepare antidotes.

At this moment, a sand ninja came over and respectfully said to the opponent:

"Temari-sama, Mr. Shikahisa of Konoha is here."

"Is it finally here?"

Temari was slightly taken aback, then nodded, and followed Sand Shinobi to meet Konoha's ninja.

In a simple lounge of the resident, when Temari came here, he saw Shikahisa, the jonin of the Sarutobi clan, and the new generation of pigs and butterflies headed by Shikamaru gathered here.

"Mr. Shikahisa, on behalf of Sayin, I would like to thank everyone for coming."

Temari turned to Shikaku, even though his face couldn't hide his tiredness, he cheered up and said hello to Shikamaru and the others.

Unlike the country of ghosts, in recent years, Sand Yin and Konoha have been supporting each other internationally. The enmity formed during the war years cannot be said to be completely eliminated, but after years of cooperation, even their respective villages care about it. The ninjas also acquiesced to such behavior.

Furthermore, the third and second ninja world wars are too long away from newcomers like Temari. Compared with the older generation, her new generation Sagakushi Jōnin, who has no hatred for Konoha, is the main force who can get along with Konoha friendly.

"Where, Konoha and Sagakure are allies with each other. When one is in trouble, the other should help. Then, Ms. Temari, can you explain the current situation?"

Although through Sand Yin's letter, he knew the general cause and effect of the matter, but the specific matter needs to be explained by the daughter of Kazekage himself.

"It's like this..."

Temari nodded, and began to narrate what happened to Shikahisa and the others.

Since being attacked by members of the mysterious organization, Gaara took the initiative to take on the job of bait to attract the enemy's firepower by himself in order to keep them, but his whereabouts are unknown.

Afterwards, the kingdom of ghosts came to seek cooperation, and wanted to join hands with Shayin to deal with this mysterious organization with the goal of catching tailed beasts, and to rescue Jonin Maki, who was poisoned in his lower body, which made Shayin feel helpless, as a sincerity of cooperation .

Including the follow-up actions, Temari also explained to Shikaku one by one.

After telling all the information, Temari's mouth was also dry.

"Is that so?"

Lu Jiu stroked his chin and began to think.

Although the kingdom of ghosts suddenly made such a move at this time, it was somewhat unexpected. But Lu Jiu believes that no matter what purpose the Ghost Kingdom has, for now, being able to cooperate with the other party is undoubtedly beneficial to both of them in rescuing Gaara.

"Mr. Lu Jiu, did you find something?"

"I'm just surprised by the inconsistencies in the Kingdom of Ghosts... But since they joined in, it can be regarded as a good help. How long will it take for the antidote to be produced?"

Lu Jiu asked.

"According to the female medical ninja from Ghost Country, it will take about three days."

Temari replied.

"Three days? Then within these three days, let's start to recharge our batteries and wait for the antidote to come out before launching the search operation."

Lu Jiu nodded, and decided to take action after the antidote was produced three days later.

The Iwagakure ninja named Didara, needless to say about his abilities, from the performance point of view, he is an extremely intuitive and dangerous ninja.

But the Scarlet Sand Scorpion should not be underestimated either. The other party was the terrifying person who directly killed the former Kazekage, and his ability to make poison was the true inheritance of the elder Sakage Chiyo. If he couldn't solve the poison created by the other party, it would be wrong to fight him rashly in Lu Jiu's opinion. wisdom.

And this is the tricky part of the puppet master.

"Then everyone, please take a good rest these few days, and I will tell someone to make arrangements."

After Temari finished speaking, he left the lounge.

She also needs adequate rest to keep her spirits up and prevent herself from falling off at critical moments.

"The situation is really complicated, Dad."

After Temari left, Shikamaru said this.

Sha Yin, Konoha, the mysterious organization, and now the kingdom of ghosts are also involved.

On the surface, Sand Hidden, Konoha, and Oni Nation belonged to the same camp in this operation.

But what is the plan of the ghost country, they have no idea at all.

Shikamaru was very worried that at the critical moment, Oni no Kai would slash Konoha and Sanda savagely in the back.

"Don't worry too much. Judging from the fact that the ghost country has not invested high-end combat power, their purpose is probably to use the power of Sha Yin to effectively attack this organization."

Lu Jiu expressed his guess.

"Why would they do that?"

"I'm also thinking about it. However, we have too little information on our side to deduce the motives of Ghost Kingdom. We still know too little about this organization."

Shikajiu spoke about the difficulties Konoha and Sand Hidden faced at this time.

Shikamaru nodded, then sighed:

"I hope there will be no accidents on Naruto's side. Needless to say, the puppeteer who plays with clay, but the puppet master who uses poison is quite tricky."

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Two days later.

The boundless valley covered with mountains and rocks is extremely intricate.

According to Tianzang's speculation, if Gaara didn't continue to flee, he would definitely use the terrain here to get rid of the enemy's hunting.

Because among the nearby areas, only here is the most suitable hiding place.

In order to find Gaara's whereabouts as soon as possible, the seventh squad led by Tianzang was quickly divided into two groups.

A team led by Nara Suzaku Jōnin, and the team members are Sai and Honoko, using the huge ink bird drawn by Sai Chaoshou's fake painting to scout from the sky.

The second group consists of Tianzang and Naruto, who enter the valley from the ground to look for Gaara's whereabouts.

The steep rocks seem to be inserted into the sky.

It was the cold winter, and the cold wind howled in the valley, creating a chilling and icy atmosphere.

Ignoring this objectively existing environment, Tianzang led Naruto and flew quickly through the valley with mixed terrain without being affected at all, looking for a possible hiding place for Gaara.

Because it is necessary to find Gaara one step earlier than the people of the mysterious organization, Tianzang and Naruto dare not relax for a moment, and muster their energy to start the search operation.

In order to find Gaara as soon as possible, Naruto specially used the technique of shadow clones based on the idea of ​​strength in numbers, and separated more than ten shadow clones to assist in the search together in the valley.

"Speaking of which, Captain Yamato."

Naruto kept running at the same speed as Tianzang.

"What's up?"

"Is there no problem with Sai and the others in the sky?"

"No way, they are bait."

Tianzang said so.

"Bait?"

Naruto was taken aback.

"Although it is very convenient to search from high altitude, there are also very few obstacles in the sky. If the enemy observes a little bit, they can know the position of Sai and the others."

Tianzang replied.

"Then why..."

"Attract the enemy's attention, divert their attention away from our side, and ensure that our side's actions will not be interfered. In addition, with the ability to control the air, the Yanyin Renren named Didara, his detonation Objects will be deciphered by Hinoko's chakra needle of tracking type thunder escape. So, don't worry about their safety."

In this way, it not only attracts the attention of the enemy, but also prevents the enemy's explosives from detonating smoothly.

In this way, the enemy only has the ability to fly, but the offensive ability will be blocked, and the danger will be greatly reduced.

Tianzang, who has learned about Hinoko's ability, knows how bad the ability compatibility between Hinoko and Didara is.

Naruto suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Hinoko was arranged next to Sai, so it was to prevent this.

Maybe Hinoko's ability is too easy to use.

Especially when using Xianju, combined with the activation of Huo Yezi's Lightning Dungeon, his speed and reaction ability will be greatly enhanced. The effect of such an increase is hard for any ninja to refuse.

As long as there is Huo Yezi in the team, the mobility of the whole team will directly increase by one level.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Naruto was stunned, which caught Tianzang's attention.

"What's wrong?"

"A shadow clone disappeared, destroyed by sand."

"Sand? Gaara?"

Tianzang had a smile on his face.

"Well, I won't remember his Chakra wrongly, come with me, Captain Yamato."

Saying that, Naruto suddenly accelerated his running speed and ran in another direction.

Without hesitation, Tianzang strengthened the chakra of his legs and increased his speed to catch up.

...

"Not only Sand Yin, but Konoha also got involved. Hmm."

In Didara's miniature telescope, the faces of the three of Saii appeared, and the three of them were riding a black black ink bird, soaring high in the sky.

At the bottom of the valley, Didara shared this information with Scorpion with the help of rocks blocking his vision.

"Konoha?"

"Yeah, I can't read the mark on the forehead wrongly. Two of them have been recorded in the intelligence. One is a jounin of the Konoha Nara clan, and the other is a ninja from Konoha Genbu. As for the third person It's a little girl... I don't have information about her. The costume is similar to Konoha's Anbu, but without the mask. Hmm."

Didara briefly explained.

"What a waste, to rely on the support of ninjas from other villages."

Xie couldn't help but mock Sha Yin's weakness even more.

The village really hasn't grown at all since he left.

All kinds of land cession and compensation, so that his rebelliousness of fleeing, he felt ashamed of the village he was born in.

"You can't say that. After all, Brother Scorpion and I are too strong together. It's only natural that they would be so wary of our 'art'. Hmm."

Deidara boasted shamelessly.

"I'll leave it to you to deal with the above. I've already made arrangements for Jinjuriki and Fourth Kazekage."

Scorpion's voice was calm.

"Brother Scorpion, are you alright by yourself?"

Didara asked worriedly.

"Just don't play yourself off. My eternity is not comparable to your childish instant art. Whether it is Kazekage or Renzhuriki, I will never miss it."

"Hello!"

Ignoring Didara's dissatisfied screams from behind, Scorpion grabbed the shoulder of the speechless Kankuro, jumped into the mountain stream and disappeared.

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"It's here."

At the entrance of the ventilated cave, Naruto brought Tianzang to the place where the shadow clone disappeared.

In the dark hole, the visibility is very narrow, most of the area is shrouded in darkness, and the icy cold wind blows from the hole. Obviously, there is another vent in this cave.

After speaking, Naruto walked forward, preparing to enter the cave.

The moment his right foot stepped into the cave, taking this as a signal, countless sand quickly rolled up on the ground, squeezing Naruto and Tenzo from all directions, intending to bury them here.

Naruto, who had expected to be attacked, turned the spiral pill with one hand, pointed at the sand that was killing him, and stretched out his arm.

boom!

With the strong Chakra airflow venting around, the entangled sand turned into a sandy yellow sand rain, and the sand particles fell down one after another, landing on the bodies of Naruto and Tianzang.

"Gara, it's us, don't hide in and not come out!"

Naruto yelled at the people inside the cave.

He knew Gaara must have heard his cry.

Not surprisingly, after a few seconds of silence in the cave, the sound of people walking was heard.

The figure of Gaara, carrying a gourd on his back, walked out from the intersection of light and shadow between the cave and the outside world, and glanced coldly at Naruto and Tenzo.

Tianzang stepped forward and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "We are Konoha ninjas who came to support you at the request of Sand Hidden Village, not your enemies."

"I know. However, I still can't deny the fact that you are in the way."

Gaara's voice was cold.

"What, how can you talk like that, we came to save you with good intentions."

Naruto said suddenly dissatisfied.

I feel like all my good intentions have been wasted.

I love Luo Han's expressionless face.

Tianzang laughed aloud. As the information said, Gaara, who is a one-tailed Jinchuriki, is an unreasonable ninja.

As Renzhuli, more or less, they all have very serious personality defects.

"I'm fine, you guys go away quickly."

After a long silence, Gaara spit out these words, turned around impatiently, and prepared to walk back into the cave.

"Hello--"

Before Naruto could finish speaking, Gaara suddenly paused when he entered the cave, and an eyeball flew over from far away.

This is a long-range reconnaissance type 'third eye', which has a wider monitoring range than the general third eye, but due to the long distance, it cannot share the vision with the operator in real time.

However, the observed memory content can be stored, and after returning, the content seen can be transmitted to the mind of the operator.

Gaara held the "third eye" that flew back in his hand and squeezed it hard.

boom!

Dust splashes.

A large amount of memory content was instilled into his mind through Chakra.

Abruptly, Gaara swept towards a direction, his eyes filled with horrifying ferocity, as if he wanted to eat people.

"Guys who are in the way, don't follow, or I will kill you!"

After all, Gaara formed a mudra with one hand, his body turned into dust, and disappeared from the spot.

"What is he doing?"

Naruto was a little dumbfounded.

"Probably observed something. Go after it and have a look."

Tianzang's figure flashed, and he caught up with Gaara. As for Gaara's threat, he took the initiative to ignore it.

Naruto also reacted, and followed Tianzang to chase after Gaara.

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After entering the valley, the troops led by Luo Sha also dispersed to act.

He led two Anbu Jōnin alone, and searched in the valley as a team.

His judgment is consistent with Tianzang. If Gaara wants to hide himself, there is a high possibility of hiding here.

Just when he entered a relatively steep canyon, a figure suddenly flashed out, and when he took a closer look, Luo Sha was startled.

"Yura Jominin!?"

Anbu next to Luo Sha suddenly exclaimed.

Seeing this figure that suddenly flashed in front of him, after seeing the other person's face clearly, he immediately recognized the other person's identity.

It's just that the opponent's state is very bad at this time, bloodstains are all over his body, and half of his face is also stained red with blood.

Some blood stains stained the clothes and had solidified into blackish clots.

"Yura, why are you here?"

Luo Sha's complexion changed, and he quickly stepped forward to support Yu Liang's body, preventing him from falling to the ground.

"Master Feng, Kazekage, my subordinates are incompetent..."

Yura moaned in pain, and responded with a tone of embarrassment.

"What happened? And, why are you here? I heard from Temari that you didn't meet them on time."

Luo Sha asked these questions.

"It's like this, Kazekage-sama, we were ambushed by the enemy that day on the way to meet us. Everyone except me was killed, and I was also captured by them..."

"They? Are they scorpions?"

"No, it's not, it's someone else, but wearing the same clothes as Scorpion, I'm afraid it's another member. I managed to sneak out while they weren't paying attention. In addition, they were plotting a part of Gaara-sama's body. Tai... Kazekage-sama, hurry up and tell me, Gaara-sama, they are trying to harm the village's Kazuo!"

Speaking of this, Yu Liang tightly grasped the clothes on Luo Sha's chest, as if she wanted to use her last breath to tell Luo Sha this important information.

Luo Sha's face softened, he patted Yu Liang's shoulder, and comforted him: "As long as you are fine. In addition, don't worry about Gaara's affairs. Since I have come here, I will disintegrate the conspiracy of that organization and will not let you They got it!"

The final promise was quite firm.

"That's good, that's good..."

A reassuring smile appeared on Yura's embarrassed face.

"Okay, now you rest—"

Before the word 'rest' came out of his mouth, Luo Sha's ears moved, and accompanied by a sharp piercing sound, something rushed towards him quickly.

Luo Sha looked up and saw a cloud of sand flying towards him with a murderous aura like a dark cloud.

Terrible blood spread in the sand, and the killing intent was so overflowing that the practitioner could no longer contain it, pressing on Luo Sha one after another, as if trying to crush his body.

I love Luo! Luo Sha's face darkened, and he immediately guessed who was manipulating the sand to attack him.

"Master Kazekage, be careful!"

Yura struggled to get up, took out Kunai from the ninja bag, and stood in front of Luo Sha.

"Wait, Yura!"

Pooh!

Luo Sha was stunned.

A sharp pain caused him to open his mouth wide, and his breathing almost stopped.

I saw Yu Liang who was still confronting Sand, suddenly turned around, picked up the Kunai in his hand, and stabbed towards his body, the expression on his face that was originally resigned to death became extremely ferocious and cruel.

"Yu... Yura, you—"

Looking down at Kunai who had fallen into his heart, Luo Sha couldn't help crying out in pain, breathing hard, and glared at Yu Liang who raised the flag of rebellion against him with a look of disbelief.

Why……

He really wanted to ask that question.

boom!

But it was too late to question, Yu Liang smiled grimly, and disappeared from Luo Sha's eyes in a flash.

The sand that came from the attack was as hard and heavy as steel, with a terrifying whistling sound, before Luo Sha had time to react, it directly hit Luo Sha's body.

Like Luo Sha who was hit hard, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, his body flew upside down like a kite with a broken string, hit a mountain wall, and then fell down heavily, continued to cough up blood, his face was extremely pale .

In just a flash, Luo Sha's safety is already in jeopardy.