Escape From Konoha

The secret meeting chaired by representatives of Konoha, Sunagakure and Kumogakure jounin lasted less than two hours and ended.

After finishing the meeting, Shikamaru quickly walked to the corridor to take a breath.

Although the meeting only lasted two hours, the negotiation process made people feel exhausted.

Although he basically didn't say a few words as an observer during the meeting, just being with so many women seemed to drain his energy and made him even less excited about this meeting.

"Hey, the one from the Nara family."

Just as he was about to lift his feet and leave the corridor, someone suddenly called Shikamaru from behind and asked him to stop.

Shikamaru, who had his back turned to the visitor, clicked his tongue without the other party noticing, and there was a strange and subtle expression on his face.

As if he didn't hear the people behind him calling him, Shikamaru's pace of leaving suddenly quickened.

"Wait a minute, Nara Shikamaru!"

As the loud sound approached, Shikamaru found that his body could not move forward. Someone pressed his shoulders with great force from behind, forcing him to not leave.

Then the force became stronger and stronger, further forcing his body to turn behind him, from a back-to-back position to a front-on position.

I saw a mature female face - Temari.

You are as troublesome as my mother... Shikamaru wanted to say this, but when he saw the look of calmness and pride on the other person's face, he swallowed the words hard.

"Did you call me?"

"Of course, otherwise who do you think I am calling?"

Temari frowned in dissatisfaction, and the gaze she looked directly at was like a needle pricking someone's face, making Shikamaru subconsciously want to look away.

"After all, you said 'the one from the Nara family'... I thought you were calling the other one."

Shikamaru did not hesitate to sell his father Shikaku.

"How could I use such an impolite tone if I were calling you Mr. Shikaku?"

Temari was speechless.

In other words, you can use such a condescending tone when you call me? Shikamaru felt depressed.

However, he was only depressed for a while before Shikamaru regained his composure.

In terms of administrative hierarchy, Temari's status as a jounin is indeed above him. Although the two are not ninjas from the same village, the chunin is ultimately weaker when facing the jounin.

"Looking at your expression, do you not want to talk to me? Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Temari spoke openly, not knowing how to hide it, and asked Shikamaru what he was thinking.

She had very good eyesight and could tell at a glance what Shikamaru was deliberately avoiding.

"No, I was just thinking about what was said in the meeting just now."

"It's still just a discussion stage, and it's not yet time for action. It's still too early for real action."

Temari shook her head.

"You can't say that. The opponent is a dangerous ninja like Orochimaru. We must face this matter as seriously as we deal with war. Any carelessness may lead to mission failure."

Shikamaru's face straightened.

Temari was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said, "You are right, a guy like Orochimaru does deserve to be treated like this. However, I always feel that you are still avoiding me because of other things."

"How is that possible? Konoha and Sunagakure are allies, I'm really thinking about something." Shikamaru sighed and continued: "Speaking of which, why are you the only one here, aren't Gaara and Kankuro here? "

"No, I'm the only one here. The two of them are still resting in the village and won't be going on missions recently."

Temari felt that this was no secret and answered Shikamaru's question.

"Then how has Gaara and Kazekage's relationship become?"

Shikamaru asked about this more sensitive matter again.

He learned from Naruto that Gaara had attacked his father Rasa in a previous joint operation, which led to Scorpion taking advantage of him and almost causing Kazekage to die.

This kind of relationship between father and son can no longer be described as bad. They clearly have a blood relationship that is thicker than water, but in reality they are like enemies with blood feuds.

Temari sighed, her eyes drifting to the street view outside the corridor window, and she subconsciously replied: "What else can I do? I always feel that the relationship between the two of them is more rigid than in the past. I also learned from the news that Gaara had taken action against his father. The ANBU learned about it. Although saying this is somewhat disrespectful to my father, if he hadn't used such cruel methods to train Gaara, Gaara would not have become like this."

Speaking of this, Temari's tone was full of resentment.

Part of this resentment is directed at Gaara, and most of it is directed at his father, Rasa.

Even as a daughter, she felt that her father's past behaviors were too extreme and bad.

"It seems that even Kazekage's family is full of difficulties and obstacles. But the fact that people are still alive is better than anything else."

Shikamaru comforted him with these words.

"Don't worry, my heart is not that fragile. I should stay in Konoha for a while, so I'll ask you to be my guide. Speaking of which, I haven't had a good tour of this village yet."

Temari patted Shikamaru on the shoulder and said to Shikamaru with a smile.

Shikamaru took away Temari's hand from his shoulder and sighed: "I know, but there is nothing to see in this village, so don't be disappointed."

After seeing a commercial city like Oni no Kuni, Shikamaru, who originally thought Konoha was fairly prosperous, suddenly felt that his village was no different from the countryside. We can barely say that we have enough food and clothing, but it is still a little too far away from the level of prosperity and abundance.

Compared with the industry of the Demon Country, the Fire Country and Konoha are really poor in this regard, and they are only in their infancy.

As for which country among the traditional big countries is transforming the fastest and most actively, it is undoubtedly the country of Lei, which attaches great importance to the development of national strength. It is the traditional big country that has transformed most quickly into an industrial country.

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"Damn it, it didn't work again!"

Looking at the huge crater created by the Ninjutsu that failed in front of him, although it seemed to be extremely effective and extremely destructive, Naruto felt that this Ninjutsu was too unstable.

If his own chakra wasn't strong enough, it might have exploded the moment it was condensed in his hand.

In this way, not only will there be no way to hurt the enemy, but oneself will be sent to heaven first.

"What's going on with this technique? It was obvious that at that time..."

Recalling the scene when he was fighting Scorpion, adding a powerful wind attribute change to the Rasengan, and shattering Scorpion's extremely hard shell with one blow, Naruto realized that he could not find it now no matter what. feeling.

Or perhaps, such a scene was an accidental result born out of desperation.

——You are upset, Naruto.

Minato's voice rang deep in Naruto's mind, calming him down.

-Uh, sorry, Dad. However, do you have any good ideas? It is really difficult to add wind attribute changes into the Rasengan.

Naruto gasped.

——Of course, the Rasengan is originally a highly difficult A-level ninjutsu. If you add the corresponding change in nature, it will evolve into an extremely terrifying Muji S-level ninjutsu. There are extremely high entry requirements for the amount of chakra and chakra control of the practitioner.

And it was a process from scratch. Minato never thought that this was a ninjutsu that could be completed suddenly.

Coupled with the characteristics of Muji, it means that such a powerful ninjutsu can be released anytime and anywhere as long as there is sufficient chakra to attack the enemy. If Naruto can easily complete this move, then he may be able to surpass the Five Shadows. It's not difficult either.

Just the unformed wind-type Rasengan shattered the shell created by Scorpion's Yin-Yang Escape. Although it had the amplifying effect of the magic, it also showed how terrifying this technique was.

This was a feat that he had not been able to accomplish during his lifetime.

——What to do next?

Naruto wiped the sweat from his face.

——Come here today. Your chakra is almost exhausted, and there are wounds on your fingers and arms. It would be better to find someone to bandage them with medical bandages.

Although Naruto has a lot of chakra, a considerable part of it is used to suppress the Kyuubi's chakra.

Although with his help now, even if Naruto squanders chakra to the bottom, there will be no accidents, but doing so will undoubtedly expose his existence.

He doesn't want to have anything to do with the ninjas of Konoha now. This is for the good of Konoha and to protect himself.

Today's Konoha is riddled with holes, and no one knows where a spy will suddenly appear.

Minato was extremely cautious about this matter.

And the reason why he survived was, firstly, to investigate the truth about the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha, and secondly, to compensate Naruto and train him to become a unique ninja.

Konoha... Minato felt sad in his heart.

Today, he still loves the village where he was raised since childhood, but while loving deeply, he also has a sense of caution.

——I know, that’s it for today.

Not knowing what Minato was thinking, Naruto exhaled and released the Shadow Clone Jutsu around him.

A strong sense of exhaustion immediately surged into Naruto's body, causing him to sit down on the ground, gasping for air and exhaling white gas from one side of his mouth.

——Compared to this, you and the top ninjas lack enough combat experience. If you have the chance, ask Jiraiya-sensei to fill the gap in this area.

Minato reminded again at this time.

——Is this necessary?

--need. Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the child named Itachi. When fighting Scorpion, you should know that without the assistance of Sunagakure Chiyo, it is impossible for you to calculate his actions. And to be honest, compared to the enemies you will face in the future, the Red Sand Scorpion is actually not a very strong opponent.

——This is not a very strong opponent?

Naruto swallowed.

He fought carefully in that battle, and in the end, he relied on Scorpio's fear of Chiyo to successfully attack the opponent.

If it were a one-on-one situation, he would probably suffer a lot.

——As far as I know, the Uchiha Ruri twenty-one years ago was stronger than the Red Sand Scorpion now. Targeting a ninja of this level is what you need to do now.

Minato revealed a shocking fact.

Twenty-one years ago, he witnessed with his own eyes Uchiha Ruri controlling the Nine-Tails to attack thousands of Konoha ninjas while fighting fiercely with the Third Hokage head-on. He did not fall behind. Such momentum was undoubtedly stronger than that of Scorpion.

Naruto was slightly silent.

After Shikamaru's guidance, he didn't know anything about the Kingdom of Demons.

Uchiha Ruri is the strongest member of the Uchiha clan at the moment. He once easily defeated Kazekage, one of the Five Kages, and thousands of ninjas on the battlefield. A ninja with such strength is undoubtedly standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world at this time.

At the same time, he was also one of the culprits in destroying Miaomu Mountain.

The chakra giant summoned with the Sharingan killed the four Mingou Toads in Mount Myouki who were able to use powerful barrier techniques with one sword strike.

A random strike can cause a scene of earth-shattering.

Just recalling the scene at that time, Naruto's body couldn't help but tremble.

——Don’t be discouraged, if you can complete this S-level forbidden wind escape technique, and then master the power of Nine Tails, you will definitely have power beyond her. I'm sure of this.

Minato's decisive voice made Naruto's tense heart relax a little.

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"Hinata, you are slacking off again!"

"Ugh!"

Hinata was dozing off in the dojo. When she heard her father Hizashi's serious criticism, she suddenly screamed and woke up from her sweet sleep.

"H-I'm sorry, Father, I accidentally fell asleep!"

Hinata quickly stood up from the floor of the dojo, bowed and bent down to the sudden appearance of Hinata, with nervousness and fear written on her face.

Because I have been practicing Rouquan in the built-in dojo at home for a while, I occasionally fall asleep in the dojo due to sleepiness.

Being caught red-handed now can only be said to be bad luck.

After hearing Hinata's apology, Hizu just stared at her with a cold face and didn't say another word.

Hinata took a sneak peek, lowered her head even lower, and tightened her neck. She looked like an ostrich, not daring to raise her head to look at Hizu.

I thought to myself that I would definitely be punished and scolded again, and then my father would compare her with my genius sister Hanabi and point out her various shortcomings.

However, I didn't hear Rizu's scolding for a long time, and just when I was about to raise my head, I heard a burst of teasing laughter.

I saw Rizu in front of me, and when I saw her shrinking her neck like a frightened ostrich, she bent down in an imageless manner, covering her stomach with her hands, and burst into laughter.

"……Father?"

Hinata was stunned for a moment, not responding to what was going on.

"untie!"

boom!

A burst of white smoke enveloped Hizu's body, and an eleven or twelve-year-old girl stood in front of Hinata.

She has long black hair and is wearing a light blue printed kimono with a tie. There is still a teasing smile on her clean face.

"It's me, sister."

"花·火!"

Hinata, who had always thought of herself as a good old man, couldn't help but feel the anger in her heart and wanted to hit someone. She gritted her teeth and called out the girl's name.

It is Hanabi who is the pride of the Toyata clan - the second daughter of the clan leader and her younger sister who is several years younger.

"Uh... I'm sorry. I just wanted to tease you because I saw you sleeping alone, sister. I didn't mean any harm."

Hanabi rubbed the tears that had come out of her eyes from laughter, probably thinking of Hinata's frightened ostrich look, like a student in a ninja school who was scolded by the teacher, so scared that she didn't dare to breathe.

Such a sister is so interesting.

It’s really fun to play again and again.

"Can you please stop teasing me every time? Even I will be angry."

Hinata pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction with Hanabi.

"Hey, what, do you want to compete with me? To be honest, sister, you are no match for me."

"..."

Hinata's mouth twitched, it's okay for a sister who likes to tease her sister like this.

"After all, my sister's growth has been astonishing only in terms of her breasts. She is indeed the eldest lady of the Hyuga family, and her figure is as obscene as ever."

Hanabi said in an exaggerated tone, then glanced at Hinata's chest.

"It's not obscene!"

Hinata subconsciously took a step back, her face flushed, and she used her hands to protect her chest, and a part of the softness and roughness squeezed out from between her palms.

"..."

Hanabi continued to stare, a fleeting look of envy passing through Byakugan.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I'm here to tell you something."

Hanabi said.

"I don't want you to tease me, I'm not your pet." Hinata muttered dissatisfied, and then asked: "What's the matter?"

"I heard that a new member joined Team 7 not long ago."

"Team 7? Naruto-kun's team? Isn't this normal?"

Hinata pondered for a moment. Naruto's Class 7 had only a small number of people to begin with, so it was normal for people to be added later.

"It's not just that. I heard that the one who joined is a very cute and lively girl. She is always shouting 'Naruto-senpai' and 'Naruto-senpai' from behind. She is like a crazy fan."

Hanabi chuckled.

"What...what does this have to do with me? And fans...Naruto-kun can't have that kind of thing, right?"

Hinata said this, but she was very concerned about it in her heart and began to think wildly.

"Then do you want to go and witness it with your own eyes?"

Hanabi coughed and said.

"Watch it with your own eyes?"

Hinata didn't understand what Hanabi meant.

"follow me."

Hanabi took Hinata's arm and dragged her outside the dojo.

"Wait, Hanabi, what are you doing? My training isn't done yet!"

"It's okay. Anyway, I have told Father that you are slacking off and you will be punished sooner or later. It is better to have fun now!"

Listening to Hanabi's stern voice, Hinata felt the urge to burst into tears.

Isn't this even worse?

…

"here it is……"

Looking at the familiar forest, Hinata secretly came here several times. It was a training ground approved by the superiors for Naruto to experiment with new techniques.

Hinata looked at Hanabi with a strange expression.

"Hanabi, why did you bring me here? Let's not disturb Naruto-kun's training."

With that said, he was about to take Hanabi and leave here.

"Wait, sister, look over there."

Hanabi ignored Hinata, but stood beside the tree and pointed to the open space in front of her.

"Um?"

Looking in the direction Hanabi pointed, Hinata's body immediately stiffened.

I saw a yellow-haired boy in the open space with his head lowered, and in front of him stood a light-brown-haired girl with a slightly petite body, now standing on tiptoes. From this angle, you can vaguely see that the palms of the two people seem to be tightly intertwined.

"This...this is...Naruto-kun...what are they doing?"

Hinata felt a buzzing in her head and turned pale.

Hanabi responded casually: "I don't know, but since they are so close, they are probably kissing."

"Kiss...kiss!?"

Hinata's originally pale face became even paler and pale, her legs began to become unstable and she might fall down at any time.

"Who is there?"

Perhaps it was Hinata's voice that sounded too loud. Hanoko, who was using a bandage to bandage Naruto's finger wound, immediately stopped bandaging the wound. Two chakra needles appeared in his hand, filled with orange lightning, and his eyes He looked coldly towards the trees not far away.

"Come out, otherwise I won't be polite!"

Hanoko's tone was filled with unkindness. As an ANBU candidate, she would be very sensitive and uncomfortable with people's unusual looks.

Two chakra needles filled with orange electric light were ready to go out. Although the hidden person was hiding behind the trees, it was locked by her chakra, and such dodge was meaningless.

"Wait, we just pass by occasionally."

Hanabi pulled Hinata out from behind the trees, came to Naruto and Hanoko openly, and patted the wrinkles on the kimono.

"You are……"

Huonoko's eyes narrowed.

Hanabi and Hinata's information immediately appeared in my mind.

The eldest and second young ladies of the wealthy Hyuga clan were born into noble families and were born into power with a golden key.

Although he was not interested in the so-called powerful people, Huonoko still honestly put down the chakra needle in his hand.

"Peeping on others cannot be called the education that a wealthy daughter should have."

Huonozi said coldly.

In her eyes, there is no such thing as noble or noble. Ninjas speak based on strength and ability, not status.

"I am so sorry."

Hanabi had a faint smile on her face, and calmly bowed slightly to Hanoko to apologize.

Hinata also hurriedly bent down to apologize. They were peeping in the dark, and their behavior was indeed unjustifiable.

At this time, she also saw clearly that Naruto and Hanoko were not kissing at all like Hanabi said. The other party was just bandaging the wound on Naruto's finger.

As a result, Hinata looked at her sister Hanabi with resentful eyes, feeling that she was being teased by her again.

"Hinata...and Hanabi, why are you here?"

Naruto looked at Hinata and Hanabi strangely, not understanding what they were doing here at this time.

Hinata's words were okay, she might have come to him for something, but she and Hanabi were only acquaintances, and Naruto only knew that she was a well-behaved and lovely girl, Hinata's sister.

"Oh, that's it, brother-in-law, the purpose of our coming here is..."

As soon as Hanabi said what she said, Hinata's face turned red immediately, she whimpered, her body straightened up and she fell backwards, passing out.

"Oh, it seems like the teasing has gone too far."

Seeing Hinata who was so embarrassed and angry that she passed out, Hanabi scratched her head in embarrassment, not expecting that the other party would be so vulnerable.

Naruto looked at this scene in confusion, at a loss.

——Naruto, this is your youth.

In his mind, his father Minato's joyful laughter rang out.

This made Naruto feel even more confused.

Huonoko just sneered, stared at Hanabi, and subconsciously distanced herself from her, with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

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"Bagua·Kongzhang!"

In the open woods, the moment the cannonballs made of compressed air were released from the palm of the hand, the iron target placed in front immediately buzzed and trembled, and kept making whining sounds.

These iron targets were arranged in a row, there were five in total, but the air cannonballs only penetrated the first and second targets with force, and when they reached the third iron target, they were only slightly damaged. It shook.

"Still unable to penetrate the power of Rou Fist to the third level..."

Neji retracted the palm that he hit, took a gentle breath, and adjusted the somewhat chaotic chakra in his body.

Looking at the row of iron targets in front of me, I pondered for a while, and began to think about whether there was something wrong with the palm I hit before, which caused the force to penetrate through. When I found out about the third target, I lost it immediately. The power.

The distance between the targets is not far, but letting the power of the soft fist penetrate through and wrap up the targets in the back row is by no means an easy thing to do.

After practicing for so long, he could only barely touch the third target.

"If it were that guy, how far could he do it?"

Neji thought of the White-Eyed Ninja from the Kingdom of Oni who absolutely crushed him in the Chuunin Examination finals four years ago - Chiba Aya.

When I think back to this day, I still feel frightened by the soft fist used by the opponent at that time.

His Byakugan does have flaws, but if the opponent doesn't have the power to crush him head-on, it's impossible to find an opportunity to amplify his flaws. That is something that can only be accomplished by having absolute confidence in one's own strength.

Clenching his fists, Neji's eyes sparkled.

My current self is probably only close to the opponent's level during the Chuunin Exam finals four years ago, or even slightly worse.

The opponent is a monster who can polish even a slender hair into a murderous weapon. At present, he is still unable to control his chakra to such a meticulous level.

Now four years have passed, and the opponent's strength has definitely become stronger.

When you think about it, the difference is a bit discouraging.

Although this is also due to the fact that as a member of the Hyuga branch of Konoha, when he was polishing the foundation in the early stages, he did not have the opportunity to come into contact with the family's core soft fist secret method.

The Hyuga clan, whose core secret technique of soft fist is monopolized by the clan, has a natural disadvantage compared to the clan in this respect.

Zong family... The cold look in Neji's eyes flashed away.

Footsteps approached from behind, followed by a burst of applause.

A man of about thirty years old appeared behind Ningci, looked at the iron target that was still shaking slightly in the air, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Ningci, I didn't expect that in such a short time, Being able to improve your Rou Quan to this level, it seems that you have the ability to learn a higher level of Rou Quan."

"Aren't you always following Hanabi-sama?"

Neji turned to look at the person.

The man who came to find him was none other than Hinata Tokuma.

As the Jonin of the branch family and a close confidant of Hinata Hanabi, who has the loudest voice for the next successor of the clan, he can barely speak even to the clan.

Compared to the eldest daughter Hinata, the second daughter Hanabi is not only more talented as a ninja, but also has extremely high cohesion even among the branch families that are hostile to the clan, and has gathered a group of branch ninjas as the basis to support her.

It can be said that it is almost an established fact that the next leader of the clan will be Hanabi.

"Hanabi-sama took Hinata-sama out, saying that we don't need to follow him. Although this is a bit exaggerated, maybe Hanabi-sama is a little stronger than you are now, Neji."

Tokuma smiled calmly.

Neji's heart trembled slightly, and he looked directly into Tokuma's eyes, without telling the truth, thinking about the authenticity of the other person's words.

"Don't look at me like that. You should have noticed that Hanabi-sama is different from us. She inherited the most powerful bloodline of the Hyuga clan, and was born with ninja talents that surpass ordinary people. Coupled with the blood inheritance limit, she might It can bring the Hyuga clan's soft fist to another level. Of course, as you are trying to catch up now, there is also such a possibility."

Tokuma looked at Neji with admiration.

"I'm not interested in these things for the time being."

Now he has not even fully grasped the basics of the Hyuga clan. If he wants to open up his own path, he is too far away from where he is now.

Neji has never been a person who aims too high, so he doesn't take Tokuma's praise seriously.

"I'm interested in another thing than this."

"What's up?"

"Who exactly is Hanabi-sama? I don't think a person from the clan will get the support of so many branch jounin. She must have other secrets that make you willing to follow her."

It was a bit unbelievable to say this, but Neji was firm in his guess.

Maybe those arrogant clan members couldn't see this clearly, but as a branch of the family, Neji could empathize with the people of the branch.

The attitude of following Hanabi that they showed was not like flattery or deliberate approach, but they just let it go and believed that the other person was someone worthy of following.

This is something that is simply impossible for a person from a clan family.

However, Hanabi actually did it.

This is what Ningji is puzzled about.

"It's up to you to solve the mystery yourself. However, as a senior, I still give you some advice."

Tokuma smiled slightly.

"What?"

"Become stronger as soon as possible. Only in this way can we increase our survival rate on the battlefield. We don't have much time left."

Tokuma left these meaningful words and left here, disappearing into the forest.

"You don't need to tell me, I will continue to get stronger."

Neji looked at his palm and began to condense chakra in his palm and control it through compression.