Escape From Konoha

It didn't take Baishi long to deal with the curse marks on the modified experimental subjects in the cell.

Although the power that Orochimaru left on the curse seal is strange and powerful, even high-level sealing techniques cannot completely suppress such a will that can continuously regenerate enough. People lament that its vitality is huge, and it is as difficult to deal with as an immortal cockroach... ...But this seems not enough in front of Shiraishi, who has begun to touch the source of chakra.

Jutsu comes from chakra and from Indian style, and these two crucial things that constitute "jutsu" are exactly the areas that Shiraishi has been exploring so far. If Orochimaru's understanding of power is still at the level of 'jutsu', then Shiraishi's mastery of power is deeper than 'jutsu'.

The curse seal is a kind of ‘skill’.

As long as the basis of the 'skill' does not change, for Shiraishi, it is just boring to repeat the same process over and over again after knowing the answer in advance.

After removing the curse seal from the last person, Shiraishi retracted his palm. Although it was just a repeated process, it also consumed a lot of Shiraishi's energy and made his forehead start to sweat.

"Is everything solved?"

After Shiraishi came out of the room, Kakashi glanced inside the room. Everyone who had fallen into a coma due to the loss of the curse seal then put together the book "Intimate Paradise" that he had read countless times. He turned to Shiraishi and asked.

Shiraishi nodded, glanced at the unconscious people in the room, and then sighed and said: "It's okay. They have accepted Orochimaru's living body transformation, and their mental and physical strength will be stronger than ordinary people. They will probably be there tonight." Will wake up."

In terms of results, these people have acquired the basic abilities to survive in troubled times, but in terms of the process, these people are just lucky wretches.

Orochimaru's human experiment was no different from the roots of Konoha. Although the results of the experiment were amazing, the fatality rate of the process was extremely high.

In the past, Genbu concentrated its resources on conducting wood escape experiments, which consumed at least hundreds of experimental subjects.

Ninjas, civilians, the elderly, women, men, and newborn babies...but in the end only Tenzo of Konoha ANBU survived, becoming an unfortunate and lucky individual.

Unfortunately, in the infant stage, he went through cruel human experiments with a near-death experience. Fortunately, the other party was the only one who succeeded.

The rest of the experimental subjects, without exception, became a pile of bones that no one cared about, buried in the bottomless darkness.

Orochimaru's human experiments are also similar to those of Gen. Ninjas, civilians, men, women, and children, all who can bring benefits are welcome.

And Orochimaru only needs to pay a little bit of food to give them the basic ability to survive without letting them die, and he can obtain endless experimental materials.

Even so, most of them, who were consumed as experimental subjects, regarded Orochimaru as 'sacred', the savior who saved them from suffering.

There are a total of eleven people in this cell. If the survival rate of living body modification is one tenth or even lower, it means that they are the unfortunate ones who are lucky enough to survive among hundreds of people.

For several of them, Shiraishi could see that their body structures were deformed and had a tendency to turn into beasts. They were transformed into unknown abnormal creatures, and their natural life span may only be 30% of that of normal humans.

"What a terrible world."

Taking a breath, this was Shiraishi's speech from the heart.

"Do you feel guilty?"

Kakashi asked.

He knew that the Demon Country had used its international influence in recent years to trigger civil wars in many countries. Maybe among the people who took refuge in Orochimaru, there were people who had to flee to other countries to avoid the civil war.

"No, although it's a bit cruel to say this, there are limits to what I can do, and there are also limits to what the Ghost Country can do. This is something that cannot be achieved immediately with just slogans and ideals. Peace. , is an eternal war.”

Therefore, Shiraishi never talks about words like peace and justice.

Fighting exists in human nature. As long as this nature exists, wars between people and countries will never be eliminated.

No matter how loud the slogan is or how high-sounding the ideal is, in essence, it is an action to eliminate dissidents. Keep those who agree with your ideas and clean up those who do not agree with your ideas as garbage.

And in this process, no matter how careful and subtle it is, there will still be an existence like a 'sacrifice'.

All he can do is keep this number as low as possible.

"Yes, no matter how many times we see such victims, it will make people feel that the world is hopeless."

Kakashi doesn't claim to be a savior either.

Human beings can only save themselves and cannot rely on others to be saved.

The only one who can save yourself is yourself.

But in the process of self-rescue, fragile humans are often destroyed by powerful external forces.

Reality is so cold.

"So, how to arrange them next? We can't stay here for too long."

Kakashi asked the most crucial question.

These experimental subjects who were transformed by Orochimaru's living body have no connection with normal humans.

In addition, they have been isolated from the outside world for a long time, and there is no way to integrate into the human world by themselves.

If you leave them alone, they will only fend for themselves.

"I have dispatched an action team from the Country of Ghosts and are on their way here. We will negotiate with the Daimyo of Tano Country in accordance with diplomatic regulations and will extradite these people to the Country of Ghosts for recuperation."

Shiraishi can help them clear up their stubborn physical illnesses over time and restore their bodies to normal humans, but the psychological trauma may last a lifetime.

Allowing these people to flow freely into the human community would be a very terrifying hidden danger for ordinary people.

And Shiraishi also adheres to the idea of ​​​​saving people to the end. Since he decided to intervene, he naturally cannot give up on this matter halfway.

He does not have the ability to save everyone, but if he only relocates dozens or hundreds of people, it will not be a problem, and it will not bring obvious political and economic burdens to the Ghost Country.

If hundreds of thousands or even millions of people move, Shiraishi really needs to seriously consider whether it will put heavy pressure on the Kingdom of Ghosts.

However, such a large-scale population transfer will not occur unless a long-term ninja war breaks out or an uncontrollable natural disaster occurs. Otherwise, there will not be such a huge population flow in the ninja world.

Kakashi nodded, understanding what Shiraishi was thinking.

"It seems that I still need to stay in Tian Country for a while."

He stated that he would stay in Tian Country for the time being and protect these people. Then he would contact the diplomatic mission from the Kingdom of Demon to Tian Country and lead these experimental subjects oppressed by Orochimaru back to the Kingdom of Demon.

"As long as you are here, I will feel relieved. But do you have enough manpower here?"

Shiraishi had doubts.

"There are a few handymen, but Shuimu's side has a lot of people. He has basically conquered the people in a stronghold, and he can be asked to help when the time comes."

Kakashi thought for a moment and asked Mizuki to help him. This also gave him a chance to rise.

"That guy? His performance is indeed good. In this case, you will have full command of him from now on. When the matter is completed, I will credit him."

Shiraishi thought about it and agreed to Kakashi's plan, making Kakashi Mizuki's direct boss and directly leading the other party.

In terms of status, Shuimu is also a veteran cadre with considerable qualifications. He was a talented person he discovered when he was still in Konoha. However, it was only after he left Konoha and the other party was promoted to chuunin that he truly conquered him for his own use.

Although Mizuki's talent as a ninja was average, he was quite talented in personnel management. Moreover, he has a strong desire to perform and is able to seize opportunities for promotion. He is an ambitious man with strong motivation.

"I may have foreseen the sinister smile that guy was about to show."

Kakashi said.

"However, I heard that he has a fiancée who is a skilled medical ninja... You have been traveling outside these years. Have you ever considered starting a family? Teacher Sakumo is under the influence of Jiuquan, and he probably doesn't want to see the Hatake family die. "

Shiraishi patted Kakashi on the shoulder and joked seriously in the tone of an elder.

Kakashi shrugged helplessly, always feeling that Shiraishi's topic was a bit jumpy.

"Well... I haven't met the girl I like yet."

"Do you need me to introduce you? I have a lot of information about princesses from various countries, and they are at the age of getting married."

"……let's discuss it later."

Kakashi replied dully.

Shiraishi stopped mentioning it.

"Then I'll go to the next stronghold. You can just send someone to receive it then."

After saying that, Shiraishi said goodbye to Kakashi and headed to the next stronghold, preparing to deal with the curse marks on the transformed experimental subjects there to avoid future troubles.

◎

The mission of returning to Konoha and arresting Orochimaru can be said to have ended in complete failure.

In the Hokage's office, Jiraiya and Tenzo gave a report to Tsunade.

"...That's what happened. Uchiha Sasuke was taken away by Chiba Shiraishi. As for Orochimaru, he should be dead. But specifically, it was Uchiha Sasuke, Chiba Shiraishi, or the Orochimaru they jointly killed. Pill, we don’t know.”

Jiraiya's voice became stiff and seemed a little difficult to speak. For him, this was undoubtedly a failed experience.

Especially knowing that Orochimaru is likely to die, his mood becomes even more complicated.

In any case, they were his companions who shared life and death together in the past. However, they turned against each other due to a single thought, and now the other party suddenly passed away... This made him feel relieved, but at the same time, his heart suddenly became heavy.

"It was Uchiha Sasuke who did it."

After listening to Jiraiya's narration, Tsunade directly told him and Tenzo the answer.

This answer made Jiraiya and Tenzo widen their eyes in surprise.

"Actually, before you guys came back, something was already going viral outside."

Tsunade crossed her hands on the table, with a helpless smile on her lips.

"Before we came back? How could..."

Jiraiya opened his mouth wide, as if in disbelief.

Did the news spread so quickly?

Less than a day after they returned from that stronghold, it had already gone viral outside... How is this possible?

If only the top leaders of major countries knew about it, it would still be possible.

But there is no way it will go viral.

"This is a fact." Tsunade's expression became serious: "Before you came back, the news about Sasuke killing Orochimaru had already spread, and the spread was getting wider and wider. I estimate that many people in the village now, Everyone already knows about this through foreign businessmen.”

"why is that?"

Jiraiya frowned.

I don’t understand why such rumors spread.

"Probably to build momentum for Uchiha Sasuke."

Tsunade paused and expressed this guess.

"Building momentum..."

"Killing Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, is an opportunity to raise his reputation to 'celebrity'. Although Uchiha Sasuke is only sixteen years old, relying on his achievements in killing Orochimaru, his reputation has already approached that of the Five Shadows. .”

Tsunade judged this.

No matter who killed Orochimaru in the end, if such news spread, it would only blame Sasuke for Orochimaru's murder.

As long as such rumors become a foregone conclusion, no matter what the truth is, people will only regard Sasuke's killing of Orochimaru as the only fact.

"If you do this for an Uchiha Sasuke, aren't you afraid that the other person will die on the way?"

Jiraiya was a little surprised.

"What if it was really Uchiha Sasuke who killed Orochimaru? Was it just a matter of convenience to create momentum? Such a possibility is also possible, and it is very high."

Tsunade's somewhat thoughtful rhetorical question left Jiraiya speechless.

"Can the Sharingan alone really achieve this level? Has his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

After calming down, Jiraiya doubted this.

"Who knows about this kind of thing. Anyway, those two consultants must have a headache."

Tsunade did not gloat, but sighed quietly.

Although she didn't like the two consultants Koharu and Mito Kazuo who were sleeping together, they were Konoha's ninjas after all. Now being targeted by a dangerous person like Uchiha Sasuke, this is undoubtedly a provocation to Konoha.

"What are you going to do, Tsunade?"

Jiraiya asked.

"If it's just Uchiha Sasuke, there's nothing to be afraid of. But I'm more worried that the Demon Kingdom will take this opportunity to intervene. Judging from this operation, Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi took refuge in Orochimaru in the past. It may be because they were instructed by Chiba Shiraishi behind the scenes. Not surprisingly, they were from the Kingdom of Ghosts from the very beginning."

Tsunade frowned, which was a sign of her irritability.

The problem now is no longer with Orochimaru, but with the Demon Country that has absorbed Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha.

There is no doubt that, unknowingly, the Kingdom of Ghosts once again completed its layout, making its own military strength stronger.

But Konoha has no means to stop it, or in other words, the strength gap between the two sides is too large and there is no way to stop it.

All Konoha can do is watch all this happen, unable to change it.

Seeing Tsunade in distress, Jiraiya and Tenzo looked at each other and silently exited the room, leaving Tsunade alone in the office.

◎

Two days have passed since Orochimaru was defeated.

"I got the broken arm back for you."

In the lounge of the small town hotel, Sasuke threw the two severed arms he recovered at Kidomaru.

Kidomaru quickly used the two broken arms and looked at the lost arms with a happy smile on his face. He was very excited that the lost broken arms were found by Sasuke at this time.

"Thank you so much, Sasuke-sama, for letting you personally help me get my broken arm back."

Kidomaru was very grateful for Sasuke's move, which also proved that he was not wrong about the person.

His new master is indeed a cold-faced guy with a warm heart.

Sasuke nodded, then looked at Jirobo and said, "The town here doesn't have the kind of potato chips you like. I'll buy them for you when you get to the Kingdom of Ghosts."

As a result, Jirobo's mood became happy.

"Speaking of which, did anything happen while I was away?"

Sasuke glanced at everyone.

Kidomaru was about to answer, but Tayuya had already stepped forward to answer: "Sasuke-sama, in the few hours you left, the news that you defeated Orochimaru was spread everywhere."

Because she has pledged her allegiance to the new master, Tayuya's title of Orochimaru has become more realistic.

Her eyes were full of personal admiration and admiration for Sasuke, and there was also a strange emotion that even she could detect, the shyness and admiration of a girl.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows. It was obvious that he didn't know about this.

"This is how the same thing?"

Tayuya shook his head and continued to answer: "We don't know either. In short, such rumors have been everywhere. Now it is estimated that people in many countries know that you killed Orochimaru. Many people have even begun to worship you, I want to take refuge under your command and accept your protection.”

Fame is something that is invisible and intangible, but it actually exists.

In many cases, it is both useless and cumbersome.

But sometimes, it can play a very big role.

For example, now, people who have been persecuted by Orochimaru will be grateful for what Sasuke has done, and may even surrender to Sasuke and follow him.

Or maybe someone worships his power to kill Orochimaru and surrenders to him.

Of course, this also had bad effects. For example, the reward amount on the underground black market began to increase, and more people wanted to kill him and exchange his body for a high reward.

"..."

Sasuke fell silent.

Such fame has both advantages and disadvantages for him.

But overall, the pros should outweigh the cons.

Moreover, such rumors should be deliberately promoted by someone, and the power behind them is huge.

There is only one person who can do this.

Chiba Shiraishi.

He knew very well that he only defeated Orochimaru, and Shiraishi also contributed to killing Orochimaru.

But the opponent no longer needed these reputations to enhance and demonstrate his prestige, so they were all superimposed on him, allowing him to enjoy the glory of defeating Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas.

Sasuke saw through this part of the truth.

This is a new test.

"Sasuke-sama, what's wrong with you?"

Tayuya asked confusedly when he saw that Sasuke didn't say a word.

"No, it's nothing. Don't pay attention to the rumors outside."

Sasuke said this.

"yes."

Sasuke looked at the time and said to Jugo: "Jugo, go and push down the room, and then meet at the entrance of the town."

"good."

With a simple response, Jugo went to the front desk of the hotel to check out.

Sasuke, on his side, quietly left the hotel with the four of them.

…

At the entrance of the town, when Sasuke led four people there, he found that Shiraishi was already riding the steel giant called 'Thundermaru'. In order not to disturb the pedestrians, he chose to squat on the roadside at the entrance. .

Even so, pedestrians passing by still chose to avoid the giant beast cautiously and did not dare to get too close.

Shiraishi watched the five Sasukes arrive, lingered on Sasuke, and looked at the four people behind him.

If I remember correctly, these people seemed to have been Orochimaru's subordinates before.

As for the four people who were stared at by Shiraishi, their scalps suddenly became numb, their hearts seemed to have been tightly grasped by someone's hands, they stopped beating, and they were covered in cold sweat.

This was a throbbing in their souls that made them unable to resist at all.

Especially when he saw Tian Yu Nu standing behind Bai Shi like a loyal guard, his eyes showed fear.

If it weren't for Sasuke's guarantee, they would have wanted to reincarnate and run away immediately, not wanting to be with such a terrifying guy.

Tian Yunv, on the other hand, showed no reaction to the four people. She seemed to have forgotten the insects that escaped from her hands two days ago and didn't care.

"They have nothing to do with Orochimaru anymore, they are now my subordinates."

Sasuke explains this to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi nodded and said, "Are they the only ones?"

"There is still one."

While Sasuke was talking, Jugo had already arrived at the entrance of the town and met here.

"Come up."

Shiraishi saw that everyone had arrived and extended an invitation.

In the past two days, he has dealt with all the matters in the Kingdom of Tian, ​​and it is time to return to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Sasuke jumped up immediately and stood firmly on Thundermaru's back, followed by Jugo.

The four people hesitated for a moment, then jumped on, following Sasuke closely, their bodies restrained and they did not dare to let go.

Obviously, Bai Shi and Tian Yu Nu put too much pressure on the four of them.

Thundermaru felt the weight on its back increase again. Although it was a little unhappy, with Shiraishi's presence, it was not easy to get angry. It just clicked its tongue in dissatisfaction, vibrated its steel wings, rushed into the sky, and flew all the way to the west, attracting passers-by below. Frequent side glances.

◎

A man wearing a black coat with red clouds and a sad face stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the sunset in the distant sky and the sun that was about to set in the west.

The earth is wandering at the junction of red and black, exuding the last remaining heat.

The sound of a bonfire burning behind him was crackling.

Although it was not yet night, Kisame, who was prepared for a rainy day, had already habitually lit a fire and skillfully placed skewered fish on the fire to prepare dinner.

"I went out just now and heard the rumor that Orochimaru was dead."

Itachi, who was standing on the edge of the cliff and looking at the sunset, heard Kisame's words coming from behind him.

Itachi remained unmoved, as if Orochimaru's death could not cause any waves in him.

"It was your brother, Sasuke Uchiha who killed him."

Hearing the long-lost name, Itachi couldn't help but turn his head slightly. With his scarlet Sharingan, Kisame's figure clearly appeared in the corner of his eye.

Kisame sat next to the fire, as if he had already expected Itachi to react to such a thing, and continued to say with a smile: "Speaking of which, he is indeed your brother, Itachi. That guy Orochimaru is also trapped in a cocoon. .”

"It seems that in the hands of Orochimaru, he has also grown."

Itachi seemed unmoved and just said these words.

"The leader doesn't know what to think at the moment, but Orochimaru died suddenly, and the organization's next actions are probably going to have to make certain adjustments. And, be careful, Itachi, your brother's target is likely to be you next."

Kisame stirred the fire and gave Itachi advice in a concerned tone.

Itachi's expression remained unchanged at all, looking at the sunset in the distance, he didn't know what was brewing in his scarlet sharingan eyes.

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It was already a day later to return to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

When he saw Shion City again, a very large city with a strong industrial atmosphere, Sasuke's eyes did not waver at all, as if in his eyes, such a city was just ordinary.

The Thunder Pill went straight through the prevention and control area above Ziyuan City and landed safely on the military lift platform of Ziyuan City, allowing everyone to jump off its back.

"I have arranged your residence and position here. Orochimaru's old department will also be assigned to you. But before that, I need to remove the curse seals on the four of them."

Shiraishi glanced at Kidomaru and the other four members intentionally or unintentionally, and unintentionally gave them an invisible pressure.

"Doing this will affect their own strength."

Sasuke frowned.

A large part of the strength of the four people depends on the curse seal. If the curse seals on their bodies are removed, their own strength is likely to be greatly reduced.

"The impact is certain, but not as serious as you think. Moreover, their bodies have been transformed by the curse seal, and they have a certain basis for sensing natural energy. You can try to expose them to magic."

"Immortal magic is not a power that can be cultivated overnight."

As someone who has been through this, Sasuke knows this very well.

"That's true."

Shiraishi knew that Sasuke wanted to use the power of the four people quickly instead of waiting for an uncertain result.

Thinking of this, he cast his gaze on Jugo.

"In this case, I need this person to help me conduct experiments, and then try to improve the curse seals on them. If my information is correct, most of Orochimaru's curse seals, except for the Yin Yang escape part, come from this person It’s a special physique. It’s a really interesting power.”

Shiraishi's eyes were full of interest for an immortal body like Chonggo that could naturally gather natural energy.

If he had had such a precious experimental material in the past, natural energy and magic would have been perfected earlier.

Jugo didn't pay attention to Shiraishi's slightly fiery gaze. Most researchers have this strange problem and are full of curiosity about unknown things.

This is very similar to Orochimaru, but Orochimaru's curious and unknown eyes are mixed with madness and distortion, while Shiraishi is just pure curiosity.

"Zhonggo, what do you think?"

Sasuke asked Jugo what he thought.

If the other party doesn't want to, he won't force it.

"It doesn't matter. I don't see the same malice in his eyes as Orochimaru. Moreover, the environment here is very peaceful. I like it very much. It has a feeling that can make people completely quiet."

Zhongwu nodded, indicating that it was okay.

"Then, they will leave it to you for the time being."

Sasuke agreed to Shiraishi's request.

"Well, don't rush the research now. You guys must be tired from traveling all the way. I'll have someone take you down to rest."

Shiraishi did not start the experiment immediately. After being away for so many days, a lot of work must have accumulated here, and he needed to go back and deal with it.

Just when Shiraishi was about to leave, Sasuke's voice sounded and stopped Shiraishi:

"Compared to that, I also have a request."

"Oh? Just tell me. If it's not too much, I can satisfy you."

Shiraishi stopped with interest.

Sasuke took a deep breath, and his eyes transformed into the form of the three Magatama Sharingan at some point. He stared at Shiraishi with burning eyes, and a trace of hot fighting spirit erupted from his Sharingan:

"My request is simple. I need a strong opponent who can weigh my true strength."