Escape From Konoha

Konoha immediately entered a state of alert, and naturally it was not hidden from the eyes of the Kingdom of Demons.

In other words, the Demon Country was able to anticipate Konoha's next actions one step further than before. As one of the three ninjas, Jiraiya Yugakure sacrificed his life, losing one of the few high-end combat forces in the village. Even Konoha can no longer continue to pretend to be deaf and mute, and slowly swallow Things went down.

"Next, we have to make corresponding arrangements and go to Kirigakure for support. Otherwise, it may be a bit unrealistic to stop Nagato just relying on Kirigakure's strength."

In a lounge, Shiraishi unfolded the information he had just obtained and said to Ruri and Ayane, who were also sitting on both sides of the sofa.

However, even when the war is approaching, the two of them still seem to be carefree and leisurely. For example, they have everything such as refreshments and black tea. They may want to replenish what they need before the war in this way. Energy bar.

"In other words, we can't catch up with the big show in Konoha, right? It's really unlucky. I originally wanted to enjoy it."

Ayane seemed a little regretful that she didn't have time to watch the battle between Konoha and Akatsuki. It was different from her usual actions. This time, even the Demon Country could not stay out of it, but needed to officially join the stage. It’s not like sitting in the audience and watching a show.

"Isn't this just right? I have long wanted to try the power of the Samsara Eye myself. No matter how strong the opponent is, they are only at the level of the Ninja God Senju Hashirama. If we are three against one, it is ours Bian has a better chance of winning."

Liuli was mentally prepared to fight with all his strength, and was fully confident in winning the battle.

"Maybe."

Unlike Liuli, Shiraishi is still as wary as possible and takes this battle very seriously.

In any case, it would be too risky for Akatsuki to collect more than half of the tailed beasts. Although the other tailed beasts are not as powerful as the Nine-Tails, that is calculated based on pure chakra amount. In fact, each tailed beast has its own unique skills, or after the fusion of their chakra and the ten-tailed body, There will be abnormal changes that even the Kingdom of Demons cannot predict... After all, these tailed beasts all belong to the branch of the Ten-Tails. Shiraishi never dares to be careless about such creatures that transcend common sense.

"In short, I have asked the Water Dragon God to arrange in advance in the sea area near Kirigakure, and prepare a large amount of chakra for the three of us to counter-channel in advance. Then we only need to wait for Yagura's signal, and the Water Dragon God will summon us Go over and fight. Just wait here peacefully."

As Shiraishi spoke, he looked out the window. From this position, he could look in the direction of Kirigakure.

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"Naruto, stop."

Naruto, who was training Tailed Beast Chakra at the training ground, suddenly heard Tenzo calling him, and couldn't help but stop what he was doing, staring at the opponent with doubtful eyes and blinking.

"What's wrong, Captain Yamato? What happened?"

Tenzo nodded and said: "The Anbu came over just now and asked us to go to the Hokage's office. It seems that the Hokage has summoned us for something."

"Grandma Tsunade? At this time?"

The expression on Naruto's face seemed to become even more confused.

"Is there any task assigned to us, Team 7?"

"I don't know about that. Anyway, let's go see the Hokage first. If he suddenly summoned us at this time, he probably has something important to say."

Tenzo was also a little confused about Tsunade suddenly summoning him and Naruto, but he just suppressed his curiosity. After meeting Tsunade in the past, he would naturally understand the cause and effect.

"I know, let's go there."

Naruto nodded in agreement. Although training matters were more important, Tsunade would not interrupt his training for no reason. Something must have happened that made him have to go there.

About five minutes later, Naruto followed Tenzo to the Hokage's office. After opening the door, he found that the other two members of Team 7, Sai and Hanoko, had already arrived here in advance. In addition, Shikaku, the Jonin squad leader, is also on standby here, and the atmosphere is so serious that people are speechless.

Such a lineup left Naruto and Tenzo a little confused.

"Why are you all here?"

Naruto was a little confused.

Sai shook his head. He also didn't quite understand what happened. He needed to summon Team 7 to come over.

"Lord Hokage, Naruto-senpai and Captain Yamato have arrived. Now you can explain directly."

As the only female in Team 7, Hienoko asked Tsunade very directly what happened.

However, Tsunade just stared at them without saying a word.

Her appearance made people feel puzzled.

"Yes, Granny Tsunade, what happened to make us, Team 7, suddenly come here?"

Naruto had no choice but to step forward and ask. Tsunade's appearance really made people curious. In his eyes, Tsunade has always been a straightforward person, but this was the first time he had seen her hesitate like this.

"call……"

Tsunade let out a breath and was about to speak when Shikaku stood up and said:

"Hokage-sama, let me explain this matter."

Tsunade nodded silently, agreeing to let Shikaku explain the matter.

"Uncle Shikaku, what happened to you all suddenly?"

Looking at the interaction between Tsunade and Shikaku, Naruto's face became even more strange.

"It's nothing, it's just that not long ago, a piece of news came back from the Kingdom of Rain. We think we should let you know, Naruto."

Shikaku took a deep breath and stared directly at Naruto.

"The Land of Rain?"

Naruto blinked.

"Well, you also know that the current situation there is a bit unstable. We suspect that place is related to the organization that captured the tailed beasts. So regarding that country, we in Konoha have done a lot of investigations recently. As one of the Sannin of Konoha, Lord Jiraiya also joined this investigation."

"The lustful immortal..."

Naruto's face was startled.

"Yes, but unlike most Konoha ninjas, Lord Jiraiya didn't want to be a burden, so he chose to act alone. This is his usual style. Then he died heroically after sneaking into Yugakure alone..."

In the end, Shikaku told the news frankly.

After all, you can't hide anything. Rather than covering up, it's better to speak clearly once and for all.

"……What?"

Maybe the window in the office was open, which caused the wind in the room to be a bit loud, so Naruto didn't hear Shikaku's words clearly, so he froze on the spot, his mind going blank.

"Uncle Lujiu, what did you say? You said that the lustful immortal..."

"Although it is a bit unbelievable, it is a fact. Lord Jiraiya died. Before he died, he only left Konoha some information about the enemy."

Shikaku said expressionlessly.

"Are you kidding me? Why did it happen all of a sudden-"

Naruto was a little excited and couldn't accept it for a while.

"Naruto, calm down and don't make a scene here!"

Tenzo pressed Naruto's shoulders hard to calm down his overly excited emotions.

"Is it time to calm down now? The lustful immortal has already..."

Seeing Tianzang's serious expression, Naruto suddenly fell silent, quietly clenching his fists, his eyes were blank, and he was a little at a loss.

No matter what, Jiraiya was one of his guides. Although the other party was indeed a little out of tune in some places, the sudden sacrifice of this... was unacceptable to him.

It was so sudden that he was not prepared at all, and the opponent died on the battlefield.

Sai and Hanoko on the side couldn't help but remain silent. They didn't know how to comfort Naruto about this kind of thing.

They also heard about the relationship between Naruto and Jiraiya. They were also in a hurry now because of Jiraiya's sudden sacrifice.

The sacrifice of one of the three ninjas was not something that Konoha would take lightly or brush off, but something that needed to be dealt with seriously.

"I'm sorry, I know that he won't listen to advice at all and always likes to take risks alone. If I could have discovered this earlier, maybe Jiraiya wouldn't have..."

Tsunade lowered her head, her expression a little gloomy.

She felt a little guilty for Jiraiya's death.

If she could have had a tougher attitude before Jiraiya joined the investigation team, perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided.

"Hokage-sama, this has nothing to do with you. I can only say that Jiraiya-sama is too confident in himself and does not know enough about the enemy...His mentality can easily be grasped by others, thus putting himself in crisis. "

Shikaku excused Tsunade.

In his opinion, Jiraiya's behavior, wanting to solve the problem alone at this time, was somewhat childish.

"Uncle Shikaku, what are you talking about all of a sudden? The lustful immortal is dead, don't you feel anything at all?"

Hearing Shikaku's words, Naruto was a little angry, feeling that the other party's reaction was too cold.

Shikaku still said expressionlessly: "As far as ninjas are concerned, Lord Jiraiya is just paying for his own willfulness. No matter how good a ninja is, he may lose his life on the battlefield if he is careless once. In other words, this is He brought it upon himself. If you have this mentality and participate in the next battle, Naruto, you will be the next to die."

"W-what are you talking about?"

Naruto was a little angry at the other party's cold reaction, and his voice couldn't help but become a little stern.

"I'm not talking nonsense. This is a very common thing in the ninja world. Mentality and belief are also part of the strength of ninjas. Guys with naive ideas cannot become Hokage. Now instead of grieving the death of the deceased , it’s better to think of a way to avenge Lord Jiraiya. The enemy may come to attack Konoha at any time."

"Attack on Konoha? What's going on?"

Naruto was startled.

"Although Lord Jiraiya died in Amegakure, he still passed on part of the information in the end. If I were the enemy who killed Lord Jiraiya, then I would kill him before Konoha could complete the intelligence work. Be the first to launch an attack. To be honest, Konoha's current preparations are very hasty, and it will take time to mobilize large forces to attack Amegakure. After all, they have to face several tailed beasts, dangerous S-class rebel ninjas, and many Amegakure. Hidden ninja, in an emergency, Konoha doesn't have much power that can be mobilized."

Mainly because Jiraiya's sacrifice happened too suddenly.

They also planned to use the mission to pry open the door of Yugakure. As a result, Jiraiya directly determined the problem of Yugakure and gave some confidential information that they had never known in the past, allowing Konoha to Bian was a little at a loss.

Although they did make precautionary preparations at the border at the beginning, it was only after the confirmation was made that they discovered how crude those preparations were. If you act rashly, you may fall into the enemy's trap.

Therefore, we need to get in touch with the other villages as soon as possible, and then rush into Yuyin with all our strength to solve the root cause of the problem.

On Konoha's side, it is necessary to prevent the enemy from using a small force to make a surprise attack, and to protect the Nine-Tails tightly so that it cannot be taken away by the enemy.

"So, now there is a more important arrangement than the sadness of Lord Jiraiya's sacrifice. Naruto, let's put it this way, the other party is a powerful ninja who can force Lord Jiraiya into a desperate situation. If the other party really does If we plan to attack Konoha, then there may not be a few ninjas in Konoha who can stop the opponent, and you are one of the few who can stop the opponent. We need your power."

Shikaku said.

Although it is also possible to eliminate the enemy by encircling and annihilating them with large forces, that would not only be troublesome to mobilize, but may also cause great sacrifices.

The best way to deal with powerful ninjas is to send equally powerful ninjas to stop them.

After losing Jiraiya, there are not many top ninjas that Konoha can produce.

Under such a tight situation, even if Naruto's personality is a bit naive, Shikaku can't care so much anymore and will get over the immediate difficulties first.

Looking at Shikaku's extremely serious eyes, Naruto realized the seriousness of the current problem, so he tried his best to suppress the anger and sadness in his heart and exhaled heavily.

"I understand, Uncle Shikaku, just leave this task to me."

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Konoha is already in a state of war readiness.

All departments are operating silently.

The intelligence department, in particular, started a series of data analysis on the intelligence left by Jiraiya, trying to find out more information about the enemy.

"I didn't expect that something like this would happen suddenly. The leader of this organization called 'Akatsuki' turned out to be an orphan that Lord Jiraiya had taken in in the Land of Rain, and he also had the legendary Samsara Eye. These are big problems. .”

In the Konoha Intelligence Department's data room, Shikamaru met his father Shikaku here and talked to him about the organization.

Because of Jiraiya's problem, the connection between Konoha and the Land of Rain was directly ignited, making Konoha now in a state of distress.

Even if the effectiveness of various departments starts to operate, it is still difficult to say to what extent it will ultimately reach.

"Yes, and I didn't expect that the leader of Amegakure, Pain, was just a puppet controlled by the other party, or a puppet created by Hanzo, the former leader of Amegakure, Sanshouyu."

Shikaku held the copy of the intelligence and let out a sigh.

"There seems to be a lot of errors in some of the previous analyzes of Payne. However, in this way, it can also be explained clearly why the leader of Payne has such a powerful murderous intention. If this kind of puppetry is similar to For human puppets like the Crimson Sand Scorpion, they probably inherited all the power of the deceased... Well, this seems to be clearly stated in the intelligence."

Jiraiya's sacrifice also shocked his roots.

Shikamaru also planned to focus on investigating and analyzing the incident in his own way.

Shikaku nodded, then pointed to the last point in the information.

"But compared to the previous ones, what do you think about this thing called 'Infinite Tsukuyomi'? The purpose of this organization called 'Akatsuki' is to collect tailed beasts, and then launch this large-scale illusion to destroy humans. Take control.”

"It's a bit of nonsense." Shikamaru glanced at the information and gave his own evaluation, but then changed the subject: "However, if the information is not wrong, then there is a relationship between the tailed beast and the 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' It’s relevant. But, I can’t imagine that there is a magic technique in this world that can envelope all human beings in genjutsu.”

At the end, Shikamaru shook his head, skeptical about the last piece of information.

If such a power really exists in the world, it means that it is a power that completely surpasses the God of Ninja.

It can be called the end of mankind.

"This point really needs to be verified. In addition, some ancient documents about tailed beasts also need to be investigated. At first, we just thought that this organization collected tailed beasts for the powerful chakra of tailed beasts, but If Akatsuki's purpose is more than that, and the tailed beast has another dangerous purpose... things will be a little tricky."

"It's difficult to look up this information. It's still ancient documents. You know, the history of the existence of tailed beasts is much longer than that of Konoha and the Land of Fire. If you insist on tracing it back, it is likely to go back to the era thousands of years ago."

As for the era thousands of years ago, most of the current documents are intermittent and incomplete.

Shikamaru didn't think he could find anything useful from the investigation.

"Even if it is difficult, we must investigate it. Now that martial law has begun inside and outside the village, we must make preparations before the enemy takes action. If Akatsuki insists on biting the tailed beast, it is estimated that their people are already heading to Mu Ye is on his way."

Shikaku's words made Shikamaru a little silent.

"In addition, Naruto also needs to be comforted. He will be the main force of the village next, so no accidents can occur. Let him follow you for the time being and stay together in the data room to avoid him being there. Random thoughts disrupt my plans."

Shikaku decided this matter with one word.

Shikamaru nodded, not refusing.

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A large river runs across the north and south. On both sides of the river are dense jungles. The dazzling sunlight from the sky can only leave tiny spots of light in the open space of the jungle.

The atmosphere in the forest was eerily quiet. The poisonous insects and beasts that were wandering here seemed to have sensed the danger in advance and disappeared without a trace.

I don’t know how long has passed in such a peaceful forest scene, but I can only hear the sound of swishing, and one after another, silhouettes of people are stepping on the branches and flying in the air. When I look carefully, I can only see the branches trembling. Shaking, those figures had already passed Wuhen and shuttled into another forest.

There were six people in the group, each wearing a black and red cloud coat.

The leader had long light yellow hair on his head, his face was as stiff and white as a corpse, with very little blood. His emotionless eyes showed no trace of his cruelty and cold-bloodedness.

God Payne.

The other five people who followed him were the other five in Pain.

The path of Shura shown in the form of a bald head.

A human with long hair.

The beastly way to maintain the body shape of a girl.

A slightly plump Hungry Ghost Dao.

And the hell path with the most serious face, strong body and broken hair.

As one of the six puppets created by Nagato with the Rinnegan, each one possesses a power unmatched by ordinary ninjas. Moreover, since it is a puppet made of corpses, the created Pain has no such thing as pain sensitivity. No fear. They were born, and the purpose of their existence was to collect tailed beasts and become cold-blooded weapons that caused killing and destruction.

As the Six Paths advanced, they were already less than a few dozen kilometers away from Konoha Village.

For the Six Paths, it is no exaggeration to say that this journey is within easy reach.

Just when Liu Dao was about to advance further, the ground in front suddenly squirmed, and Black Zetsu and White Zetsu emerged from it, blocking Liu Dao's way.

Tiandao stopped first, and then the other five stopped, and it was clear that Tiandao was the main one.

Seeing the six paths stopped, Black Zetsu reported: "Nagato-sama, the signal tower of the Fire Country has been set up. The next battle will allow the Pains to exert 100% of their power."

"Thank you for your hard work. How is the tailed beast doing?"

A hoarse and old voice came from Tiandao's mouth.

"The Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki is still in Konoha and has not left. However, starting from this morning, for some reason, the number of patrols in Konoha suddenly increased, and the ANBU operations began to become more frequent. Give me a little more time, I can investigate the matter."

Black Zetsu thought Konoha's impromptu actions were a bit strange. In order to ensure that the plan was foolproof, he felt it was necessary to investigate before launching an attack on Konoha.

"No need, things will change later. It's nothing more than Chiba Shiraishi doing something good again. Just protect the signal tower. No matter what actions Konoha takes, we only need to get the Kyuubi. No. There is no need to waste time in a place like this.”

Tiandao's tone was very calm, without any fluctuation.

"Yes, I understand, then I wish you a safe journey."

Black Zetsu heard the arrangement of Heavenly Law and no longer tried to dissuade him. He took the initiative to get out of the way with White Zetsu, allowing the road to Konoha to open in front of the Six Paths.