Escape From Konoha

A corner of the shattered building was still filled with dust and smoke, which had not completely dispersed.

On the huge platform under the building, Yagura formed a group with several Kirigakure ANBU, and a confrontation began between Nagato.

Not only that, after discovering that the buildings here were raided, many Kirigakure ninjas have begun to rush here. I believe that the first wave of support troops will arrive soon.

"Is the target really the three tails in my body? But I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request."

Facing Nagato's serious proposal, Yagura refused without hesitation. The chakra in his body began to operate at a high speed, allowing him to enter a fighting state at all times.

Although his expression was calm, secretly, Yagura was not sure about Nagato at all.

Perhaps it is impossible to tell the strength of Nagato from the surface, and even chakra cannot be sensed well and is kept at a very low limit.

But Yagura knew that all this was an illusion put on by the other party.

The opponent has the mysterious ability to block perception ninjutsu, making it impossible for people to perceive his chakra strength. Without actual fighting, it would be difficult to accurately judge the level of the other party's strength.

The only thing that is certain is that the opponent's strength must exceed the common sense that ninjas can accept.

"Yeah?"

Nagato was not surprised by Yagura's veto. As the most important core force of the Ninja Village, tailed beasts would never allow any accidents to happen, even if they were just a force that could not be perfectly controlled.

What's more, Kirigakure, like Kumogakure, masters the training inheritance of perfect Jinchūriki and can maximize the use of the power of tailed beasts. This huge and controllable chakra is even less likely to be handed over to outsiders.

"If you understand, just leave here. We, Kirigakure, will not interfere in your conflicts with other villages. Or are you planning to offend all the ninja villages that have tailed beasts?"

The expression on Yagura's face was very calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him, and he started to pull the tiger's skin to scare Nagato, making him attack the rat.

However, he also understood that Nagato could not just give up under his few words. He had been plotting the plan for many years and the other party was already determined to win the tailed beast.

And the result of what he did was to delay as much time as possible, giving Terumi Mei more time to prepare.

After all, once a battle breaks out with Nagato, it's impossible to be merciful easily.

"I have obtained almost half of the tailed beasts. The era of big countries controlling the international structure is coming to an end, and the arrogance of our big countries will become worthless... The next war market will be controlled by me. However, Even if you say this, as a Mizukage, you cannot give in easily."

Nagato looked Yagura directly in the eyes and spoke.

"snort."

Yagura used this to express his attitude.

The positions of both sides have proven that they cannot continue to communicate.

"Yondaime-sama!"

At this time, loud shouts came through the air.

Figures of people flashed onto this square-like platform.

Since they were Kirigakure ninjas who came from the nearest place, there were not many people, only a few dozen, but it was enough to form an encirclement circle, surrounding Nagato.

Judging from the chakra erupting from these Kirigakure ninjas, they are by no means a bunch of mediocrity.

Although Yagura has abdicated from the position of Mizukage and left the core of power in Kirigakure, he still controls part of the power in Kirigakure and is usually protected by the elites of ANBU. The Kirigakure ninjas who can be gathered here naturally have their own skills.

However, facing these menacing Kirigakure ninjas, Nagato didn't even look at them. His eyes always fell on Yagura, or the three tails in his body. He had no specific interest in the other Kirigakure ninjas.

Of course, if it blocks the road, he doesn't mind wiping it off.

Just like the Pains' attack on Konoha, the process of capturing the tailed beasts will not be smooth sailing, and resistance from the ninjas is also expected. When necessary, they cannot skimp on the deterrence of force.

But now, Nagato has no such thoughts.

Unlike Naruto, Yagura is a perfect Jinchuuriki.

In this aspect alone, there must be no sloppiness.

Although he believed that he was powerful and perhaps only the God of Ninja could fight him, it was a bit fanciful to end the battle with Yagura in one go.

With the strength of the Five Shadows and a tailed beast, there will still be some pressure.

It was not an easy task to end the action before Kirigakure could formulate a corresponding strategy.

Moreover, enough information has been leaked in Konoha.

These thoughts were just a matter of thoughts. Nagato made an instant decision. The clothes on his sleeves shook slightly, and a sealed transparent transistor fell directly into Nagato's hands.

"Um?"

Nagato's action made everyone startled, and their eyes turned to the transparent transistor. There were extremely brilliant silver sand floating in the transistor, shining brightly like a sea of ​​stars, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Even Yagura was stunned. He didn't know what Nagato meant by taking out this transistor.

"Although it can no longer be copied, Orochimaru still left a lot of useful things. Let's experiment a little here."

As he spoke, regardless of whether these people understood what he said, Nagato threw the transparent transistor in his hand into the sky, flying to a height of more than fifty meters above the ground before stopping.

"untie!"

Nagato formed a seal with his hands.

boom!

The transparent transistor suddenly shattered, and the silver sand grains inside spread rapidly. The seemingly small number of sand grains turned out to form a huge silver gauze in the sky. In just a blink of an eye, an invisible wave was released. The shock spread throughout Kirigakure Village, causing the sky above Kirigakure to be swept by a gorgeous silver veil, and countless silver sand rains fell one after another.

Under Yagura's horrified gaze, the originally thick tailed beast chakra in his body quickly melted away.

Not only that, a tingling sensation swept through Yagura's body, and the chakra in his body seemed to be drained, unable to stop the flow that had begun.

"Yondaime-sama!"

After discovering Yagura's abnormality, everyone's expressions changed.

However, before they could take action, the surrounding space was distorted, as if it was being forcibly pulled by a giant force.

An invisible rope wrapped around the bodies of all Kirigakure ninjas and Anbu, forcing their bodies to stay in place and unable to move.

It was as if the earth had turned into a powerful magnet, firmly attracting their bodies.

"you--"

Yagura understood something immediately, and various thoughts flashed in his mind.

Before he could exit, Nagato's figure had already flashed in front of him.

In his last memory, he only saw the light of a pair of Samsara Eyes projected towards him, which was bone-chillingly cold.

Seeing Yagura fall in his arms, Nagato easily picked up Yagura's body with one hand.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

boom!

The entire top-down impact rushed towards the earth like a meteorite.

A powerful repulsive storm swept across the platform, and the building on one side was also violently impacted. The wall collapsed instantly, sending up sand and dust all over the sky.

Nagato rushed out of the smoke area and flew all the way to the sky. He didn't spare a glance at the Kirigakure ninja below who was caught in the repulsive impact, and flew straight out of Kirigakure Village with Yagura.

…

"What's going on here?"

Terumi Mei hurriedly arrived with the ANBU, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Oni Tou Mangetsu, Ringo Yuri, Momochi Zabuza and other Kirigakure elite Jonin.

Looking at the completely shattered square, there were only dozens of unrecognizable Kirigakure ninja corpses. The body seemed to have suffered a strong impact, and the flesh and blood was completely solidified on the ground. All the body parts could not be pieced together to form a complete corpse.

However, the most important thing is Yagura.

Yagura disappeared.

What is certain is that Yagura will not be among these mutilated corpses.

Akatsuki's goal is the tailed beast in Yagura's body, and it is impossible to secretly kill Yagura, causing the tailed beast to disappear with it.

Therefore, it is certain that Yagura was forcibly taken away by Akatsuki's people.

"Mizukage-sama, I can no longer sense the Yondaime's chakra."

The ANBU responsible for the exploration work came to report the situation, which further confirmed Terumi Mei's uneasy guess.

How can this be?

How could Yagura be defeated so quickly?

Not to mention Yagura's own strength, he has reached the five-kage level, and there is a tailed beast in his body that is always ready to help. Even if the ninja god Senju Hashirama is resurrected, it is impossible to defeat Yagura in such a short period of time. Cang and Sanwei were severely injured and taken away.

What's more... the destructive power here seems to be caused by just one blow.

Although it was powerful, Terumi Mei believed that Yagura was fully capable of withstanding it and would not be defeated by such an attack.

So...what exactly happened?

What methods did Xiao's people use?

When she thought of this, Terumi Mei's face suddenly darkened.

There is no doubt that their plan failed.

Akatsuki's people used unknown means to take away Yagura, and they didn't even have time for him to call for help and send a signal.

"Zabuza, Ame Yuri, you are taking people to Yugao's side now. I am worried about the situation there, so I will take him and move immediately. His stronghold there is no longer safe."

Terumi Mei suspected that Akatsuki had used some special method to defeat Yagura in one fell swoop, and this method might have been specially prepared for the jinchuriki. Therefore, Terumi Mei immediately thought of Kirigakure's other jinchuriki— —Yugao.

The opponent has the Six-Tails in his body, which is also one of Akatsuki's goals.

According to Akatsuki's plan, they planned to capture the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails together.

Now there is an accident on Yagura's side, and the ANBU on Yugao's side has not yet sent a message, maybe...

Terumi Mei didn't dare to think about it anymore.

When their names were mentioned, Zabuza and Ayuuri's expressions became solemn. They both lost their usual casual attitude. Knowing the current situation, they might have escaped Kirigakure's control. They nodded quickly and left with a team of ANBU.

"Mangetsu, Chojuro, take people out for a complete blockade, and don't let any suspicious people go."

"yes!"

Ghost Light Full Moon and another newly promoted member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Changjuro, immediately responded and led people to block the route outside the village.

"Qing, come with me."

Terumi Mei issued these orders vigorously and resolutely, asking everyone to perform their duties, and then headed towards the direction of the Kirigakure Sea with his confidant Jonin Ao.

Arriving at a sea area, there is only a slightly larger reef emerging from the sea. Occasionally, you can see seagulls flying around and passing over the sea.

Terumi Mei stood on the slightly larger reef with Qing, her hands formed seals, and a burst of chakra quickly poured into the sea.

Crash!

Soon, the sea surface shook, and a dark blue anaconda made of pure water surfaced. The opened snake eyes were larger than those of an adult, like a clear mirror, shining the figures of Terumi Mei and Ao into the field of vision. middle.

There were three bangs, bangs, bangs, smoke came out of the anaconda's head, and three figures appeared.

When the smoke cleared, Terumi Mei and Qing saw clearly that it was a combination of a man and two women.

Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri, Hinata Ayane.

As a well-known husband and wife team among ninjas, once the three of them participate in a battle, they are usually inseparable.

The anaconda lowered its head and let the three of them walk flatly onto the reef, where they stood face to face with Terumi Mei and Ao, and then sank to the bottom of the sea and disappeared.

"Calling us out at this time means that Nagato is already here, right? Where is Yagura?"

Shiraishi sensed the chakra situation for dozens of kilometers around him, but did not sense any violent fluctuations. Moreover, he did not sense Yagura's chakra. This abnormal situation made Shiraishi frown slightly and look at him with inquiring eyes. Terumi Mei.

He should have said that they were acting as an ambush to catch Nagato by surprise.

But there doesn't seem to be any war happening now. What's the point of calling the three of them over at this time? Come for an autumn outing?

"There was an accident and Yagura was taken away."

Terumi Meiyan briefly and comprehensively explained the current situation.

"?"

Shiraishi, Ruri, and Ayane couldn't help but feel more doubts in their eyes, and there was also a hint of surprise that couldn't be concealed.

"You mean... Yagura failed?"

Shiraishi's brows furrowed even more.

This shouldn't happen.

Yagura's strength is undoubtedly at the top level of ninjas. As a perfect Jinchuuriki, Yagura's means are by no means comparable to those of ordinary ninjas.

Even if he loses to Nagato, he won't even have time to send a signal.

Unless it is defeated in an instant.

But, how is this possible?

"In short, we need to focus on the investigation here. What happened to Yagura is a bit weird and over the top. I guess they have special means to target the Jinchuuriki, so Yagura has no time to resist."

Terumi Mei said with a wry smile.

She wanted to break her head, but she didn't want to know what method the enemy used to defeat Yagura in such a short period of time.

"Special means?"

Shiraishi touched his chin, thinking deeply.

However, the information obtained was too little, and Shiraishi was unable to deduce a decent result.

"In that case, let's go and take a look."

Although support is also very important, you must investigate the matter clearly before proceeding. If you act rashly, you will only step into the enemy's trap.

What's more, with Yagura being taken away, they have fallen into a passive position and need to act cautiously.

Ruri and Ayane had no objections, and they were also quite curious about Akatsuki's method of taking away Yagura.

Could it be the special ability of the Samsara Eye? Or maybe it has something to do with the Ten-Tails?

…

The three of Shiraishi put on hooded windbreakers and followed Terumi Mei and Ao to Kirigakure.

The battlefield has been sealed off by Kirigakure's ANBU, and the traces of tragedy inside have not yet been cleaned up, retaining their original appearance.

Only Terumi Mei, Ao, and Shiraishi were left at the scene.

"How about, can you find out anything?"

Mei Terumi asked.

"..."

Bai Shi twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the flesh and blood solidified on the ground. The only relatively complete corpse had half of its brain missing, as if it had been crushed by a heavy object in an instant.

It is simply impossible to recall memories from these fragmentary corpses.

"Let someone tidy up this place later. It's better to let these people bury themselves in peace."

Shiraishi sighed and said.

In other words, there was nothing he could do about the situation.

Terumi Mei also knew that this was a bit embarrassing and nodded.

Before these people were alive, their bodies were crushed in an instant by heavy pressure, causing their flesh and blood to stick to the floor. Other than that, nothing was found.

"It's so powerful, both in terms of strength and control, it rivals my soft fist."

Compared to Shiraishi, Ayane can see more clearly with her Byakugan. She doesn’t feel the slightest discomfort about these horrible muscle tissues that are like rotten flesh. Ayane, who has walked all the way from the mountain of corpses to the sea of ​​bones, has seen more than This is an even more tragic war scene.

Therefore, she just analyzed it from a considerable angle and let out a little exclamation, surprised by the magician's chakra control skills.

Ruri also observed it with his Sharingan. Although the Sharingan is not as convenient as the Byakugan in terms of insight, it also has its own uniqueness.

Based on her rich combat experience, coupled with the assistance of Sharingan, she saw things that were no less rare than Ayane.

"The attack should have fallen from above, causing a scene of meteorite impact. Moreover, these people were eliminated in an instant without resistance."

The air was filled with dangerous chakra that had not yet dissipated. Judging from how long the chakra remained and how solid it was, Liuli had no doubt that these Kirigakure ninjas had been blocked from action at that time.

Before the fear of death was even generated, he was attacked from above and wiped out in an instant.

Terumi Mei glanced at Ao next to her. Ao smiled awkwardly, coughed, straightened her face, and straightened her body.

Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, an ANBU flew over and landed in front of Terumi Mei.

Terumi Mei recognized that this was an ANBU who followed Zabuza and Yuri Ame to the Six-Tails Jinchuuriki Yugao's place.

As soon as he came over, he was about to open his mouth to report, but he stopped immediately when he saw that the three people in Shiraishi were wearing hooded black robes and could not clearly see their appearance.

"It's one of our own, just tell me."

Terumi Mei walked up and asked.

"Yes, Lord Mizukage." Anbu reported: "Jounin Ame Yuri and Jonin Zabuza asked me to come over and report that Lord Yudaka disappeared for more than fifteen minutes. It can be estimated that Lord Yondaime was taken away at the same time. Let’s go. The Anbu who protected him were also attacked and suffered serious casualties. The attackers were a group of white humanoids with considerable strength, and several of them also used the lost wood release ninjutsu.”

"I understand, go down."

Terumi Mei sighed, as expected.

The ANBU responded and used the teleportation technique to disappear and leave.

"It looks like the worst-case scenario is beyond our expectations."

Liuli's cold voice sounded, and from her solemn tone, she could feel the difficulty of the matter.

"Shiraishi-kun, who can use the Wood Release Ninjutsu, is a special individual among the White Zetsu. He seems to be the same as the White Zetsu Abi who took away the Obito Mangekyo."

After observing the corpse, Ayane came over and said.

Bai Zetsu is a scout of the Akatsuki organization. Ordinary Bai Zetsu are not very strong individually, only at the chunin level.

But among these White Zetsus, there are some individuals with abnormal abilities. Although there are few trees, they are stronger than ordinary White Zetsus and can also use some special ninjutsu.

"Yes, judging from the intelligence we have collected in the past, although there are not many Bai Zetsu of this special individual, they can be artificially created and are more difficult to deal with than ordinary Bai Zetsu."

Shiraishi also sensed the trouble.

Two tailed beasts were taken away at once, and they still belonged to their allies. It has to be said that Nagato's unintentional behavior weakened the power of the Oni Kingdom and Kirigakure alliance a lot.

"The top priority is to find the whereabouts of Yagura and the others and see if they can be rescued from the other party."

Ayane said again.

"Leave the large force search work to Kirigakure, and we will cooperate in secret."

Shiraishi also made a suggestion at this time.

"Okay, without further ado, let's act quickly. My troops are almost assembled here and can set off at any time."

Terumi Mei didn't hesitate, no matter what, losing two tailed beasts at once, plus one Gokage, was enough to make Kirigakure shake his muscles and bones.

Moreover, if the Three-Tails and Six-Tails are sealed, things will develop in a worse direction.

Stop the opponent before that happens.

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Above the cloudless sky, the sky has begun to dim, showing a dark blue color.

A huge stone ball is suspended in the starry sky, thousands of meters away from the earth.

Nagato casually threw Yagura on the ground of the stone ball, and found that there was already an uninvited guest on the stone ball.

In front of a relatively strong white Zetsu was a handsome young man wearing a blue kimono, who was none other than the Six-Tailed Jinchuuriki of Kirigakure Village, Yudaka.

At this time, the other party was just like Yagura, his consciousness was dazed, he didn't even have the ability to stay awake, and he was at his mercy.

In addition, there is a modified flying ninja tool, which Bai Jue relies on to send people up.

Bai Zetsu chuckled and said: "The props left by Orochimaru are really convenient. Unfortunately, there is no way to mass-produce them, so they can only be used in targeted ways. Otherwise, the remaining Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails can be obtained at once. ”

Nagato did not stop Bai Zetsu's playful remarks and began to form seals with his hands.

This stone ball was the product of the "Earth Explosion Star" made by Tiandao and Chiba Kazuhime during the battle in the Kingdom of Forest more than two months ago. At that time, Tiandao used it as a satellite and launched it into the sky. At this time, it was used to seal the tailed beast. The temporary base can successfully avoid the interference of Kirigakure ninjas.

"Psychic art!"

White smoke filled the air, and a huge wooden figure appeared in front of Nagato with his legs crossed, occupying a large open space in front of him.

The entire stone ball also trembled violently due to the arrival of the huge wooden man. A lot of gravel and dust were shaken off, and it seemed that it could not bear the weight of the wooden man.

Compared with the first time, Nagato relied on the reincarnation eye at this time and could feel that there was a strong consciousness awakening in the body of the ten tails. The four eyes that opened also cast a cold look at him. The sight can freeze one's blood.

Bai Jue was swept by this gaze and immediately fell silent. He wanted to say something, but just kept silent.

Nagato jumped to stand on one of Bokuto's thick fingers and quickly formed a seal.

"Sealing Technique·Nine Sealings of Phantom Dragon!"

The nine-headed chakra dragon spurted out from the giant mouth of the abyss opened by Bokuto, swept across the ground, and brought the bodies of Yagura and Yugao into the air.

Streams of red chakra flowed out of the two people's bodies, flowing back toward the wooden man along the chakra dragon.

"Inform the rest of the White Zetsu to pay attention to the movements of Kirigakure and other villages. It will take me some time to seal these two tailed beasts. During this time, I will not be disturbed at all."

After giving instructions to Bai Zetsu, Nagato stopped talking and concentrated on sealing the Three-Tails and Six-Tails.

After hearing this, Bai Zetsu didn't say anything more. He just picked up the flying ninja tool, spread the wings, and flew downwards to join the other Bai Zetsu.