Escape From Konoha

The entire first half of October is about to pass. On the surface, the international situation is extremely calm, but secretly it is still extremely tense. All countries seem to be tightening their nerves and will go berserk at the slightest touch.

In such a strange balance, the destruction of the black market is more like dropping a huge bomb on a calm lake, setting off a violent storm.

Although the black market still has strongholds of various sizes and has not suffered a devastating blow, the headquarters that concentrated resources, information and even bounty platform tasks in these strongholds were destroyed, which means that the entire black market has fallen into a leaderless situation. status. All information, resources and even bounties are stuck in a sluggish state, unable to communicate with each other smoothly.

Such a situation will undoubtedly cause chaos in the entire black market, and even cause the black market to be unable to effectively integrate the power of these bounty hunters in a short period of time, and gather these stragglers to become a powerful boost for the Five Powers Alliance.

"This is really..."

When the top leaders of the Alliance Army received first-hand information about the destruction of the black market, they stared at the silent and blackened land in the photo. The originally towering mountains looked like melted butter under the high temperature and no longer existed. They were unable to say anything. The words came.

I was shocked by the scene of destruction in the photo. Even if it was only the residual scene, we could see how much bombardment the black market's headquarters suffered at the beginning of the destruction.

Not to mention humans and animals, even the earth disappeared directly, as if its existence was directly wiped out from the world, not even the dregs were left.

Onoki, who had just returned to the Alliance Army headquarters, happened to have another business deal with the black market not long ago. As a result, as soon as he left, the transaction partner disappeared from the world, leaving his brain buzzing and silent for a while.

"I thought that the Kingdom of Ghosts would only launch operations against bounty hunters, but I didn't expect that it would directly take action from the bottom of the cauldron... From the beginning, we misjudged their true goal."

Annihilating several top bounty hunter teams cannot satisfy the Kingdom of Ghosts. On the contrary, all the previous actions were just warm-up exercises before the official competition, completed incidentally. Their real goal was the entire black market.

If you want to directly paralyze the operation system of the black market platform, you will no longer be able to provide too much help to the alliance forces.

After Luo Sha finished speaking, he frowned and became silent. Everyone could see the solemnity hidden between his brows.

The early progress of the Alliance Army was quite smooth, but the alliance with the black market has been full of twists and turns. Until now, the black market has been tortured to the point of death by the Kingdom of Ghosts... and this only happened in just one week. matter.

"We unite with bounty hunters to attack each other and block the communication between the alliance and the black market. This is a natural result. After all, our opponents are people who can think, not immovable stones. Moreover, the black market is not part of the agreement 'Within the protection range. If we attack now, the Kingdom of Ghosts will probably be very happy and then attack us."

Tsunade saw it very clearly.

Therefore, the 'agreement' only guarantees the pre-war preparations of the Alliance Army, the Kingdom of Demons and Akatsuki. Corresponding military operations cannot be launched before the official declaration of war.

However, the black market is not included in the agreement.

The fourth party outside the three parties does not enjoy the protection of the pre-war agreement even if it is related to the Allied Forces.

In this case, if the Kingdom of Ghosts or Akatsuki were to launch an attack, they would have to make a fuss about the black market.

Tsunade suspected that even if the Demon Country did not take action, Akatsuki's side would probably hinder it and would not allow the Alliance to annex the power of the black market.

"Hokage, you don't need to say this, we are very clear about this. Although it is a bit regretful, it is indeed not the time to attack yet."

The Fourth Raikage crossed his arms and said calmly.

Among the five people present, all four except Mizukage are here, and the fifth person is Iron Country General Mifune.

Everyone looked gloomy. As opponents, they must have been touched when they saw such a scene.

The three ships were silent, watching the exchanges between the several figures, and would only speak out at critical moments.

"However, will those guys in the country sit still and wait for death? You know, the black market involves a lot of interests. Without this part of the income, it will be difficult not to start a war now."

Luo Sha smiled bitterly.

Among the shares in the black market, high-level officials from the five major countries account for a large proportion. Although they have nothing to do with their Ninja Village, they are still established based on the five major countries. If the interests of these high-level officials are damaged, the Ninja Village may also be affected. .

After all, after losing such a huge profit, one would be furious and want to take revenge immediately.

Just before, there were no less than twenty orders from the top leaders of the five major countries, hoping that the Alliance Army would immediately attack the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Regardless of whether their behavior is in line with the strategic deployment of the Alliance Army, their irrational behavior alone cannot be called wise and powerful. It is obvious that after being greatly stimulated, their rationality began to evaporate.

After all, no one can guarantee their composure when doing this kind of thing.

"Let them endure it for now. It is really stupid to start a war with the Kingdom of Ghosts at this time. All civilians in the war zone have not been removed yet. If we start a war now, how many people will we die? The situation is already out of control, at least We must ensure that we have the power to resume production after the war.”

And all of this depends on a huge population base.

Without these, even if the Alliance army won the battle, it would suffer heavy casualties and its dominance would be in jeopardy.

In this kind of matter, the fourth generation Raikage will not compromise with these high-level officials.

"Feng Ying, please deal with this matter first. Anyway, we don't have much time left. We just need to hold on for a few days."

Tsunade sided with the Fourth Raikage.

The five shadows of the Alliance Army each perform their own duties. Among them, the one responsible for liaison with the high-level group headed by the five major powers is Luo Sha, the Kazekage.

"Just do your best. Fortunately, after the daimyo learned about this incident, they were still calm and didn't cause any chaos. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to deal with it."

Luo Sha nodded helplessly.

It would be really bad if the daimyo also asked the alliance army to attack quickly.

"But isn't Mizukage ready yet?"

At this time, Rasa mentioned Terumi Mei.

"The transfer work there is a bit difficult. After all, Kirigakure lives in a corner and is far away from home. If you want to transfer the troops, you must first cross a huge sea area. In addition to combatants, there are also material transportation and so on. Without enough ships, there is no way to transfer. Even with the help of a few of us, we won’t be able to handle it in a while.”

Tsunade said.

Now, most of the personnel on the Alliance Army side have been gathered. However, it is only the personnel on the Kirigakure Village side who are having some difficulty mobilizing.

After all, Kirigakure sent out more than 20,000 ninjas this time, and now only 10,000 people have been gathered. The remaining more than 10,000 people, plus various war supplies, require a lot of ships.

At least when it comes to sailing, you can't get up fast.

"In this case, let's pick up Mizukage-dono when we arrive. Judging by the time, Mizukage-dono should have almost set off from Kirigakure."

Mifune spoke up at this time and recommended himself.

Since it is transported by sea, when it arrives at the Alliance Army, it must enter at the northern port of the Iron Kingdom closest to the Alliance Army headquarters.

Moreover, due to the needs of the war, the three major ports in the northern part of the Iron Country were heavily guarded, and all irrelevant personnel were transferred away to form branch strongholds of the Alliance Army to guard against the enemy's maritime power.

In addition, uninhabited islands in the northern seas of the Iron Kingdom were also requisitioned to build branches. Now there are tens of thousands of Alliance ninjas scattered.

With such a garrison of troops, no matter how ferocious the attack is, it can last for a long time.

Not to mention, Kumogakure still has many battleships deployed in the waters there, as well as two chakra cannons that can attack local forces at ultra-long range.

The Fourth Raikage and others heard Mifune's words and had no objections.

"We can't just focus on the Kingdom of Ghosts. Although their actions are direct, they are still under our surveillance. Akatsuki has not been monitored yet and we don't know what they are doing. This needs to be noted."

The Fourth Raikage said this.

The threat of the Ghost Country is blatant, and one feels tremendous pressure to confront him.

But Akatsuki is different, they are good at hiding, and as the cause of the Fifth Ninja War, the power of this organization cannot be underestimated.

If you underestimate them, you will suffer a big loss.

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Kirigakure Village, port.

Hundreds of ships were summoned on the sea, including several battleships, with flags fluttering and huge crowds of people. More than 10,000 Kirigakure ninjas were ready to go. All they needed was an order from Mizukage. Rush to the frontline battlefield and give all your strength, even your precious life, for victory.

Although many people were nervous, most ninjas were relatively calm.

Especially those experienced "old people". Although they reject war, they also know that this is a war that must be fought, so their attitude is very calm, which calms the nervous hearts of many people.

On the platform at the port, Terumi Mei looked at the Kirigakure ninja who was standing firm on the ship, and her originally anxious heart could not help but calm down.

The elites of Kirigakure Village gathered here gave her a lot of confidence.

"Let's go up too, it's time to set off."

Said the trusted jounin beside Terumi Mei.

In addition to Ao, there are several members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. As the most elite force in Kirigakure Village, they will command the Kirigakure ninjas in battle together with Mizukage.

at this time--

"deep."

An old voice stopped Terumi Mei.

She turned around in shock.

The third Mizukage, who was over seventy, and the elder Kirigakure, who was over ninety, came hand in hand, followed by several guard ANBU.

"Sandaime, Elder Yuanshi? Why are you two here?"

Terumi Mei made a gesture, asking the others to stop temporarily, and stepped forward to greet the two of them.

She was very surprised by the arrival of the two retirees.

"I will also participate in this war."

The third Mizukage said something astonishing, making Mei Terumi even more surprised.

"Sandaime, this..."

To be honest, Terumi Mei didn't want the Third Mizukage to go to the battlefield, not because he was afraid of the other party seizing power, but because of his age...

So, she looked at Master Yuan, hoping that he could stop him.

"There's no need to look. I've already discussed it with Master Yuan, otherwise I wouldn't have come here to look for trouble."

The third Mizukage's eyes lost their cloudiness and became sparkling, unlike an aging old man.

"The Sandaime." Terumi Mei sighed helplessly and said, "This war is no small matter. Even I can't guarantee that I can survive to the end."

In other words, the Third Mizukage, who is no longer in his prime, still retains some of his past strength, which makes Mei Terumi very worried about what will happen to him after he goes to the battlefield.

There are no weapons or weapons there, and the Five Shadows must be prepared to sacrifice at any time.

"Do you dislike my strength? Then, while there is still time, you can verify whether my strength has regressed."

The Third Mizukage gave such a strong answer.

"Don't dare."

Terumi Meditation didn’t want to refuse directly.

"Ming, you also said that this war is no small matter, otherwise I wouldn't ask for it here. Besides, even that old man Onoki can go to the battlefield at this age. As a ninja of his generation, how can I be willing to die of old age? On the hospital bed? As far as I know, Konoha's Akimichi Kaifeng, as well as those old friends of Kumogakure and Sunagakure, have also gone to the battlefield."

Hearing what the Third Mizukage said, Mei Terumi was slightly silent.

Indeed, this time the alliance of the five major powers can be said to be using all means to win.

Even those old people who came from the Warring States Period almost always volunteered.

As remnants of the times, their glory and majesty have long stayed in the past.

But the only thing they don't want is that one day they will die of old age in the hospital bed, lingering, relying on medicine to draw their last breath, and be tortured to death.

Sprinkling blood on this battlefield is their true destination.

"I understand, then, welcome to join, Sandaime."

Terumi Mei saw the resolute attitude of the Third Mizukage, so she let out a breath, stretched out her hand, and shook hands with the Third Mizukage, expressing her agreement to the other party's request to join the army.

"Don't worry, as one of the top five shadows, I won't die that easily."

The Third Mizukage also noticed Terumi Mei's worries and responded with a confident tone.

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"How many times has this happened? Is it still a tie?"

In front of the Reality Waterfall, looking at Naruto standing motionless on the boulder in the center of the pool with his eyes closed, Samyi, who had just had lunch, came over and asked.

Since this place is guarded by Tenzo, she doesn't have to keep an eye on Naruto's training work all the time.

"This is the third time, and it still ends in a tie. After all, they have exactly the same abilities and strength, the same tactics, and even the same growth rate. No matter how they fight, it's a tie."

Tianzang spread his hands helplessly and answered Samyi's question.

"Sure enough, we still haven't found the key."

Samyi nodded, an expected answer.

"The headquarters is almost ready, and the population relocation work is nearing completion. We are only a few days away from the official start of the war, and we don't have much time left."

A sense of urgency arose in Tianzang's heart.

"The Five Shadows are controlling the situation over there, so we don't need to worry about it. Even if the enemy is strong, the strength of the Alliance Army is not weak."

Samyi is open-minded and doesn't have too many pessimistic thoughts.

And her optimism is also based on Kumogakure's powerful military power.

As a result, a strong sense of trust in the power of the Alliance Army was also created.

"Maybe."

Tianzang said vaguely.

"Let's focus on Naruto. His power is indispensable to the alliance. Have you noticed anything after observing here for so long?"

Samyi turned around and asked.

He knew that Tenzou was not only monitoring Naruto here, but also observing Naruto's training and giving guidance.

"That, no, I can't see anything at all. If it were the other cases, I could give you some advice, but the training of jinchuriki is my blind spot. After all, in this aspect, Kumogakure and the perfect jinchuriki were born. Kirigakure, your opinions should be more pertinent."

Tenzo sighed helplessly.

Just when Samyi was about to say something, a strange rapping tone suddenly sounded:

"Three idiots, still achieving nothing after all this time, I finally can't stand it any longer~~"

"Lord Kirabi?"

Samyi turned to look at Kirabi who suddenly appeared and jumped down from the sky.

"Indeed, the three of us can't think of any effective way. I wonder if Mr. Yatsuo can give you some guidance? After all, I am your loyal fan."

Tianzang knew not to be too disobedient to Kirabi, and if possible, it was not impossible to say soft words.

"oh?"

Hearing that Tianzang was his fan, Kirabi carefully looked at Tianzang's whole body, and Tianzang's face became a little unnatural.

After all, it was really hard for him to say such things against his will.

Because like Naruto, he felt that Kirabi's self-created RAP was really a bit hard to talk about.

"Hahaha~~Have even the people from other villages been smitten by my charm?"

Kirabi seemed to believe it.

"No, you'll know it's a lie as soon as you hear it."

Samyi did not hesitate to break up the trouble.

But both Kirabi and Tianzang chose to ignore it.

"Since you are my fan, please give this boy a little hint."

Kirabi's words made Tianzang look surprised.

With Kirabi's help, things should go much smoother.

"However, since you are a fan, you have to come to my solo concert later."

Kirabi made another request.

Then, he looked at Samyi and asked, "Samyi, do you want to come and listen to me later?"

"Please spare my life, Sir Kirabi."

Samyi chose to retreat without hesitation, keeping a safe distance from Kirabi, as if looking at some savage beast.

She knew the destructive power of Kirabi's concert, and he had the same level of destructive power as his title of perfect jinchūriki.

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"I originally thought that Turtle Island would move towards the waters of the Kingdom of Iron, but it turned out to be moving towards the Kingdom of Water? It really wasted a lot of our time."

On an uninhabited island between the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Water, the White Zetsus who were responsible for exploring the location of Turtle Island met up with Kisame who led them, and then reported.

Kisame was also holding a map at this time, scanning the general direction of Turtle Island's transfer.

There are no traces of Turtle Island in the waters of the Kingdom of Thunder. This is known by Bai Jue through so many days of exploration and the sharks he sent out.

Therefore, all that is left is to lock the direction of Turtle Island's movement so that it can be determined as the exact location of Turtle Island.

According to normal logic, Turtle Island should be moved to the waters of the Iron Kingdom, because it is the sea area closest to the Alliance Army headquarters and is heavily guarded by the Alliance Army.

Even if an accident occurs on Turtle Island, we are capable of timely rescue.

As a result, the Alliance Army is now doing the opposite. Instead of moving Turtle Island to the waters of the Kingdom of Iron, which is closest to the Alliance Army headquarters, it is moving towards the northern waters of the Kingdom of Water.

You know, the northern waters of the Kingdom of Water are not close to the Alliance Army headquarters.

If an emergency occurs, it means that the Alliance Army cannot provide rapid support.

"This is where they are smart. However, the further away from the Alliance Army headquarters, it does not mean that Turtle Island is easy to capture. Compared with the Alliance Army setting up a dragnet on it, it would be very difficult for ordinary troops to attack. What's more, Those two Jinchuuriki are not simple beings, no matter which one they are, they can completely wipe out our search force."

Not to mention, there are a large number of elite members of the Alliance Army on Turtle Island.

In addition to the two jinchuriki, there must be ninjas with difficult strength, otherwise the alliance army would not be able to safely transfer the jinchuriki to such a remote place.

That's what Kisame guessed.

Bai Zetsu nodded, Kisame's guess was not unreasonable.

The Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki are special beings among the many Jinchuuriki.

The last time he fought against the Eight-Tails, Kisame was on the verge of death. The combat effectiveness of their manpower was obviously seriously insufficient.

Fortunately, they were just a search force and did not need to fight the alliance forces on Turtle Island. They only needed to lock the position and leave the rest to the leader, Nagato.

"I know the waters of the Kingdom of Water very well. This is our current advantage. There are not many places to hide in this area, and I happen to know them all."

Kisame pointed to the northern waters of the Land of Water on the map and marked the sea route where Turtle Island might move.

"If my prediction is correct, these three routes are the most likely ones for Turtle Island. The other routes are not suitable for large ships, let alone something as large as Turtle Island."

"I see. As expected of Kisame, we can finally find them now. But how to allocate manpower?"

The general direction has been detected, but the specific location still needs to be locked.

"Haku Zetsu, you are responsible for these two routes." Kisame pointed to two of them, and then pointed to the last one: "I will be responsible for this route. Take action immediately before they go far, while they are still there Before leaving this sea area.”

The disadvantage of Turtle Island is that it is too big, but the advantage is that they can be moved at any time.

It means that you can move the sea area and hide in a safe area anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, the final destination of Turtle Island is definitely not the northern sea of ​​the Kingdom of Water. This sea may be a part of the route, not the final location.

"good."

Bai Zetsu had no objection and took the other individuals to dive and swim towards the two routes pointed by Kisame.