Escape From Konoha

April 3rd, sunny day.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, a group of five people walked into a relatively prosperous town in Tango Country.

Yunokuni is famous for its hot springs and has a very beautiful natural environment. It is a country suitable for tourism.

Walking on the streets of the town, you can see large and small hot spring hotels everywhere. It can be said that hot springs are everywhere in Yuno Country.

In the center of the town, there is a large pharmacy with three floors.

On the card of the pharmacy, there is an obvious aster flower mark.

It is not difficult to see that this is a branch pharmacy affiliated to Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Technology Company, the country of ghosts.

Now this company has spread all over the ninja world in just one year.

Even in a small country, you can often see the nameplate of Ziyuanhua, and people from all over the world are familiar with this company, so they are not ignorant of it.

At the door of the pharmacy, there stood two guards, a man and a woman.

Wearing a black hooded coat, the back of the clothes is engraved with the aster flower logo, which is quite recognizable.

After the five people entered the pharmacy, they went directly through a secret door and walked towards the third floor.

The first floor of the pharmacy is the point of sale, the second floor is the rest area for employees, and the third floor is the work area for the management.

The leader of the five is the worm man.

Before arriving at a gatehouse on the third floor, he winked at the other four people and told them to guard outside, while he opened the door and entered inside.

After closing the door, the worm man smiled at the financial expert sitting on the sofa: "Mr. Kadotsu, long time no see."

Jiao Du, a financial expert sitting on the sofa, glanced at him lightly, and said in a low tone, "I've finished the financial work for last month, let's settle the salary."

"certainly."

Chong Nan looked at the sealed document that had already been placed on the desk. It was the information document completed by Jiaodu himself.

After more than half a year of cooperation, he has already recognized Jiaodu's financial ability and character, and put the black leather box in his hand on the coffee table in front of Jiaodu.

Compared with sending money to his account, his requirement is that he must pay in cash, and he can rest assured only when he sees real coins.

In this regard, Kakudo is undoubtedly a person who pursues reality.

So, ignoring the worm man, Jiaodu opened the boxes and began counting them one by one.

After counting back and forth three times, I closed the box again with satisfaction.

"The numbers are the same."

"We are already old friends, don't you need to count the money one by one in front of me every time?"

The worm man sighed.

"No, in this world, only money can be trusted."

Jiaodu stood up from the sofa, carrying the box in his hand, turned his head and said these words to the worm man.

The implication is that the basis of their cooperation is only money.

And money will not betray him.

He also won't betray money.

Money is his real friend, the rest is nothing.

"Then I wish you a prosperous life."

"That's for sure. In addition, the amount of your reward has recently increased rapidly. I hope your name can appear on my list as soon as possible."

Jiaodu took out a reward list.

The records in it are all high reward targets.

And there is no name of Chongnan on it. He knows Chongnan's strength and is already qualified to be included in this roster, but his reputation is not enough.

Therefore, the name of the worm man can only appear in another roster that records the middle and low-level reward targets.

"It's really scary to be targeted by Mr. Kakuzu. Maybe I should suspend my career as a bounty hunter next."

The worm man laughed like this.

Jiao Du glanced at the man at Chong, and without finishing his sentence, he walked out of the room with the suitcase.

Not long after Kakudu left, four companions who were guarding the door came in, and saw the bug man sitting at the desk, looking at the financial documents left by Kakuzu.

"There is news."

said one of them.

The worm man put down the file, raised his head and asked, "What's the news?"

"It's the root of the leaf."

"Koba Nebu? What are they doing in Yuno Country? They don't plan to come here to take a hot spring vacation, do they? It's not a holiday period."

The worm man laughed.

You must know that their organization still attaches great importance to the root, an organization lurking deep in the leaves.

For a long time, they have been secretly collecting information on the root, because once the root people are dispatched, it means that Konoha is doing some small tricks that cannot be seen.

"I don't know. According to the information obtained by chance from the informants below, they seem to have attacked a small village with a population of less than 100 people yesterday, and then they seem to have carried out activities in the southern part of Tango Country."

"Attack the village of Tang Country?"

If he came to the country of soup and stole the important items of Tangnin village, it would not make the man feel confused.

But attacking a small village, what can you get.

This is not in line with the idea of ​​the benefit of that ninja.

"I don't know the specific situation."

"Then go and meet the guys at the roots. You can't take these guys lightly."

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In the dark forest in the evening.

Four figures shuttled quickly through the dense woods, wearing windbreakers and oil-painted masks on their faces.

Each of the four of them carried two children, and a total of eight children were carried by them and ran towards a certain direction.

The four of them said nothing all the way, but ran forward with all their strength.

At this moment, the four of them felt an extremely strange and cold aura permeating the woods. This aura rushed from all directions, and it was impossible to observe where the source was.

"careful!"

As one of them shouted loudly, the other three also stopped, staring at their surroundings vigilantly.

Suddenly, a blazing light lit up ahead, illuminating the entire dense forest.

The time to illuminate the dense forest is only a short moment. If you don't pay special attention, it is difficult to capture that moment.

The four people at the root became vigilant, and the eyes under the mask were fixed on the sudden strong light. While being vigilant, they couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Blindfolding?"

It seems that this is the case.

After that burst of bright light appeared for a moment, nothing happened next.

Although it is a low-level means of angering the enemy to provoke, but as a member of the root, it cannot be easily provoked by the enemy with such a frustrating method.

The four threw aside the child in their hands, and one quickly formed a mudra to mobilize the chakra in his body.

Since you don't know where the enemy is, then use indiscriminate attack methods to force them out of the dark.

"Wind escape · wind - ah!"

The root ninja who was about to perform the wind escape screamed in pain.

On his chest, a huge worm-shaped lump protruded directly, which looked very scary.

The other three root ninjas were taken aback, not knowing what happened to their companions.

One person ran over, with green light gathering on his palm, and healed the root ninja who fell to the ground and twitched in pain.

However, before he could treat anything, he also yelled out in pain, and a terrifyingly huge worm-shaped mass also appeared on his chest.

He fell to the ground and twitched his body in pain.

Suddenly, the temperature in the dense forest increased sharply.

Dozens of fireballs whizzed from the front, piercing the air at the same time, the tongues of fire froze fiercely, and the masks of the root ninjas were also flushed red.

"careful!"

The root ninja who was first lodged in the worm-shaped lump, endured the severe pain, and quickly pushed away the root companion who was also lodged in the worm-shaped lump who wanted to heal himself.

The opponent is a medical ninja. In this era when medical ninjas are not yet fully popular, every medical ninja is a precious resource.

Relying on willpower, he stood up from the ground and formed mudras with both hands, wanting to continue releasing ninjutsu to resist these fireballs.

This time, the worm-shaped mass on his chest grew rapidly in a more exaggerated manner, until his body swelled like a round balloon.

There was a bang.

Explode in place.

Scorched flesh and blood flew everywhere, accompanied by intense flames.

The two root ninjas led the only medical ninja in the team to escape from the pursuit of the fireball in embarrassment.

Originally suspected that the death of that companion was related to the release of ninjutsu, so after the companion released ninjutsu, causing the body to explode, he knew that releasing ninjutsu would definitely kill him.

To make matters worse, the only medical ninja in the team was also recruited.

A huge worm-shaped lump appeared on the body, as if it was alive, trembling slightly in the flesh of the chest.

With a few swishes, five figures suddenly stood on the surrounding trees, surrounding them.

"You guys are...Xuan Yuanzhong?"

The only two Genbu ninjas who lived in peace, one of them seemed to recognize the figure and appearance of these five people.

It was Xuan Yuanzhong, a mercenary group that had become well-known in the underground black market in recent years.

What they do is to take people's money and people to eliminate disasters.

"It's a great honor that the name of our mercenaries can appear on the list of Konoha Root."

Worm Man put his hands in his pockets, looking down at the remaining three root ninjas.

"hateful!"

Now that they know that the other party is a mercenary group in the underground black market, it means that someone has targeted their roots and wants the lives of their root ninjas.

But in the case of a battle, the companion who died is the sign of the front car.

I'm afraid that once they use chakra, that strange worm-shaped lump will appear on their bodies, causing them to die by exploding.

"let's go."

Without giving these roots a chance to think about countermeasures, Zong Man led four members and swooped down from the tree directly to hunt the ninjas at the roots.

"ah!"

From time to time there were shrill screams and explosions in the woods.

In just one minute, only the medical ninja who was so painful by the worm-shaped lump survived.

One of the two root ninjas was killed by the explosion, and the other was burned by the fire.

"Take him back and see if you can find any useful information."

Worm Man broke off the medical ninja's limbs and injected him with anesthesia so that he would not be able to commit suicide under interrogation.

"What about these brats?"

Pointing to the eight children who passed out outside the battlefield.

"Send it to a nearby town and let the officials of Tang Country arrange it. It has nothing to do with us."

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The soup country stronghold.

The interrogator, who was wearing an off-white windbreaker, a white faceless mask, and an aster flower logo embroidered on the back, came out of the interrogation room.

After the worm man outside saw the interrogator coming out, he walked over and asked, "How is it? Did you get any information?"

"This root team doesn't know much. They just followed the orders of their superiors and came to Tang Country to steal children."

"Stealing children? Is it to take them back and raise them?"

The worm man pondered.

"If this is the case, then it would be better to look for children with special physiques. After all, ordinary people will not be allowed to join in places like the roots."

The interrogator analyzed.

"makes sense."

Insect Man nodded. The eight children stolen by this root team are just ordinary people, and there is nothing extraordinary about them. They are worthy of being taken back by root ninjas for training.

"In that case, that guy is useless, so get rid of it without leaving any traces."

It's really hard to guess the root's purpose of coming to Tang Country to steal children, Zong Nan said to the interrogators.

"Don't worry, our interrogation department is professional in handling corpses."

Watching Chong Man leave, the interrogators reopened the rusty iron door and walked inside.

◎

In the cold laboratory, a dozen children stared blankly at the surrounding pale walls and the almost pale light above.

Surrounded by several medical ninjas in white masks, injecting them.

Pooh!

Pooh!

Pooh!

A large number of trees grow from the inside of these children, and blood is spilled.

Outside, through the glass wall, Danzo watched indifferently what was going on inside, followed by the two guards of Nemo, Jonin.

Not long after, a medical ninja came out of the laboratory.

"Master Danzo, the experiment failed."

"I know, just use a new batch."

"But if this goes on..."

The medical ninja showed an unbearable look on his face, his head was deeply lowered, and his body was already trembling slightly.

"I'll give you two more months to cultivate an adult. As for the experimental body, don't worry, there are as many of these things as you want."

Danzo's cold gaze pierced the medical ninja's heart.

"I'm sorry, Danzo-sama, I, I can't do it anymore, you should find someone else."

The medical ninja's voice trembled.

Danzang gave him a cold look, and snorted unhappily.

Just as he was about to say something, suddenly a large number of figures smashed open the iron gate and rushed in from the outside.

The two Jonin guards beside Danzo hurriedly took up positions to protect Danzo.

However, when they recognized the identity of the person who rushed in here, they were all taken aback.

It has the same dress as them, but the type of oil paint on the mask is different. It is an Anbu ninja directly under Naruto.

With this number, there are at least four squads and one team.

Danzo narrowed his eyes and looked at the ninja who led the Anbe ninja.

The third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzam.

With a gloomy face, Hirizhan walked up to Danzo without saying a word, and ordered to the medical ninjas who were conducting the experiment: "The Mutun experiment is stopped, you all go down."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Hearing Hokage's order, the medical ninjas breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left from here.

"Danzo, two months ago, I should have asked you to stop the wood escape experiment, why did you do it secretly?"

Hirizhan stared at Danzo with a cold face, with all-consuming anger in his eyes.

Although the wood escape experiment was something he acquiesced to, it was carried out on the premise that the ninjas in his village voluntarily.

Due to the slow progress and extremely low success rate, all Konoha ninjas who voluntarily dedicated themselves to the Mudun experiment died in the experiment, and the records also indicate that they died in the line of duty, and their families will be compensated.

At that time, the Mutun experiment was stopped by him, Hokage, and no one was allowed to conduct this kind of experiment.

Facing the furious Hirazan, Danzo also had some fear in his heart, but he still insisted: "I'm all thinking of Konoha. As long as I can cultivate Mutun ninjas, those sacrifices are meaningful."

"The country of rain, the country of fields, the country of soup, the country of tea... You have been sending root ninjas into these countries these days. You should know better than me what you have done."

Having said that, Hiruki sighed.

"Fortunately, there were no international disputes. I can forgive you this time, but I won't make an example. Clean up all traces and materials."

"Stop the wood escape experiment at this time, you will definitely regret it, Ri Zhan."

Danzang knew that Ri Zhan was involved in this matter, and the Mu Dun experiment would end here completely, and he was unwilling.

Because he is not Hokage, he can only obey Hirazan's orders. It is estimated that his surveillance will be stricter in the future.

But this thing won't end there.

It is of great significance to cultivate a wooden escape ninja for the roots.

With Mutun, you will not be afraid of Uchiha's Sharingan, and you can even control the tailed beast.

That way...the position of Hokage is also within reach.

Danzo left with the two Genbu Jōnin, and there was a trace of melancholy on Hirizan's face.

Danzo this guy is really messed up.

When did he become so unscrupulous?

It is the same with the Uchiha, and it is the same with the current wooden escape experiment.

Danzo, this is the last time I tolerate you, and the next time, I will definitely... Hirizhan looked at the direction Danzo left, and made up his mind.

◎

The next day, morning.

Hirizhan arrived at the office of the Hokage Building early, looked at the village shrouded in the morning sun, it was a peaceful and peaceful scene, and smiled.

Thinking of what happened to Danzang yesterday, I showed a sad face.

After looking out of the window for a while, Hirizhan put away these miscellaneous thoughts and started today's work.

After entering the job, a ninja and a ninja came to pick up the tasks that suit him. For this kind of work, Hirazan has long been used to it.

When it was almost ten o'clock, the door of the office opened again.

Liuli came in from the outside.

Not long ago, in the team she led, a ninja was admitted to the intelligence class, and yesterday he submitted a letter of resignation to Liuli, expressing that he would work in Konoha's intelligence class.

Liuli didn't stop it either. Compared with the regular team, the work of the intelligence team was a bit more busy, but the security was high, and the monthly salary was very stable.

In addition, due to the small number of people, the ninjas who work in the intelligence class, even if they are trainees, also have good benefits.

After all, this kind of special talent is quite popular in Konoha, such as medical ninjas.

"This is the information for the new member of your team. If it is not suitable, it can be replaced by someone else."

Ri Zhan handed Liuli a piece of information, which recorded the information of the new members of her team.

Liuli took it indifferently, and took a quick glance. It was a boy with a kappa head and thick eyebrows, and his white teeth were shining brightly.

Looks like a guy with a lot of energy.

"what do you think?"

"Just him."

Liuli nodded. For her, there is no special need to lead any kind of ninja, and she doesn't need any performance promotion.

It's just because the work of the Uchiha Guard is too boring, so I go out to perform tasks and have a little fun for myself.

Holding the new member's information, Liuli didn't stay here any longer, and headed towards the assembly point designated by her team.

"Teacher Liuli."

When we arrived at the assembly point, there were two children about ten years old waiting here.

After seeing Liuli coming, he shouted happily.

Because the other person went to the intelligence squad, there are only two ninjas in Liuli's team now.

"Xuanjian, hasn't the newcomer arrived yet?"

"No, I haven't seen anyone yet."

The ninja who was called Xuan Jian shook his head, holding a 'toothpick' in his mouth.

"It's probably on the way here, after all, there is still half an hour before the agreed time."

Said the boy in a black ninja suit and black sunglasses.

After waiting here for more than ten minutes, suddenly a boy in a green leather tights and a kappa hairstyle rushed over.

"It's finally here. It really made us wait. I hope you won't be tortured to death later."

Xuanjian smiled maliciously.

"I remember this guy is..."

The boy next to him wearing black sunglasses pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose and seemed to recognize the person coming.

Panting, the other party stood still in front of the three of Liuli, grinning, his white teeth glaring dazzlingly.

"Hello, I'm Maitkai, I'm joining this team from today, please give me your advice!"

"..."

The teeth are so bright.

The green clothes are so weird.

This was the unifying idea among the three of Liuli.

"Uchiha Ruri, the Jonin of this team is also the captain. He is good at fire escape and physical skills, but he is not good at illusion."

Liuli nodded. Judging from her body shape and standing posture, she was exactly the same as the intelligence said, and she was good at physical skills.

"Eh?"

The boy named Maitekai looked surprised.

Obviously a ninja of the Uchiha clan, why is he not good at illusion?

very strange.

Xuanjian came over and patted Maitekai on the shoulder and smiled: "You will know later, newcomer. I don't know Huo Xuanjian, please give me more advice."

"Please teach me more."

Shine your white teeth again.

"I'm Ebisu, and my interest is..."

A boy in black sunglasses introduces himself.

"Read H novels."

Xuan Jian added a sentence.

"That's right, I'm interested in reading H novels... Uh... no! Why H novels?"

With a flushed face, Ebisu yelled at Genma, out of breath.

"that……"

Matt Kay interrupted the exchange between the two.

"What?"

"What is an H novel? Is that kind of book very powerful?"

His face is serious.

"..."

Genma and Ebisu scratched their heads, how can this be explained?

This guy's head...couldn't be working, right?

"You three don't discuss meaningless topics there. It's a rule for newcomers to fight me first."

Liuli stood not far away and said.

"Yes, Teacher Liuli."

Genma and Ebisu showed a look of pity, walked aside and began to watch the battle.

"Are you going to fight? Or with Jonin? It's just what I want, my youth is already on fire!"

Hearing that he could fight Liuli, a Jōnin, Kai didn't show any fear on his face, but was eager to try, and his heart was very excited.

There are not many opportunities to practice with Jonin. You must seize the opportunity and leave a good impression on the other party.

Liuli took a look at him, then pulled out a shuriken from the ninja bag, put it on her finger and twirled it.

"Then, let's begin."

After finishing speaking, Liuli flicked her palm, and the shuriken spinning on her fingers, like a black lightning bolt, shot towards Kai.

Kai's face was startled, and the speed was so fast that he couldn't dodge it.

Hastily took out Kunai to block it, felt a sharp pain in his arm, and couldn't help grinning, obviously because of the pain.

Is this the strength of Jonin?

Just an ordinary shuriken has this kind of power.

Kay felt his body go up in flames.

"Whirlwind of leaves!"

Without hesitation, after blocking the shuriken, Kai aggressively attacked Liuli.

Xuanjian and Ebisu looked at all this with a flat face. The speed and strength of the newcomer are very good, but for the "Mr. Liuli" who looks like a devil in their eyes, it can't even be regarded as a play.

Not surprisingly, Liu Li easily dodged his combo kicking technique.

Kai was not discouraged, if it was so easy for Jonin to hit him, it would not be Jnin.

Even though it's just a test, Kai intends to fight with all his might.

"Open the door, open!"

Under the surprised eyes of Genma and Ebisu, Kai's speed and strength climbed again.

"What?"

Seeing his attack being easily staggered by Liuli again, Kai frowned.

It's so easy.

Although the opponent is Jonin, there is always a very strange feeling haunting him.

Next, no matter what kind of attack, how much power and speed beyond the limit, even the corner of Liuli's clothes can't be touched.

"Teacher Liuli, you are too bad."

Genma and Ebisu, who were sitting on the ground, watched Kai attack wildly there, and sighed to someone sitting on the stone pipe behind them.

"I'm just trying to verify if this guy is an illusion idiot just like the intelligence said. It seems that the information is correct. But the one that opens the door... Is it the eight-door dungeon? Interesting brat."

The person sitting on the stone pipe behind Gengen and Ebisu was Liuli.

Except for throwing a shuriken at the beginning, she has been sitting here, watching Kai alone in the field.

"Damn it! Why can't I always hit it?"

Ten minutes later, Kai couldn't bear to stare at Liuli in front of him, he kept panting, sweating profusely, and felt like his hands and feet were cramping.

Obviously, the opponent has not attacked yet, but he has become like this.

"No, I admit defeat and stop fighting."

Kai couldn't hold on any longer, so he simply fell to the ground and surrendered to Liuli.

"It's really hard work for you, but Teacher Liuli left two minutes ago."

Genma and Ebisu came over and helped Kai up from the ground.

"What?"

Kai was taken aback.

left two minutes ago? Who is it that is fighting with yourself?

Looking forward, there is already empty.

How is this going?

"It's an illusion."

Xuanjian explained.

"Illusion? Don't lie to me, Teacher Liuli is useless for Sharingan."

Kai looked disbelieving.

"No, it's indeed an illusion. The moment you blocked Ruri-sensei's shuriken with Kunai, you had already been hit by an illusion. It is a special illusion that is triggered by the touch of an instrument. We have also suffered from this in the past Pained at the air like a fool for half a day in a clearing."

Ebisu pushed his glasses and said.

"..."

Kai remembered Liuli's previous self-introduction again.

"But, I remember Teacher Liuli said that the thing I'm worst at is illusion..."

"If a Jonin is least good at taijutsu, can you win with your own taijutsu?"

Xuanjian rolled his eyes.

Kai still looked puzzled.

"The so-called not being good at it means that compared with physical arts and fire escape, illusion is relatively 'ordinary'. You will see teacher Liuli's fire escape in the mission later, and you will know why she said that she is least good at illusion. Don’t take what Jonin said is not good at, so don’t take it seriously.”

Even if it is true, it cannot be judged with the eyes of a ninja.

Failure to understand this can be fatal.

"Okay, don't think too much, this is the sponsorship fee left by Teacher Liuli, let's go eat barbecue together."

Xuanjian comforted Kai, and then a stack of thick banknotes appeared in his hand like magic, which was the money Liuli left for them to eat barbecue.

Kai's mouth almost drooled when he heard that he could eat barbecue.

"Don't look at Teacher Liuli's coldness on the surface, but he actually takes good care of our subordinates. And he has the strength to do the task when he is full."

Xuan Jian took the lead and led the way.

Kai and Ebisu followed quickly.

BBQ! BBQ!

BBQ! BBQ!

——Uchiha clan land.

In the underground laboratory, Shiraishi, who was doing experiments with Bunsen burners and reagent tubes, turned his head when he noticed movement behind him.

"Didn't you go to meet the new members today? Why did you come back so soon?"

The woman who appeared there, with long black hair, was Ruri.

"Come back here to get some medical supplies."

Liuli skillfully opened a cabinet and rummaged through it for medical equipment.

Baishi put down his work, turned his head to look at the back of Liuli, and asked her: "By the way, Liuli, do you want to try it yourself?"

"Test? Test what?"

Somewhat incomprehensible to such words, Liuli stopped what she was doing, feeling puzzled.

"Immortal art."

Shiraishi smiled and spoke concisely.