Escape From Konoha

Looking through the barbed wire fence of Training Ground No. 44, you can see a large number of hired carpenters repairing the land and trees in the Death Forest.

Because of the battle a few months ago, the Death Forest was the one that suffered the most serious damage.

The destructive power of large psychic beasts and the baptism of a large number of luxurious ninjutsu are the major reasons why the Death Forest has not recovered to this day.

Just looking from the outside, you can imagine the intensity of the battle that night.

Like a crater formed by a falling meteorite, trees for several miles were uprooted and cleared away, leaving only a bare wasteland.

For now, the amount of money Konoha has invested in repairing the Death Forest is an astronomical amount of money for ordinary people. The manpower and material resources used are also things that cannot be disclosed lightly.

Kakashi was practicing alone in a certain edge area of ​​Training Ground No. 44. In order to achieve a certain goal, he must make himself stronger.

To be honest, joining Minato's team didn't improve his strength that much.

His future path has already been determined through the preparation of a certain man.

Whether it is during the chuunin period, or after reaching the jounin level, or at a more distant level, complete and orderly plans have been made.

And he just followed the advice that man gave him and went all the way.

Therefore, it is natural that joining the Minato team will not improve your strength much.

His growth in strength cannot bring about any breakthrough using ordinary methods.

Even Namikaze Minato, who possesses space-time ninjutsu, is the same.

Kakashi sat in front of the wooden stake, with his back facing the wooden stake, just sitting calmly on the ground, with the unsheathed White Fang dagger placed flat on his legs, performing the so-called 'man-sword-in-one' state, and In this state, you can feel the breath of nature.

After a long time, he slowly stood up from the ground, holding the White Fang dagger in his hand. On the dagger, a layer of light blue shimmer had been attached for some time, making it look extremely inconspicuous.

That is the change in the nature of thunder attribute chakra.

The White Fang dagger has an extremely powerful property-changing chakra absorption effect, and its own lightning escape lies in strength and speed, that is, thrusting.

Once it is unsheathed, it will definitely kill all the enemies with lightning speed.

Immediately, he waved the White Fang dagger in his hand, turned around and slashed at the wooden stake behind him.

White Fang's short sword passed through the wooden stake without leaving any trace, as if the swing of the sword just now was just an illusion.

But if you look closely, you can still see hair-thin cuts and a little splatter of sawdust.

"Failed again?"

How to make the blade pass through without leaving traces of incision is very difficult.

But this is what Kakashi is training to achieve right now.

In order to perfectly control the changes in chakra properties of the thunder attribute, this is a must-complete exercise.

But currently, his training results in this area are far from satisfactory.

"Kakashi, are you here? We are leaving..."

There was a voice from behind, and Kakashi raised the White Fang dagger without hesitation and started attacking the person behind him.

In the end, it just hit the air, and the person behind it had already used the teleportation technique to dodge in advance.

"Now is not the time for actual combat drills, Kakashi."

Minato stood behind Kakashi, patted his shoulder with his hand, and smiled at him.

"I'm just curious how fast Minato-sensei is."

"So, are you satisfied?"

"There's still a big gap."

Didn't notice Minato's movements at all, space-time ninjutsu? No, that was probably just a technique caused by the teleportation technique.

For someone at his level, there is no need to use time and space ninjutsu. If that were the case, it would be overkill.

"It's very rare to have such strong strength at your age."

Minato comforted him.

Geniuses will inevitably be a little arrogant, and Minato understands this very well.

Using ordinary methods, it is impossible to make a genius like Kakashi comply. Accidental exposure of one's own strength is also conducive to the cohesion of the team and gives Kakashi a sense of identity, which can then slowly affect him.

Kakashi shook his head, said nothing, put the White Fang dagger back into its sheath, followed Minato out of Training Ground No. 44, and started to gather at the gate of Konoha.

"Minato-sensei, what is our mission this time?"

"A-level mission."

Minato sighed.

"?"

Kakashi was a little confused.

It's not that he is afraid of the difficulty of A-level missions. Since his graduation, he has encountered A-level missions no less than ten times in his mission career.

Although the A-level mission was very difficult, it was not impossible for him to complete.

What puzzled him was that there were two almost pure newcomers in the team.

Obito and Lin.

Although it took a period of time to get used to it, most of the tasks it performed were D-level and C-level tasks. I had never even been exposed to B-level tasks. It was a bit incomprehensible to suddenly have to perform A-level tasks.

"The front line is tight. A while ago, the village sent another troop to support it. In addition to the ninjas who have to stay in the village, there are fewer and fewer teams in the village who can accept assignments for outing missions. Otherwise, this kind of mission will not be possible. It’s impossible to spread it all over our team.”

Minato explained.

Kakashi understood. To put it simply, there was a slight shortage of manpower. Even a pure rookie team could no longer move as leisurely as before.

After all, due to the internal turmoil a few months ago, the number of jounin in Konoha suddenly dropped significantly.

In terms of personnel transfer, corresponding changes will naturally be made.

"and……"

"and?"

"nothing."

Minato had a worried look on his face, he was obviously worried about something.

Kumogakure in the Land of Thunder is showing suspicious signs, and may be targeting Konoha unfavorably.

In the previous Jonin meeting, the Hokage revealed a piece of information to them. If Kumogakure also intervened in the battlefield on Konoha's side, Hiruzen, as the third Hokage, would personally go into battle to stop Kumogakure's Third Raikage.

At that time, the village's power will become even more empty.

Konoha's battlefield forces invested in Iwagakure and Sunagakure are close to half, but Sunagakure and Iwagakure's forces have not yet been fully suppressed. Although the third Kazekage is missing, it has given Konoha a good signal.

However, Iwagakure's third-generation Tsuchikage, known as the 'Two Scales' after the elimination of dust escape ninja, has not yet appeared on the battlefield, but the intimidation of this third-generation Tsuchikage is not far behind that of the tailed beasts.

At the gate of Konoha Village, Lin was already waiting here, but Obito was not seen.

Needless to say, he must have lost his way again in trying to save the old lady who had stumbled.

It wasn't until it was almost time to set off that Obito arrived belatedly and stood panting in front of the three of them.

"You always come last, can't you give your love to those old ladies who are lost on the road of life later?"

Kakashi stared at Obito with dead fish eyes.

"Okay, Kakashi, don't talk about Obito like that, as long as you're not late."

Minato relieved Obito.

But Obito still snorted at Kakashi and stood aside with a stinky face, expressing that he didn't want to stand in the same position as him.

The four members of the team began to embark on the mission, rushing through the huge forest outside Konoha.

"Minato-sensei, what is the content of the A-level mission we are performing this time?"

Obito asked excitedly.

You know, this is the first time in his life that he has performed a difficult A-level mission, which is very memorable.

Besides, he has already started performing A-level missions, and S-level missions are not too far away.

Become a Chuunin, a Jonin, then a Hokage, and then, hehe...

Thinking of something, Obito coughed quickly and pretended to be serious.

"Deter the enemy along the coast."

"coastal?"

"The specific reasons are very complicated, and we will find out when we get there."

After Minato finished speaking, Obito stopped asking.

"But, are the four of us really enough?"

Kakashi asked.

He is not immersed in his own fantasy like Obito. During A-level missions, he will definitely encounter jounin-level ninjas of the same level as Minato, and there may be more than one.

"Don't worry, the rest of the team will work together. And if I encounter a Jonin, I will deal with it first."

Minato's eyes became serious.

What an amazing amount of confidence. Kakashi thought to himself.

But he also understood that Minato had such confidence to say these words.

The elusive time and space ninjutsu, for ninjas who do not have the means to deal with it, whether they are genin or jounin, there is only one end if they fail to react - death.

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In the coastal canyons, accompanied by sounds like birds chirping, electric light illuminated everything in sight.

Then, a thunderous explosion directly exploded the top rock wall of the canyon, scattering it into countless huge rocks and falling towards the road below.

The enemy below suddenly jumped into chaos and began to dodge the huge rocks falling from above.

It's no joke if you get hit.

Seeing that the rock falling attack caused by his ninjutsu had disrupted the enemy's position, Kakashi immediately pulled out the White Fang dagger from behind and began to input thunder attribute chakra into the blade, allowing a layer to adhere to the surface of the blade. A light blue shimmer, and lightning as thin as hair, twined around the shimmer.

Kakashi's eyes also reflected blue like lightning, and his powerful strength that did not match his young body gave the enemy a heavy sense of oppression.

"That knife is—"

The enemy seemed to recognize the short sword with the legendary name. It was too loud, so he had to recognize the origin of the sword.

However, as soon as he finished saying these words, his chest had been cut open by the blade, and with the enchanting bright red color, the battle had begun.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

What came out of his mouth was a fireball with a diameter of one meter. This was already the strongest ninjutsu that Obito had released with all his strength.

I thought I could eliminate the enemy, but the enemy directly avoided the fireball with the teleportation technique, and then approached Obito at an extremely fast speed, smiled ferociously at him, and prepared to end his life with a kunai.

The blade with a fine electric current penetrated the air, pierced the side of the enemy's neck, and then thrust out from the other side.

The enemy's body simply fell down, and Kakashi stared at Obito with his dead fish eyes while hanging upside down. Although it was silent, it was as if he was mocking his weakness.

After getting rid of this enemy, Kakashi did not stop, but went to find the remaining enemies to attack and annihilate them here as soon as possible.

Obito was unwilling to watch Kakashi shine in the battle, which was a level of strength that he could never achieve no matter how hard he tried.

Why is there such a huge gap in strength among people of the same age?

Obito had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue fighting.

After returning home, I decided to train myself harder.

Expectations for A-level missions have also decreased.

Reality made him understand that the enemies he faced on the A-level mission could easily take his life.

The battle lasted three minutes and twenty-one seconds and ended with 17 enemies wiped out, including one jounin and eleven chuunin.

This may also be because Minato wanted to train the three Kakashi, so he spent a little more time.

However, this was just a one-man show that belonged to Kakashi. He single-handedly defeated all the enemy genin and six chuunin. After the battle, he still retained enough physical strength to be able to cope with the next sudden battle at any time. .

He also has a lot of combat experience. He can kill the enemy with the smallest amount of effort. Even some Jonin may not be as good as him in terms of physical strength and chakra planning.

This made Minato understand more and more why the Third Hokage valued Kakashi so much.

To use the word genius as a metaphor for his talent as a ninja seems to belittle his talent.

In particular, Kakashi will use his free time to continue practicing and strengthen his strength without wasting any time.

It was only a matter of time before he surpassed his father, Konoha White Fang.

"Kakashi, what was that ninjutsu you just used?"

Minato asked the question that concerned him the most.

At the beginning of the battle, he was really surprised to see the substantial thunder and lightning gathered on Kakashi's palm, emitting a chirping sound like a bird's cry.

With Minato's eyesight, he could naturally see that it was an extremely advanced lightning escape ninjutsu.

"It's the lightning escape technique I created myself. The name is Chidori, but the technique hasn't been perfected yet. Otherwise, the power can be improved a lot."

Kakashi did not hide anything and openly told the name and origin of the ninjutsu.

Lin looked at Kakashi with admiration.

But because of this look, Obito is even more appetizing.

"I see, if my estimate is correct, the perfected jutsu should be an A-level high-strength ninjutsu."

Minato showed admiration.

In terms of ninjutsu, he found that he no longer needed to mention anything to Kakashi.

Kakashi is a ninja who has almost walked his own path. If he interferes more, it will limit his growth and creativity.

I just need to answer his doubts at the appropriate time and not interfere too much with his thoughts.

But... with Kakashi's understanding, it seems that it is not necessary to answer his doubts.

Minato became depressed secretly, teaching a genius was really not an easy task.

Minato took it for granted that Kakashi created his own ninjutsu. With Kakashi's talent here, no matter what kind of amazing moves he made, it was just a logical necessity.

"Isn't it just A-level ninjutsu? I will create it in the future! Just wait and see, Kakashi!"

Obito said unconvinced.

Minato smiled and touched Obito's head to encourage him.

"Then you have to wait until you get rid of the temptation of those old ladies who have fallen behind, and then you can have enough time to practice. In short, you should work hard."

Kakashi grabbed Obito's sore leg and wouldn't let go.

Lin snickered.

Minato couldn't help but laugh.

"Lin, Minato-sensei, why are you laughing too? Isn't it weird to help an old lady?"

Obito was the only one there who jumped in anger.

"No, Obito just needs to be himself. Compared with ninjutsu, having the quality of love is a truly rare and valuable spirit. And Obito, you have this kind of love that is more precious than ninjutsu."

Minato stopped smiling, he saw these precious and excellent qualities in Obito.

No matter when, as long as he keeps this love, he believes that Obito will become a great and unique person in the future.

Lin also nodded, encouraging Obito.

Kakashi looked at Obito with dead fish eyes, not knowing what he was expressing.

After all, the old woman's temptation to Obito is infinite.

Kakashi then inadvertently turned his gaze to a certain location. Although the distance was a bit far away, Kakashi knew that he was being watched silently.

There are a few more surveillance guys. Exposing part of your strength, hiding part of it, giving the enemy the illusion of having control of the overall situation, and then delivering a fatal blow is a correct strategy, right? I said secretly in my heart.

He also had some doubts about whether Obito had the ability to become a bait.

However, protecting Obito is also one of the tasks.

This kind of naive guy who likes fantasy is a rare breed in the Uchiha clan.

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"Are all the five major countries monitoring it?"

Shiraishi immediately frowned after receiving the news.

The creature named White Zetsu turns out to be not only monitoring Konoha, but also the four villages of Kumogakure, Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure.

It was not discovered before, just because Shiraishi didn't notice that the surveillance intensity of this mysterious force was so huge.

But it cannot be determined that this is the main purpose of those people.

It may also be that because his traces were exposed before, he deliberately created a cover-up in an attempt to divert his attention and distract his side.

But on the other hand, Shiraishi also doubted that this matter was true.

Monitoring the five major countries is something this mysterious force has always done.

White Zetsu comes from the sacred tree, which is the Ten-Tails, and the Ten-Tails is the collection of nine tailed beasts.

Currently, except for the seven-tailed beasts, which are assigned to the Takigakure ninja village in the country of Taki, the remaining eight tailed beasts are in the hands of the ninja villages of the five major countries.

Konoha's Nine Tails.

Kumogakure's two and eight tails.

Iwagakure's four and five tails.

Kirigakure's Three-Tails and Six-Tails.

The end of Sha Yin.

If their purpose of monitoring the ninja villages of the Five Great Nations is to recollect tailed beasts and resurrect the sacred tree Ten-Tails, then they have an excuse to monitor the Five Great Nations.

But this mysterious force must be in short supply of combat power, otherwise it would not be monitoring, but directly plundering the tailed beasts of major ninja villages.

Therefore, the overall combat effectiveness of this mysterious force cannot compete head-on with the Ninja Villages of the five major countries.

This is good news.

As long as they don't collide with the fighting power of the Ninja Village at the level of the five major countries, Shiraishi is still confident of winning.

Although the combat power on his side is also insufficient, it is only a lack of middle-level and bottom-level personnel. In terms of top combat power, Shiraishi feels that his side still has a certain foundation.

At least it's not impossible to capture the ninja village of a small country.

The problem is how to force this mysterious force out of the darkness, eradicate them at lightning speed, and avoid future troubles forever.

If the other party keeps shrinking his head like this, Shiraishi can't keep spreading his energy on such things.

We should still find an appropriate time to eliminate the enemy in the dark.

"Uchiha Obito..."

Shiraishi whispered the name.

Recalling Obito's innocent and stupid face, he couldn't help but smile.

That guy must have been entangled with the old lady every day in Konoha.

This funny kid.

"The transformation of strong love into negative emotions is the core factor that stimulates the rapid growth of the Sharingan of the Uchiha ninjas. After that, the characters of the Uchiha ninjas will also be distorted to a certain extent, falling into darkness, and becoming extremely pessimistic and extreme. Treat the world from a perspective of thinking..."

Shiraishi looked thoughtful.

"The person who made plans for Obito must be someone who knows Uchiha very well, and may even be a ninja from the Uchiha clan."

But Liuli said that before this, the only one who had a clear record of leaving Konoha was Madara Uchiha back then.

Moreover, Uchiha Madara has been confirmed to be dead. He was defeated and died in the Valley of the End with Senju Hashirama, the first Hokage. This is a fact recognized by the ninja world and is extremely credible.

If so, who else could it be?

After all, there is a high probability that someone who understands the changes of Sharingan is a ninja of the Uchiha clan.

"Then again, after focusing on Obito's Sharingan, what are you going to ask him to do next?"

It would be better to go directly to the jounin of the Uchiha clan for a sneak attack and dig out the three magatama sharingan of those Uchiha jounin.

After Obito's Sharingan grows, it will be a waste of time if it is only the three Magatama Sharingan.

So, is it to get Obito to activate the Mangekyō Sharingan?

"..."

Shiraishi didn't know much about how to open the Mangekyō Sharingan.

There are also many methods.

Seeing a loved one die in front of your eyes is also a powerful hypothesis that opens your eyes.

If there is someone who is most important to Obito, Shiraishi can only think of one person - Nohara Rin.

"In short, the current information is insufficient. Let's lure the snake out of the hole first and try our best to find out these people's trump cards."

Before, I asked General Tu and Water Dragon God to test it. After such a long time, the enemy may have known that he was behind this matter.

Konoha must have some of its own records, as well as information about the local generals and other clones, and the people behind the mysterious forces have a strong surveillance on Konoha, and they may already know something now.

"Speaking of which, Liuli has been saying recently that her hands are itchy and she wants to find someone to test her strength. It would be good to find her some work."

(PS: The Three Wars will not waste words on the description of the war between the five powers. Everything is for the confrontation between the protagonist and Madara in the hidden line, as well as the growth and future direction of the main characters such as Nagato.)