Escape From Konoha

The Valley of Hypocrisy, in the forest outside.

From this place, you can just see the collapsing mountain.

The five of them, Kakuzu and Insect Man, were already waiting there, watching the spectacular sight of the mountain collapse together.

The place called the Valley of Hypocrisy has completely turned into a ruin and no longer exists.

"Before coming here, I never thought that the Valley of Hypocrisy was such a place."

The insect man sighed with emotion.

The villagers living inside are all defected ninjas, abandoning everything in the outside world, and using transformation skills to pretend to be another person and live a new life inside... It is simply self-deception.

If you deny your past life like this, you can only say that these people are very sad.

What's more, this kind of peace is still based on the influence of illusion, which makes it even more hypocritical.

"As long as there is war in this world, people who want to escape hell will still yearn for a place like this."

Tunan and the others looked at the collapsed mountain and felt something.

The people living here cannot be said to be incompetent, but they are exhausted just from surviving in this world.

They live alone in the world, and even though they live in the world, they feel that they are superfluous existences. Then, the Valley of Hypocrisy is their only refuge.

However, even if this peace is not broken by them, someone else will break it sooner or later.

There is no shame in escaping. The most rare thing for human beings is the courage to face difficulties.

"Compared with this, you should be more concerned about the loss of an elderly person like me. I have been running around for several days without rest for you. I have put down all debt collection work these days. How do you plan to compensate?"

Kakuzu interjected in an incomprehensible manner.

"You never take a break, right?"

The insect man was speechless.

"Can that be the same?"

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes, flashing a dangerous light.

"I know, how about ten million taels?"

"If you think your life is only worth ten million taels, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"..."

Why do you suddenly feel that Mr. Kakuzu is much more interesting?

Worm Man cares more about this issue than money.

At this time, Liuli came over and nodded when he saw that nothing happened to Kakuzu and the insect man.

"This mission has been solved perfectly. When you act in the future, remember to be careful and don't fall into the enemy's trap easily again."

"yes."

The five Xuanyuan people responded at the same time, with serious expressions on their faces.

This trip to the Valley of Hypocrisy can be said to have made them realize that they are also seriously deficient in some aspects.

Even if they perform various bounty missions in the underground black market and fight against all kinds of enemies, there are still enemies in this world that they can do nothing about.

Compared to Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas they defeated, there were stronger ninjas.

The water in the ninja world is very deep, and one or two enemies as difficult as this time will pop up somewhere.

"Let's go."

Liuli turned back and took a deep look at the collapsed mountain. The unknown village chief was crushed under the mountain.

It was impossible to survive in that situation.

The nameless village chief, who lost all his important people due to the war, has no meaning in life.

His life ended when he determined to build the Valley of Hypocrisy.

What she fought before was just the false personality created by the nameless village chief decades ago.

Therefore, for him, death is the real relief.

This was a bad time, and the Promised Land did not exist.

Only with strength can you protect everything you cherish.

Fear and fear are the most meaningless things.

When Liuli and the others left, the villagers of the Valley of Hypocrisy not far away did not step forward to stop them. They just stared at the collapsed valley with complicated and sad expressions.

But no one said a word. The nameless village chief used illusions to affect their self-awareness. They understood this.

Even so, they are still willing to return to live in this fake village.

"Build a new one."

So, after a long silence, someone spoke.

This sentence infected other people, and they all nodded and agreed.

They can no longer live in the real world.

Their consciousness has surrendered to that falseness.

Therefore, even if it is a disguised peace, constantly paralyzing myself with the illusion of peace, I do not want to return to the real ninja world.

But they all understand that they are just going from one hell to another hell.

They are all ninjas, mastering all kinds of ninjutsu, they just need to open up another valley of hypocrisy.

Among them, there was a child who did not act. Instead, he stared at Liuli and others who had left the Valley of Hypocrisy with an almost resentful look, as if he wanted to keep their figures firmly in his heart. .

It was this group of people who destroyed their home.

Let them breathe the dirty and ugly air of the outside world...

Obviously they just want to live an ordinary life, why should they be treated like this?

In other words, it is just rejection and jealousy of outsiders.

Why do I see the peace and beauty here, but I don’t agree with it at all, and instead continue to return to reality. Isn't the peace here worthy of their cherishment and nostalgia?

The seeds of hatred were etched in the child's heart.

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"Nagato-sama, the Valley of Hypocrisy seems to have been destroyed..."

It was three hours later when Bai Zetsu brought Nagato to the Valley of Hypocrisy.

What they saw here were the villagers who were working hard to rebuild the Valley of Hypocrisy.

This time they did not plan to build a village halfway up the mountain, but began to expand a peaceful paradise underground.

But the original valley of hypocrisy has completely collapsed and no longer exists.

"..."

Nagato, who took in all this, also watched the scene in front of him silently.

Without saying much, Nagato turned around and planned to leave.

Suddenly at this moment, a childish voice came to my ears:

"Are you also here to destroy the peace of the Valley of Hypocrisy?"

This sentence made Nagato stop. The speaker was a boy about ten years old, standing under the shade of a tree, staring straight at Nagato, and asked this question.

Nagato also looked at this child, who must be a child from the Valley of Hypocrisy.

However, he heard that the Valley of Hypocrisy was a place where defected ninjas gathered. This child did not use the transformation technique, which meant that this was his appearance.

But here's the weird thing.

This child, who may not even be ten years old, has quite a lot of chakra in his body.

He may be stronger than most of the villagers working there.

The most important thing is that this child has seen blood, and may have even killed people with his own hands, and a lot of them.

Those eyes that are indifferent to the world are not those of ordinary children who are ignorant of the world.

Nagato shook his head and replied: "No, I'm here to find the village chief here, but it seems that the Valley of Hypocrisy has been destroyed."

"Looking for the village chief?"

The child pointed to the ruins of the original Valley of Hypocrisy and said, "The village chief was buried there, and he must be dead now."

When he said this, his face was a little ferocious and distorted.

But then calm returned.

"Really...that's a pity. I had something to do with him, but since he's dead, let's let it go."

According to Bai Jue, the village head of the Valley of Hypocrisy is a powerful illusion ninja who was once defeated by Uchiha Madara.

Because all the acquaintances in the world died in the war, so I escaped everything in the world and came here to live in seclusion.

And used illusion on himself to make himself forget the past, and fabricated a false personality to serve as the village head here.

His illusions are very special and can be released over a large area. The reason why the Valley of Hypocrisy has been peaceful for many years without being disturbed is because of his extremely powerful range of illusions.

And use the sense of smell to trick the enemy, as long as you step into the territory of the valley of hypocrisy, you will be unknowingly affected by the illusion.

The longer he stays here, the deeper the level of illusion, the less likely he is to defeat the village chief.

He originally thought that since the village chief also had a peace-loving ideal, he must be interested in Xiao's affairs.

As long as he can be persuaded to give up the illusory peace similar to the infinite monthly reading style, he can become Akatsuki's help.

After all, with his illusion, according to Bai Jue, it took Madara a lot of effort to break free from his illusion.

Those who have regrets and remorse will be manipulated by his illusion to become puppets.

Such a powerful person should not bury his life here.

At the last moment of life, it is good to contribute to the splendid fireworks of the world.

Now that I think about it, this wish is impossible to come true.

"By the way, can you tell me who destroyed this place?"

Although the operation failed, it was not without gains.

The village head of the Valley of Hypocrisy, although his strength has declined due to his age, is not something that any ninja can defeat.

It would also be a good choice if the ninja who defeated the village chief of the Valley of Hypocrisy could be recruited into Akatsuki.

The child answered without hesitation: "It was a woman wearing black tights. She had red eyes. She could control a huge bloody giant and defeated the village chief."

"Red eyes...bloody giant..."

Nagato murmured, and a person suddenly sounded in his mind.

Bai Ze also suddenly realized and shouted: "Isn't that Uchiha Ruri? What is she doing in the Valley of Hypocrisy?"

"Uchiha...Ruri?"

The kid seemed interested in it.

Before Nagato could speak, Bai Zetsu started talking again: "She is an extremely dangerous woman, and she is a hateful woman who likes to use her unique skills when meeting her!"

Ah Fei once said that there are two people he fears most in this world, one is Madara and the other is Liuli.

Unlike people like Madara, Ruri is a ninja who loves fighting more.

My favorite way to fight is to use my special moves first when fighting begins, and ruthlessly destroy all enemies in front of me.

"Bai Jue, shut your mouth. There is no need to tell a child this kind of thing."

He could clearly see the hatred in this child's eyes.

This child wants revenge on Uchiha Ruri who destroyed the Valley of Hypocrisy.

However, Nagato didn't think he could do this.

Let him know about Liuli, just to let him die in vain.

"However, this child seems to have extraordinary power. Maybe he can cause some trouble for Uchiha Ruri in the future."

Bai Jue scratched his head and said.

"Even so, it shouldn't be done."

After Nagato finished speaking, he left directly from here.

Bai Jue did not leave immediately, but looked at the child and asked, "Kid, what's your name?"

"Name? My name is Yi... No, my name is Bu Buyue."

He answered Bai Jue like this.

Bai Jue smiled and said: "You are really interesting. You are worthy of being a person from the Valley of Hypocrisy. Bu Buyue... is the false personality you created."

"No! I am Bu Buyue!"

The child replied loudly.

"So, you people here are all hypocritical. You have even forgotten your real name. You can only pretend to be a false personality to survive in the world. I have never seen such a pitiful person like you."

Bai Jue smiled interestingly, and then burrowed into the soil under the dissatisfied eyes of the boy Bu Buyue.

"If you can cause some trouble for Uchiha Ruri in the future, this trip will not be in vain. However, a brat like you will never grow to that level in your lifetime."

Not paying attention to Bai Jue's deliberate provocation, Bu Buyue just looked into the distance.

"Uchiha Ruri...I will kill her..."

He destroyed his hometown and killed his beloved great village chief. This revenge must be avenged!

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"Is it a hypocritical place created by illusion? It seems that you have had quite a rich experience this time."

After reading the mission report and briefly understanding the execution process of the mission, Shiraishi smiled at Liuli with interest.

After learning all about the true face of the Valley of Hypocrisy, Shiraishi couldn't help but lament how profoundly war has devastated human beings.

In order to escape the persecution of the war, the nameless village chief did not hesitate to defect from his original village, just to open up a village of refuge from the world - the Valley of Hypocrisy.

In the past, there must have been many ninjas like the village chief who were devastated by wars.

It's just that they don't have the strength of the nameless village chief, and they have died on the road of pursuing peace.

"Yes, although I don't like to use illusion very much, but this time it can be regarded as an increase in my further thinking about illusion."

Liuli smiled and replied.

She also realized later that the illusion of the nameless village chief had already covered all the land in the Valley of Hypocrisy.

If it wasn't because of his old age and frailty, his strength was greatly reduced, it might not be that simple to break that illusion.

But there are not so many ifs in the world.

After all, without such years of accumulation, the illusion of the nameless village chief would not be so terrifying.

The anonymous village chief's decades of research on illusions had already led her to order the Water Dragon God to bring it out of the Valley of Hypocrisy.

Liuli's eyes were wide open for the above thinking and research on illusion.

Olfactory illusion is definitely an extremely rare type of illusion in the ninja world, and few people even study it.

Unless you don't breathe, you will be eroded by this illusion.

In the future, the ninjas of the Uchiha clan in the kingdom of ghosts will have another way to learn illusion.

"Then I can only look forward to it."

Shiraishi is not proficient in illusion, he can only say that he knows how to use it.

Moreover, the method of releasing the illusion is too rigid, and it has little meaning against the enemy in actual combat.

He is very good at dispelling illusions, and his most powerful is the study of Yin Dun and Yang Dun.

Shadow Dancer is a manifestation of Yin Escape.

And his healing celestial art is the combination of Yang Dun and celestial art.

He believed that if he continued to practice the magic of healing, he might be able to regenerate a broken limb.

"By the way, this is a gift for you."

Liuli took out a palm-sized glass bottle from his ninja bag.

It was mostly filled with water.

"This is?"

Holding this glass bottle, Shiraishi didn't know what it was for a while.

"In the dictation of the unknown village chief, he called this water hallucinogenic water, which can emit a smell similar to the natural scent, making enemies fall into illusions. The Xuan Yuanzhong were eroded by this water and the aroma produced by wild flowers was attracted by it. Knocked down.”

"Why did Kakuzu..."

"Maybe I think he has a special body structure."

Although the bodies of Xuan Yuanzhong have been modified, they are actually no different from ordinary humans.

The body is only modified to facilitate the use of secret techniques.

And Kakuzu's body... to be honest, Shiraishi thought that it could no longer be considered human.

Only the surface of the body is still human. Inside the inner cavity, except for a few hearts, are a lot of black tentacles with "life".

According to Kakuzu, his physical endurance is far beyond that of ordinary humans, and his resistance to illusions is also very high.

It should also be due to the secret technique called 'Earth Resentment Yu'.

"If so, this water does have high research value. But, is this the only thing?"

"It's gone. The river was affected when the mountain collapsed, and it has been destroyed now. The fragrance has also disappeared from the river, leaving only this little virgin water."

"..."

The words "waste of natural resources" still could not come out of Bai Shi's mouth.

"That's it. The remnants of the Blood Mist Sect need to be wiped out as soon as possible. I hope there won't be any more trouble with the Xuan Yuanzhong."

Shiraishi held the glass bottle containing the hallucinogenic water and sighed.

After all, he accepted Yagura's money, and if he didn't do things well, he would destroy Xuan Yuanzhong's brand.

However, Baishi didn't think that the Xuan Yuzhong's luck would be so unlucky.

The Valley of Hypocrisy and the Nameless Village Chief are certainly rare in the ninja world.

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April, Konoha.

"The above is the entire content of this meeting. It will be dismissed now."

In a brightly lit conference room, all the people here were wearing hooded windbreakers, mainly in black and white.

There were two people sitting at the front of the conference table.

Judging from the body shape, they are one male and one female.

The two of them are the chief and deputy chief of Konoha's ANBU.

He was born into the Sarutobi clan, a prominent family in Konoha, and was also the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Third Hokage, who was now back in charge of Konoha.

Although the two of them do not make public statements and most of the time they work secretly to protect Konoha, their strength exceeds that of most jounin in Konoha.

It is said that if the two of them join forces, even the Sannin will suffer greatly.

In fact, a ninja who reaches such a position must not be a weak person.

After the two of them announced that the meeting was disbanded, the ANBU members present walked towards the outside of the meeting room.

"Kakashi, you stay."

Just as a shorter ANBU was about to walk out of the conference room door, he was stopped by a steady male voice.

Kakashi's face under the mask was slightly surprised, but he didn't show anything unusual. He paused at the door, then turned around and walked back into the conference room.

"Minister, Deputy Minister, do you have any other orders?"

ANBU had a busy schedule, that was for sure.

For Kakashi, there is no difference whether he works under his teacher, the Fourth Hokage, or under the Third Hokage.

However, compared to the days when he was under Minato, he still has normal days off now.

After all, Minato had to gather the ANBU personnel by himself before, and he could only rely on Kakashi to do many things.

The Third Hokage doesn't need to do this at all. There are many ninjas here who are as strong as him or even surpass him. Each team has its own mission. After finishing it, you can rest before going on to the next mission. .

Kakashi was very curious about the purpose of the two people in front of him asking him to come back. If there was something, just say it at the conference table just now. There was no need to negotiate in private.

"Actually, there is a secret mission. I want you to lead your team to investigate."

"Secret mission?"

Kakashi blinked.

"Do you know about the recent disappearances in the village?"

"I heard...didn't it say that the progress is going very smoothly?"

Kakashi asked strangely.

He knew about this.

In February of this year, there were a number of missing persons cases in Konoha.

The missing persons range from ordinary people to the ninja class.

"Actually, the progress has not been smooth. It's just because of the public opinion outside that I have to say so. Before you, there were three teams to carry out the investigation, but the progress was not great. I hope your team will also intervene. Because among the ANBU I suspect that a nail was planted. That’s why that person was able to avoid being tracked by ANBU.”

"If that's the case, it's not difficult to guess."

Kakashi wanted to say that there were only a handful of people in Konoha who had this kind of ability.

First is the strength, and then is the ninja who understands the ANBU and can reach into the ANBU. The target is easy to lock.

Senior elders, senior advisors, Sannin, and no one else.

But Kakashi felt strange, if it was Orochimaru and Danzo who did it, why was he completely unaware of it?

It seemed that those two people did not fully believe him. That was all Kakashi could explain.

"That's the way it is. Due to some rules, we must seize conclusive evidence."

One of the two ministers said solemnly to Kakashi.

They have obviously targeted someone, but there are some things that cannot be convicted with just a few words once a high-level ninja is involved.

The ANBU can only carry out arrests if they have the evidence. Otherwise, they have exceeded the rules.

Precisely because we are ANBU, we must regulate ourselves in every word and deed.

"Yes. I understand."

Kakashi nodded and assured the two ministers that he would investigate the matter seriously.

"Kakashi...can he be trusted?"

The person asking the question was a woman.

The masked man next to him responded: "Among the ANBU, there is no more trustworthy ninja than him. He is the person who saved Brother Jiraiya's life. Even he can't believe it. Who else can be trusted?"

The man seemed to admire Kakashi very much.

The woman nodded, thinking her husband's words made sense.

If even Kakashi cannot be trusted, then there will no longer be any trustworthy members in the ANBU.

(PS: Chapter 2 will come later)