Escape From Konoha

Shiraishi is already familiar with exploring other people's spiritual space.

So when his spiritual body entered Sasuke's body, he dived directly into the deepest space of Sasuke's spiritual world.

The dark and long corridor is flanked by closed rooms on both sides.

The light is very dim and the range visible to the naked eye is very narrow.

Standing in the middle of the aisle, Shiraishi paused for a few seconds before starting to lift his steps and move forward step by step.

Shiraishi was not interested in exploring the closed memories of Sasuke's past.

The memories sealed by Sasuke must not be shown to others. There are painful memories about the genocide of the Konoha Uchiha clan.

His purpose was very clear, to explore the special chakra consciousness that Lin mentioned.

Hidden deeper than Orochimaru's chakra.

Passing by the room where Orochimaru's chakra remained, Shiraishi glanced sideways, then continued to turn his eyes and move deeper into the corridor.

It was pitch black ahead, and with every step forward, the light became dimmer.

As the footsteps continued to move forward, the weak light source behind him was extinguished from the boundless darkness.

It was as dark as chaos.

In this dark world, Shiraishi even lost his sense of direction.

No, it would be better to say that even the upper and lower senses simply disappeared.

The only fact that could be noticed was that he was still moving forward, but the scenery on the road was only black. Apart from that, nothing could be seen.

I don't know how long I walked in this silent and lightless dark world, maybe an hour, maybe a day, maybe a month. It wasn't until the sense of time disappeared that Shiraishi realized that there was something strange about this dark space.

He stopped and looked around.

It was still pitch black.

But Shiraishi was keenly aware that someone was peeping at his existence in the deep and boundless darkness.

Shiraishi used the art of spiritualization to see the spiritual world of all kinds of people.

But this was the first time I had seen such a completely dark spiritual world.

Apart from this, the blank spiritual world of Bai Zetsu is the most special.

Shiraishi touched his chin and thought.

Afterwards, he stood in place and formed seals, performing some kind of magic.

Ripples like water patterns suddenly rippled from the feet of the white stone.

The glossy curtain is torn open from the dark corner, revealing the light source blocked by the darkness.

Although it is very weak, in this dark world where nothing exists, it becomes more prominent.

In the only light source deep in the darkness, a figure could be vaguely seen.

Following the light source and the figure, Shiraishi stepped firmly, along the dark and invisible corridor, and began to approach the target place.

It was a very small white room.

To be more precise, a white square box.

Only one side is open to the outside, and the rest is similar to a wall, blocking other directions.

This white square floats in the endless dark void. On the white outer wall, dark chains extend toward the depths of darkness, and it is unknown where they are connected.

On the side without wall obstruction, you can clearly see the things inside the white square room through here.

A burning bonfire.

There was a man sitting next to the campfire. His expression looked very desolate, as if he was isolated from the 'world' and full of illusion and unreality.

Wearing white ancient clothes, brown hair, and a young face, there is an aura of vicissitudes of life.

He doesn't look like a young man, but a dying old man.

He heard Shiraishi's footsteps approaching, and he paused lightly with the stick in his hand poking at the bonfire. He shifted his gaze from the bonfire, and stared at Shiraishi's figure with his scarlet eyes - the three Magatama Sharingan.

"Clothes that do not belong to my era... It seems that many years have passed since the time of my death..."

Not only are the clothes ancient, but the tone of voice is also quite ancient, full of the vicissitudes of history.

In his Sharingan eyes, which symbolized the power of curse, Shiraishi could not see a trace of arrogance and unruliness, but only the coldness of looking at the years and getting used to loneliness.

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"Next...only the finals remain."

In the gradually restored playing field, Onigashima Ninja looked at the scoreboard in his hand, and most of the Genin's names had been crossed out.

In the end, only Sai and Naruto were left.

After the match in Group B, only Asuka dragged his exhausted body away, while Cai stayed behind, waiting for the last match to come.

In order not to affect the next battle, Cai is also trying his best to adjust his current state.

Chakra and stamina are still abundant, and he is fully capable of fighting a fierce battle.

His chakra is extremely abundant among his peers. Putting aside the existence of jinchūriki with special sources of chakra, except for Ichiki, a sister, he has never seen anyone with this kind of chakra. At this age, he can surpass him in chakra amount.

And this also means that his body is very strong and can easily accommodate this level of chakra without causing too much burden on the body.

Looking at Naruto coming down from the observation deck, Cai kept analyzing Naruto's possible advantages.

Chakra is powerful and can use tailed beast chakra.

He is good at the shadow clone technique... and can use a very advanced Muji Ninjutsu. However, because this Muji Ninjutsu requires a shadow clone for balance, it is relatively slow to perform, and is different from normal Muji Ninjutsu. Compared to that, it can be said to be quite slow.

In addition, low-level wind escape can interfere with vision.

The advantages are obvious.

But the shortcomings are also obvious.

The foundation of physical skills is very poor, the moves are rigid and lack of flexibility. The physical skills fighting is completely based on intuition, there is not much structure, and there are many flaws after moving.

After receiving the tailed beast chakra, this flaw will be compensated to a certain extent, but it is not enough to suppress him with the Byakugan, and may even be exploited in turn.

Through previous observations, he had already seen that Naruto won the game because of his strong chakra continuous combat ability. Due to his poor foundation, the lower limit of his own strength was among the finalists, which could be said to be one out of ten. Low.

The tailed beast chakra, which has almost no side effects, is probably the winning factor.

There are many ways to deal with it.

Sealing technique, internal attack ability of Rou Fist, and chakra blocking ability, etc.

Although he was not proficient in sealing techniques, it happened that Rou Fist was his best move, and Cai's palms slowly began to relax.

Although difficult to deal with, an opponent whose advantages and disadvantages are too obvious will fall into an embarrassing state of being passive and unable to fight back once encountering a targeted attack.

Although Rou Fist also has its weaknesses, Naruto has yet to see anything that can suppress him.

The most important thing is that the tailed beast chakra he borrowed has an upper limit. After reaching a certain critical point, it can no longer be improved. Through the previous two battles, Sai had already figured out where the critical point was for Naruto to borrow the tailed beast chakra, and at what level the increased strength, speed and neurological response ability would be after using it.

Under Byakugan's observation, this information is invisible.

And these caps exist for a variety of reasons.

The main reason is due to the limitations of my own physical fitness.

Once the amount of Tailed Beast Chakra used exceeds a certain threshold, not only will it be impossible to strengthen the Jinchuriki, the effect will be counterproductive and backfire on the Jinchuriki itself.

After the analysis of the pros and cons was clarified, Cai's body reached its best condition.

Walk to a fixed position and stand face to face with Naruto.

Compared to Sai's calm face, Naruto was a little nervous.

Because Kakashi warned him that it was best not to fight Sai in close combat.

Once you get close, even if you use special chakra, there is a risk that the chakra will be blocked.

Naruto knew very well what the key to his victory was. Once his chakra was blocked, all the disadvantages would be revealed.

Rather, no ninja is not afraid of his own chakra being blocked.

If it really evolves into that situation, then the power of Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu will be greatly reduced, or even unable to be released, and all means of offense and defense will be lost.

This person has a completely different ability type from my previous opponent, and will turn my chakra advantage into a disadvantage. Naruto swallowed secretly.

This was the first time he had seen such a troublesome ninja.

I have no idea how to win against such a guy.

Sure enough, we still use the siege tactics of shadow clones to attack?

Naruto racked his brains to think, but in the end he found that no matter what tactics he used, they seemed to be inflexible and lacked effective changes. He could only take one step at a time.

"Kakashi-sensei, will Naruto win this game?"

Sakura turned to look at Kakashi.

Kakashi shook his head and replied: "It is difficult, or almost impossible. The scary thing about Rou Fist is that while causing damage to the body's interior, it will also block the target's chakra. At the same time In a level battle, even I would not dare to engage in a taijutsu battle with a Jōnin of the Hyuga clan easily."

If you use sword skills, that's a different matter.

But in terms of pure taijutsu, few people dare to face off against the ninjas of the Hyuga clan with taijutsu.

"Speaking of which, Kai, do you have any experience in taijutsu fighting with the jounin of the Hyuga clan?"

Kakashi looked at Gai on the other side and asked curiously.

Kai pondered for a moment and responded: "As for this, I have only sparred with Neji. As for the Jōnin of the Hyuga clan, I have never fought against each other. But I can make one thing clear, that is, using the same pure taijutsu In a duel, I will not be Neji's opponent. Facing the ninjas of the Hyuga clan, the best way is to attack from a distance and try to avoid close combat."

Although this is just a simulated answer in his mind, Kai also recognizes the difficulty and fear of the Hyuga clan's soft fist.

For him, who is good at physical skills, the people he dislikes fighting the most are ninjas like the Hyuga clan who can block chakra and directly attack the inside of the body in frontal battles.

With these two advantages, the Hyuga clan can be said to be invincible most of the time in close combat and rarely encounter an opponent.

"That's right. This child's soft fist method is a bit abnormal. It feels very inconsistent with the traditional Hyuga soft fist method. His strength cannot be measured by the soft fist methods of ordinary Hyuga clan ninjas."

Kakashi stared at Sai and paused slightly in his words.

——On the high platform opposite, Shiraishi's figure appeared. Since most people's attention was focused on the competition, his behavior of leaving and returning did not cause much fluctuation.

"Is the matter settled, Mr. Shiraishi?"

Luo Sha asked immediately after seeing Shiraishi returning.

Shiraishi nodded slightly and said, "It's basically done. I'd like to trouble Mr. Kazekage to worry."

Luo Sha also nodded and did not ask further.

Ayane saw that Shiraishi was the only one coming, while Ruri was missing. Although she felt strange, she didn't ask any more questions.

"Did Asuka get eliminated in the last game?"

Shiraishi asked this question when he saw Sai and Naruto standing opposite each other on the playing field.

Ayane replied: "Yes, it can be said that the chess was missed by one, which is a pity. The game process has been recorded with a camera, and you can slowly play it back with your device later."

"Well, I will play it back slowly later."

Shiraishi replied, keeping his eyes fixed downwards.

The sun has begun to tilt from the central position. It is already afternoon and the sun is relatively strong.

But fortunately, there is a cloud in the sky that blocks the sun, so that the dazzling sunlight cannot shine directly, which brings a bit of comfort.

The shadow of the clouds enveloped the playing field, completely engulfing Sai and Naruto's bodies.

"Before that, is there anything else you want to explain?"

Onigashima Shinobi asked this question.

Sai and Naruto stared at each other, neither of them spoke, their eyes said everything.

"Then, the game starts now!"

Whoosh!

Cai's figure moved like a rabbit, the veins next to her eyes had bulged fiercely, and she opened her white eyes.

Naruto, who had expected it, naturally took precautions against this and at the same time moved backwards and evacuated the place.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

The white smoke of the explosion covered and swallowed up a large area of ​​space.

As expected, the incalculable shadow clone rushed out of the smoke and charged forward like a cavalry.

Cai's white eyes turned slightly, and her body turned like electricity. She was not using Kaiten, but just spreading chakra around her to maximize the surrounding airflow.

The storm swept across, and several Narutos were swept away, turning into white smoke and disappearing while shouting in panic.

Then, Cai rushed to a shadow clone and held up the index and middle fingers of her right hand.

Like a sharp blade, it pierced into the abdomen of a Naruto.

boom!

The shadow clone exploded.

He rolled his eyes and scanned the whole place.

"Is it there?"

As if she had discovered the location of her true body, Sai leaped up, jumped onto the shoulders of a shadow clone, launched herself like a rocket, and rushed towards a Naruto who was retreating to the edge.

Probably because he saw his cruel soft fist attack, he became wary.

Unfortunately, the moment he turned back cautiously, he was caught by the 360-degree white eyes.

Compared to the shadow clone, if the main body is directly hit by the attack just now, there is a high probability that it will be eliminated directly.

Because the fingers are so deep into the abdomen that even the intestines in the body can be pulled out, leaving people on the verge of death. An injury of that level is also very dangerous for a jinchuriki.

In this way, Naruto, who is retreating and does not want to get hurt, is most likely his true form.

"Varied……"

Naruto was stunned.

too fast.

Only after the actual fight did Naruto feel how scary Cai was.

The cruelty of his methods, the cleverness of his thoughts, and the speed of his actions gave Naruto a chilling feeling.

The degree of danger is simply not comparable to the previous opponents.

boom!

The ground exploded in an instant, with rocks flying everywhere.

Naruto rolled backwards in embarrassment and let out a cry of pain.

Looking at the ground that Cai roughly split open with his palm, he knew that if he was hit by such an attack, he would at least be injured by a broken bone, and it was a direct hit to the inside of the body. The extent of the injury would actually be more serious than a broken bone.

If I had known this, I should have put some steel plates on my body.

However, ordinary steel plates cannot withstand the penetrating attack of Soft Fist.

Unless it is a guard made of precious chakra metal.

"Will you beat someone to death like this?"

Cold sweat broke out on Naruto's forehead.

"Don't worry, I can keep you in bed for a month at most if I control the intensity."

Cai stood up, her figure flashed, and continued to run in the direction of Naruto.

The shadow clones on both sides also rushed over at this time, and stepped forward at full speed to block Cai.

Cai's expression did not change, and cracks like spider silk appeared on the floor under her feet.

Whoosh!

Cai's figure disappeared.

The shadow clones on both sides rushed into the air, bumped their heads together stupidly, and disappeared amidst screams of pain.

After accelerating Cai, the attack also failed, and the palm hit the air, but there was no feeling of touching the entity.

Looking at Naruto who jumped back and flashed past him like a gust of wind, he was in mid-air at this moment, his body was dyed with a layer of red chakra.

Cai's face remained unchanged, which was expected.

Without hesitation or thinking, the figure leaped out and jumped to Naruto's position.

The sound of breaking through the air came.

A red chakra tail is like a cannonball, bombarding it head-on.

Cai stretched out two fingers, turned them into sharp blades, and used her white eyes to find the weak point of this red chakra.

laugh!

The red chakra tail was cut in half from the middle, without any resistance to Cai.

Naruto's face changed in surprise, he quickly raised his head, bent his upper body back with all his strength, trying to adjust his body in mid-air.

Two fingers that were like sharp knives slashed across the air in front of his eyes, and the broken yellow hair fluttered in the air.

Naruto landed awkwardly, then jumped sideways quickly, panting.

He looked at Cai who landed not far away, feeling lingering fear, his heartbeat speeding up, and his heart was so nervous that it felt like it was about to pop out of his throat.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Naruto continued to increase the number of shadow clones, and confused the existence of his true body and shadow clones, allowing himself to be safely hidden again.

"Go together!"

Naruto's shadow clones began a wave-like continuous attack.

"Boring tactics."

Even though the number of people increased, the physical skills were still full of loopholes. Cai could see clearly even without rolling her eyes.

This level of siege does not require the use of Huitian.

The problem is still to find the hidden essence.

Judging from previous contacts, Naruto avoided direct contact with him.

This means that the opponent will not use physical skills to fight with him head-on to prevent him from being touched by his soft fists.

Therefore, it is not an easy task to find the true body among so many shadow clones.

Seeing that there were more shadow clones than at the beginning of the battle, Cai's heart was still calm, and there was no fluctuation in her eyes.

Compared to the life-and-death fights with Jonin in the underground black market during his internship, this level was nothing.

One after another, Naruto was like a stack of Arhats, swooping up, trying to build a wall of human flesh around him to suppress him.

"One strike."

Bang!

"Guah——"

The powerful repulsive force centered on Cai's body and launched a powerful impact in all directions.

The more than ten shadow clones that rushed forward disappeared in an instant amid soft groans.

"hateful!"

Naruto realized that there was no way he could win in this way.

No matter what kind of attack, it seems that it can't hit the opponent.

Moreover, he had to avoid being directly touched by the opponent's palm, which directly increased the difficulty of the battle by several levels.

Go around and use the transformation technique to combine with the shadow clone, and use the Rasengan to sneak attack?

No, that would still be seen through with a blank stare.

Even by looking ahead, Byakugan can tell what is happening behind.

There is no way such a sneak attack could succeed.

Unless the other party is restricted.

But seeing more than a dozen shadow clones rushing forward, they were all shot away by the opponent. The tactic of using the number of people to limit the opponent's movements immediately failed.

"If this is the case, then what if this is the case!"

The surrounding shadow clones, as well as the main body mixed in, began to take out shurikens.

"Shurikens in all directions!"

Naruto directly used his own on-the-spot ninjutsu.

The shuriken in his own hand and in the shadow clone's hand flew out in one go, aiming directly at Ai's body.

Although the name is very crude, the effect it creates gives people great visual pressure.

The shurikens shot out like black rain from the sky, blocking all Aya's escape routes.

Many people screamed in alarm from the audience stage, feeling that such an attack was too impactful and almost impossible to defend against.

However - Cai made an unexpected move.

The figure flew out.

According to common sense, one should use Kaiten to deflect these shurikens that attack him from all directions.

Naruto even prepared his next course of action if Sai did this.

However, Sai did not use Kaiten, but directly faced the shuriken like a dark rainstorm with his own flesh and blood, directly disrupting Naruto's ability to think.

Ding ding——

The shuriken hit didn't look like a human body, but a piece of cold steel.

When the shuriken came into contact with Sai's flesh and blood, it made a sound similar to the collision of metal on metal.

The dark raindrops kept touching Cai's body, and then fell powerlessly.

Not a single shuriken left a mark on Sai's body, not even a broken skin, so he could swim freely in the dark rain of shurikens.

"That's Aunt Ayane's..."

Asuka, who was sitting on the observation deck, thought of something and his expression changed slightly.

He didn't expect that Cai had already understood Rou Quan to this level.

"I didn't expect you to teach Cai this kind of thing. Isn't it a bit too early?"

On the high platform, Shiraishi turned his head to look at the smiling Ayane next to him and asked aloud.

"This is the result of his own training. I didn't expect that he would master Rouquan to this extent."

The smile on Ayane's face was filled with relief.

As a mother, your biggest hope is that your children can be better than others.

Cai's progress did not disappoint her.

"The most basic and most powerful soft fist, Cai has learned this move. It seems that I have nothing left to teach him."