Escape From Konoha

In the country of pools, in the wild forest.

The group of people stopped here for a while and sat down around an open space.

Seeing the burning bonfire, Sakura quickly set up the grill on the bonfire with a skillful technique. Then, with the same skillful technique, she caught Naruto and Sai, cleaned the fish, and used wooden sticks to Pop up and place on the grill to bake.

After a while, the meaty aroma of fish wafted into the air, making Naruto's stomach growl as he gathered around the grill.

"Sakura, you're not okay yet? This is too slow."

Naruto, whose stomach was already growling with hunger, couldn't wait to eat the grilled fish baked by Sakura herself.

However, regarding Naruto's impatience, Sakura just rolled her eyes at him and said: "It's early, and there are still condiments that haven't been sprinkled on. Besides, you must be too impatient, the grilled fish won't run away on its own. "

"But, my stomach is already hungry."

Naruto caressed his belly that seemed to be withered. He was only wearing a pair of large boxer shorts. His top, jacket and pants were all wet from fishing in the water. They were placed on a simple clothes hanger that was beaten with a wooden stick. Bake with fire.

Not only that, Sai was also dressed in the same way, and her clothes were put aside to bake, trying to get rid of them as soon as possible.

"Really, if it weren't for the fact that you had diarrhea several times along the way and wasted a lot of time, we would have gone to the town to receive supplies by now. There would be no need to eat outdoors."

Sakura's tone was complaining.

"Haha." Naruto scratched his head awkwardly: "This is a force majeure factor."

At this moment, Tenzo came over from the bushes and nodded when he saw Naruto and the three sitting here safely.

"Captain Yamato, how is the situation around?"

Sakura chatted to Tenzo while skillfully using the barbecue techniques she learned at her family's barbecue restaurant.

"Don't worry, the cordon has been set up. If there is any movement, I will be alert in advance."

Because Naruto was abducted a few months ago, every time he goes out on a mission, especially if he stays in the wild for a while, Tenzo will be extremely vigilant and set up a cordon around him to prevent anyone from attacking.

Even though Naruto had received strict raid training and improved his ability to sense danger due to previous events, he still could not be careless about it.

Once a Jinchuuriki is targeted, it means that the ninja targeting Naruto is definitely of extraordinary strength and needs to be taken seriously.

"Speaking of which, Captain Yamato, after returning this time, you should be able to increase the difficulty of the tasks. I am tired of doing C-level tasks. It is either driving away wild beasts or escorting important people. I always feel that there is no challenge."

Seeing Tenzo return, Naruto began to explain his demands.

I hope the other party can come to Tsunade to give her advice and improve the difficulty of Team 7's mission.

With the rapid improvement of his strength, Naruto is no longer satisfied with the C-level tasks.

After all, I have been training hard for the past six months. I gritted my teeth and completed the alert training arranged above. My physical skills have also been greatly improved. My chakra control skills are also improving day by day. Now I am in urgent need of a real battlefield. Come and test your current strength.

"Naruto, it's useless for you to tell me about this matter. The final decision is made by Lord Hokage."

Tianzang smiled helplessly.

"However, Grandma Tsunade said that she must be completely recognized by you, the jounin, before she can carry out more difficult tasks."

Naruto muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, Naruto, that's Hokage-sama. You always call me mother-in-law. It's too rude."

Sakura turned her head and scolded Naruto.

"But she is also in her fifties, right? She is as old as a lustful immortal. What is she if she is not a mother-in-law?"

Naruto tilted his head and looked at Sakura in confusion.

After all, he called the third Hokage Grandpa Hokage, and it was no different to call the current Hokage mother-in-law.

In his eyes, in this era when the average life span is generally less than forty, Tsunade is over fifty years old and can be regarded as a truly long-lived old man.

"Having said that, that's Hokage-sama. It's best to change this name."

Sakura looked at Naruto with a headache.

Among Konoha, only this guy dared to act so recklessly.

"Okay, you two, stop arguing and let's have dinner. Thank you for your hard work on this mission. Next, we will stay in the town for one night. This country is still very famous for its hot springs."

Tenzo stopped the two of them and said with a smile.

The grilled fish on the grill is ready to eat.

"Great, I can finally take a break."

Naruto shouted happily.

This mission was to escort a caravan safely to the port of Linzhi Country, a neighboring country of Chi Country. Because of the long distance, it was still a simple C-level mission. The bandits encountered during the process were dealt with immediately. Therefore, during the mission, it was boring most of the time. He was either rushing or rushing. There was no exciting battle at all, which made Naruto completely unmotivated.

Seeing Naruto's happy look, Tianzang couldn't help but smile to himself. He also knew that Naruto had been a little depressed recently. After all, he had had this kind of thought in the past.

After finally succeeding in cultivation, a normal ninja would like to find a suitable stage to show off his skills and enjoy the treatment like being surrounded by stars.

However, Tizou no longer thinks so. He has already experienced this period of life, and the responsibilities of ANBU are mainly to be unobtrusive.

It's a good thing that the mission is boring. All ninjas with certain experience hope that the mission they perform is completed smoothly. It is best if the journey is calm, rather than as Naruto expected, with countless powerful enemies blocking the road. Looking for fun on the way will give the jounin leading the team a headache.

While the four of them were eating grilled fish, Tianzang, who was sitting on a stone, suddenly frowned and slowly stopped chewing the fish in his mouth.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

Sai was the first to notice the strangeness on Tenzo's face and asked.

Tianzang jumped down from the stone, put down the grilled fish in his hand, and glanced into the depths of the forest. His eyes were deep, and the look on his face was full of solemnity, as if he had discovered something.

"Captain Yamato?"

Naruto and Sakura also looked over and blinked.

"Someone touched the cordon I put around..."

With that said, Tenzang asked Sai to help hold his grilled fish, and he lay down and leaned his ears lightly on the ground, as if listening to something.

Then he stretched out a finger, and a finger-width piece of wood appeared on his finger, drilling into the earth and breaking through.

About a few seconds passed before Tianzang stood up again, with a more serious look on his face.

"To the east, there was fighting there, and there were quite a few people."

Just as he was talking, a loud booming sound came from a distance.

The direction of the sound source was exactly to the east pointed by Tian Zang.

Fierce flames soared into the sky, billowing black smoke, and the chill in the forest was instantly dispersed.

After the explosion, the ground shook for a few seconds, and even Naruto and the others were slightly affected.

"what happened?"

Naruto looked at the location of the burning forest in surprise, showing surprise.

"This kind of explosion is not a detonating talisman...it sounds like..."

Although the sound of the explosion was close to that of the detonating talisman, if you looked carefully, there was still a clear difference, and Saii judged it.

…

The sound of fighting resounded in the forest.

Both sides were wearing uniform uniforms. One side was mainly a samurai, holding a samurai sword that was as sharp as clay, while the other side was wearing a simple uniform that gave people a chilling look. Although they wore a saber around their waists, But what he held in his hand was a kunai gun that could shoot kunai.

In just an instant, several kunai were fired from the muzzle, shooting at the samurai like lightning.

And this was just one person, and the gun formation was spread out by dozens of people. In an instant, hundreds of kunai were like black raindrops, forming a dense killing net, and the killings came without any warning.

The samurai relied on their quick movements and keen eyesight to dodge the incoming kunai while waving their katana swords and charging forward.

"Earth Release·Split the Earth and Turn the Palm!"

One of the soldiers holding kunai guns suddenly put down the kunai gun in his hand, and instead formed a seal with his hands to perform the earth escape ninjutsu.

The ground suddenly collapsed, and the warriors who charged forward immediately lost their feet, and their bodies began to tilt involuntarily as the ground collapsed.

And Kunai would not stop shooting as the formation under their feet became chaotic.

Rather, as the ground beneath their feet cracked, the soldiers' passion for shooting the samurai grew stronger.

"Don't panic! Everyone, watch your step!"

Although the strength of ninjas is strong, each of them serving a country's daimyo is a leader among warriors. It would be a bit overestimating one's capabilities for ordinary ninjas to defeat them with this method.

In this era, it is true that ninjas are strong, but the strength of the down-and-out samurai can still maintain a certain status.

And powerful samurai, even jounin, can kill with superb sword skills.

Suddenly, there was a roaring sound in the sky, and the warriors looked up.

Several projectiles, like fireworks, were fired from the depths of the forest, mixed in the kunai's killing net, and flew towards them.

With a clicking sound, the projectile was instantly covered with a layer of light that was brighter than the sun.

For a moment, the sky turned silvery white.

The eyes of the warriors were disconnected from their vision.

Oops!

The warriors had only this idea in mind.

Before they could evacuate, a loud bang exploded among them, interrupting their consciousness. The warriors affected by the shock wave of the explosion were tumbling on the ground.

Just as he stood up, the sound of whistling kunai broke through the air.

The sharp blade pierced their flesh and blood, causing them to scream in agony.

Such screams kept coming one after another, and the elite samurai troops serving the daimyo struggled in an extremely embarrassing manner under such endless means.

The bombing and kunai explosions lasted for a minute, leaving only a mess on the battlefield. Less than one-tenth of the samurai who could still stay awake were still alive, but even if they could still stand up, their combat effectiveness was very weak and they had no strength to resist. .

The soldiers who defeated the samurai army came forward to capture the group of samurai who were not dead. According to the above statement, these are valuable labor forces. In the future, the country of Chi's road construction plan will depend on them.

Despite the instructions above, as long as the enemy does not lay down his weapons, he cannot let go of any effective force.

However, on the premise of ensuring our own safety, we can capture the enemy's effective forces as much as possible, and no trace of them can be wasted.

The current situation is obvious. Their side has won a complete victory. Even if the warriors can still breathe, they have lost the power to resist. They are the most suitable labor force.

The soldiers were very excited when they thought that the warriors who used to be aloof and showed off their power to them with the nobles and were tyrannical were now prisoners of their subordinates.

"Hey, what are you doing? Stop it!"

The sudden sound startled the soldiers who stepped forward, completely unaware that anyone was approaching.

Seeing a figure with yellow hair rushing out, some of the soldiers subconsciously pulled the trigger of the kunai gun and fired the kunai from the muzzle.

However, although the kunai was launched at a fast speed, Naruto easily dodged it, allowing the kunai carrying wind attribute chakra to penetrate a tree behind him, and it still showed no tendency to stop.

"Who are you and why are you here?"

Originally expecting support from the Daming Prefecture, the leading captain breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Naruto's costumes that were completely different from those of the Daming Prefecture samurai and soldiers, as well as the ninja forehead protector on his head.

"I'm a ninja from Konoha. What are you doing here? They shouldn't be bandits. Why are they killing each other here?"

Seeing the samurai lying on the ground, some samurai fell asleep forever, and some samurai were dying and looked extremely miserable. Naruto couldn't bear it when he saw it, so he questioned the soldiers.

"What does this have to do with you Konoha ninjas? Get out of the way, or we'll attack you too!"

The soldier captain stepped out and confronted Naruto, his eyes gleaming sternly.

As he said that, the soldiers behind the soldier captain uniformly pointed all the kunai guns in their hands at Naruto, ready to launch an overwhelming offensive at any time.

Naruto's heart also tightened, he knew about such things as kunai guns.

This weapon was introduced to me in ninja school.

The kunai carried in this kind of firearm is smelted from a metal that can conduct chakra. The firearm is also equipped with a chakra attachment system that attaches wind attribute chakra to the kunai, allowing even ordinary people who cannot control chakra to People can also use this weapon at will to attack beings that are far more powerful than themselves.

Even a ninja would find it difficult to dodge under intensive attacks.

It is a very epoch-making 'automatic crossbow' weapon.

However, the power, speed, range, and accuracy of the attack far exceed that of an automatic crossbow, and it is also more convenient to carry than an automatic crossbow.

If so many people fired the kunai in the kunai gun at the same time, even Naruto would have to work hard.

What's more, he felt the extremely murderous aura from this unit. This was definitely an elite team that had experienced many bloody battles!

Even when facing a ninja, he is not timid at all, he only thinks about how to defeat and kill the opponent.

"Wood Release·Four-Pillar Prison Technique!"

Accompanied by this sound, a large number of pillar-like wood erected neatly from the ground, and a huge wooden prison was formed in an instant, imprisoning the soldier captain and dozens of soldiers behind him in the wooden prison.

Tenzo brought Sakura and Sai to Naruto, and it was Tenzo who performed the ninjutsu.

Tianzang glanced at the warriors who fell on the ground, especially when he saw the family crests on the warriors' clothes, he couldn't help but be surprised. Then he looked at the soldiers who were locked in the wooden escape cage by himself, and asked in confusion:

"Who are you? The people you injured must be samurai who directly belong to the great masters of the Country of Chi. Are you too brave?"

Every noble, just like the ninja clan, has their own family crest.

The coats of arms on these warriors are the coats of arms of the great masters of the Country of Chi, and they represent the face of the great masters.

In the realm of Chi Country, Tenzo was a little surprised by the samurai who attacked the Daming Mansion of Chi Country.

"Let me tell you, we are fighting the great warriors!"

In response to Tianzang's question, the soldier captain did not show any cowardice and said in a deep voice.

"?"

Not only Tenzo, but even Naruto and the other three had question marks on their heads.

No matter how you look at it, this captain doesn't look like someone with a brain problem.

"Anyway, let us go quickly. You Konoha ninjas probably don't want to get involved in other countries' political and diplomatic affairs and bear some crimes."

Not only did the soldier captain fail to reflect, but he calmly threatened Tenzo and others.

"..."

Tianzang had never seen such an arrogant bandit. He not only attacked the troops of the Daming Mansion, but also threatened the Konoha Ninja Village.

But are these people really robbers?

Tianzang looked at the soldiers in the prison who were wearing uniforms. They were full of energy and very disciplined. They didn't look like bandits robbing homes.

However, it is also true that they attacked the samurai of the Daming Mansion in the Country of Chi.

Tenzo was a little confused.

Just as Tianzang was about to continue asking questions, two figures suddenly walked out of the grass on the side. They immediately caught Tianzang's eyes, causing his pupils to shrink slightly, showing a solemn expression.

The two people who appeared were both young women of about eighteen or nineteen years old. They were dressed in clean witch costumes, which were incompatible with the blood of the entire battlefield.

"Mr. Ninja from Konoha, this is a domestic matter within the Country of Chi. If you interfere too much, you will expose Konoha to unnecessary criticism."

A wandering miko said to Tenzo.

"……I see."

He glanced at the faces of the two wandering witches without leaving any trace. Although he was a little confused, he also knew that if someone from the Kingdom of Ghosts intervened, he would probably cause some trouble if he took action again.

So, he unlocked the Wood Release Ninjutsu and allowed these soldiers to regain their freedom.

"Thank you very much. Then, please, please."

After the Wandering Miko finished speaking, she stopped talking to Tenzo and the others. Instead, she walked up to the surviving samurai and used medical ninjutsu to treat them with a compassionate and holy look.

"Captain Yamato, what on earth is going on?"

Sakura asked confused.

I always felt that the atmosphere here became very weird after the two wandering witches came out.

The soldiers who escaped were watching them with great vigilance, as if they were afraid that they would cause trouble here.

Moreover, the samurai who attacked the Daming Mansion said that this was a family matter of the Country of Chi... It was a bit weird no matter how you put it.

"Nothing, let's go."

Tianzang shook his head. He didn't know what the inside story was, but in short, it was the best choice to try not to have anything to do with people from the Kingdom of Ghosts during the mission.

Besides, he had no intention of standing up for these warriors. He was just worried about Naruto, so he had no choice but to ask about the situation.

Since it is related to the Kingdom of Ghosts, there is no need to inquire further.

The best policy is to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

"The captain is right, it's better not to meddle in other people's business. Things will become very troublesome if people from the Kingdom of Ghosts target you."

Sai glanced towards the position of Yunyu Miko, a look of caution in her eyes.

His intuition told him that it was no accident that the wandering witch appeared here.

But due to a lack of intelligence, they didn't know exactly what happened.

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Located in the port of Chi Country, an armored warship made of steel is very eye-catching among the large number of ships moored on the sea.

On the deck of the battleship, Ichiji was holding a single-cylinder military telescope, scanning the capital of Chizhi Country, that is, the whole view of the port city in front of him.

The Daming Mansion in the Country of Chi is built in the center of the city. It is an extremely magnificent castle. Its gorgeous pavilions towering in the castle have become the most eye-catching buildings in the port city.

Standing in that place, you can also take in the entire city into your field of vision. It is an excellent location to appreciate the scenery.

There was a sound behind him, and a Jonin from the Kingdom of Demons wearing chakra armor came here.

"Lord Ichiji."

"Have the troops gathered over there?"

Yiji did not put down the monocular telescope in her hand, and continued to look at the highest attic of Daming Mansion, thinking about how many cannonballs were needed to set off that pavilion as a beautiful firework.

A building like this that is gorgeous, placed at a high place, and has important symbolic meaning of authority, in her opinion, is the best target to erect.

"Yes." The Jonin of Oni Country wearing chakra armor nodded and continued to report: "More than that, according to the information we have received, the Daimyo of Chi Country has asked for help from Konoha Ninja Village. Is it necessary..."

"There is no need to deliberately block them on the road, just let them do whatever they want. The ninjas of Konoha will not fight us here. Moreover, maybe they have not yet met with the Daimyo of the Country of Ikea, and our deployment has been completed."

Yiji put down the telescope in her hand, and the chilly sea breeze blew from a distance, bringing with it a cold current, but Yiji didn't care at all about the chill.

"Let's inform them that at ten o'clock tonight, let them break through the Daming Mansion. If the Konoha ninjas really intend to intervene, we will also take corresponding measures to help them intercept the Konoha ninjas."

"yes!"

The Jonin of Oni Country nodded and went down to summon Ichiki's order.