Escape From Konoha

Sunagakure, hospital.

After completing the last procedure of the operation, Chiyo's old face still looked careless and at ease as he walked out of the operating room.

"You're still as powerful as ever, Chiyo-sama, your sword is as good as ever."

In the waiting room outside, the medical ninja who watched Chiyo perform the surgery showed admiration.

However, Chiyo glanced at the medical ninja who admired him, and said with a slightly unhappy tone: "If your skills can be improved, you won't beg me, an old woman who has retired long ago."

The medical ninja choked and smiled.

"In addition, if you have this time to admire, why not study your own medical skills. Although advanced medical equipment has been introduced, there are some things that machines cannot replace. Because of this, every medical ninja is a unique treasure. You are too Too much reliance on machinery imported from abroad.”

"yes."

The medical ninja lowered his head in shame.

As Chiyo said, they relied too much on so-called advanced equipment.

Because medical ninjas are different from ordinary doctors, they can use magical medical ninjutsu. In many fields, as long as medical ninjutsu reaches a certain level, it is much more convenient and more effective than machines.

However, human beings are inert, and ninjas are no exception. When there are convenient things that can replace them to a certain extent, they will naturally want to be lazy.

Therefore, even though the number of Sunagakure's medical ninjas has begun to increase, compared with forces such as the Demon Country and Konoha, there has never been a breakthrough in medical technology.

"Whether you listen or do it is your business anyway. I am already an old woman with half my foot in the coffin board. Even if you ask me for help in the future, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do."

Chiyo's tone made no secret of her concern for Sunagakure's future.

As he spoke, he glanced at Luo Sha, who was staring at the scene in the operating room through the glass wall.

"I have extracted the poison from Gaara's body through surgery. Let him rest for a day or two and he will be fine. The poison of that boy Scorpion is getting more and more difficult. It seems that even if he is alone outside these years, he has been They are all striving for excellence, being strict with themselves and not wasting time.”

Chiyo didn't know if this was luck or misfortune.

Fortunately, he learned the news about his grandson. Unfortunately, the other person was the murderer of the third Kazekage that he had always wanted to remember.

Judging from Luo Sha's description, the murderer who assassinated the Third Kazekage more than ten years ago was none other than Scorpion. And Scorpion not only killed the Third Kazekage, but also made him into a forbidden human puppet, able to perform various ninjutsu that the Third Kazekage had during his lifetime.

"I'm sorry to trouble you this time, Elder Chiyo."

Luo Sha sighed.

"No, I'm already old. I don't know how long I can last."

Chiyo shook her head.

As a seventy-year-old, she has witnessed the rise and fall of Sunagakure for decades.

The only thoughts in his life now are the village and his grandson who became a rebellious ninja.

The former is his life goal, and the latter is because of personal relationships.

"Elder, you will definitely live a long life."

Luo Sha said.

"Just accept what you said."

For Chiyo, living long is not a good thing, even though her current body is stronger than many young people.

But the passing of vitality still made her clearly feel the cruelty of time.

Although being a medical ninja can regulate one's own body, there are limits after all.

"How do you plan to conduct the next war?"

Chiyo asked this question.

She had also heard a little bit about the war on the front line. Judging from the written reports alone, the situation was not optimistic.

Although Sunagakure has not suffered too large-scale losses, it cannot take an inch further.

"This matter still needs to be discussed before we can conclude it. Just now, the Hokage of Konoha sent me a message, hoping that we will not withdraw our troops and maintain the status quo of containing the Kingdom of Demons."

Luo Sha replied.

Although he has been chasing Gaara these days, he is also paying close attention to the battle situation on the front line.

Sunagakure and the ninjas from the Demon Country were conducting a test attack with a small combat force, and a tepid stalemate settled down.

Although both parties suffered losses, Sunagakure's losses were greater. Fortunately, these losses were within Luo Sa's bearing range and would not cause any damage.

But the situation on Konoha and Iwagakure's side is completely different. From a slight advantage in the early stage, they are now completely in chaos.

Konoha's Jiraiya's troops were imprisoned in the eastern part of the Bear Country, unable to advance or retreat. Also because there were too many wounded, they could not safely move from their positions.

After Iwagakure's defeat on the front line, before they had time to regroup, Hyuga Ayane rushed to the territory of the Earth Kingdom alone and carried out a one-man guerrilla battle. Although the losses were not large, the Earth Kingdom began to burst into flames everywhere, causing the Earth Kingdom to explode. The nobles of the country were in panic.

Not only that, with the advance of Hyuga Ayane, the western border of the Kingdom of Earth was also attacked by the support forces of the Kingdom of Demons. Two cities and more than ten villages and towns have been lost in succession, and they have been occupied by ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons. The country of the country seemed to be taking a tough stance to annex the country of the earth.

The Tsuchikage must be feeling very anxious about this situation.

"The actions of the Kingdom of Oni are a bit strange, please pay more attention. Also, don't believe too much in the so-called alliance, otherwise Kirigakure is the best example. It doesn't matter if there are some losses in the war, but don't be like Konoha and Iwagakure. , the old capital will also be lost."

Chiyo gave Luosha a piece of advice.

From the beginning, she was disdainful of the so-called Confederate Army.

The primary factor in the formation of the Allied Forces is unity of purpose, unity of will, and the ability to put aside past grudges and face the enemy in front of them together.

However, this time, the Shinobi Village Alliance Army of the four countries was not only unable to unify their goals and wills, but also had not eliminated their past grievances, so they were unable to merge and completely concentrate their forces.

Moreover, because of past grievances, some internal personnel were not active in fighting, and had a serious repulsion towards ninjas from other villages in the Alliance Army.

These things will not be shown in the literal data, but they are extremely real problems.

A plate of loose sand.

Kirigakure is just a sign. At this time, what we need to ensure is not winning the war, but how to preserve our own strength as much as possible, so that after the war is over, the Kingdom of Demons will come and look for trouble, and we will not have the strength to resist.

"I understand. I will seriously consider this matter."

Before the war, he might not have listened to Chiyo's advice, but at this time, due to some problems with Kirigakure, there were already a lot of trust issues within the Alliance Army. He had to consider a more realistic issue - that is, in this war, the Kingdom of Ghosts may not lose, and the odds of winning are getting bigger and bigger.

If this joint operation fails, then the Kingdom of Ghosts will definitely liquidate all countries afterwards. Therefore, it is particularly important to ensure that one's own strength is not lost and to deal with subsequent crises.

Not words of discouragement, but it is true.

The military power of the Kingdom of Ghosts and the mobility of ninjas caused Luo Sha to feel frightened every time a battle report came.

This reminded him of Konoha, which once had a superior performance in the Third Ninja War. No, the current Demon Country is more terrifying than Konoha during the Third War.

With one against four, the Kingdom of Demon may not be able to do it, but it is not difficult for the Kingdom of Demon to deal with two powerful ninja villages at once.

As far as Luo Sha knows, there are still a considerable number of ninja troops in the Kingdom of Ghosts that have not been dispatched.

Just like their four villages, they also stationed a considerable number of ninja troops in the country, but did not put all of them into the battlefield in order to leave themselves a way out and some confidence.

"Since Gaara has nothing to do here, I will ask Elder Chiyo to take care of him. I need to rush to the front line as soon as possible."

Rasa glanced at Gaara in the operating room, nodded to Chiyo, and left the waiting room.

Without the important help of Gaara, Rasa became even more pessimistic about the next actions against the Kingdom of Demons.

He did not expect that the combined forces of the four ninja villages could not bring the Kingdom of Demons into despair. Now it was them who were in a dilemma.

To fight or not to fight has become a primary question.

If we continue to fight, how many more troops will we need to invest in order to break through the defense line of the Kingdom of Ghosts?

How much domestic strength is left in the Kingdom of Ghosts?

Are allies still trustworthy?

Not only that, Konoha and Iwagakure constantly accuse Kirigakure of giving false information, and they need Kirigakure to give a reasonable explanation and demand compensation.

However, Kirigakure's Mizukage, Yagura, kept shirking his responsibility and gave the two villages a satisfactory answer by 'abdicating the Mizukage', and sincerely apologized to the Hokage and Tsuchikage.

This made Rasa feel very speechless. Is there any inevitable connection between abdicating the Mizukage and making up for the losses of Konoha and Iwagakure?

Allies who are suspicious of each other and attack each other have begun to gradually fragment the alliance.

Seeing Rasa leave, Chiyo withdrew his gaze, gave instructions here, leaving enough ANBU jounin behind, and left himself.

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Bear Country, East.

As the fortress of the Konoha camp, most of the area was reduced to ruins.

The Konoha ninjas who camped here seemed to have become refugees, and most of them were disgraced.

Not only that, before dawn in the early morning, the air combat troops from the Kingdom of Oni came over on time to harass. Although they were intercepted by Konoha's air troops and no actual losses were caused, the noise caused by the flying ninja tools in the sky made everyone Every Konoha ninja felt nervous and unable to rest peacefully.

In addition, these days of constant fighting and attacks against ninjas from the Kingdom of Oni have made many Konoha ninjas feel haggard and sleepless day and night. Even though there is still plenty of food and water, many ninjas have begun to look haggard.

They are even more annoyed by the harassment and attacks by the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

However, the patrol troops and air troops always disappeared once they left the camp too far away. As a result, they were unable to figure out the troop layout and action routes of the surrounding Oni Country ninjas. The situation was in a state of passive retaliation from beginning to end.

Therefore, even those Konoha ninjas who have undergone strict mental training can no longer maintain an optimistic attitude towards the current battle situation.

Even the most stupid person understands that continuing here will lead to death.

You must find the right moment to break out.

As the buzzing roar in the sky faded away, the air forces of the Kingdom of Oni withdrew from the vicinity of the fortress. Even though Konoha's air forces tried their best to intercept, many places in the camp were still bombed and poison gas bombs were dropped.

This is a poison bomb tactic commonly used in the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Since the Kingdom of Ghosts is well-armed, every ninja will wear a special gas mask and fight in a field covered with poisonous gas.

Fortunately, this poison has been cracked by Konoha, so it will not make Konoha ninjas panic.

Compared with those, the food, daily utensils and medical supplies in the camp are things that deserve more attention.

"How's it going? Are you still unable to maintain stable contact, Haiyi?"

In the communication room, several ninjas from the mountain clan jointly performed secret techniques and sat in front of a device to sort out the chakra signals of surrounding troops to determine the movements of their own people and the enemy.

The person responsible for managing this place is Yamanaka Haiichi.

However, even though he was a well-known sentient ninja in the ninja world, Haiyi couldn't help but feel bitter at the corner of his mouth at this moment.

Facing Shikaku's question, Haiyi shook his head helplessly and said:

"No, the surrounding chakra network is very chaotic. It has been completely messed up. The area where the normal message can be maintained is only three kilometers in radius. Once this distance is exceeded, it will be interfered by the enemy's spells."

Three kilometers may seem like a long distance, but for a ninja, this distance can be reached in a matter of seconds.

"Is it impossible to crack it even with your ability?"

Shikaku frowned.

Haiichi is one of the best sentient ninjas in Konoha. As a sentient ninja, his abilities are enough to rank among the top.

But in the end, he encountered an obstacle here, which caught Shikaku off guard.

The prerequisite for the implementation of tactics is that the intelligence network can be laid out.

If the information is incomplete and you rush into the blind spot, you will easily be annihilated by the enemy.

This is exactly the problem Shikaku encounters. Without enough intelligence to support it, the so-called tactics and strategies cannot be implemented, let alone tearing a hole from here, even breaking through becomes a luxury.

"Among the enemies, there seem to be quite powerful sentient ninjas. They are probably from the Uzumaki clan. Although the ninjas of this clan are famous for their sealing techniques, they are also outstanding in their use of sentient ninjutsu."

Haiyi sighed.

Ninjutsu that interferes with the ability of perception. This ability often occurs in sensory battles.

After all, the foundation of ninjutsu is chakra. Perception ninjutsu is to spread one's own chakra to form a large-scale 'line of sight' and open up the network field to capture the movements of things around you.

But since it is chakra, then only the chakra spilled out from the chaotic part can form effective interference.

Haiichi also possesses this ability. In past battles, he has used this method more than once to counterattack the enemy's sensory ninjutsu.

However, this time the opponent was different.

He could vaguely tell through the chakra emitted that there were quite heavyweight sentient ninjas among the enemies, and there were more than one of them. Each of them was an elite in the field of sentient ninjutsu, so he could directly use them to The headed ninjutsu of sentient ninja is limited to a very small area.

In war, vision is a very important part.

Without vision, not to mention offense, even defense becomes a problem.

"Really? I didn't expect that the situation would evolve into this in just a few days... The Kingdom of Ghosts is really a terrible enemy."

Lu Jiu knew how terrifying the enemy he faced was, but now that he thought about it, this prediction still seemed a bit conservative.

The gun blades in this country far exceed ordinary people's imagination.

For the Alliance Army, apart from its military strength, the advantages of the Kingdom of Ghosts are almost overwhelming.

However, with the emergence of several frontal battlefield forces, even in terms of military strength, the alliance's advantage began to gradually be lost.

Even if they continue to invest more troops, whether they can regain their advantage is still unknown to Shikaku.

Kirigakure's behavior of lying about the war situation made the ninjas of Konoha and Iwagakure furious. The hostility of the two villages was now not only directed at the Kingdom of Oni, but also at Kirigakure.

The explanation given by Kirigakure was that Yagura planned to take the blame, resign, and sincerely apologize to make up for the losses of Konoha and Iwagakure, which made Shikaku feel the "wiseness" of Lord Mizukage.

Shikaku couldn't blame him for being wise in protecting himself and preserving Kirigakure's strength.

But the lives of thousands of ninjas from Konoha and Iwagakure were sacrificed for this, and Shikaku deeply understood that Kirigakure, an ally, was unreliable.

Kirigakure could no longer count on the next battle.

Then, Sunagakure and Iwagakure's attitudes towards this war will inevitably change accordingly.

"Judging from the battle report from Mt. Myoboku, the overall situation is indeed not optimistic, and the alliance will inevitably fall apart. Kirigakure is no longer reliable. It is impossible to guess what actions Iwagakure and Sunagakure will take next. Laiya-sama, do you have any arrangements?"

Haiichi asked Shikaku while maintaining the communication technique.

"Jiraiya-sama is maintaining the security order of the camp. The air troops from the Kingdom of Demons come to harass us three times a day. Although the number of deaths is not large, the number of injured is gradually accumulating. The pressure on the wounded and medical treatment is increasing sharply every day. "

Shikaku looked solemn.

The Ghost Country's harassment tactics three times a day were not focused on annihilating Konoha's active forces, but on expanding the number of wounded Konoha ninjas in the camp, causing these wounded to become a drag on the entire unit.

As time goes by, the number of wounded here will sooner or later exceed half.

By then, the situation will undoubtedly become more serious.

"What a vicious strategy. Are you planning to annihilate all the Konoha ninjas here? From the beginning, this fortress must have been a trap to bury us."

Haiyi had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in it, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

The Kingdom of Ghosts now adopts harassment tactics and does not focus on annihilation with physical force. This does not mean mercy, but it is not the time for annihilation yet.

When the time comes, all the Konoha ninjas here are staying.

"Yes, the field of vision cannot be laid out, the number of wounded is still increasing, and the medical pressure is extremely high. There are fewer and fewer ninjas who can fight. In terms of chess games, we have a dead end here. If we want to survive, we can only rely on We have been unable to move on our own due to external forces and are just muddle along."

No matter how smart his brain is, Shikaku can only say this almost depressing thing.

Intelligence, the most important thing is intelligence, how many troops from the Kingdom of Demons are deployed around, and their specific locations. If you don't understand these, breaking through will make the Konoha ninjas here die faster.

When Haiyi was about to continue saying something, the door was suddenly pushed open.

A Konoha ninja rushed in with a flustered look.

"Mr. Shikaku, something serious has happened!"

"What's up?"

Shikaku frowned.

"There are problems with the newly transported medical items. Not only have the wounds of the injured been further deteriorated after being used, but many of the slightly injured people have directly become seriously injured!"

"What!?"

Both Shikaku and Haiichi's expressions changed dramatically when they heard the news. They couldn't believe that such a thing could happen in the camp.

How could there be problems with medical items?

These things are strictly reviewed within Konoha, and then transferred from Mt. Myoboku to be transported here. Logically speaking, such a thing is absolutely impossible to happen.

And even as the number of wounded continued to increase, Shikaku's face turned pale. Thinking of the harassment tactics of the Demon Country in the past few days, and the supply warehouse destroyed by the ninjas of the Demon Country when they attacked the fortress that day, he felt a bad premonition. More and more prosperous.

A ridiculous guess quickly emerged in Shikaku's mind - there was an insider in the Konoha Medical Department, and the level was so high that he could dominate the medical department with one hand!

"I'm going to check this batch of medical supplies. In addition, I'm going to pass the news back to the village and report it to Lord Hokage as soon as possible! Go quickly!"

"yes!"

I have never seen such an urgent Shikaku. After the Konoha ninja who reported was stunned for a moment, he quickly went down and followed the instructions.

"Hai Yi, you are responsible for monitoring the surroundings and don't give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of you!"

Leaving these words behind, Lu Jiu hurriedly left with a pale expression.

"I will try my best."

Haiichi smiled bitterly, not knowing whether Shikaku heard it. Since the Kingdom of Demons has also dispatched sophisticated sensing ninja troops, it is basically impossible to monitor the opponent's every move by capturing chakra.

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Earth Country, West.

"Block them, don't let them advance even half a step!"

The Iwagakure jounin, whose face was stained with blood, roared forward.

Endless firelight spurted from the front, and the earth was rolled over again and again. The huge earth wall built to defend the enemy's armored artillery vehicles was shattered all over the ground, reduced to ruins amidst the intensive artillery fire.

There were countless deep craters on the ground caused by cannonballs.

Like the steel machinery pushed forward by the black torrent, the accompanying Oni Country Ninja Troops also sprinted together, engaging in a desperate fight with the Iwagakure Ninjas.

The fire burned in the late night before dawn. Faced with the overwhelming momentum of the Demon Country, the Iwagakure ninjas also showed their fierce fighting will and desperately resisted the advance of the mechanized troops.

However, for these Iwagakure ninjas blocking the road, armored tanks made of steel flew forward, firing cannonballs and plowing the earth wall blocking the road in front.

Some Iwa ninja had to create pits to stop the steel from advancing.

However, in this critical battle, the Kingdom of Ghosts invested an extremely large number of armored tanks, and the accompanying ninjas were also escorting them, resetting the sunken land to its original position, allowing this group of black steel to maintain a sprinting posture at full speed. , carrying out terrifying fire suppression on the Iwagakure ninjas in the rear.

The artillery fire poured into the sky, then fell to the earth, like brilliant meteors, and finally sprayed fire and shock waves towards the meteorite on the earth.

Crushing the blood-red and black-smoking earth, the white snowflakes on the road were dyed black and red.

Under this dense fire coverage, as long as it was within reach, there seemed to be no difference between the front and the rear.

Along the way, there were large pieces of armored vehicles that were destroyed. Strictly speaking, the number of dead ninjas was not that many compared to one country.

But the destructive power caused by the ninja troops was extremely shocking.

Within a five-kilometer radius of a battlefield with thousands of people, traces of fighting can be seen with the naked eye. Potholes follow one after another, as if they will continue endlessly.

By the time the first ray of dawn shone on the earth, the earth was already red and scorched black, with no place intact in sight.

As the tracks rolled, they made a rumbling sound, passing through the pits one after another, slowly sweeping the battlefield to see if there was anything missing.

The accompanying ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts were also collecting the corpses of the enemy soldiers and cremating them together.

Except for the prisoners, there was not a single Iwagakure ninja standing up on this battlefield.

Either flee, or stay here forever.

The captured Iwagakure ninja's face was numb, and he seemed to have received great mental stimulation.

Seeing the potholes and broken body parts on the battlefield made them want to vomit.

Their eyes were full of confusion, as if they had no idea why this war was being fought or what they were fighting for.

No one cares about little people like them.

"In this battle, a total of 302 people were killed, 210 were wounded, 1,100 enemies were wiped out, and more than 600 were captured. We further penetrated into the western region of the Kingdom of Earth. Please report this battle report."

The Jonin from the Kingdom of Oni who was responsible for commanding this battle glanced at the statistics of the battle report and said to a Chuunin who was accompanying him.

"yes."

Go down with this data and report to the headquarters.

After a while, the Jonin from the rest of the squadron gathered over.

The jounin who commanded them said: "The fourth, fifth, eighth, and ninth squadrons will stay, and the remaining squadrons will continue to advance! Set off immediately!"

"yes!"

The earth rumbled and began to shake.

Armored combat vehicles stained with battle traces rolled over the pits and pushed forward tirelessly on their rolling tracks.

The jounin wearing chakra armor and the accompanying ninja were running to follow up, while eating special military food pills to restore their physical strength and chakra.

The sound of neat running and the sound of mechanical crawling intersect in the boundless land, and they stride towards the morning light.

…

Meanwhile, the mist-covered valley.

The trees are green, the land is fertile, and the quiet and peaceful atmosphere permeates the forest outside the valley, like a paradise.

Click!

The sound of trampling branches sounded one after another in the quiet forest, drowning out the chirping of birds.

A figure wearing heavy armor and a gas mask was running through the forest, crossing the foggy area ahead at high speed, looking directly at the valley that looked like a paradise on earth.

The frogs on the roadside opened their eyes wide and croaked in a warning voice, urgent and panicked.