Escape From Konoha

"Battery!?"

Seeing the block device in Gaara's hand that could emit electricity, Deidara couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then quickly suppressed the urge to vomit blood.

That bastard Bai Jue never said anything about his abilities being leaked!

If he had known that his ninjutsu information had been leaked, he would never have taken on the task of capturing the first jinchūriki.

Moreover, how do the ninjas of Sunagakure Village know about his ninjutsu abilities? Know how to use Thunder Release to deal with his clay?

As a member of Iwagakure's original demolition force, his ninjutsu information should be Iwagakure's top secret information. Basically, only Tsuchikage and other senior Iwagakure personnel are qualified to browse it.

Did that old man Onoki do something good? Although we formed an alliance, even my ninjutsu information was leaked... Deidara gritted his teeth secretly.

Only in this way can it be explained clearly why the ninjas of Sunagakure Village knew about the flaws in his ninjutsu.

Although his clay possesses the explosive power that is second to none in the ninja world, it has a major flaw that has not been overcome until now.

That's the fear of thunder escape!

Once stimulated by lightning, the explosives he made from chakra clay will lose their explosive ability and become harmless to humans and animals.

Gaara obviously knew this, so he purposely carried this simple electricity storage device on his body that could release electric current.

Even a trace of electricity would be quite fatal to his clay.

"It seems that the power storage device I purchased from the Kingdom of Ghosts before I came back has finally come in handy..."

Gaara controlled the sand, passing through Deidara's left arm, spreading towards Deidara's shoulders, and even touching Deidara's head.

Before returning, because of Maki's reminder and considering his own safety, Gaara purchased this discharge device from a retail ninja shop in the Kingdom of Demons.

The current in it is combined with chakra, which is a kind of weak thunder escape. It only has a paralyzing effect and does not have a strong lethality.

But if Deidara is the opponent, then this non-lethal discharge device is enough to turn the tide of the battle at a critical moment.

After all, among the known core members of this organization, Deidara's ability is the most dangerous, but he is also the most vulnerable to being targeted according to the top-secret information transmitted through Iwagakure.

Now it seems that the information provided by Konoha is very valuable. The people in this organization still do not give up on the tailed beast in his body.

Although he didn't like the tail in his body, he didn't want to die in pain when the tailed beast was removed.

"Damn it! That bastard Bai Jue, I will blow him up when I go back! Yeah!"

The last 'um' sound couldn't help but get louder, making Deidara feel angry.

They say they are the best scouts, but in the end, even important information about core members was leaked, and there was no reaction at all.

Such useless scouts are just a waste of food left in this world.

Even though he was cursing Bai Zetsu like this, the most important thing now was to get out of Gaara's attack range and think about how to recover the Jinchuuriki.

Without hesitation, Deidara raised his other arm that was not entangled in the sand. The mouth on the palm of his hand opened. A huge white centipede made of clay quickly sprang out from the cracked mouth on the palm of his hand and wrapped tightly around his left arm. of sand balls.

"drink!"

boom!

The violent explosion not only destroyed the sand that Gaara used to display his 'absolute defense', but his own body was also swallowed up by the flames of the explosion.

Deidara's body rolled on the back of the white dragon.

"cough!"

He coughed heavily and blood spilled from his mouth.

The clothes on Deidara's left arm had been torn, and there were serious explosion wounds on it.

Not only the left arm, but also the rest of the body had burn marks.

"Although I deliberately adjusted the direction of the explosion, it would be really ridiculous if I was blown up by my own art..."

Deidara spat blood and forced a rather forced smile on his face.

The situation is really tricky.

It is an almost impossible task for him now to ensure that the Jinchuuriki is captured alive when his weakness is known.

"It's really troublesome..."

Gaara also murmured when he saw the sand being blown away by the bomb.

The sand used to display 'Absolute Defense' cannot withstand the opponent's blast. It is conceivable that if you take one at close range, you will be seriously injured.

I should have known better than to be so greedy. I wanted to wrap his whole body with sand and then use Sand Binding Coffin to win the battle in one fell swoop.

The moment it wrapped around his left arm, it was time to use Sand Binding Coffin to completely shatter his left arm.

Glancing at the embarrassed Sand Ninja not far away, even the Jounin's sister Temari was helpless against such a battle.

Although Sunagakure has anti-aircraft troops, it is very strange for the opponent to ambush here. Sunagakure's airborne troops may not be able to come here to support them in a short period of time.

And although he is not afraid of Deidara, but...

Gaara suppressed the irritability in his heart, and the sand rolled under his feet. Under Deidara's surprised eyes, a platform made of yellow sand appeared at Gaara's feet, lifting his body into the air.

"Can this guy fly too? Hmm."

Deidara considered whether to fire C3·No. 18 again to test Gaara's limits again.

But just as he was thinking about this, Gaara, who was suspended in the sky with the help of the sand platform, suddenly turned and flew towards the northeast.

Seeing this scene, both the Sand Ninja below and Deidara, who was responsible for dealing with Gaara, were startled.

Gaara left so simply because he realized that no one else could get involved in the battle between them.

The only ninja in the team who could control the flying ninja tool was killed by Scorpion in a sneak attack.

With precautions, Temari's Wind Release was basically ineffective against Deidara.

Based on this consideration, Gaara could only shift the battlefield and attract the firepower.

And he also deliberately moved in a direction that was not Sunagakure Village.

"What a humane Jinchuuriki."

Therefore, the information given by Bai Jue was so wrong.

Deidara glanced at the Sand Ninja below, and with just one glance, they all assumed alert postures as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Immediately afterwards, Deidara ignored them and spit out a piece of clay from the mouth in the palm of his hand.

As the huge white smoke exploded, a giant white bird rushed out of the white smoke, leading Deidara to chase Gaara who was heading to the northeast, but the white giant dragon disappeared.

"Li, have you left?"

The Suna ninja who were confronting Deidara below were relieved to see Deidara leave.

There was no way, Deidara's ninjutsu gave them too much pressure.

Moreover, the enemy also has air superiority, and ordinary ninjas cannot even touch the opponent's body.

"Now is not the time to breathe easy, send a signal for help to the other side of the village!"

Temari's body didn't relax, it was still tense.

Now is far from the time to breathe easy.

It was too risky for Gaara to distract the enemy by himself.

Moreover, why haven’t the border support troops arrived yet? Temari noticed something strange.

Before returning from the Kingdom of Ghosts, I remembered that Maji had already sent a signal in advance, asking Yura, the Jonin at the border, to lead a force to come to meet him.

According to the time, we should almost reach the northern sand dunes.

However, Yura Jounin's supporting force was not found.

Could it be that he was also ambushed by the enemy?

Temari took a deep breath. The situation was so bad that with their small manpower, there was no way to effectively support Gaara.

This made Temari very frustrated.

…

"What!?"

The black ant, which opened a large hole in its body and stretched out six vine-like arms, under Kankuro's control, did not attack the scorpion, but hugged the head of Maki, who had successfully held the scorpion hostage.

This made Maki's expression change, and he realized that he and Kankuro had been tricked by Scorpion.

He immediately twisted the kunai in his hand, intending to cut Scorpion's neck open, and at the same time moved back.

The Scorpion figure flashed, his body nimbly avoiding his kunai, and a faint smile appeared on Scorpion's face.

Marky gritted his teeth, knowing that he had made a mistake.

Just as he was about to take the next step, he felt a pain in his chest. Ma Ji lowered his head and saw in horror that a thousand needles as thin as rain had been inserted into his heart at some point.

"Why did my puppet-"

On the other side, Kankuro was at a loss and looked confused.

He had no idea when Xie took control of his puppet.

Could it be that when he used the crow to spit poisonous mist to block his vision, the other party connected the chakra thread to the puppet and waited for the opportunity?

Before he could finish thinking, the puppet crow that was originally standing on the side of Sanshouyu leaped up without any warning, spread out sawtooth-like blades on its four arms, and slashed at Kankuro's body.

Kankuro's body subconsciously moved to the left, but he did not completely move away.

The jagged blade made a bloody gash on Kankuro's arm.

The bloody mouth turned red-purple in an instant, and even the blood flowing out contained an abnormal purple substance.

"Oops!"

Kankuro's body was in a trance. He did not expect that his puppet would suddenly attack him. Moreover, as a puppet master, he was also poisoned by the poison prepared by himself. This made Kankuro feel deeply ashamed. At the same time, he immediately stretched out his hand towards the ninja tool. Touch the bag.

Prepare to take out the antidote and give it to yourself.

Snapped!

A pale palm grabbed it.

He held Kankuro's hand that was reaching for his ninja bag.

Then he twisted hard.

The sound of bones breaking sounded loud and clear, accompanied by Kankuro's suppressed groan as he endured the pain.

Kankuro fell to his knees on the sand, saliva seeping out of the corners of his mouth uncontrollably.

He opened his mouth to breathe, holding back himself from crying out in pain. He just gasped for air, his eyes bloodshot.

"Scorpion, you, you bastard—ah!"

This time Kankuro couldn't stand it.

His other hand was also twisted off by Scorpion and twisted to an abnormal degree.

Scorpion saw Kankuro lying on the sand, unable to even utter a curse. His seemingly inorganic pupils showed no emotion that humans should have.

"That brat Deidara is always looking for trouble for me. But in order to capture the Jinchūriki, I have to let you live a little longer."

Scorpion stretched out his hand, and a rope flew out of his cuff, binding Kankuro's body like a long snake.

Scorpion came over, grabbed Kankuro's body that could no longer move with his right hand, and glanced at Maki who was kneeling on the sand with one knee.

"You only need one hostage."

After saying that, a kunai appeared in Scorpion's left hand and aimed at Maki's body, thus ending the other person's life.

"Wind escape · sickle weasel!"

For a moment, a vacuum blade shining with white light slashed towards Scorpion's body with incomparable accuracy.

Scorpion put away his kunai, jumped back, and dodged the attack of the vacuum blade.

Turning around, Temari appeared in front of Ma Ji holding a three-star fan, looking at him warily.

In the distance, a famous sand ninja was also flying towards this side.

Scorpion tilted his head, and under Temari's vigilant gaze, he grabbed Kankuro's body, released a chakra thread from his fingers, and stuck it to a piece of sandstone dozens of meters away.

Whoosh!

Pulled by the tough chakra threads, the scorpion moved quickly in mid-air and disappeared from Temari's sight in the blink of an eye.

"Temari, let them leave, don't...don't chase them..."

Marky struggled to spit out these words.

Then he spat it out, a mouthful of poisonous blood with a dark purple substance.

"In addition...Xiang Fengying...Master Fengying..."

Weakly giving instructions to Temari, Maki tilted her body and fell to the sand, unconscious.

"Medical Ninja, come here quickly!"

Temari was also worried when she saw her teacher Maki fainted.

But now as the only person in charge of the team, she cannot show panic here. She must calmly take over the command transferred from Ma Ji and stabilize people's hearts.

"yes!"

Among the running sand ninjas, there was a medical ninja who quickly rushed to Ma Ji's side and started first aid work on Ma Ji.

While the medical ninja was treating Maki's poisonous injuries, Temari saw an inconspicuous trace of blood on the sand not far away.

Temari came over and took a look. She looked at the blood stains on the sand. It seemed that the color of blood was slightly different from that of normal human blood. It had a metallic feel and she fell into deep thought.

"This color doesn't look like the blood shed by Kankuro and Maki-sensei..."

After a long time, Temari took out a sealed bag from her ninja tool bag and put the blood-stained sand into the bag for storage.

…

"Brother Scorpion, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Yes."

Deidara let the giant white bird fly to a low altitude, allowing the scorpion that grabbed Kankuro to easily jump onto the bird's back.

"Don't talk nonsense. It's all because of your reckless actions that the jinchuriki escaped."

Scorpio gave Deidara a hard look.

This guy always does things so carelessly, like a child who has not grown up.

"It's not my fault. My information was lost, so it's very troublesome to deal with that Jinchuuriki. Besides, don't we have the hostages now? Hmm."

Deidara glanced at the unconscious Kankuro.

The other party is Gaara's brother, and he can play a huge role in the next action against the Jinchuuriki.

"This is your job."

"Don't say that, Brother Scorpion. You also know that my ninjutsu is not suitable for capturing the hostage alive. It will probably blow up the hostage to death."

It was precisely because of this that he gave up the idea of ​​capturing Temari alive. He didn't do it lightly or harshly. If he couldn't capture the hostage alive, he could easily make things worse.

On the contrary, scorpions, which are good at making poison, are absolutely suitable for capturing hostages.

They won't take it lightly or seriously, and get rid of the hostages incidentally.

"Where is the jinchūriki?"

Xie asked directly.

"It's just ahead, but don't worry, as long as we have a hostage in our hands, he will definitely throw himself into the trap. Hmm."

Deidara has full confidence in this.

Although Bai Zetsu's information gave Gaara a cold-blooded and ruthless evaluation.

But Deidara knew through previous trials that Gaara was not as cold-blooded as he appeared to be.

It's just that his 'weakness' towards family affection was suppressed deep in his heart, and he would not show it at ordinary times, allowing the enemy to take advantage of it.

This is also a disguise that ninjas are good at.

There is clearly softness in his heart, but he insists on pretending to be hard-hearted.

"Speaking of which..."

Deidara hesitated.

"What?"

"Brother Scorpion, does the injury on your neck not matter? It feels like it will bleed. Yes."

Deidara noticed a wound under Scorpion's neck and asked.

Scorpion touched the base of his neck.

"It was made by the sand ninja named Maki. It will be repaired then. My body is not as troublesome as humans, and I can't feel the pain at all."

Likewise, there are no worldly boring emotions.

"makes sense."

Deidara nodded in approval, withdrew his gaze and glanced into the distance.

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"Sorry, if I ask you to come here now, will it interrupt your date?"

In an office in the Ziyuan City Military District, Shiraishi handed Cai a mission scroll and asked this sentence by the way.

Although the coming-of-age ceremony for the miko from the Kingdom of Ghosts was over, the princess from the Kingdom of Zhi who came to participate in the celebration did not leave. Instead, she chose to stay in Aster City in the Kingdom of Ghosts for a while.

During the period when the other party stayed in Ziyuan City, Cai served as the princess's tour guide and part-time escort.

"No, after all, the work here takes priority."

Cai said this without any fluctuation.

In the final analysis, the young princess who took care of Zhizhi Kingdom was just for work purposes, and there were no complicated factors involved.

Therefore, now that Shiraishi gives him a new task, he will accept it as a matter of course.

"So, how do you get along with that little princess?"

Shiraishi asked with interest.

After all, Baishi didn't take it seriously at first when the foreign minister of Zhi Country came with their little princess.

Even if he later learned that the other party came in the name of participating in the Coming of Age Ceremony for Miko in the Land of Demons, but actually came with the idea of ​​​​marriage, Shiraishi did not find it strange.

It is also not surprising for high-level officials from various countries to intermarry and combine their interests.

He asked Cai to get in touch with the little princess of Zhizhi Kingdom, but also with the attitude of getting along with her.

If it succeeds, everyone will be happy, but if it fails, Shiraishi won't feel regretful.

"Not really annoying."

Cai recalled the shy and blushing little princess of Zhizhi Kingdom, her cute and cute appearance, and just gave such a simple evaluation.

"Yeah?"

Shiraishi simply responded and did not continue to ask further questions.

"So, does this mission count as my Jonin test?"

Cai opened the mission scroll, quickly browsed the contents, and asked her father Shiraishi.

Generally speaking, the only way to become a jounin is to pass the jonin exam.

But this is not absolute. It is not uncommon for difficult tasks like this to be used as jounin assessments.

In Cai's opinion, it was just a few months ahead of schedule for him to become a Jonin.

"Xiao has already started taking action, and the gap between the other party and the other major powers will become wider and wider until things become uncontrollable. Before that, some preparations are needed."

Shiraishi said slowly.

"Don't you need to stop them from recovering the tailed beast?"

"If you can do it, of course it's best. If you can't do it, don't force yourself too much."

Shiraishi paused and said this.

"I see."

Cai nodded, put away the task scroll, turned and left the office.

…

"Cai, do you have a new mission?"

In the lounge of the Ziyuan City Military Region, Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu saw Cai walking in, holding a mission scroll in his hand, and immediately realized that there was a mission for them.

"Well, there is no need to go to the border and confront Iwagakure next."

Cai picked up the scroll in her hand and did not reveal the content of the mission to Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu. She just told them that there would be a new mission next, and it was no longer as simple as the previous patrol mission.

"When to set off?"

Yamazaki Jiu also didn't ask what the mission was. These matters could be discussed while on the road later.

"In half an hour, we will meet at the southern entrance of Ziyuan City."

"Entrance? Isn't it a platform?"

"Taking the train is too slow. Now is not the time for a leisurely walk. I'll give you half an hour to prepare and dismiss."

After Cai finished speaking, she walked towards the door without waiting for the two of them to respond.

…

Half an hour later, the southern entrance of Ziyuan City.

After Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu were fully prepared, they took the lead in meeting at the southern entrance.

Unlike Xiang Rin who only carried a light backpack, Yamazaki Jiu was fully armed.

Whether it is a bulging backpack or a folded flying ninja, they all have a considerable sense of weight and make people feel very heavy at first glance.

When the half-hour time limit was almost exceeded, Ai's figure appeared in the field of vision of Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Ku.

Not only that, behind Cai, there were two girls of similar age.

Hanami Haruka from the medical department.

Hibiki branch of Oni no Kuni branch shrine.

"Long time no see, Yamazaki, and Xiang Rin."

Seeing Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu, Hanami Haruka said hello with a smile.

Hibikigi, who was wearing a red and white miko uniform, just nodded lightly as a greeting. Then he stood there quiet and motionless.

"I didn't expect you guys to come too."

Xianglin was a little surprised.

What kind of mission was it that actually required the five of them to go out?

Haruka Hanami, who is a pure medical ninja, and Hisashi Yamazaki, who has average abilities. Needless to say, the other three of the five, including her, are all at the level of genuine Jonin.

And they are not jounin in the ordinary sense, they are either the holders of the blood inheritance limit, or they have the mysterious power of miko.

Xianglin feels that the enemies to be dealt with in this mission may not be simple.

"Now that everyone is here, let's set off. Regarding the content of this mission, as the captain, I will explain it to you in detail on the way."

Cai glanced at the other four people and ran towards the south.

The four of Xianglin looked at each other, gathered chakra in their legs, and quickly ran out to catch up with Cai in front of them.

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"Master Cult Master, do you think this is okay?"

In the middle of the empty forest path, Yi Xue, who was absorbed into the Evil God Cult by Hidan and served as the bishop, arranged the corpses according to Hidan's instructions and turned around to ask Hidan.

"That's enough. Okay, now I'm going to pray for these dead people and let them understand the greatness of Lord Evil God. Yi Xue, go look around for food. I'm a little hungry."

Hidan commanded Yi Xue unceremoniously.

Although he has an immortal body, if he doesn't drink water or eat, he will die due to lack of nutrition.

This made Hidan complain more than once that such an immortal body was not convenient at all.

How can an immortal body die because of not drinking water or eating?

This is too funny.

"OK."

Yi Xue let out a sigh of regret.

He felt extremely regretful that he could not witness the resonance between the souls of the leader and the evil god with his own eyes.

But I also thought that there are actually many such opportunities, so there is no need to dwell on this one.

Therefore, with a happy mood, Yixue quickly ran into the bushes nearby, looking for edible beasts.

Hidan also followed the instructions and started a series of operations.

Draw the sect's logo with his own blood, then lie between the symbols, insert a black gun into his heart, and begin soul communication with the so-called 'god'.

Just as Hidan closed his eyes and began to pray, he heard the sound of footsteps.

Thinking that Yixue was back, Hidan couldn't help but open his eyes and said impatiently: "Yixue, didn't I tell you that when I pray, my footsteps should be quieter..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hidan was stuck.

Not Yixue.

Standing in front of his head, the person casting a shadow was not Yixue.

But a familiar, yet somewhat unfamiliar, masked man.

Wearing a dark windbreaker and carrying a suitcase in his hand.

The pupils were green, and on the chest of the windbreaker, there was a golden nameplate engraved with the symbol of an aster flower, shining brightly.

Staring at him, he seemed to find Hidan's appearance very interesting.

"Who are you?"

Hidan asked with anger filled with being disturbed.

"A passing debt collector."

Kakuzu replied, shaking the golden nameplate on the chest of his windbreaker, for fear that others would not see that he was a debt collector.

"Debt collector? No wonder I smell the stench of money, what a rotten soul."

For Hidan, as long as there are professions and people related to money, they all smell of stench and decay from the inside out.

This is especially true for the masked man in front of me.

It was so rotten that Hidan didn't want to look directly at it.

"It seems that you are still young and do not understand the beauty of money."

Kakuzu lectured Hidan in the tone of someone who had experienced it.

"Ha, what's so wonderful about something that smells like shit? Do you stick it to it and smell its smell? Or do you want to eat it?"

Hidan scoffed.

Kakuzu shook his head, thinking that Hidan was hopeless.

Hidan also felt that Kakuzu was hopeless.

If he hadn't been in the middle of a crucial prayer ceremony and couldn't easily interrupt it, he would have really wanted Kakuzu to appreciate the greatness of Lord Evil God.

However, a poor guy like this who is enslaved by money cannot understand his beliefs.

Sad money slave.

Sure enough, this faithless world needs him to save it, to bear it, and to bear the responsibility of 'peace'!

It was decided that after the prayer was over, I would come and save this lamb that had gone astray.

While Hidan was thinking this, Kakuzu had already left.

But before leaving, Kakuzu glanced at the dead bodies.

——Twenty-three million two hundred and sixty thousand taels.

How much bounty can these corpses be exchanged for on the underground black market? Although he has been out of business for many years, he has been updating and reading the bounty list on the underground black market. Therefore, this number suddenly appeared in Kakuzu's mind like an instinct.

It seems that this believer of an unknown sect is not completely insulated from money.

Not long after Kakuzu left, Hidan wanted to continue to calm down and began to devote himself to prayer.

——Hidan.

A cold voice came into Hidan's mind.

"I--"

Hidan wanted to curse.

--Um?

"Uh, chief, what's the matter?"

Hidan resisted the urge to yell, tried to soften his tone, and recalled whether he had been rude in the past.

Although the ceremony was interrupted continuously, Hidan felt that making the leader angry might be more terrifying than the evil god-sama.

This was by no means a wavering of his belief in Lord Evil God, it was just a temporary measure.

——Scorpion and Deidara need some reinforcements. You take your followers and go over to support them.

"That's my bishop."

Hidan couldn't help but reply, correcting some mistakes in the other person's words.

——In short, bring your followers to support as soon as possible.

"That's the Bishop, the chief."

Hidan stated this again.

As a result, the communication was cut off and the voice in his head returned to silence, completely ignoring Hidan's rebuttal.

In the middle of the forest path, only Hidan was left with a confused look on his face.

Is it not appropriate to go out today?