Escape From Konoha

boom!

The violent explosion made the ground suddenly shake.

The flash of light from the explosion caught not only Naruto but also the surrounding sand.

The sudden impact caused Luo Sha, who was injured and vomiting blood not far away, to have no time to dodge and was directly blown away by the sudden impact.

"Uh-huh!"

Unable to withstand the force of the impact, Luo Sha's head was broken and bleeding, rolling on the ground, and then he spit out a large mouthful of blood.

Naturally, Scorpion would not let go of this perfect opportunity. Not only the Jinchuuriki, but also the Fourth Kazekage Rasa were also the targets of his hunting trip.

If you don't kill the opponent while he is seriously injured and obtain the opponent's body, you may not be able to encounter this golden opportunity in the future.

Luo Sha's magnetic escape power, which can control placer gold and suppress tailed beasts, will become a truly eternal work of art in his hands!

Thinking of this, Xie's inner lake couldn't help but ripples. He controlled the third generation of Feng Ying puppets, and the dark sand and iron quickly dispersed like clouds and mist.

Finally, it condensed into a black sand-iron spear in the sky, aiming at Luo Sha's weight-laden body with the tip of the spear.

"You should also become my work of art, Luo Sha!"

Xie said coldly.

call out--

The black spear made of hard sand iron exploded with unparalleled charging speed and flew straight towards Luo Sha.

If it was a direct hit, Luo Sha would be penetrated through the body and die as expected.

laugh!

Grains of sand flew.

The black spear supported by sand iron slowly stopped just as it was about to touch Luo Sha's eyeball.

What stood in front of him was a thick wall of sand.

Luo Sha fell back and sat down, breathing heavily. She looked at the black spear so close to her with a look of shock on her face.

Grains of sand slipped.

The sand-iron black spear embedded in the sand wall was intercepted by the resistance of the sand wall itself after the spear tip poked out of the sand wall a little, making it impossible to sprint forward.

The shape of this sand wall is that of an adult woman who seems to be hugging her child. Her face is extremely compassionate and peaceful, full of selfless love.

Luo Sha stared blankly at the kind face of the woman on the sand wall, her eyes were in a daze, her lips trembled slightly, and she murmured:

"Garuluo..."

The face of the woman on the sand wall was exactly the same as that of his dead wife Galuro.

Rather, the shape of this ninjutsu is a defensive ninjutsu based on his wife.

"After being pierced through the body and poisoned by my special poison, can you still act consciously?"

Xie looked at his attack being blocked and moved his eyes slightly.

Looking at Gaara who was kneeling on the sand with his knees on the sand, Scorpion fell silent slightly.

The person who stopped him from killing Rasa was Gaara.

He couldn't understand what was happening.

Frowning, Xie took the initiative and asked:

"You should hate this man, why did you stop me?"

Before he dies, witnessing his father's death, isn't it the 'light' that this Jinchuuriki has been chasing all his life?

The so-called family love is just a flesh-and-blood relationship connected by vulgar humans based on boring ethics.

In the face of eternity, such feelings will only make Scorpio feel ridiculous and pitiful.

"This man...can only be killed...by my own hands..."

Gaara lowered his head, his lips slowly moved, and his voice became smaller and smaller, until it was no longer audible.

After saying this, Gaara's body tilted, and he fell to Scorpion's feet as if he lost all his strength, motionless, like a dead corpse.

Seeing the Jinchuuriki fall to the ground, Xia knew that the opponent had completely lost his ability to resist.

Even the sand that was lodged on his body was scattered around, and he became unresponsive.

Scorpion controlled Sand Iron and pulled out the black thorn that had pierced Gaara's body.

The black thorns were stained with poisonous blood. Not only that, when the black thorns penetrated Gaara's back, a blood hole was visible to the naked eye.

This seemingly serious wound is actually not fatal.

His moves are not released like Deidara's, and the power cannot be controlled. They are neither light nor heavy in battle, and can easily kill the target.

In order to ensure the survival of Gaara and the tailed beast in his body, he deliberately avoided the fatal parts, only seriously injured Gaara, and then used the poisonous poison to make him unable to move, losing consciousness and falling into a coma.

Then, Scorpion put Gaara on his shoulders, and just as he turned his head, a fist appeared in his eyes without any warning.

boom!

The fist hit the temporary shield wall made of sand and iron.

But even the sand-iron wall, which was beyond the hardness of sand, was immediately crushed and torn apart by this punch, and fell apart.

Scorpion jumped back with Gaara, and at the same time, he flexibly pulled the chakra thread with the five fingers of his right hand, controlling the Third Kazekage to evacuate backwards like lightning, floating alone in the air, and glanced forward warily.

"It's so tenacious. I originally thought of recovering all two Jinchuriki... It turned out to be too optimistic."

The person who attacked him was Naruto.

He looked quite embarrassed at this time. Because he was attacked by the explosion, his clothes were torn, the surface of his skin was covered with dust, and his hair was slightly messy.

Especially his right arm, the clothes disappeared in the explosion, leaving only burnt flesh and blood.

The fist he punched in the sneak attack just now was with his left hand, which he was least good at.

Naruto's two-day arm now only has left hand that can move.

Not far behind him was Kankuro who was unconscious on the ground.

Breathing evenly, he just fainted in the explosion. Almost all of the impact of the explosion was eaten by Naruto alone.

Scorpion couldn't help but marvel at Naruto's strong body and immeasurable vitality. If it could be made into a puppet, it would definitely be an artistic masterpiece that would surpass the Third Kazekage.

Naruto took a breath at this time, dropped his charred right arm, and said in a cold and angry voice: "You bastard, put down Gaara!"

Scorpion was speechless, and began to think in his mind, whether to continue fighting, or to leave directly with Gaara, focusing on completing the mission.

It would have been better if the human bomb made by Kankuro had been used to seriously injure Naruto, and the two jinchūriki could be recovered at once.

However, Scorpio is not completely sure now, and he might even be caught here.

In Naruto's body, he felt a fatal danger.

He had determined that the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki was far more dangerous than the One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

Seeing Scorpion's dull and unmoved expression, Naruto frowned and his eyes became even more angry: "Why do you guys do such a thing? Is that bastard Orochimaru also in the same group with you? of?"

Faced with Naruto's almost angry question, Scorpion's eyes finally showed a trace of fluctuation.

"Orochimaru? That is an extremely annoying guy. However, no matter how much I hate that guy who plays with snakes, I will not reveal his information."

"Then I'll knock you down and pry your mouth open!"

After saying that, Naruto jumped up and flew forward.

Although one arm was disabled, he still had one hand and two legs, retaining most of his combat effectiveness.

Scorpion's fingers gently picked up, and the Third Kazekage took action again. A ninja sword stretched out from his cuffs, and was held tightly in his hand by the Third Kazekage.

Without any hesitation, the Third Kazekage greeted Naruto at a speed that was beyond the reach of the naked eye. He raised his ninja sword and swung it down mercilessly towards the opponent's body.

Ding!

Iron touching iron.

Naruto used the kunai in his left hand to clamp the ninja sword that the Third Kazekage had chopped down.

"Senfa Frog Kumite!"

boom!

At the moment when Kunai held the ninja sword, before Scorpion could control the puppet's mouth and release the Sand and Iron Technique at zero distance, Naruto launched the next round of offensive at a faster speed.

An invisible impact suddenly fell on the Third Kazekage's cheek.

As the fragments of the puppet's face shattered over a large area and scattered around, the third Kazekage's puppet body immediately flew out and rolled on the ground, making a snapping sound.

After being surprised, Scorpion immediately understood that fighting Naruto in close combat was not a smart choice.

Magic? I remember Orochimaru was doing related research in this area. Scorpio's mind becomes active, thinking about how to deal with it.

At this moment, a message came to my mind——

——Scorpion, how about the one-tailed Jinchuuriki?

"It has been recovered and is now fighting the guys from Konoha."

While Scorpion was carrying Gaara, he used his fingers to control the third-generation Kazekage puppet that rolled back, and stepped back, intending to distance himself from Naruto.

Naruto, however, pursued him relentlessly, as if he would not stop until he knocked down his target.

This clingy attitude that would never give up gave Scorpion a headache, so he had to continue to control the Third Kazekage to deal with Naruto's offensive.

Although the face of the third-generation Kazekage puppet was partially damaged, there was no problem with its main function.

Therefore, a large amount of sand and iron soon flew out from the puppet's damaged mouth, condensing into a huge square of sand and iron in the sky.

Under the tug of the puppet, the huge block smashed hard towards the ground.

boom!

Naruto jumped to the side and successfully dodged.

But the ground he originally stepped on was not so lucky. A large hole was created directly by the sand and iron cubes, and the dust and smoke rolled into the surrounding land.

——Then, retreat now. Deidara is in trouble. Don't get too entangled with the enemy. Sealing the tailed beast is the most important thing.

"yes."

Scorpion responded without emotion, glanced at Naruto, and moved his fingers subtly.

The originally square-shaped sand iron immediately changed its form and turned into an extremely large number of sharp black thorns, pointing at Naruto's body.

As Scorpion's palms were lowered, these sand-iron black spines seemed to have received an attack signal. At the same time, they fired at high speed with Naruto as the target, emitting a series of air-piercing sonic booms that shook people's eardrums.

boom!

boom!

boom!

Each black thorn is extremely heavy, like a cannonball. When it falls on the ground, it can cause a violent explosion, causing the earth to tremble.

Coupled with the large number, coherent offensive, and seamless connection with each other, even Naruto who has been strengthened by celestial magic cannot break through the blockade immediately and can only retreat.

Taking this opportunity, Xie jumped back without any hesitation, pulled the chakra thread, and quickly evacuated backwards with the three generations of Kazekage puppets.

When Naruto dodged all the sand-iron black thorns and looked forward again, there was only a swirl of dust and sand in front of him, and the figure of the scorpion had long since disappeared without a trace.

"hateful!"

Considering the safety of Rasa and Kankuro, Naruto knew that he must not act on impulse at this time.

If he leaves, if these two people are attacked again and something unexpected happens, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Therefore, Naruto could only watch the scorpion escape from his eyes, unable to pursue him.

…

About an hour later.

Everyone gathered around the unconscious Luo Sha in a cave in a rocky mountain.

Naruto, Tenzo, two ANBU jounin from Sunagakure, and Chiyo and others who arrived belatedly all met in the cave.

Chiyo silently knelt down and used medical ninjutsu on Rasa to suture the wounds on the opponent's body.

However, although she successfully alleviated and suppressed Luo Sha's injuries, she was unable to eliminate the poison in the opponent's body.

This is a poison specially made by Scorpion. It is exactly the same as the poison that severely injured Ma Ji. It takes a lot of time to prepare this poison, and Luo Sha will never be able to survive that time.

"We can only wait for the antidote from Temari. According to the time, we should be able to successfully deliver the antidote here before the Rasha poison is released."

Qiandai Luosha said this after bandaging the wound.

"I didn't expect Kazekage-sama to be injured to this extent."

Tianzang couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Luo Sha, who was pale and so weak that he lost consciousness.

As a result, the chasing team lost a powerful ninja.

The next move to seize the first tail is not good.

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, no one would have guessed that the top leaders of the village would actually be spies planted by the enemy. That kid Xie, I really underestimate him."

Chiyo shook her head.

She basically understood the whole story.

She also knew about Yura, a jounin who had risen to the upper echelons of the village at a young age.

Even in the past, he had given high trust and evaluation to this young Suna ninja.

Who knew that the other party was a nail planted by Xia in Sand Hidden Village, and almost killed Luo Sha, the Kazekage.

"That's right, the enemy is too cunning. I guess the reason why the initial support didn't come was because of that bastard Yura's fault."

Kankuro's angry voice came.

He was sitting not far from Luo Sha, with a medical bandage wrapped around his arm. His broken wrist was recovering and could not be moved.

"Is your injury okay?"

Naruto asked.

"It's okay. Speaking of which, I want to thank you for your help this time. Compared to me, is your arm okay?"

Kankuro shook his head and asked about Naruto's burned right arm, which was also wrapped in a bandage.

Kankuro was undoubtedly filled with guilt for the fact that one of his arms was burnt as the price for Naruto's protection.

"I've regained some consciousness. I think it won't be long before I'm out of trouble."

Naruto raised the burned arm wrapped in a medical bandage to show that he was fine.

"So, what should we do next? Gaara has been taken away. If we go late, something unexpected may happen. Time is still very tight for us."

Tianzang said the biggest difficulty at the moment.

The main object of his discussion is Chiyo.

"Sealing a tailed beast requires technology and time. Generally speaking, even in Sunagakure Village, extracting a tailed beast requires at least a few days of preparation."

Chiyo said based on his past experience.

"But this is a general situation. Since that organization dares to capture tailed beasts, the tailed beast-related technologies they possess cannot be speculated based on common sense. The longer time passes, the more dangerous Gaara will be."

Tenzo conducts analysis based on available intelligence.

If things develop as Chiyo said, then this is naturally the best outcome.

However, they cannot place their hopes on such inaccurate past experience.

The enemy has captured three tailed beasts, which means that the enemy's tailed beast-related technology is beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

Chiyo was silent, this was exactly what she was worried about.

As they were thinking, footsteps came from outside.

I saw Sai walking in from the outside with Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu. In addition, the Konoha team headed by Nara Suzaku also entered together.

The two teams were clearly distinct. Cai led Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Ku in the team to stand in the corner of the cave and occupy a space.

Nara Suzaku led Sai and Hanoko to Tenzo and Naruto, and whispered something to each other.

During this period, Cai felt the eyes staring from Konoha, turned around and took a look. After realizing it was Naruto, she didn't pay attention and stood there without saying a word, not knowing what she was thinking.

"You should all know the situation now that you have seen it. Sunagakure needs the full help of Byakugan at this moment."

Chiyo came over and said to Aya.

"Yes, if the one tail is successfully taken away, it will not be a good thing for our country of ghosts. However, I am curious, how will the Kazekage handle it?"

Cai thought about it for a moment and then asked.

He didn't care about Feng Ying's safety.

But Sunagakure will never abandon Kazekage.

In order to ensure the safety of Kazekage, Sunagakure must retain part of his power.

"I will leave ANBU and Ebizo to guard here to protect Rasa's safety and wait for the antidote to be delivered."

Chiyo thought about it and decided to keep the Sunagakure ANBU who followed him and his younger brother Ebizo as a force to protect Rasa.

Ebizo sighed and accepted his sister Chiyo's arrangement in silence.

"In that case, then there is no problem on my side. Without further ado, let's set off as soon as possible."

Cai nodded, and before staying in the cave for a minute, he left the cave with Xiang Rin and Yamazaki Jiu.

"Then, Elder Qiandai, our side has also passed."

Tenzo nodded to Chiyo and led the four Narutos away along the path that Sai and the others had walked.

Chiyo glanced at the unconscious Rasa, looked at Ebizo, and ordered:

"He just asked you to do it."

"Have you really decided, sister?"

Ebizo nodded and asked this question.

Chiyo paused and didn't answer. Then he ran without looking back and disappeared at the entrance of the cave.

Looking at the place where his sister Chiyo disappeared, Ebizo could not return to his senses for a long time. He looked a little disappointed and sighed deeply and longly.

"Grandpa Ebizo, is it okay for Granny Chiyo to just let go like this? That guy Xiao is not that strong. I can feel that Xiao is different from ordinary puppet masters. There are important secrets hidden in him."

Kankuro struggled to stand up and said these words to Ebizo.

Although Chiyo is a member of Sunagakure Village, his puppet skills are unparalleled, and the Ten Finger Technique is a legendary secret puppet skill with incredible skills, but that was still a matter of his youth.

He was worried about whether Chiyo, now over seventy years old, could still maintain the peak strength of his youth.

Kankuro is not optimistic about this.

Ebizo just shook his head.

"Don't worry, let her handle it. This is the only thing she can do at this time."

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Am I going to die?

Gaara asked such a question in his mind.

The surroundings were cold and dark, with no light in sight.

My mind was also in a daze, and I could hardly think of anything.

The only thing he could recall was that before he fell into coma, he was attacked by a scorpion.

And at the last moment, he stopped Scorpion from killing his father Luo Sha.

Why did I go to save that man?

I obviously wanted that man to die the most, but I would make such a stupid mistake.

But that doesn't matter now.

I will be taken away by the scorpion, stripped of the tail of the beast, and then end with a meaningless ending, and finally die in a dark corner where no one knows.

It was a fitting way for a jinchūriki to die.

No matter whether he was alive or dead, he was always alone.

There is no need to love others or to be loved by others.

"This guy is still conscious, Brother Scorpion. It's been two days, it's really not easy. Hmm."

The voice suddenly came from 'outside'.

It was the rebel ninja named Deidara.

‘Brother Scorpion’… probably refers to the scorpion that sneaks up on me.

However, has it been two days since he fell into coma?

"After all, he is a Jinchuuriki, and his vitality is not as strong as usual."

Xie's cold voice sounded.

"However, the next step is the problem. Not only Konoha, but also the Kingdom of Demons has joined in. The guy who blew off my arm seems to be the brother of the 'princess'. Hmm."

Deidara's voice sounded again.

"The intervention of the Kingdom of Ghosts is indeed a dangerous sign. I knew that guy Qianba Shiraishi would not watch us recover the tailed beasts one by one. I just didn't expect that he would intervene so quickly."

This voice was very unfamiliar to Gaara.

Serious and majestic, this is probably how it feels.

Moreover, this voice, to Gaara's ears, had a power that penetrated the soul, making people's bodies begin to tremble involuntarily.

He could feel that a certain 'monster' in his body was trembling under this voice, showing a timid attitude that he had never seen before.

Shukaku was afraid of the owner of this voice.

Gaara opened his eyes drowsily.

Although it is not very clear, one can vaguely see a general scene.

In a dark and closed space that did not look like a man-made wide space, he could vaguely see a huge wooden man with half of his body exposed. There was a figure standing on each of the ten fingers protruding from the ground.

Among them, only two figures were entities, namely Scorpion and Deidara. The other eight people were all illusory bodies based on rainbow colors, not their true bodies.

And he was wrapped in a thick blue chakra, floating in the air, and a strong and malicious red chakra was constantly leaking out from his body, flowing towards the mouth of the giant wooden man.

This is Shukaku's chakra.

The giant wooden man was preying on Shukaku's flesh and blood.

Gaara wanted to resist the power that absorbed the tailed beast's chakra in his body, but found that no matter how much he resisted, it seemed to be in vain.

The tailed beast chakra in his body continued to leak out and was absorbed by the ferocious giant wooden man.

He could only watch it all happen, unable to stop it.

Subconsciously, Gaara looked up at one of the colorful shadows.

However, before he could take a closer look at the figure, Gaara felt as if his body was suddenly pierced by a sharp ice pick. The cold was biting, and his consciousness collapsed directly, falling into darkness again.