Escape From Konoha

In the dim tree hole, the light is very dark, and the place where you can see clearly is very narrow. A metal device similar to a white spire is being laid in the tree hole. The antenna on the spire spreads a kind of naked eye to the surroundings. Invisible signals, and occasionally a faint hoarse sound, sound from the device, indicating that the signal tower is operating normally.

"No, Xiao Hei, we can't stop you from the front."

A Bai Jue hurriedly emerged from the ground and came to the front of Black Jue, his face sweating profusely.

Konoha's attack was much more ferocious than expected. The White Zetsu brought in almost collapsed at the first touch, and there was no way to effectively resist it.

Therefore, he could only come to Hei Jue for advice.

Otherwise, if this continues, the signal towers placed in the forests of the Land of Fire will sooner or later be destroyed one by one by the Konoha ninjas.

He did not believe that Konoha would not have such power.

Once this group of Konoha ninjas unite, they can unleash a power that destroys everything.

"How come it's so fast?"

Hei Jue was also surprised and seemed to find it hard to believe this result.

Bai Zetsu said helplessly: "This kind of thing is a bit strange to say. It has only been about an hour since Payne attacked Konoha, and they have directly figured out Payne's mechanism, and they also know that those who go there are puppets and need signal remote control. "

After hearing this, Black Zetsu felt thoughtful, thinking about Konoha's abnormal patrol arrangements from the beginning, and a guess suddenly came to his mind.

However, he now had no concrete evidence to prove that his guess was correct, so he looked at Bai Zetsu and asked, "Is there any new instruction from Nagato-sama?"

Now it is too late to mobilize the White Jue army to protect the signal tower.

Moreover, just in case, those White Zetsu armies have been mobilized to various places in the Kingdom of Rain. Without Nagato's order, even if they want to mobilize, it will be very difficult.

"Emergency contact has been made over there, but Lord Nagato is in the Kingdom of Water and cannot split the troops. After all, none of us expected that Konoha would discover Pain's secret so quickly."

"What if they knew from the beginning?"

"That's impossible. That Sannin didn't send out the slightest message."

"We did seal off Jiraiya's death, but what about the Kingdom of Demons? Jiraiya was a chess piece they sent into Amegakure to test Lord Nagato. If they had set up the death of Jiraiya from the beginning script, and then send the information they know to Konoha 'reasonably' at the right time, so that Konoha can get some key information in advance, successfully induce it, and make it more difficult for us to capture the Jinchuuriki... This kind of thing , it might happen.”

Black Jue stared at Bai Jue with a faint look in his eyes and said.

Bai Jue's face was stunned, obviously he didn't expect this.

"this……"

"There has been no news from Pain that the Jinchuuriki has been captured. According to initial speculation, the battle should be resolved within half an hour."

After all, what Pain wants to do is not to fight against the entire Konoha, but to evacuate the people. When the troops are most dispersed, they can capture the Jinchuriki as quickly as possible. There is no need to fight against the entire Konoha.

In any case, it would be difficult for the ninjas staying in Konoha to win with just six Pains.

Therefore, in this operation, Tiandao served as the main offensive force, and the remaining five were used to attract firepower, create chaos in various parts of Konoha, and gain time and space for Tiandao to capture the jinchūriki.

However, the premise of all this is to catch Konoha off guard so that it can be successfully completed.

If Konoha gets any key information in advance, it will undoubtedly completely disrupt their plan and lead to the failure of the capture of the Jinchuuriki.

"If you say so, the country of ghosts..."

"Intelligence... is a very important thing. The Ghost Country, which has stronger information channels than us, can guess more than 90% of its opponents' action plans based on the existing intelligence. This is the most terrifying thing about them. one."

Hei Jue said this, his tone full of solemnity.

"Now what?"

"How many signal towers are left?"

Black never answered the rhetorical question.

"On your side, Xiao Hei, there are still three left, and the signal towers in the rest of the area are basically cut off. Moreover, Konoha's sensory ninjas seem to be using secret techniques to interfere with our chakra signals."

Bai Jue said that the current situation is quite serious.

They used chakra signals to remotely control Pain's actions, which meant that chakra perception needed to be diffused, and Konoha, which had a mature sensory ninjutsu system, could naturally take corresponding actions immediately to destroy their chakra transmission.

Ninja villages under the rule of great powers are not only powerful in military affairs, but they also have a complete set of operating mechanisms that can respond to various situations quickly and effectively.

In other words, if they don't have the power to absolutely crush them, no matter how strong the Paynes are, they can only be dragged down abruptly.

"As expected, only 70% of the power that Heavenly Dao can exert is left. If the signal tower here is also destroyed..."

Hei Jue frowned tightly.

Finally, he thought of something and shook his head.

"We can only look at the way of heaven. I hope the battle can end soon..."

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"Hey, you guys are too late."

Shikamaru was slightly dissatisfied with the root's slowness.

You must know that the enemy has already attacked the hinterland of Konoha and even wiped the center of Konoha off the map. Not to mention the casualties, the economic losses alone are more than ten times more severe than when Sasuke caused trouble in Konoha two months ago. .

"Sorry, we need to make a lot of preparations here, and Danzo-sama's safety must come first."

As for Shikamaru's objections, Aburame Tachigen was not very understanding.

However, he also knew that Shikamaru's thoughts were not entirely about his roots, the other half was on Konoha.

Compared to the group that revolves around Danzo, they are slow to act on this kind of incident, and it is inevitable that there will be criticism.

Even if the root depends on Shikamaru in the future to ease relations with the other factions in the village, it is definitely not now.

In the final analysis, this person is just a bridge, a bridge connecting the roots, Konoha, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki. It's just that this bridge is very important and cannot be lost at the moment.

This is Aburame’s perspective.

"Currently, the number of ninjas lost in the village has reached 1,500, and the number of minor and serious injuries combined is almost the same. The center of the village has been completely flattened. To be honest, the casualties are too terrible."

Based on the information he got, Shikamaru asked Aburame for root explanation.

"Is it that serious?"

Aburame Togen was also startled by Shikamaru's report, and the muscles on her face were a little stiff.

Shikamaru sighed, but handed out a document and placed it in front of Tori.

Take the root and take it over.

"This is the ability information obtained by frontline ninjas after fighting with the enemy."

After hearing Shikamaru's explanation, Torine nodded and scanned through it in the shortest possible time, keeping this information in mind.

Then, transfer the information to the root ninjas behind, so that they can digest the information as soon as possible.

While digesting this information, Shikamaru also took Tirane and others into action, exchanging information with each other while rushing to the front line.

"When I was investigating information at the Roots, I found that when you were in contact with Akatsuki at the Roots, in addition to communicating with the ninja who called himself Madara, the only one left was Orochimaru... Isn't there any more information about their leader? "

Shikamaru couldn't help but ask.

Takegen shook his head.

"No, if there is, we won't hide it here. After all, it is related to the safety of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. We know the importance of this. As for 'Akatsuki', we have just learned the name of this organization. , before that, there was no association between it and the organization of the Kingdom of Rain during the Third Ninja War."

After all, no one thought that Akatsuki, who was wiped out by the roots in the Third Ninja War, would now be the criminal organization that secretly seeks tailed beasts from all over the world, causing many people a headache.

According to the root records, that organization had already been wiped out in the war.

"But in this way, it can be explained clearly why they use Amegakure as their organizational headquarters to carry out activities. Moreover, during the independence war of the Country of Rain, they also obtained the support of the Country of Ghosts... The two of them In the past, there should have been a deep cooperative relationship. But after the scale of Akatsuki's operations expanded, the two began to part ways, ending the honeymoon period."

Take root and analyze the information you know.

After all, the Kingdom of Oni once attacked the Akatsuki organization during Operation One-Tail.

Uchiha Sasuke even eliminated Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi of the Akatsuki organization, severely damaging Akatsuki's core strength.

And behind these are the shadows of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Even when Uchiha Sasuke attacked Konoha, it was controlled by the Kingdom of Demons behind the scenes.

If it weren't for the secret interference from the Kingdom of Ghosts, they would have arrested Sasuke more than two months ago, obtained the new kaleidoscope, and used it as research material on the operating table.

When I think about this, I can't help but feel regretful.

"The Kingdom of Ghosts? No 'good thing' can really be achieved without them. Are they planning to cast everyone under their shadow?"

Shikamaru said something that was either mocking or admiring.

The closer he got to the core of the village, the more Shikamaru was able to understand the horror of this country and their pervasive spies.

They used these spies to lay a huge net in the ninja world, trying to cover all countries.

Konoha, in particular, is the area most severely infiltrated by the Kingdom of Demons.

Konoha still dare not say that there are no spies from the Kingdom of Demon in the village. In the secret, these spies working for the Kingdom of Ghosts are still staring at Konoha. As soon as there is any important news, these things will be delivered to the Kingdom of Ghosts as quickly as possible.

"With their intelligence superiority, they are just following the trend to further expand their country's advantages."

Takegen said calmly.

Information is an extremely important area for Ninja Village.

Whoever masters these will have the advantage of taking the initiative and taking the initiative, and can reasonably predict the opponent's next specific actions.

It's just that it's very rare for such a large information network to be laid out in the Kingdom of Ghosts. This not only means that the military power of the Ghost Country is strong, but also the funds involved behind it are also an astronomical figure.

"Let's get over the current difficulty first. I don't know what's going on with Naruto."

Shikamaru looked forward.

They were rushing towards the fighting area and could feel the chilling atmosphere coming from the distant forest.

Not only that, violent shocks would erupt from time to time, making Shikamaru clearly feel that the high walls surrounding Konoha began to buzz, tremble, and moan.

It's hard to imagine that a ninja battle would be so intense.

"Judging from the chakra he sensed before, Naruto seemed to have briefly fallen into a period of weakness, but now, the situation seems to have begun to reverse."

In the root, the jounin responsible for perception suddenly said.

"Anyway, let's speed up. If the Kyuubi is taken away, things will be in trouble. By the way, the Hokage should have made arrangements, right?"

Takegen looked at Shikamaru.

He is the contact person between Genbu and Naruto. There is currently a reconciliation plan between Genbu and Naruto, so the position of this middleman has become extremely important.

"Well, all the people have been evacuated to safe areas. Lord Hokage is using medical ninjutsu to treat the wounded. As for the rest of the Konoha ninja, they have gone to support and are preparing to fight back with all their strength."

Shikamaru replied.

For a village as large as Konoha, it would take a certain amount of preparation time to launch an all-out counterattack in your own village.

Just the evacuation of people is a huge problem.

Only when the people are evacuated can they launch a counterattack call to the attackers and fight without any scruples.

Otherwise, if ordinary civilians were present, many jounin would not dare to use their full strength to deal with the enemy, and would be severely constrained.

"That's good. After solving the matter here, all that's left is Yugakure's side."

Togen nodded, only by ensuring the safety of Kyuubi can he not worry about attacking Yugakure.

At the same time, it is also necessary to gain the support of other villages to declare war on the Kingdom of Rain and take away the stolen tailed beast.

In this way, the countries that have regained the Tailed Beasts will have more confidence to deal with the problem of the Demon Country, and will not be as weak as in the past.

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"Shinra Tenzheng!"

The strong repulsive impact hit Naruto's body instantly, causing Naruto to stumble backwards, but in the end his body shook and the heavy pressure wrapped around his body was dispersed.

Rich orange-red chakra enveloped the whole body, and three soft fluid-like tails swayed behind Naruto.

At the same time, the Sage Talisman in his body began to operate at high speed. As long as he was not defeated by the enemy in an instant, the Sage Talisman could continue to provide Naruto with healing power and keep him in peak condition.

"What's wrong? You said you wanted to take away the stupid fox in my body, but that's the only result? Your strength... seems to have become much smaller."

Naruto put down his hands to block the impact and smiled provocatively at Tiandao, seeming to mock the opponent's weakness.

"Is there something wrong with Black Zetsu?"

Tiandao did not answer Naruto's question, but looked at the palm of his right hand that had just released the repulsive impact, and murmured something.

The chakra in the body is still very full and can still fight a protracted battle, but the body's remote control power here has begun to decline.

What this means is naturally clear to Heaven.

The signal towers installed in the Land of Fire were damaged.

Without the connection to the signal tower, even the main body cannot cross the huge sea area and most of the territory of the big country to perfectly control Payne's battle.

The repulsive impact just released was enough to flatten a small forest, but its power was not even half of what was expected.

It was a fact that Naruto resisted it so easily.

and……

Tiandao looked at the suspended black ball beside Naruto with fear, knowing that Naruto was waiting for the opportunity to launch a one-hit kill attack on him.

After all, controlling the Taoist Jade attack requires a large amount of chakra. In a battle of this intensity, every bit of chakra needs to be applied to the blade and cannot be wasted.

The situation is not good, should we use the ‘Earth Explosion Star’ to deal with him? Tiandao began to think secretly.

"What? Aren't you going to take action? Then, let me attack this time."

Naruto said this and formed seals with his hands.

"The art of multiple shadow clones!"

A sheet of white smoke rushed out from the ground. Hundreds of Naruto's shadow clones were wrapped in orange-red chakra feathers. They rushed out of the smoke and dispersed in all directions, immediately forming a circle around Heaven.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

Tiandao let go of his hands, and the repulsive force rushed around, setting off a violent impact, intending to kill these shadow clones in one go.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

boom!

Hundreds of shadow clones immediately spit out surging airflow from their mouths, converging into an inward-squeezing storm, and collided with the impact caused by the repulsive force.

The sky was filled with flying sand, which immediately obscured the vision in front of him.

Tiandao suddenly looked solemn, and his strength dropped again.

In other words, at this rate, his strength will soon be weakened to only 20 to 30%.

This is an extremely dangerous signal for Tiandao.

Suddenly, a hissing sound alerted Tiandao.

The black ball broke through the smoke and flew straight towards it.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

Tiandao jumped back, and a huge and thick curtain of water spurted upward from the ground.

The black ball landed on the ground with a loud bang, and the earth collapsed under the impact.

The huge water wall also lost its effectiveness in an instant.

Tiandao rolled tens of meters away in the sudden impact and fell to the ground on all fours. His eyes were still filled with wind and sand, which showed that his field of vision was very narrow.

With his excellent ear power, Tiandao moved his ears and immediately heard the sound of air friction coming from the dust.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

Without any hesitation, Tiandao quickly released a repulsive impact to the side with maximum strength.

The smoke was suddenly blasted with a large hole by the repulsive force, and the field of vision was bright. A white light wheel with a blue chakra ball as its core appeared in the field of vision.

The rotating white blades constantly rub against the air, making a harsh noise.

Boom!

The air roared, and the white flash suddenly swallowed up the repulsive impact and flew back towards Tiandao.

Heavenly Dao stared at this storm, and even if the repulsive impact was swallowed up, there was not much energy left to fight back.

Before Tiandao could think too much, the noise from the surrounding air friction was getting louder and louder, and it was coming from every direction, as if he was trapped in an environment besieged on all sides.

The wind and sand dispersed, and the hanging hands of the hundreds of shadow clones surrounding it each held a chakra ball, infused with wind attribute chakra, and attached to the chakra ball were rotating blades that made noise.

The scale of these blades is not large, but the sharp cutting sound can still make people clearly understand that if they hit directly, they will still be fatal.

Tiandao couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded when he saw the densely packed mini spiral shurikens around him.

"This is really... an extremely extravagant tactic."

Ignoring Tiandao, a shadow clone rushed up. Taking this as a signal, all the shadow clones swarmed forward, raising the mini spiral shurikens in both hands. The airflow around them was completely chaotic, and the noise brought terrible pressure from all directions. The way of heaven is like a quagmire from which one cannot escape.

Not only that, after these shadow clones arranged a complete encirclement, a black ball silently came to the top of Tiandao. With a terrifying aura, it locked Tiandao, ready to land at any time and hit the opponent directly.

Can't escape! Tiandao quickly judged this.

The stronger Shinra Tianzheng needs to accumulate power. In its current state, which is less than half of its heyday, if you want to disperse these shadow clones in one go and find a breakthrough, it will take at least ten seconds to accumulate power.

And Naruto saw through this and wouldn't give him too long to accumulate power.

And even if he was lucky enough to escape the shadow clone, the Tao-seeking jade suspended above his head was the last trump card for victory, leaving him no chance to breathe a sigh of relief.

In other words, the current way of heaven has reached its end, and it is no longer possible to win.

"It's over..."

Tiandao's body relaxed instead, and he exhaled a long breath.

Sure enough, being seen through the corpse doll requires remote control, which is extremely fatal.

This is the biggest weakness of the Penns.

boom!

The storm surged into the sky and exploded instantly on the earth.

The impact of a large amount of earth and rock mixed together, forming a tsunami that rushed around, completely swallowing Tiandao's figure.

The vibrations caused by the storm's impact lasted for half a minute before abating.

Naruto came to the core of the explosion. To his shock, except for the shadow clone, the figure of Tiandao had disappeared from here.

"This is the art of counter-spirituality..."

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Above Kirigakure.

Suddenly a burst of white smoke appeared, and six figures were suspended in front of Nagato.

It was Pain's Six Paths.

Except for the Heavenly Path which was the most seriously damaged, the other five paths were also damaged and needed to be repaired.

"Qianba Shiraishi...are you planning to make both me and Konoha suffer, and to extract information from me at the same time?"

Nagato looked at Pain's six paths' body and became thoughtful.

He thought he was almost certain to obtain Konoha's Nine Tails, but Konoha learned of the situation on his side in advance, reminding Konoha that Payne was not a real person, but a puppet. This allowed Konoha to figure out Payne's weakness, destroy the signaling device, and cut off the connection between the main body and Payne.

At the same time, most of Payne's information was also learned, because Payne's abilities are distributed by the Samsara Eye.

In other words, some of the abilities of the Samsara Eye have also been stolen.

Konoha knows this information, which means that the Kingdom of Demons knows that this is an inseparable connection.

By the way, it ruined his operation to capture the Nine-Tails and caused heavy losses to Konoha.

Kill three birds with one stone.

Of course, if you include the dead Jiraiya, you can kill four birds with one stone.

"However, the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki also has many secrets..."

Although the interference from the Kingdom of Ghosts was one aspect, the various methods hidden in Naruto's body also overwhelmed him. He failed to investigate clearly in advance, which caught Tiandao off guard.

Letting out a gentle breath, Nagato suppressed the annoyance in his heart.

Although Konoha's operation failed, it cannot affect the next operation.

"Forget it, let's put aside Konoha's side for now. What matters now is Kirigakure's two tailed beasts."

Nagato took out a scroll, suspended it in the air, and formed seals with his hands.

After a few bangs, the six figures turned into smoke and disappeared. On the scroll that was spread out, the words "Heaven's Way", "Hell's Way", "Human Way", "Asura Way" and other words appeared, and all Pain was recovered.

This is an important component of Yugakure's combat power, not just discarded cannon fodder.

Especially at this moment when there is an extreme lack of core strength, Payne plays an extremely important role.

Then, Nagato put away the scroll, glanced at the Kirigakure below, and locked in one direction.

"Is it there?"

The first thing that started to fluctuate was the air around Nagato.

The next moment——

Boom!

A dull sound spread slightly in the air.

Nagato, together with the surrounding air, was pushed towards the earth by the gravity transmitter.

The body first passed through the barrier above Kirigakure. Before the alarm sounded, Nagato's body hit a building like a cannonball.

A corner of the building exploded.

Huge chunks of rock fell.

Nagato showed no tendency to stop charging and touched the ground. Almost at the same time, a violent explosion erupted from the ground and the corner of the building that was struck, kicking up dust and rolling around.

"Beep——"

The siren sounded throughout Kirigakure in hindsight.

A signal was sent to all ninjas and villagers - Kirigakure was attacked by an unknown enemy.

Nagato calmly walked out of the smoke amidst the loud sirens and looked at the short figure on the platform who turned back because of the explosion behind him.

"who!"

Upon seeing this, the four ANBU members quickly took protective measures against this sudden situation, stepped forward, and stared at Nagato who came out of the smoke with vigilant eyes.

Nagato ignored the ANBU's questions and just stared at the short figure protected behind by four ANBU with a pair of expressionless eyes. He had green hair, purple pupils, and a signature stitched scar on his left cheek—— Tangerine Yagura.

The former Mizukage, who has abdicated in favor of others, is the only known perfect jinchūriki in the world.

"The coat with red clouds on the black background...is he from that organization? I didn't expect that even a retired guy like me would be targeted."

Yagura quietly took off the long stick with a sharp hook behind him, and a stream of red chakra naturally leaked out of his body, tightly and seamlessly covering his whole body, forming an extremely thick layer of chakra armor.

Compared to Naruto's reluctant operation, this chakra belonging to the three tails, under Yagura's control, was as obedient as a docile sheep, without any trace of losing control, and was flawlessly controlled by Yagura.

"The Yondaime Mizukage...I need the tailed beast inside you."

What responded to Yagura was Nagato's indifferent voice, which was the same as his expression, neither sad nor happy.

The gaze of the Rinnegan turned into a blade and stabbed Yagura.