Escape From Konoha

"The war hasn't even started yet, but the flames have already started to burn. The actions over there are still as fast and direct as ever, without any fear of retaliation from the Allied forces."

In Yuyin Village, Xiaonan reported to Nagato who had returned.

Akatsuki is not completely ignorant of all the turbulence that has occurred in the black market these days.

What's more, the Alliance Army's wooing of bounty hunters from the black market is already considered a semi-open secret in the eyes of many people, but no one has directly mentioned it on the table.

Furthermore, the Alliance Army unilaterally claimed that the recruitment of bounty hunters was a private action of Tsuchikage Onoki, and its purpose was not to deal with the Fifth Ninja War... Of course, this was just a scene. Such a large-scale recruitment of bounty hunters could not be a private action of the Tsuchikage, nor could it have anything to do with the ensuing war.

This kind of self-deception cannot be recognized by mainstream opinion.

Even when she first received this information, Xiaonan was very wary of it.

The Alliance Army, which is already extremely powerful, will become even more difficult to bite if it turns the power of the entire black market into a blade in its hand.

Therefore, Xiaonan is also quite happy about the actions taken by the Kingdom of Ghosts.

In any case, the two sides started to fight like dogs, and I couldn't be more happy. It would be better to fight to the point of life and death, so that Xiao could win without spending a single soldier. However, such a good thing can only be imagined in dreams.

The Alliance Army later only concealed the existence of the bounty hunter, rather than immediately launching retaliatory actions. It was obvious that they, like Akatsuki, were still in the preparation stage. To start a war now is just to fall into the trap dug by the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"This situation is also expected. Judging from the system of the Kingdom of Ghosts, they have a zero-tolerance attitude towards illegal forces. Moreover, the black market is also supplying troops to the Alliance Army under their noses, which just gives them An excuse to attack.”

Nagato was only slightly surprised by the result, and then calmed down.

The problem of the black market has existed since ancient times, but in this era, the black market platform is extremely large.

However, even for such an underground country, facing the military front of a big country, it is impossible to resist head-on.

"However, what I didn't expect was that Deidara would betray Akatsuki and join the Kingdom of Demons."

Nagato frowned when he saw the information collected by Bai Zetsu until he saw the information that Deidara had joined the Ghost Country Thorn Team.

Traitor... Strictly speaking, not at all.

Not just because the information Deidara knew was not very important. Deidara joined Akatsuki, which was also caused by Itachi's semi-force before.

In addition, Xie, who had the best relationship with him, also left Xiao in the name of 'death'.

For Akatsuki, Deidara's sense of belonging was even weaker.

As for how long Deidara will stay in the Kingdom of Demons, and whether he will betray the Kingdom of Demons in the future, Nagato does not know. But as long as Deidara is fighting for the Kingdom of Demons now, it will be a huge trouble.

Deidara's explosive escape ninjutsu is more suitable for the battlefield than most ninjas.

Coupled with the rare air strike ability, it means that Deidara has extremely strong special attack capabilities.

"This is indeed a bit regretful."

Xiaonan was also very helpless about this. Most of the Akatsuki members were rebel ninjas. The so-called loyalty was really a luxury for rebels. Most of them have their own demands before joining Xiaozhong.

Not every rebellious ninja is a conscientious person like Kisame, who is willing to go through life and death for Akatsuki's great cause.

And even Kisame has his own demands and wants to find a place for himself.

"Forget it, the matter is over, don't worry about him. Next, seize the time to arrange the position. The preparations for the Five Powers Alliance will probably be completed."

Nagato said this.

Xiaonan nodded, and then she left to deal with the matters at hand.

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On the shattered land, a fierce storm set off by chakra is brewing, shaking the island and the surrounding sea, setting off layers of turbulent waves.

Turtle Island, in the center of the battle storm, is just a boat drifting with the current, in danger of capsizing at any time.

"Damn it, you actually use the same technique as me..."

Naruto watched as the seeking jade, which almost destroyed the island with one blow, flew back in front of 'Naruto' after destroying the earth.

There is a terrifying and destructive aura brewing above, ready to launch a second impact at any time.

The seeking jade obtained from Asura was not only Naruto's own patent at this time.

Moreover, he has a deep understanding of the power of Qiudao Jade.

This is the power that can destroy a forest with just one blow.

If the power is further increased, it may be possible to reach the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Jade, allowing the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Jade to remain permanent.

Because of this, Naruto felt that the 'Naruto' in front of him was very difficult.

"Didn't I tell you, I am you. I know all the tricks you know, and I can't use them if you don't know them."

'Naruto' chuckled, his face was full of darkness and evil, his pupils were also full of deep darkness, and no light could be seen.

"shut up!"

Naruto yelled, interrupting 'Naruto's' provocation.

"The art of multiple shadow clones!"

In an instant, hundreds of Naruto's shadow clones appeared, forming an orderly army and charging forward.

As his opponent, 'Naruto', not to be outdone, allowed the Dao-seeking jade to float in front of him, and then began to form seals, responding with the same moves.

"The art of multiple shadow clones!"

The same number of 'Naruto' shadow clones appeared, emitting an impact that was not weaker than the Naruto shadow clone army.

The island beneath his feet began to tremble and buzz, emitting a shrill wail one after another.

Even though Naruto knew that this was an illusion and not real, he was still amazed by the strangeness of the space here.

But this is not the time to pay attention to such things. There is only one thing he needs to do, and that is to defeat the impostor in front of him!

"Rasengan!"

Each of the thousands of fighting shadow clones raised a rasengan and launched themselves as cannonballs.

Boom!

Boom!

The sound of explosions was endless.

Under the charge of thousands of people, the island instantly collapsed from the middle.

It was obviously just two people fighting, but they created a fierce aura that could only be achieved by thousands of troops.

The light of the shattering explosion shone out, and the land underfoot became less and less, with sand, soil and trees flying everywhere.

Not long after, only a small soil slope less than a few meters in size was left on the island at his feet, and the rest of the island was wiped out in the previous conflict.

Every minute and every second, shadow clones disappear.

Even so, the troops on both sides were still sprinting forward without fear of death, moving forward wholeheartedly and never taking a step back.

It seems that if you take a step back at this moment, you will feel like losing to the opponent.

The dignity of both parties does not allow themselves to fail.

"Haha, they say you can't defeat me like this. Accept me and accept me. I am the darkness in your heart, and I am the real you!"

'Naruto' was still smiling shamelessly, the evil and madness on his face were obvious.

He has no empathy or love at all. All he has is destruction, killing, resentment, and hatred for the entire world.

"shut up!"

"Actually, you also think those people are very noisy. They are obviously hypocritical, but they dare to talk so brazenly that they ask us to protect and follow the will of fire. The Hokage is just a hypocritical inheritance!"

Trying to disturb Naruto's heart with words.

"I told you, shut up and don't talk nonsense here!"

Naruto was extremely angry. After all the shadow clones disappeared, he quickly rushed in front of 'Naruto' and threw a heavy punch.

'Naruto' responded with the same punch.

boom!

Strong air waves flew out, setting off huge waves all around, swinging away into the distance.

The two of them flew back at the same time, gathered chakra balls in their palms at the same time, and injected a large amount of wind attribute chakra.

"Senfa: Spiral Shuriken!"

laugh!

The rotating chakra balls and the surrounding blades turned into a flash of light and collided with each other on the sea.

The piercing screams make people lose their hearing, and the bright white light also deprives people of their vision.

Then came a hurricane strong enough to blow away a human body, and struck again, making it difficult for people to open their eyes.

A huge hole was dug into the sea surface, and it could not be recovered for a long time.

The seawater flying up into the sky turned into continuous raindrops, forming like a heavy rain, falling from the sky, soaking the clothes of the two people, and also wetted the Konoha forehead protectors on their foreheads.

Looking at 'Naruto' who was as unscathed as himself and didn't even take a breath, Naruto secretly felt troubled.

Even when he faced Pain's Six Paths, he was not so difficult to deal with.

No matter what he wanted to do, the other party seemed to understand clearly, and then quickly responded with the same action.

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Naruto, who was sitting on the boulder in the pool, suddenly opened his eyes and began to cough violently. He began to breathe hard, as if he had experienced a very fierce battle, and his breath immediately weakened.

When such a scene happened, the expressions of Tenzo and Samui, who had been paying attention to Naruto's situation, changed.

Tenzo rushed up directly, came to Naruto's side, and helped his shaky body back up.

"Are you okay, Naruto? What's wrong with you?"

"A guy like me appeared, saying it was my dark side, and using the same tricks as me..."

Naruto explained in short words.

Breathing slowly calmed down.

Thinking back to the previous battles made Naruto feel frightened.

Such a strange battle was the only one he had ever seen in his life.

Moreover, there is also a sense of despair that no matter what I do, I feel that there is no way to start, born in my heart.

It seems to be invincible.

Hearing Naruto do this, Tenzou nodded in understanding, and it was exactly what Samui said.

Naruto was fighting another version of himself.

A completely evil version of himself.

And judging from the information revealed by Naruto, that evil self does have the same strength as the main body. Whatever Naruto himself can do, another Naruto can also use it skillfully.

Even Tianzang was at a loss as to how to deal with such an opponent.

"This is the effect of the Waterfall of Reality. Only when you defeat the self you see can you truly get started. If you can't even pass this level, you won't be able to truly master the power of the tailed beast."

Samyi came over and said.

"But how do you defeat such a guy? Did Uncle Kirabi also face this problem at the beginning?"

Naruto was very curious about this.

Samyi nodded and said: "Of course, Kirabi-sama completed the perfect Jinchuuriki training here, there is no doubt about it."

"So, is there a trick or something?"

Naruto wanted to know that.

"I'm sorry. Only Mr. Kirabi knows about this kind of thing on the island now. However, I think there is no such thing as a secret. It's more likely because your cultivation method is wrong. I occasionally hear some truths about it. People who have practiced cultivation here say that if you want to defeat the evil self, you need to recognize yourself clearly."

Samui answered Naruto's question with a vague concept.

"Recognize yourself?"

Naruto blinked, confused.

"Well, to what extent can we recognize ourselves?"

Naruto continued to ask questions.

"Even if you ask that, I don't know very well. I have never practiced here. You can only rely on yourself for this kind of thing. After all, you are the only one who knows yourself best, right?"

Samyi shook his head and said he was helpless.

"That's what you say, but I can't understand it at all. The scope of such a thing is too big to recognize oneself."

Naruto's complaint made Samui continue to shake his head.

She was also at a loss to do anything about it. As Naruto said, the concept of recognizing yourself is too big.

Seeing that Samui didn't know what to do, Naruto knew that the other party couldn't be counted on, so he began to meditate on his own, trying to find a way to solve the problem.

However, no matter how you think about it, the results you get end in failure.

After all, the other self has all the same conditions as himself, whether it is ninjutsu, special skills, or even other things, the other person has them all.

The other party even gave Naruto a strange feeling, that is, the other party also has the ability to grow, and his strength will not remain unchanged.

This kind of opponent makes people despair.

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There was little light in the dark gray sky, and it was already evening.

Being able to see a majestic high-rise building built between the mountains, one can see at a glance how much effort it took to build such a majestic high-rise building in such a complex mountain range. In terms of cost alone, it is an astronomical figure. Bar.

Not only is it hidden in a desolate and inhabited place, but the architectural style is integrated with the surrounding mountains. The architect who designed it is not an unknown person.

And here is the headquarters of the black market.

Although there are many branches of the black market covering most of the ninja world, even an inconspicuous public toilet may have a hidden passage leading to the black market's trading base.

However, as the headquarters of the black market, there is only one.

Several big businessmen spent a lot of money to buy the entire mountain range, and then turned it into a private territory, becoming a state within a state.

The capital flow from the black market branch base will eventually be concentrated here, and then distributed to the corresponding major shareholders with corresponding shares. The major shareholders can also use this to seek assistance from senior officials of various countries to protect the black market platform. Among them, the top leaders of the five major countries account for a very high proportion.

After all, if the top leaders of the five major countries had not acquiesced in such a gray industry, the black market would not have survived to this day.

Spreading her chakra wings, Ichiji flew to an altitude of a thousand meters above the black market headquarters building, and slowly stopped flying.

At such a high altitude, it would be impossible to find Yiji without special care.

Furthermore, even though this place has an advanced air defense system and a radar that detects the sky, it is not difficult for Yiji to hide her aura.

Although high-tech tools are convenient, they are not immune to everyone's prying eyes.

What's more, the radar system here is far less advanced than the one in the Kingdom of Ghosts, and its reconnaissance capabilities still need to be improved.

"There are more than twenty security personnel guarding the gate alone. Judging from the strength of chakra, two of them have even reached the level of Jonin."

Yiji looked at the defense system of the entire building and nodded slightly, as if in approval.

Even the security force guarding the gate is already at this level, and the security force inside can be imagined.

From what she sensed, the black market headquarters was stationed with an armed force of hundreds of ninjas, including more than 20 jounin personnel.

It is estimated that the major shareholders of the black market spent a lot of money to hire them, or they cultivated them themselves.

Just like the Daming Prefectures of various countries, although they rely on the military power of ninja villages, they also cultivate their own private ninja armies to consolidate their transcendent status.

As an illegal platform for dealing with all kinds of dangerous people, the black market wants to occupy a place in the dark world. Without strong force, it would have been swallowed up by people long ago.

"your Highness."

A sound broke through the air.

Deidara arrived on time riding a clay white bird.

Ichiji put down the military telescope, nodded to Deidara, and then continued to look at the black market headquarters building below, moving slowly downwards.

Deidara also forced the white bird to move slowly downward.

Glancing towards the building connected to the mountains, Deidara raised his eyebrows and said, "Is this the headquarters of the black market? It's a less artistic building than I imagined. Hmm."

The dusty appearance made this tall building look very inconspicuous, and it was not in line with Deidara's aesthetics.

Although he knew that this high-rise building was expensive to build, it had no appreciation value without a sense of beauty and art.

"They are smart because they don't show their wealth. Their appearance is simple and unpretentious, which is why they are suitable for hiding."

Yi Ji said.

"But isn't it self-deception to build a simple building in a place like this? Hmm."

Deidara scoffed.

The mountain topography here is complex. Let alone building such a magnificent building, even building a house is not an easy task.

In other words, as long as you can have a tall building in a place like this, no matter how plain and simple it is, it means it is abnormal and attracts attention.

"Indeed, there is a feeling that there is no silver here. However, this has nothing to do with us. Our purpose here is to eliminate them."

Ichiki nodded in approval, and a pair of black pupils turned into the three Magatama Sharingan, staring at the building below.

"Don't you need me to take action? I still have two C3-level works of art left here, which can make them cry to tears. Yes."

Deidara looked at the artless building below and felt the urge to destroy it.

Although, when he saw the gorgeous artistic building, he also wanted to blow it up and let the beauty bloom in an instant.

Regardless of beauty or ugliness, artists can always find excuses to convince themselves to show off their art.

"That kind of thing is expensive to make, so don't use it casually."

Ichiji glared at Deidara dissatisfied.

Different from the C3 No. 18 used by Deidara in the past, the C3 No. 18 bomb used by Deidara now is a bomb specially developed by the research department of the Kingdom of Demons. Although the appearance is exactly the same as what Deidara used in the past, some parts have been specially improved and strengthened, making it an expensive luxury consumable.

So far, there are only ten imitations of this kind of thing.

Deidara had already wasted one in order to deal with the Rakshasa, and there were nine left.

"So, is it solved by using fire escape?"

Deidara continued to ask.

"No, there is a trick that I want to test in detail to see what effect it will have on people."

After Ichiki finished speaking, the huge chakra in his body began to release, forming bones and muscles, condensing huge chakra creatures at a speed visible to the naked eye.

For a moment, Deidara seemed to see a sun rising.

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"Bounty hunter groups such as the Black Moon Group and the Believers Group have all been attacked by the Kingdom of Ghosts. The market is now in a downturn. Many businesses are beginning to worry about whether the platform can be successfully launched."

In the conference room on the top floor of the building, big businessmen in black suits began to gather together.

They are either the leaders of the black market, or they represent the top officials of a certain country, and they come to participate in this important gathering.

Originally, this was not the content of today's discussion. However, the series of attacks on the black market launched by the Kingdom of Ghosts recently forced them to start to face the matter seriously.

For a black market platform to grow, in addition to the tacit approval of high-level officials from various countries and a strong financial chain, the most important thing is that it also needs enough outstanding bounty hunters.

If you lose this group of elite bounty hunters, even if you have connections and funds, it will be difficult to successfully open the black market.

It can be said that although the targeted actions carried out by the Kingdom of Ghosts these days have eliminated bounty hunters, they have also had a huge impact on the black market platform.

Black market branch strongholds in many areas have begun to enter a state of paralysis and are unable to operate.

Many bounty tasks can only be shelved because there are not enough people to claim them.

If this continues, it will make the operation of the black market more difficult.

However, even the major shareholders here, many of whom are talented people in their own countries, still have a headache when facing this kind of thing.

"We can't go on like this. If the Kingdom of Ghosts is not destroyed, our living space will become narrower and narrower until it disappears. The real big shots are also angry about the actions of the Kingdom of Ghosts."

said one shareholder.

"Our power is not enough to retaliate against the Kingdom of Ghosts. Don't forget that in the past conflicts, we were the ones being chased and beaten."

The other shareholder is very sensible.

"We can further cooperate with the alliance of the five major countries and provide them with sufficient troops. I believe they will not refuse. As long as the country of ghosts is defeated, the black market can once again dominate the ninja world and will not be forced to give up all the markets in the western part of the continent."

"Yes, there are tens of thousands of bounty hunters in the black market. Even if we actually control less than half of them, if they are provided to the alliance, they can probably be enough to deal with the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Shareholders are starting to think about this issue.

Even though most of the bounty hunters registered on the black market are very rich, they do not constitute much of a deterrent. Some are even robbers who rob homes and ordinary people with a bit of force.

Even if this kind of person sends 100,000 people up, they probably won't even be able to get close to the ninja battlefield, and they will be killed by the aftermath, and they are not even considered cannon fodder.

However, the remaining bounty hunters possess considerable strength. Even if most of them are eliminated and the remaining ones are gathered together, they will still be a very considerable force.

Even the five major countries cannot be underestimated.

"Second, let's discuss it with the people behind us and look at them..."

Before a white-haired old man in a black suit finished speaking, he suddenly felt that the light effect in the conference room was suddenly much more obvious, which made him start to turn around and look out the window.

Not only him, but the other shareholders also faced the window with stunned expressions.

Until he saw clearly the true appearance of the thing that landed outside, his shocked expression suddenly turned into horror, and his face turned pale.

They saw the sun...setting.

It's like the end of the world is coming.

A terrifying heat wave swept over.

The black market building, which can be called an iron-walled building, has not yet come into contact with the falling sun, like weathered stone, it turns into gas and disappears.

The extremely brilliant light of the sun shines in all directions, dispelling the darkness and bringing the light of extinction.

"Amaterasu!"

Such a cold voice appeared in everyone's ears.

Then, he lost consciousness.

The skin, flesh, blood, and bones melted into the air at an unimaginably terrifying speed and dissipated without even a hint of pain.

Everyone seemed to turn into light at this moment, becoming one with the light, regardless of each other.

"Art...this is real art!"

Deidara shouted in a fanatical tone, like a fanatic who had joined a strange religion, his hands dancing involuntarily and raised to the sky.

Like a happy and silly child.

Black became day.

The light of the lava sun shines in all directions, driving away all darkness and coldness and bringing light and heat.

But only those who are close to it and face it can understand how cruel and desperate it is.

In stark contrast to the dancing Deidara was the calm-looking Ichiki. She just stared quietly at such a scene, the flames of the sun seeming to be beating with vitality in her eyes.

"Let's go."

After a long time, she said something.

However, Deidara did not move, still maintaining an admiring posture, looking at the sun that merged with the earth, the color of obsession lingering in his eyes for a long time.

Ichiji shook her head, ignored Deidara, vibrated the chakra wings behind her, turned around and flew away.