Escape From Konoha

"That's Turtle Island."

His body emerged from the sea, and all of Kisame's clothes were already soaked, but he didn't care as he looked at the 'Mobile Fortress' on the sea in front of him with a pair of narrowed eyes.

Although most of it is covered by rocks and soil, you can still see a huge turtle carrying the man-made island under the rocks and soil.

"Although this is the first time I've seen it, the size is a bit foul. I heard that this turtle is still underage..."

Thinking about it this way, this turtle is likely to grow even bigger in the future and become a real maritime fortress.

However, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Kisame. His mission is to anchor the location of Turtle Island. If he wants to complete this task, he must contact Turtle Island itself.

Just when he was about to move forward, the sea surface in front of him suddenly fluctuated, and the waves suddenly undulated and squeezed towards his location.

If such a thick wall of water fell directly on a human body, even Kisame would not be able to guarantee that he would be unscathed.

Along with the movement of the waves, there was also the sound of footsteps stepping on the water, which vaguely reached Kisame's ears.

There was no doubt that his whereabouts were exposed.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

He created a water wall and collided with the water waves squeezing towards him from the front. He resisted it and allowed the sea surface to regain its calm.

"Konoha Tornado!"

Two voices came from the left and right, and green figures, one large and one small, swept across Kisame from both sides with their legs.

The powerful leg attack roared and caused a harsh sound of breaking through the air.

Kisame ducked away, making seals with his hands, and stepped back.

"Bagua·Kongzhang!"

Behind him, the concentrated air formed an air cannon and blasted towards Kisame's back.

In the sky, countless shurikens and kunai shot down like meteor showers, completely blocking all Kisame's escape routes.

Kisame remained calm in the face of danger and completed the seal in time.

"Water Escape·Water Prison Technique!"

Water sprayed out of his mouth, instantly forming a water ball and wrapping himself in it.

The air cannonballs bombarded the water ball, which only caused the water flow inside the water ball to fluctuate slightly, and the force was completely relieved.

The kunai and shurikens that flew towards him lost their forward momentum after they were halfway in. They were all resisted by the thick chakra and water pressure in the water ball.

Kisame released the Water Prison Technique, and the kunai and shuriken originally inserted into the water ball suddenly fell into the sea water and were immersed.

"What, it turns out to be a precious beast like you. It seems that completing this mission is not that easy. I hate fighting with speed-type ninjas the most."

Kisame grinned ferociously with sharp teeth, like a bloodthirsty shark.

In front, Kai and Li intercepted each other and put on exactly the same stance. Not only were their moves the same, but their hairstyles and clothing were also the same, but one was enlarged and the other was reduced.

Behind him was Neji, who had his arms hanging down, but secretly condensing chakra in his palms. That look told others that as long as Kisame made the slightest move, he would take corresponding actions to stop him.

On the right side is Tiantian, the only woman in the team, holding a scroll with a small section of paper exposed. Chakra fluctuations flow on it, and she can summon a large number of ninja tools anytime and anywhere to perform remote blockade.

"Don't think about it, just stay here and don't move."

Kai narrowed his eyes with a dangerous glint.

There are two Jinchuuriki on Turtle Island, and there must be no accidents.

Therefore, facing an extremely dangerous ninja like Kisame, all members of Team Kai were extremely careful.

"That's not possible. My mission is to find the Jinchuuriki. If possible, I want to go to the island to have a look."

Kisame and Kai chatted and secretly gathered chakra.

However, his secret gathering of chakra could not be hidden from Neji, who had the Byakugan.

Byakugan's clairvoyance ability can directly see the meridian system inside the human body. The prelude to Kisame's technique has already been exposed.

"Don't try to succeed!"

Although he didn't know what technique Kisame planned to cast, Neji would not let Kisame successfully perform the technique.

So, with the roar of the air, Neji flew behind Kisame and waved his arms heavily.

As if there were eyes on his back, Kisame flashed sideways. Perhaps this was the moment he had been waiting for.

Because he knew that the mobilization of chakra could not be hidden from Byakugan, he deliberately used this to lure Neji to attack.

The large sword muscle then swept out.

Neji leaned down and rolled out in embarrassment.

But suddenly he felt weak in his body. Although he was not directly touched by Samehada, his chakra was still swallowed a little.

"Neji!"

The other three people also moved one after another, preparing to intercept Kisame.

Kisame grinned, flicked his arm hard, and Samehada flew out like a whirlwind.

The act of abandoning weapons like this surprised everyone.

"Kirigakure no Jutsu!"

The thick fog without any reason swallowed up the entire sea area in just the blink of an eye, turning the place into a white world.

Kai's ears twitched as a whirling sound came from behind. Without thinking, he jumped to the side and avoided the returning Samehada attack.

It was a pity for Kisame that he didn't hit Gai.

He stretched out his hand and let Samehada fall back into his hand.

Time was running out, and Kisame had no time to fool around with the members of Kai's team. His goal was Turtle Island, not fighting these people.

Kisame always remembered the priority of the mission very clearly.

And with the help of the Kirigakure Jutsu, the vision of the people in Kai's team can be somewhat obstructed.

After all, the dense fog created by the Kirigakure technique is essentially chakra, and ordinary strong winds cannot dissipate it.

Moreover, this technique can block even the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

However - this does not include eye roll.

Sure enough, a figure quickly rushed out of the thick fog ahead, it was Neji.

As long as Byakugan's clairvoyance ability is still there, then this kind of ninjutsu that blocks the vision will be useless and will not have any interference effect.

Upon seeing this, Kisame also understood that this technique was ineffective against Byakugan, so he held Samehada with both hands, raised it high, and then chopped it off with brute force.

Neji didn't dare to use his hands to catch it, but the chakra in his body was already ready to attack.

"Back to the days!"

In an instant, a chakra storm with Ningji as the center swept around, and the released chakra formed substantial energy. A chakra ball that was rotating at high speed was wrapped around Neji's body. .

boom!

Samehada slashed at the surface of the chakra ball, and the two terrifying forces of repulsion immediately collided with each other unwilling to admit defeat.

Even Kisame, who was extremely powerful, felt his arms go numb, and the powerful shock feedback shook his body.

But he withstood the backlash brought by Kaitian, and the corners of his mouth cracked even wider, revealing a ferocious look.

Kaiten's defense is extremely strong, but requires chakra to maintain it.

The Samehada in his hand is least afraid of ninjutsu or taijutsu that contain chakra.

In the blink of an eye, although the chakra ball rotates at the same rapid speed, the outer chakra seems to be diluted countless times in an instant, and Neji's figure inside can even be clearly seen.

Kisame struggled to raise Samehada and swung it down with all his strength.

When Neji saw this scene, his eyes flashed, but he did not show any timidity. He just secretly gathered chakra in the palm of his right hand.

"Thunder Escape: Thunder Phantom Lightning Pillar!"

What moved faster than Kisame was the intense lightning that suddenly bloomed in the thick fog.

In a daze, Kisame seemed to see himself covered in cuts and bruises, on the verge of death and seriously injured.

But this trance only lasted for a very short time before Kisame broke free.

"Bagua·Kongzhang!"

Neji seized this moment of air attack, compressed the power in his palm and fired it into a cannonball.

Kisame's body flew upside down like a kite with its string broken, rolling on the sea surface. He rolled about a dozen times before he could stop.

But Kisame stood up steadily as if nothing was wrong. His eyes first glanced at Neji, and then glanced into the depths of the thick fog.

Not just the rest of Kai's team, but also the three newcomers.

It could be vaguely seen that they were wearing ANBU uniforms of Kumogakure ninjas, and they were probably elite jounin at the ANBU captain level.

"Be careful. This guy is a ninja who forced Kirabi-sama, who was completely transformed into a tailed beast, into a desperate situation. Don't be careless."

One of the Kumogakure ANBU said.

The tone was full of fear and solemnity.

Although it seemed that their side had a slight upper hand in the previous battle, everyone knew that Kisame had not really exerted his strength yet.

Being able to push Kirabi, who has completely transformed into a tailed beast, into a desperate situation, Kisame is more than just superficially powerful.

As for the Tailed Beast ability mentioned in the intelligence, Kisame has not yet demonstrated it.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

At this time, another Kumogakure Anbu, after forming a seal, instantly spit out a storm from his mouth, blowing away the dense fog around him, revealing the clear sea and sky.

There was a hint of caution in Kisame's eyes.

The Kirigakure Jutsu he performed cannot be broken by ordinary wind release ninjutsu.

Wind Release: Great Breakthrough is just a simple basic Wind Release, but in the hands of this ANBU, he can turn decay into magic and blow away the thick fog he created. It is obviously not a problem with Wind Release.

But the strength of these Kumogakure ANBU is extraordinary.

Although he couldn't see their lineup clearly due to the mask, their names were well-known on the black market's bounty list.

And this is only part of Turtle Island's strength. Kisame believes that there are still many elite troops of the Alliance Army stationed on Turtle Island.

Fighting hard at this time is not a rational thing.

"This time I admit defeat. It seems that I don't want to do what Jinchuuriki wants... So, can it end peacefully now?"

Kisame quietly put down Samehada and began to show weakness.

Neither Team Kai nor the three Kumogakure ANBU jounin responded, they just stared at him with cold eyes.

"It seems there is nothing to talk about..."

Kisame sighed, placed Samehada behind his back, and the chakra in his body began to stir.

Even the temperature of the air dropped a few points.

"Stop him!"

Following an order from a Kumogakure ANBU jounin, everyone responded and charged forward.

Kisame grinned, and the sides of his cheeks swelled up, like water balloons about to burst.

"Water Release·Exploding Water Wave!"

Wow!

The chakra gathered in his mouth immediately turned into a rolling flood, spitting out from Kisame's mouth.

The terrifying amount of water formed an overwhelming tsunami, and the shadow directly swallowed up the ninjas of Konoha and Kumogakure.

Such a scene immediately made the hearts of everyone who faced it tremble.

"Water Release: Thousand Food Sharks!"

Kisame, who didn't seem to mind the trouble, stood on the top of the water wall, looked at the ant-sized Konoha and Kumogakure centaurs below, and cast the spell again.

Amidst the endless tsunami, sharks immediately poked their heads out and charged forward with the tsunami without fear of death.

"Oops!"

A Kumogakure Anbu Jonin seemed to have noticed something. He looked back and saw that that was where Turtle Island was.

The size of this tsunami was enough to cover the location of Turtle Island and cause chaos there.

"Open the door!"

Kai, who also realized the problem, took action.

In an instant, he opened the Eight Gate Dunjia to the seventh gate, his whole body was blooming with brilliant blue steam, and he faced the terrifying tsunami ahead with his flesh and blood body.

boom!

Kai punched a huge hole in the water wall formed by the tsunami, and the nearby sharks were strangled and the water flow collapsed.

However, there were more sharks, rushing forward with the tsunami.

The rest of Kai's team, as well as Kumogakure's Anbu, also rushed forward, using their meager strength to prevent the tsunami from approaching Turtle Island, and started fighting with the sharks swept by the tsunami.

…

The originally calm sea area near Turtle Island immediately surged with terrifying waves, which violently slapped the buildings on Turtle Island, increasing the burden on the turtles. The turtles holding the island couldn't help but let out a groan of resentment.

There are even sharks that have slipped through the net on the front lines, biting turtles crazily.

Although the pain felt like a mosquito bite, it still made the turtle feel depressed.

Fortunately, these sharks were quickly strangled by the Kumogakure ninjas who rushed down.

As a commander, Dodai could not help but breathe a sigh of relief as he watched the movement in front gradually calm down and knew that the battle ahead was over.

"Kirigakure weirdo Kisame Kisaki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, what a monster."

Tutai murmured, sighing with emotion.

The ninjas who gathered in the Akatsuki organization were each more troublesome than the last.

When dealing with such a ninja, you can't be careless at all.

"Is there any abnormal chakra reaction?"

Dodai asked the Kumogakure ninja next to him.

"It's been cleared."

The Kumogakure ninja replied.

"Let's set off, we can't stay here anymore."

Tutai nodded, turned and left.

…

In the transparent and bright space, the scene was completely different from the past. There was no darkness and gloominess, and it was as if everything could be seen clearly.

Walking in the water prison, Naruto knew that it was because he was looking at things from a new perspective, so the scene here was different from the past.

——Naruto, can you hear my voice?

Kirabi's voice sounded.

——I heard you very clearly, Uncle Kirabi.

Naruto was also responding.

--Yeah? It seems to have been successful. Listen up, Naruto, tailed beasts are different from ordinary creatures. No matter which tailed beast it is, it is a dense collection of darkness. They are the incarnation of negative energy. Therefore, even if you have passed the inner level, you cannot be careless and cannot waver in the face of darkness, otherwise you will be assimilated by the darkness of Nine Tails.

As someone who has experienced it, Kirabi knows how terrifying it is for a jinchūriki to fight a tailed beast.

When ordinary people fight against tailed beasts, they only fight with strength.

As for the jinchuriki, they not only have to compete with the tailed beasts in terms of strength, but they also have to not be affected by the darkness of the tailed beasts.

Otherwise, they will be swallowed by the tailed beast's darkness and become the nourishment for the tailed beast's growth.

——If you fail, then I will use the special power of the outside space to suppress the Nine-Tails and wait for Konoha to choose a new Jinchuriki. So, never lose, Naruto.

Kirabi's weird rap accent disappeared, replaced by incomparable solemnity.

He could feel that the pressure of the nine tails was much stronger than the eight tails in his body.

Kirabi knew that Eight-Tails had explained this problem.

The Nine-Tails is the existence closest to the Ten-Tails, possessing part of the origin of the Ten-Tails. If you want to become the Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tails, you must have a strong enough vitality. It is best to be a descendant of the Six Paths Sage, in order to withstand the Nine-Tails' investigation. carat.

Therefore, fighting the Nine-Tails is more dangerous than fighting any tailed beast.

Naruto listened carefully. Although he was very confident in himself now, when he thought about the existence of Kyuubi that transcended common sense, he couldn't help but feel terrified in his heart.

Naruto stepped forward. The passage of the water prison was a diameter. Through the narrow passage, there was a huge empty pale space. In front of it was a fence cage formed by iron bars.

At the very center of the fence door, a 'sealing' spell was tightly attached to it.

On the inside of the iron fence, you can clearly see an orange-red fox as big as a small mountain. It is grinning at him. The fangs exposed are as white as the nine tails like a giant python. They are moving in the nine tails in a unique pattern. The fox's back swayed.

When it saw Naruto coming, it narrowed its red eyes.

"It's you, Naruto...where did you really go? Why didn't I see him?"

Kyuubi seemed a little strange.

Where did the 'dark' part of Naruto's heart go?

Oppressed by the villagers, betrayed by his companions, the hatred and resentment caused by his own powerlessness... where did he go?

Kyuubi didn't think Naruto could eliminate those things.

That's something innate to humans.

If you want to eliminate darkness, the only way is to eliminate human beings themselves.

If Naruto is still alive, then the darkness in his heart will not disappear.

But, I can't feel it.

Naruto looked straight into the Nine-Tails' pair of beast eyes that had basically lost all reason, without fear.

"Do you know him?"

"I am the embodiment of resentment. The darkness of people's hearts cannot be hidden from my eyes. Answer me, where is the real you...?"

Kyuubi's deep voice sounded.

"Who knows, maybe...he doesn't want to see you."

A mocking smile appeared on Naruto's face. Under Kyuubi's surprised gaze, Naruto lifted up his clothes and exposed his abdomen.

The double four-image seal forms a Bagua-style seal, and its incantation emerges.

"what are you doing!?"

Kyuubi suddenly became sensitive when he saw the seal.

An uneasy restlessness filled its chest.

"Look at me honestly!"

Naruto stretched out his right arm, biting the rolled-up corner of his clothes with his teeth, and wiped the sleeve of his right arm with his left hand, exposing his entire arm.

Dark mantras appeared on his arms, and symbols similar to those arranged in the shape of a sun appeared on his palms.

Under Kyuubi's shocked gaze, Naruto touched his right hand to his exposed abdomen and pressed heavily on the Bagua seal at his navel.

Hold your belly button with your palm and rotate it.

Click!

Click!

The sound is endless.

It was as if a mechanism had been turned on and something had been opened.

At the same time, the 'sealing' charm on the iron fence burned and turned into ashes.

The moment the feeling of restraint disappeared, Kyuubi immediately understood what was going on.

Naruto was undoing the sealing technique that suppressed it.

boom!

Without any hesitation, not even a trace of hesitation, Kyuubi stretched out its sharp claws and blasted away the huge iron fence in front of it. The red monster chakra erupted from Kyuubi like abyss and sea, turning into a physical shock. To Naruto.

"Well--"

Naruto, who was given a head start, immediately felt his body sink.

Such a huge amount of chakra pressed down, almost suffocating him.

At the same time, Naruto also recovered the part of the chakra used to suppress the Nine-Tails. He no longer had to deliberately cooperate with the sealing technique to suppress the Nine-Tails and restore himself to his full strength.

"Although I don't know what you are going to do, your death is imminent now!"

The nine tails roared loudly and freely, as thick as a python's tail, sweeping in all directions, causing obvious ripples in the air.

"Go to hell, Naruto!"

In the roar, Kyuubi, full of humiliating hatred and murderous intent, waved his arms, trying to tear Naruto into pieces with his blade-like claws.

Suddenly, in the swaying ripples of air, tentacles covered with suction cups protruded out of the void, wrapping around Kyuubi's body like a rope, completely tightening its arms and body, making it impossible for it to move freely.

Kyuubi felt this extremely familiar power that came from the same source as him, and a look of anger appeared on his ferocious face.

"Niu Gui, you bastard, you actually helped humans deal with me! Have you fallen?"

Although he and the Eight-Tails have not seen each other for many years, the Nine-Tails is extremely familiar with this power.

Except for the Eight-Tails, no one else can use it.

In the dungeon, Kyuubi's roars of unwillingness and anger continued.

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The country of ghosts.

Placed on Shiraishi's desk were two letters sent from the Alliance Army headquarters.

Shiraishi opened the first letter first.

There is no doubt that the time for the war is marked on it.

"how?"

Liuli, who was sitting on the sofa in the office, crossed her legs and looked towards Shiraishi.

Ayane, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, asked Shiraishi with the same look.

As time went by, the Alliance Army's pre-war preparations were coming to an end.

Judging from the time when the letter of challenge was sent, the Alliance Army moved faster than expected.

The population in the war zone has also been transferred accordingly.

As for whether there are any leftovers, the Ghost Country has no idea.

Migrating the population in war zones is only the job of the Alliance Army. The Kingdom of Ghosts is only responsible for the population transfer within its own country and the Allied Powers.

In this regard, Akatsuki has the same reason. They only care about the population of the Kingdom of Rain.

"The war starts tomorrow morning, the moment the sun rises."

Shiraishi put down the letter of challenge and explained the time of the war in a concise and concise manner, with an extremely calm expression.

This is not unexpected. According to the time speculated by Ghost Country, it is also within the past two days.

After all, it will not be beneficial to either party if time is delayed blindly.

It is already mid-October, and it is very likely that we will have to fight in winter.

Winter in most areas within the war zone is extremely cold.

The Alliance Army really wanted to end the war before winter.

For such a large ninja force, the supply of supplies is a huge problem.

In this regard, the same goes for the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Only the artificial White Zetsu soldiers used by Akatsuki did not have such concerns.

Bai doesn't need to eat or rest. He only needs to absorb chakra and drink some water to complete his survival needs, and he works hard without complaining and is not afraid of life and death.

Simply the perfect soldier.

Liuli and Ayane looked at each other and then separated.

Shiraishi then picked up the second letter.

Unlike the first letter of war, this one is a letter of alliance.

The Alliance Army hopes to unite with the Kingdom of Demons to eliminate Akatsuki first and resolve the crisis of world destruction, and then they will engage in a decisive battle to determine who is the ruler of the ninja world.

After all, whether it is the victory of the Alliance Army or the victory of the Ghost Kingdom, it can be regarded as a conflict between countries.

The nature of Akatsuki is different. The existence of Infinite Tsukuyomi threatens all mankind.

Even though the Alliance Army is wary of the power of the Kingdom of Demons, they believe that Akatsuki is more harmful than the Kingdom of Demons.

Of course, this was the reason given by the Union Army.

In order to maintain peace in the shinobi world and prevent all mankind from being enslaved by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Akatsuki must be destroyed.

Shiraishi believes there is a second reason.

That was the tailed beast in Akatsuki's hands.

They want to regain those tailed beasts and continue to arm themselves. In the decisive battle with the Kingdom of Demons, the power of these tailed beasts can play a key role.

However, it was impossible for the Alliance Army to mention this reason in the letter.

Of course, the Kingdom of Demons also uses the same method to obtain those tailed beasts.

The system established by the first Hokage has developed serious cracks, and the strategy of dividing the tailed beasts in the hope of international balance has become nonsense.

Today's tailed beasts are all inhabited by virtuous people.

"It seems that the seeds planted at the Five Kage Conference have begun to sprout as expected. Of course, Kirigakure's secret assistance is also indispensable, bringing the alliance to the forefront. Have the troops been assembled?"

"Now all that's left is an order."

"Then... let's set off. Head to this final battlefield."

With a slight smile on his face, Bai Shi stood up and grabbed the white coat beside him and put it on his body.

Blue flames of the same color as chakra burned on the palm, and the ashes left by the letter quietly dissipated in the air.