Escape From Konoha

The boundary of wet bone forest.

After the living dragon's clone introduced Baishi to various locations in the Shiggy Bone Forest, he left Baishi alone and returned to the location of his original body.

Standing on the top of a tall mountain, Baishi felt that the natural energy here was more intense than at the bottom of the mountain. If he practiced immortality here, he could get twice the result with half the effort.

Just when Shiraishi was overlooking the panoramic view of Shigulin from here, footsteps sounded from behind.

Shiraishi knew who was coming here without even thinking about it. Apart from him, there was only one other human being, Tsunade, in the wet bone forest.

"Are you here to seek justice for those dead Konoha ninjas? I should have said that I don't really want to fight with you."

Shiraishi tilted his head slightly and watched Tsunade walking towards him.

There was still a coldness in the other party's eyes.

After all, Shiraishi's actions in Konoha were too big. The Konoha ninjas below didn't know what happened, but Tsunade knew some unknown inside stories.

When Shiraishi left Konoha, he not only destroyed Konoha's construction facilities, but also took away some members of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.

What's worse is that the 'caged bird' curse mark engraved on the foreheads of the branch families has expired, and the Hyuga clan is still in chaos internally, arguing with each other.

There is even concern that the remaining members of the branch family will defect, and an atmosphere of rejection and distrust is brewing within the Hyuga clan.

The situation was not much better for the Uchiha. The conflict between the police and the village seemed to be deepening day by day. After all, Ruri, a member of the Uchiha clan, was also involved in the battle with the Hokage that night.

"I'm just curious about what purpose you have in inciting so many people to leave Konoha? It's impossible to do nothing if you lead so many people away."

Tsunade looked serious.

The shrine maiden and the black beast-type psychic beast that attacked Kusakure Village were Shiraishi's subordinates. The reason for attacking Kusakure Village seemed to be related to the remnants of the Uzumaki clan.

Later, he instigated Uchiha and Hyuga clan members to leave Konoha. Tsunade was very worried that Shiraishi had some ulterior secrets that would harm the Konoha ninja village founded by her grandfather Senju Hashirama.

"It turns out that I am interested in this kind of thing. Don't worry, I don't plan to do anything to Konoha. Let's not talk about Uchiha for now. The Hinata people left me. I can only say that it was their own choice. I never forced it. They join. However, everyone's heart that yearns for freedom cannot be restrained. A bird in a cage will be fearless in life and death when it sees the hope of flying freely. Isn't that the truth, Teacher Tsunade? "

Tsunade opened her mouth, wanting to argue, but found that she could not object to Shiraishi's words.

Even she can't stand the caged bird of the Hyuga clan.

It is too much to say that it is to protect Byakugan, but the clan members can activate the curse seal to control the ninjas of the branch clan.

"Then what's going on over there with the Uchiha?"

Tsunade sighed, sensing that things were getting serious.

"That's an issue left over from history. It's very complicated to talk about, and it involves some ulterior secrets. I'm sorry that I can't elaborate on the reasons."

Shiraishi thought about the conditions for opening the Mangekyo Sharingan, and felt that this kind of thing was not something that could be disclosed to others casually.

Whether it is to outsiders or the Uchiha clan, it is best that this kind of secret never be made public.

"For you, does the village really exist without thoughts? Mr. Sarutobi trusts you so much that he has mentioned to me more than once that you are a Konoha ninja who has inherited the true will of fire."

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi with complicated eyes.

Thinking about it now, being regarded by the Hokage as a Konoha ninja who inherited the will of fire has now become his greatest irony.

It can only be said that Shiraishi is hiding too deeply.

The moment before his rebellion, no one would have thought that he was a rebellious person in the village and that he would become a defecting ninja.

Shiraishi didn't answer this question, he just sat down and stared unblinkingly at the sea of ​​fog that filled the mountainside.

"Or...because of what happened with Sakumo..."

Tsunade guessed there again.

"You master and disciple really have exactly the same thinking mode. On the night I left Konoha, the Sandaime also asked me the same question."

Shiraishi turned his head and looked at Tsunade, with a somewhat helpless expression on his face.

"Then I'll answer it again. The Konoha ninja named Hatake Sakumo is just a Konoha ninja. I will feel sorry for his death, but I will never use this reason to retaliate against some people. If you are struggling with this kind of problem, there is no need. I have no interest in Konoha's affairs. It's almost time for you to set off. As far as I know, Konoha's current situation is very worrying."

Shiraishi reminded Tsunade that it was still the period of the Great Ninja War, and as Konoha, the Land of Fire, was being attacked, the situation was quite urgent.

Seeing that Shiraishi had no idea of ​​what he wanted to communicate, Tsunade knew that she could no longer get any useful information from the other party.

His face is no longer the gentle and polite look he had when he was in Konoha. In other words, this is his true face.

The gentleness and humility in the village are just a disguise used to win people's trust.

Tsunade took a deep breath, regained her composure, and turned around to leave without any fuss.

Listening to the footsteps gradually walking away, Shiraishi knew that his relationship with Tsunade was completely broken.

But there is nothing that can be done about it.

He had this realization from the moment he left Konoha.

No matter what excuses he made, his actions that night were all about dividing and destroying the village left behind by the First Hokage Senju Hashirama.

To Tsunade, it should be a precious thing that no one is allowed to destroy or desecrate.

If he destroyed these, he would naturally make her hostile and angry.

If this was not the realm of Shimobone Forest, he would probably have come to fight in person.

However, Shiraishi didn't care about this.

There are still many things to do, but he can't stop because of Konoha.

The start of the Third Ninja World War was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

If you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to have such an excellent development opportunity again after the war subsides.

"Although I really want to go back as soon as possible, I'd better get familiar with the environment here first."

After all, there are many treasures here in Shigulin that are difficult to see in the ninja world.

The fountain of life that can heal and assist in the cultivation of immortal arts, and the hard trees that can resist the corrosive mucus of living insects containing natural energy, are both things worthy of attention and can help his series of development plans.

"First, let's ask the Living Dragon if we can get a simple version of the Fountain of Life."

After all, the fountain of life here on the top of the mountain is really huge. There are deep and shallow areas, and the deep places can directly allow large psychic beasts to swim freely in it.

Shiraishi plans to build some normal-sized therapeutic hot springs outside. Whether it is for personal use or for commercial use, it will have many unexpected benefits.

But will this cause the hot spring industry in Yuno Country to go bankrupt?

Shiraishi thinks it's very possible.

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After Shiraishi left, there were naturally people who were distressed by his departure.

Because no one expected this before it happened.

Ruri and Ayane had to find Shiraishi's clones, Thunder Maru and Tianyu Girl, who were still here and did not leave with them.

"Is father missing?"

After hearing what Ruri and Ayane said, Thundermaru, who was standing on Tian Yunv's shoulder, was very surprised at Shiraishi's disappearance.

"We suspect that he was summoned to Shigu Forest by someone using counter-spiritual techniques."

Liuli said this.

In the office, Shiraishi's name appeared on the scroll that signed a psychic contract with Shigulin.

She and Ayane both suspected that Shiraishi was channeled to the Shiggou Forest by the Slug Immortal of the Shiggou Forest.

"Moist Bone Forest? I think it should be fine. If we encounter danger, my father will definitely call us to fight. The fact that my sister Tianyu and I are still here proves that my father is in a safe situation now."

Thunder Pill said.

"Use the counter-spiritual technique to summon him back. This situation is quite worrying."

Raimeimaru's analysis makes sense, but Ayane still feels that he is too optimistic. What if Shiraishi encounters an unimaginable danger and is defeated by the enemy before using the psychic technique. This situation may also occur.

"Okay, Mother, I will use the counter-channeling technique immediately..."

There is murderous intent!

Lei Mingwan felt a biting cold air rushing towards his body and couldn't help but shudder.

Liuli's clear black and white eyes stared over, as if looking at an already cold corpse, with dark and terrifying eyes.

"What did you just call her?"

"Ah...that...isn't...that just now was..."

Lei Mingwan's dark face was covered with cold sweat, and he timidly took a step back and hid behind Tianyu Nu.

This mother here is so scary.

You don't want to eat it alive here, do you?

Its meat is not delicious at all.

Sour and bitter.

"Well, it is still a child less than two years old. After all, children's words are unbridled. The most important thing now is to find the whereabouts of Mr. Shiraishi as soon as possible."

Ayane came to mediate, but she had a smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Ah, yes, maybe my father is facing an unprecedented danger right now. I will use the counter-psychic technique to see."

Lei Mingmaru didn't know if Shiraishi had encountered some crisis that he couldn't face, but if he couldn't get through this, he felt that he would be lying on a plate on the dining table tonight, being devoured by others.

After saying that, without waiting for Liuli's reaction, he walked to the center of the field and prepared to immediately use the counter-spiritual technique to summon Shiraishi. Thunder Maru only hopes that Shiraishi can come back soon and be his shield.

These two mothers, no matter which one they are, are really terrifying.

Although one is straightforward, he is very oppressive. Every time he stares at him, it will make people feel more stressed.

A person who likes to laugh and seems kind and friendly, but always sows dissension without taking the matter seriously, causing the level of incidents to escalate.

He actually wants a very gentle mother who can love it every day and cook it a lot of delicious food.

But if you think about it carefully, you can only imagine this kind of thing in your dreams.

How sad.

Thunder Pill began to gather chakra on its forelimbs. The ninjutsu system in its body was different from that of humans. Some techniques could be used directly without forming seals.

And speaking of the contractual relationship between it and Shiraishi, it is actually a special contract.

It is more closely connected than the contract between ninjas and psychic beasts.

The ground expanded to reveal runes indicating the success of the psychic spell, but soon these runes began to flow back in time and were recycled into Thunder Pill's body.

"What's wrong?"

"My father rejected my call."

Lei Mingwan was also a little stunned, but quickly reacted and said.

Its contractual relationship with Shiraishi is a hierarchical superior and subordinate.

It cannot refuse Shiraishi's psychic call, but Shiraishi can decide whether to respond to the clone's reverse psychic summons depending on the situation.

The good news is that as a father, Shiraishi does not seem to have encountered any critical incident, but because he has some important things to do, he is unable to respond to his counter-spiritual call now.

The bad news is... my plan to find a shield was miscalculated.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the field was a bit subtle, Lei Mingwan quickly jumped back.

"Ahem, I suddenly remembered that my father seemed to have given me a very important task before he left. I have to try to get the job done before my father comes back. Ahem, um, two mothers, I still I have to step aside for now if I have something to do.”

The strong pressure in the air made it difficult to breathe.

If this continues, I feel like I will really die.

As he said that, without waiting for Tianyu Nu to join him, his body turned into a ray of blue lightning and flew towards the depths of the woods, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Tian Yunu tilted her head and looked doubtfully in the direction where her brother Lei Ming Wan disappeared.

If she remembered correctly, their father just asked them to get rid of the wood here. Why would there be new jobs?

Brother Lei Mingmaru is a big liar.

"In this case, it seems that we can only know what happened when Mr. Shiraishi comes back. It's getting late, so I'll go back and take a nap first."

Ayane stretched. In this cold weather, she didn't want to come out of the room. She needed others to warm her.

"Don't leave in such a hurry. I recently studied a new type of ninjutsu and I'm in need of an opponent of comparable strength. Can you be my sparring partner?"

Liuli said in a calm tone as much as possible.

Since leaving Konoha, she felt that this woman was even more dangerous.

Dangling in front of her man all day long.

shameless!

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We haven't sparred for a long time. Speaking of which, I also want to know what my current strength is."

Ayane smiled approachably and agreed to Liuli's request, which was not considered rude.

In the past, when I was sparring, I always suffered humiliating defeats. She was a Sharingan woman with such poor breasts, so it would be nice if her strength was relatively poor.

But this time is different. Her mastery of the Byakugan is different from that of the past. She has discovered many practical and powerful tricks. She will definitely win this time!

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Konoha.

Minato had been discharged from the hospital for a while. The discomfort and stiffness he felt when he was hospitalized had almost returned to the state before the injury after taking the activating agent developed by Aster Flower Company on the first day after being discharged from the hospital.

Surviving the catastrophe made Minato cherish this opportunity to come back even more.

Naturally, he was even more wary of Shiraishi.

After all, death is not an easy thing to feel. Recalling the cold eyes Shiraishi looked at him before his death, there is still an indelible shadow in his heart.

If you encounter one next time, you must be more careful, and try to avoid too much contact during close combat.

But Shiraishi's matter has to be put aside now. Although many ninjas in Konoha hated Shiraishi's behavior that night, destroying the village, killing his colleagues, and wanted to tear him into pieces, the most important thing at the moment is the relationship with Sunagakure and Iwa Hidden battle.

In comparison, Baishi's threat is far less serious than these two villages.

The reason why the other party chose that time was because Konoha had sent out a large number of ninjas twice, and then he chose to take action. It was not only out of caution, but also to prove that he was powerful and could not shake an existence like Konoha.

They can only use various loopholes to engage in containment and tug-of-war.

That night, the powerful ninjas in the village were just worried about Kushina's safety, so they couldn't fight to the death.

Some lethal forbidden techniques and secret techniques cannot be used easily.

Therefore, after that night, Konoha only sent out a symbolic pursuit force, but the main focus was still on Sunagakure and Iwagakure.

After repelling Sunagakure and Iwagakure, it is not too late to deal with dangerous rebel ninjas like Shiraishi.

When the war comes, Minato will also rush to the battlefield to fight Sunagakure and Iwagakure.

Before that, there is one more thing to deal with.

That was the formation of the Minato class.

After Minato became a jounin, he never led a genin team in a real sense. Instead, he always formed a temporary team with others or performed tasks alone.

A few days after being discharged from the hospital, Minato felt that his body was almost recovered. The ninja school was also facing graduation. There were two graduates this year, and the other was the talented ninja Kakashi Hatake who had graduated several years ahead of schedule. Now Already a chuunin.

In an open space near the school, Minato held the team member information obtained from the Hokage, which recorded the graduation results of the two graduates and their future development routes.

Just when Minato was thinking about how to get along with his team members in the future, there were footsteps approaching.

The opponent had silver-white hair, wore a mask, and behind his back was a fine short sword.

Minato recognized it as the weapon of the deceased Konoha ninja Hatake Sakumo - the White Fang tanto.

The identity of the other party is also self-evident, the son of White Fang - Hatake Kakashi.

A genius child who graduated at the age of five and became a chuunin at the age of six.

Even the senior executives are looking forward to his future.

With Kakashi's talent and his growth rate, it would only be a matter of time before he surpassed his father, Konoha White Fang.

It's just... After the White Fang incident, the other party directly closed his heart, did not communicate with anyone, and went his own way, ignoring the lives and safety of his teammates, and only had the concept of mission first in his heart.

Anyone who hinders him from completing his mission, even his companions, will be abandoned without mercy.

"You are Hatake Kakashi. Hello, I am Namikaze Minato, and I will be your leader in the future."

Minato came up and greeted with a smile.

Kakashi just nodded calmly, with no emotion in his eyes. After nodding to Minato, he leaned aside, folded his hands on his chest, and waited for the others to arrive.

Minato didn't care either, but it also proved that the rumors that Kakashi was not getting along with the crowd were not false.

Moreover... his dead father's three subordinates are now rebel ninjas of Konoha...

Minato smiled bitterly in his heart, and Kakashi felt even more closed inside.

The Hokage really gave him a difficult task.

Not long after, another person came over.

The gentle girl with short hair is Nohara Lin.

"You must be Minato-sensei. I am Nohara Rin. I will join your team from today on. Please give me your advice."

Lin introduced herself with a smile, and Minato could tell that she was a girl who was attentive and considerate of others.

According to the information, her major subject in the ninja school was medical ninjutsu. The person who taught her medical ninjutsu was, in addition to jounin Tsunade, the S-class rebel ninja Chiba Shiraishi who had defected from Konoha.

"Hello, I'm Minato Namikaze. Come here and take a rest first. I have something to say later."

Minato smiled back at her.

"yes."

Lin obediently walked aside, and was a little surprised to see Kakashi here.

"Kakashi, are you also a member of the team?"

Lin suppressed her excitement. She didn't expect that Kakashi would also be a member of Minato's class.

"Um."

Kakashi nodded, and after finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Lin saw that Kakashi didn't want to communicate, so she had no choice but to stay silent and not disturb him.

About an hour later, another person hurried over.

Wearing goggles gives people a sense of honesty and recklessness. If such a person is also a ninja, he will probably be the type that makes people feel insecure.

Uchiha Obito.

"Sorry, teacher, when I came here, an old lady on the road happened to fall down. I wasted a little time sending the old lady home."

Obito also knew that his late arrival might leave a bad impression in the eyes of the leading jounin, so he apologized very sincerely.

"It doesn't matter. Although I'm late, it's excusable. And I mainly want to see you today, not to carry out a mission. But when carrying out a mission, it's best not to make such a mistake."

Minato did not punish Obito, but he also asked him not to be so reckless and careless when officially performing tasks.

For ninjas on missions, the concept of time must be taken seriously.

"Yes. Well, I am Uchiha Obito. From today on, I will be a member of this team."

Obito rubbed his nose and smiled vigorously.

Minato was also infected by Obito's cheerful smile. This child named Obito was really a strange Uchiha ninja.

It is hard to imagine that such a lively and cheerful ninja would appear in the Uchiha clan.

"I am Minato Namikaze, the Jonin of this team. The other two are Nohara Rin and Hatake Kakashi. You should know them all."

Minato motioned to Rin and Kakashi over there to join them.

As a result, when Obito saw Rin and Kakashi coming together, he pursed his lips and was very satisfied.

"It was always like this when you were in school. It's time for you to have the consciousness of a ninja. The genin is no longer a student."

Obviously, Kakashi was taking aim at Obito's tardiness.

"Okay, you two were once classmates, so you need to get along well."

Minato dissuaded him in time.

"Yes, I understand, Minato-sensei."

The scene of working with this guy is completely unimaginable. Obito looked into Kakashi's lifeless eyes and thought sadly.

Minato looked at Kakashi, and Kakashi had no choice but to say: "As long as it doesn't hold me back, I don't care."

Minato then smiled with satisfaction.

"Now that all the personnel are here, let's do a practical exercise."

"Practical combat exercise?"

"Don't worry, this is a very simple exercise to help you understand your abilities, and then I will decide what kind of tasks you are suitable for."

Minato smiled.

"Great! Minato-sensei, and Lin, just watch, my maiden mission will definitely be a difficult A-level mission!"

Obito suddenly felt his blood boiling.

Minato smiled awkwardly.

Lin also sighed helplessly, thinking that Obito's rhetoric was too unrealistic. How could any genin carry out A-level tasks as soon as they came up?

Kakashi still looked at idiots the way he always did.

Minato took the three of them to the training ground not far away.

In the original open space, a head slowly protruded. The skin on the face was pale, a weird smile hung on the corner of the mouth, and the eyes were locked on Obito's back.

"A kind and friendly Uchiha, with a weak brain and easy to control... It seems that Madara-sama is looking for this kind of stupid Uchiha."