Escape From Konoha

In the kingdom of ghosts, inside the dark and wide cave.

Along with a huge roar, the entire cave shook restlessly, and large chunks of gravel fell from the sky and hit the ground, causing the earth to make a rumbling sound.

The huge beetle beast was shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The brown-haired girl was covered with a layer of staring red chakra feathers. Then the red chakra feathers slowly integrated into the girl's body. From the body disappear.

After integrating all the power of the tailed beast into her body, Lin's face was covered with sweat, and her body was extremely exhausted. The smile on her face was just barely there, and she stood up panting.

"Lin!"

Obito ran over from a distance, calling Lin's name.

"Bring soil..."

After murmuring, Lin felt her eyes darken, her brain became groggy, and her body fell straight forward.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Obito stepped forward quickly, caught Lin's body that was about to fall to the ground, and held Lin firmly against him without falling.

"Don't worry. From the looks of it, she just passed out from fatigue."

Kiriko Uzumaki, who was responsible for Lin's perfect Jinchuuriki training together with Obito, also walked over from a short distance away, forming seals and untying the powerful barrier surrounding her.

"The situation just now was different from usual?"

Obito thought about the situation just now. Before he and Kiriko officially took action, Lin took the initiative to shrink the strength of the tailed beast. Although it was very reluctant, it was indeed different from its usual behavior.

"Well, being able to shrink the tailed beast's power on her own, it seems that Lin's Jinchuuriki training has made great progress."

In the past, Rin was unable to shrink the tailed beast by herself. She had to cooperate with Obito's Sharingan and her sealing technique to do it.

Now that Lin is able to do this on her own, she has obviously taken another step deeper on the path of jinchūriki, and the effect is extraordinary.

He has initially possessed the perfect Jinchuuriki and the means to freely control the power of the tailed beasts.

Although there is still some distance from perfection, and it requires a lot of physical strength to achieve, but in general, there is hope for becoming a perfect Jinchuuriki.

The initial time Shiraishi gave was three years. It has been two years since Lin officially started practicing the perfect Jinchuuriki. In the next year, according to this progress, becoming a perfect Jinchuuriki shouldn't be a big problem.

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"As Mizukage, you are a very busy man. Is there anything that comes here suddenly at this time?"

In the reception room, Shiraishi smiled at Yagura sitting opposite.

Since the coup in Kirigakure Village, Yagura has devoted a lot of time to work, focusing on restoring the power of Kirigakure Village as soon as possible.

If it's not an important matter, just send a close associate to deliver the message. There's no need to come over in person.

It was possible for Yagura to take time out of his busy schedule to come over. Shiraishi thought that there must be something important that made it worthwhile for Yagura to do this.

"I don't want to come here and disturb you at this time. It's mainly the Akatsuki thing you mentioned that makes me a little uneasy."

Although he has not yet dealt with Akatsuki's people, the leader of Akatsuki is undoubtedly a very dangerous person in Yagura's eyes because he is able to gather the three ninja Orochimaru, Sunagakure's genius puppet master Akasaka no Scorpion and other S-class defecting ninjas. .

S-class defector ninjas are a group of unruly people who are difficult to overwhelm, and every S-class defector ninja basically has the power to conquer a small country by one person.

Especially Orochimaru and Red Sand Scorpion.

"Just keep playing steadily for the time being. We can't limit their steps."

Moreover, from the standpoint of the Demon Country, there seems to be no need to stop Akatsuki's actions.

Akatsuki's threat lies in the distant future, which is completely different from the threat of the five major powers that extends to the present and the future.

Only by opening a small hole in the current monopoly system of the five major countries can he have free time to deal with Xiao's affairs.

Being at odds with Xiao at this time is tantamount to erecting a huge obstacle for oneself. This obstacle is, in many cases, more troublesome than the five major countries.

So even though he knew that Akatsuki was a big threat, Shiraishi didn't want to deal with it. Besides, Nagato even traded Yin Yang Escape with him just in case.

This also provides a relatively stable development environment for the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"I have no intention of restricting them. I can probably guess what you are thinking. You want to wait for the final stage of war to eliminate all threats once and for all."

"Well, if the original plan remains unchanged. After all, for such a huge plan, an accident in some link may lead to changes in the plan. There is no guarantee that we will follow our route completely."

This plan is the result of discussions with the real warehouse.

If they want to end the one-country-one-village system, the only violent method they can think of is war.

Bloodless reform is still about the country's system and way of existence. It is difficult and time-consuming. When necessary, compromises must be made to vested interests. Once compromises are made to vested interests, it means that the reform is not thorough.

And neither he nor Yagura are people who like to compromise with others.

If you want to do it, do it thoroughly. If you don’t change it now, if you change it in the future, you will have to pay a hundred times a thousand times the price.

This plan is already in action.

The Star Ninja Village in the Bear Country is the signal for the start of this plan, and it is also the silent first shot.

"Now Konoha is weak, Kumogakure and Iwagakure are secretly accumulating strength, and Sunagakure Village is licking its own wounds, but the next era will be relatively peaceful, and the power of the four ninja villages will gradually recover and develop. Xiaoxiao We also took advantage of this gap period and completed a major transformation. Although Xiao does not pose much of a threat yet, we cannot completely leave them alone."

Yagura said this.

"What are you going to do?"

Shiraishi asked.

Yagura took out an information document he carried with him and handed it to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi picked up the document and opened it to read.

It records the detailed information of several ninjas, all of whom are elite ninjas from Kirigakure Village.

Moreover, these elite Kirigakure ninjas all have one characteristic in common...that is, they were formerly ninjas of the Kirigakure Blood Mist Sect, and were later released and recruited by Yagura.

There should be no problem with the loyalty of these people. Before Yagura took out this information, he had already conducted a detailed investigation on the above-mentioned elite ninjas of Kirigakure. After multiple reviews, he determined their loyalty to Kirigakure Village. question.

"I see, do you want to insert a nail into Xiao?"

After reading this information document, Shiraishi suddenly understood Yagura's intention.

It was impossible for Yagura to take out these confidential materials for no reason and read them to him. There must be a deeper intention.

With further cooperation, some of the spies from the Ghost Country and Kirigakure Village have actually been connected, that is, intelligence sharing.

Of course, the spies who took over were all extremely loyal and few in number, but they were responsible for important intelligence transfer work.

If Yagura hadn't been forced by the aristocratic system of the Land of Water, he wouldn't have made up his mind so quickly.

The painful lessons of the Blood Mist were so vivid that Yagura no longer had any trust in the aristocratic system of the Kingdom of Water.

Trust takes years to maintain, but it often only takes a moment to lose trust.

"You are more familiar with Xiao's affairs than I am. Who do you think is more appropriate to let go?"

Yagura did not deny Shiraishi's point of view. He did want to insert a nail of his own into Akatsuki.

He calmly took a sip of tea and asked Shiraishi's opinion.

Shiraishi thought for a moment, and then gave the answer.

He put the document on the tea table in front of him, pressed his finger on the top piece of paper, and said, "This is the person."

Dried persimmon Kisame.

It was the nail that Shiraishi thought was easier to use.

A former ninja of the Blood Mist sect, he was not welcomed in the Kirigakure Village. He had betrayed his former boss. All his bad deeds showed that this person was a restless and dangerous person in the Kirigakure Village. He was suspected by many people. His loyalty is questionable.

When the time comes when his wings are full and he does something detrimental to the interests of Kirigakure Village, betraying the village and becoming a defecting ninja, it will be a matter of course and will not arouse suspicion.

The most important thing is that he is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. According to the evaluation given by Yagura in the data, his bravery is even greater than that of the previous sword holder, Samehada Oni, and his chakra amount is in the tens of thousands. It is also among the best among Kirigakure ninjas.

Once he defectes, he is powerful enough to be classified as an S-class defector ninja.

According to Akatsuki's personality, he will recruit powerful ninjas as core members. When the time comes, he will definitely find Kisame, an S-class defected ninja, and absorb him into Akatsuki to implement the tailed beast capture plan.

Kisame's cautious and calm personality is also very suitable for this job.

"As I thought, I personally prefer Kisame and let him enter Akatsuki to prepare for the future war."

Akatsuki's power is unknown, so find out Akatsuki's specific power as soon as possible to avoid being overwhelmed when a war breaks out.

"Then it's settled."

Shiraishi nodded.

The Kingdom of Ghosts cannot allocate suitable manpower, and many departments need people to manage. In the final analysis, there is a shortage of manpower.

With the rise of various industries in the Kingdom of Ghosts, more manpower is needed, and the existing manpower will naturally become tense.

"Well, it's settled. You heard it, Kisame."

Yagura said.

After he finished speaking, a pool of water appeared on the ground behind Yagura. Then the water began to rise and turned into a tall man.

He has dark blue skin and a face like a shark. He carries a large knife with a white bandage on his back, grinning with sharp teeth.

"heard it."

It's a war again, and it's an Akatsuki spy. To be honest, the content here is really interesting to him.

There has always been a mysterious ally beside Yagura. This matter is not a secret among the senior officials of Kirigakure Village.

But because this ally was really nowhere to be found, and Yagura's confidentiality work was very good, they never knew Yagura's true ally, who was the person who assisted Yagura during the coup.

Therefore, this time following Yagura's hidden whereabouts to the Kingdom of Demons, Kisame was quite surprised, but he soon realized it.

Yagura has had in-depth cooperation with the Kingdom of Demons a long time ago.

"Then, Kisame, I'll leave it to you for now. How about half a year?"

Yagura stood up from his seat.

"Half a year is enough. The issue of training him is not the key. You have to help him plan a reasonable experience for defecting. Bai Zetsu, who is responsible for intelligence and search work in Akatsuki, their eyes and ears are also not simple. The fewer people know about it, the better. "

"Yes, I know. I have asked people to help me cover up in Kirigakure Village, and Kisame's substitute is also ready in the village. Then, I will take my leave."

Yagura didn't mess around, left Kisame here alone, and left the reception room alone.

Even though the Kingdom of Oni is not far from the Kingdom of Water and can be reached directly by sea, Yagura is worried that something unexpected will happen if he leaves the village for too long. At this time, he needs to return to Kirigakure Village as soon as possible.

"Then, please give me some advice during these six months, Mr. Chiba Shiraishi."

Kisame's cheerful laughter echoed in the reception room.

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spy.

Definitely not a very good term.

In the past, Kisame never thought that he would step into such a field.

However, Kisame has no objection to this. For him, completing tasks does not matter what type. As long as it is a task, it must be completed beautifully.

Ninjas cannot give up just because the task is difficult.

Performing tasks, abandoning life and death, and proceeding with the determination to die is the most basic mentality.

The fighting and espionage work of ninjas is not about playing house, betraying, disguising, and killing. In order to hide one's identity, when necessary, one has to be ruthless in front of others and hurt one's companions.

Kisame had met many Kirigakure ninjas who had been spies and retired.

Although he successfully retired, he was protected by the village and received abundant money to enjoy the rest of his life.

However, due to various complex psychological problems, after they returned to the village, their lives were not happy and peaceful, but accompanied by guilt and struggle.

This is the fact that Ghost Shark has seen with his own eyes.

Spy, the test is a person's psychological endurance.

Being proven to have the talent of a spy is, to some extent, a recognition of a certain ninja's mental endurance, although this recognition is not very pleasant.

But the premise also says that since you are a ninja, you must complete your mission beautifully.

No matter how difficult the task is, it cannot be used as a reason to give up halfway.

Stepping into this path means a bloody storm and seeing the true darkness of the ninja world.

An unknown hero, a despised hero, Kisame doesn't feel that this will be a burden to him.

Challenging tasks are the meaning of ninja's existence.

Yagura gave him only half a year to receive spy training in the Kingdom of Ghosts. After half a year, he will return to Kirigakure Village and may take up the position of a spy at any time and leave the village.

I don’t want to carry out spy training missions in Kirigakure Village because there are too many people, and Kisame is not welcomed in the village, so people like him will definitely be criticized by the higher-ups when receiving spy training. Layers of obstruction caused Yagura's plan to go wrong.

This is also the reason why Yagura brought him to the Kingdom of Ghosts, because only here, Kisame's information will not be exposed, and at the same time, he will not be hindered by Kirigakure's senior officials.

Kisame naturally understood this, and began to settle down in the spy department of the Kingdom of Demons, learning how to become an excellent spy.

But, what kind of organization is the so-called Akatsuki that Yagura needs to treat with such caution?

Kisame became slightly interested in the organization he would join in the future.

I heard that this organization works in teams of two. I hope that after joining, this organization will assign me a strong and compatible teammate.

Challenging yourself and improving your strength is also the only way for a ninja to grow.

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"Mom, I went out on a mission and will be back on time the day after tomorrow."

Itachi, who is eight years old, has become an excellent ninja.

A year ago, he graduated with honors from the Ninja School as the top student.

He became the most representative genius ninja of the Uchiha clan.

This is enough to make Itachi the pride of the Uchiha clan.

However, Itachi didn't think there was anything strange about this. Graduating from the ninja school as the top student was nothing more than a feeling. It was an achievement that was easily achieved and was not worthy of praise.

Although his father Fugaku held a banquet for him at that time, to be honest, Itachi felt helpless.

Fortunately, he has now officially joined the Jonin team, following the guidance of the Jonin on missions. What he thinks about more is honing his talents so that he can become stronger quickly.

But there is one thing that makes Itachi feel irritated.

That is, he has not opened Sharingan yet.

He also didn't know how to open the Sharingan, which his father Fugaku did not explain in detail.

"Be careful on the road."

Uchiha Mikoto smiled and nodded, and told Itachi this sentence.

"I see."

Itachi does not think that he is a careless ninja. No matter whether the opponent is strong or weak, he must go all out. This is respect for others.

When a lion fights a rabbit, he also uses all his strength. This is one of Weasel's favorite principles.

"Brother, remember to bring me some gifts when you come back."

A boy smaller than Itachi appeared next to Mikoto and said to Itachi.

"Sasuke, don't be like this, Itachi is out on a mission."

Mikoto looked helplessly at her youngest son Sasuke, who was acting coquettishly towards Itachi.

But for little Sasuke, he probably doesn't know how dangerous performing a mission is for a ninja.

At first, she did not expect Itachi to graduate from the ninja school so soon. Once he graduated, it meant that Itachi would become a real ninja.

And a real ninja needs to see blood.

But her husband Fugaku said that when Itachi was four years old, he had already seen a real battlefield and had his own independent thinking.

Therefore, the battle on the mission was not worth mentioning at all to Itachi. Letting him graduate late is delaying his growth and letting his talents go to waste.

Unable to resist her husband's decision, Itachi also wanted to grow up as soon as possible, so her proposal could only be buried.

If possible, she didn't want her child to take the dangerous path of a ninja.

But on the one hand, as the son of the clan leader, Itachi must assume some of his responsibilities and work hard to strengthen Uchiha.

Every time Itachi goes out on a mission, she feels distressed for a long time.

"It's okay, Mom, I will do my best. If Mom needs anything, I can also help."

Itachi turned around and smiled gently at Sasuke, his eyes full of endearment.

"For you to come back safely is the greatest gift to my mother."

Hearing what Mikoto said, Itachi was also very moved.

Compared to his serious father, his mother Mikoto always cares about his safety a lot of the time.

This is the difference between father and mother.

"Then I'm leaving. Sasuke must remember to listen to his mother and don't cause trouble. I will bring you a gift when I come back."

After saying this, Itachi hurried out and gathered at the gate of Konoha. Behind him came Sasuke's blessing of 'Have a safe journey, brother'.

At the gate of Konoha, the Sannin in the team had just arrived.

Including Itachi, there were three men and one woman in total.

The leading jounin is Minazuki Yuzuki.

A male jounin with a rather elegant name, but his appearance made Itachi feel very regretful.

A forehead protector embedded in short black hair, strange eyebrows like brooms, and under such messy eyebrows, is a pair of small round eyes like fish...

All in all, he looks like a man whose appearance is not online.

But appearance has nothing to do with the strength of the ninja.

Minazuki Yuzuki is an outstanding Jounin of Konoha. During this year, he gave Itachi a lot of help and taught him to become a talented person, which made Itachi respect this Jounin teacher very much.

There were two other people, one of whom was called Duyun Chuanma.

His strength is average, and his appearance... is also average. He is older than Itachi and is just a relatively ordinary genin.

Itachi clearly sensed that the other party was jealous of his talent.

The last person was Inari Mako, who had a pretty face. Itachi felt that there was something wrong with the way she looked at him, it was very fiery.

Itachi had seen this look countless times in the ninja school - it was called a nympho look.

Although the leading Jonin and the two team members were all ninjas with weird personalities and behaviors, overall, Itachi did not hate this environment.

"Now that we are all here, let's start the official mission now. This mission is escort work. You may encounter some minor troubles on the way, but with me as a Jonin watching, you three can express yourself actively. Well. The one who does the best, teacher, I will have an extra reward."

Jonin Minazuki Yuzuki encouraged the three of them and smiled.

"yes."

The three of them nodded, including Itachi.

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Inside the dark room.

Danzo opened his eyes and glanced at a certain location with his cold gaze. The Aburame Ryoma next to him also sensed something was wrong with the bugs in his body and looked at the same location as Danzo.

A figure emerged from the ground, wearing a mask with strange patterns, his whole body covered in black clothes, and his hands wearing black gloves.

From top to bottom, only his left eye was exposed through the small hole on the right side of the mask.

The eye displayed in the small hole is a scarlet three-magatama Sharingan with an evil aura.

"Hmph, you seem to be late."

Danzo seemed dissatisfied with the other party's late step.

"I have something to deal with over there, so I came a little late."

"This is what you asked for. I didn't force you to do this, Madara."

Danzo continued to snort, staring coldly at the black-clothed ninja in front of him - Madara.

"Haha, the kid who could only tremble under my reputation at first has now grown a pair of sharp teeth."

Madara said in a helpless tone, as if he was nostalgic for the prosperous years when he was the invincible ninja world.

Danzo did not answer, the mockery in his eyes represented his will.

The once arrogant Uchiha Madara also learned the hiding skills of mice, which is really ridiculous.

If there was no need to use this guy, he would directly order the roots to eradicate this old immortal guy.

Unfortunately, because of the Hyuga clan's affairs, he was closely watched by the Anbu, and his influence was limited to the village.

"After the transaction, you can leave directly. I'm being closely watched by the ANBU. Try to have as little contact with me as possible recently."

Danzo said.

Madara disagreed. Even if he was targeted by ANBU, Danzo had the skills to escape. He just said this deliberately because he didn't want to have too much communication with him and leak more information.

Danzo was very wary of him.

However, there is currently no conflict of interest between him and Danzo. On the contrary, they have a common goal.

The enemy of his enemy is his friend, which is why he went to Danzo.

However, I really want to ask Danzo what it feels like to poop. Zebra thought to himself.

(PS: I recently changed my computer and I need to get familiar with the keyboard. The intervals between the keys are a little different from the previous keyboard. The vocabulary of the input method cannot be memorized immediately, so there are many typos. Please bear with me. It is already being modified. .I thought this was not a big deal, but when someone asked about it, I remembered that I needed to come over and explain...

Also regarding the plot, I actually think Akatsuki in Naruto is quite buggy. When Yahiko established Akatsuki, he was already very famous in the Land of Rain. In order to prevent the war between Iwagakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure, Akatsuki was running around. Akatsuki must have stayed in Konoha to meet him. As a result, Jiraiya learned that the name of the organization was Akatsuki, but he didn't even think of going directly to Amegakure Village to find out...)