Escape From Konoha

"It seems like it's not easy for you to win."

The speaker was Tendo Payne. The puppet corpse made of Hanzo the Sansho Fish maintained Hanzo's appearance during his lifetime, and his voice was the same as Hanzo's.

The only difference is that the eyes have transformed into the unique form of the Samsara Eye.

The eyes were dark, like a pool of stagnant water, lacking the emotions that a living person should have.

The whole body exudes the oppressive feeling of death.

There is also a smell unique to the dead.

General ninjas can't feel this kind of breath, but for a wandering priestess who is proficient in medical ninjutsu, she can still feel this kind of puppet, which is slightly different from a living person.

Tiandao Payne saw the broken right arm of the wandering witch. Although the bleeding had been stopped and the injury was suppressed, in order to kill the oily girl Ryoma, such a sacrifice was not insignificant.

To Tiandao Payne's question, Yunyou Miko replied with a smile on her face unchanged: "After all, I am the deputy commander of the root, and if I can use one arm to solve him, it is better to say that I have made a lot of money."

"How is Funato's injury?"

Tiandao Payne continued to ask.

He didn't care what kind of battle happened between the Wandering Witch and the Oily Ryoma. He had sacrificed an arm, but the Wandering Witch had no other scars on her body. That is to say, after paying the price of one arm, the Oiler Female dragon horse?

He has no interest in exploring the secrets here.

Compared to these, the safety of Amegakure Jonin Funato was more worthy of his concern.

Nowadays, there are too few ninjas who can stand on their own in Ukakure. Although Funato is not very strong among Jōnin, it is for a ninja village like Konoha. In Ukakushi, Funato's status is different. . Rather, every jounin is a very precious resource for Amegakure.

"Don't worry, I have stabilized his injury, and it will be over after a period of rest. The woman controlled by the illusion is not in danger. I can win this time, but I am lucky."

The wandering witch smiled humbly.

"Any luck?"

The corners of Tiandao Payne's mouth were slightly raised, and a stiff and cold smile appeared on his face.

Being able to get rid of the root deputy commander Aburame Ryoma in such a short period of time cannot be described as good luck.

Either the opponent's intelligence leaked and was targeted tactically, or the Yunyou Miko's hard power far surpassed the oily girl Ryoma, and she killed the oily girl Ryoma without accident.

But judging from the condition of Wandering Miko's broken arm, it's probably more because of the former.

For ninjas, information about abilities is something that needs to be kept secret.

Although there are ninjas who are difficult to defeat even if the information is leaked, such ninjas are too rare.

For example, the three strongest combat powers in the Kingdom of Ghosts, or the power of his Samsara Eye.

Even if sufficient intelligence is obtained, it is impossible to win if hard power is insufficient.

Today's Five Shadows might also have this ability.

"I have already solved the trouble for Yu Yin, so I will leave first. I have other tasks to do, and I will not show up for a long time. In addition, I will take away the body of the oil girl Ryoma. "

The wandering witch said with a strong attitude.

Tendo Payne didn't pay attention to the strong tone of the Wandering Witch, and just nodded indifferently, as if he thought it was a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

"You killed the man, and as you represent the Kingdom of Ghosts, you are naturally qualified to take away this trophy."

No matter what secrets Aburame Ryoma's body hides, they are not very important to him who has the Samsara Eye.

Moreover, there was no need for him to quarrel with the Kingdom of Ghosts over a corpse.

Although Orochimaru would feel regretful after knowing this, and regret that he could not dissect the bodies of the Aburame clan ninjas.

"In addition, Master Shiraishi has one more thing. I need your consent as the leader of the Akatsuki organization."

The Wandering Witch looked directly at Tiandao Payne's Samsara Eye, without any fear in her eyes.

After hearing this, Tiandao Payne showed a stiff smile of interest.

"Is it not me who is the leader of Yuyin who wants to trade, but a conversation with the leader of the Akatsuki organization that has taken in the rebellion? It's very interesting. Let's talk about it. What kind of deal does he want to make?"

Every move Chiba Shiraishi makes has a profound meaning and is not a random act.

Therefore, this transaction may also have very important behind-the-scenes significance.

"About the traitor Uchiha Itachi who wiped out the Uchiha clan."

"Itachi?"

Tiandao Payne frowned slightly.

"Yes, Shiraishi-sama hopes that in the future, the Akatsuki organization will give up Uchiha Itachi and hand it over to the country of ghosts. After all, Uchiha Itachi joined Akatsuki with bad intentions. Mr. Nagato also knows about it. .”

"Itachi is a spy planted by the Sandaime Hokage of Konoha and Danzo."

Tiandao Payne nodded, and between smart people, there is no need to whitewash it.

Although the intelligence network of the Oni Nation did not personally participate in the behind-the-scenes events of the Uchiha clan's genocide, it can also infer the correct result by collecting information.

After all, Itachi's act of genocide was too irrational.

Moreover, the time of joining the Akatsuki was too coincidental. The Kingdom of Demons suspected that the Uchiha clan was annihilated, and it was reasonable for the Akatsuki organization to be involved behind the scenes.

Although Nagato was not personally involved, Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and Fei did have his permission to confuse Itachi and Danzo.

In other words, removing the Uchiha clan would effectively weaken the Konoha Ninja Village, and Nagato had no reason to refuse.

"As expected, Mr. Nagato doesn't believe Uchiha Itachi either."

"It's just an obstacle on the road. I will only use him. I am not the successor of the Will of Fire."

Nagato expressed his position through the words of Tendo Payne.

Maybe he also envied Konoha's will of fire in the past, but at the moment when Yuyin was shattered, his heart that yearned for Konoha had completely died.

Overturning all the previous teachings given to them by their mentor Jiraiya.

In this way, Konoha, who inherited the will of fire, is an enemy with different stances.

Itachi is the successor of the Will of Fire. Even though Nagato appreciates his abilities and talents, he will never believe his every word.

So by Itachi's side, Bai Zee was watching 24 hours a day, and Kisame in the same group was also given the task of secretly monitoring Uchiha Itachi.

"That's it."

"I originally planned to deal with him personally at that time. Since the kingdom of ghosts wants it, then Uchiha Itachi will be handed over to you to solve it at that time, which just saves me a little effort."

Nagato values ​​every member of the organization, but the member he values ​​​​does not include Itachi, the spy.

Itachi also understood this, so both he and Itachi himself were prepared to turn against each other in the future.

Therefore, it would be best if the Demon Country could take over the task of solving Itachi Uchiha.

"In that case, I'll take my leave, Mr. Nagato."

When the Wandering Miko saw Nagato agree through the mouth of Tiandao Pain, she bowed slightly, turned around and walked out of the room.

Tendo Payne watched the wandering witch's back. The expression on his face changed slightly, as if he was deep in thought, but no matter how he made the expression, the muscles on his face were a little stiff.

"Are you going to kill Uchiha Itachi yourself? Is it for revenge of the Uchiha clan, or is there another plan?"

This was something Nagato wasn't sure about.

Maybe there are both possibilities.

Since it is revenge for the dead members of the Uchiha clan, there are also some plans in it.

"Could it be that it's for Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan? But... Mangekyo Sharingan that is not a relative cannot be fused. Uchiha Ruri upgraded the Sharingan to Mangekyo Sharingan, which is the limit. It's impossible. Transform into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.”

No.

Nagato quickly overturned his previous inference.

Although the information Madara left behind did mention that the Mangekyō Sharingan that is not a relative cannot be fused.

But the advanced technology of the Ghost Country may be able to solve such problems.

If that's the case, things might get a little tricky.

"It seems that Orochimaru needs to speed up the research... Madara, I will be closer to the 'Six Paths' field than you."

Tiandao Payne's eyes were deep and shining, and he didn't know what was brewing in his heart.

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On the vast river, a steel aircraft carrier is anchored here.

The flag of the Kingdom of Ghosts was erected on the aircraft carrier, flying in the wind and rain, becoming an extremely dazzling scenery.

On the bank of the river, there is a military camp where the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts are stationed, taking care of each other with the rain ninja camp ten miles away.

In the operating room of the aircraft carrier, the Wandering Miko left the Rain Hidden Village and returned here in only half a day, laying the body of Aburame Ryoma on the operating table.

"It looks like we caught a big fish this time."

The person who followed the Wandering Miko into the operating room was a middle-aged medical ninja who was over forty years old.

Especially in the field of cadaver dissection, he has extraordinary skills.

"The corpse of Deputy Commander Genbu must be hiding a very important secret. Maybe we can get a lot of top-secret information about Genbu."

"You think too much. Even if someone like him dies, he will destroy his brain and leave no chance for the enemy to explore the root secrets. All we can get is his ninjutsu as a ninja. It’s just a secret.”

The wandering miko looked at the middle-aged medical ninja calmly and said.

"That's not bad. The secret skills of the Aburame clan are still very valuable for research."

The middle-aged medical ninja didn't feel disappointed after knowing that he couldn't get the root information.

For a ninja of Aburame Ryoma's level, it's not just the information in his mind that's important, but the opponent's ninjutsu secrets are equally crucial. It can contribute to the ninjutsu system of the Kingdom of Demons, allowing the Kingdom of Demons to develop methods specifically targeting the Aburame clan.

As he spoke, he looked at the location of Wandering Witch's severed arm.

"By the way, is your arm okay?"

"It doesn't matter. I will return to the Kingdom of Ghosts for the surgery to glue the severed limbs together. The medical conditions here are still quite poor. Remember to preserve my severed arm with medical solution so that it doesn't stink."

"Don't worry, I have put the severed arm in the training warehouse, and I will just send someone to transfer it back to the Kingdom of Ghosts."

The middle-aged medical ninja answered.

The wandering miko nodded with satisfaction, her eyes shifted, and fell back on the corpse of Aburame Ryoma on the operating table, with a flash of memory in her eyes.

"What a pity, Mr. Ryoma. If the opponent was not me, you might still have a chance to fight back. Seeing you like this reminds me of the time when I worked with you under Danzo-sama. It’s still fresh in my memory.”

She personally killed the senior she once respected. Surprisingly, the Wandering Witch didn't feel the slightest waver in her heart.

Perhaps, there are not many things in this world that can make her mood fluctuate.

After all, she used to be a part of The Roots.

He was trained by Genbu as a regular member since he was a child. When he grew up, he lived up to his expectations and became an elite medical ninja in Genbu. He was also an intelligence officer who was good at espionage work.

She has naturally received the special training method of her roots.

Forget your name, forget your past, forget your death, there are only missions and villages in your life.

Any emotion is unnecessary.

Because of this, she felt no emotion at all when she personally killed seniors she respected in the past like Aburame Ryoma.

She knew that her real strength was far from that of Aburame Ryoma, but knowing Aburame Ryoma's ability, she wanted to design a plan to kill the opponent. She only had to plan according to the script without making mental calculations. It was like drinking a cup of afternoon tea, without any sense of nervousness, just feeling a little comfortable.

"By the way, before dissecting the corpse, open his head first."

The wandering miko came back to her senses and glanced indifferently at the head of Aburame Ryoma's corpse.

"Why?"

The middle-aged medical ninja asked strangely.

"There are two brain-eating worms. Mr. Ryoma uses one to fight the enemy, and the other one is stored in the brain and is usually in a sleeping state. When he dies, he will use secret techniques to trigger this brain-eating worm and kill him. It eats away the inside of the brain and destroys the nervous system, making it impossible for people to obtain memories from his brain. Moreover, because the brain-eating worm is so small, you can't notice its existence unless you are careful. This brain-eating worm has a memory If you fight me and let it fly back to its base, it will expose my abilities."

The wandering witch explained.

"The roots...are really terrible tissues."

Cold sweat broke out on the middle-aged medical ninja's face.

If it hadn't been for the wandering witch's reminder, he probably wouldn't have noticed the existence of the second brain-eating worm.

Fortunately, there is this former root member who happens to know about Ryoma Aburame's secret abilities. Otherwise, the second brain-eating insect will be allowed to escape, and perhaps the intelligence on the aircraft carrier will be leaked.

A ninja at his core, even if he is a dead person, he has to be careful about being tricked.

He carefully glanced at the Wandering Miko. Are the ninjas who joined the Roots psychologically abnormal?

"The ninjas who can join the Roots all have special skills. Among them, the blood succession limit and the secret ninja are given priority. Unfortunately, most of the members of the Roots have been replaced now, and I don't know much about the current Roots. The secret code and the ones outside The base has also undergone certain changes.”

The wandering witch sighed.

Even though she has now escaped from the roots, she can't help but marvel at the mystical practices of the root organizations.

Coupled with Danzo's extremely sophisticated control methods, even the members who join it cannot learn all the secrets.

The reason why she knew about Aburame Ryoma's abilities was because Aburame Ryoma was once her direct superior.

Whenever she went out to obtain information, it was Aburame Ryoma who was responsible for contacting her.

Therefore, Aburame Ryoma revealed his secret to her. In order to better operate the root intelligence system, he did not expect to use this secret now.

"Okay, let's start the dissection now. You are in charge of the operation. First, open his head and take out the second brain-eating worm. This is a rare experimental material. Be careful not to damage it."

The wandering witch ordered.

"Yes, Lord Nonoyu."

The middle-aged medical ninja nodded solemnly.

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The land of rain.

Temporary stop at the roots.

Located inside the cave, is a secret space reclaimed by root members.

Sitting in the secret room dug out, the bright yellow candlelight illuminates the environment in the secret room and drives away the darkness.

Danzo calmly closed his eyes and sat on a chair to rest. In front of him, there was a very ordinary wooden table. On it, a large number of intelligence documents were piled up, in the form of portfolios or scrolls, placed on the wooden table.

Some parts have been opened and there are traces of handwriting on them.

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the secret room.

Danzo's closed eyes suddenly opened, and the body sitting on the chair moved his muscles slightly to avoid being too stiff.

"Come in."

The sound was transmitted outside, allowing the root ninja who knocked on the door to hear his words.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

"Lord Danzo."

A boy of sixteen or seventeen years old came in. He was neither fat nor thin, with orange hair in a side parting and a short ponytail. He had a fine ninja sword that was shorter than a regular ninja sword placed behind his back.

After he walked in, he bowed slightly to Danzo.

"Feng, what happened?"

Danzo called out the boy's name.

His full name is Shanfeng, and he is a member of a clan in Konoha Mountain. Although he is only seventeen years old, he is already a special jounin in the village.

He is proficient in the secret skills of the mountain clan such as turning his heart, and has strong sensory abilities.

Good at assassination and intelligence transmission and collection.

He is also a rare militant ninja among the mountain clan.

After being added to the roots, his talents can be effectively used.

Although he only joined for three or four years, he was deeply trusted by Danzo.

"I have some bad news."

Shanfeng looked directly into Danzo's eyes with a solemn expression.

"Not so good news?"

"Suddenly Ryoma-sama is unavailable. My telekinesis technique cannot capture Ryoma-sama's chakra."

Shanfeng told this extremely bad information.

"you sure?"

After hearing the news, Danzo couldn't sit still. He looked sharply at Shanfeng, and his tone also changed obviously.

Under the pressure of Danzo looking directly at him, Shanfeng spoke with difficulty: "Yes, it is absolutely true. From just now, I have been unable to contact Ryoma-sama using the telekinesis technique. Although other situations cannot be ruled out, in the end The bad outcome is that Ryoma-sama...may encounter something unexpected."

The technique of mind-to-body transfer is different from the technique of mind-turning. The most special thing about this technique is that it can communicate with anyone's inner mind within a certain range and transmit information.

However, the execution of this technique is much more difficult than the Heart Turning Technique, the basic secret technique of the mountain clan.

Even among the mountain clan, not many clansmen master this secret technique.

It can be seen from this that Shanfeng is extremely talented.

At a young age, he is already one of the few high-ranking intelligence officers in the Roots.

The most satisfying thing about the Roots is that as long as they have the ability, they can quickly become Danzo's confidants, control some of the powers of the Roots, and transform from chess pieces to chess players.

And Danzo is not taboo about such things.

The capable are on top and the weak are on the bottom. This is the most realistic portrayal of the world inside the root. This is also the strict rule set by Danzo for the root.

Hearing Shanfeng's confirmation, Danzo took a deep breath, said nothing, and sat there suddenly in silence.

After a long time, he spoke slowly: "Where is the brain-eating worm? Didn't it come back?"

Although Danzo knew that as a member of the Roots, he had to have the mentality to put life and death at any time when performing tasks outside. However, after hearing the news about Ryoma Aburame's unexpected encounter, he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

Aburame Ryoma...how long have you been following her?

From the beginning of the Roots to the present, Aburame Ryoma has been his trusted ninja and one of the first members of the Roots.

Nowadays, the first group of members in the Root either died on the battlefield or were seriously injured and retired. Only a few people are still working in the Root.

The death of Aburame Ryoma made Danzo realize that time is so fleeting.

However, Danzo quickly put away this sadness.

His identity does not allow him to have any emotional flaws.

Even if you are angry about such things, you must learn to hide your true emotions and not lose your temper in front of anyone.

"No, there are no traces of the brain-eating worms returning... It stands to reason that at this time, the brain-eating worms should have flown back. After all, the last time Ryoma-sama contacted me was two hours before he sneaked into Yuyin Village. And the distance from Yuyin Village to here, at the flying speed of the brain-eating insects, will not take more than half a day."

Shanfeng analyzed.

"It's possible that the brain-eating insect has been seen through by the enemy, so it hasn't flown back yet to bring back the last information Ryoma wanted to convey."

Danzo sighed.

As a result, there is no way to tell who killed Aburame Ryoma, and the information about Amegakure Village is completely unknown.

Unexpectedly, after losing Hanzo's village, there is still a powerful ninja in Amegakure Village who can kill Aburame Ryoma.

Payne...who is he?

Why has there never been such an Amegakure ninja in the intelligence system Kanzo provided to the Roots?

Or is Payne a pseudonym used to hide his true identity?

Danzo thought in his mind.

"How is it possible? Generally speaking, the existence of the second brain-eating worm is impossible to be seen through."

Shanfeng was extremely surprised.

"Nothing is impossible. There are countless strange people in the ninja world. Although the probability is extremely low, there is a possibility that Ryoma's second brain-eating worm will be seen through."

"If so, the situation will be difficult. Do we need to send another exploration team to Yuyin Village to investigate?"

Shanfeng has a serious expression.

"No need, since the dragons and horses have all missed, sending other teams over there is likely to return in vain and lose troops. After all, from the moment the Kingdom of Ghosts intervened, the situation in the Kingdom of Rain has been heading towards Walking in an uncontrolled direction.”

Danzo said in a deep voice.

"Well, how about sending reinforcements from the village?"

"That would likely lead to a war with the kingdom of ghosts. Now Konoha is not suitable for war with the kingdom of ghosts. The opponent is Yu Yin, and that Payne, and the ninjas from the kingdom of ghosts cannot be involved."

Danzo kept his wits about him.

The current situation is already very clear. Although the Oni Kingdom nominally supports Amegakure, it does not want to have a large-scale conflict with Konoha.

Therefore, the two sides fighting will only be the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Rain. The Kingdom of Ghosts is only offering support and interfering with the actions of the Kingdom of Fire.

The Kingdom of Oni seems to be very keen on causing chaos for Konoha and the Kingdom of Fire.

If you want to use this to weaken the influence of Konoha and the Fire Country, it will be beneficial to the Ghost Country.

"Send my order back to Konoha and ask the root members there to send a batch of tailed beast banned drugs."

After hearing Danzo's order, Shanfeng's expression changed slightly, and then he nodded solemnly.

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

"Go ahead, just use the rain ninja to test the power of this drug. After all, this banned drug developed with the chakra of the tailed beast is originally prepared for war."

Everything is waiting for him to become the fifth Hokage of Konoha!

Danzo's eyes sparkled with ambition.