Escape From Konoha

On the uninhabited island near the main island of Wave Country, countless poisonous insects and beasts live in the mixed virgin forest, making it a forbidden area for life.

In this forbidden area of ​​life that ordinary people would never take the initiative to enter, Scorpion and Deidara appeared here.

Wearing the same style of uniform with black background and red clouds, and rings on their fingers, they stopped in front of a mountain wall.

Deidara glanced at the smooth mountain wall, and then made a gesture with one hand.

The mountain wall in front of him immediately began to melt, revealing a passage for people to walk on.

"You can go in, Brother Scorpion. Yes."

After doing this, Deidara led the way and took the lead into the cave inside the mountain wall.

Scorpion followed.

When the two came in, the mountain wall at the back began to bond and changed into the shape it had before the lockdown was lifted.

From the outside, it is just an ordinary mountain wall.

In the cave inside the mountain wall, there is a secret space, which stores some food, water, medicine and other things. Even many ninja tools are prepared, which can be called a small base.

But judging from the traces of cave opening, it should have been less than a month since this small base was built.

It is probably determined that the Jinchuuriki will be operating in the Land of Waves, so let's temporarily open a base here in advance so that the members of the organization can hide their traces as much as possible here.

After all, many areas of the Country of Waves are now monitored by ninjas from the Country of Ghosts. If you go to the main island, you will easily be discovered by the ninjas of the Country of Ghosts.

In terms of aggressiveness, the kingdom of ghosts is on a par with the kingdom of thunder, and they have always adopted a very tough style of conduct.

Not long after the two entered, the clods on the ground began to bulge slightly, and a white humanoid creature slowly drilled out of the soil with a smile.

"It's Bai Zetsu."

Deidara was not surprised to see this scene.

After joining the Akatsuki organization three years ago, he has gradually learned that the core members of this organization are basically a group of 'abnormal' humans.

Whether it's a physical anomaly, or a felony committed when he defected, or someone like him, artistic values ​​cannot be shared with ordinary people.

Discovering the art of beauty from explosions, Didara also thinks that his taste is different from ordinary people.

It is precisely because of the abnormality that it is a kind of aesthetics.

Even he had a rare sense of identity with this organization, and thought it was an artistic expression of 'beauty'.

Compared with Yanyin Village, a place that doesn't know how to appreciate the beauty of his art, Xiao Organization is a paradise for art to him.

"Good afternoon, you two."

Bai Jue greeted the two with a smile.

"Stop talking nonsense, where is the jinchūriki?"

Xie Xie asked straight to the point.

He was very aware of Bai Jue's nagging character. If he waited for the other party to start chatting, he would probably be able to talk non-stop all day long.

Rather than chatting here with Bai Jue, he wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, then leave the country of waves and find a quiet place to continue studying the art of puppetry.

"On the main island of Wave Country, I am locking the opponent's position."

"You should have been here earlier than us. Why, haven't the traces of the jinchuriki been locked?"

There was impatience in Scorpion's voice.

"The Jinchuuriki moved their positions after being stirred up by the people from the Lightning Regiment."

Bai Jue said regretfully.

"Thunder Light Group?"

"Yes, they are bounty hunters hired by the Wave Country Agricultural and Industrial Group."

"I've heard of their names. The members in it either possess the secret technique or have the blood succession limit. How could they conflict with Renzhuli?"

Xie wondered, did the members of the Lei Guang Group also want to get the Tailed Beast?

If so, then the action needs to be a little more careful.

"Ninjas who sneak into the country of waves inexplicably will definitely be monitored and suppressed by local ninjas. Moreover, Konoha has also noticed."

"The situation is really complicated."

Konoha, Thunder Light Group, Kingdom of Ghosts, or the fourth force intervened.

Now Akatsuki wants to intervene in it, and that is the melee of the five forces.

Fortunately, these four forces still don't know the fact that Akatsuki got involved.

That means that he and Didala have more room to operate.

"Yes, the leader already knows the situation here. He asked you two to stand by temporarily and wait for the best time to take action. There is only one chance. Once it fails, it will not be that simple to succeed next time. "

After listening to Bai Jue's narration, Xie glanced at the food and water in the base and understood the meaning of putting these food and water here.

He is half human and half puppet and does not need food or water to maintain life and activities.

Bai Jue has a special body and needs sunlight and water to replenish life energy.

The food and water in the base were prepared for Deidara.

The other party is still a human body of flesh and blood and cannot do without the supply of food and water.

"This attack is mainly based on Deidara's explosive escape ninjutsu, and the attack starts from the sky. You can discuss how to do it. If you need anything, you can tell me at any time, and I will prepare it for you. Not only that, the leader also I asked for a batch of new clay from Orochimaru."

"The leader is really well prepared, huh."

Deidara nodded with satisfaction.

His explosive ninjutsu is related to clay, and can be used in both land and air combat, making it flexible and versatile.

The only requirement is a large amount of special clay.

Ordinary clay cannot carry his 'art' at all.

Orochimaru knew that although Akatsuki's logistics technician was a rather disgusting guy, Deidara recognized his research ability.

In addition, Beilihu and the Xia who teamed up with him can also be regarded as half researchers, but compared to Orochimaru's omnipotence, both of them have outstanding research talents in a certain field.

"Then prepare well and prepare more C3 No. 18."

Scorpion glanced at Deidara and said to him.

"That thing is very troublesome to prepare, and when used, it will consume a lot of chakra."

Deidara looked helplessly at Scorpion.

His explosive ninjutsu is divided into four levels from C1 to C4.

C1 clay creations have the weakest abilities, such as clay spiders, white birds, flying cranes, two-winged birds, grasshoppers, etc.

Although the destructive power of C4's clay creation is not astonishing, it is a surefire kill against ninjas who cannot see through C4's attack pattern.

As for the clay creations of the C3 level, they are the ultimate sublimation version of the C1, and their explosive power is terrifying.

But because of this, not only is it cumbersome to make, it cannot be made on site, it can only be prepared in advance, and the amount of chakra consumed when using it is also very exaggerated.

The amount of chakra existing in his body is not enough to use C3·18 multiple times.

"It doesn't matter if you don't. I will use the spore technique to parasitize in your body. When you run out of chakra, I will replenish it for you."

Bai Jue looked at Deidara and said.

"In that case, I wouldn't mind letting you appreciate my art more, huh."

Deidara smiled.

"Stop talking nonsense and make it quickly. If you fail the task, I will destroy all your clay."

Scorpion said irritably.

"Don't be anxious, Brother Scorpion, there is still time."

Deidara had become accustomed to Scorpio's maverick and violent personality over the years, and was completely immune to it.

"Then you two prepare here. I will continue to collect intelligence and locate the Jinchuuriki's whereabouts."

Bai Jue saw that there was nothing of his own to do here, so he wisely did not get involved in the conversation between the two, and disappeared into the soil.

"This guy is still so mysterious."

Seeing Bai Jue disappear into the ground, Deidara shook his head and came to a box containing the special clay Bai Jue said.

After opening the box and taking out the packed clay, Deidara found an open space and began to use the clay to make his own works of art.

When Xia saw Deidara starting to work, he didn't bother him and just found a place to stay quietly.

Unlike Deidara, a young ninja who likes to neglect things when doing things, he is always in the ideal fighting condition no matter when and where.

"Speaking of which, Brother Scorpion, how many tails are our mission this time?"

Deidara, who was making clay, suddenly remembered something and asked.

Scorpion glanced at him and replied: "It's Erwei. She is a kunoichi from Hidden Cloud Village."

"That's it."

"Don't be careless just because you think the other party is a woman. Cloud Hidden Village masters the training method of the perfect Jinchuuriki. Although I don't know whether the two-tailed Jinchuuriki has completed the training of the perfect Jinchuuriki, but the strength is definitely not that of ordinary Jinchuuriki. Comparable."

Scorpion warned Deidara.

Although the wild tailed beasts are violently powerful, for ordinary ninjas, no matter how many they come, they are a dead end.

But as long as you master the targeted methods, wild tailed beasts are actually the easiest to deal with.

In addition, jinchūriki who have not grown up are also easy to capture.

The cultivation of Jinchuuriki has always been one of the top priorities of many ninja villages.

This not only involves how much resources to invest, but also to ensure the loyalty of the Jinchuuriki to the Ninja Village.

If you cultivate a Jinchuuriki that is hostile to your own village, you will lose more than you gain.

The most difficult to capture is the third type, where the power of the jinchuriki and the tailed beast begin to resonate, approaching the perfect jinchūriki.

This type of jinchūriki is not only powerful in itself, but can also use the power of tailed beasts to increase their strength to a higher level, making it difficult to target them with sealing techniques.

Even the genjutsu of the Sharingan is difficult to deal with this jinchūriki.

The Hidden Cloud Village masters the training method of perfect jinchuriki, and the two-tailed jinchuriki must have also received this training.

Therefore, if the second-tailed Jinchuuriki is treated as an ordinary Jinchuuriki, he and Deidara will definitely suffer a big loss for this.

"Really? I understand. It seems that we need to prepare a few more C3 No. 18. Sharingan and Jinchuuriki. Hmm."

"This is best. But it's just a small fight now. When the agreement with the Demon Country is over, it won't be that easy to capture the tailed beast by then."

Scorpion said in a solemn tone.

"Brother Scorpion, you seem to be very concerned about the affairs of the Kingdom of Ghosts. Have you had any conflicts with them in the past?"

Deidara looked at Scorpion curiously.

"That was about seven or eight years ago. At that time, the organization was still short of manpower, and Beiruhu had just joined. He, I, and Orochimaru fought against Hyuga Ayane because of an accident."

Scorpion satisfied Deidara's curiosity and began to recount past events.

"So, what's the result?"

"There was no result, because the leader suddenly intervened, so there was just a hasty fight, and neither side used their full strength. But under the premise of hiding the backhand, the three of us were suppressed by one of the other parties."

"Isn't that just a loss? Brother Scorpion, you are really a bit dishonest when it comes to winning or losing. Hmm."

Hearing Scorpio's unhappy tone, Deidara felt that the other party was deliberately hiding the embarrassment of his failure, so he burst into laughter.

"Didara, do you want to die?"

Xie's tone suddenly became low and terrifying.

His pale eyes were filled with ferocious bloodshot eyes.

"Well, don't mind, Brother Scorpion. I will help you get revenge in the future, using my art. Yeah."

Didara didn't care about the threat from the scorpion.

If the other party really wanted to take action, they would have started firing poisonous hidden weapons long ago.

She obviously takes care of him so much, but she still pretends to be ruthless.

From this point of view, he thinks that the big brother Scorpio has a quite cute personality.

Only in the exploration of art, the two had differences, and the dispute still has no result.

"Hmph, then I'll wait and see. If you can defeat the opponent, then I will admit that your explosion is also a kind of art."

From Scorpion's point of view, Deidara was still a lot too young to fight against a ninja of Hinata Ayane's level.

Even if you use the so-called C4 killer move, it will be seen through by the opponent's eyes and become useless.

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How boring.

Naruto sighed like this more than once in his heart.

Sitting on the coast next to the bridge construction site, I spent the whole day sitting here in a daze. I ate when it was time to eat, and basically had nothing else to do.

Because we have to prevent samurai and gangsters who may come at any time to disrupt the normal operation of the construction site, it is impossible to go to the construction site to help.

Moreover, with the spread of industrialization, most of the construction tools used on construction sites are machinery and no longer rely purely on manpower.

Ordinary manpower is not only inefficient in the face of mechanized tools, but also prone to errors in the process.

Only a ninja force dedicated to the construction industry can keep up with the machinery.

But Naruto didn't know how to build a bridge, nor how to operate those complicated large machines, so he could only sit on the coast and stare.

But compared to him, the others don't have this self-awareness.

Kakashi enjoyed this rare leisure time very much.

Over the years, he has been busy with the business of the ANBU, and has long been too busy to open the pot.

Leading Team 7, he was basically too lazy to move except when necessary.

After all, no one knows how long he can be the instructing Jonin of Team 7.

As for Sasuke, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the training of thunder escape. In order to avenge Itachi, he could not waste any time.

Sakura also has her own things to do. When she is not working, she stays not far from Sasuke, carefully reading the medical books brought from Konoha to deepen her understanding of medical ninjutsu.

"Kakashi-sensei, isn't there anything meaningful to do?"

Naruto walked over and glanced at the "Intimate Paradise" in Kakashi's hand.

I am reading this unhealthy banned book again. Naruto mentally slandered.

"What are you going to do meaningfully?"

"that……"

When asked by Kakashi, Naruto didn't know what to say.

"Forget it, it looks like you haven't planned your future properly. Really, you made such bold statements like saying your dream is to be Hokage, but in the end you don't have any long-term plans at all."

Seeing Naruto asking for help, Kakashi sighed.

Naruto grinned, showing no sign of embarrassment.

"Sure enough, Mr. Kakashi, you are the best."

"Don't do this... Speaking of which, your tree-climbing training has already been completed, right?"

Kakashi closed "Kissing Heaven" and asked.

"Yes, that's right, I've mastered it."

"In that case, let's try treading water."

"tread water?"

Naruto tilted his head, then remembered something.

When Sasuke was picking up trash on the river in the past, he stood on the water without submerging his body.

"It seems that you also know what to do next. Treading water is a higher level ability than climbing trees. If you practice it well, your foundation will be more solid."

"But, I've already done the tree climbing exercise. It's not difficult to tread water, right? Isn't there a more powerful ninjutsu? For example, Sasuke's ninjutsu that can spit fire and discharge electricity."

Every time he sees Sasuke being able to breathe fire and discharge electricity, he is envious.

Because he's so handsome.

If he can also learn this trick, he will definitely be able to attract Sakura's attention and feel his handsome side.

"..."

I didn't even have a good foundation, so I wanted to learn the more advanced attributes of Chakra's nature changes.

That's much more difficult than finely controlling chakra.

"In short, you should do the exercise of treading water well first, and I will teach you other things after you learn to tread water."

Kakashi looked at Naruto helplessly.

Think of it as repaying that man's insignificant kindness.

If Naruto is left for such a long time, sooner or later he will be abandoned by Konoha.

"What, I just need to learn to tread water in a moment."

Naruto said dissatisfied.

"Hey, you'd better not underestimate the trick of treading water."

The soles of the feet are the least likely place in the human body to gather chakra. If you want to learn to climb trees and tread water, you must control the amount of chakra you release and maintain it at all times. Every move must be just right. One more point or one less point will lead to failure.

It took Naruto several days just to climb the tree. Treading water was more difficult than climbing a tree. With Naruto's crude chakra control, it was estimated that it would take a week to hone.

After all, subtle adjustment of chakra is many times more difficult than simply condensing chakra.

At the same time, this is also the basis for ninjas to become stronger.

As long as you can master the two skills of climbing trees and treading water, learning Escape Technique in the future will be much easier than practicing Escape Technique directly. It will also save a lot of chakra and maintain the power of Escape Technique.

"Yes, I understand."

Naruto said weakly.

"Now that you know, let's call Sakura over. She doesn't seem to have learned how to tread water yet."

"yes."

At the mention of Sakura, Naruto ran out energetically.

"Really, this guy can change his face faster than he can turn the pages of a book. However, the atmosphere here is indeed a bit too cozy."

It's like the quiet prelude before the storm.

Kakashi glanced at the calm scene around him and thought to himself.

At the same time, he also looked towards the location of the Thunder Light Group. Except for the leader Qianno, who was sitting on the railing and looking at the sea, the others were missing. They might have gone to deal with the rats in the dark.

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"hateful!"

Starting to train his ability to tread water, Naruto couldn't remember how many times he fell into the sea water.

Every time, I turn into a drowned rat and swim from the sea to the shore, and then repeat the same thing.

Although his unwillingness to admit defeat made him wonder what it meant to be discouraged, treading water seemed very simple, but it was more difficult than climbing a tree.

Although Kakashi told him some tips on how to quickly master the skill of treading water, Naruto was still in the raw stage of mastering treading water.

"It doesn't seem too difficult."

From the other side, Sakura's voice of joy came.

Naruto turned his head and looked around, only to see Sakura standing firmly on the sea, walking swiftly without any obstruction.

"That's amazing, Sakura! She is indeed the woman I like!"

Naruto was surprised, but at the same time he was very happy, even happier than he had learned to tread water.

"Well……"

Sakura, who was still very happy, suddenly didn't know what to say.

It's a good thing to be praised, but being praised by Naruto always makes me feel weird.

She wanted Sasuke's approval more than Naruto.

However, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Sasuke was still practicing his lightning escape not far away and was not paying attention to the scene on his side.

At this moment, Kakashi came over and said with a smile: "It seems that Sakura is one step closer to Hokage now. She is much better than someone who only talks big words."

"Kakashi-sensei, please don't stir up trouble here, okay?"

Sakura looked at Kakashi speechlessly. To a certain extent, Kakashi was also an instructor with a bad personality.

Then, she saw Naruto with an unwilling look on his face without saying a word, gritting his teeth and continuing to walk towards the seaside, practicing treading water.

"It's all your fault. Naruto must be very disappointed now."

At first, Sakura disliked Naruto because when he was in school, he not only had poor grades, but he was always mischievous and disrupted the classroom. It was difficult not to be disgusted.

But after getting familiar with it, I felt that Naruto was not that unreliable.

It's just his lack of common sense that makes him seem incompetent.

I haven't felt the father's love and mother's love that others have since I was a child, which may be the reason why the other person became like this.

"It's nothing. If the target is Naruto, this setback cannot defeat him. Don't underestimate this kid's resilience."

If he was dejected here because of this setback, then Naruto would have been defeated by various rumors in the village over the years.

From the aspect of mind, he felt that Naruto was more suitable for the practice of natural energy than Sasuke.

Sometimes being too serious can make your vision narrower.

Hatred... Kakashi sighed in his heart. From this point of view, he seemed not qualified to talk about Sasuke.

Only the Avengers understand the pain and bitterness in the Avengers' hearts.

Any smile is a forced smile.

From the moment I carried hatred, my life was different from the life a normal person would lead.

Therefore, rather than Naruto's future, he wanted to know what choice Sasuke would make after knowing the truth about the genocide in the future.