Escape From Konoha

The smell of grilled fish wafts from the shore.

Naruto sat on the side, did not pick up the grilled fish to eat, but secretly looked at the boy in white who was enjoying the grilled fish with his eyes.

Guess the identity of the boy in white.

No matter how you look at it, the identity of this young man in white is very suspicious, and his behavior of drowning in the center of the lake is also very weird.

Seeing that the other party was eating grilled fish as if nothing had happened, Naruto finally couldn't help but said:

"that……"

"Um?"

The boy in white still had grilled fish in his mouth. After hearing Naruto's voice, he raised his head and looked at him, blinking his eyes, as if he was wondering why Naruto stopped him at this time.

"Why are you unconscious in the middle of the lake... that is a very dangerous behavior."

Naruto said.

The boy in white stopped eating the grilled fish, took the remaining half of the grilled fish from his mouth, and then slowly said to Naruto: "Suicide."

"suicide?"

Naruto's eyes widened, looking incomprehensible.

"Yes, I want to kill myself."

The boy in white definitely nodded.

"..."

Naruto couldn't understand anymore.

Moreover, the boy in white's answer was beyond his comprehension.

How could a person who was so well behaved suddenly commit suicide?

"Is it hard to understand?"

Seeing Naruto's confused look, the boy in white asked.

"Um."

Naruto didn't understand the boy's thoughts at all, nor did he know what was going on in his mind.

But the act of committing suicide is originally a negative thought to avoid the world and cannot solve any substantive problems.

If you really have to commit suicide, how desperate do you have to be about your future life to have such unbearable thoughts and put them into action?

However, he did not see any sadness or despair on the face of the young man in white. Even when he said the word 'suicide', it seemed that it was just for explanation and explanation.

Therefore, Naruto could not understand.

"After all, in my opinion, there are no obstacles in life that I can't overcome. I have been hated by many adults in the past, and many of my peers have also been affected by it and started to stay away from me. It is somewhat desperate to say that, but escaping can't solve anything. I believe that only by facing the problem can we seize the opportunity to change other people’s views on ourselves.”

At least, it's not that he doesn't have people who care about him, nor does he have friends who are willing to get along with him.

Although there are few, these are enough to become the light in his heart and drive away those bad and dark thoughts.

"?"

The boy in white looked at Naruto blankly, was he being lectured?

Although the explanation given was very reluctant, the other party seemed to be dispelling his negative thoughts of suicide.

However, the other party's remarks clearly misunderstood something.

He didn't commit suicide because he was desperate for the future.

"Noisy... want to be quiet."

"What?"

"No, it's nothing. Just pretend that I didn't figure it out for the moment. However, after hearing what you said, I no longer have the idea of ​​committing suicide."

The young man in white shook his head, unwilling to dwell on this topic.

After all, his own existence is too incredible for outsiders.

"Eh?"

Naruto looked at the boy in white in astonishment.

One moment he wanted to commit suicide, the other moment he gave up on committing suicide, this guy's face changed so quickly.

Could it be that what I said was really so useful.

"Because I want to protect my father. He is the creator who gave me life. I must keep fighting until I fall."

The expression of the boy in white suddenly became firm.

"Yes, really? Look, don't you still have family caring for you?"

Naruto didn't know what was going on in the heart of the boy in white, but giving up suicide was undoubtedly a good thing.

Moreover, regarding protecting his most important relatives as his life goal, this is also a very good dream in Naruto's opinion.

Naruto's favorability towards the boy in white suddenly soared.

People who have this kind of ideological awareness to protect others and even give up their own lives are definitely not bad people.

"Speaking of which, I've always wanted to ask, that forehead protector you're wearing...are you a ninja?"

The boy in white changed the topic, fixed his gaze on the forehead protector on Naruto's forehead, and began to ask.

Naruto raised his brows, with a very proud smile on his face. He put his hands on his forehead protector, lifted the forehead protector upwards, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, I am a genin from Konoha Village, Uzumaki Naruto people."

"Konoha? The mark on the forehead protector does seem a bit familiar."

"Have you seen any other Konoha ninjas?"

"Um."

The boy in white squinted his eyes back, and his eyes fell on the long-handled object wrapped in a white cloth belt.

It seems that many Konoha ninjas have died under this gun.

"So, that means you are also a ninja?"

Naruto is interested.

The boy in white nodded calmly and took out a forehead protector with a strap from his arms. The format was the same as the ninja forehead protector in Konoha Village. The difference was that the pattern on the forehead protector was a blooming aster flower.

"I remember seeing this tattoo somewhere. Strange, where is it?"

Naruto stared at the mark on his forehead protector and scratched his cheek.

"This is the forehead guard worn by the ninjas of the ghost country."

"The Kingdom of Ghosts?" An idea flashed in Naruto's mind, and he suddenly realized: "Ah, I remembered it, no wonder it looks so familiar. At the port of the Country of Waves, I saw the huge ship of the Kingdom of Ghosts, with this flag engraved on it. The same mark on the forehead."

"That's the escort fleet belonging to the Demon Kingdom's military."

The boy in white nodded.

The Country of Waves is an island country. If Konoha ninjas want to come to the Country of Waves, they can only cross the sea by boat and land at the port.

It is inevitable that you will find military ships belonging to the Kingdom of Demons there.

"In other words, you are indeed a ninja from the Kingdom of Ghosts."

"Yes, my name is Ako... The ninja level, according to the position assigned to me by my father, I should be a jounin."

"Jounin!?"

Naruto's eyes almost popped out of his head, and he looked at the boy in white, Ako, with a surprised look on his face.

The other party looks like he is barely fifteen or sixteen years old. Is he a jounin at such a young age?

From Naruto's point of view, this was simply a fantasy.

After Kakashi's training, Naruto knew the difference between genin and jounin.

Even if he was given three years to make amends, Naruto could not guarantee that he could become as powerful as a Jonin.

"Well, may I ask, how old are you this year?"

Could it be that this child just looks younger? Actually, you are older?

Chi Zi was asked.

"What's wrong?"

"No, I was just thinking about how old I am... If it were counted from the year when I really regained consciousness and could move freely, my current age should be five years old... or four years old?"

Akiko looked serious thinking.

It was the first time someone asked his age.

He is an artificial human being and cannot be treated by normal human standards.

The moment he was born, he could walk on the ground, his body has not grown to its current position, and his intelligence is comparable to that of an adult.

This is indeed something that is difficult for normal people to understand.

According to the normal development of a human baby, it takes at least ten years of growth to reach the state he was in when he was born.

Five years old? Four years old? Or a question? Akako's answer made Naruto's face filled with questions.

What a weird boy.

He felt that the other party's knowledge of common sense might be worse than his own.

"Since you are a Jonin, you must be very strong, right?"

Naruto dropped the subject of age and instead focused on Akako's title of Jounin.

"According to Father, I should be very strong. What, do you want to fight me?"

If it's just a sparring match, you can't use the 'Death Soul Gun', otherwise someone will die. Chi Zi said in his heart.

Occasionally, he would be used as a training partner for the ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons to compete in physical skills. In that case, he was ordered not to use weapons.

"No, I just want to ask you to teach me how to practice. If you are a Jonin, you should know how to help me learn to tread water quickly, right?"

Naruto clasped his hands together, giggling,

"Treading water? Isn't it a fight?"

Moreover, isn't treading water the basic skill of a ninja? Skills that should be mastered in ninja school.

But Naruto said before that he was a genin, but he still hadn't learned to tread water.

Could it be said that the ninja school in Konoha does not teach treading water exercises before graduation?

"Of course not, I have to learn to tread water quickly and surprise some little dwarf."

Naruto said seriously.

"Although I don't know who the dwarf you are talking about is, but since you are so serious about your request, I will reluctantly teach you how to tread water."

After all, after eating the other party's grilled fish, Chizi didn't want to default on the bill.

Gratitude must be repaid, and revenge must be avenged.

Moreover, he didn't dislike Naruto's simple and straightforward character.

I just hope that he will not die by his own hands in the future.

Otherwise, I would feel a little bit disappointed inside.

"Thank you so much!"

In Naruto's opinion, Kakashi is capable, but too lazy.

Basically tell him the trick and ignore him.

He also knew that it was unrealistic for a Jonin to follow him closely. After all, he had to take into account the positions of Sasuke and Sakura, and a bowl of water would be enough.

But now that he had another jounin who could guide him, Naruto believed that he would be able to learn to tread water faster, which made the dwarf girl of the Thunder Team look shocked.

"Try treading water first. I want to know how much you have exercised treading water."

Ako said.

"good."

Naruto took a deep breath, walked to the shore, formed mudras with his hands, and began to gather chakra under his feet.

At the moment of gathering chakra, Chiko sensed the change of chakra in Naruto's body.

Chakra is poorly controlled.

But it should not be caused by subjective reasons. Another force is interfering with the opponent's chakra.

Although it is very hidden, the heterogeneous Chakra with strong consciousness, in his eyes, attracts attention like a firefly in the dark.

Naruto followed Chiko's orders and began to tread water.

As before, it didn't last long before falling directly into the water.

After Naruto came ashore, Chizi asked, "Have you done the tree-climbing training?"

"Yes, but treading water is much more difficult than climbing trees, and I haven't made much progress in a day."

Naruto wrung out the water stains on his clothes and said distressedly.

"you are amazing."

Chi Zi suddenly praised.

"?"

Naruto blinked suspiciously at Chiko, wondering why Chiko praised him.

"It stands to reason that it is impossible for your talent not to be valued by the village."

As long as he is not blind, it is impossible for a senior executive of Ninja Village not to notice Naruto's solid foundation and talent.

Being able to learn to climb trees under the interference of such a heterogeneous chakra, the training of treading water has also made good progress after a day.

This is not only the result of one's own hard work, but also a full manifestation of one's own talent.

In Chiko's view, Naruto is a born ninja.

Strong vitality and chakra, the top cultivation talent.

This is an excellent foundation for becoming a powerful ninja.

Among the geniuses Chiko has seen, Naruto's talent is also among the best.

Naruto's expression became even weirder.

When Ako said this, he obviously regarded him as a genius.

But my family knows their own affairs.

After he became a ninja, he was slower than Sasuke and Sakura when practicing any skills.

This gave him the idea that he was a mediocre person.

Only through continuous efforts can we catch up with Sasuke and Sakura.

"In the past, was it particularly difficult to practice the Three Body Technique? But learning ninjutsu that requires a lot of chakra will be very fast?"

Chizi asked again.

"how do you know?"

Naruto looked at Ako in surprise.

"This is nothing to be surprised about. There is another force in your body that is interfering with your ability to condense chakra."

"Another force?"

Naruto froze.

What did he think of.

Nine-tailed demon fox.

Mizuki, the asshole teacher who lied to him, had said this.

There is a terrifying monster-nine-tailed demon fox sealed in his body.

Attacked Konoha twelve years ago, and was sealed by the Fourth Hokage at the cost of his life, ending the chaos.

What Chizi was talking about should be the nine-tailed demon fox in his body.

With that said, Akako walked up to Naruto, patted Naruto on the shoulder, and said: "Okay, you can go over and test it again. It should be much better this time. In fact, your chakra control has already reached Passing the mark, treading water will be easy for you.”

"is that so?"

Although he was puzzled by Chiko's statement, Naruto still did what Chiko said.

I went to the shore again and started to step on the water. I saw my feet standing on the water. Although it was a little unstable, I actually stood on the water and did not fall into the water.

Naruto's face showed surprise, and he began to dance on the water.

Seeing Naruto dancing on the water, Chizi once again sighed in his heart: he is a slow-witted guy.

In a way, he is also mentally retarded.

But not as slow as Naruto.

Because his dullness is his indifference to the outside world and outsiders.

Although his creator hopes that he will find something meaningful from human society and better integrate into the human world.

But as he said, he is indifferent to the outside world and outsiders, so how can he even talk about integrating into the human world.

"Awesome, how on earth did you let me do this? It's amazing! Even more powerful than Kakashi-sensei!"

Kakashi, who was inexplicably stepped on by Naruto, didn't know it yet.

Naruto came to Ako with a happy face and expressed his gratitude.

"It's nothing. Even without my help, you only need a few more days to do it."

Ako put her hands on Naruto's shoulders and took back the power that had just been sent into Naruto's body.

"?"

"I just used my own power to barely stabilize another chakra in your body for you, so you can control your chakra as you like and successfully tread water. But doing this is not good for your growth. Although having another chakra will slow down your cultivation progress, if you can still successfully tread water under the interference of such a powerful chakra, it will also benefit you a lot."

From Ako's point of view, being disturbed by another chakra in his practice is not entirely a bad thing.

In the long run, this is a good thing.

Because this will help Naruto's own growth and further strengthen his ability to control chakra.

As long as the control of chakra reaches the peak level, then many ninjutsu will be learned and performed easily.

Therefore, after letting Naruto experience the experience of successfully treading water, Ako took back his power to prevent Naruto from overly relying on this shortcut method of success.

Under the influence of his family, Ako clearly understands the importance of a solid foundation for a ninja.

Although he himself is not good at teaching, he also knows what is most important for a ninja during his genin period.

"is that so?"

Naruto probably understood what Ako meant, but he was still thinking on the spot.

Just when Chizi was about to say something else, he suddenly turned his head and looked at a certain location.

"Someone is here, is it your friend?"

Ako asked.

Naruto raised his head and looked in the direction where Akako glanced, and Sasuke's figure appeared there, holding a lunch box in his hand.

"Ah, it's Sasuke."

Naruto walked towards Sasuke.

"Naruto, this is the lunch that Kakashi asked me to bring you."

Sasuke lifted the lunch box and placed it in Naruto's hands.

Naruto accepted it with a happy face. Chiko ate all the grilled fish just now. His stomach is still empty and not full.

"By the way, I saw a figure here just now. Are you talking to someone?"

Sasuke asked.

"That's a friend I just met, Chizi, this is..."

Just about to introduce Sasuke to Chiko, when Naruto turned his head, he saw that the place where Chiko was originally staying was empty, and a few leaves slowly fell down.

"Strange, why is the person missing?"

"Maybe he left."

"Is that so? It's a pity. I wanted you to get to know each other."

"I'll spare it. He shouldn't be from the village, and judging from his sudden disappearance, he should be a ninja. Be careful, don't be fooled."

Sasuke looked at Naruto's scheming face and reminded him to be careful with strangers.

"I'm not a child, how could I be cheated?"

Being looked down upon by Sasuke made Naruto very dissatisfied.

Sasuke didn't say anything, just looked at the direction where Chiko disappeared, thinking about everything.

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After parting with Naruto, Chiko returned to the direction of the Oni no Kuni military factory in Area D of Na Naruto.

Just as he was about to walk out of the woods, Chizi stopped suddenly.

Looking at the thick grass next to him with indifferent eyes, he suddenly said, "Come out, you are already with me."

After Chizi's words fell, there were some voices in the grass, and a figure walked out of it, looking at Chizi with vigilant eyes.

Chizi looked at the familiar face of the other party, with long white hair, a forehead protector with the word "oil" written on it on his forehead, and red oil paint under the corners of his eyes, and said: "It's you. If I remember correctly, you It's the Konoha ninja called Jiraiya. What, did you come to seek revenge on me?"

In the battlefield of the Kingdom of Wind a few years ago, Akako clearly remembered the battle with the Konoha ninjas.

Because the battle was brutal, he still remembered it vividly.

At that time, many jounin of Konoha died in his own hands. Jiraiya was one of the few surviving ninjas in Konoha during that battle.

Later, the Kingdom of Oni and Konoha made some kind of deal, releasing each other in exchange for Konoha's compromise and concession.

After all, a defeated general can no longer attract much attention from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

But the other party is of great significance to Konoha.

Although the opponent was one of the legendary three ninjas, Ako didn't have much awe and just looked at Jiraiya indifferently.

"What is the purpose of approaching Naruto for a dangerous guy like you?"

Zilai also looked serious.

He is a personal experiencer of the war in the Kingdom of Wind, and he is very aware of the strangeness and terror of the innocent child.

The immortal body, the weapon behind it, can 'kill' the chakra system in the human body.

Even the two great immortals of Miaomu Mountain had suffered losses at the hands of each other, and in the end they were saved only by the Immortal Talisman of the Great Toad Immortal.

Otherwise, Immortal Zhima will not be able to use chakra and condense the magic for the rest of his life.

And the way to cause this result is to be lightly scratched by the opponent's weapon.

After the other party came into contact with Naruto, he wanted to separate the two several times, but considering that the other party was too close to Naruto and it was inconvenient for him to show up there, he had to observe in secret to prevent Ako from doing harm to Naruto.

"Purpose?"

"That's right, as a confidant of Chiba Shiraishi, it's impossible for you not to know Naruto's identity."

Jiraiya said seriously.

"The Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki? I did hear something from my father, but meeting him was just an accident."

Ako said so.

But this explanation obviously cannot eliminate Jiraiya's vigilance.

However, Ako had no reason why Jiraiya, the Konoha ninja, had to trust him.

"If you want to avenge those Konoha ninjas who died at my hands, you can do so at any time. But I am a little tired today. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

Without waiting for Jiraiya to react, Akako turned his head, touched the thing wrapped in white cloth behind him, and walked slowly forward.

It's a bit of a pity to let such a delicious soul go, but there will be opportunities in the future, so there is no need to rush. Ako was thinking in his mind as he walked forward.

His pale face also began to fluctuate slightly, and there was a hint of evil color that he was not even aware of.