Escape From Konoha

The dazzling sunlight shone through the gaps in the shade of the trees. Sasuke raised his head and squinted his eyes slightly, then immediately lowered his head to prevent his eyes from being stung by the already strong sunlight.

It was already early June, and some time had passed since the mission to the Country of Waves ended.

During these days, Sasuke's seventh class has been performing D-level tasks in Konoha. Compared with long-term and tedious C-level tasks, D-level tasks are easier and more convenient to do. The most important thing is that you can squeeze out a lot of free time to do things you like.

Due to the substantial improvement in his body not long ago, Sasuke really needed time to adapt to his current body as soon as possible.

This kind of growth is gradual, and will not show an explosive increase in a short period of time, which means that Sasuke has enough time to adjust his state.

But even with this subtle change, Sasuke can feel that when he uses Sharingan, he is getting more and more handy, and there is no sense of blockage when he first opened his eyes.

If Sharingan is turned on for a long time, the consumption of mental energy will become very serious, and it will also put a burden on the body.

But now he no longer has this sense of burden, Sasuke naturally knows what it means.

Opening Sharingan for a long time will not cause substantial pressure on his spirit and body.

Just pay attention, even in the ninja stage, he can use Sharingan to fight without any scruples.

Although the power of Yigouyu Sharingan is limited, it is undoubtedly a huge improvement for the current Sasuke to be able to strengthen his understanding of pupil illusion and enhance his dynamic vision.

The former can increase one's own means of fighting against the enemy, while the latter can cooperate with one's strengthened body to improve one's physical combat ability.

"The me now can probably beat the me a month ago with relative ease..."

Sasuke made an objective evaluation of his current growth.

A month ago, my own methods of dealing with enemies were only basic Thunder Dungeon and Fire Dungeon. I basically didn’t know how to use illusions. In addition, Sharingan didn’t open its eyes, and my body didn’t get strengthened. When I met ninjas of the same level, I could still win them in battle. However, Sasuke was deeply dissatisfied with his abilities once he faced a ninja who was much stronger than himself.

Although he is now considered a representative of the elite among his peers, this gap is not enough to bridge the gap between himself and Itachi.

He deeply remembered that the year Itachi defected, he was only thirteen years old.

Regardless of whether the other party had accomplices or not when the Uchiha clan was wiped out, when facing Itachi at that time, I experienced it firsthand, and there was only one feeling—there was no power to fight back.

The other party's ninja resume is not much better than that of his mentor Hatake Kakashi.

In terms of strength, I'm afraid the two are on par.

Although Kakashi spoke very conservatively every time, Sasuke regarded that kind of speech as the margin of a strong man.

"Go here first, and then go to perform the task."

Sasuke breathed the fresh air in the forest, and the magatama in his eyes slowly disappeared, turning into normal black pupils.

The surrounding trees and ground are covered with remnants of lightning and flame attacks, and there are also a large number of kunai and shurikens scattered all over the place, placed irregularly.

Although the practice of ninjutsu and taijutsu is important, Sasuke has not completely fallen behind in the throwing skills of kunai and shuriken.

With the help of Sharingan, he has become more and more comfortable in throwing kunai and shuriken. Moreover, even kunai and shuriken can effectively block and kill enemies in many cases.

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"Good morning, Sakura."

Naruto seemed to be awake and slowly walked over from the other end of the street. He yawned with his hands and feebly said hello to Sakura.

"It's almost noon now."

Seeing Naruto's lackluster state of not getting enough sleep, Sakura was slightly speechless.

The sun in the sky has almost risen to the sky, for some reason, today's weather is extremely hot, the sun is also big and bright, making Sakura not want to raise her head to face the sunlight that can sting her eyes.

"Yeah?"

Naruto continued to yawn, and glanced at Sasuke intentionally or unintentionally. As usual, the other party was standing next to the electric pole with a handsome and cold posture. Good location.

Seeing Naruto coming, Sasuke just glanced at him as usual, nodded lightly as a greeting, and then continued to meditate alone.

"What did you do last night? You are about to go on a mission."

Sakura was very worried about whether Naruto could successfully complete the mission in this state.

"Anyway, it's just some boring D-level tasks... As for last night, I didn't go to sleep until three o'clock in the morning. It was because I was too immersed in cultivation, so I forgot the time. Sorry, I won't do it next time. "

Naruto explained, patting his cheeks with both hands, forcing himself to cheer up for the next task.

"Hey, good afternoon everyone, it looks like everyone is here."

Not long after, Kakashi also arrived as promised and said hello to the three of them.

Kakashi arrived, focusing the three's attention on him.

"Kakashi-sensei, what is your mission today?"

Sakura asked first.

"Help take care of the children in an orphanage, or help clean up some garbage in the alley that no one has cleaned up..."

"It's this boring mission again. Isn't there a more difficult mission? For example, a C-level mission... No, let's give us a B-level mission."

Before Kakashi finished speaking, Naruto interrupted Kakashi with dissatisfaction.

Kakashi did not become angry because of Naruto's rash interruption, but explained patiently: "There have been more D-level missions in the village recently, and handling these D-level missions is what genin should do." Things. C-level missions are something you will only consider after you have some free time. After all, as genin, you still lack experience. As for B-level missions..."

"Don't talk too much here. We killed the Jonin in the Land of Waves! There is absolutely no need to worry about such trivial things as experience!"

Naruto clasped his hands on his chest, looking fierce and confident, almost overflowing from his body.

"That was just an accident. Besides, it was just a special jounin who was good at lurking, not a fighting type..."

"But it's true that we killed that Jonin, isn't it?"

Naruto said boldly.

"..."

Kakashi believes that Naruto's words cannot be said to be wrong. If you ignore the other Kumogakure ninjas who were dealt with by him and the Thunder Group, the three of Naruto are indeed the winners of the battle.

That battle was originally arranged by him. The purpose is to test the growth of the three people.

There is no better place to hone your ninja than a life and death battle.

Otherwise, Kumogakure's ninjas, not to mention being successful, would be killed by him quietly with the White Fang dagger the moment they appeared.

And this arrangement was also the intention of the Hokage.

Even if there is no Kumogakure, someone else will be arranged to conduct the test at that time.

On the contrary, Kumogakure's actions saved Kakashi a lot of effort. There were free testers, so I immediately arranged for them without thinking about it at the time.

Hiring the Thunderbolt Group was just to make the arrangement look more reasonable...although Sasuke saw through it in the end.

"In short, if it doesn't work, it won't work."

Kakashi calmly rejected Naruto's proposal.

"Kakashi-sensei is a cheapskate!"

"What does this have to do with my stinginess? I've said it many times that leading a Jonin takes half of the reward. That's the village's rule, and it's not something I can personally decide to give. Besides, didn't I just treat you to a big meal a while ago? meal?"

Looking at Naruto who was angry with him, Kakashi scratched his hair. Among the three, Naruto was the most difficult to dismiss.

Both Sakura and Sasuke will obey his arrangements and do the things he arranges conscientiously.

"Then, after completing the mission, Kakashi-sensei will practice with me."

Naruto requested.

"Can't you just cultivate on your own... Really, I understand. Then let me see your growth during this time."

"Hehe, I promise to surprise you Kakashi-sensei."

Naruto had a playful face.

"I said you...didn't you plan to let me practice with you from the beginning? The so-called C-level and B-level tasks are just excuses for your roundabout tactics?"

Kakashi saw Naruto's mood change so quickly and immediately understood something.

"Haha, you saw through it."

Naruto smiled heartlessly, without the slightest hint of embarrassment.

Kakashi sighed, said nothing, and led the three people to perform the mission.

It has been a little over two months since Class 7 graduated from the Ninja School.

Compared with the D-class missions done during this period, compared to the rest of the genin team, the experience accumulated in D-class missions is already very rich.

In addition, although there are many types of D-level tasks, there are only a few categories, such as taking care of children in an orphanage, picking up garbage, etc. For Class 7, they are all repetitive tasks.

Watching the three Narutos taking care of the children in the orphanage with ease, and waiting for the person in charge of the orphanage to come back, and then skillfully picking up all the garbage within the scope of the task, Kakashi couldn't help but sigh at the growth of these three children. speed.

Just two months later, when Team 7 was performing D-level missions, they no longer needed the care of him, the leader of the team, and were able to handle the mission perfectly on their own.

Although Naruto and Sasuke say they don't need any teamwork, in many cases, they often give priority to each other's characteristics, clearly divide work, and provide task efficiency. It can be considered a different kind of teamwork.

As for Sakura, she is still the same as before, serving as the team's logistics and playing a role as a grinding agent.

Being sandwiched between two men is really hard on each other.

Lying in the shade of the tree, with the annoying sunlight blocked out, he opened "Intimate Paradise" and reviewed it again. Kakashi realized that today was another extremely leisurely day.

"Kakashi-sensei, you are too lazy!"

Naruto, who was a little dirty, stood aside at some point and glared dissatisfied at Kakashi, who had been leisurely spending the afternoon.

"Oh, you can complete these things by yourself. Even if you don't have me as a Jonin to follow you, there will be no problem at all."

Kakashi put down "Intimate Heaven" and yawned slightly. After lying down all afternoon, he suddenly felt a little tired.

"It's not this kind of problem. Our mission is completed. Next, we need to guide us in our cultivation. This is the job of guiding jounin."

"..."

Seeing the confident Naruto, Kakashi had no choice but to agree.

"Well, I will guide you in your cultivation today."

I looked at the sky and saw that there was still a long time before dark, probably around three o'clock in the afternoon.

This month, there are at least three or four hours before it gets completely dark. He has enough time to guide the three of them.

Sasuke and Sakura naturally did not refuse, and the opportunity to guide Jonin was hard-won.

Especially Sakura, her strength is the weakest, if she doesn't practice well, she will easily be dragged down in the team.

In the nearby forest, it is the edge of Konoha Village.

The territory covered by Muye Village is very large. In the village, there are many forests with open spaces.

And some of the forests are private territories, and will not be disclosed to unrelated people for people to visit or use.

For example, the Uchiha clan has their own private forest.

For example, the oil girl clan also owns a forest belonging to their own family, which is specially used for breeding.

In addition, the Nara family also has their own family territory for planting medicinal materials.

Except for these private forests that have been occupied by major ninja clans, the rest of the small forests belong to the public resources.

But under normal circumstances, no ordinary people would come here, and most of them would be ninjas who would come to this remote place to practice their taijutsu and ninjutsu.

Kakashi was also one of the frequent visitors here when he was young.

"Naruto, show your cultivation results first, let me have a look."

Kakashi said first.

"Watch it!"

As if he has become the center of everyone, Naruto also has the meaning of showing off in his heart, so he readily agreed.

I only saw that he formed seals at a neither fast nor slow speed, and then his mouth puffed up slightly, and then he released it in one breath.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

In an instant, a violent hurricane spewed out from Naruto's mouth, directly sweeping away the leaves and stones on the ground, and the trees not far away were also tilted and shaken under the strong wind.

The power of Feng Dun is already quite strong.

"Well, it's still not enough to attack the enemy, but as a restraint, it's a good power, and it can cooperate with Sasuke's fire escape."

Kakashi commented after watching Naruto's Wind Release Ninjutsu, touching his chin.

As for the training of wind attribute chakra, since he has even learned the wind escape ninjutsu, the use of wind attribute chakra must be above the passing line.

It was enough to benefit Naruto for a long time to come.

If you continue to derive it, you can only start learning high-level wind release ninjutsu, or secret level escape skills like his thunder escape and raikiri.

However, the secret level escape technique is too rare, and it is not released, so anyone can learn it.

He used Thunder Dun Chidori to derive the technique of Thunder Dun and Thunder Cut, which was recorded in Konoha's sealed book. It's not like Konoha ninjas who were proficient in Thunder Dun had tried to learn it, but they all ended in failure.

At the same time, this is also the only recorded thunder escape ninjutsu in Konoha.

As for the secret level ninjutsu of Wind Release, there is no such move in Konoha.

Kakashi feels that if Naruto wants to make a breakthrough in the field of wind escape in the future, the road may not be so easy.

"I don't want to cooperate with him!"

Naruto said pointing at Sasuke.

"It's just right. I didn't want to cooperate with someone like you."

Sasuke put his hands in his pockets, looking cool and indifferent to Naruto.

"Okay, stop arguing, you two, when you were in the Kingdom of Waves, you can still work together well to deal with powerful enemies...Forget it, I have already given you the method to improve your strength, if you want to learn it, just It's up to you."

"Can't you just teach me more powerful ninjutsu? For example, Sasuke's Chidori."

Naruto asked unwillingly.

"I've said this many times. To learn Lightning Dungeon, you need Chakra of Lightning Attribute. Naruto, you've only just mastered Chakra of Wind Attribute. If you want to develop Chakra of the second attribute, it's not you. Things to consider now.”

"But in addition to thunder escape, Sasuke can also use fire escape..."

"That's because people have started to learn from a long time ago. The most important thing for you now is to have a solid foundation, not to aim too high and care about things that are useless to you at this stage. Becoming stronger is never something that happens overnight."

Despite Kakashi's explanation, Naruto was still a little unhappy and felt that he was being outdone by Sasuke.

"As for Sasuke, mastering Sharingan and Chidori is your current task. If you still have free time, go learn illusion and enrich your tactical system. I believe you should have some collections at home. .”

Kakashi looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke nodded. He did have some basic applications of genjutsu like pupil at home.

Kakashi couldn't teach him this kind of thing. He had to learn the Sharingan genjutsu by himself.

"Sakura... Medical ninjutsu should have improved a lot, right? Do you have some knowledge of emergency surgeries that can be performed in the wild?"

Kakashi finally turned to Sakura.

"Yes."

Sakura hesitated for a moment, then nodded and answered.

"That's it, okay then, Sasuke and Naruto, you two are practicing here. You don't have to practice separately. Maybe you can follow the suggestions I just gave and use Wind Release to strengthen Fire Release and enrich the team. Tactical means between them. It may be of great use in the near future."

Thinking of the joint Chunin exam a few months later, it was not only a test of individual ability, but also an extremely severe test for the team.

"What about you, Kakashi-sensei?"

"I have something to say to Sakura, because Sakura is different from you, she is a medical ninja."

"Even so, there's no need to open a small stove alone."

Naruto had some doubts about whether Kakashi was going to teach Sakura some powerful moves.

"Hey, are you overthinking this? I'm not a medical ninja."

Looking at Naruto who was very suspicious, Kakashi was speechless.

In fact, among the three, the one who had the most trouble teaching was not Sasuke or Naruto, but Sakura.

As he said himself, he knew nothing about medical ninjutsu.

You may have some knowledge of medical science, but medical ninjutsu is not a special type of ninjutsu that can be performed just by knowing medical science.

Leaving Naruto and Sasuke behind, Kakashi took Sakura to another clearing in the woods.

"Kakashi-sensei, you called me here, did you want to tell me something?"

Seeing that she and Kakashi were alone in the woods, Sakura felt a little uneasy, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable, and nervously asked Kakashi why he called her here.

"It's nothing, in fact, there are some things, even if I don't say it, you should understand. That is, I am not a medical ninja, so I can't give you any practical and useful experience in medical ninjutsu."

Facing a medical ninja who specializes in medical skills, Kakashi didn't feel that he had the ability to dictate to Sakura.

If you give random directions, you might make some joke.

This is also where Kakashi is most distressed. As he knows nothing about medical ninjutsu, he really has no way to give Sakura any substantive advice in this regard.

"I know, Kakashi-sensei. Well, you don't have to feel guilty. This is my own choice."

Sakura nodded.

As a medical ninja, Sakura knew this very well.

Kakashi, who is not a medical ninja, cannot serve as her guide.

"My choice?"

Kakashi murmured.

He knew very well why Sakura gave up her excellent position in the medical department and graduated as a normal genin.

He didn't understand love, but he didn't criticize Sakura's seemingly mindless pursuit of Sasuke.

Everyone insists on what they think is right, even if it seems very immature and naive, but this is a necessary part of the road to growth.

Moreover, compared with Naruto, who has been without a mother since childhood, and Sasuke, who lost his relatives and clan members in his childhood, Sakura is neither an orphan nor has she experienced the pain of losing a loved one. It would be difficult for her to understand the obsessions of those two people. Too difficult.

Even as a fellow Avenger, I often couldn't determine what Sasuke was thinking, let alone an outsider like Sakura.

"What's wrong, Kakashi-sensei?"

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about how to cultivate your abilities next. As you know, I'm not good at medical ninjutsu. After teaching you to climb trees and tread water, I basically don't know how to make it useful to you. Guidance. So, I want to hear your thoughts. Do you want to specialize only in the field of medical ninja, or do you want to broaden your other abilities?"

"The rest of the abilities?"

Sakura was a little confused by Kakashi's words.

"Yes, becoming a medical ninja does not necessarily make you powerless. In the ninja world, there are also medical ninjas with strong combat capabilities. I will help you based on the choices you make. Carry on to the next step of practice.”

Kakashi looked directly into Sakura's face, his eyes serious.