Escape From Konoha

The desert of demons.

Central control tower.

"Is this here?"

Standing in front of the gate of the control tower, the girl had long black hair. Even in the desert area that was more than ten kilometers long, her body was spotless and her hairstyle was not messy.

She looked at the sun above her head that was emitting heat, slightly pulled the collar of her clothes, and exhaled.

"The environment here is really hot. For an examination room, it's a bit too bad."

Having said that, she didn't look worried at all, and her tone of voice seemed to be gloating.

The two Jōnin from the Kingdom of Ghosts who followed her could not deny that the unique geographical environment of the Kingdom of Wind could really hone the will of ninjas.

Even in the land of ghosts, there is no such high-quality place for ninja training.

However, in terms of national development, the Country of Wind, with more than 90% of its territory being desert, probably does not want to have too much such barren land.

While they were communicating, the door of the control tower was slowly pushed open from inside. A Sunagakure ninja came out, nodded slightly to the three girls, then turned around and left, entering the control tower.

Following the Sunagakure ninja, he entered the control tower. There was plenty of light inside and plenty of air conditioning, which refreshed his body and mind.

Following the Sunagakure ninja all the way into the deep space of the control tower, at the intersection, Sunagakure's Jonin Maggi stood in the center of the intersection, waiting for the arrival of the girl and others, as if he had already expected guests to come.

"You came a little early, Miss Chiba Kazuhime. The second exam has just started less than an hour ago, and there are still three days until the end of the exam."

Marky said to the black-haired girl.

Even though he knew that the girl in front of him was the biological daughter of the Kingdom of Wind's most important enemy, his expression was very calm and did not show any hostility or dissatisfaction.

Although he did feel unwilling to accept the war a few years ago, after thinking about it, even if he had to do it over again, Sunagakure, who participated in the war on behalf of the Kingdom of Wind, might not be able to win the war.

Although Sunagakure tried to use all his strength, in the final battle, only a few people from the Kingdom of Oni appeared, and until the end of the battle, the ninjas from the Kingdom of Oni were still able to perform with ease. If Sunagakure insists on fighting to the end, it is very likely that in that war, it will completely fall from the position of a big country and become a second- or third-rate small country.

Because when the time comes, it will not only be the Kingdom of Ghosts that is eyeing the fat meat of the Kingdom of Wind, but other countries will also beat up the lost dogs, come up to take a bite, and carve up the Kingdom of Wind.

Even though he was defeated, Marki was still full of awe for the top leaders of the Ghost Country.

If the grievances between each other were not too deep and could not be reconciled in a short period of time, Ma Ji would not mind Sunagakure and Oni Country having a deeper cooperation.

But unfortunately, for the time being, this possibility cannot be found.

Even if the two sides want to cooperate, they have to wait until the relationship eases.

"I was bored staying alone in the military area of ​​​​Fengjian City, so I came here in advance to observe. If it causes trouble to your work, then I apologize."

As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. As long as the Sunagakure ninjas don't take the initiative to provoke them, Ichiki doesn't want to cause trouble here.

So when they met for the first time, Yi Ji thought that the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

There is neither closeness nor alienation. The purpose of both parties is very clear. Let's temporarily put aside their respective prejudices and jointly organize this joint chuunin exam so that both sides can live well.

As for past grievances, leave them to be resolved on the battlefield.

"It's no trouble...forget it, now that you're here, I'll arrange the accommodation for you. By the way, I'd like to ask, Miss Yiji, how many groups do you think will be in the group that will pass the second exam?"

Marky asked with interest.

He actually didn't know much about Kazuki, he only knew that Chiba Shiraishi and Uchiha Ruri had such a daughter.

However, judging from the information transmitted from Konoha, it is unknown whether the strength of the two-tailed Jinchuuriki, who once suppressed the Land of Waves and liberated the power of the two-tails, is comparable to the Five Shadows, but even if it is not as good as the Five Shadows, I am afraid it is not. Not far behind.

The most important thing is that the other party is only fifteen years old.

Maki was a little lucky that this monster girl had already become a Jonin ahead of schedule. Otherwise, she might have used her Sharingan illusion to make a mess in the examination room during the first exam.

Not to mention the second exam.

There is no need to estimate and guess, absolutely no one among the candidates can fight her head-on.

If it evolves into that situation, the third exam won't even be necessary, and it will become a game for her to pass alone.

Yes, for ninjas of this level, the Chunin Exam is just a one-sided massacre game.

"How many groups will pass the level? If I remember correctly, there are a total of forty-six groups that will clear the level in the first round, with a total of 138 people."

Yiji said.

"That's right."

"According to the elimination rate of the first exam, it is almost 60%. The second exam is much more difficult than the first exam, so the final pass rate is likely to be around 20%. , maybe even lower.”

Yi Ji expressed his guess.

Because it is estimated based on the second pass rate of the Chuunin Examinations in previous years in various countries, on average, they all fluctuate around this value.

"A very fair judgment, but I think the quality of the candidates this time is very high, and there is nothing wrong with a slight improvement of a few percentage points."

Hearing what Ma Ji said, Yi Ji did not refute.

Because she has not been to the scene to simulate it, she has no way of knowing what the level of genin in other countries is like except for the genin of the Demon Country. Therefore, the guessed data are based on compromise estimates based on old data from the past.

"So, let me ask another question, how many groups do you think will be promoted in the Kingdom of Ghosts?"

Markey’s problem is more acute.

Yiji raised her eyebrows slightly, thought about it carefully, and replied: "There will be three to four groups."

Even if the genin of the Demon Country are not weak, there may be troublesome guys among the genin from various countries who come to take the exam this time.

Therefore, it is more in line with Yi Ji's judgment to pass the exam in three to four groups.

Although she most likely believed that the final group to clear the Kingdom of Ghosts would be three, not four.

However, even if three groups pass the level, it is still a passing score in terms of the total number of people.

This is the bottom line for Yiji.

If the probability is lower than this, Kazuhime feels that the genin of the Demon Country need further special training.

For example, reducing vacation time and extending various simulated actual combat classes.

"Then let's wait and see. I think we Sunagakure will be even better by then."

Marky smiled confidently on his face.

As long as he didn't face the monster in front of him, with Gaara's strength, he would be unbeatable in this exam.

"oh?"

Yiji was also 'provoked' by Ma Ji's confidence.

Although there was no intention of comparison at the beginning, judging from the current situation, Wind Country and Sunagakure still did not give up the idea of ​​restoring their dignity.

When Maki said such words, it was probably the fourth generation Kazekage who was behind his instructions.

"Then, as you said, Mr. Markey, let's wait and see."

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"It's so hot...it's like being in a furnace."

Walking on the sandstone that was very hot to the feet, Xianglin put her hands on top of her head to block the sunlight shining down from above.

As long as you raise your head, you must close your eyes, otherwise you will be injured by the strong light emitted by the sun.

And not only that, after the sun rose, the temperature in the Demonic Desert began to rise sharply. Before noon, the temperature here according to Xianglin's feeling was at least fifty degrees, almost close to sixty degrees.

If it's noon, when the sun's rays are strongest, the temperature may reach a terrifying seventy degrees.

At that time, I didn’t know that I would face the problem of water shortage, and my physical strength would be exhausted very quickly, making it unsuitable to move outside.

"No, if you stay in the stove, you will be burned directly. You just need to get used to the temperature."

In the shade of the sandstone, Asuka and Cai were sitting there. There was a pile of branches on the sand, and a clay kettle was placed on the branches, which was filled with treated water that was drinkable.

The bird blew out a small ball of flame from its mouth, set the branches on fire, and began to boil the water.

There is a small river not far from the place they chose now, and they can get water from there nearby.

The three of them ran as fast as they could as soon as the exam began. Taking advantage of the Byakugan, they quickly found the water source. They then used this place as a temporary stronghold, waiting for the rest of the subsequent groups to come over, and then raided and obtained The scroll of the opposing team.

Therefore, Feiniao did not feel anxious about the next development of things. Instead, he sat calmly and waited, waiting for work.

In this extremely high-temperature environment, water droplets may be evaporated when they flow out. The time of action must be shortened as much as possible to avoid insufficient physical strength in early battles. Only after getting the corresponding scroll can you consider other things.

Xianglin jumped down from the sandstone and reached the shady place.

"Would anyone really come here in this kind of weather?"

Xianglin raised her own question.

"If there is a group that thinks the same as us, then someone will come over soon."

Asuka said.

"What if they didn't occupy the water source area first?"

"Then their movements will be restricted...or they will wait until night."

"night?"

"The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is huge. Compared with the hot weather during the day, it is better to move at night. But there is a problem, that is, you are likely to get lost in the desert at night, and the creatures in the desert come out to look for food. And usually at night."

This is not only a problem that other candidates have to face, but also a dilemma that Feiniao and the others need to face.

But fortunately, they have now occupied a stronghold with a water source in advance. As long as they are properly arranged and take protective measures in advance, they can not only avoid the waste of physical strength, but also effectively prevent attacks by desert creatures at night.

As long as there are candidates who have ideas, Feiniao believes that they will make this choice.

This is not only a battle between candidates but also a battle for survival.

Before the battle, Asuka will give priority to solving future problems. Only after solving the basic survival problems will he consider seizing the scrolls of the other groups. Avoid being left to wait for work, and make the exam more difficult for yourself.

Just when the water in the kettle was about to boil, Cai's body suddenly shook slightly.

Although there was little movement, Asuka and Xianglin looked at him at the same time.

At the same time, Xiang Rin also uses her sensory ninjutsu to search the surroundings, and forms a double detection 'network' with Cai to avoid any fish that slip through the net.

"come yet?"

Asuka asked softly.

Cai nodded and replied softly: "There are three people heading to the other side of the river. It is about 700 meters away from here."

"Where are you?"

Asuka confirmed to Xianglin.

Xianglin nodded. Her perception result was the same as Cai. There were only three people and the distance was more than 700 meters.

Feiniao felt relieved and did not rush to go. Instead, he stood up and continued to ask unhurriedly: "Did you see clearly what scroll they were carrying?"

"Just like us, they are the Scrolls of Heaven. Do you want to let them go?"

After Cai finished speaking, she asked a question.

"Don't use them as bait, just deal with them directly. Xianglin, you stay here, Cai, you come with me."

Feiniao took Cai directly out of the shade of the sandstone, taking advantage of the uneven terrain around him to hide his figure, and approached the river step by step.

The three candidates staying by the river have not yet left, and Asuka is sure that there are no sentient ninjas in this group.

One hundred meters away from the three candidates, Asuka and Cai stopped, relying on a heavily weathered rock as a cover to explore the location of the river.

Asuka took out three kunai from his ninja tool bag and wrapped his hands with lightning. The three kunai were immediately guided by some kind of power and suspended in mid-air.

"Can we ensure we hit those three people?"

Asuka asked.

Cai took a look and said: "The kunai on the left is shifted ten degrees to the left and raised two centimeters."

Asuka did as he was told, and it only took a second to adjust the direction of the kunai according to Sai's words.

Then, without the slightest pause, the movements were smooth and flowing, and the kunai suspended in mid-air immediately shot out and disappeared from Asuka and Sai's eyes.

There were no screams, only the sound of wind and sand blowing. Everything seemed so quiet and peaceful.

About a few seconds later, Asuka and Cai walked out from behind the rocks and rushed towards the river as fast as they could. They saw three candidates lying next to the river embankment, each with a kunai stuck in their bodies and deeply sunk into their flesh. middle.

Cai walked over, flashed her figure, and pressed her palm violently on the stomach of a male examinee. The violent chakra rushed into the opponent's internal organs and launched an internal attack.

Immediately, the examinee who was pretending to be dead let out a scream and spit out a large mouthful of blood. There was disbelief in his dying eyes.

He had no idea how his pretending to be dead was noticed by the enemy.

In the ninja tool bag of the male examinee who was pretending to be dead, Cai dug out a scroll of heaven. He also plundered all the kunai, shurikens, detonating charms, scrolls and other items in the opponent's ninja tool bag, leaving nothing behind. remain.

Asuka also took the same measures, searching the bodies of the other male and female candidates and taking away all the ninja tools and the like.

These are important materials that can be used continuously.

The two brothers didn't say anything. After searching for the loot, they started to deal with the three corpses in a tacit understanding, waiting for the next group of 'destined people'.

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Six or seven hours have passed since the second exam started.

2 p.m.

The temperature in the desert continues to rise at a slow rate, causing the temperature of the sand to also begin to rise. Walking in this place feels like being imprisoned in a huge furnace and being burned by fire.

Even a native of the Kingdom of Wind like Temari doesn't like to go out and act in such a high temperature environment.

However, in order to prepare for the dangerous night, it is necessary to collect enough supplies during the day to ensure a good survival the next day.

Temari had heard a lot of rumors about the Demonic Desert.

The environment here is countless times more dangerous than the desert outside.

Especially at night.

There are many large carnivores hidden in this desert, and night is the time when these large carnivores come out to look for food.

Some carnivores are so powerful that even Chuunin find them difficult to handle.

In addition, some carnivorous animals are highly poisonous. If they are poisoned, their situation will become worrying.

Temari, who often lives in the desert, knows very well what needs to be done to survive safely in the desert at night.

From this point of view, the Sunagakure ninjas who have more experience living in the desert have an advantage in this exam.

"Meat and water have been found. Now we can look for some flammable things and go back."

Temari's purpose is clear.

But even so, it is very difficult to find anything flammable in the bare desert.

Sand and rocks are everywhere, as well as the sun's rays.

Temari felt that she had to fight quickly. The longer the time dragged on, the more she couldn't bear the high temperature environment. Saving energy and waiting for the fighter plane was a necessary basic tactic.

At this moment, Temari's ears suddenly moved, and some sound was transmitted to her ears through the air.

It seemed like the sound made by someone drowning in water.

drowning?

Temari, who had already surveyed the area, knew that there was no water source at all.

Moreover, the water in the Demonic Desert is not deep, so it is impossible to drown people. In addition, ninjas must be able to swim to some extent and have the ability to walk on water. In theory, it is impossible for ninjas to drown.

But this sound is indeed the sound made by someone drowning.

Even though it was slight, Temari thought she definitely heard it right.

Temari's heart was awe-inspiring, and she followed the sound and silently walked forward, carefully climbing up the huge sandstone.

This is a sand dune environment with complex terrain. As long as you are careful, you can completely cover your body and not be noticed by the enemy.

But for the possible battle that would follow, Temari also pressed her right hand on the three-star fan behind her, ready to fight at any time.

Even if she encounters a critical situation, Temari is confident that she can handle it.

Based on her strength, she had already reached the chuunin level. Even if she was acting alone, she believed that few of the candidates could pose a threat to her.

Climbing to the top of the huge sandstone block, half of the head was slightly exposed. It was easy to look down from a high place and see the scene below.

I saw three young male candidates holding their own throats with their hands and rolling on the ground in agony. With violent choking movements, they coughed out saliva from their mouths and sprinkled it on the sand beside them.

The sound of drowning came from here.

That was the genin of Kumogakure Village. When Temari saw this, she instantly recognized these three male candidates as genin from Kumogakure Village from their clothes and forehead protectors.

Not far from the three Kumogakure genin, a dazzling and formidable figure stood there.

She wears a red and white miko uniform and has long, shiny black hair that moves with the wind.

The two arms hung down naturally. In her right hand, she held a bamboo tube with the plug open.

The bamboo tube is covered with charms, surrounding the bamboo tube.

It is conceivable that it is not a utensil for drinking water, but some kind of special ninja tool.

Temari, a girl with fair skin, was jealous of the other party. Her eyes were closed tightly, showing an indifferent attitude, like a "goddess" in a picture book, unconventional.

She is a genin from the Kingdom of Demons. Did she do this? Temari narrowed her eyes. She didn't know why, but when she looked at this miko girl who was one or two years younger than herself, there was always a feeling that made her heart skip a beat.

Judging from the situation at the scene, this genin from the Kingdom of Demons subdued the three genin in an inexplicable way after encountering three genin from the Hidden Cloud Village.

At least from Temari's point of view, she had no idea what methods this genin girl from the Kingdom of Demons used to make the three Kumogakure genin roll on the sand in agony.

Just when Temari was thinking about which direction the situation would develop next, suddenly three Kumogakure genin let out extremely tragic howls.

Something was moving under their skin, causing their bodies to begin to exhibit strange twists, and even the creepy sound of bones breaking was heard.

Poof!

Countless amounts of blood spurted out from every pore on the bodies of the three Kumogakure genin.

Like countless bloody flowers, they fell from the sky and splashed all over the ground.

This extremely bewitching and bloody scene made Temari's eyes widen in shock.

What happened?

Why does it become like this?

what did she do

These questions kept running through Temari's mind.

The large amounts of blood scattered on the sand began to bulge with life. Drops of clean water separated from the blood, and they gathered drop by drop. Then, like water snakes, they flew through the air like lightning, rushing towards the miko girl and entering her. Inside the bamboo tube covered with charms in his right hand.

Is that also ninjutsu? Temari felt an indescribable weirdness.

This witch's ability is really weird.

The color of the water separated from the blood is no different from that of ordinary water, but it is filled with a very strong smell of blood.

Just like the sand controlled by her brother Gaara, it was filled with the disgusting smell of blood and filled with horrific murderous intent.

This guy is not something I can deal with. I have to go back and join them both. Temari thought to himself.

Being alone here doesn't feel safe at all.

When she had the idea of ​​evacuating, the miko girl below disappeared at some point, leaving only footprints there.

Oops! Seeing this, Temari didn't know that her position had been exposed.

Without hesitation, he took out the fan from behind, turned around and laid it horizontally in front of him.

boom!

A palm hit the fan hard.

Temari's body shook, and her face turned pale. Her back collided hard with the hard sandstone, and she let out a slightly painful groan.

The miko girl with her eyes closed appeared in front of her. Her expressionless face was like that of a dead person, and no changes in her emotions could be seen.

Temari didn't want to sit still and wait for death, so she spread out the three-star fan in her hand.

The miko girl seemed to have noticed something, and her body immediately jumped back, distancing herself from Temari.

"Don't try to escape!"

Temari waved the unfolded three-star fan forward.

"Wind escape · sickle weasel!"

The strong wind whipped up, and countless sands were swept into the storm. The blazing white shining air blades were also mixed in and attacked the miko girl's body.

The miko girl calmly pulled out the bamboo stopper in her hand and flicked it hard.

A piercing scream broke out.

The water flow like a water snake shot out from the bamboo tube like lightning in an instant, turning into a tangible entity and deflecting all the air blades rushing towards him.

After flicking the air blade, the water flow seemed to have a sense of life, surrounding the miko girl and floating, as if she was wearing a water feather coat.

"You guys are not using ninjutsu at all, but witchcraft that only shrine maidens can use, right?"

Temari was sweating now, forcing a smile from her face, and asked the girl in front of her.