Escape From Konoha

Konoha 52 years.

The Third Ninja War is not over yet.

Following the sacrifice of the fourth Hokage of Konoha, Namikaze Minato, who sealed the Nine Tails, the Kingdom of Thunder in the northeast began to prepare for action after receiving the news. The Kumogakure Village in the country immediately mobilized a large number of Kumogakure ninjas to borrow roads from the Country of Yu , attacking the territory of the Fire Nation.

The war between the two countries began several years ago, and neither side can see when the war will end.

In this context, everyone in all countries is in danger, closing their doors tightly, and monitoring every move on the battlefields of Konoha and Kumogakure to prevent them from getting angry.

The land of earth.

In the ninja world where war still exists, this is one of the few places that can still maintain peace.

But beneath the surface of peace, there are also many unknown secrets.

The weather was overcast, as if it was going to rain soon, and the roar of thunder began to ring in the sky.

Two ninjas wearing black hooded coats were moving quickly through the rocky hilly terrain.

One of the ninjas was carrying a heavy-looking black bag.

"She is truly a 'Miko'. Thanks to this woman, Danzo-sama's intelligence station in Iwagakure Village was established so quickly. In this way, this station can be used to continuously provide intelligence to the village. However, , she never thought that she would be used as an outcast."

said the ninja carrying a black bag.

"It is precisely because she has not yet extinguished her ridiculous kindness that she has fallen to this point. Otherwise, with her talent in gathering intelligence, she would have been promoted to management."

Another ninja sighed.

For a ninja who grows from the roots, no kindness will get him anything but trouble.

They are darkness walking in the world and do not need too much emotion.

In comparison, as long as Konoha can be protected, this sacrifice is worth it.

"Don't you need to take that kid back with you? He seems to be very talented as a spy."

"That boy was given to Orochimaru. This was a deal between Danzo-sama and Orochimaru. Besides, as long as the 'miko' is brought back, that boy will only become an obedient tool in the hands of Danzo-sama."

"In that case, hurry up and get on your way. There is more important work to do next. Conservative guys are really becoming more and more useless. At the critical moment, Danzo-sama still needs to take charge of the overall situation."

Thinking of how tight the Kumogakure battlefield was, the ninja at the root was also very nervous.

How long this war will last, and how many years it will take for Konoha to recover after the war, are all unknown.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded beside the two of them:

"I'm very interested in the topic you just talked about. Can you chat for a little bit?"

The two base ninjas tensed up and turned their heads with shocked expressions.

"What--"

Before a 'person' could say anything, what appeared in front of their eyes was a pair of eyes flashing with red light, with three black magatama spinning in the pupils, releasing powerful pupil power.

"Sharingan, you are..."

The two root ninjas wanted to resist, but their bodies gradually became weak. Their eyes under the masks became more and more distracted, and then became sluggish, fixed to the ground like wooden stakes, motionless.

"As expected of you, Liuli, you subdued them in one go."

Seeing that the two root ninjas were easily subdued, the man in a white coat walked out from the side and smiled at the woman holding the Sharingan.

"It's just two minions. The rest of the interrogation work will be left to you. I didn't expect that I would encounter such an unexpected surprise when I went out."

"Don't worry, it's not that simple to find out the secrets in their minds. I'm more interested in the 'things' they carry than this."

Shiraishi, who was wearing a white coat, walked up behind a root ninja and took down the black bag that the other party was carrying on his back.

The black cloth bag was very large and the contents inside were heavy. His feeling told Shiraishi that there was a person inside.

After gently placing it on the ground, he opened the zipper and revealed a pale woman's face from the black bag. On her beautiful and clean face, she wore a pair of somewhat rustic round-framed glasses and a Iwagakure ninja forehead protector on her forehead. .

"Woman? Does she look like this? Is she already dead?"

Liuli frowned and glanced at this woman, unable to feel the breath of a living person on her body.

Baishi reached out and touched the woman's face, feeling very cold, and then said: "No, there is still one breath left."

Then, he looked at the wound on the woman's chest with a strange look on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Her wound here was treated, but the wound was only treated halfway before the other party ended the treatment. Fortunately, it was able to temporarily hold her last breath and prevent her from dying directly."

"Only half of the treatment? That's indeed a bit strange. But, what are the people at Root doing to capture the Iwagakure ninja?"

Liuli was surprised by this.

Shiraishi looked at the woman's face carefully and pinched it again with his hands, letting the woman who was only breathing a breath put on various rich expressions on her face.

His behavior made Liuli's face instantly cool down.

"I know this woman is beautiful, but there's no need for you to be in love with someone who's dying, right?"

"Where are you thinking? I just think this woman looks familiar. I made her expression easier for me to recall."

Baishi turned around and glanced at Liuli speechlessly.

Liuli sneered, expressing doubts about Shiraishi's words.

"It is indeed her."

Shiraishi ignored Liuli's sneer and said softly.

Just now, he recognized this woman's identity.

"she?"

Liuli asked with interest.

Unlike Shiraishi, she had no impression of the woman in front of her.

"Well, this woman's name is Yakushi Nonoyu, she's Konoha Ninja. When I was a student at Ninja School, she was a transfer student in Tsunade's class, but she didn't learn medical ninjutsu for long in the class. , and left the school. Later, I heard that she was transferred to a relatively unpopular department in the village, so I rarely met her, and then disappeared..."

Shiraishi looked thoughtful at the two root ninjas who were immobilized by Liuli's illusion.

"So it seems that he has something to do with Danzo? Judging from the conversation between the two just now, the pharmacist Nonoyu has been lurking in Yanyin Village for a long time, becoming a spy who sent information to Konoha , but in the end due to some special reasons, he was treated as an abandoned son by Danzo."

"Then her life experience is really rich and colorful. However, this is the first time I have heard of internal layoffs at the root."

After hearing Shiraishi's reasoning, Liuli gained another level of understanding of the roots.

"It may be because of the disagreement between the two parties. If there is something wrong, Danzo will be expelled. Because of this, I have been unable to penetrate the roots over the years to learn about their internal situation. To break into them, the sacrifice of intelligence personnel would be too great."

Shiraishi shook his head helplessly.

As he spoke, he took Nonaiyu out of the black cloth bag, slowly laid it flat on the ground, pressed his hands lightly on the opponent's chest, and injected his own celestial chakra into the opponent's body, and began to heal Nonaiyu's injuries .

If it were the other medical ninjas, it is very likely that in this situation, they would judge that there is no need for treatment and that they are just wasting time and chakra.

But for Shiraishi, Nonoyu's condition is not really beyond saving.

The medical magic he uses can restore the magic chakra to the original life energy that can be absorbed by the human body. As long as he does not die completely, even if there is only one breath left, Baishi is confident that he can pull the opponent back from the gate of hell and successfully rescue him.

To him, there was no difference between a serious injury that was close to death and a minor injury. The only difference is that there is a certain gap in the amount of chakra consumed by the two.

Liuli did not disturb Baishi's medical work and stood aside quietly waiting.

About five minutes later, Shiraishi's hands left Nonou's chest and the treatment ended.

He exhaled softly and saw that Nonoyu's originally pale face finally showed a trace of the rosy color that a living person should have, and he showed a satisfied smile.

"How is it going?"

"Well, let her rest for a while, and she can recover. Next, it's the turn of the two root ninjas. I hope they can provide more information about the roots in their minds."

Shiraishi stood up and walked towards the two root ninjas.

For Shiraishi, who has always wanted to know the internal conditions of the roots, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to obtain root information.

…

open one's eyes.

Ye Naiyu felt that her whole body was twitching in pain, but she still managed to sit up from the bed, her eyes were empty looking forward, she looked like a person who had lost her soul.

Both his face and his eyes looked lifeless.

As a living person, she seems to be no different from a dead person now.

"Your expression is very interesting. If you don't mind, can you talk to me?"

The man was leaning against the white wall, wearing a white medical coat. He looked at the other person's lifeless face and found it interesting.

Nonoyu turned his head, his eyes lingered on Shiraishi for a while, then withdrew his gaze and continued to stare ahead in a daze.

"Even if you are treated as an abandoned child by Danzo, there is no need to be so pessimistic about life, right? To some extent, you are also 'free', aren't you?"

In response to Shiraishi's teasing, Nonoyu just touched his forehead in pain and murmured in a lost tone:

"That child... glasses... Kabuto... name..."

As he kept recalling and chewing on these ambiguous words, the expression on Nonoyu's face became more numb and desperate.

It seemed like he had done something unforgivably stupid.

I shouldn't forget about that child.

By the way, who is that child? Who am I?

Is it a Konoha ninja?

Root staff?

The director of the orphanage?

Or the ninjas of Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure?

Various identities and personalities are constantly intertwined in Nonoyu's mind, intertwined with each other.

No Naiyu lowered his head and looked at his white palms, with an unprecedented look of confusion in his eyes.

"who I am?"

Seeing Nonoyu like this, Shiraishi shook his head slightly and said:

"Your name is Yakushi Nonou, and you are a Konoha ninja."

"I am Yakushi Nonou? Konoha ninja?"

Nonoyu began to think about the authenticity of this answer, and completely ignored Shiraishi's existence.

Seeing this, Shiraishi could only sigh, turned and left the ward.

…

A month has passed.

When he has free time, Shiraishi will still come to Nonoyu's ward and chat with her.

Compared with a month ago, the numbness on Nonoyu's face has disappeared a lot.

She sat by the window of the ward, quietly looking at the blooming flowers in the flowerpot.

Hearing the movement behind her, she turned her head and smiled: "You're here."

The smile is full of love and kindness, as if it is the cleanest smile in the world, without a trace of impurities.

But in Shiraishi's view, Nonou's smile is more like a manifestation of overflowing maternal love.

Although this smile looks very fake and without any sincerity at the moment.

Like a superb actor.

Mimicking the emotional world of one of her personalities and using it to establish a connection with the real world.

"Your treatment is going very well. Keep maintaining this attitude. You will be discharged from the hospital in a short time."

Hearing Shiraishi's words, Nonoyu still smiled, leaving Shiraishi unable to determine what her smile meant.

Her smile was more hypocritical than a fake smile.

"Really? That's great... Thinking about it now, if I could have recognized that child at that time..."

After Nonoyu smiled, he sighed in defeat, his eyes full of loneliness and guilt.

"That child?"

Shiraishi stared at Nonoyu.

Nonoyu shook his head, sighed, pursed his somewhat white lips, and said nothing. He just looked at the flowers in the pot and began to be in a daze.

…

After that, about half a month passed.

Ye Naiyu was wearing a white hospital gown, sitting next to the flower pond in the hospital, and there were children playing not far away. She looked at these children who released their nature, and her eyes couldn't help revealing a soft color.

"Miss Nonoyu, do you like children very much?"

The nurse following Nonoyu asked curiously when she saw the gentle smile in Nonoyu's eyes.

"Yeah, don't you think these children look like angels when they smile?"

"Angels? It doesn't feel like it. They are really naughty, and they often increase the workload of our nurses. Obviously this is not a game place. Compared with angels, they are more like a group of troublesome little devils."

The nurse began to complain, calling these naughty children figuratively.

"As long as they are carefully guided, they will become good children."

Nonoyu said.

"Miss Nonoyu seems to know children very well?"

"Well...I used to work in an orphanage for a long time."

Nonoyu recalled something and replied.

"So that's the case, but the children in the orphanage are different from these naughty brats."

the nurse said.

"It's really different. The nature of the children here is too lively. They must not have suffered too much. And the children in the orphanage, how should I put it, are so well-behaved that it makes people feel distressed."

"So, Miss Nonoyu, you are really gentle."

The nurse smiled sincerely.

Gentle?

Nonoyu looked at the blue sky above his head, the smile on his face slowly began to fade, and he fell into silence.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I just feel that the word gentle doesn't quite suit me."

Nonoyu lowered his head and said.

"How is that possible? I see that the children here all like you."

the nurse asked confused.

"But I forgot the child's name and appearance... those glasses... were obviously a gift given to him by me..."

Seeing Nonoyu sinking into self-blame, the nurse didn't know how to comfort him, so she had to stay silent.

…

"I want to work."

In the office, Shiraishi was slightly surprised when he heard Nonoyu making such a request.

However, Shiraishi quickly calmed down, put down the pen in his hand, and said, "As a medical ninja, you should be clear that you are not suitable for any work for the time being. Moreover, the intelligence work in the kingdom of ghosts is impossible without you. The thought is so heavy. If you want to use the intelligence work of the ghost country to recreate a false identity and personality for yourself, and find a reason for yourself to live... Sorry, let you down. I don’t provide it here Such and similar businesses.”

"But, if you didn't value my ability as a spy, why would you, as a rebel ninja of Konoha, save me?"

Nonoyu looked at Shiraishi in confusion.

In her opinion, the reason why Shiraishi saved her must be because of her strong business ability as a spy.

Only in this way can her role be fully utilized.

Only she has the value of being rescued and won over.

More importantly, she is used to this kind of life.

From the moment she was abandoned by Danzo, she had understood that becoming a spy was the only way to survive.

The director of the orphanage...that's not the real me.

That's just a false personality that you play in your life that may not exist.

Performing espionage work for Shiraishi is the only way Nonoyu thinks he can repay Shiraishi.

After all, she is now homeless.

This is the only place that can take her.

"Speaking of which, I'm a little curious. In your life, is there no other way of life besides being a spy?"

Shiraishi asked.

"No, this is a concept that has been instilled in me since I was a child. Apart from becoming a spy, I don't know what else I can do now."

No Naiyu said decisively.

"In that case, why did you resist Danzo and end up being abandoned by him?"

Regarding Shiraishi's question, Nonoyu remained silent.

She couldn't answer this question.

Sometimes, even she finds it strange.

Having been indoctrinated with all kinds of espionage knowledge since childhood, I should have been working hard for the great cause until my death...

Why would such a self later contradict the orders of the roots and go against the will of the Shinobi?

"You are not suitable for the job of spy at all."

Shiraishi stared at Nonoyu's face and said these words very seriously.

No Naiyu looked startled.

Shiraishi's words surprised her.

Since she was a child, she has absorbed the knowledge of various spies and grown up. And she did not disappoint the Roots. When she grew up, she fulfilled her wish and became an excellent spy. She lurked in various countries and ninja villages and obtained a lot of confidential information for the Roots organization, which was highly appreciated by the Roots leader Shimura Danzo.

But Shiraishi is definitely the first and only person to say that she is not suitable for spy work.

Shiraishi looked directly at Nonoyu, with his dark pupils, his gaze piercing Nonoyu's body like a blade.

"Maybe you were a good spy in the past, but that was just your past. When you resisted Danzo's will and followed your true self, you became a failed spy. You relied on espionage work to find The reason for your own survival, in my opinion, is ridiculous. You just don’t want to face the reality of this world again, and you are afraid of losing those things that are precious to you again.”

As if Shiraishi had read through all his thoughts, Nonoyu lowered his head deeply, not wanting Shiraishi to see his evasive eyes.

And this action of hers truly exposed the hollowness in her heart.

"If you really can't find anything to do, I suggest you go to the shrine and practice with the witches there."

Shiraishi thought for a while and suggested.

"shrine?"

Nonoyu became confused.

"The environment of the shrine is very suitable for cultivating your health. You can let go of all your worries there and experience the real side of the world up close. Moreover, in addition to hurting others, doesn't the power in your hands also have the ability to save others?"

Nonoyu thought it was a bit funny, but he couldn't laugh out loud.

She seemed to have forgotten the fact that she was also a medical ninja with superb medical skills.

"So, you are just a failed spy now. Your nature makes you reject the job of espionage. If you continue to be placed in the position of a spy, sooner or later you will betray me again just like you betrayed Danzo."

Shiraishi affirmed this possibility.

"I seem to understand a little bit."

Nonoyu said with a wry smile.

She never thought that she, who had always been an excellent spy, would one day be despised and rejected by others when applying for a spy job.

The new boss's approach seems a bit special.

However, Nonoyu didn't feel bad about rejecting her tactfully.

Perhaps as Shiraishi said, her human nature fundamentally rejects the work of espionage.

"Then, should I change my name to you, Mr. Shiraishi?"

"Let's talk about it after you affirm your true self and officially enter the job. Now I don't like your fake smile very much. It's like a puppet that has lost its soul and is worthless."

"Are you angry about this?"

"That's a weird question, who do you think would be angry at an empty shell?"

Shiraishi's rhetorical question made Nonoyu really smile bitterly this time.

…

"pocket……"

As the timeline stretched to the present, Shiraishi looked at the candidate information and saw the smiling face that was basically the same as Nonoyu's in the past, and fell into deep thought.

Although judging from the name alone, it is still impossible to determine the relationship between this candidate named "Yaoshidou" and Nonaiyu, but Nonaiyu did mention the word "dou" in the past, and the surname of Pharmacist …

Shiraishi doesn't know much about Nonou's past.

Because Nonoyu rarely mentioned his past things in front of others.

What Shiraishi learned from Nonou was limited to basic information.

The rest of the matter was Nonoyu's own private matter, and Shiraishi had no intention of exploring it further.

However, Shiraishi has always known that although Nonoyu has reaffirmed her true self since then, the knot in her heart has not been completely resolved.

In her heart, she was still avoiding certain things that she didn't want to recall.

Wandering Miko was a job she specifically chose to numb the past. Only by continuously devoting your limited time to work can you prevent yourself from having random thoughts.

"A double agent wandering between Yugen and Orochimaru? It's like repeating Nonou's life..."