Escape From Konoha

"cough!"

A cough sounded at an inappropriate time.

Before Cai could do anything, the bone knife strangely stopped in front of Cai's chest.

That’s right, stopped.

Literally stop.

This sudden scene made Cai's expression slightly stunned, and the cold arc in her eyes disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

I saw a sickly pale color suddenly appear on Kimimaro's face, and a trace of blood first spilled from the corner of his mouth. He staggered back two steps with the bone knife, then his knees softened, and he knelt down in front of Cai, facing A mouthful of blood spat out on the ground.

The bones in the whole body began to shrink and slowly retracted into the body, and the body began to tremble slightly as if it was cold.

"Ahem!"

There were two more coughs, which seemed to be mixed with soft moans of pain. Kimimaro covered his mouth with both hands, blood dripped slowly from his fingers, and his long white hair fell down.

"Your body..."

After Cai was stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted and looked at Kimimaro who was kneeling in front of him with surprised eyes, his face full of disbelief.

——The other party is sick.

And he was very sick!

In Cai's mind, she instantly judged the state of Kimimaro's body.

The abnormally pale face and the vomiting of blood without any warning would be too far-fetched to say that the previous divine air strike began to slowly take effect in Kimimaro's body.

The hardness of Kimimaro's bones is enough to remove most of the force of his Divine Air Strike. Even if his internal organs are damaged, it is impossible to cause such a degree of injury and make the opponent vomit blood.

So, the only answer I can think of is getting sick.

The other party was dragging his seriously ill body to participate in the finals of the joint chuunin examination.

Faced with Cai's question, Kimimaro was unable to give any response. He just knelt there, vomiting blood constantly, and his white hair spread out, making his figure look both desolate and pitiful.

Everyone in the audience stood up one after another, wanting to see clearly what was going on.

Terumi Mei, who was visiting the Chunin Examination finals as a representative of Kirigakure Village, also stood up from his seat. After his expression changed for a while, he turned to look at Shiraishi and said:

"Sir Shiraishi, please stop this match immediately and declare Kimimaro to abstain!"

Shiraishi was stunned for a moment, then picked up the radio next to him and said:

"Onigashima, stop this match and announce that player Kaguya Kimimaro has abstained."

Onigashima Ninja, who was on the playing field, received Shiraishi's order through the radio. Without hesitation, he immediately stepped forward and inserted himself between Aya and Kimimaro to stop the progress of the game.

"Sorry, due to something unexpected, Kaguya Kimimaro of Kirigakure Village abstained from this competition, and the winner is Chiba Aya."

Onigashima Ninja was gesturing to the medical ninjas outside the barrier and using a headset-type wireless phone to explain to the surrounding audience.

Although this may make some viewers dissatisfied, after all, the battle is at a critical moment, and a sudden interruption of the game will indeed affect the perception of many viewers.

However, seeing Kimimaro vomiting blood at this time, Onigashima Shinobu also knew that the opponent could not continue the game.

Moreover, this was a personal order from Shiraishi. Whether it was from a rational or rule perspective, he could only obey the arrangements above.

"Hey, what's going on there?"

"That is to say, why did you stop fighting suddenly?"

"Is there some shady secret behind this?"

Many spectators in the audience expressed their dissatisfaction and began to make noises.

Some people even began to discredit the fairness of this final, and as the host, Ghost Country was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

"Why didn't you fight? Did that guy named Kimimaro fall into some kind of plot?"

Naruto on the observation deck asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is an evenly matched battle. The fighting skills of both sides are very superb. Although there are no gorgeous ninjutsu, there is only a duel of taijutsu.

But it is precisely because of this physical collision between flesh and flesh that it makes people feel even more passionate.

Therefore, this feeling of being suddenly cooled down by someone pouring a basin of cold water on him while he was in high spirits made Naruto feel very unhappy.

"No, it's probably not a conspiracy, but the player named Kimimaro has some physical problems."

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and expressed his opinion.

And even if there is a conspiracy, the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot make it so obvious, as that will only embarrass itself.

Moreover, with the strength of the genin participating in the war in the Kingdom of Demons, there is no need to use such small means to ensure their victory.

All I can say is that this was an accident.

"Really, the worst possibility still happened. I told him clearly not to force myself so much. Once you meet a strong opponent, you will forget the fact that you are sick, you troublesome brat."

Kirigakure Jonin Zabuza snorted softly, as if he was very dissatisfied with Kimimaro's self-inflicted behavior.

"Mr. Zabuza, now is not the time to talk about such things. Kimimaro's life is in danger at any time now."

Bai said with a serious face.

Suigetsu let go of the straw in his mouth and said: "Even so, there is nothing we can do. Moreover, bringing Kimimaro here may have the purpose of curing the disease. From this point of view, it is best to abstain. It worked out.”

"Yes, although it's a pity, this is the best way to deal with Kimimaro. We can't let his temper delay his illness any longer."

Bai sighed and nodded slightly.

On the competition field, Kimimaro has been taken away by the medical ninja, and only Aya and Onigashima Shinobu, the examiners, are left on the field.

Seeing Kimimaro being neatly taken away by the medical ninja, Aya didn't know what state of mind she was in at the moment.

After finally meeting an opponent who can make her blood boil, the result is a sick man who is about to become terminally ill. This fact makes Cai a little bit unable to accept it.

He felt that Kimimaro, like himself, should still have a stronger trump card hidden that he had not yet used.

So Cai is not happy at all in this kind of game where he can win without fighting.

"What are you doing? I'm still looking forward to his next moves."

Cai said this depressedly.

However, at the end, Aya also showed a look of worry and concern.

"That guy should be fine, right?"

Onigashima Ninja heard Aya's murmur and said vaguely: "Well, it's hard to say about this matter. I'm afraid the other party's illness is not simple. But no matter what, if Mr. Shiraishi is willing to take action, it shouldn't be a problem. of."

Shinobu Onigashima has full confidence in Shiraishi's medical technology.

There are no diseases or injuries in this world that Shiraishi cannot solve.

If even Shiraishi can't solve it, then there's no point in going to the other medical ninjas.

For people in the Kingdom of Ghosts, Shiraishi's status in the medical field is like Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, in Konoha Village. She is the biggest enemy of the 'God of Death'!

Cai put away his worries. In any case, this unfinished battle made him feel quite regretful.

If the opponent can recover, we must fight him seriously again.

And on the wide high platform where the spectators were seated, Shiraishi also stood at the foreground, explaining the sudden situation of the match.

"Sorry, dear viewers, because player Kaguya Kimimaro was seriously ill before the game and is now physically unable to continue fighting. According to the unanimous decision of the organizers, in this game, player Kaguya Kimimaro will compete Forfeit. The sudden incident has caused inconvenience to all viewers, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Now, let’s move on to the next game, which is also the final of Group A. Please enjoy it.”

Although Baishi has already explained it in this way, there are many people in the audience who don't buy it.

Shiraishi didn't have any good ideas for this.

You can't force Junma Lu to go on stage at this time and continue fighting.

Although he didn't know what happened to Jun Malu, the state of vomiting blood was not an easy problem to solve.

Really, that guy Yagura should have told me earlier. Shiraishi complained slightly in his heart.

But I also know that it is a bit too rude to entrust him directly to the high-level of the ghost country just because a ninja in the village is sick.

Moreover, even if the two parties are in an alliance, in many cases, issues of interest and face still need to be calculated separately.

Probably Yagura didn't want to leave a bad impression on him that Kirigakure was incompetent.

Regarding the issue of the village's reputation, it is really difficult to ask other forces for help until the last moment.

Not to mention Yagura, even he sometimes knows that it might be better to entrust some work to Kirigakure, but it is actually impossible to do so. He will only make such a decision when he has no choice.

"Sorry for causing you trouble."

Terumi Mei had an apologetic look on her face.

"It doesn't matter, after all, no one wants this to happen."

Moreover, as the winner of this competition was his own son, Shiraishi could not blame Kirigakure harshly for concealing the fact that the contestant was seriously ill.

However, Ayane's face didn't look very good.

Because this will leave some disgraceful ‘stains’ on Cai.

In the eyes of an outsider, the situation just now was very unfavorable to Sai, and there was a strong tendency for a winner to be determined. Therefore, Kimimaro's illness struck at the wrong time, giving people the bad impression that Sai relied on luck to reach the semi-finals.

But in the eyes of a discerning ninja, the two sides will be evaluated as evenly matched, and both of them still have some strength left, so the final outcome is unpredictable.

As a result, Ayane now wants to rush forward and use her fists to teach these laymen how to speak politely.

But in that case, it would be even more impossible to clean it up.

Therefore, Ayane sat in her position, shaking her legs and clenching her fists hard, causing the temperature of the surrounding air to continue to drop. Not only that, the surrounding ninjas also felt chills running down their spines and were fidgeting in their chairs, fearing that the other party would get angry and violently dismember the entire hall if they disagreed.

Fortunately, Ayane restrained herself in the end. After all, if she really did what she thought in her mind, it would only cause more trouble.

"You must be very lucky, Cai. It seems that the idea of ​​making both of you lose is in vain."

As soon as Cai walked back to the observation deck, she heard Asuka's joking laughter, which seemed to be smiling bitterly.

According to his original idea, no matter who advanced, Ai or Kimimaro, they would end up seriously injured in the end.

That way, when it comes to the Group B finals, his chances of winning will be a little better.

And now Kimimaro has abstained due to illness. Although Aya has many wounds on her body, they are all insignificant skin wounds and are in good condition.

This had to make Asuka recalculate what his winning rate would be when he fought Cai in the future.

"Stop talking to me like that, Brother Asuka, you know I'm in a bad mood right now."

Cai let out a breath, her eyes seemed a little resentful.

"I know, you don't have to care about what those people think, just stick to your beliefs."

Asuka patted Cai on the shoulder and told him not to mind the strange looks from some people with ulterior motives.

As a family member, he knows very well how strong Cai is. Although there is an element of luck, if it was just luck, Cai would not have been able to reach this point easily in the finals.

There is no need to pay any attention to those who maliciously slander.

The strength of the Kingdom of Ghosts is not something to be shown to these people.

"Wiruge, it's your turn again. If you win this game, all that's left is the finals. That Konoha yellow hair is a bit weird, so be careful then."

On the other side, Hanajian Haruka reminded Wu Zhi beside him, with a slightly solemn expression.

There were only two genin candidates left in Group A, one was Kirie, and the other was Naruto, who surprised many people.

Before the start of this exam, Hanami Haruka, like most people, was not optimistic that Naruto would be able to stand out from the many elite genin.

However, under such circumstances that many people were not optimistic about it, Naruto passed all the way and reached the semi-finals.

If Shino Aburame was defeated by despicable means, then the battle with Gaara made many people begin to take Naruto's strength seriously.

Naruto's level of strength suddenly rises and falls, which is really a bit unpredictable.

It should be said that this is a symptom unique to jinchūriki.

Once the tailed beast's chakra is used, he becomes a completely different person.

This is what Hanami Haruka is worried about.

It is precisely because Naruto's strength is unclear that it feels tricky.

"Don't worry, I'm not alone. I'm going down."

Wu Zhi nodded and strolled down.

"I'm almost done, I'm going down, Kakashi-sensei, Sakura."

When Kirizhi walked down, Naruto also stood up from the ground, stretched out his muscles twice, greeted Kakashi and Sakura, and walked down the stairs to the observation deck.

"Be careful, Naruto, and especially remember to protect your head."

Sakura looked at Naruto's back with concern.

She remembered that Wu Zhi continuously smashed the heads of Xiao Li and Sasuke into the ground as if they were scraps in the finals.

The violent and bloody fighting style left a deep impression on Sakura and the audience present.

So when Naruto came off the field, she specifically reminded him to protect his head.

"It's the semi-finals. I didn't expect Naruto to get to this place..."

Kakashi sighed softly there.

Although Jiraiya's teachings in the past few days have indeed allowed Naruto to acquire the psychic technique and the half-baked Rasengan, which greatly increased his strength, without the help of the Nine-Tails Chakra, Naruto would have stopped at me. Gaara's battle was a no-brainer.

It can be seen that if Naruto wants to continue to move forward, he can only use the power of the Nine Tails again in this game.

But using tailed beast chakra continuously would be too much for even Naruto's body.

"Don't worry, look around at all the compatriots who have come from afar. They are all secretly cheering for Naruto."

Asuma pointed at the Konoha ninjas in the surrounding audience and smiled.

"I never thought that the naughty and mischievous brat that everyone hated in the past would be welcomed one day. Kakashi, what kind of magic did you use in the past six months to transform him?"

Hong couldn't help but sigh.

He turned to look at Kakashi and asked for advice on Kakashi's education methods.

Compared to Kakashi's teaching ability, she doesn't know how to teach the students in the group and can only teach them some basic experiences.

"Well, this is a bit long to say... Well, how should I put it, I feel like I just used a very ordinary education method, nothing special..."

Kakashi, who wanted to share his teaching experience with Asuma and Kurenai, suddenly didn't know how to speak.

Because of Naruto's teaching method, not everyone can learn it.

The personal foundation is there, plus there is a powerful killing weapon like the Nine Tails in the body. As long as you find the right way to practice, your strength will naturally improve by leaps and bounds.

In less than a week, he was able to learn the extremely difficult A-level ninjutsu of Heliwanwan, which is also one of the achievements of the teaching success.

Apart from Naruto, Kakashi couldn't think of anyone else who could learn the method of using the Shadow Clone Technique.

A ninja like Naruto can only be treated as an example and cannot be popularized.

Little did they know, his words made Asma and Hong slightly shut themselves off.

It's nothing special... Sure enough, it was something Kakashi would say.

"And this kind of thing is welcome..."

Kakashi looked at the Konoha ninjas who secretly encouraged Naruto in the auditorium, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what to say.

Because this originally belonged to Naruto's honor as the son of Hokage.

Naruto should have had a complete and happy childhood, and was cared for tenderly by the villagers as the son of a hero.

Although Naruto himself didn't know it, if this phantom could continue, Naruto's situation in the village would be slightly improved.

Despite this improvement, it sounds a bit self-defeating.

On the field, Naruto and Wu Zhi had already stood still.

He is indeed a very strange guy. Looking at Wuzhi's beautiful face with her eyes tightly closed, Naruto murmured in his heart.

Although he understood that the other party would have no problem walking and fighting with his eyes closed, Naruto was still curious.

"Game start."

Onigashima Ninja shouted at this time, indicating that the game had officially begun.

Naruto suppressed his random thoughts, formed seals with his hands, and mobilized chakra.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

There were continuous bang bang explosions, and shadow clones that were exactly the same as Naruto rushed out of the smoke, holding kunai, and ran towards Kirizhi.

Wu Zhi's body sank slightly, and instead of taking out a bamboo tube covered with charms to deal with the enemy as before, he stepped lightly on the ground with his feet, and his body lost traces on the spot like a breeze.

"ah!"

On the straight road, holding Kunai's Naruto clone, before he noticed what happened, his whole body seemed to have encountered a tornado, flew into the sky, and then hit the ground heavily, turning into white smoke and disappearing.

Wuzhi charged all the way up, and an amazing force erupted from his small body, breaking through the defensive position of the shadow clone from the front, rushing to Naruto's rear in the blink of an eye, and making a frontal surprise attack.

So fast! Naruto was shocked.

He was ready to raise his arm and start thrusting forward with the kunai tightly grasped in his hand.

Wu Zhi rushed to Naruto, lowered her head slightly, her black hair danced wildly, the kunai only split a strand of hair and did not hurt her at all.

Wu Zhi, who leaned down slightly, took this opportunity to aim at Naruto's abdomen and hit him with a clean slap.

"Well!"

A cry of pain came from Naruto's mouth, and his whole body rolled backwards. During the rolling process, Naruto was unbearable and turned into a burst of white smoke and disappeared.

Shadow clone.

Wu Zhi, who understood this, turned her head slightly, and a Naruto with a kunai attacked her back from behind.

Wu Zhi twisted his body and let the kunai pass in front of his face at a slight distance.

Then, Kirie quickly reached out and grabbed Naruto's arm holding the kunai, bending his knees upward.

Click!

The sound of bones breaking.

Naruto's arm broke directly and twisted into a ball.

boom.

As expected, this Naruto also turned into white smoke and disappeared.

Still a shadow clone.

Wu Zhi looked at the Naruto shadow clones that appeared around him at some point, and silently counted them, there were about thirty of them. They formed a circle, surrounding her in the middle, and Naruto's true form was hidden inside, waiting for an opportunity to act.

"What, does it make you feel embarrassed? The fun is just about to begin now."

Dozens of Narutos spoke together, making Wuzhi even more confused as to which one was the real body.

Faced with this kind of shadow clone that can condense entities, even the Byakugan and Sharingan are difficult to distinguish.

"Everyone, come on together!"

After that, dozens of shadow clones held kunai and rushed towards Wuzhi like wolves and tigers, making an overwhelming momentum.

Based on momentum alone, Wuzhi is undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

But surrounded by dozens of people, Wu Zhi didn't have any impatience or nervousness on his face, and still looked very calm.

When dozens of Narutos were about to press on her body, Wu Zhi's eyes suddenly opened.

The moment his eyes opened, a black mist from nowhere enveloped Wu Zhi's body.

Light and thin, like darkness without an end.

In the depths of the darkness, a pair of bloody eyes were shining like karma fire.

boom!

The ground collapsed, causing the many shadow clones rushing forward to stagnate.

A red and white figure leaped out of the black mist, its clear and beautiful face covered by a pale and strange mask, like the incarnation of a demon.

"hateful!"

Seemingly displeased that he was intimidated by this level of bluff, Naruto's shadow clones, after a moment of trance, charged again, wanting to surround them again and take down Wuzhi, who had changed his image greatly.

Wu Zhi leapt forward, so fast that even the afterimage disappeared. A shadow clone flew out without seeing anything.

The shadow clone that flew out also hit two other shadow clones, and exploded and disappeared.

Then, she turned her body, and her figure appeared behind the two Narutos like a ghost. With one hand in each hand, she grabbed the back of their heads and pressed them against the ground.

boom!

The two Naruto bodies exploded and disappeared.

"Isn't it the body?"

Wu Zhi read out emotionlessly, and his blood eyes shining with karma fire quickly scanned the surrounding Naruto.

"So……"

Wuzhi's figure disappeared again, moving at a high speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

One Naruto was grabbed by the throat, lifted up from the ground with one hand, and held in the air.

With painful groans, this Naruto exploded.

Misty Branch remained raised.

"Isn't this one too?"

After that, the shadow clones quickly disappeared from the field at a rate of one or even two per second.

More than ten seconds later, only the last Naruto was left, standing there alone.

"Only you are left."

Wu Zhi raised his heels slightly, which was the starting position.

"Don't underestimate people!"

Naruto quickly threw two kunai forwards.

Unsurprisingly, Kirizhi dodged sideways, dodged in front of Naruto, grabbed Naruto's throat, and pushed him to the ground.

Pressing the opponent's hands with his knees, Wu Zhi covered Naruto's neck with his left hand and pressed Naruto's throat with both hands to prevent him from breathing.

"it's over."

"I told you, don't underestimate... people..."

Although he was breathing hard, Naruto managed to force a smile from his face.

There was a loud bang.

Seeing his hands empty, Naruto beneath him once again turned into a ball of white smoke and dissipated. In the depths of Wu Zhi's black hole-like eyes, his eyes burning like karma trembled for a moment, feeling shaken.

Shadow clone?

He seemed to have thought of something. There was something wrong with the two kunai that flew out just now.

Wu Zhi quickly turned around.

"Rasengan!"

Naruto's angry voice sounded loudly on the field.

In his right hand, with the assistance of a shadow clone, he condensed a blue chakra ball slightly larger than the palm of his hand, aimed at Wu Zhi's face, and pressed it heavily.