Escape From Konoha

The meeting with the ANBU 'root' ninja ended in less than ten minutes.

After that, these people hibernate again in secret. It is estimated that they will come to join again only when they are officially in action. Let's confirm the preparations of both parties.

Arriving at a hidden patch of grass, the three of them sat down in a circle.

"Speaking of which, what kind of organization is the ANBU 'root'? Is there such an organization among the ANBU directly under the Hokage?"

Hokage is directly under Anbe, and special course explanations are set up in the textbooks of the ninja school. The main reason is to prevent future ninjas from mistaking Anbe of their own village for the enemy. In order to avoid this embarrassing situation, all Konoha Ninjas all have knowledge of this organization.

The ninjas who can join the Anbu are all masters. The main composition of the Anbu is 70 people, divided into four teams, and each team has four squads. The four teams have a total of sixteen squad leaders.

And the strength of each squad leader is at least a special level.

Used to protect the safety of Naruto and perform various high-risk confidential tasks, it can be said to be a ninja protecting Konoha in the dark.

But Shiraishi had never heard of the "roots" of Anbu, so he became suspicious of the identities of those ninjas.

Ayane also shook her head. The affairs of ANBU were kept secret. Most ninjas knew about the existence of such an organization, as well as the composition and number of troops.

As for who will join them, and what the ANBU ninjas are good at, these are all secrets.

Liuli frowned slightly, folded her hands on her chest, and said after a while of silence: "I heard about the 'gen' of Anbu before from Elder Su in the clan. This force is directly under the command of the Anbu. This force is deeper hidden than the ordinary ANBU, and the tasks it performs are more shady. They pursue the strategy of 'prefer to kill the wrong one, never let it go', and silently protect Konoha in the darkness."

"Pursuing a strategy of preferring to kill the wrong person before letting go? Will Hokage-sama acquiesce in such a thing?"

Shiraishi was puzzled by this.

If this kind of thing comes to light, it will cause a huge blow to the reputation of the top brass headed by the Hokage.

Even after ANBU captures someone, they still have to go through an interrogation stage to determine whether a person is an enemy or a friend.

People with ANBU's "roots" do not need to do this. As long as they are judged as enemies subjectively, they can be directly obliterated.

If this kind of organization is not operated properly, it can easily cause huge loss of reputation to the rulers of the authority, leading to them being forced to step down.

"This matter should be acquiesced. Without acquiescence, Gen will not grow with the help of ANBU. The ninjas of this organization have no names, no feelings, no past, and no future. They only have tasks that must be completed in their hearts. "

After listening to Ruri's narration, Shiraishi and Ayane remembered this mission. The ANBU's "Gen" people planned to make their own suicide bombs to destroy the supply points of the Sunagakure ninjas, which indeed met the category of machines.

The only purpose of their existence is to complete their mission.

As for the means and sacrifices, those are things that will be considered after the mission, or there is no need to think about it.

"What a horrible bunch."

Shiraishi sighed with emotion.

No matter when, this kind of person who doesn't even care about his own life for a certain goal will make people feel scared from the bottom of his heart.

Without the abyss of darkness, there would be no beautiful and calm lake.

No matter what era we are in, we need these people who work silently in the dark.

"So, without further ado, what do you think about this mission?"

Liuli spread out the map given to them by the ninja from ANBU's Roots on the ground. It was a precise map of Kawakuni, with all places recorded on it, and distance and environmental information were marked.

Liuli pointed to an area in the belly of Kawa no Kuni, where the supply point of Hidden Sand Village was located, and it was also the location of Shiraishi's attack.

Shiraishi looked at the map and said slowly: "The supply point is very close to Sunagakure's camp. Judging from the distance marked above, it only takes ten minutes for support to arrive. In other words, our feint attack caused a large-scale commotion. We only have ten minutes to act until we are safely out of the battlefield. With the strength of the three of us, it is too much."

The division of labor in the plan is very clear. Shiraishi and the three of them are responsible for feinting, causing maximum commotion, and then quickly leaving the battlefield. The ninjas switching ANBU roots will self-destruct and destroy all the supplies at the Sunagakure supply point to complete the mission.

The difficulty of the task lies in how to quickly and effectively cause a large-scale riot within ten minutes, attract the attention of the Sunagakure ninjas, create a reliable offensive environment for the ANBU 'root' ninjas, and then how to evacuate the battlefield in time to avoid being attacked by yourself. The human detonator spread to.

"No matter how you look at it, ten minutes is too short."

Ayane nodded, agreeing with Shiraishi's statement.

The number of Sunagakure ninjas guarding the supply point in Kawano Kuni will definitely not be small, not to mention jounin-level ninjas. In such an important area, even if more than ten jounin-level ninjas are deployed, it is not an exaggeration.

In addition to jounin, there will not be many chuunin equipped. To complete the feint mission under the siege of so many jounin and chunin, the time limit is ten minutes. In theory, this is an almost impossible task. Task.

"If there is a commotion, I can use a large-scale fire escape technique. And because there are important supplies there, sand hidden ninjas will not use large-scale ninjutsu attacks, so this is a place that is more beneficial to us. It is not easy to escape from Sunagakure's encirclement. I remember that before you came out this time, you made a lot of very practical props."

Liuli glanced at Shiraishi.

"I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon."

Shiraishi sighed helplessly, took out a scroll from the ninja bag, spread it on the ground, unlocked the sealing formula on it, and a bunch of things appeared with white smoke.

"these are……"

Ayane picked up a projectile that looked like a smoke bomb and showed curiosity.

"Smoke bombs containing highly toxic substances have longer range and duration than ordinary smoke bombs, and they also have an antidote."

"But if the enemy uses wind escape to spread..."

"It doesn't matter, I will use fire escape when the time comes. If the enemy uses wind escape to attack, it will strengthen my fire escape and expand the range of fire escape."

In this way, the enemy's wind escape cannot be used easily, and the three of them can use the poisonous mist to carry out a feint attack and make a big fuss there.

However, after that, they will face the pursuit of a large number of Sunagakure ninjas, and how to escape requires careful planning.

At this time, the sky had darkened, and the river valley area at the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Sichuan had been shrouded in darkness, with bursts of cold wind blowing.

"Let's talk about the retreat plan as we go. We have to get to the mission location in the middle of the night, and there are less than six hours left. Time is very tight."

This time it was a surprise attack plan, so we didn't have too long to think about countermeasures. We had to destroy the supply point before it could be transferred.

Otherwise, once the timeliness of the information has passed, it will not be that simple to find out the location of Sunagakure's supply point again.

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Late at night, the Konoha camp on the border of the Land of Fire was so quiet that there was no sound of insects chirping.

In a tent, the simple electric lights inside are a bit dim, so that only the center of the tent is lit, and the edges of the tent are still covered in darkness.

Tsunade was standing in front of a table sorting out some information.

Because this information is of great importance, it needs to be reviewed carefully.

At this moment, a white-haired ninja came in from outside.

"Tsunade, are you still working? It's already this time."

The visitor was none other than Jiraiya, who was also a Sannin with Tsunade. As soon as he came in, he smiled at Tsunade and said hello.

"It's you, Jiraiya. What's the matter?"

Tsunade raised her head and glanced at Jiraiya, then continued to lower her head to carefully check the information.

It can be seen that she is not in the mood to talk to people now.

Seeing Tsunade like this, Jiraiya sighed softly and said, "I'm sorry about the rope tree. If I had been here at that time..."

If he could come back as soon as possible when Sunagakure and Konoha went to war, and take care of it with Orochimaru, he might be able to avoid the tragedy of the rope tree.

However, this incident has passed, and people cannot be resurrected after death. Seeing that the smile on Tsunade's face is much less than before, Jiraiya is both worried and guilty.

"This has nothing to do with you!"

Tsunade's tone was very cold.

Hearing Jiraiya talk about the rope tree, Tsunade felt a pain in her heart, but she quickly cheered up and was not knocked down by such a thing.

She was now burdened with the wealth and lives of a large number of Konoha ninjas, and she must not show weakness at such a time and make others look down on her.

"..."

Jiraiya stood aside silently, not refuting Tsunade's words.

"Now that you're back, just hurry up and do your job. Don't hinder my work here."

Tsunade's tone softened, but her intention to drive him away was clear.

Jiraiya didn't say anything, but a disappointed expression appeared on his face.

"etc!"

Tsunade suddenly stopped him.

"What's up?"

Jilai also felt strange.

"The mission of this surprise attack on the Sunagakure supply point is Sakumo's team, right?"

Tsunade suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the moment.

"It's Shuo Mao's team. Because this task is very important, only Shuo Mao is suitable for completing this task, so the higher-ups handed over this task to his team to complete."

This mission to cut off Sunagakure's supply point is related to the future direction of the war.

If the mission can be completed perfectly, the interior of Hidden Sand Village will be self-defeating due to insufficient supplies, and Konoha will achieve the greatest results with minimal sacrifice.

At that time, the two sides will enter a peace negotiation meeting to end the war that has lasted for more than two years.

If it fails, it means that the war will continue to suffer. This is not a good result for Konoha and the Fire Nation.

The best result is to end the war quickly, and the two sides enter a peace negotiation meeting to end the war through peace talks.

And Jiraiya has great trust in Sakumo's ability, and he also has great confidence in this mission.

It's probably not just him, the other side of the village is probably already drafting the peace treaty documents between Konoha and Sunagakure.

Seeing Tsunade's increasingly uncomfortable expression, Jiraiya felt a sudden change in his heart and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"

"The information here conflicts with the plan that Orochimaru and I made. And this is not the usual communication signal of ANBU at all..."

Tsunade took out one of the numerous documents.

After hearing this, Jiraiya's expression changed.

"Jiraiya, when you were in the village and received the information from the ANBU, were you sure that it wasn't compromised?"

Tsunade frowned and looked at Jiraiya.

Because the matter is of great importance, the information transmitted from Konoha this time was sent by Anbu to Jiraiya, and then Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, was personally escorted to the front line to ensure that it was safe.

"Impossible! I have been operating with Sakumo's team on the way. It is impossible for anyone to tamper with this information!"

Jiraiya snatched the information from Tsunade and read it carefully from beginning to end.

His face is getting worse and worse.

"W-what's going on? Why is the content here different from what Sarutobi-sensei explained?"

Jiraiya's shoulders began to shake, looking at the information displayed above in disbelief.

"It seems that you were tricked. Since there was no accident on the way, there is only one possibility. You are in the dark part of the Konoha joint, and you are not Sarutobi-sensei's subordinates."

Tsunade's words were like a bolt from the blue, making Jiraiya's body stiffen and cold sweat break out on his face.

This is totally bad!

The inability to complete the mission was secondary. If Shuomao's team died without a place to die in this mission because of his carelessness and fell into the enemy's scheme, then the real problem was the big one.

"No, I have to save them!"

Jiraiya was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and rushed out of the tent without caring about anything.

"Wait, Jiraiya, don't be impulsive, even if you rush over now -"

However, by the time Tsunade caught up with him, Jiraiya had already disappeared into the darkness of the night and was nowhere to be seen.

"This fool, if he rushes to the rescue so recklessly, he could easily be ambushed by the enemy!"

Tsunade cursed in a low voice and could only stare helplessly at the door of the camp.