Escape From Konoha

Only Sai and Sakura were left in the single ward, while Naruto and Tenzo left the ward first.

A room with only two people seems a little quiet and can easily cause embarrassment.

However, Saoi had no such consideration. He just kept his usual smile and faced Sakura and asked, "What, Sakura, aren't you going to leave with them?"

Ignoring Sai's words, Sakura just looked at Sai with serious eyes and said solemnly: "What you said just now was probably to stimulate Naruto on purpose."

Although it was a question, Sakura looked at Sai with a look that could see through everything, as if she was very sure.

Sai asked with a smile that remained unchanged: "It's an interesting response, but I think you are wrong. Moreover, you know nothing about the roots. Everyone who joins this organization is the brother and sister of Danzo-sama. There is no such thing as 'I', so feelings are also a drag."

"Then why do you still carry this drawing book with you?"

Sakura lowered her gaze and looked at the drawing book in Sai's right hand.

After hearing these words, Sayi subconsciously used the fingers of her right hand to hold the drawing book tightly.

Although there is still a smile on his face, this smile is not even a fake smile, but cold.

"Naruto is right, ninjas are also human beings, and creatures like humans cannot give up their emotions. No matter who it is, when faced with major decisions, they say they must use reason first, but in most cases , people still tend to choose the emotional side. Absolute rationality does not exist in this world. That painting book is a precious memory of your and your brother's past, and it is also proof of your existence."

Sakura said.

Humans are easily infected by emotions and are impulsive higher animals.

Saiguchi kept saying that 'I' did not exist, that he was Danzo's brother and did not need to think... However, when he carried this painting book with him, he was already instinctively resisting this 'reason'.

In his true heart, he does not agree with the fundamental philosophy.

Sai fell silent.

"You want to desperately prove your existence, and you want to remember yourself as a younger brother... For you, proving the fact that this brotherly bond exists is more important than your own life."

"...bond?"

Seemingly unfamiliar and curious about such a new vocabulary, Sai couldn't help but murmured a question.

"You'd better think about this problem carefully."

Sakura left these words and left the ward.

"What a strange group of people..."

Looking at the direction Sakura was leaving, Sai thought of Tenzo and Naruto again.

Maybe he is the really weird one?

Lowering his head, Zuo Jing stared at the picture book in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

"elder brother……"

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"Damn it! Damn it! That guy actually said something like that! I don't want anyone to protect me!"

In the deserted woods, Naruto kept hitting the trees with his fists until the bark was cracked. The skin on his fists was scratched by the rough bark and blood flowed out. Naruto did not stop, but Keep hitting the trees.

Stimulated by Sai's words, Naruto only wanted to vent his dissatisfaction in this way.

Naruto didn't stop punching until the tree was hit by his fist.

Blood dripped down his fist and fell to the ground.

"It's really hard for a person to come here to vent his emotions, boy."

A teasing voice suddenly came from behind, causing Naruto to turn around subconsciously and saw Jiraiya, who appeared not far behind him with a smile, walking slowly towards him.

"A lecherous fairy?"

Naruto looked at Jiraiya in surprise.

"Why do you look so surprised? After inheriting the psychic contract from Miaomu Mountain, you are considered my student after all... Isn't it normal for a teacher to come over to comfort a student when he sees him disappointed?"

Jiraiya said with a smile.

"I'm not disappointed."

Naruto's stubborn mouth hardened.

"Really? I heard everything you said to that boy at Genbu."

"So, Lesbian Immortal, you also think what that guy said is very unpleasant, right?"

Naruto looked at Jiraiya expectantly.

Jiraiya did not disappoint Naruto and nodded, but soon, he shook his head again.

"You are nodding and shaking your head, what do you mean?"

Naruto became depressed.

"Idiot, of course I agree half way and not half way. You have a lot more to learn than I did back then."

"cut."

Naruto seemed to not care about Jiraiya's preaching and turned his head away in displeasure.

"Don't be unconvinced. The Root organization is not as simple as you think. The boys who join your team are relatively normal. All ninjas who join the Root must undergo cruel training that destroys emotions in order to turn them into A first-rate killing machine."

Jiraiya said as he patted Naruto's head.

He could see that the child named Sai still had the desire to break free in his heart.

It's just that the fundamental concept is too deep-rooted for him, and it is not easy to break free from such shackles.

Firstly, it is psychological pressure, and secondly, it is practical pressure.

The former is okay, but if the latter is known by Danzo and becomes suspicious, what will happen to Sai will be destruction in reality.

Even Tsunade, as the Hokage, would find it difficult to protect the other party.

The current Danzo is no longer the root leader who still needs to rely on the power of the Hokage.

Since the Third Ninja War, Danzo's power has gone out of control.

After the Uchiha clan was exterminated, another round of expansion took place.

Otherwise, the opponent would not control the Hokage to achieve the purpose of controlling Konoha.

The other party's ambition has long since left him with no respect for Naruto.

Such Danzo is not only a deterrent to Naruto and the ninja clan, but also an unprecedented deterrent to the internal staff of the root. Those root ninjas who still have feelings in their hearts can only further suppress their inner feelings. Don't dare to show any emotion.

"Why don't you deal with this kind of thing? I've had such a hard time since I was a child, and it's probably because of them..."

Naruto lowered his brows, his eyes a little disappointed.

In his opinion, this so-called root is simply an evil organization.

Turning humans into killing machines was completely different from the Konoha he knew in the past.

Moreover, since he was regarded as a demon fox since he was a child, he seems to be inseparable from this organization.

Although I pretended not to care, I still felt a little unhappy when I thought about these things.

I cannot identify with such an organization, which is also my own partner.

Jiraiya was slightly silent.

He didn't know how to explain this to Naruto.

In the past, he had tried hard to appeal to his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi to withdraw the Roots organization from the Anbu and disband the Roots before it posed a threat.

However, instead of listening, his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi placed Orochimaru in the root and even provided him with financial and talent supplies.

The growth of his roots is inseparable from the connivance of his mentor.

"If you don't like it, then try to change it."

"Change?"

Naruto raised his head and looked at Jiraiya's serious eyes.

"That's right, isn't your dream to become Hokage? As long as you become Hokage, you can change everything."

"Can I do this?"

Naruto was a little unsure.

Although he lacks common sense, he also knows that when the Third Hokage was in power, this root organization was still alive and well. Now when the Fifth Hokage is in power, the other party is still able to place personnel in Team 7, which shows that this organization still has Very influential...

In other words, the opponent is a powerful being that even the Hokage would find difficult to defeat.

Can becoming Hokage change all this?

"Of course, because you are the prophesied child of the Myoboku Mountain prophecy."

If even the world can be saved, from Jiraiya's point of view, Konoha's problem is just a trivial problem for Naruto.

What's more, considering Danzo's physical condition, the remaining time for activities may be limited.

By the time Naruto becomes Hokage, Danzo may have already been lying in the coffin board.

As long as Danzo dies, it will be much easier to merge the power of the Roots and the Fighting Faction.

"Besides, don't worry too much about the regulations that protect you. You are indeed special to Konoha."

It seemed that it hit Naruto's pain point, and Naruto's face looked a little unhappy.

"How could you not care..."

"Do you know who the previous generation of Kyuubi Jinchuuriki was?"

Jiraiya ignored Naruto's stubbornness and asked.

Naruto showed a hesitant expression, obviously thinking of something.

"I remember..."

After receiving his parents' inheritance, Naruto naturally also knew some secrets.

"That's right, it's your mother Uzumaki Kushina."

Jiraiya told Naruto the answer, and then continued:

"When your mother was still young, because of her identity, she was attacked by enemy ninjas more than once, and countless ANBU sacrificed their lives to protect her. What you are experiencing now, and the protection your mother received at that time, are not the same. Not fundamentally different.”

"how come……"

"This is a fact."

"Then did she accept it?"

Naruto asked urgently.

"Accepted."

Jiraiya's answer broke Naruto's inner expectations.

"Why?"

"Why?" Jiraiya replied, "There are not so many reasons. Such sacrifices are worth it. It is precisely because of the sacrifices of those people that your mother successfully passed through the period of weakness."

"Didn't she resist?"

"When I first learned about it, I was really sad. After all, letting a stranger give everything for yourself... Your mother is very kind, and she couldn't agree with such a thing at first. But she doesn't feel sorry for herself like you. Become stronger in crisis after crisis, and finally choose to turn crises into strength. Since such protection is inevitable, then as long as you work hard to become stronger, you can reduce the burden of others to protect yourself, so that more people can survive... This is Her choice at the time. In the end, she became the most powerful sealing ninja in Konoha. Even the sealing technique of your father, the Fourth Hokage, was taught by your mother herself. "

After Jiraiya's narration, Naruto's eyes were in a trance.

In my mind, I couldn't help but draw a real picture of my mother's gradual growth.

Thinking of this, Naruto couldn't help but feel ashamed.

While he was still complaining about others' sacrifices for him, his mother had already chosen to make herself stronger and try to lighten the burden of the Konoha ninja who protected him as much as possible...

Yes, if such protection is unavoidable, then work hard to live and become stronger. Instead of letting others protect you one-way, you can also protect those who protect you.

This kind of contribution is meaningful.

"So, work hard to become stronger next, and work harder than before. Only in this way can you be worthy of the people who protect you... Try to reach the threshold where you can cultivate natural energy within the next six months. ."

Jiraiya touched Naruto's hair and smiled peacefully.

Strictly speaking, there is only one condition for practicing immortal arts, which is that you need chakra far beyond that of ordinary people.

In other words, it requires a strong physique.

Because the stronger the chakra, the stronger the body is needed as a container to store chakra, otherwise the container will self-destruct due to excessive chakra.

Naruto has already met this condition.

But Naruto also needs a second condition, which is control.

Generally speaking, the stronger the ninja, the control of chakra is basically no problem. It grows simultaneously with the enhancement of chakra.

But Naruto's growth was different from that of most ninjas. It happened in the opposite direction.

His powerful chakra is innate, and coupled with the interference from the Kyuubi from time to time, his chakra control level is extremely poor.

As long as this flaw is overcome, Naruto will only have time on his way to practicing celestial arts.

Jiraiya was looking forward to the moment when Naruto learned senjutsu.

It will definitely be Konoha's strongest Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, surpassing the previous two generations.

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Naruto's emotions were soothed, and Jiraiya left and came to another clearing.

"Thank you very much, Master Jiraiya. I was just thinking about how to comfort this kid."

Tenzo walked out of the bushes and smiled gratefully at Jiraiya.

"You're welcome. This is also a duty that I should perform. Next, Naruto needs to be managed by you. I can only take the time to guide him occasionally."

Jiraiya turned around and said.

As a Sannin, he has a very heavy task.

Not only to collect intelligence about the Kingdom of Demons, but also to secretly collect tailed beast organizations, which is also a huge hidden danger.

Different from the Kingdom of Demons, this organization's behavior is more mysterious. So far, no clues have been revealed. Only the identities of a few core members are known, but as for their whereabouts... To be honest, Jiraiya is not absolutely sure.

"Yes, next I will train him on his alertness, and then arrange for him to learn the secrets of chakra control... In half a year, it should be almost complete."

According to normal teachings, Tianzang would not be sure.

However, Naruto's shadow clone assisted the training method and had a great promotion effect. He couldn't help but sigh at Kakashi's mind. This training method was a perfect match for Naruto.

Because many of Naruto's hidden dangers have been shared by the Kyuubi... Although the principle of shadow clone training seems very simple and only requires enough chakra, if there is no Kyuubi in the body to bear part of the mental pressure, I'm afraid it won't be necessary. For a long time, a ninja who practices this way is likely to have a mental breakdown and become an idiot.

However, even for Naruto, there are risks in practicing in this way.

That would unnaturally leak the Nine-Tails chakra, causing Naruto to transform into a tailed beast.

Therefore, when Naruto trained with shadow clones, the number could only be maintained within a few. If this number is exceeded, Naruto will transform into a tailed beast, making it difficult to control himself.

And his role is reflected.

His Wood Release has the effect of suppressing the tailed beast's chakra. Even if Naruto doubles the shadow clones on the original basis, his Wood Release can avoid the risk of Naruto transforming into a tailed beast.

With the combination of several effects, and the fact that Jiraiya comes over from time to time to give guidance, Tenzou is confident that within the next six months, Naruto's strength will be raised to the standard jounin level, and it is not impossible to even go further.

Then you can go to Miaomu Mountain and practice the so-called immortal arts.

Tenzo couldn't help but sigh that Naruto's future growth has unlimited potential.

At that time, it will also be Konoha's powerful deterrent weapon to the outside world. For Konoha today, Naruto's importance is self-evident.

Sai was right, in order to achieve this goal, he, a senior member of the Anbu, could also sacrifice himself to protect Naruto.

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you. This is a auxiliary training medicine specially made by Tsunade for Naruto. Please give it to Naruto regularly during his training in the future."

Jiraiya took out a medicine bottle from his arms and put it in Tenzo's hand.

"Did the Hokage-sama make the medicine himself?"

Tianzang took the bottle of medicine with some surprise.

Naturally, he would not think that this was some suspicious drug.

With Tsunade's character, she would not make any training medicine with huge side effects. It would probably be a training medicine that would be effective in the long term, rather than destroying Naruto's foundation for short-term gain, which would only be worth the loss.

Waiting for Naruto to grow up, Konoha can still squeeze out this little time.

"Of course, the other two can also be used by them. After all, as a guidance jounin, you cannot favor one over the other, otherwise it will not be conducive to the team's integration."

Finally, Jiraiya added this sentence.

"I see."

Tianzang nodded seriously, stuffed the medicine bottle into his ninja bag, and kept it carefully.

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Konoha 61, the end of October.

Spring passes and autumn comes, and in a blink of an eye, half of the year has passed.

In the name of military exercises, Konoha used the past six months or so to conduct military exercises at the border almost every other month. The number of ninjas participating in each exercise ranged from a thousand to more than two thousand ninjas.

Although at the beginning, the small countries adjacent to the Fire Country still fearfully thought that the Fire Country was going to launch a war of external expansion. However, I felt relieved when I discovered that the Konoha Ninja Village was only conducting military exercises seriously and had no plans to expand externally.

Small countries are at peace, but big countries are not.

Because of Konoha's sudden move, the other major powers had to send their own ninja reinforcements to the front line in the name of the same military exercise to prevent Konoha's move.

Among them, only the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Ghosts did not make any move.

The former is in alliance with the Land of Fire, and the Sunagakure Village is also reassured by the Konoha Ninja Village. It symbolically reinforced a hundred ninjas on the eastern border, which was regarded as echoing the Konoha Village's military performance.

As for the latter, the Kingdom of Oni simply does not need to guard against the military exercises of the Konoha Ninja Village because the two countries are too far apart.

Whether walking by land or by sea, it is not easy for Konoha to successfully reach the Kingdom of Demons.

Especially the ninja villages of the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth will not allow the ninjas of Konoha to invade their territory.

With such natural protection, it is reasonable for the Kingdom of Ghosts to have no reaction.

Generally speaking, big countries tend to be stable, most small countries are content with the status quo of peace, and chaos has begun to appear in a few small countries. For example, some non-governmental organizations have obtained a batch of black arms from nowhere, and are in conflict with the local rulers. Conflict began among the nobles.

According to reliable information, there are still ninjas among these rebels.

Although they are not very strong, they are stronger than ordinary people and still cause a lot of trouble to the country's ruling nobles.

This is very strange, because in the past, there were no ninjas in these small countries. The only armed forces were the samurai groups that relied on and served the nobles.

At this time, ninja forces appeared in the country, which caught the ruling nobles off guard.

According to the investigation, these ninjas are indeed from their own country.

A year or two ago, they were just ordinary people.

Regarding the reason for the appearance of these ninjas, some countries are uneasy, some countries are furious, and some countries have chosen to remain silent and focus on self-protection... because they all have a vague guess in their hearts, what is the fate of these civilian ninja groups ruled by reactionary aristocrats? Which force secretly cultivated it?

——The country of ghosts.

It must be them.

They secretly funded some civilian rebel organizations in small countries. They not only provided weapons assistance, but also selected suitable members from these rebel organizations and trained them into ninjas to further strengthen their armed forces.

For a time, the strength of these rebel organizations was directly on par with, or even faintly surpassed, the armed strength of the country's aristocratic groups.

Although some small countries filed complaints to other big countries, asking them to jointly put pressure on the Kingdom of Ghosts to prevent such chaos... However, the letters of complaint were placed on the desks of the big names of each big country, but what greeted them were only superficial words. technique.

This made the daimyo of the small countries who were disturbed by the Kingdom of Oni feel angry, thinking that these big countries were all colluding and wanted to use the war to benefit the small countries.

At the same time, he also secretly cursed the short-sightedness of the big country. The country of ghosts is so hostile to the aristocratic group. If the aristocratic groups of these small countries fall, the interests and prestige of the nobility of the big country will inevitably be affected.

Although they were so angry in their hearts, the other big countries almost ignored the matter. They had no choice but to huddle together for warmth and rely on their own strength to deal with the Ghost Country's strategy of cannibalizing small countries.

——The military jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Ghosts, located in the large conference room on the fourth floor of the office building.

The top military leaders of the Kingdom of Ghosts gathered here.

On the front wall, there is a detailed and complete map of the ninja world.

Marked on it are the names of all countries and neutral forces and their respective areas.

Even those small countries that are extremely unknown in the ninja world and even isolated from the world are clearly marked on the map.

Some of the small countries are painted in red, and some of them are marked with a red cross.

Shiraishi turned his back to everyone present, standing in front of the map of the ninja world, staring at a small corner on the map, seeming to be thinking about something.