Escape From Konoha

Leaving the mountainous area at the junction of Tian Country and Iron Country, the three Shiraishi people riding on the backs of Thunder Maru did not return directly to the Country of Demons, but kept flying towards the east.

When he was almost flying to the end of the forest, Thunder Pill's speed slowed down slightly under Shiraishi's order.

On the plain beyond the forest ahead, you can vaguely see a town sitting there in the distance, densely populated.

After the speed slowed down, Thunder Pill changed from flying at high altitude to flying at low altitude. It was only a few tens of meters away from the ground, and the forest below was clearly visible.

"What are your plans next? Do you want to come with me to deal with the aftermath?"

On the back of Thunder Maru, Shiraishi took the initiative to ask Sasuke.

"Are you going to take over Orochimaru's power?"

Sasuke asked confused.

Shiraishi nodded, shook his head and said: "There is this purpose, but there are more important things. That guy Orochimaru is not completely dead yet, I need to eliminate all the 'will' that he has dispersed, and never cause any future troubles. "

Sasuke's expression became surprised, as if he didn't react.

As if guessing that Sasuke would show such an expression, Shiraishi said with a smile: "The white snake symbolizes regeneration. Orochimaru used living body transformation to transform his body into a powerful white snake. Although he cannot achieve complete regeneration, he wants to It's not that easy to kill him. What's more, he still has a hand in the curse seal. In some of the strongholds he built, there are also spare experimental bodies that he used to revive his will."

"That rascal……"

Sasuke touched the curse mark on the back of his neck that had completely disappeared. After Orochimaru was eliminated, the curse mark on his body also disappeared.

Although I feel a little regretful about this, after learning the magic of magic, the curse seal has little effect on me, so I just regret it a little bit.

But now it seems that there are many terrible traps in Orochimaru's curse seal that have not been unearthed yet.

"But how do you know such a thing?"

Sasuke looked at Shiraishi curiously.

There are also curse seals in reincarnation ninjutsu. It can be said that they are secrets that Orochimaru has painstakingly researched and cannot be left out.

Shiraishi seemed to be very familiar with Orochimaru's reincarnation jutsu and curse seal, which surprised Sasuke.

"I have been studying Orochimaru's reincarnation technique and curse seal for many years. As long as it touches the most fundamental areas, then there is no secret to these ninjutsu in front of me. Having said that, this guy The survivability is indeed troublesome. This is why I came here personally to handle the follow-up. Apart from me, there is no one in the Kingdom of Ghosts who can completely cut off Orochimaru's vitality."

Shiraishi didn't hide this.

The main purpose of his coming here was only to take away Sasuke. What he really wanted to do was to block all Orochimaru's escape routes and completely eliminate this dangerous guy from the ninja world.

There is a very close connection between Orochimaru and Akatsuki, and his contribution to the Akatsuki organization cannot be ignored. Eliminating Orochimaru is equivalent to cutting off an arm of the Akatsuki organization, which is conducive to the arrangement of follow-up plans of the Kingdom of Demons.

After hearing this, Sasuke lost interest. The curse mark on his body had been solved by the person named 'Indra' in Shiraishi's mouth, so naturally he didn't need to take action again regarding Orochimaru.

Moreover, he had personally experienced Orochimaru's strength once before, so there was no need to do the same thing a second time.

"It's up to you, I'll just stop here."

Sensing a few familiar scents in the forest, Sasuke stopped the Thunder Pill under his feet and began to hover over the forest.

Baishi naturally noticed a few scents of the forest, but he just glanced at them and stopped paying attention.

"By the way, how am I going to find you in the future? Or should I just go back to the Kingdom of Ghosts?"

Sasuke suddenly turned around and asked.

Baishi pondered for a moment and responded: "If you are not in a hurry, you can stay in the small town ahead for two days. I can solve the matter here at noon the day after tomorrow. I will meet you then, and then Let’s return to the Kingdom of Ghosts together.”

"See you the day after tomorrow."

Sasuke nodded, turned his head, glanced at the forest below, jumped downwards, and disappeared into the forest.

On Lei Mingwan's back, only Shiraishi and Tian Yunv were left.

However, in the ground nearby, Shiraishi also sensed General Tu's aura. After it swallowed the information and documents in the stronghold, it quickly caught up.

The speed of General Tu's movement in the underground is no slower than the flying speed of Thunder Pill, and is even slightly faster, so Shiraishi is not worried that General Tu will fall behind.

"Let's go to the stronghold in the north and meet up with Kakashi."

Shiraishi gave an order, and Thundermaru changed its trajectory in the air without saying a word. He glanced at Sasuke who was falling towards the forest, then withdrew his gaze, flapped his wings and flew towards the north.

…

There were several figures running fast in the forest. Judging from their hurried and panicked expressions, it seemed that there was some huge terror behind them, making them dare not stop for a moment and just ran for their lives.

They are the four people from Otogakure and Jugo.

After confirming that the crisis was over, the group of five people stopped in an open space in the forest, holding on to the trees and getting some breathing space.

"Damn it, who is that guy? He used the wind knife to cut off both of my arms as soon as he came up. If we had continued to entangle, I'm afraid we would have been in trouble."

Kidomaru fell to the ground and sat down, leaning against a tree trunk. He originally had six arms, but now he had two arms missing on his right side, resulting in only four arms left.

Although there are still arms that can be used and they are not completely disabled, the loss of strength is inevitable.

He gritted his teeth, grabbed the medical bandage, and continued to wrap it around the bleeding wound. The bandage that had been wrapped there was completely stained red.

The other three of the four people were also in quite miserable condition. The only one who was unharmed was Chonggo.

He was neither injured nor panting. From the looks of it, he ran all the way down as if he was very relaxed and didn't feel tired.

This is also related to his efforts to avoid fighting, and before that, Sasuke reminded him that if he encounters someone attacking the stronghold, just leave without fighting.

Given his trust in Sasuke, Jugo fled the stronghold the moment the alarm sounded and met at the place designated by Sasuke ahead.

As for the four Otogakure, he met them by chance on his way to escape.

Obviously, they could not withstand the enemies attacking the stronghold, so they chose to abandon the stronghold and evacuate tactically.

After all, the enemy's firepower was fierce. In that case, there was no way to join up with the others. Apart from death, the only way was to escape.

Not only them, Chongwu also saw many people escaping from the stronghold along the way.

"The other party is wearing a miko uniform. She must be a miko from the land of ghosts."

Tayuya clutched the recorder in his hand, remembered something and said.

"Well, shrine maidens who know ninjutsu...are only found in that country. Damn it, how come a ninja from the Kingdom of Ghosts appears here?"

As the strongest among the four, Sakon angrily punched the tree next to him and gritted his teeth, seemingly extremely angry about this matter.

Jirobo hesitated for a moment and replied: "Is it okay for us to leave like this? People from the Kingdom of Demons raided the stronghold, most likely for Lord Orochimaru."

"The gap in strength between us and her is too big. In that case, going up to fight is just making a unnecessary sacrifice. And I believe that she was not the only one who came to attack the stronghold at that time. It is estimated that someone has sneaked in in advance. The latest one Where is the base?"

Sakon suddenly raised his head, straightened his face, and asked.

"Sakon, do you want to gather men from other strongholds and then counterattack back?"

Kidomaru seemed to understand Sakon's plan.

"I have this idea. The previous retreat was a last resort. In that case, we could only flee and evacuate. But now we must recruit more people and go back to make meritorious service. Otherwise, Orochimaru-sama will be blamed, and none of us will get any good results. .”

Sakon said so.

Although the previous escape was a temporary measure, it was impossible to really abandon that stronghold.

The other three among the four fell silent and agreed to Sakon's suggestion.

"I don't know how Sasuke-sama is doing at this time."

A worried look appeared on Tayuya's face at this time.

When the stronghold was attacked, all the Otogakure ninjas stationed there went out to meet the enemy.

As a result, they quickly suffered a disastrous defeat under the enemy's fierce attack.

In addition, the enemy deliberately blocked the entrance to the stronghold, leaving them no room to retreat to the stronghold and conduct a tactical retreat. They had no choice but to flee into the mountains and forests to avoid making unnecessary sacrifices.

And what worries Tayuya is that the timing of the attack from the Kingdom of Demons is too coincidental.

It happened to be the critical moment for Orochimaru to hold the reincarnation ceremony, which reminded Tayuya of some bad things.

"Hmph." When Sakon heard this name, he felt extremely unhappy in his heart. He sneered and said: "Stop worrying about this dead person's name so much, Tayuya. That guy Uchiha Sasuke has already been taken away by Lord Orochimaru. Everything has been taken away. His fate of having everything taken away has long been determined."

Compared to the sadness on Tayuya's face, Jugo, who was silently paying attention to all this, seemed very calm at the time and was not hit by Sakon's contemptuous words.

After striking Tayuya, Sakon glanced at Jugo who was silent and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

"Hey, Jugo, where are you going next? Do you want to gather men with us and counterattack? Following an arrogant and arrogant guy like Uchiha Sasuke, there is no better future than continuing to follow Lord Orochimaru."

Sakon's words contained the intention of wooing Jugo.

In the end, Chongwu just glanced at him lightly, just like a stone sculpture, standing there silently with his eyes closed.

When Sakon saw Jugo ignoring him and just closing his eyes to rest, his face suddenly darkened and he looked extremely sad.

Sensing that the relationship between Sakon and Jugo was a little stiff, the pale Kidomaru stood up from the ground, covered the wound on his broken arm, coughed and said: "Calm down, both of you, now is not the time for conflicts. The most important thing right now is Regarding the matter, it is better to gather people as soon as possible to support Lord Orochimaru. I am worried that if I go too late, something may happen again over there."

At this moment, a voice came in at an inappropriate time, extremely cold:

"There is no need to do that kind of thing anymore, Kidomaru, the matter is over."

The sudden intrusion of the voice caused Zhongwu, who had closed his eyes in deep thought, to suddenly open his eyes and look at the person, his eyes brightening slightly.

The rest of the people had stunned expressions on their faces. Tayuya and Jirobo's faces were stunned at first, then showed joy, and turned around to look.

"Sasuke-sama!?"

The person who appeared not far away and intervened in their conversation was Sasuke.

He was spotless at this time, and he walked slowly with an expressionless face. He glanced at the faces of Zhongwu and others, then stopped and stopped moving forward.

Seeing Sasuke appear, Sakon's face became even more ugly, almost livid.

Kidomaru glanced at Sasuke, thoughtfully, as if he was secretly inferring something.

"Sasuke."

Among everyone, the only one who was relatively calm was Chonggo.

Compared to the four Otogakure, he and Sasuke have the closest relationship.

He came to stand behind Sasuke and faintly confronted the four people to confirm his position.

And he was also sure of one thing, Orochimaru failed.

Sasuke standing here intact is the best proof.

As for the Kingdom of Demons, it is likely that Sasuke invited reinforcements.

"Jugo, you guy, do you want to betray Lord Orochimaru?"

Sakon angrily wanted to accuse Jugo, as if he was very dissatisfied with Jugo's betrayal.

"There is only a transaction between Orochimaru and I, we are not his subordinates, so there is no relationship between betrayal and betrayal. And in the end, you are just an inferior product created based on me."

Jugo spoke calmly and told this cruel fact that made Sakon feel extremely ashamed.

Before Sakon could continue to question him angrily, Kidomaru, who was always known for his calmness, sighed, as if he had guessed something, and his eyes staring at Sasuke were full of seriousness and disbelief.

"Sasuke-sama, if what I have predicted is correct, the reason why you are here safe and sound is because you defeated Orochimaru-sama, right?"

Kidomaru's words were like thunder exploding in the ears of the other three of the four people, and they all stared at Sasuke with incredible eyes.

Even Sakon, who had never dealt with Sasuke, was shocked and speechless.

In response to Kidomaru's question, Sasuke nodded unabashedly and said calmly: "Yes, Orochimaru has been defeated by me. All his efforts have been in vain."

Although he had predicted this incident, Kidomaru couldn't help but take a breath of air after receiving Sasuke's confirmation. The horror in his eyes could no longer be concealed. At the same time, when he looked at Sasuke, there was so much in his eyes. There was a trace of enthusiasm.

"Sasuke-sama, you actually defeated... No, this is really unbelievable..."

Tayuya struggled and did not feel too much pain or loss because of Orochimaru's passing.

Rather, there was a hint of joy and excitement in my heart.

It's just that the news was too sudden, and the truth of the matter was beyond her imagination, so she couldn't believe it for a while.

"No, it's impossible! How can you, a guy who has nothing but blood, defeat Lord Orochimaru! This is false, this must be a lie you made up and derived by yourself! Lord Orochimaru -"

Sakon didn't believe that all of this was happening, so he started talking nonsense and kept shaking his head, unable to believe this kind of thing.

Sasuke said nothing, and his black and white pupils were immediately replaced by red Sharingan.

For just a moment, the four people whose eyes met Sasuke's Sharingan looked in a daze. When they realized what they were doing, the surrounding scene had changed drastically.

In the dark sky, a huge three-magatama Sharingan illuminates the earth with bloody light.

The white giant snake was unwilling to roar towards the sky with its Sharingan. In pain and wailing, the body of the white giant snake turned into white particles like fine sand, floating in the air and disappearing.

"Could this scene be Lord Orochimaru's last... No, how could it be like this..."

At the end of the scene, Tayuya, Kidomaru, and Jirobo were fine. Although there was a hint of sadness on their faces, they quickly cheered up.

Only Sakon sat down on the ground blankly, muttering the word "impossible" in his mouth, his expression dull.

"Now Otogakure Village has ceased to exist in name only. What are your four plans next?"

Sasuke closed his Sharingan and asked.

Sakon was still in a daze, muttering 'impossible', while Tayuya and the other three looked at each other with hesitation on their faces, as if they had some concerns and could not really make up their minds.

"I am willing to follow Sasuke-sama."

In the end, it was Tayuya who spoke first, breaking the silence. After saying these words, she felt relieved and stood behind Sasuke.

Sasuke nodded with satisfaction at Tayuya's self-awareness.

It was not in vain that he had spent time instructing her on illusions over the past few years.

Jirobo looked at Tayuya, then at Kidomaru, and without saying a word, he came behind Sasuke and stood with Juugo and Tayuya.

"In that case, count me in."

Kidomaru smiled helplessly and assumed a surrender posture. Knowing that the situation was over, he decided to surrender to Sasuke.

In fact, this is the only option.

From a long time ago, he had seen that Sasuke coveted the four of them and wanted to truly lead them.

However, since Orochimaru was still pressing on him, the invitation was never really sent out.

But now that Sasuke has successfully defeated Orochimaru, this concern no longer exists.

Moreover, to be honest, Kidomaru believes that following Sasuke is more promising than following Orochimaru.

He walked behind Sasuke and lined up with Jugo and Tayuya.

Sakon was left standing there alone. In the blink of an eye, he found that there was no one around him. When Sakon came back to his senses, his face suddenly turned blue and white.

"Kidomaru, you guys are worthy of Orochimaru-sama by doing this-"

Sakon stretched out his hand, wanting to accuse Tayuya and others of being greedy for life and fearing death, but Sasuke's cold and sharp gaze came over, like pouring a bucket of cold water on his head, completely waking him up from his anger.

The clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat, his neck subconsciously shrank, and his body was stiff and unable to move.

This murderous intent gave Sakon the illusion of facing Orochimaru head-on.

No, this was a murderous aura even more terrifying than Orochimaru's. It almost made his eyes sting, and all the bones in his body began to weaken involuntarily.

Are you kidding me? How could a brat smaller than me possibly... Sakon shook his head in panic and stepped back, unable to believe the fact that Sasuke had surpassed Orochimaru.

"In that case, then go down below and meet that guy Orochimaru."

The Kusanagi sword on Sasuke's waist was half drawn out, and a dazzling cold light reflected from the shiny silver blade.

The warning signs in Sakon's heart were loud, and he felt as if his heart had stopped beating, and he held his breath.

Like a frog being stared at by a snake, unfortunately, he is exactly the kind of frog that is about to be eaten by a snake.

"Sasuke-sama!"

Without any further hesitation, Sakon directly bowed his head and knelt down on one knee, expressing his surrender to Sasuke.

By the time he finished saying this, the Kusanagi sword had stopped in front of him, and the sharp sword energy swept out, making him feel as if his face had been sliced ​​open.

Looking at the tip of the Kusanagi sword so close at hand, Sakon swallowed secretly, secretly glad that he surrendered in time, if it had been a second later...

Sakon couldn't imagine it anymore.

Seeing Sakon's surrender, Sasuke stopped threatening him, put the Kusanagi sword back into its scabbard, and turned around silently to leave.

"Sasuke-sama, where are we going next?"

Tayuya walked up and asked.

As the first surrender among the four, she entered the subordinate state very quickly.

Sakon also stood up from the ground. Although he was somewhat reluctant to become Sasuke's subordinate, he could only follow and obey the arrangement.

"Let's gather in the small town ahead first. As for the subsequent action arrangements, we will make plans after arriving in the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Although the target is Itachi Uchiha, as well as the high-level officials of Konoha who have targeted the Uchiha clan, Sasuke has not yet decided how to act.

Moreover, before he can complete these two goals, he still needs to test his own strength and what level he has reached to avoid accidents.

"Ghost country?"

Except for Chongwu, the other four people looked stunned, and a very absurd association occurred in their minds.

Could it be that Sasuke-sama is... Looking at Sasuke's cold and cold face, the four of them temporarily suppressed their doubts and remained silent.

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"Hey, Kakashi, it's been such a long time."

In front of a cave, Shiraishi jumped off the back of the landing Thunder Maru, and saw Kakashi standing at the entrance of the cave, waiting for him for a long time, and said hello familiarly.

"Yes, but you still look the same as before."

Kakashi nodded, just like a meeting between old acquaintances, starting the exchange with plain words.

Shiraishi's appearance looks quite young, much younger than a man in his thirties.

"Because no one wants to admit the fact that they are old."

"That's right. After all, you are almost forty years old."

Kakashi nodded and did not dwell on this matter.

But the words he said unintentionally still hurt Shiraishi a little.

"Speaking of which, I didn't go over to Sasuke's side. How is the situation?"

Kakashi led the way, leading Shiraishi and Tianyu Girl into the cave.

Inside is a manually dug walkway, with snake-shaped candlesticks hanging on both sides, with candles burning on them. The dim light and shadow make the tunnel of the cave look extremely eerie.

This is undoubtedly a stronghold building that conforms to Orochimaru's aesthetic style.

"As planned, most of Orochimaru's power was defeated by Sasuke. Next, we only need to deal with the remaining will to prevent him from returning."

Shiraishi replied.

"Sasuke has done a good job. I didn't expect that he would grow to this point in just a few years."

Kakashi nodded. Although his tone did not waver at all, his steps became brisk and he was obviously in a happy mood.

"But he should be looking for Itachi next, right? Do you have any plans?"

Kakashi glanced back at Shiraishi as he walked forward.

Shiraishi followed Kakashi, letting him lead the way.

"If nothing else happens, he will temporarily return to the Kingdom of Ghosts with me, and then go find Itachi."

"In other words, after knowing the truth, does he still want revenge?"

Kakashi sighed in a self-questioning tone.

Shiraishi smiled and said, "You should know his temper better than me."

Kakashi kept calm in his eyes, shook his head and said: "No, even I can't see through his inner thoughts. Moreover, it is too arrogant to say that you can completely see through a person."

"Yes, humans are not complex creatures that can be easily understood. But no matter what the process is, the result is that Itachi participated in what happened that night, and personally united with outsiders to kill his own people... This is for those who know the truth. As far as Sasuke is concerned, it’s still intolerable.”

Shiraishi is sure of this.

Kakashi's eyes became complicated.

"Revenge, it only satisfies that moment, but in the end there will only be endless emptiness."

His tone was full of concern for Sasuke.

But he also knew that he could not stop Sasuke's behavior.

Just like his revenge on the Sandaime Hokage.

Even if you know that revenge cannot bring back the dead and restore what has been lost, in the end you still fall into the abyss like a moth flying into a flame.

"The emptiness... you have to take revenge before you can feel it. Before that, all the preaching is meaningless."

As Shiraishi's words fell to the ground, Kakashi stopped talking and led the way with his head down.

Coming to a door, Kakashi pushed it open.

Then he stood aside so that Shiraishi could see what was inside the room.

"This stronghold, Orochimaru's back-up preparations placed here, are all here. If possible, I hope you can save these people. Their will has not been corrupted by Orochimaru, and there is still room for redemption."

Shiraishi calmly looked at the people in the room. The prisoners inside were of different genders. The oldest ones were in their mid-twenties, and the youngest ones were only seven or eight years old.

The only thing they have in common is that they are planted with Orochimaru's unique curse seal.

Moreover, the type of curse seal is quite advanced. Although it cannot be compared with Sasuke's Heavenly Curse Seal, if the quantity is sufficient, it is enough to awaken Orochimaru's dormant will.

In addition, Shiraishi also noticed an aura of disobedience in these people. There is no doubt that all of these people have been transformed by Orochimaru.

It is a carefully selected ‘sacrifice’.

"I will try my best."

After Baishi finished speaking, he took a deep breath and walked into the room.