Escape From Konoha

9:15.

In the light blue sky, the sun has risen to a certain height, leaving a hint of sultry heat in the air of Konoha Village.

On a dark path leading to the secret door of Konoha, with dense trees and dense trees, even the sunlight could not be reflected, the sound of soft footsteps came on the road.

The man who appeared on the path was wrapped in a black windbreaker, his head lowered, and the shadow cast by the hood attached to the collar covered most of his face.

In front is a low wooden door. Unlike the main entrance of Konoha, this low wooden door can only allow two people to pass through side by side.

When approaching the wooden door, the figure raised his head slightly.

In front of the wooden door, a figure stood.

Several figures of Konoha ninja fell at his feet. Judging from the fact that they were still breathing and had no obvious signs of fighting, they were probably brought down by some kind of magic spell due to carelessness. .

"Is it Sasuke Uchiha?"

The figure standing guard in front of the wooden door was also dressed in pitch black, with a mask covering his face, and spoke in a deliberately fabricated deep voice.

It was obvious that he didn't want anyone to know his identity.

Nodding, Sasuke revealed a handsome and fair face, as well as a pair of eyes that could no longer contain themselves and began to turn bright red.

"It's me. Are you the one who contacted me?"

Sasuke asked.

The man did not answer, but took out a folded map from his pocket and handed it to Sasuke.

"This is the facility distribution map of Konoha today. The village has changed a lot since you left it."

Sasuke took the folded distribution map with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Then I'll take my leave."

The man formed a seal with his hands and disappeared in front of Sasuke in a puff of smoke.

Sasuke didn't pay attention to the man's departure. He just gently pushed open the wooden door and stepped into the dark tunnel without saying a word, blending into the darkness.

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9:30.

Candidates participating in the Joint Chuunin Examination arrived at the 307 classroom of the teaching building of the Konoha Village Ninja School one after another half an hour ago, and met there.

A total of more than two hundred candidates came to this large classroom without any mistakes. Even if there were more than two hundred people in the open space, it would not seem crowded.

There was not a single soul on the playground outside the window.

Although it is not a holiday time, considering the special nature of the Chunin Exam, the Ninja School has closed one day in advance to make room for the candidates taking the exam.

The official exam time is at 10:00 in the morning, lasts for one and a half hours, and ends at 11:30.

Judging from the layout of the classroom, it is obvious that this is the same written test as in previous periods.

It mainly tests the ninja's academic ability and intelligence gathering ability.

Located in a quieter corner of the classroom, Huonoko, who followed Naruto to take the Chunin exam, couldn't help but let out a breath, as if she really couldn't muster any motivation for such an exam.

This is natural. Although she is several years younger than Naruto, she is a genuine chuunin in terms of position level. She is expected to become a jounin in the village before the age of twenty. In addition, she is an ANBU candidate. From the perspective of prospects It can be said that the future is promising.

As a result, she had to accompany someone to take such a childish exam. If it hadn't been for an order from her superiors, she would have been leisurely at home at this time, casually enjoying a sumptuous morning tea.

Whether it is her own academic ability or intelligence gathering ability, it is a very simple thing for her, and she can complete it alone without relying on her teammates.

However……

Hanoko glanced at Naruto, who looked very calm but was probably already panicking inside, and couldn't help but feel a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Hey, Naruto-senpai, it's just a written test. You don't need to be so nervous. You can pass a test of this level if you pay a little serious attention, right?"

She couldn't understand why someone could fail such a simple test.

Couldn't a ninja pass it in one go?

"Yes, yes, well, as long as I show one percent of my ability, I can easily pass this exam. No problem at all!"

Naruto patted his cheek hard to encourage himself to fight, as if he was afraid of being looked down upon by juniors like Huonoko, so he spoke very forcefully and sounded like he was gritting his teeth.

"Then, Naruto-senpai, please prepare well. Sai-senpai and I can't give you much help in this exam. There are only two answers that we can pass on to you. The rest of the answers, Naruto-senpai, you have to do yourself. Do it alone.”

As special candidates, she and Sayi already knew the questions and answers for the first exam in advance.

During the exam, the two of them will pass the correct answers to Naruto in a way that is consistent with ninja abilities, and then they can rest and end the Chunin exam.

Because they won't take the second and third exams at all.

Naruto felt the same way.

Otherwise, with their strength, it would be really unfair to the other candidates to take part in the subsequent exams.

Naruto, in particular, would severely disrupt the balance of power among the genin.

"I know, even if I am alone, I will complete the exam."

Regardless of whether these words came from his heart or not, Naruto still didn't want to admit defeat in front of his juniors.

You must never say something like, "I'm not good at anything like written tests." It's really embarrassing.

He only hopes that the questions in this written test will not be too difficult.

"Now you all sit down in your seats. I am Nara Shikamaru, the examiner of the first exam. You have one minute to complete."

The person who said this was Shikamaru who had arrived in the classroom at some point.

He said this to all the candidates in the classroom.

Next to him were Temari and other examiners, who were scanning the audience with majestic eyes.

The originally noisy classroom immediately fell silent.

After the candidates looked at each other for a while, they walked to their assigned seats according to the admission ticket numbers they had already received.

"Well, good luck to you, Naruto."

Sayi smiled slightly and left the team first, walking to a seat not far away.

Then his eyes inadvertently lingered on the examiner Shikamaru for a moment, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and a pair of inorganic eyes were full of intriguing.

"I'm going there first too, Naruto-senpai, please work hard."

Hanoko patted Naruto on the back and quickly walked to his seat and sat down.

"What? Everyone is looking down on me. It's just a written test. Look, I'll surprise you this time!"

Naruto muttered unhappily, and even after sitting down in his seat, he still had a look of reluctance on his face.

After all the candidates sat down, the examiner who came with Shikamaru began to distribute test papers, followed by basic answering tools such as mechanical pencils and erasers.

There is only one side of the test paper, with the back facing up and the front facing down, so there is no way to see clearly what the questions on the paper are.

"Okay, you guys don't open the test papers yet, it's time to explain the rules. The rules of this exam are..."

According to the exam rules that had been drawn up long ago, Shikamaru read them out clearly and clearly one by one, so that all candidates could understand the specific format of the rules.

Just reading out the rules took Shikamaru two minutes.

There are more rules than usual for this exam, and there are some weird things about the literal meaning.

However, experienced candidates know that these strange-sounding rules are deliberately made by the examiners and have a deeper interpretation that is different from the superficial rules.

As long as it can be interpreted smoothly, the difficulty of the exam will be reduced by at least half.

Therefore, when Shikamaru read the rules aloud, not a single candidate made a sound. They all listened extremely carefully and tried to keep every rule in mind.

After reading the rules, Shikamaru quickly glanced at the faces of the candidates and asked calmly: "These are the rules of this exam. If you have any objections, you can raise them now."

Seeing that no candidate raised his hand to speak, Shikamaru nodded with no idea whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied. He just took out an alarm clock, placed it on the most conspicuous edge of the podium, and pressed the switch.

"Since there is no objection, then from now on, there are still fifteen minutes before the official exam, so you should keep these rules in mind."

As he said that, Shikamaru sat down. Except for a few examiners such as Temari, the other examiners were scattered in other corners of the classroom. They stared at each examinee with sharp eyes, making the examinee who was stared at sit still for a moment. Uneasy.

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Weaving through the crowd like a ghost.

Although Sasuke looked very strange because he was wearing a dark windbreaker in broad daylight, the passers-by seemed not to notice this and did not pay any attention to him.

Sasuke ignored these unresponsive passers-by, his goal was very clear.

After walking about a hundred meters, Sasuke suddenly looked up at an apartment building. Without hesitation, he used the platform to jump to the water tower on the roof of the apartment building that was twenty or thirty meters high.

There was no one here, so Sasuke lifted the hood on his head, untied the cords of his windbreaker, and let the windbreaker peel off from his body and fly to the ground with the wind.

As if his whole body had been liberated, Sasuke took a deep breath of the air here.

It was no different from the outside air, but the memory and feeling engraved in his bones made Sasuke's eyes a little dazed for a moment.

The bustling crowds, the chasing and playing among the children, all the scenes were so familiar and made him miss it so much.

He once lived in this place.

Precious memories of his childhood and student days remain here.

However, at this moment, looking at the bright smiles on everyone's faces here, Sasuke couldn't feel the slightest kindness, but only irritability.

Anxiety welled up in my heart for no reason.

I have the urge to completely tear the smiles off the faces of the people here.

Only by fantasizing like this can I suppress the irritability that keeps flooding my heart.

After a long time, he calmed down the restlessness in his heart, and regained his composure in his bright red eyes. He looked down at the crowd below who didn't know they were within the attack range, and there was a hint of madness in the corner of his mouth that even he himself could not detect.

"The final revenge... begins now."

The finger was bitten and blood poured out.

With only afterimages of his hands left, Sasuke completed the seal in a flash.

Finally, he slammed his right hand down from the water tower.

"Psychic art!"

From the thick dust mist suddenly sprayed from the top of the apartment building, the deep and suppressed roar of the giant beast came, making the air in this area suddenly heavy.

Three huge figures vaguely emerged as black silhouettes in the smoke. The huge white smoke could not cover their entire bodies, so that part of their bodies was exposed. Even just a corner was enough to shock people.

Feeling the sharp decrease in chakra in his body, Sasuke couldn't help but sigh. The "eating appetite" of these three psychic beasts was astonishing. Summoning them directly consumed nearly one-third of his chakra.

"Unfortunately, the fattest one requires too much chakra...forget it, this will do. Let's take action, cats!"

Whoosh!

The three giant beasts obeyed the command, and like three fierce black lightning bolts, they quickly rushed out of the smoke area, using the strong wind blowing as they ran to blow away the smoke wrapped around them.

Two of them were grouped together, and one was traveling alone, flying rapidly in two different directions. In the blink of an eye, their huge figures disappeared from the top of the apartment building, and the road could only blur the dark shadows of the three giant beasts running like the wind. .

"The bait has been put out, what's next is..."

Sasuke instantly recovered from the strenuous state of rapid chakra consumption. Just as he was about to lift his steps, the air suddenly fluctuated, and dozens of figures flashed towards him, launching an enveloping attack on him.

On the road, some pedestrians formed seals with their hands, unlocked the transformation skills on their bodies, transformed into ninjas, rushed to the top of the apartment building, and joined the formation surrounding Sasuke.

Seeing this scene, Sasuke's eyes were calm, as if the scene before him was premeditated and was not worth his fuss.

"You can't help it anymore...you guys are in the way."

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Tick ​​tock. Tick ​​tock.

Time passed minute by minute, and fifteen minutes passed quickly.

At 10 o'clock exactly, the alarm clock on the podium suddenly made a piercing sound, and soon the sound disappeared from the classroom, indicating that the exam had officially begun.

It lasted for one and a half hours, which was short or long, especially when there were so many rules. All the candidates showed 100% energy, opened the face-down test paper, and quickly browsed through all the questions in the test paper. .

Among these people, Naruto is no exception.

This was not his first time taking the Chunin Exam. Even if he failed, he still had some understanding of the rules of the Chunin Exam.

For example, he also fully understands the hidden rules in the exam.

After all, the first test of the Chuunin Exams every year is basically the same. Except for the changes in the questions and rules, the essence is still the same.

Having said that, after browsing all the questions, Naruto's cheeks were immediately soaked in cold sweat.

Sure enough, the questions were all types that ordinary genin could never complete alone. After all, ninjas with super academic abilities like Sakura were always in the minority. This time the exam is still based on intelligence gathering ability, supplemented by one's own academic ability.

After understanding this, Naruto began to think about how to get the correct answer in a ninja way.

Although he has mastered many ninjutsu, if he thinks about it carefully, there seems to be no ninjutsu that is suitable for cheating.

Are we going to use the latest improved harem technique to make this place a river of blood and kill both the candidates and the examiners?

Naruto couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this scene. Just thinking about that scene, he felt that the style of painting was immediately abnormal.

He will definitely be punched away by Tsunade afterwards.

Just when Naruto was holding the pen, not knowing what to do.

Buzz——

A low vibrating sound suddenly passed over, causing the large classroom to shake significantly, and some stone powder fell from the ceiling.

"What, what's going on!?"

"Is there an earthquake?"

The originally quiet large classroom could no longer maintain its original atmosphere. Not only the candidates, but also the invigilators looked astonished and glanced out the window.

The moment they turned their heads, a thunderous explosion swept over them, making their eyes widen in shock.

A huge shadow suddenly fell from the sky and fell on the building opposite the teaching building.

Boom!

The entire building collapsed and shattered, and a hurricane of dust and stones immediately blew in, shattering the glass of the classroom windows in the teaching building.

"Wow!"

The examinee who was accidentally hit by a stone before he could figure out the situation immediately screamed in pain.

Moreover, screams were heard one after another, and more than one person was attacked by flying stones.

"What are you doing!"

"What is that huge monster, a cat? How can there be such a big cat? Is it fake?"

"Damn it, what's going on with the guys in Konoha? Is this how they usually maintain law and order?"

"It's really unreasonable for something to happen at this time!"

For a time, the entire large classroom was engulfed in cries of uneasiness and danger, and the sounds of abuse and anger resounded throughout the entire classroom.

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Hokage Building, Conference Room 304.

Jonin representatives from the four villages of Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure and Kumogakure gathered in this conference room to hold talks and reach an alliance regarding the mysterious organization that captured the tailed beasts.

Among the four villages that are about to form an alliance, only Konoha's side has not suffered any losses in tailed beasts, while the other three villages, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, have all lost tailed beasts.

In particular, Iwagakure suffered the most serious losses. All the four-tailed and fifth-tailed beasts in the village were stolen.

In addition, the Earth Country where Iwagakure is now is in a military confrontation with the Demon Country, and the power of the tailed beasts is urgently needed to restore the military disadvantage.

For this reason, Iwagakure is the most active party in this alliance.

Coming as a representative was also the son of the third Tsuchikage Onoki, Iwagakure Jounin Ozuchi.

Sunagakure's representative is Jonin Maki, and Kumogakure's representative is Raikage's trusted Jonin Samui.

In addition, Nara Shikaku, the Jonin squad leader of Konoha, is the four Jonin representatives from the four villages.

Each of them, with an assistant behind them, sat down at the conference table in Conference Room 304 with serious expressions.

"In the end, Kirigakure still rejected it, right?"

It was Loess of Iwagakure who spoke.

He did not see any Jōnin from Kirigakure Village in the conference room. Considering that it was impossible to be late for such a meeting, Mizukage from Kirigakure did not intend to participate in this alliance and had his own way. abacus.

"It's really rare that the country is still closed at this time. I thought this village would change with the rise of the new Mizukage, but it turns out it's still the same. It doesn't like to communicate with the outside world."

Samui sighed.

Naturally, the more members there are in the alliance, the better.

The enemies who captured the tailed beasts were not just simple ninjas. They mobilized some elites from each village to form a special operations team, which would naturally make their actions more efficient.

"Maybe it's because the tailed beasts in my village haven't had any problems yet, and due to the lock-down policy, it's difficult for outsiders to obtain their information. In terms of confidentiality, it's difficult for that organization to take away their tailed beasts."

Shikaku said helplessly.

He could somewhat understand the attitude of Kirigakure Village, and he also knew that there was little hope of winning them over, so when he learned that Kirigakure did not join the alliance, he was disappointed, but this disappointment quickly dissipated.

"I hope so. After all, if their tailed beast is also stolen, the problem will be a headache. After all, their jinchūriki is one of the five kage Mizukage, although he is now the former Mizukage."

Markey crossed his arms and expressed his opinion.

Huangtu snorted coldly. In the previous ninja war, this former Mizukage had tormented their Iwagakure quite a lot.

In the end, he just bowed and resigned to express his apology. Such a perfunctory attitude naturally made everyone in Iwakaku very angry.

Now that he heard about the 'former water shadow', Huang Tu's expression was as bad as possible.

Everyone couldn't help but feel happy when they saw this. Fortunately, Kirigakure's ninjas didn't come, otherwise this conference room might have immediately become a battlefield between Iwagakure and Kirigakure.

In that case, there will definitely be no way to hold an alliance meeting smoothly.

"So, regarding the meeting, I think it's almost time to start—"

Shikaku's voice ended with a sudden explosion.

It was an explosion made by something heavy falling to the ground, just like a meteorite exploding on the ground.

So much so that the entire Hokage Building was wailing, and the people sitting on the chairs were shaken and looked out the window in astonishment.

The storm mixed with dust and gravel hit, and the wall collapsed immediately, and glass shards were scattered all over the place.

However, the storm has not subsided and continues to attack everyone in the conference room.

"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!"

Without hesitation, Loess, who was closest to the window, reacted as quickly as possible, slapped the ground with both hands, and a thick stone wall rose from the ground to protect himself and everyone behind the earth wall, blocking the sudden storm and avoiding Everyone was injured.

"How is this going?"

Seeing this scene, Samyi and Ma Ji looked even more stunned.

I can't think of anyone who dared to make such a big fuss in Konoha Village and directly attack such an important place as the Hokage Building.

"cat……"

Shikaku narrowed his eyes, twitched his ears, glanced out the window, stood up from his seat, put down the document in his hand, and said this word.

"cat?"

Samyi and others looked stunned.

The storm gradually subsided, and outside the window, the open space of the Hokage Building was filled with dust. There were two giant beasts with terrifying auras all over their bodies. Their huge and strong bodies were looming in the diffuse gray fog. They opened their sharp eyes towards the Hokage Building, like lightning. Laser.