Escape From Konoha

"Is it finally over?"

In the ninja school area, Ibiki, who was fighting hard with a group of Anbu and Konoha ninjas, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the huge ninja cat disappearing from his eyes, and almost collapsed.

There are still broken iron fragments of his Lucky Cat around the venue. Judging from the degree of fragmentation of the fragments, it was severely broken from the inside, like an inflated balloon that exploded and wanted to be repaired. It's basically impossible.

In Konoha's original intelligence system, the Ninja Clan was not actually a powerful psychic beast clan. This psychic beast clan mainly sold arms and intelligence, and was closely related to the Uchiha clan...except Other than that, there's basically nothing to praise.

However, after experiencing the Fourth Ninja World War, this group of psychic beasts truly entered the stage of the ninja world, and cooperated with the ninjas of the Demon Country to break through Mt. Miaomu, one of the three holy places. Although the power of the group has not reached the Holy Land level, it is still the most powerful psychic beast family under the Holy Land.

Coupled with the fact that the Uchiha clan is backed by the Kingdom of Demons, there must be a lot of room for development in the future.

Even the power shown now is enough to make people feel frightened.

A giant ninja cat restrained hundreds of Konoha ninjas with ease. Although the opponent was the top psychic beast in the ninja cat clan, this kind of strength was enough to rank among the ninjas even in the world of ninjas. The top ranks.

"Speaking of which, I heard that the most powerful psychic beast among the ninja cats has reached the immortal realm, and it looks the fattest..."

Ibiki remembered something. There was such a piece of information recorded in Konoha's intelligence system.

Based on the analysis of the intelligence transmitted from the rest of the troops, it seemed that the fattest ninja cat did not follow Uchiha Sasuke to attack Konoha this time.

Only three giant ninja cats came.

"No matter what it is, this time, the damage is really complete. The school needs to be rebuilt as soon as possible."

The Anbu standing aside looked at the huge ruins in front of him and said with a headache.

As the only ninja training institution in Konoha, the Ninja School covers a very large area. Even so, it was completely destroyed, especially the playground, which can no longer be seen as it was before.

In addition, the most seriously damaged ones were the laboratory building and the teaching building. Most of the buildings were destroyed, with shocking scratches of beasts remaining on them.

Judging from the extent of the damage, even with Konoha's construction capabilities, it would take a long time to repair it.

At least for this month, students will not be able to study here. They will have to find another place to build a temporary school for teaching.

In any case, the cultivation of students cannot be interrupted when the school is destroyed.

Maybe even some of the Anbu's territory will be temporarily requisitioned by the teachers and students of the school.

"Before that, let's settle the foreign candidates first. I'll report to the Hokage-sama, and I'll leave the cleaning work here to you."

Ibiki sighed and left with an ANBU team.

The ANBU jounin he had spoken to before looked at the direction Ibiki left, then turned his head and began to direct the ANBU subordinates present and some of the other Konoha ninjas who were good at earth escape to start dealing with the ruins of the ninja school.

With a little hard work, in less than an hour, the potholes in the ninja school should be filled up again, and the broken stones should be moved away, and then the construction team will arrive to rebuild it.

In his more than thirty years of jounin career, there were only a handful of such experiences like this that took place directly within Konoha.

However, there are only a handful of these, and compared to other villages, they are quite frequent.

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The statistical results after the war took only three to five hours to roughly compile a report based on the ANBU's investigation.

However, due to the fierce battle, for example, in order to chase the invading powerful enemy, the Hokage accidentally knocked down a small half of the Hokage building where he worked with his fists, and unfortunately, the small half collapsed, which happened to affect the office area. , so that Tsunade, as the Hokage, could only temporarily place her office in the ANBU headquarters building that was not damaged much.

And asked the Anbu to arrange construction troops as soon as possible to repair the damaged Hokage Building.

As for the two giant ninja cats that were entangled with the ANBU and Konoha ninjas, they also retreated with Obito after they evacuated.

Without Obito to restrain them, just the two of them would soon be defeated by Konoha's siege.

In any case, Konoha is also a ninja village under the rule of a great power. Its military strength is far beyond that of ordinary villages.

In view of this, the Konoha ninjas could only stare with the Hokage at Obito and the psychic ninja cats who came and left whenever they wanted.

The former possesses weird and unpredictable space-time ninjutsu, while the latter is a ninja cat summoned by a psychic technique. As long as he takes the initiative to cancel the psychic technique, he can directly return to the ninja cat's clan without fear of Konoha's pursuit.

Therefore, judging from the contents of the statistical report, the results obtained by Konoha directly made Tsunade's eyebrows jump.

Because the enemy's sacrifice rate is zero, and on Konoha's side, the losses are not only the important buildings in the ninja school, commercial street, Hokage Building and other areas, but also the ninjas who participated in the war, and there are also many casualties. Such losses accumulate, and even Konoha needs a long time to lick its wounds.

Of course, the trouble didn't stop there. The joint chuunin exams were suddenly interrupted, and representatives of the missions from each country's villages must have been causing trouble outside.

How to appease them is also a problem. We can't just deal with internal affairs in Konoha.

In general, this joint chunin exam had just begun, but it was aborted due to such force majeure and unexpected factors.

As for the Ninja Village, which is also a big country, she has thought about how to respond. After all, the village is also under the rule of a big country and will not directly come up to ask for an explanation. It is not that they are more tolerant, but because of their status, they cannot Ye Fangfang will explain to them sooner or later, there is no need to make the relationship too tense. As for the Chuunin Exam, for them, it is nothing more than bringing back their own troops and going back to make up for it temporarily. With their mobilization power, this is not a difficult problem.

Now it was only the shinobi village of the small country that came to make noise, so Tsunade directly asked Shikaku to go over and deal with it.

With Shikaku's ability, it shouldn't be too difficult to appease them.

Just as he was thinking about it, the main door of the temporary office was pushed open from the outside. At this time, Shikaku, as the Jonin squad leader, no longer cared about etiquette.

Judging from his somewhat gray face when he entered the office, he must have been well entertained by the missionaries from various countries and villages outside.

"Have those people stopped?"

Tsunade put down the reports collected by the Anbu and asked Shikaku.

"It's been appeased for the time being. However, it seems that the Chuunin Examination cannot be held. We can only hold it again in November of this year according to the backup plan."

Shikaku said.

Generally speaking, in villages under the rule of a large country, since there are so many genin candidates every year, they will not arrange just one chunin exam, but hold it two to three times a year to select more chunin talents.

Tsunade nodded slightly.

"Since the mediation here is stable, I will personally go to the Yunyin villages to give an explanation."

In the world of ninjas, strength is equal to status and determines how much respect you will receive.

Konoha's mistake this time was too big. It couldn't just send a Jonin squad leader to respond like it did to the small country village. Facing existences of equal status, it would be better for the Hokage to come forward in person.

This is also the reason why Yunyin and several other villages are not in a hurry at all.

"Thank you for your hard work. So, what are the specific losses to the village?"

Shikaku asked tiredly.

He had been arguing with the Ninja Village envoy from the small country just now, and had not yet had time to pay attention to Konoha's losses.

According to his estimation, Konoha's losses this time were not small.

The buildings visible to the naked eye had suffered a lot of damage, and the direct economic losses suffered were enough to temporarily drain Konoha.

"As for the ninjas, there are approximately 600 wounded and more than 300 victims, including two consultants, Koharu and Mito Kaden..."

Speaking of this, Tsunade was a little silent.

Although she didn't like these two consultants, she still couldn't help but feel sad when she heard the news that they had died.

"Where are their bodies?"

"One of the bodies was charred black, with black flames burning on it. Although it was absorbed by the ANBU with sealing techniques, its identity could not be identified and it was suspected that it was a consultant who had transferred to another bed. As for the body of consultant Mito Monoyan, it was not found at the scene. According to the person who escaped, Witnesses said it seemed like they were wiped out by a thunderstorm..."

"..."

Shikaku opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

"Will the position of consultant be re-established in the future?"

"No need for now, now is not the time to discuss this."

The most important thing right now was to rebuild the damaged buildings in Konoha and to appease the trauma of the families of the victims. This was not the time to consider an advisory position.

"What about the Kingdom of Ghosts? What measures should be taken there?"

Shikaku continued to ask.

As the Jonin squad leader, he needed to know Tsunade's intentions before he could go down and arrange everything, so as not to be at a loss and overwhelmed.

"A letter of condemnation? I suspect that as soon as I sent it, it would be crumpled into a ball by that brat and thrown directly into the trash can."

Tsunade sounded unhappy. She could imagine that Shiraishi would definitely do such a thing.

Irreconcilable conflicts, whether it is Konoha or the Kingdom of Demons, it is impossible to compromise.

This attack seemed to be Uchiha Sasuke's personal revenge. The attackers were all ninjas or psychic beasts who were closely related to the Uchiha clan. There were no other ninjas from the Kingdom of Oni to help.

But only they themselves know what the Kingdom of Ghosts has done behind the scenes.

What's more, the Uchiha clan and the Ninja clan have already become one with the Kingdom of Demons, and their status is not low. Many high-level combat forces in the military are from this clan.

The will of Uchiha is not the will of the Kingdom of Demons.

It's just a whitewash in the name of Uchiha Sasuke's revenge. No matter how Konoha condemns it, the Demon Country can always find excuses and reasons to respond to them.

"Just find someone to curse a few words, and then give it to me to stamp."

Having said that, words of condemnation are still necessary, but Tsunade is not prepared to do it herself. Instead, she asks Shikaku to find a ninja with good literary talent, draft a letter, and have her stamp it and send it to Shiraishi's desk.

"yes."

Shikaku could only smile bitterly. He had become accustomed to Tsunade's casual behavior, and he also felt that this was not the time to pay attention to the condemnation letter.

When there is a conflict between countries, no matter what the interests of the weaker party are, as long as they are on the weaker side, whatever they say or do, even if they breathe, is wrong in the eyes of others.

If it is a local war, they can arrange a small country with the Kingdom of Ghosts, use it as the battlefield, and conduct behind-the-scenes remote control without having to play in person.

But not now.

Uchiha Sasuke has attacked Konoha head-on. This is no longer a situation that can be controlled by remote control behind the scenes.

They must face the pressure from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The Kingdom of Oni dispatched Kazuhime Chiba, in the name of the princess of the Kingdom of Oni, to pay a temporary visit to the Daming Mansion of the Country of Fire, precisely to divert Konoha's important combat power. Another Uchiha ninja with time and space ninjutsu was arranged to contain Naruto and most of the ANBU, allowing Uchiha Sasuke to do whatever he wanted.

Otherwise, with just one Uchiha Sasuke and Konoha's complete combat power, he can directly win it in the first place. Then the following things would not have happened.

"As for Uchiha Sasuke, go check with the people at the root. I need to know the specific situation there."

Tsunade thought for a while and gave the order.

After killing the two advisors, Uchiha Sasuke launched a surprise attack directly to Konoha's punishment room. The ANBU didn't know much about the situation there. They only knew that it was Naruto who stopped Sasuke, but what role did the roots play in it? How much involvement was involved, whether Uchiha Sasuke fell into the hands of the roots, escaped, was captured, or was killed. This issue needs to be verified at the root.

"Then, I'll go down and make arrangements now."

Shikaku nodded and was about to turn around.

"Wait, there's one more thing."

Tsunade called to Shikaku.

"Is there anything else, Hokage-sama?"

"Well, it's about your precious son. It seems that he was seriously injured in this battle. He is currently receiving emergency treatment at the hospital... Moreover, he seems to have some contact with the people at the root. The specific extent of the contact is unknown. But...anyway, let’s test Danzo’s tone first.”

Shikaku's eyes widened and his body stiffened.

The news that Tsunade broke caught him off guard.

Although there are indeed some fighting factions in the Nara clan who have taken refuge in Danzo and even joined the root organization, after all, they are a minority and an important part of the clan's maintenance of stability. However, he only does not want to be sent by himself. Shikamaru, the son with high hopes, has something to do with this organization.

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Konoha's torture room, underground.

The second-generation Mizukage Kito Gengetsu stood like a sculpture in a quiet room. At this time, several root ninjas in black coats were standing around him, surrounding Kito Gengetsu's filthy body.

After several hours of repeated pondering and research, they finally determined something. After some quiet exchanges, three people were separated and sat down around the ghost lantern and the moon in a surrounding manner, each speaking in different ways. In the order of printing, start to form seals.

Powerful chakra emerged from their bodies and gathered into a ball above the head of Ghost Lantern Huayue. A large number of illusory and uncertain transparent runes were densely covered around an illusory word 'Jie', and finally fell on the sealing talisman behind it. Make the package.

Buzz!

A terrifying energy shock surged out from the spell, followed the unsealed chakra, and rushed into the bodies of the three root ninjas who had formed the seal. Their bodies were shaken, and they flew out with a loud sound and hit the wall. , vomited blood and fell to the ground.

A root ninja stepped forward to check the injuries on the three people.

"How's it going?"

Danzo, half of his body exposed from the shadows, asked with a gloomy face as usual.

"Master Danzo, their spirits have been shocked and it will take about a week of rest before they can recover smoothly."

The root ninja who completed the test reported the results to Danzo.

"How much sealing power is left on the spell?"

Danzo stared at the talisman on the back of Ghost Lantern Genzuki, frowned and continued to ask.

However, the surrounding root ninjas looked at each other. They seemed very confused about this answer and could not give Danzo an accurate answer.

However, I also know that the test just now proved that there is a strong sealing power in the spell, but in the absence of a magician, there is no way to supply it infinitely, and the sealing power inside must have been reduced a lot.

"The next group will be unblocked."

Danzo was silent for a moment and asked the next group of members to unblock the seal on the spell.

This is a sealing spell used to seal the soul. It breeds extremely strong chakra. In terms of the composition and effectiveness of the spell, it can suppress the sealing power of the five shadow souls of the previous generation without the continuous supply of chakra by the spell. , is amazing enough.

The filthy soil reincarnation technique he is currently performing is an improved version based on Konoha's original filthy soil reincarnation technique.

After all, this was originally a forbidden technique that belonged to Konoha. As a senior elder of Konoha, he was naturally qualified to scan the book of seals and learn this forbidden technique.

After that, he has been asking the root research department to improve this forbidden technique, and then obtained another part of the information on the Jutsu Reincarnation Technique from Orochimaru, and combined it to form the current Utopia Reincarnation Technique.

Even if it is impossible to summon the dead in his prime state due to the material problem of the sacrifice, as long as he can exert 70% to 80% of his power, it will be enough to become the cornerstone of protecting Konoha.

Tailed beast banning drugs, wood escape experiments, reincarnation in dirty soil, transplanting Sharingan... As long as it can increase the chance of winning, Root will always accept anyone. Rather, the more such cards, the better.

As for so-called moral ethics, or being criticized by other countries, that will happen later.

If Konoha loses everything in the war that may break out later, adhering to the so-called right path will become meaningless.

Naruto has his way, and the roots have his ways.

Following Danzo's order, three root ninjas walked out of the crowd again, sat down in the same seal formation, and began to form seals.

As expected, their bodies and minds were once again impacted by the energy in the spell, causing them to roll out, but they did not fall unconscious.

Instead, after vomiting blood, he supported his injured body, sat down again, and continued to perform.

It wasn't until the body was overwhelmed and passed out that it stopped and a third group came up.

It lasted for a full half hour and five groups were replaced before the power in the spell was finally worn away.

Just as Danzo was about to step forward, he took off the talisman that had lost its sealing power and used it for the research department to explore its secrets.

laugh--

The talisman began to spontaneously ignite, and the blue flame that was the same as chakra enveloped the talisman. In the air, there was still the residual warmth of the talisman before it turned into ashes.

"..."

Danzo retracted his hand that was frozen in mid-air.

It is given a mechanism to self-destruct immediately after being unlocked.

This practice of hiding the secrets of one's own techniques is very common in the ninja world.

He took it for granted. It was impossible for the Kingdom of Ghosts to leave such a powerful sealing talisman for outsiders to study and unlock its secrets.

Not to mention the spells inside, the sealing talisman itself, which carries such a huge amount of chakra and has not been torn off, is a valuable treasure and is very expensive to make.

Ordinary spells cannot store such a huge amount of chakra. It took fifteen root ninjas who were proficient in sealing techniques to attack for half an hour before all the energy was consumed.

In other words, if you encounter this kind of sealing charm that seals the dead in the dirty land next time, you must send more than ten ninjas who are proficient in sealing techniques to attack continuously for half an hour before they can be unlocked.

Moreover, the process cannot be interrupted.

This is an extremely harsh condition for a fierce battlefield.

"Lord Danzo."

The door to the quiet room was opened.

The person who came in was Aburame Takene, one of Danzo's right-hand men.

"What's up?"

"Shikaku Nara is here to visit and I have something to discuss with you."

After Danzo heard this, he thought for a moment and then ordered the root ninja beside him to say:

"Put Mizukage into the original coffin and clean the place by the way."

"yes."

The root ninja takes the lead.

Danzo followed Aburame Togen and left here to meet the visiting Jonin squad leader.

Some root ninjas began to clean up the mess in the quiet room, while two roots carried the Mizukage Demon Lantern, placed it in the corresponding numbered coffin in another secret room, and finally closed the coffin lid.

The moment the coffin lid closed, a pair of eyes suddenly opened in the darkness without any warning. In the silent darkness, they rolled their eyes and scanned the surroundings. A pair of eyes revealed a strange light like a soul.

Immediately, the corpse closed its eyes, and silence returned to the darkness.

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The country of ghosts far away from Konoha.

The top of the rooftop of the military office building.

Bai Shi, who is behind his left hand and holding his right hand in front of him, is quietly blowing the gentle breeze from the rooftop, blowing the white coat on his body.

He watched quietly as a wisp of soul-stained flame in the palm of his right hand extinguished quietly in the breeze, and a smile couldn't help but form on his lips.

In his eyes, a cold gray light flashed.

"The second generation of the Mizukage Demon Moon... is really a good target. It seems that the 'soul fragment' that was released will need to be dormant for a while before it can be used. However, the reincarnation of the dirty land is probably good news. Bar."

After all, he was also worried about how to find a powerful soul to feed the innocent child.

His child's appetite seems to have increased a lot recently.

And maybe, he can use this to take himself one step further.

As he spoke, the space behind him began to distort.

The masked man with a kaleidoscope in his right eye and a three-magatama Sharingan in his left eye came out of the void.

"Then, tell me the whole process of this operation, word for word."

This sentence seemed to be spoken to the masked man behind him, or whispered to himself in the air in front of him.