Escape From Konoha

The messenger from the four villages left the room. The skin on the Amegakure ninja's face suddenly cracked, and then turned into pieces of white paper, which began to gather in the form of a vortex, and finally formed the appearance of a woman with short blue hair. .

It was Xiaonan.

As an important administrative center of Amegakure, it hides many secrets and is also the general base for Akatsuki operations. In order to protect Amegakure's safety, it will not be open to Amegakure ninjas. Therefore, the Amegakure ninjas who were placed here to receive foreign envoys were replaced by Xiaonan with paper clone techniques and paper transformation techniques to create an illusion.

As for this kind of clone technique and transformation technique dispersed by secret techniques, even ordinary perception ninjutsu cannot distinguish between true and false, and will not be easily seen through.

The figure in the wallpaper stood up from the ground. The figure seemed to be walking on the paper, and then walked out from behind the strong queen, revealing an old man with scars and long light yellow hair.

The metallic luster in Samsara's eyes was emotionless, like a corpse.

"This way, we can hide it for the time being."

Xiaonan said.

Tiandao, who transformed Sanjiaoyu Hanzo's corpse into a puppet, shook his head.

"No, after finally finding the opportunity, they will not give up. A new envoy will come soon. However, this kind of thing should not happen again."

The old and cold voice came from Tiandao's mouth, and his whole body was filled with a biting chill.

"Black Zetsu and White Zetsu have already gone over to make arrangements. I think there will be new harvests soon."

Konan frowned.

"It's too late to involve the Kingdom of Demons at this time." Tiandao paused and continued: "I will deal with the matter with the golem as soon as possible, and then I will go to Kirigakure in person to recover the Three-Tails and Six-Tails . It seems that Chiba Shiraishi has begun to become suspicious, and there may be trouble if we wait any longer."

"Then, the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails will follow..."

"At that time, the troops will be divided into three groups to arrest them together!"

Tiandao Samsara's eyes were cold and his tone was as firm as cutting through ice and snow.

There was a look of worry in Xiaonan's eyes, and she wanted to say something, but seeing Tiandao's attitude, she sighed and said nothing.

No matter what, the remaining jinchuriki are all top-notch strongmen in the ninja world, and none of them are simple things.

Especially the three-tailed and eight-tailed jinchūriki are very rare perfect jinchūriki. And Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki seems to have grown beyond expectations.

The only one who is easier to capture is the Six-Tails Jinchuuriki.

However, even the easiest Vulpix to capture is under the heavy protection of Kirigakure and difficult to approach.

"Next when envoys come, you arrange to contact them and let them go to the Kingdom of Rain. As long as they don't disturb the people, let them search. Moreover, as long as they don't have concrete evidence to prove that the tailed beast is in our hands, it's not a last resort. You won’t act haphazardly. You just need to take advantage of this, Xiaonan.”

Tiandao left these words without emotion and disappeared into the darkness through the side door.

…

"Penn, the leader of Yugakure, is really a terrifying guy. He almost killed us just with his chakra mixed with murderous intent."

In the stairwell going down, Tenzo and the other four envoys were still frightened, with a look of fear on their faces, and their clothes were wet with cold sweat. The one who spoke was the Iwagakure envoy, shaking his head with a wry smile.

The other three people bowed their heads and remained silent. They thought they were sure of things, but they didn't expect that they would be 'rejected' by the other party in such a way.

If they had been forced to do so at that time, they would probably not be able to get out of the room, and blood would be splattered on the spot.

"Who is Pain...? It's enough to have such a powerful chakra, but the murderous aura that can only be tempered after hundreds of battles, I have only felt it in the village's Chiyo elders in the past."

The Sunagakure messenger's face was full of surprise and uncertainty.

The aura released by a ninja does not entirely rely on its own chakra. Ninjas who have experienced war will incorporate murderous aura into chakra to create a mental deterrent to the enemy.

But the murderous aura created by Payne was very unusual.

If a ninja hadn't experienced hundreds of battles and crawled out of the dead, he would never have been able to hone that level of murderous aura.

There are only a handful of ninjas who can use murderous intent to this extent in the ninja world today.

And this is also where Tianzang and others are confused.

The only record of Payne's official action was during the Rain Country's Independence War.

And that battle, to be honest, was nothing at all in the face of the Great Ninja War.

"It is indeed a bit suspicious. This murderous aura is magnificent and majestic. It can only be tempered by ninjas who have experienced countless life-and-death bloody battles. It is full of sharp killing aura. And that Payne has very few records of his actions."

Tenzo thought.

It wasn't like he had never seen such a ninja before.

Uchiha Ruri, Hyuga Ayane from the Kingdom of Oni, Konoha's Sandaime Hokage, Sannin, and many other villages... But looking at the fighting history of these ninjas, developing such murderous intent is not achieved overnight, but through Lots of fighting and killing.

Tianzang rubbed his head and couldn't figure out who Pain was.

Could it be that he was an old-timer in the ninja world who lived anonymously in Amegakure in the past?

However, this is unlikely.

If Yugakure had such powerful ninjas besides the dead Sanshouyu Hanzo, it would be impossible for him to remain unknown.

"In short, our plan for this trip is ruined. Let's think about what to do next."

The Iwagakure envoy let out a sigh of relief. Although he had not yet completely recovered from the shock of the murderous aura, fortunately his body was not sore and his words were full of power.

"If you want to launch a search operation in the Land of Rain, you must first obtain the consent of Yugakure, otherwise there will definitely be a lot of troubles in the future, which will slow down the progress of the investigation. And the leader of Yugakure, Payne... does not seem to be an easy-to-get-together ninja. .”

No longer worrying about Payne's true identity, for the Sunagakure messenger, finding the whereabouts of Ichibi is the top priority, and other things can be put aside for the time being.

The rest of the people also began to feel heavy.

Yugakure has such a tough leader. If they don't want a large-scale conflict to occur, even their village must act in accordance with the other party's rules in the Country of Rain.

Everyone came to the entrance of the original tower, took the raincoats they had put here before, put them on themselves again, and walked towards the outside of the tower.

The sound of rain fell, and the four village ninjas who followed them all stood outside. Even in the wind and rain, they did not waver at all.

"Let's go back."

Tianzang and others gave orders without saying what the outcome of the negotiation was. After all, they refused after being severely punished. They really didn't have the face to say it out, so they could only go back home again and let the village leaders use appropriate means to deal with Yugakure. Engage in diplomacy.

The village has shown its attitude to the soft side rather than the hard side.

◎

The windows reflected dazzling sunlight.

Tsunade came to sit on the sofa in the shade of the office. Sitting with him were Nara Shikaku and Hinata Hizashi, who occupied the position of Konoha elder.

After losing the advisory duo, there were only three candidates left for Konoha's high-level meeting, including the Hokage.

Before selecting a new consultant, the three people gathered here are the most important decision-makers.

"Look at this information."

Tsunade opened a scroll in front of the two of them so that Shikaku and Hiashi could see it together.

A few minutes passed before the two of them finished scanning the information, with a look of disbelief on their faces.

"Lord Hokage, I would like to ask, what is this information..."

Shikaku couldn't help but ask.

The things recorded in this intelligence are all spy information placed inside Konoha by the Kingdom of Demons.

There were two jounin, sixteen chunin, twenty-three genin, and several civilians.

Some are detailed and provide detailed evidence chain information, while others are just speculation and have not been confirmed.

But even so, this is extremely valuable information.

Of course, the premise is that the information on this scroll is true and not someone deliberately forged to confuse the public.

"Half an hour ago, someone sent it to me through the ANBU. Now I have sent the ANBU to monitor the people recorded in this intelligence."

Tsunade said.

Shikamaru nodded. Although the source of the information was somewhat untrustworthy, he might as well give it a try.

However, people on the list cannot be directly interrogated just because of a piece of intelligence from a suspicious source.

The ANBU needs to get hold of the evidence before interrogating, rather than just relying on the one-sided words above.

If this is a trap by the enemy, it will be a bit more gain than loss.

"It's a coincidence that when we suddenly mastered some information about that organization, this information came directly to me through the Anbu, as if it was deliberately causing trouble for the Kingdom of Demons. Jiraiya had also given it to me before In his reply, he also mentioned that the information about the organization's operations in the Kingdom of Rain was due to an accident, which increased his suspicion of the Kingdom of Rain."

Tsunade smiled like this.

Shikaku touched his chin and said, "Hokage-sama, are you saying that this information about the Kingdom of Demons was sent by that organization?"

"There is a possibility, otherwise how could there be so many coincidences in such a short period of time. Moreover, it is not a secret among us that the Kingdom of Ghosts has a connection with that organization. Maybe the Kingdom of Ghosts exposed that organization Whereabouts, and then the organization immediately sent this information to take revenge on the Kingdom of Ghosts. Let us shift our focus to other places."

“But doesn’t this mean that the problem in the Country of Rain is even bigger?”

Shikaku looked confused.

"Yes, so I have some doubts about the credibility of this information. Moreover, the arrival of this information is not necessarily related to that organization. It may be sent to Konoha by other well-intentioned people."

Tsunade shook her head and smiled bitterly.

Lu Jiu also frowned in thought. After all, this matter was so weird that people couldn't figure out the intentions of the person behind the scenes.

"Elder Rizu, what do you think?"

Shikaku turned his attention to Hiashi, who had been silent and calmly drinking tea.

Rizu put down the cup gently, showed good manners as a clan leader, and replied calmly: "What you two said makes sense."

Shikaku felt like he had said it, but it felt like he hadn't said anything at all.

Just when the three of them were frowning, there was a knock on the door.

An ANBU came in, holding a scroll in his hand and said, "Lord Hokage, this is the information someone just sent. We have checked it and there is no trap technique on it."

With that said, he put down the scroll.

Tsunade signaled Shikaku to open the scroll, and the three people sitting around the sofa looked at the scroll and were all stunned.

Because this is another intelligence document about spies from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

And there are several names on it that overlap with the previous scroll.

The three of them looked at each other and could see the shock and confusion in each other's eyes. They didn't know what was going on.

Tsunade looked at the ANBU and asked, "Can you see who left this scroll?"

Anbu shook his head and said: "This scroll appeared suddenly. There are no fingerprints or chakra on it. No useful information can be extracted, so it is impossible to tell who left it."

Tsunade also knew that there was little hope, so she sighed and waved her hand to signal the ANBU to retreat.

"Tell me, how to deal with these two pieces of information?"

Leaning against the soft cushions of the sofa, Tsuna's head started to hurt.

Lu Jiu pondered for a moment and expressed his opinion: "I think one of the scrolls is probably the enemy's attempt to spread suspicion, while the other one has a high probability of being true."

Tsunade nodded, she had the same idea.

"Indeed, but now we can't tell which one is false intelligence, but the people who have overlapped the two intelligences need to focus on follow-up investigation. In addition, the two intelligences were sent one after another, which means they are not the same group of people... As for Yuzhi The country also needs to focus on surveillance."

The recent events happened so coincidentally that it was difficult for Tsunade not to suspect that someone among them was behind the scenes, using the power of the four villages of Konoha, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure.

As for who was behind the scenes, Tsunade didn't know.

Thinking of this, Tsunade looked at Rizu, a senior elder who had always kept a low profile.

"Rizu, what do you think?"

"What Hokage-sama said is true."

Rizu calmly held the tea cup and continued drinking tea.

"..."

Did this clan leader come to the Hokage's office to have afternoon tea to recuperate?

Tsunade's mouth twitched.

She knew that due to some things Danzo had done in the past, everyone in the ninja clan in the village was in danger, and they were deeply afraid that her family would become the next victim like the Uchiha clan. Tsunade really believed in Tsunade's prudent approach to protecting herself. I can't say anything to anyone.

In any case, this position of senior elder can only be held by people like Rizu who come from a well-known family and have high moral standards.

Just think of it as a mascot placed in the top management to wave the flag and cheer.

When Tsunade thought about this, she felt instantly better.

"We will wait until Tenzo comes back to talk about the next thing. In addition, Shikaku, in my name, go ask the shadows of other villages to see if they have also obtained such information."

Tsunade suddenly thought of something and gave this order.

Shikaku was stunned for a moment, then understood.

"Yes, I'll go deliver the message right away."

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Hidden in the rain, high tower.

With the silence of Tiandao Payne, the person who manages the entire Yuyin Village is Xiaonan, the divine envoy.

However, just when they were about to go down and arrange some tasks for the ninjas in the village, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu emerged from the road ahead.

The fused bodies of the two were as strange and eerie as ever.

"The operation failed."

Black Jue's voice was hoarse.

"I was beaten to the punch."

Bai Jue seemed to be making fun of something, a bit heartless.

When Xiaonan heard the two's replies, she frowned and asked, "What failed? Didn't you go to reveal the information about the spies placed in each village by the Kingdom of Ghosts?"

"That's true, but before we have finished setting up, the shadows of these villages have already obtained the information in advance."

Hei Ze's tone was somewhat helpless.

Xiaonan, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment, a little unresponsive, and blinked at Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.

"What's the meaning?"

"The land of ghosts."

"Ghost country?"

"Well, it must be them. They first deliberately leaked the information about their spies to these villages, and deliberately made two different pieces of intelligence. This made the shadows in these villages realize that someone was using them to carry out behind-the-scenes operations. A gladiatorial battle. And the stage of the gladiatorial battle is the Kingdom of Rain."

"..."

Xiaonan suddenly didn't know what to say.

"you mean……"

"The Kingdom of Rain will be closely monitored by the ninjas from these countries."

"..."

Xiao Nan wanted to curse something, but her mouth moved twice, but she couldn't curse.

"Not only that, the two intelligence documents sent to the villages from the Kingdom of Demons are mostly fake. The information about the spies in them are all made up. They may be from Konoha, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure These four villages planted spies in each other's villages and let them eat dogs."

"..."

Xiaonan took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down and not get angry.

"So, the information we have in our hands..."

"It's probably too late. Most of the spies who really belong to the Kingdom of Ghosts have already left under various names and are on their way to the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Xiaonan's scalp felt numb for a moment.

I didn't expect that the Ghost Country would use such an unexpected and sinister trick to decipher their actions.

Although there is not enough evidence, villages like Konoha dare not take people directly, and the so-called fatal evidence is all in Amegakure Village.

But this also means that if Yuyin becomes the main target of suspicion in these villages, it will not take long for Yuyin to be infiltrated by the four villages together, and then no secrets will be able to be hidden.

"What important secrets do we have about the Kingdom of Ghosts now?"

Xiaonan decided to fight to the death with the Kingdom of Ghosts.

We must turn our attention away and put the land of ghosts on the fire rack.

Otherwise, if this continues, Yuyin will not be able to withstand the pressure exerted by four villages at the same time.

Especially since Nagato still had important things to do and was too busy to do all the work.

If four villages launch an army to attack Yuyin, Xiaonan shudders just thinking about it.

"There is also the matter of Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage who conspired with us to murder Konoha, then the hiding of Takigakure Nanao, and finally some gossip information about Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri and Hyuga Ayane."

Hei Jue seemed a little embarrassed to speak, and turned his head slightly, not daring to look at Xiaonan.

"...spread the word."

Xiao Nan said in a deep voice.

"Well……"

"Spread the word! As long as it is detrimental to the Kingdom of Ghosts, we can delay it as long as we can!"

Konan knew that the next time a delegation from villages like Konoha came over, they would not be dismissed so easily.

Moreover, the next time they visit Amegakure, it won’t be too long.

A little carelessness could capsize the small boat of Yugakure at a moment's notice.

Amegakure is strong, but also weak.

The most powerful ones are Nagato and her. Even if they are surrounded by tens of thousands of ninjas, getting away is not a problem. But if Amegakure can't do it, the ninjas and villagers in this village will be affected by the battle.

If things go wrong, there will be no need for the Kingdom of Oni to launch the Fifth Ninja War. The four villages of Konoha will directly use the Kingdom of Rain as an entry point, turning this place into a place of melee again.

The Country of Rain was one of the main battlefields during the Second and Third Ninja War. The humiliation and blood and tears this country experienced at that time is still fresh in Konan's memory.

This must be prevented from happening again!

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On the cold operating table, he put his hand to his eyes and pulled open the white cloth strips above.

Sasuke closed his eyes tightly, perhaps because he hadn't opened them for a long time. Under the illumination of the light, his eyelids trembled with pain. Then Sasuke pushed his eyelids open and reconnected his sight with the outside world.

A pair of bright red eyes reflected the incandescent light on the ceiling of the operating room, causing him to squint slightly.

Incomparably complex black patterns appear in the red pupils.

Compared with the pattern in the kaleidoscope form, there seems to be another unknown change.

"It looks like the fusion was successful. How do you feel physically?"

Soft laughter rang in his ears.

Sasuke climbed up from the operating table, sat on it, and glanced to one side. A woman with short brown hair wearing a white coat was looking at him with a smile on her face, her eyes filled with some kind of curiosity and expectation.

After lying on the operating table for several days, Sasuke's body became very stiff. During this period, he did not eat anything and only relied on nutritional fluid to maintain his life functions.

After a moment, he regained his composure. A smile appeared at the corner of Sasuke's mouth, a bright red light bloomed in his pupils, and he said: "My condition is simply better than ever before. I can feel that Itachi's kaleidoscope power has merged with me." As one body, even the fourth stage Susanoo can easily use it."

In the past, it was a bit reluctant to use the fourth stage of Susanoo in the form of the Mangekyo Sharingan, but now the road to the fourth stage of Susanoo is smooth without any obstruction.

Sasuke could even feel that his power could go even further.

That is the divine power of destruction called the Perfect Susanoo!

At the thought of this, Sasuke felt that all the cells in his body were cheering and excited.

The blood in his body couldn't help but boil, and he wanted to find someone to test this new power.

"Really? It seems there is nothing wrong. But just in case, let's come over for a checkup."

Lin was not interested in Sasuke's mental state and just said this.

"No, that kind of thing is no longer needed."

Walking off the operating table, Sasuke waved his hand, rejected Lin's request, and walked towards the operating room.

Lin shook her head helplessly. Uchiha were indeed a bunch of weird guys.

Including the one at home.