Escape From Konoha

Although a series of events involving the whereabouts of Nanao have caused some of the attention of the villages in Konoha to shift to the Kingdom of Demons, more attention is still focused on the small country of the Rain Country.

When the Konoha ninjas of the Rain Country began to search in earnest, the Hokage Tsunade at the rear was also involved in investigating the Rain Country.

Among the small countries, the Rain Country has a very special status.

Not only was this place used as a frontline battlefield by major powers many times during the Great Ninja War, the population and economy here had always been very poor.

Every time a war breaks out, the country's population decreases and begins to migrate to other countries. Coupled with the economic destruction, the country's business has never been very prosperous. Although there are some businessmen in the country, they are basically not very popular businessmen. Naturally, there are not many businesses that can be done.

Therefore, merchants also began to lose their money and moved to neighboring big countries, making the country of Rain even worse.

Almost twenty years ago, after the death of its leader Sansho Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Gakure, this dilapidated situation has been lingering over the Land of Rain. The bloody rule at the root also brings a lot of terror to this country.

According to the investigation results of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, during the period when the Roots controlled Amegakure, about forty Amegakure ninjas and more than 200 civilians of the Land of Rain were secretly extradited to the Roots base and became experimental materials for the Roots' human experiments. . And these are only the results of the investigation on the surface. The parts that were not investigated secretly may be much more than what is stated on the surface.

The country was in turmoil, the mountains and rivers were shattered, the people were in exile, the businessmen were scattered, and the high-level officials were extravagant and corrupt. They colluded with the high-ranking officials of the Fire Country. It wouldn't be long before they would be annexed by the Fire Country in the name of asylum. The most suitable way to describe the Rain Country at that time was but.

Unfortunately, before the Fire Nation could take action, the Demon Nation suddenly emerged and fought against Sunagakure.

Later, in the Kingdom of Rain, he financed Rain Hidden's weapons and sent a fleet through the river to frighten the Country of Fire. Pain, the leader of Rain Hidden, attacked the Daming Mansion of Rain Country and imprisoned the powerful people in Rain Hidden. The country gained independence, and when the Rain Country was at its most decadent, it reversed the situation of the Rain Country being enslaved by others.

What happened after that was very simple. Amegakure became the highest administrative district of the Country of Rain, and the leader of Amegakure took the place of the daimyo of the Country of Rain, making the position of daimyo exist in name only. It began to vigorously develop people's livelihood and business. After nearly ten years of hard work, the Rain Country, which was originally on the verge of being broken, regained its vitality and began to prosper.

Even Tsunade has to admit that Payne, the current leader of Amegakure, is a very accomplished leader.

If it were her, sitting in Payne's position, she wouldn't necessarily do better than Payne.

If it was a difficult start for her to inherit the position of the Fifth Hokage, then the Rain Country that Pain took over had a hellish start, and in the end miraculously survived and passed the most dangerous period. Although the Kingdom of Rain has made little military achievements, its politics, people's livelihood and business are booming.

But...such a ninja's identity is unknown.

No one has seen his true appearance, whether he is a man or a woman, old or young, no one knows.

It is like a leader who does not exist, but his existence is truly seen by the people of the Rain Country. He has not only become the operational leader of the Rain Country, but also the spiritual sustenance of the people of the Rain Country.

Every six days, Rainyin Village will have sunny days on the weekends of every week.

Rumor has it that it was this ‘god’ who used his divine power to continuously reverse the celestial phenomena that day, giving this rainy village the power to bask in the sun.

"Reverse the celestial phenomena...last for one day..."

Tsunade rubbed her brows.

She had indeed heard that some ninjutsu could reverse the celestial phenomena.

In Konoha, there are also some Jonin who have mastered similar techniques.

But for one day, that is, twenty-four hours, how powerful is the chakra required to be able to do this?

Not only is the opponent's identity a mystery, but even his strength seems elusive and difficult to estimate.

Now most areas of the Kingdom of Rain have been searched. If you want to dig further in the Kingdom of Rain, you need to enter the Rain Hidden.

But this request would obviously not be accepted by Yu Yin.

Allowing them to carry out an extensive search in the Land of Rain is already the biggest concession. If they continue to be forced, they may fall out with Yugakure.

At this juncture, Tsunade didn't want to cause trouble.

The premise is that there are no problems within the village of Yuyin.

Whether to enter Amegakure to search or to return the same way, became the question that Tsunade needed to think about now.

As the Hokage of Konoha, she must not act rashly.

At this moment, someone pushed the door open and entered, and it was Shikaku.

He saw Tsunade sitting on the chair next to the desk, frowning and thinking, seeming to be in some kind of distress, and understood in his heart, he said, "Lord Hokage, are you troubled by the matter of Amegakure?"

"Ah, yes, the search for the Land of Rain has basically come to an end, and only Yugakure is left to be investigated. The rest of the Kage and I are now considering whether to start from Yugakure next. A breakthrough opens there.”

If something is really discovered, there is no need to say anything more. Just send an army to suppress it all the way.

If there were no problems with Yugakure, their tough approach would seriously arouse Yugakure's resistance, and might even reignite the war.

Judging from the intelligence collected so far, Yugakure is Pain. On the contrary, he has a strong desire to attack and is probably on the same level as their Five Shadows.

This made Tsunade couldn't help but lament the good luck of the Rain Country. A small country, one after another gave birth to two powerful ninjas comparable to the Five Kages. No wonder it was regarded as having the potential to become the sixth largest country during the Second Ninja War. .

After all, the military power of the era of one country and one village was tied to ninjas.

The stronger the ninja is, the stronger the country's military power will be.

If the ninja is weak, the country's military strength will also weaken.

As for Takigakure, who was assigned to the seventh tail after the first Five Kage Conference, although he was once very prosperous, he has now declined. He has been immersed in the prosperity of the past and has long lost his enterprising spirit. There is no way to compare it with Yugakure.

"Shikaku, what do you think is the possibility that there is something wrong with Amegakure?"

Tsunade suddenly asked this question.

Lu Jiu did not think too much and said with a helpless smile: "For a multiple-choice question like this with only two answers, yes or no, the probability is of course half and half. However, I personally prefer to carefully search the inside of Yugakure. Fan. I think that the driving force behind the scenes will not let us focus on the village of Yuyin for no reason. Moreover, I am actually quite interested in this leader Payne. I want to see his true face in Lushan. We can deal with them better in the future.”

Tsunade nodded.

Indeed, a rapidly developing Rain Country is not actually a good thing for a big country.

The prerequisite for peace among big countries is that the surrounding small countries become weaker. Only when the surrounding small countries become weaker can the big countries gain more prosperity. This is basically the tacit and subconscious behavior of each big country.

The fundamental reason for the decline of Takigakure, which was once prosperous for a while, may not be without Konoha and Iwagakure who were behind it at that time. It's just that he was still young at that time and still studying in a ninja school. The ruler was his second grandfather Senju Tobirama.

Based on the second grandfather's behavior, he would probably secretly observe Takigakure's situation and intervene at the appropriate time.

A village with a tailed beast, even if it was just a shinobi village in a small country, would be a hidden danger of instability to the neighboring big country.

Only by turning this instability into stability can the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Earth develop with greater peace of mind.

The so-called common peace and prosperity are, in the final analysis, just an unrealistic fantasy in the fierce competition between countries for every inch of land.

Even she is the same. From an ideal point of view, the Kingdom of Demons is more in line with her appetite, but she is also limited to Konoha and cannot commit betrayal. I know that this is not an easy road to walk, but I always have the idea that a miracle will happen.

Although this kind of miracle does not exist.

"In that case, let's ask the daimyo for advice. In any case, making such a decision requires the daimyo's approval."

Tsunade finalized the matter to see what kind of explanation the daimyo was going to give, whether he would agree to investigate Amegakure, or avoid conflict with Amegakure, and evacuate directly after investigating the country of rain.

Shikaku nodded.

At this time, Yuyin is the highest administrative body of the Kingdom of Rain, and the Daming Mansion has ceased to exist in name only.

Wanting to thoroughly investigate Yugakure's internal affairs is essentially a serious violation of the country's political privacy rights. If not done well, there will be a military conflict with the Country of Rain.

Going to war with a country is not something that the Hokage can decide unilaterally. It requires the support of the daimyo.

"Let's not mention the matter of Amegakure for now. It will take some time for fermentation to get results. How is Shikamaru's condition at the root?"

Tsunade asked the question instead.

Shikaku was personally responsible for contacting Shikamaru.

"It's not bad, the root does not restrict his freedom. As for Elder Danzo's body, it seems to be getting worse day by day. According to the kid, he may die in less than half a year. In addition, Elder Danzo seems to really intend to let go of his power, revealing his intention to return the Fighting Faction to the Hokage Faction's management."

"seem?"

Noticing Shikaku's choice of words, Tsunade frowned.

"Yes, this is only a conclusion obtained through superficial observation. In addition, he has not met with Elder Danzo many times, so it is not possible to fully judge the physical and mental state of the other party at this time."

"Forget it, then don't worry about Danzo. No matter what, it is no longer difficult to absorb the power of the martial arts faction and unify the village."

Tsunade did not expect that the thing she had worked so hard for would be delivered to Danzo in this way.

If he wasn't pretending to be ill, then the other person's health was really on the verge of death, so he was in a hurry to arrange funeral arrangements.

"In addition, that boy also revealed one thing."

Speaking of this, Shikaku hesitated and hesitated.

"What's up?"

"It's still about that organization. That organization also had a hand in the genocide of the Uchiha clan."

"What did you say!?"

Tsunade suddenly stood up from her seat, hit the table with both hands, causing a loud noise, and stared at Shikaku's face with oppressive eyes.

"Well, that's what happened. At that time, the root teamed up with someone in that organization, and together with Itachi, an insider of the Uchiha, they succeeded in killing the entire Uchiha clan overnight."

Shikaku sighed.

Another incident involving the genocide of the Uchiha clan.

From this point of view, when the Uchiha clan was exterminated, there were too many forces that intervened behind the scenes.

"As for that member's name, I think Lord Hokage has also heard of it. That person called himself in front of Danzo - Uchiha Madara."

"spot!?"

Compared to fear, Tsunade's face was more stunned.

Uchiha Madara, isn't that a ninja who has long been recognized as dead?

How can it still remain in the world?

"This is a portrait of the man who called himself Madara at that time."

Lu Jiu took out a piece of white paper from his arms, and on the white paper was a drawing of the entire character.

The man with a mysterious aura wrapped around his body wears a strange crow-like mask on his face. The only exposed left eye is a scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Wait a minute, the pattern on this eye..."

Tsunade's pupils shrank and she immediately thought of something.

That day, Uchiha Sasuke attacked Konoha and came to intercept his Sharingan ninja. The right eye under his mask had this pattern shape. The two eyes were exactly the same except that they were not on the same side.

As she said that, Tsunade took out another portrait from the drawer and compared it with it.

The kaleidoscope pattern matches perfectly.

"this……"

Tsunade's mind suddenly became confused.

"According to root investigation, it was found that the person who calls himself 'Madara' is a fake."

Shikaku continued.

"Fake?"

"Yes, in order to find out the identity of this 'Madara', Elder Danzo once sent the root to check various information materials, and finally found a sample picture of Uchiha Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan during his lifetime, and found two Madara's The patterns of the Mangekyo Sharingan are completely inconsistent. Therefore, it is concluded that this 'Madara' is an impostor. As for his identity, the root cause is still under investigation. As for assisting Uchiha Sasuke that day, the writer who obviously belongs to the Kingdom of Demons Rinnegan ninja..."

"How about it?"

"Nebu guessed that the other party was probably Obito Uchiha, who mysteriously disappeared during the Third Ninja War. At first, Nohara Rin stole the Takigakure Seven-Tails, and the course of the incident was somewhat suspicious, which made Nebu take notice. Later, Danzo The elder sent people to sneak into Takigakure, find several parties involved, explore the memories in their minds, and finally restore part of the truth, piece together the fragmented information one by one to form a rather complete clue."

"..."

Tsunade's face looked uncertain.

"Then these pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan..."

"Since this is not Madara's kaleidoscope, it means that this counterfeit is using someone else's kaleidoscope. And the Sharingan ninja from the Kingdom of Ghosts who is suspected to be Uchiha Obito has the same eyes as him. Maybe the kaleidoscope on the left is flowing out from him."

Of course, this is a guess.

Shikaku didn't know the specific situation.

It is also possible that the Kingdom of Demons stole someone else's Sharingan and installed it on one of its own.

But no matter what, the Sharingan of these two people has an inseparable and close connection.

Unfortunately, further investigation is very difficult.

"This old guy Danzo has really done a lot of things behind Konoha's back."

Tsunade cursed.

"You continue to contact Shikamaru. Things are a bit tricky. I need to go to Daming Mansion in person."

After a few moments, Tsunade gave the order.

"Yes. So, the affairs in the village..."

"It's up to you and Hizu. During my absence, if something cannot be resolved on its own, a Jonin meeting will be held to discuss it. I will come back as soon as possible before things get bigger."

With that said, Tsunade stood up, put on the green coat with the word "gamble" on it, and quickly left the office. She acted quickly and without any sloppiness.

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"The investigation progress in these villages in Konoha has become slow these days."

In the central tower of Rain Hidden, Black Zetsu reported to Xiao Nan the current situation in the Rain Country.

"In other words, they will soon point the finger at Yugakure, right?"

Xiaonan was not happy about the news. On the contrary, she felt a chill in her heart.

The slowdown in the progress of the investigation does not mean that villages like Konoha have to go home, but that they will focus their attention on the uncultivated land of Amegakure.

At this time, there were ninjas from Kumogakure, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Konoha who planned to sneak in. Although they were successfully blocked, it also meant that Amegakure's situation was getting closer and closer to danger.

The current Rain Country is like a dynamite barrel. All you need to do is light the fuse, and the bomb will explode in the Rain Country.

Whether the fuse is lit or not does not depend on the villages of Konoha, nor on Amegakure, but in the hands of the Demon Country.

Therefore, even if these villages really stop at the last step, the Kingdom of Demons will not let them stop. Instead, it wants to completely ignite this fuse and trigger a head-on conflict between Yugakure and several major powers.

"Yes, Konoha's Hokage Tsunade seems to have set out for the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country. At that time, he will discuss with the Fire Country Daimyo whether to continue to investigate the matter of Amegakure in depth. Most other countries will also participate."

Black Zee said expressionlessly.

"We don't have much time left to prepare, but Nagato cannot be disturbed. Let's delay it for as many days as we can."

Facing the military fronts from villages like Konoha, Xiaonan was still very afraid.

The situation faced by the Kingdom of Rain is exactly the same as that faced by the Kingdom of Demons during the Fourth Ninja War, but the difference is that the Kingdom of Demons has strong soldiers and horses, and extremely strong ninja qualities. It is not limited to high-end combat power, and has the ability to resist enemies in the wild. , and even used the advantage of intelligence to take advantage of the lack of cooperation between the villages to collapse the coalition's people and advantages and counterattack back.

But Yuyin couldn't do anything.

This means that this weakness will be exploited by neighboring powers.

"One more thing. Recently, there have been some more toads of unknown origin on the streets of Yuyin."

Hei Jue's eyes became dark.

"Toad?"

Xiao Nan's face was stunned, with a bit of hesitation and a bit of sadness, and then turned into calm.

"As long as these toads don't come close to the tower, don't worry about them."

"I understand, but you have to be like Nagato-sama and make up your mind as soon as possible. No matter how you look at that Sannin, he is not from the same group as us. The peace he desires is the same as the peace that Nagato-sama wants. It’s something completely different.”

"I know this kind of thing, you don't need to talk about it."

After saying that, Xiaonan left with a cold face.

Hei Jue shook his head in displeasure.

Women are always such emotional creatures thinking about old relationships.

He didn't know what he was remembering, but there was a hint of reminiscence in Hei Jue's eyes.

"Xiao Hei, you have offended her terribly. If she blows on Nagato-sama, you will be in trouble."

At this time, Bai Jue, who had a flat mouth, laughed.

"I think Xiaonan will be the first to kill you if she hears what you said."

Black Jue said coldly before disappearing into the floor.

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On September 5th, it was a cloudy day. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Tsunade arrived at the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country. Before the Daimyo of the Fire Country could warmly entertain her, Tsunade refused to talk to the Fire Country Daimyo because they had important things to do next. Daimyo's kindness.

Later, in a quiet room, the Fire Nation daimyo, Tsunade, and several Fire Nation senior officials gathered here. In front of them, there were three electronic screens, and next to them were thick cables and huge electric screens. box, connect and power it.

Soon, the four screens lit up, and each screen was divided into two halves in the middle, showing the sitting figures of the daimyo from the three countries: the Country of Earth, the Country of Thunder, and the Country of Wind. The other half showed the genin villages governed by the three countries. The three shadows are the third Tsuchikage Ohnoki, the fourth Raikage Ai, and the fourth Kazekage Rasa.

The top administrators and military leaders of the three distant countries all gathered here at Tsunade's request.

"Hokage, what's going on, you're calling everyone together to appear together? It's best to have a valid reason."

The fourth Raikage Ai was the first to speak. He was very dissatisfied with this abrupt conversation that interrupted his practice, so his attitude and tone gave people a rather unpleasant feeling.

"Lord Raikage, it's better to say less. Hokage-dono won't ask us to convene an emergency meeting without making a mistake."

The one who spoke for Tsunade was Kazekage Rasa.

His appearance and spirit were very good, and it seemed that he was not having a bad time during this period.

In addition, he is in middle age and still has energy. He is not like the Tsuchikage Onoki, but his mental outlook is much worse, and he no longer even has the leisure time to quarrel with the Raikage.

Tsunade was not polite, but went straight to the main body and asked the staff next to her to transfer the two portraits to the hands of the daimyo and shadows of various countries.

"This is……"

Rasa was thoughtful, looking at the mysterious man with the Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye. Suddenly he was the Sharingan ninja who disguised himself as an organization member in the past and secretly abducted Gaara.

The other person had the Mangekyō Sharingan with the same pattern on his left eye, which confused Rasa for a while.

"I won't say any more nonsense. Mr. Onoki, I would like to ask you about the man whose left eye is the Mangekyō Sharingan. Do you have any impressions of the Mangekyō pattern?"

As an old-timer in the ninja world, Onoki has experienced a lot in his life. He is a ninja who has existed in the world before the era of one country and one village was developed.

Compared to her teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi, she is much older and is now nearly eighty years old.

Ohnoki on the screen looked thoughtful, then shook his head.

"No, I have never seen this style of kaleidoscope before. Naruto, what do you mean by this?"

"According to the reliable intelligence we have collected in Konoha, this person once called himself 'Uchiha Madara' and was a member of that organization."

"What!?"

As soon as Tsunade said this, everyone looked shocked.

Especially Ohnoki, when he heard this name, his pupils shrank suddenly as if he recalled something very terrifying.

Perhaps Madara's name has already become a legend now.

However, any ninja who has actually met and fought with him will be overwhelmed by his terrifying strength and fall into infinite fear.

This Tsuchikage, and his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage Mu, were once among the victims ravaged by Madara.

"Impossible! Uchiha Madara has been killed by Lord Hashirama in the Valley of the End. This is a fact that has long been recognized by the world. Moreover, this style of kaleidoscope is completely different from Madara's!"

Onoki said decisively.

Madara's kaleidoscope will never be forgotten in his life.

That was the first time that he was ravaged by a terrifying ninja who was unable to fight back.

"It seems like this guy is probably a fake."

Tsunade couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After Onoki's personal verification, the authenticity of this person being Madara was ruled out.

If the other party is really Madara, that is really bad news.

There is no second ninja god in the world who can stop the opponent.

"However, whether this person is Madara or not, it means that this organization does have the mysterious power to control tailed beasts. And now our attention is focused on the Kingdom of Rain, so in addition to verifying the identity of this 'Madara' with Mr. Ohnoki , and secondly, I also want to discuss with you whether we should investigate further."

There are fewer and fewer places to search in the Land of Rain, and the remaining Aegakure becomes the most eye-catching one.

At this time, the rather bloated daimyo of the Land of Wind asked: "May I ask the Hokage, is there really a problem with Amegakure?"

Tsunade shook her head: "Because we are not sure, we need to ask everyone for permission to continue the investigation. If we do not conduct an investigation, then after the search is completed, we can evacuate people from the Country of Rain. There is no need to waste time. .”

"What is there to discuss? Our four villages will directly send people in to search. Does Yuyin still dare to stop us?"

The one who spoke was the Fourth Raikage, and his temper was as fiery as the bulging muscles all over his body.

"Having said that, this obviously exceeds the upper limit of the investigation, and it may trigger a war with Amegakure."

Luo Sha said this, he frowned and seemed to be hesitant about this.

If it had been in the past, he might have agreed without hesitation.

But now the Kingdom of Ghosts is putting a lot of pressure on the Kingdom of Wind, and it is really unwilling to continue to cause trouble at this time.

The policies for small countries with Ninja Villages and small countries without Ninja Villages are completely different.

"Kazekage, are you frightened by the people from the Kingdom of Ghosts?"

The Fourth Raikage scolded angrily, he knew what Kazekage Rasa was thinking.

"Raikage, I have to consider the village as a whole. In addition, whether the Demon Country is strong or not, I think Kumogakure's understanding of this aspect is no worse than ours."

Not to be outdone, Luo Sha retorted.

The Fourth Raikage snorted and stopped talking.

The Daimyo of Earth Country acted as a peacemaker and began to smile: "In this case, let's hold a meeting internally to discuss how to deal with it, and then decide on policy preferences. Although it is indeed important to retrieve the tailed beast, You can’t frame others for nothing.”

"Hmph, after all, the members of that organization are basically defected ninjas from your villages. I suspect that their ability to become big has a lot to do with your inaction. No matter what, we Kumogakure will definitely continue Investigate thoroughly!"

The Fourth Raikage gave these tough words and left the table directly.

Seeing this, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder had no choice but to say sorry and leave the table.

"What an impatient young man." Onoki shook his head and said, "Then, I will take my leave. I will have a serious discussion with the Daimyo on how to proceed next."

As he said that, the names and shadows of the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Wind left one after another, and the light on the screen went out.

(PS: Speaking of which, in the original work, the Five Kages did not recognize Obito as Madara’s impostor. This may be related to the fact that Obito had been using the three-magatama Sharingan to use Kamui before his identity was revealed...)