Escape From Konoha

"Damn it!"

"What a monster!"

Looking at the huge open space that instantly exploded in the center of Konoha, the Konoha ninjas who survived the blow had their brains roaring, and their eyes were dull as they looked at the place that could no longer be called a street. No matter it was a person, Whether it was buildings or buildings, they all disappeared within a hundred meters in diameter. There was a trembling sound in the tone of the words.

Although there are no specific statistics, there are definitely no less than a hundred Konoha ninjas affected.

In other words, the opponent's casual blow could easily take away the lives of hundreds or even more Konoha ninjas.

The impact area on the surrounding land and buildings is several times greater than the range of 100 meters in diameter.

Until the aftermath of the impact stopped, countless Konoha ninjas could still be seen, their bodies pressed by rocks, and they could not stop wailing and screaming.

Faced with such a power that exceeds the specifications, even a jounin with rich combat experience will inevitably feel angry.

As jounin, the funny thing is that they can only barely protect themselves from the aftermath of such an attack.

And once the other party becomes completely serious, even the so-called self-protection is probably an extremely luxurious behavior.

But even so, the Konoha ninjas with their strong anti-stress mentality still suppressed their inner fears and decided to step forward to stop the enemy from attacking Konoha.

At least they had to wait until all the people who had nothing to do with the fighting had evacuated to the shelter, so that they could launch a counterattack without any worries.

Moreover, the only one that exceeded the specifications was the Pain made from the body of Hanzo, the former leader of Amegakure. Although the other Pains were powerful, they were not enough to form an absolute suppression of the Konoha ninjas. . The experienced Jonin believe that this may be the only flaw in breaking through the enemy's defense line.

Before more reinforcements arrive, what they have to do is to reduce the number of enemies as much as possible and regain their demoralized morale.

Things went against expectations, and the development of things was somewhat beyond Tiandao's expectations.

I thought that using such power would cause a huge blow to the morale of the Konoha ninjas, but the number of deserters was far lower than expected.

The willpower of Konoha ninjas is stronger than imagined.

Whether it was their daily training or their pride as ninjas from a powerful nation, their self-esteem and honor were much stronger than those of Amegakure's ninjas. And these things are usually invisible. Only when experiencing tests, these willpowers that are not usually displayed can burst into power beyond people's imagination.

This village that has experienced four ninja wars and is still standing in the ninja world has never fallen. Tiandao further realizes that if you want to defeat it, you cannot have an overly optimistic attitude.

Soon, a large number of Konoha ninjas once again appeared in the empty space.

There were the surviving Konoha ninjas and subsequent reinforcements. Each squadron consisted of a hundred people, and each squadron was commanded by one or two jounin. As for the number of squadrons gathered here, Tiandao roughly counted more than ten.

In other words, there were more than twenty jounin gathered.

Not to mention the other squadrons that are far away and are still on their way to support.

Judging from the number of ninjas remaining in Konoha, raising a large force of tens of thousands of ninjas does not seem to be a problem at all.

The atmosphere in the field was heavy and chilling. Not only the Heavenly Path, but the other five paths were also surrounded. Twos and threes were cut into different battlefields by the surrounding Konoha ninjas. Let Tiandao realize that the Konoha ninjas here are not commanding randomly, but have formed a large-scale organization.

The howl of a large psychic beast sounded, and the huge chameleon that used the transparent terrain to hide itself was successfully dug out under the perception of the ninjas of the mountain clan. Then before he could dodge, Akimichi used the super-multiplying technique to enlarge his body. A clan of ninjas collapsed with their bodies and spit out a mixture of blood and bitter water.

The screams could be heard clearly even by Tiandao who was hundreds of meters away.

In the cry of unwillingness and pain, the body of this huge chameleon was suppressed by the ninjas of the Akimichi clan. After reaching its limit, it immediately turned into smoke and disappeared.

The huge strange bird that stirred up violent winds in the sky was not spared. Its flying shadow was clearly reflected on the ground under the sunlight. Several Nara clan ninjas gathered together and used their shadows to infiltrate, forcing the strange bird to fall directly to the ground. , smashing a huge hole, letting out a hoarse roar, and fluttering its wings, trying to break away from the control of the Nara clan's ninja's shadow imitation technique.

"Destroy it quickly, we can't hold on any longer!"

A Nara clan member clenched his teeth and the veins on his face began to pop out as he shouted loudly to the surrounding Konoha ninjas.

The power of the giant strange bird is very powerful. Even the shadow imitation technique jointly used by several people can only restrain the opponent for a short time. Once the time is too long, there is a risk of the strange bird breaking away and escaping.

But if you want to use the same means to control the other party a second time, it probably won't be that simple.

The best way to deal with this large psychic beast with the ability to fly is to deal with it once and for all, so as not to cause trouble to your own people in the future.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

As a result, a group of Konoha ninjas rushed up and stood around the hole where the strange bird fell. They formed seals and opened their mouths, and kept shooting out high-speed fireballs from their mouths. They fell like cannonballs, burning the place with the high temperature of the flames. A giant bird, letting the flames burn its body and feathers.

The strange bird seems to be very afraid of fire. Under the high temperature of the flames, it makes a more miserable cry than the previous chameleon. You can hear the crackling sound of the skin and flesh cracking in the fire, and finally falls motionless in the pit full of scorch marks. Turned into white smoke and lost its trace.

With the large psychic beasts being properly dealt with one after another, the Konoha ninjas became more comfortable with encirclement tactics.

However, before the Konoha ninja could breathe a sigh of relief, a huge shadow fell from the sky, and a giant dog descended from the sky, instantly trampling the Konoha ninja who could not avoid it in time into a pulp.

"Roar!"

The roar of the giant dog was very unpleasant, and the sound contained an extremely unpleasant tone of irritability and madness.

But what was different from before was that this giant dog had three heads, and the three heads roared wildly together, one after another. Looking at the weird and distorted postures of their faces, even the Konoha ninjas who witnessed all this were inevitably a little stunned.

"Be careful, this guy will divide and grow when attacked!"

A Konoha ninja with a bleeding head explained in short words how difficult this giant dog was.

If attacked, the head will split.

This means that the opponent not only has great resistance to physical attacks, but can also enhance its own combat capabilities in disguised form through the enemy's attacks.

Even experienced Konoha ninjas would feel troubled when encountering such an unreasonable psychic beast.

I don’t know where the other party found this kind of psychic beast.

"Don't panic. The power gained through this kind of split must have an upper limit and cannot grow uncontrollably! This should be caused by some kind of magic. Splitting will come at the cost of consuming a lot of chakra!"

A Konoha Jonin suddenly said.

Such an unreasonable method of splitting must require chakra to form a technique before it can be split.

It is precisely because of this that such splitting methods will not be without restraint. The upper limit of their splitting depends on their own chakra amount.

If this psychic beast can split infinitely, then the opponent's existence will undoubtedly be a more terrifying existence than the tailed beast.

But obviously this is not the case, and this is the upper limit that the giant dog split can reach.

As long as you understand this point, although the opponent is still very difficult, it will not be impossible to defeat.

In any case, the techniques of psychic beasts and ninjas are all derived from chakra. As long as you aim at the opponent's chakra amount, you can find a chance to win.

"Moreover, the one who summoned these psychic beasts should be this girl-sized puppet. Killing her can also solve these troublesome psychic beasts!"

Many jounin aimed at the beast standing on top of the giant dog. The other person's expression was more stiff than calm.

In front of the Konoha ninjas who speculated that these Payne were puppets, their identity as living persons had long been denied.

Various plans were carried out together. Some Konoha ninjas restrained the giant dog, while some ninjas who were good at speed and assassination were waiting for opportunities to target the beast's path, waiting for the opponent to show a flaw.

The Shura Dao who acted together with the Animal Dao was a strong, bald man.

The stiff smile always hangs on his face, giving people an extremely twisted and weird feeling.

After all, no matter what, the phenomenon of making a corpse smile cannot make ordinary people feel the beauty of art. They will only feel that the maker is somewhat psychologically distorted.

I saw that after he saw the animal path being restrained by a large number of Konoha ninjas, he couldn't help but take action of his own.

His right hand instantly opened his left hand, and pulled out a string of small missiles from the incision of the machine. In a burst of clicking sounds, sparks flashed at the tail of these small missiles, and they flew out instantly. Without waiting for the reaction of the Konoha ninjas, they directly It exploded among the crowd, kicking up strong winds and thick dust.

"ah!"

The Konoha ninja who rolled away in the explosion screamed in pain.

Some Konoha ninjas began to fight back, using water and thunder attacks, but were easily dodged by Shura Dao.

"Aren't you here too?"

On the other side, the human being responsible for the exploration once again captured a Konoha ninja and began to read the memory in the Konoha ninja's mind, but did not find any information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki in the other person's mind.

Konoha doesn't call it big or small, and if the target wants to hide, it will be quite difficult to find it.

"It seems that it will take some time to find the other party."

The following Hell Path and Hungry Ghost Path did not say a word, but glanced at the surrounding Konoha ninjas who were constantly encircling and suppressing them with cold eyes.

"Be careful, the big fat guy will absorb chakra and ninjutsu. To deal with the opponent, it's best to use long-range ninja tools to avoid close contact with the opponent. The tall and thin guy can read memories, don't get caught. Third-person ability It’s unknown, so don’t approach the other party rashly before you have a clear understanding of its capabilities.”

The Konoha ninjas who had already fought for a round had made a lot of sacrifices, but through the sacrifice of some people, they had figured out the abilities used by the opponent and found a way to contain the opponent.

With the increasing number of reinforcements, it is only a matter of time to destroy this group of enemies attacking Konoha.

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"It seems that the enemy's mental ability is very strong, and even your mind-turning technique has been cracked."

After arriving at the Hokage Building and meeting up with Shikaku, Yamanaka Haiichi heard the other person's voice sarcastic about him.

"Yeah, I thought it would be easy to invade one of them, but I didn't expect to be squeezed out directly. That kind of mental power is simply unheard of. If it were any worse, I might have to stay there forever."

Haiyi didn't take Shikaku's teasing to heart and just answered with a wry smile.

From this distance, you can still hear the sounds of fighting coming from the battlefield.

The number of Konoha ninjas gathered on the battlefield now is at least three thousand, including dozens of jounin alone.

With so many ninjas charging head-on, the aftermath of the battle alone could tear the center of Konoha apart a dozen times.

After Lu Jiu heard this, he was also very surprised and nodded solemnly.

"The situation seems to be much harsher than imagined. How do you feel directly?"

Shikaku asked.

"Let's not talk about mental strength. Just look at my expression now. As for chakra, I'm afraid it's not a good choice to fight a protracted war. The opponent's chakra is very huge. It's not an exaggeration to say it's a humanoid tailed beast. .”

Facing a ninja with this amount of chakra, in a protracted battle, even if they can win, Konoha will suffer heavy losses.

What's more, this is just a puppet of the enemy.

No matter how much sacrifice is required to eliminate the opponent, as long as sacrifices are made in the battle, Konoha's side will not really win the battle. What we have to do now is just to reduce the sacrifice rate as much as possible and suppress the cost to the minimum range.

"As for ability... let's have some reservations. The other party is obviously trying to catch Naruto, and then they will probably not really take action until the target arrives."

Shikaku basically agrees with Haiyi's statement.

According to the intelligence returned from the front line, the enemy indeed has such a plan.

After all, the other party's goal is very clear, it is for the nine tails in Naruto.

Before Naruto, the true master, comes, he will never reveal his full strength unless forced to do so.

"Where's this side, Hokage-sama?"

Haiyi asked this question.

Shikaku pointed outside and heard a loud noise outside the Hokage Building. A huge shadow appeared from the smoke and occupied most of the open space in front of the Hokage Building.

It was an extremely huge slug.

Immediately in the field of vision of the two of them, the huge slug began to squirm, forming small palm-sized slugs that dispersed and swarmed towards the battlefield in the center of Konoha.

"The Hokage-sama plans to minimize the village's losses, and will use the Slug Immortal of the Shiggy Bone Forest to minimize the village's losses."

"Uh... Is Hokage-sama planning to heal an entire village of ninjas?"

Haiyi became a little bit distraught.

In any case, such a move is really too random.

There are currently at least 10,000 ninjas left in Konoha Village, and the number of ninjas participating in the war is conservatively estimated to be more than 6,000.

Not to mention six thousand people, just treating two thousand ninjas at the same time is already unimaginable.

"Who knows about this kind of thing? She is the Hokage of Konoha. Even if she messes around, she must ensure that Konoha retains most of its combat power after the battle. Otherwise, the Demon Kingdom will inevitably add insult to injury. Let us Konoha fall into an even more critical situation."

Compared to the Akatsuki organization that just showed up, in Shikaku's mind, the threat from the Kingdom of Demons always comes first.

The danger of the former is currently difficult to estimate. Even the so-called 'infinite moon reading' is just a vague concept without real feelings. But the country of ghosts is different. The oppressive power of this country is something Shikaku can truly feel...an invincible despair.

Shikaku has no doubt that after adding new forces like Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi, the Demon Country military will be able to gather at least seven or eight Five Kages, or even ninjas above this level.

Not to mention, the ninja troops armed to the teeth, as well as reinforced soldiers that are suspected of being mass-produced. Coupled with complete military, economic and political strength, the final destructive power will definitely be several levels more terrifying than the current Akatsuki organization.

The reason why he didn't do that, Lu Jiu didn't think that the international balance was working, but that the other party was probably secretly gaining momentum and planning something else.

After all, in a big country with such a high degree of concentration of power and military, and the prevalence of militant factions, there is only one path that can be taken before the machine called the 'state' stops - war and conquest.

Perhaps, this friction between the Akatsuki organization and Konoha is also part of the other party's plan.

However, such thoughts are always speculations. Before there is concrete evidence, Shikaku has no way of knowing whether the Kingdom of Ghosts has a hand in secret. We can only make a certain degree of estimation based on the past style of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

"Is that so? Then why are you calling me here so urgently?"

Haiyi asked.

"Can your body still move?"

Lu Jiu didn't answer and asked Hai Yi's physical condition.

On the village side, corresponding arrangements have been made. With the help of part of the Slug Immortal from the Shiggy Bone Forest, Konoha's sacrifice rate can be suppressed.

"If it's just reconnaissance, it's not a problem."

Haiyi answered.

"I need you to lead the village's Anbu to conduct a search outside the village. Judging from the information obtained so far, the enemy's body is not in Konoha, but controls these puppets to fight from a distance."

Shikaku said.

"you mean……"

Haiyi was stunned for a moment and quickly understood.

"There should be devices or people that can emit chakra signals. Find these existences and interfere or destroy them. As for the Anbu, they will support your two detachments. In addition, there are ten squadrons of troops. "

The two squadrons of ANBU were thirty-four elite ANBU ninjas, while the strength of the ten squadrons was a thousand Konoha ninjas.

Haiyi knew that this time, Lujiu had undoubtedly invested a lot of money.

"Does it need such a big move?"

"The opponent dares to ignore Konoha's defensive strength and rush directly into Konoha to get involved in Konoha. If he is not a fool, he is confident that he can take away the Nine-Tails under Konoha's full protection. Therefore, the victory of the battle cannot only come from this side. When starting, you need to consider external factors. If it weren't for the fact that we can't mobilize too many people now, I will support you with more troops."

Shikaku said seriously.

"...I understand, leave it to me."

Haiyi nodded with a heavy face.

He knew that Shikaku's guess was probably true.

If the enemy dares to rush directly into Konoha to seize the Kyuubi, they must have full support.

This is also true. Less than a quarter of an hour into the exchange of fire between the two sides, there have been hundreds of casualties on Konoha's side, and this was despite the other party not doing its best.

If the enemy's strength is not restrained soon, casualties may number in the thousands if this continues.

This is undoubtedly an added disaster for Konoha today.

"Please, Haiyi."

Watching Haiyi lead the ANBU away, Shikaku slowly withdrew his gaze after a long time.

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Across the sea from the Kingdom of Fire is the Kingdom of Water.

Kirigakure Village, which is adjacent to the sea, was built on one of the largest islands in the Kingdom of Water. Even in summer, the sea area controlled by Kirigakure is still filled with fog, and the line of sight is directly useless beyond a certain range.

The city built by the sea can only be seen vaguely through the slightly thick fog. With the development of industrialization in recent years, the buildings in Wuyin Village have gradually moved closer to the industrial modern city model.

Even the various ships located at the port are no longer simply wooden, but semi-mechanized ships, with stronger maneuverability and defense capabilities at sea.

Occasionally, there will be semi-mechanized warships riding the wind and waves in the sea, and they will start patrolling on time, not sparing any corner of the sea, protecting the sea area of ​​Kirigakure Village with absolute smoothness and safety.

At the port, a large number of Kirigakure ninjas can also be seen, forming patrol teams to maintain the security of the Kirigakure port.

The perfect patrol strength is undoubtedly telling others that it is wishful thinking to attack Kirigakure from the sea.

What's more, most of Kirigakure's ninjas are water escape ninjas who are good at water combat. It is not a wise choice to go against Kirigakure ninjas in such a home position.

Nagato, who quietly poked his body out from the white clouds thousands of meters above the sky, was suspended in the sky with a wonderful posture. His sight was locked on the Kirigakure land below, and he had a panoramic view of the layout of Kirigakure Village.

Moreover, under the induction of one's own sensory ninjutsu, dense chakra information can be fed back. The number of such information gathered is beyond imagination, at least 15,000 people.

And there are various large-scale barriers intertwined in the sky above Kirigakure Village. It is an extremely complex compound barrier that can prevent enemies from the air from raiding. In addition to these complex barriers, there are also a number of ninjas who control flying ninjas and patrol the sky 24 hours a day.

If Nagato hadn't used the clouds to shield himself, Nagato felt that if he peeked at Kirigakure from high altitude, he would probably be noticed by these Kirigakure ninjas who patrolled the high altitudes with flying ninja tools.

Whether it is the sea, land, or high altitudes that are difficult to guard against, they are all protected by Kirigakure ninjas without blind spots.

In terms of defensive strength, the power Kirigakure displayed at this time seemed to be even higher than that of Konoha.

However, in Nagato's eyes, these defensive forces cannot be said to be completely useless, but they are far from enough to threaten him.

Subconsciously, Nagato's body began to sink. There was no joy or sadness on his face. He just flew slowly towards Kirigakure Village from a high position. His calm and calm attitude was as relaxing as taking a walk.

"Three-tails, Vulpix, it's time to recycle."