Escape From Konoha

In the starry sky thousands of meters away from the earth, there are only a few stars, and the sky is dark blue.

The huge stone ball that is constantly rotating around the Ninja World continental plate is desolate and lifeless.

The giant wooden man sitting cross-legged has already opened four of its eyes, and the fifth and sixth eyes are in a half-open state. However, as the chakra of the three-tails and six-tails continues to merge into the inside of the giant wooden man, , these two eyes were completely opened, which was also a recent thing.

Nagato, who was doing the sealing work alone, was controlling the sealing technique to absorb the chakra of the two tailed beasts. Through the induction of the samsara eye, he could feel the huge wooden man, that is, the abyss-like chakra inside the heretic golem. carat.

Even though he knew that the so-called Ten-Tails were nine tailed beasts united into one and completely superior to the tailed beasts, as more and more tailed beasts were sealed, Nagato became more intuitive about the power of the Ten-Tails. understanding.

Rather than increasing the power in the process of sealing the tailed beasts, it is better to say that the Ten-Tails are awakening to their original power.

"This is really amazing chakra, almost like a demon."

In terms of chakra amount alone, the Ten-Tails in this state has completely surpassed him.

When the three tails and six tails are all returned to their positions, the intensity of chakra will increase to a higher level.

If all the tailed beasts return to their original positions, Nagato cannot imagine that he can really control this powerful force.

As the old saying goes - you stare into the abyss, and the abyss stares into you.

This is an abyss created by chakra.

This kind of chakra accumulation is not just a mere numerical advantage, but a more special nature.

In this regard, Nagato needed to put a question mark in his mind.

Just when Nagato was thinking seriously, the ring with the word "zero" engraved on his finger suddenly sent a chakra fluctuation. Someone was using a spell in the ring to send a message to him.

"Konan?"

Nagato caught this familiar chakra aura and immediately determined who was sending the message to him.

At the same time, Xiaonan's voice also sounded in my ears at the right time:

"Nagato, I'm very sorry to disturb you at this time. There is one thing I think you need to know. The capture of the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki failed."

"Really? So, how are Kisame and Beiruhu doing?"

Nagato seemed unmoved when he heard the news from Konan. He was more concerned about the safety of the organization members than the Eight-Tails.

As the core members become fewer and fewer, both Kisame and Beiruhu have very valuable fighting power.

Tailed beasts can be captured at any time, but now one core member is missing, and they can no longer leisurely replenish new combat power.

Moreover, most of the well-known S-class rebellious ninjas in the ninja world have already joined Akatsuki. Even if they have time to find them, it is difficult to replenish them.

"Hairuhu is fine. Kisame seems to have been seriously injured due to the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki battle. He needs some time to recuperate and will not be able to participate in the battle for a short time."

With that said, Konan briefly described the battle between Kisame and the Eight-Tails. These were narrated by Kisame and supplemented by Beiruhu.

Although it is only a few sentences, it also describes the intensity of the battle between Kisame and the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki in detail.

"To be able to fight to this level against the complete Eight-Tails, it seems that Kisame is more powerful than I thought. However, this is also his advantage."

Nagato has a general understanding of the abilities and characteristics of each member of the Akatsuki organization.

In terms of ability to capture alive, Kisame can be said to be one of the best in the organization.

Especially for large-volume chakra aggregates like tailed beasts, Kisame's abilities and characteristics can be brought into full play.

But if faced with that small and fast ninja, it would be a threat to Kisame.

From a tactical point of view, the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki made a mistake in fighting Kisame from the beginning.

However, even if the tactics were successful and the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki was successfully forced into a desperate situation, he still allowed the opponent to use the golden cicada's escape plan to successfully escape.

This really made Nagato feel pity.

"However, there is something strange."

Xiaonan hesitated a little at this time.

"What's up?"

"Kisame failed to capture the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki, but Kumogakure's search force is still searching for the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki's whereabouts with great fanfare, as if they believe that the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki has really been taken away by us."

Konan's answer shocked Nagato.

"I heard that this Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki is restless by nature and is as willful as that guy from Deidara."

Nagato remembered something.

"you mean……"

"Forget it, don't worry about the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki for the time being. With how active the opponent is, it's not that simple to lock down the specific location. When the war starts, he will naturally show up obediently, and I will do it myself. We will not give him another chance to escape. The most important thing now is to appease the emotions of the people in the country. Since the Kingdom of Ghosts forces us to stand in front of the stage in advance, it is no longer possible to escape. We must be prepared to go to war at any time. "

Nagato sighed.

If he hadn't been forced to take action in advance, he wouldn't have attacked the four tailed beasts at once without being completely sure.

Since he did it himself, he was bound to win the three-tails and six-tails.

However, when it comes to dealing with the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, there are great risks in the forces deployed.

And the results prove it.

In particular, the Kingdom of Ghosts also liked to make trouble, which gave him a huge headache.

Even though he has the assistance of countless White Zetsus, those who assist the Demon Country are the countless people in the ninja world. Maybe if you wander around a small country, you can catch a lot of people like this.

This means that the information channels controlled by the Ghost Country are far more flexible and faster than all organizations and countries.

Perhaps such infiltration power has already affected high-level officials in many countries.

"I understand. While you are sealing the tailed beasts, I will always pay attention to the situation in these villages in Konoha."

Konan, who was far away in Amegakure, said that he would pay close attention to the movements of various countries in the ninja world.

"Excuse me, if nothing else happens, these villages, after being pushed to the critical point by us, will probably start talks and invest part of the White Zetsu into the Iron Country. It is the most powerful neutral country in the ninja world. The big powers want to Whatever needs to be discussed, it usually happens there.”

The Iron Kingdom, which was founded by warriors, is not weak in strength.

Coupled with its neutral status, it is undoubtedly the best platform for major powers to discuss important matters.

After saying that, Nagato ended the call with Konan.

Watching the chakra of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails continue to be transported into the body of the Outer Demon Statue, at this rate, the sealing work can be completed in one or two days.

As the power of the ten tails slowly awakens, the time and chakra needed to seal the tailed beasts will be greatly reduced, which saves him a lot of trouble.

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Five Shadows Conference.

Such invitation letters suddenly began to flow among the shinobi villages under the rule of the great powers.

As the fifth Hokage of Konoha, Tsunade also received invitation letters from Iwagakure and Kumogakure at the first time.

It was later confirmed that the meeting would be officially held on the 27th of this month in the neutral country of Iron Country. Also attending the meeting with the Five Shadows was the Minister of Military Affairs of the Demon Country's military.

Tsunade and Shikaku, who was responsible for making suggestions, were not surprised by such an invitation.

Akatsuki's exposed power is no longer a thorny issue that a single ninja village can solve.

Moreover, this organization covets the tailed beasts of other countries. If they want to eradicate such enemies, they must form a military alliance and solve the problem once and for all before the situation completely deteriorates.

This is the only theme of this Five Shadows Conference.

Although there is still some preparation time before departure, Tsunade has already begun the screening of personnel.

In addition to ANBU, outstanding Jonin will also be selected from the village to go to the Kingdom of Iron together.

"By the way, bring Naruto with you when the time comes. I'm worried that when I go to the Land of Iron to attend the Five Shadows Conference, Konoha will be attacked again because of Naruto. Move Naruto away from Konoha, then Even if you encounter an encounter, you can escape quickly.”

After careful consideration, Tsunade put forward her own opinion on Shikaku.

"Is that so? Then, let's add Naruto to the list."

Shikaku also thought about it for a moment and thought that Tsunade's consideration was more comprehensive.

With Naruto's current strength, even if he encounters an enemy that cannot be dealt with outside, it is not a problem to escape alone.

If it were in Konoha, it would be a restriction.

Moreover, bringing Naruto to the Five Kage Conference means that Naruto's identity as a Jinchuuriki will be jointly protected by the Five Kage.

Because the threat of the Akatsuki organization is no longer directed at a certain country or a certain ninja village, but wants to trample on the dignity of all major powers, which is tantamount to forcing all major powers to oppose themselves. To this end, the alliance between major powers has taken shape.

Among them, the only one whose position is still uncertain is the Kingdom of Ghosts.

What role will he play in it? Just thinking about it, Lu Jiu felt a little uneasy.

"Speaking of which, how is the investigation going on the Samsara Eye? The next battle is unavoidable. We need more comprehensive information on the Samsara Eye."

After previous attacks, there is no doubt about the power of the Samsara Eye.

In Tsunade's view, the investigation of the Rinnegan Eye is the top priority for whether she can win a turn for the better.

Although the power of the Samsara Eye has been partially analyzed through previous battles, there may be more information that has not yet been measured.

After all, what came this time was just a bunch of corpse dolls, not Nagato himself, the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

"There is some information from the Hyuga clan, but it is also general information. However, it is mentioned more than once in the documents that the Sage of Six Paths used this eye to suppress the demons and end the troubled times thousands of years ago."

Shikaku shook his head.

The Samsara Eye has truly appeared in public view for the first time in thousands of years.

It is extremely difficult to conduct a detailed investigation into such an ancient pupil technique that has been lost for a long time.

Because of this, Shikaku no longer had any hope.

"There is still too little information about the Samsara Eye."

Tsunade sighed.

"This is natural. Before this, the Samsara Eye, like the Six Paths Immortal, was regarded as a fabricated myth and legend by many people. If they hadn't seen the real thing, no one would believe that such a pair of eyes existed in the world. Bar."

Shikaku said shaking his head.

Tsunade nodded, lowered her gaze, and glanced at the several yellowed photos on the table.

Some of these are photos found from Jiraiya's house, and some are photos taken during the Third Ninja War.

In every photo, there is a red-haired figure.

From the photos found at Jiraiya's house, this red-haired figure is only about ten years old and looks very childish.

In the photos taken during the Third Ninja War, the red-haired boy has grown a lot in both temperament and appearance. He is wearing the earliest Akatsuki costumes, not the current black-bottomed red cloud coat.

Along with him were the ninjas of Amegakure Village who first joined the Akatsuki organization.

Each of their faces is filled with confidence and clean smiles, which are in sharp contrast to the background of heavy rain and ruins behind them. It can be seen that this group of young people have strong hopes for the future even in troubled times. and loving spirit.

In times of war, there are many young ninjas like this.

But in the end, most of them did not come back, but died heroically on the battlefield.

"Sure enough, it's these three people..."

Tsunade looked at the three figures among them and fell into reminiscence.

Shikaku didn't interrupt, just stood aside quietly.

After a long time, Tsunade sighed quietly again, with a sense of melancholy and regret. She was not a child, so she naturally knew that no matter what she said at this time, it would be impossible to ease the relationship with Amegakure.

In the Third Ninja World War, in order to contain and repel Sunagakure, Konoha betrayed Amegakure and launched an attack on its allies. This is an indisputable fact. Although such news was eventually blocked, the Amegakure ninjas who had experienced the oppression of Konoha would never forget this bloody feud.

"I remember that the Uzumaki clan is also a direct descendant of the Sage of Six Paths, and the leader of the Akatsuki organization named Nagato has the same red hair as Kushina... He is probably from the Uzumaki clan."

Tsunade pointed at Nagato in the photo, clicked on his red hair, and said this.

"If the Rinnegan is regarded as the same lineage limit as the Sharingan and the Byakugan, there is indeed the possibility that it can be passed down in the bloodline of future generations."

Shikaku nodded.

The most powerful thing about the Blood Succession Limit lies not in the magical effects that are more unique than ordinary ninjutsu, but also in the heritability of this power.

Every new type of blood inheritance boundary has the potential to form a blood inheritance boundary family as long as the person concerned is willing to have multiple births.

"But the blame lies here. I looked through the family history of the Uzumaki clan left by my grandmother. In the past, there was no precedent for the Uzumaki clan to give birth to the Samsara Eye."

Although the Rinnegan, Sharingan and Byakugan are listed as the three major pupil techniques, the latter two can form a family line and can be passed down through descendants and benignly passed on to the next generation.

In comparison, the Samsara Eye was born only once among the descendants of the Six Paths Sage, which is very strange no matter how you think about it.

However, in terms of power, the Rinnegan's expressive power seems to be stronger than the Sharingan and Byakugan.

Although the Sharingan has a more advanced kaleidoscope state, and the Byakugan seems to have deeper powers that can be tapped, it is still a little less interesting than the Rinnegan.

Tsunade felt that there was a secret in it, but there was still too little information about the Rinnegan, so many things could only be guessed and could not be defined in detail.

And the so-called ‘infinite monthly reading’ seems to be more interesting.

The large-scale illusion that enveloped the ninja world. Is there really such a powerful illusion in the world?

If there is one, it can only be God.

"Shikaku, that's it for today. There is also the Five Shadows Conference and the Land of Rain. You need to pay more attention to it in the future."

Tsunade stood up, looked at the darkened sky outside, and said to Shikaku.

"yes."

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September 24th.

After settling down Terumi Mei in Kirigakure, Shiraishi returned to Shion City with Ruri and Ayane. He immediately walked towards the military research institute and found Lin who was working.

"Lin, take out the polar particles."

"Eh?"

Lin was stunned for a moment, then realized what she was doing, walked out of the laboratory, and came back a moment later, holding an exquisite glass bottle in her hand, covering it with a cork, inside which floated bright silver sand grains like a sea of ​​stars. Gives people an extremely gorgeous beauty.

But only those who have studied it know how terrible it is.

It only takes a little bit to increase a person's chakra several times.

If all are used, an ordinary person who is not even a ninja can instantly gain a huge amount of chakra twice that of a tailed beast.

"Teacher Shiraishi, did something happen when we went out this time?"

Seeing that Shiraishi was so eager to let her take out the secret weapon of extreme particles, Lin thought that Shiraishi must have encountered something when he went out this time.

"Kirigakure's three-tails and six-tails are lost."

Shiraishi's simple words made Lin's eyes widen in shock.

The loss of two tailed beasts meant that the two jinchūriki were in danger.

Especially the three-tailed Jinchuuriki, which was Kirigakure's fourth generation Mizukage. This was a considerable loss for Kirigakure.

For the Kingdom of Ghosts, there are also losses.

Yagura is an important bridge between the Kingdom of Oni and Kirigakure. The reason why the two parties were able to cooperate closely in the past is inseparable from the previous Mizukage.

Now that there is a problem with this Mizukage, the relationship between the two parties may become unstable.

"This news is temporarily blocked by Kirigakure, but it will spread out soon. As for the cooperation with Kirigakure, it has been stabilized for the time being, but I will need to use the reincarnation technique to resurrect Yagura and the Six-Tailed Jinchuriyu Gao. Give them complete peace of mind.”

Shiraishi explained.

Not to mention his friendship with Yagura, as far as collaborators are concerned, he also distrusts Mei Terumi, who has a little experience in dealing with things.

Whether it is as a friend or to make the next plan more stable, resurrecting Yagura can be regarded as a top priority.

"Then, now take out the polar particles..."

Lin was confused about this.

"Nagato's method of capturing Yagura and the Six-Tails Jinchuuriki was very strange. According to the witnesses of a large number of Kirigakure ninjas, before Yagura and the others were captured, the sky above Kirigakure was covered by a layer of silver sand rain."

"Silver Sand Rain?"

Lin's face was startled, and she lowered her head to look at the silver particles floating in the glass bottle like a sea of ​​stars.

Shiraishi nodded and took out a few photos from his arms. They showed the appearance of silver sand rain, and some silver particles could be vaguely mixed in them. They were exactly the same color as the extreme particles.

Polar particles are mysterious space substances obtained by Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths in the past, who split a huge meteorite falling from the sky in the Land of Lietuo.

The Sage of Six Paths then used part of it, and then divided the remaining polar particles into two parts.

Part of it was sealed in the lake of Lietuo Kingdom, and part of it was placed in the meteorite, which was thrown into the sky using ninjutsu.

The polar particles in the lake were stolen by Obito, and the half of the polar particles in the sky were taken out by Nagato.

"I think that's probably the power of polar particles."

Bai Shi guessed so.

"However, polar particles do not have this function at all. Rather, polar particles will greatly increase the amount of chakra of a ninja. Using polar particles against the enemy will actually help the enemy."

Lin said.

"This is what I find strange, but do you still remember that in the records of the Lietuo Kingdom, the Immortal of Six Paths once suffered from a strange disease, and finally split the meteorite in the Lietuo Kingdom and obtained the space material such as polar particles? Cure strange diseases."

"Teacher Shiraishi, are you saying that Akatsuki used polar particles to reversely deduce the principle of the Six Paths Sage's strange disease, and then used it to deal with the Jinchuuriki?"

Lin understood what Shiraishi meant.

"It's not certain yet, but Akatsuki has a special method for targeting Jinchūriki, and it cannot be faked. According to witnesses from the Kirigakure Anbu, the Six-Tails Jinchūriki who was hit by the silver sand rain instantly lost his fighting ability. I think Akatsuki Cang is in the same situation, otherwise with his strength, even if he loses, he shouldn't be defeated so quickly."

Shiraishi took the pole particle from Lin's hand and looked at it carefully.

I originally thought that polar particles were just amplifiers used to enhance chakra, but now it seems that there may be more to it than that.

"Most of the people involved in the research include Orochimaru, but there is no information about this part of the information he left behind. Was it deliberately blocked by Nagato?"

"If that's the case, we can also use reverse thrust and wait until Nagato becomes a jinchūriki."

Lin suggested.

"It's a good idea, but I don't think Nagato would make such a low-level mistake. After all, we also have half of the polar particles. He knows it. It's impossible not to be on guard. He probably already has countermeasures."

Shiraishi shook his head and rejected Lin's proposal.

"It's really difficult to deal with. The six-tailed beast is more difficult to deal with."

Lin frowned in distress.

It would be difficult to deal with one tailed beast, let alone six.

Moreover, there is also the ten-tailed body that is even more difficult to deal with, which is even more troublesome.

"Next, you stay here and don't wander around. In addition, I will arrange for Obito to protect you 24 hours a day. When Nagato controlled Payne to fight the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Naruto, he did not use extreme particles. No It means that he doesn’t have it in his hand, maybe he has it hidden and wants to use it in a more critical place.”

Shiraishi said.

"Is it the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki? I have read that information. It seems that the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki defeated Nagato's Pain Six Paths and made them return without success. Teacher Shiraishi, have we underestimated this? Where is the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki?"

Lin reminded seriously.

Although the power of Six Paths Pain is not as good as Nagato, he is by no means a small character that can be easily dealt with.

Uzumaki Naruto, on the other hand, could make them come back defeated. Such strength was enough to rank at the forefront even in the Kingdom of Demons.

"I have never underestimated that kid. No, rather, I have been paying close attention to his growth. Unfortunately, the general was not in Konoha at the time. Otherwise, he could have a more intuitive understanding of the fighting situation at that time. Also, Konoha’s losses are much less than I thought, which is strange.”

Shiraishi narrowed his eyes.

According to his guess, Konoha would eventually be able to defeat Pain Six Paths, but at least three thousand ninjas would have to be sacrificed. And the number of ninjas sacrificed now is only half of the original plan.

Such an accident probably has a lot to do with Uzumaki Naruto.

During the battle with Pain's Six Paths, something might have happened that he didn't know about, and it needs to be investigated clearly.

"By the way, Nonoyu should be back. Let her come here, and her 'son'. He has worked under Orochimaru, and he might know some important things that I haven't noticed."

"OK."

Lin nodded and walked out of the laboratory again.

Shiraishi then took the glass bottle containing polar particles and walked deeper into the laboratory to conduct deeper research on the characteristics of polar particles, a mysterious space material.