Escape From Konoha

The country of soup.

In the famous hot spring town, Kirabi was only wrapped in a white bath towel, covering his dark body with several scars. Then he lay on the edge of the hot spring with a bottle of sake next to him, and picked up He took a sip from the wine glass and let out a sigh of relief.

"Soaking in hot springs, sipping fine wine, and escaping from big brother's preaching, Kirabi-sama leads a leisurely and fulfilling life, Yeah~~"

Looking up at the lonely moon in the sky, emitting bright light, all the fatigue that Kirabi had accumulated in the past time was completely dissipated in the hot springs and wine.

After all, as a Jinchuuriki and the adopted brother of Raikage, he is very popular in Kumogakure Village. Although he had many unpleasant experiences with people in the village in the past, in the end such grudges were slowly eliminated through his efforts, and he became a ninja respected by everyone in the village.

But because of this, he also has the troubles of being a celebrity.

No matter when, he would not be able to leave Kumogakure alone, and would always be under the surveillance of the village.

Although such a life is not bad, he occasionally hopes to get some free time that he can control freely, and wants to live the life he wants.

For a Jinchuriki, true freedom is a rare and precious thing.

Only by taking advantage of the chaos can we come out and hang out for a while.

——Bi, you are really big-hearted. You even thought of going out to play in that situation. If the Raikage finds out, he will teach you a lesson again.

The dull voice of Eight-Tails sounded in Kirabi's ears.

Only Kirabi could hear this voice.

——That shark face? I felt that if I continued to fight with him, it would turn into a troublesome situation... So, I had to create a fake clone for him to take back to negotiate. By this time, the counterfeit must have been discovered already.

Kirabi replied nonchalantly.

The battle with Kisame was indeed difficult for him.

However, he is confident that he will be able to defeat the opponent next time he meets.

As long as he is not allowed to absorb too much chakra, he will have an absolute advantage in both endurance and attack power.

The reason why he fought so hard was entirely because the enemy's intelligence was unclear and he could even eat the chakra of tailed beasts. This was the first time he encountered such a powerful and entangled ninja.

——He is very strong. Next time you meet him, just give him some Tailed Beast Jade. If we delay with him, even I will be drained of chakra by his big knife.

Eight-tailed voice was solemn.

He had a feeling that even if he ate an entire tailed beast's chakra, the conscious biological sword would not be suffocated to death by its chakra. At most, it would be in a saturated state.

Doesn't this mean that the opponent always has huge chakra energy at the tailed beast level?

It can also use chakra to quickly recover from injuries.

This kind of enemy can only be quickly defeated by using tricks that exceed the opponent's defense limits. Otherwise, if it is consumed, it will slowly enter the opponent's home field. At that point it will be very difficult to break free.

Through this single battle, the Eight-Tails fully explored Kisame's abilities and characteristics and formulated a strategy that could be implemented.

——Let’s talk about it then. That shark face may not come to trouble us again. After all, eating our tailed beast jade is probably not going to feel very good. If we are smart enough, we can definitely guess that the same moves will not be useful to us unless we use powerful moves that we have not seen before.

But how is this possible?

If the opponent really had that kind of energy left at that time, then he wouldn't be able to escape from the battlefield so easily.

Therefore, the last fight was the opponent's limit.

——It’s good that you have this consideration. Yumu and Erwei were taken away by their people. Maybe other members will come next time, so they should not be underestimated.

Eight-tailed reminder at the right time.

With the current symbiotic relationship, it can be said that it and Kirabi are both prospering and losing.

And over the long years, it has a deep understanding of the fighting methods of ninjas, which are evolving all the time.

When things like 'ninjutsu' first spread, the strength of ninjas was still very weak, and the types of techniques were not as rich and colorful as they are now. But after the evolution of the times, the power of ninjas has long become a threat to the tailed beasts.

Even the Nine-Tails, which was more powerful than it, was defeated in the hands of humans and became like a caged bird.

Therefore, the Eight-Tails feels that if the tailed beasts do not make changes in the future and continue to fight in the ancient way, then as humans continue to develop new technologies, there will be more and more existences that surpass the tailed beasts, and then the tailed beasts will It is becoming increasingly impossible to break free from the shackles of humanity.

Even now, there are many ninjas who can use various magical techniques to defeat tailed beasts.

In times like this, Yaobi was both amazed and felt an unprecedented powerlessness and fear.

With the desire for control shown by humans, they would never allow an existence like a tailed beast to stray outside the rules.

"Well, it's almost time to rest. I'm going to write a few new lyrics to prepare for a grand concert when I return to the village."

Kirabi stood up from the hot spring pool. All the fatigue was washed away. Coupled with the tipsiness after drinking, there was a lot of inspiration in his mind, which made him have the urge to return to the room immediately and write new lyrics.

——Don’t play too much, just enough. Yunyin must be in a state of panic now because of your disappearance. However, before holding a concert, it would be better to order a few coffins. I am afraid that something might happen to some of the audience who are not strong enough to bear it.

The Eight-Tails sighed. This jinchuriki was good at everything, but he was too playful. He was a typical optimist, and he always wanted to be a world-famous singer.

Is that what ninjas do?

But think about this era, even a famous name from a country can become an international movie star with thousands of fans. The dream of a Jinchuuriki is to become a big singer and hold a world-class concert. There seems to be nothing wrong with it. Appropriate.

But if Kirabi's world-class concert really comes to fruition... Yatsuo thought about it, and those Kumogakure ninjas who foamed at the mouth and were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment after hearing it once suddenly felt a little shuddered.

Maybe it will become a fan tragedy that will be famous throughout the century.

Just as the two were communicating, a voice suddenly fell from the sky:

"Compare!!!"

It was a loud roar made by someone out of anger. It was like thunder crashing down, carrying the momentum of destroying everything.

Kirabi, who had just stood up from the hot spring pool, heard this very familiar roar, his body trembled, and he subconsciously raised his head.

Before he could see clearly, a hand grabbed him heavily.

boom!

A violent explosion occurred in the hot spring pool.

The lightning falling from the sky instantly dispersed the floor of the hot spring pool and the water flow.

It even made the partition between other hot spring pools buzz and tremble, and the flying water exceeded the height of the partition and fell into the other hot spring pools. Because of this unnecessary disaster, a large number of people screamed in panic. Voice.

"Brother, please, please listen to my explanation..."

Kirabi's face was grabbed tightly by the dark-skinned man who suddenly appeared, and his whole body was pushed down into the hot spring pool with not much water. Kirabi was lying in the pothole, his whole body was paralyzed by electric current. Unable to resist.

Looking at the Fourth Raikage who was like a demon descending in front of him, his eyes were red with anger and violent lightning flashed. Sweat poured down his face. He kept swallowing and spoke tremblingly.

At this time, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, covering the moonlight, and there was a faint sound of thunder.

"No, wait until I crush your skull first, and then I can explain!"

In the hot spring pool, Kirabi screamed in fear as he was about to expire, as if he were a weak woman being brutally tortured by a big man.

…

"Sorry, this is compensation for repairing the hotel."

While scratching his head, Darui nodded and bowed to the owner of the hot spring hotel with a very mean attitude. Finally, he respectfully handed over all the damages incurred to the hot spring hotel to the owner, which finally calmed down the hotel owner's anger.

Even Xi who was following him kept laughing, fearing that the hotel owner would be dissatisfied and continue to pester him.

Darui and Xi walked out of the hot spring hotel after settling the compensation matter.

On the street in front of the hotel were the Fourth Raikage, who was still angry, and the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki Rabbi, whose face was bruised and swollen beside him, and whose original appearance was completely unrecognizable.

There was no doubt that the other party had been given a good repair.

Fortunately, the skull is fine, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

"You idiot, I will keep a close eye on you when you get back. You even sneak out to play at such a critical moment."

The Fourth Raikage glared fiercely at Kirabi, who was lowering his eyebrows and lowering his head. The other person's body trembled again, as if he had a psychological shadow, and he was completely afraid of the terrible atrocities of the Fourth Raikage.

"Well, as long as everyone is fine, just stay here, Boss, there are still many people watching here."

Darui gave good advice and reminded him to pay attention to his identity outside.

"Don't spoil him too much. It's just because you are too relaxed with him that you become like this."

The Fourth Raikage didn't listen. In his opinion, this was entirely his own dereliction of duty and he failed to manage Curious Rabbi.

Although he was glad that nothing happened to Kirabi now, if something happened, it would not be a good thing for the five major countries that were already forming an alliance.

Moreover, Kumogakure will serve as the mastermind of the alliance of the five major countries, and he must show strength far beyond that of the other villages in order to stabilize people's hearts.

And Kirabi is exactly such a key figure.

Therefore, he felt that he could no longer coddle Kirabi and needed closer protection, not only to prevent enemy sneak attacks, but also to prevent Kirabi from sneaking out again and causing panic.

"Xi, notify the villages and countries that have joined the alliance and tell them that the Eight-Tails has been found, so that they can rest assured."

Even in his anger, the Fourth Raikage did not forget about business.

Kirabi's existence is no longer related to Kumogakure's family, but to important figures that the entire Five Powers Alliance must protect. Just like the Kyuubi who is still in the hands of Konoha, it is an existence that needs special attention.

"yes."

Xi nodded and used the teleportation technique to leave.

"Darui, let's go back first. We have to hold a Jonin meeting next. There is no time for us to waste."

With that said, the Fourth Raikage grabbed Kirabi's shoulder directly, and activated the Thunder Chakra mode to the maximum extent, like a lightning bolt flying to the end of the street in the blink of an eye, kicking up a lot of flying dust.

On the road, Kirabi's tortured screams could still be heard.

"It's really troublesome."

Darui sighed in distaste for the trouble, and leisurely chased after the Fourth Raikage, heading back toward Kumogakure.

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The next day, nine o'clock in the morning.

A corner of the corridor somewhere in the Ziyuan City Military Region Administration Building.

"What's wrong with asking me to come back at this time?"

After Sasuke arrived here, he thought that the person looking for him was Shiraishi, but it turned out that was not the case, but Uchiha Ruri, the leader of the Uchiha clan in the Kingdom of Demons.

The other party was standing in front of a window in the corridor, with his back facing him. He was looking at a training ground outside the window. Many ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts were training hard there, polishing their bodies all the time and making themselves become Stronger.

Today's weather is not too hot. There are a few clouds that happen to cover the sun, and the wind is a bit strong, so the air seems a bit refreshing.

As if hearing Sasuke's voice behind him, Liuli retracted his gaze from the window, turned around, and then a pair of somewhat indifferent eyes fell on Sasuke, looking at him slightly.

After a while, Liuli nodded and said with satisfaction: "The chakra remains very stable. It seems that your practice has not fallen behind these days."

When Sasuke first awakened the Eternal Mangekyō, due to his effective control of the sudden surge of power in his body, he unconsciously leaked his chakra, making it difficult for ordinary people to approach.

But now there is no such flaw. If he does not use perception ninjutsu, Sasuke looks like an ordinary person. He has obviously perfectly controlled the chakra in his body. Compared with before going to the border, I have undoubtedly grown a lot.

"Isn't this a matter of course? If you have anything to say, please tell me."

Sasuke didn't think this was anything to be proud of, it was like describing a trivial matter and brushing it off in an understatement.

Liuli didn't dislike Sasuke's straightforward and heartfelt reaction, so she didn't go around in circles with him.

"Soon, I will perform the same kaleidoscope transplant operation as you, and give birth to a second pair of eternal kaleidoscopes for the Kingdom of Ghosts. Therefore, we need to continue to further collect your current body and Sharingan data to avoid surgical failure. Observe the time, Probably just wait until my surgery is completed.”

"?"

Sasuke's eyes were filled with surprise.

"Is there a spare pair of Mangekyō Sharingan here?"

This was the first time he heard about it.

You must know that the conditions for the birth of the Mangekyō Sharingan are not simple, and often require an extremely cruel transformation process.

"This pair of spare kaleidoscopes should have been left to my parents by an unknown Uchiha senior in the past, and my parents later gave these eyes to my husband. However, due to the birth form of the Eternal Eye I don’t know, even if there is a successful case like Uchiha Madara, there is no detailed information after all, so it has never been used by me.”

Regarding Sasuke's question, Ruri nodded and explained.

After hearing this, Sasuke's face darkened, and he immediately understood the hidden truth.

Shiraishi's friendly smiling face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he had the urge to step on it hard and crush it to pieces with the soles of his feet.

However, Sasuke, who was in a good mood, suppressed this inexplicable anger after taking a deep breath.

"I understand, and I will cooperate from now on. If there is nothing else, I will go down first."

Sasuke agreed.

Due to emotions and reasons, he had no need to refuse.

And he also wanted to know, if Liuli's surgery was successful, which one would be stronger compared to his own Eternal Eye.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Liuli stopped Sasuke who was about to leave.

"What else?"

"Don't worry, it's not a topic related to the next test. What I want to ask is, what do you think of Hoshino?"

Liuli asked a question that had nothing to do with the current situation.

"Hoshino? You mean..."

"What do you think of her appearance?"

Following Ruri's question, Sasuke's mind was filled with images of Uchiha Hoshino's holy and beautiful miko posture. Although she had only half taken off her mask at Nanga Shrine at that time, her stunning appearance was still fresh in his memory.

Although he didn't know why Ruri asked this, Sasuke still spoke truthfully: "She must be a very beautiful person, but more than that, I appreciate her strength and medical ninjutsu, and she has solved a lot of troublesome things for my team. Having such an all-round subordinate allows me to have more time to practice. I hope she can work in my team for a long time."

In Sasuke's opinion, there is no subordinate more perfect than Hoshino.

He has strength, knows medical ninjutsu, can also command the team, and can coordinate the duties of everyone in the team. He is simply the most perfect tool.

As for beauty, Sasuke didn't value it. And he kind of hopes that the other party can stay single forever so that he can devote himself to work more wholeheartedly. Beauty is just a superfluous thing for Hoshino.

"..."

Liuli was silent for a moment.

Are boys of this age not interested in things like love at all?

"That is to say, you don't really like older women, right?"

He was obviously a carefully selected ninja, but in the end, the other party didn't feel anything at all.

I thought that in the past month, the two of them had more topics to talk about besides work.

As a result...there was no story between the two of them? No matter how you look at it, Hoshino, an older woman with a plump figure, perfect appearance, and a very healing and gentle appearance, must be fatal to men of this age group.

The family's development came to a standstill, Liuli sighed softly.

"?"

Seeing Ruri's face as a loving mother who was worried about her children's lives, completely devoid of the so-called aloofness before, Sasuke suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Sorry, I'm not interested in falling in love or getting married right now."

Sasuke, who understood, told Ruri frankly.

Although at the age of sixteen, in an era where the average life expectancy was only slightly higher than during the Warring States Period, Sasuke had indeed reached the point of discussing marriage, Sasuke believed that he still had a great revenge that he had not avenged. Before killing Danzo, his biggest enemy Before, it was not possible to think about starting a family and starting a business.

"Yeah?"

Seeing the rare annoyed look on Ruri's face, Sasuke couldn't imagine that this clan leader, who was usually aloof and indifferent, could have such a maternal side.

"I remember that the clan leader also has children at home, and they are older than me. If you want to consider the prosperity of the Uchiha clan, you can start with them."

Sasuke began to deflect fire.

"I no longer count on those two people. One is staring at the machine all day long, and the other's behavior and personality are completely unlike a girl. I can't imagine that they would consider getting married."

Ruri turned her hope to Sasuke again.

Compared to the two he gave birth to, Sasuke still had the possibility of turning things around.

"So, if you don't like the older type like Hoshino, there are a few younger women in the clan who are studying in ninja schools. I can let you meet them first."

"..."

Sasuke was speechless.

Both Kakashi and Uchiha seemed to like to take care of his life-long affairs.

But he really has no interest in these things, and he doesn't have a woman he likes. It's not impossible to consider being single forever in the future.

After all, the future of the clan can be continued by the rest of the clan, and Sasuke doesn't want to put too much pressure on himself.

"...can't you?"

"no."

Sasuke turned and left with a cold expression.

Liuli looked at Sasuke's leaving figure with regret and did not stop him.

Since the other party is not interested in this kind of thing, there is no point in forcing it.

"You are too idle, you even started to take care of this kind of thing."

A sudden joking sound came from one side.

Ayane, who was wearing a tailored kimono-type ninja uniform, was holding her arms and leaning on another wall of the corridor. She heard all the previous conversation between Ruri and Sasuke. She looked at him with a smile and frowned, as if there was something wrong. Troubled Liuli.

"You guys who don't have such worries, shut up, otherwise you want to end up in the hospital today."

Liuli immediately regained her cold expression and glared at Ayane who was gloating about her misfortune.

"Besides, did you take my clothes away when you left?"

"Oh, are you talking about the thin one? I've worn it these past two nights, and it almost squeezed my breasts and made my breathing difficult."

Ayane touched her chin with her finger, remembering something, and made a slightly disgusted expression.

"It seems that you are indeed braver. Go out and practice with me for a while."

Complex patterns immediately appeared in Ruri's black and white pupils, and the bright red light of the Mangekyō Sharingan stared at Ayane.

"No, it's so troublesome. I just came back. Can't you let me have a good rest? I'm just taking away a piece of your clothes. I can lend you mine. Don't worry, it's been remade. Even you, it's completely I can hold it up.”

"snort."

It seemed that some ulterior deal had been completed, and Liuli's complexion looked much better.

"You're not really going to take it from me..."

Seeing that Liuli had given up and did not pursue the matter further, Ayane seemed to have discovered something incredible, and her eyes widened in slight surprise.

"I don't count on those two people anymore."

Liuli ruthlessly said this.

"Well……"

Ayane's face twitched slightly.

It seems that it is not easy for the clan leader. Even at this age, he still wants to set an example and set a benchmark.

"Whether it's true or not, the next step is to focus on the upcoming war. For this Five Shadows Conference, the plan is considered a success, but we don't have much preparation time left. We must improve our strength as much as possible and increase our winning rate. .”

Ayane's expression became solemn, she stopped teasing Liuli and got down to business.

"I know, otherwise I wouldn't have asked Sasuke to come back at this time. In addition, Yagura's body has also been transported through the channel to tell Shiraishi that the reincarnation ninjutsu can be launched at any time. After all, Kirigakure is related to our next step. The plan is to eliminate unstable factors before the war begins."

Ruri nodded and informed that Yagura's body had been brought back.

"Only Yagura?"

"Kisame doesn't have a deep connection with the Vulpix-Tailed Jinchuuriki Yugao, so asking for it rashly will only arouse suspicion. Sending Yagura over is already his limit."

Ayane lowered her frown and murmured to herself:

"Is that so? Then, we can only perform reincarnation ninjutsu for the Six-Tails Jinchuuriki after the war, provided we win."