Escape From Konoha

What a peaceful life.

After quitting his front-line mission career and entering the ninja school, Shiraishi felt as if he was living a retirement life that only the elderly could have.

Except for going to work at the ninja school on time at three o'clock every day, the rest of the time is at your own discretion.

Even though he works in the hospital, the working hours are not very long. It can be said that Shiraishi's current life is something that many Konoha ninjas cannot envy.

Study, take a walk, go to work, get home on time and rest.

Occasionally I would go shopping with Ruri, but the number of times I saw Ayane could only be counted on one hand.

After the three of them withdrew from Sakumo's team, they had their own work that they had to complete.

Liuli needs to work in the police force, responsible for the security issues of the village and resolving civil disputes in the village.

Since Ayane has become a Jonin and was spotted by the elders of the senior Hyuga family very early on for her potential, she now holds an important position in the Hyuga clan.

After all, becoming the bodyguard of the future head of the Hyuga clan is not something that a Hyuga ninja of average strength can do.

It can be seen that Ayane's status in the Hyuga clan is much higher than that of ordinary Hyuga branch ninjas.

There are also serious class gaps between separate families.

Based on this situation, since leaving Sakumo's team, Shiraishi has only seen Ayane outside once, and after meeting, he did not talk for more than five minutes.

In secret, and of course in secret, they kept in touch and exchanged information.

However... Shiraishi is undoubtedly most concerned about the recent series of secret measures of Konoha's senior management—

Wood escape research experiment!

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"What kind of plan are those people in the upper echelons of Konoha plotting?"

This is what hurts Bai Shitou.

On the surface, Shiraishi was not anxious about this. He lived in the village as a qualified Konoha ninja according to his usual rhythm, but in his heart, he was very wary of the senior management's wood escape research experiments.

Baishi, who has never underestimated these high-level people, raised the danger level of these high-level people to another level in his heart.

Baishi has never verified the power of Mu Dun with his own eyes, but he has witnessed the terrifying power of the tailed beast when it runs wild.

And that was just the power of one tail, regardless of whether it was in a perfect state at the time, among the tailed beasts, the strongest tailed beast was the nine-tailed beast.

Once suppressed by Mu Dun of the first generation of Hokage, it shows how extraordinary Mu Dun is.

At that time, the sphere chakra ejected from the tail, and the terrifying power of the explosion really shocked Shiraishi.

It made him doubt the profession of ninja for a while.

Even if Mu Dun, who can suppress the strongest tailed beast, may not have the level of the first generation of Hokage, he should not be underestimated too much.

According to Chong Man and the others, that strange white creature has extremely strong stealth capabilities. If it weren't for the ability to sense natural energy, it would be difficult to find traces of this strange creature.

If Konoha's high-level officials really use wood escape to develop such a special stealth unit, then the purpose is self-evident. Whether it is to search for information on enemy ninjas or to monitor the inside of the village, the intensity of observation will be several times higher than that of ANBU. The level is hard to guard against.

Baishi is not very worried that the research here will be discovered. The stealth ability of this strange creature can be sensed by natural energy.

No matter how troublesome the known things are, as long as precautions are taken, there is nothing to be afraid of.

The trouble is the unknown.

In the hands of Konoha's senior management, how many such stealth creatures are there?

And where are these creatures arranged?

What secret plan are they plotting?

Has the Uchiha clan been infiltrated by the other party?

All of these are unknown.

Shiraishi has absolute confidence in his own safety, which is based on the premise that Konoha's top brass made serious mistakes in his intelligence. He has the initiative no matter what, and this is the key to victory.

But this kind of unknown, Konoha's top brass now also has this kind of trump card.

The unknown and the unknown, if a conflict suddenly breaks out, things will be very troublesome.

"What a headache..."

How to break the situation, or know what the top management of Konoha is plotting, so they won't be so passive.

How to take the initiative back into your own hands, you must think of a foolproof strategy.

Facing a huge military organization like Ninja Village, there is no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation.

While Shiraishi was worrying about this matter, Liuli had already walked down the corridor of the underground laboratory.

"When did you come back?"

"just."

"Is it already this time?"

Shiraishi suddenly didn't notice the passage of time.

Liuli's working hours in the police force started at nine in the morning and ended at seven in the evening.

There will be two days off every week, which can be used for free activities and doing things you like.

"You shouldn't have been worrying about the top management's plans here, right?"

"Well, after all, it is linked to the Wood Release, and it can also analyze the components similar to those of tailed beasts. We must be careful about this... Why, you don't seem to be worried at all?"

Only then did Baishi notice that there was no worry on Liuli's face, and was slightly surprised.

You know, the relationship between some high-level officials and Uchiha is extremely bad, especially Shimura Danzo, the root leader of the radical faction.

Without the Third Hokage to mediate, the roots would not have been so honest and stand still in recent years.

"Why should I worry about this kind of thing? As long as I have the power to suppress all conspiracies and conspiracies, it is a complete waste of time and energy to think of countermeasures. If you have this kind of time and energy, it is better to use it to improve your own strength."

"..."

It’s really consistent powerist thinking.

Thinking of this, Shiraishi felt as if he had worried about Liuli in vain.

"You are too obsessed with the so-called truth. This is how you used to be. You must completely understand the so-called truth."

"It's my job to find the truth."

Shiraishi gave the answer.

"You are obviously insecure."

Liuli had an expression of 'Don't try to lie to me', her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate into the essence of everything.

"If you understand this, why do you say it? It's very hurtful."

Shiraishi had no choice but to smile.

Just as he understood everything about Liuli, Liuli also understood everything about him.

It is impossible to hide this trick from the other party.

"Because I rarely see you so entangled. It's very interesting."

Liuli smiled like this.

"You...could it be that Ayane transformed using a transformation technique?"

Shiraishi hesitated for a moment and asked this somewhat rude question.

Sure enough, after Liuli heard Baishi's words, her dark pupils suddenly stared at Baishi. She didn't answer him, but the condensed air slowly flowed around her.

It seems to be the real thing.

Ayane does not have such a powerful and intimidating aura.

"How is the progress of the magic?"

Liuli asked about the topic she cared about most.

"In a recent experiment, the success rate of synthesizing senjutsu chakra has steadily increased to over 80%. Give me about half a year to a year before it can be officially put into use."

Shiraishi gave a more conservative time.

Liuli nodded, half a year to a year, this time is completely worth waiting for.

Anyway, she now has a lot of free time. As one of the squad leaders of the security force, she can just leave the work to her subordinates most of the time. Occasionally, she, the squad leader, will step in to solve problems when she encounters problems.

After Liuli left, Shiraishi fell into deep thought.

Indeed, as Liuli said, rather than guessing what Konoha's top brass is going to do here, you will never lose money by improving your own strength.

"But no matter how much I improve myself in combat, I can't surpass Liuli. Her growth rate is too abnormal. My 'strength' is not reflected in combat..."

Give up all your time for cultivation, and spend all your time on research except for work and rest. This is what Shiraishi can think of.

Not only Ruri, but also Ayane's strength grew faster than him.

Although his cultivation talent is not bad, compared with Liuli and Ayane, the gap is negligible.

But the two of them have bloodline ability bonuses. Sharingan and Byakugan are the leading blood successors in the ninja world.

This is an advantage that Shiraishi does not have.

As for the power of the blood inheritance limit, as the holder continues to develop, its power becomes more and more terrifying.

Not to mention, the two of them are geniuses in their own right.

Giving up your training time and putting all your energy into research is also a way to improve your 'strength'.

It is one's job to create "weapons", and it is Ruri and Ayane's job to use "weapons" to fight.

Baishi suddenly felt like he had cleared away the clouds and mist and saw the truth clearly.

No one in this world is perfect.

Therefore, we need others to make up for our own shortcomings and advance and retreat together.

Compared to fighting, I am better at research, and I have cognition and thoughts beyond the age of ninjas. This is what makes me stronger than Ruri and Ayane.

Therefore, there is no need for me to strive for excellence in combat now. That is not the path I should choose.

Thinking about it this way, the secret plan of Konoha's top brass is no longer an important matter.

The important thing is to improve yourself.

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The weather is already warmer in May.

A creature named 'White Zetsu' has quietly lurked into Konoha.

Compared to other villages, Konoha's infiltration difficulty is the most difficult among these ninja villages.

The sensory barrier that surrounds the entire village, the Byakugan that can see through entities, Bai Zetsu is very careful about what he does when he sneaks in.

A total of three people came in, and two White Zetsu were responsible for surveillance outside Konoha Village.

The three White Zetsu who sneaked into Konoha Village had a very clear goal. They were to find out whether a White Zetsu who had disappeared before was related to the top management of Konoha. Then they were to collect intelligence in the Uchiha clan and look for the so-called " Spokesperson'.

As for what kind of character, talent requirements, etc. the 'spokesperson' needs, the White Zetsus know that they don't know, and everything needs to be decided by their 'Madara-sama'.

But the age of the 'spokesperson' must not be too old, preferably between a few years old and a teenager, so that it is easy to control.

Therefore, most of the Uchiha people under their surveillance are young ninjas in their teens, or children attending ninja schools.

One person is responsible for investigating high-level officials, one person is responsible for the ninja school, and one person is lurking in the Uchiha clan. The division of labor among the three White Zetsus who are sneaking inside Konoha is very clear.

They are already very good at collecting intelligence. Even if this is the most difficult ninja village to penetrate, as long as they are given a certain amount of time, they can successfully operate the intelligence channel.

White Zetsu, who was in charge of the Uchiha tribe, was swimming underground as if there was no one around.

He is like a non-existent ghost, and no one has noticed his actions so far.

Even the Uchiha clan would not be able to find traces of him.

This White Zetsu was smug.

Although weak combat ability is a flaw of most White Zetsu, each of them has excellent stealth ability, and only a very small number of special-sensory ninjas can detect their existence.

According to the characteristics of the Uchiha clan, there are no sentient ninjas in this clan at all.

Therefore, monitoring Uchiha's information is the easiest task in his eyes.

It seems that I will be able to report to Madara-sama soon. This Bai Zetsu was in a very happy mood.

Just when he was about to move on, he suddenly felt a cold feeling of being secretly watched by some kind of creature, causing his white body to stop swimming in the soil.

He turned his head and almost screamed in fright.

A pair of dark eyes suddenly squeezed out of the soil beside him, staring at him without warning.

What is this?

Bai Jue had just had this idea in his mind, and then the soil around him began to squirm, shrink, and become extremely soft, like a swamp. Bai Jue felt the suffocating pressure, and then lost consciousness.

Everything happened so suddenly that Bai Jue didn't even see clearly what the enemy looked like.

——When he woke up, Bai Jue found himself sitting on a stone chair with restraints tied all over his body.

This is a secret room, and the light emitted by the lamp is almost dark yellow, barely illuminating the room.

Standing in front of him was a man and a woman, both fifteen or sixteen years old.

The woman was wearing a black tight-fitting ninja uniform with a cold expression. Just standing there gave him a strong sense of oppression.

The man was wearing a white coat, with a strange look that made him feel chilled, constantly wandering over his body.

Being stared at by such strange eyes, Bai Jue's body could not help but tremble.

Although he felt that the girl was stronger, he didn't know why, but this boy was even more dangerous.

This man and woman are Shiraishi and Liuli.

"Hello, how are you?"

Bai Jue tried his best to use exaggerated comedy to adjust the cold atmosphere of the scene and reduce his inner tension.

Bai Shi and Liuli ignored Bai Jue's exaggerated and deliberately funny behavior.

After the atmosphere calmed down, Shiraishi turned to Liuli and said:

"Since I have captured him alive this time, I am going to use the spiritual transformation technique to possess this guy's spiritual world and obtain his information from the inside. I will leave my body to you."

Seeing Liuli nodding seriously, Shiraishi immediately formed a seal with his hands and closed his eyes. Then his body glowed, and an illusory human body that looked exactly like Shiraishi floated in the air.

This illusory human body is Shiraishi's soul.

After his soul came out, Bai Shi ignored Bai Jue's struggling body and rushed directly towards Bai Jue's body, overlapping with his body and connecting with Bai Jue's spiritual world.

Bai Jue, who was sitting on the stone chair, struggled even more fiercely, with cold sweat constantly flowing out of his face.

But no matter how hard he struggled, he could not get rid of Shiraishi's soul possession and prevent Shiraishi from exploring his spiritual world. It was all a useless struggle.

Wandering in Bai Jue's spiritual world, Bai Shi found that his soul had entered a completely blank space, and he couldn't help but look stunned.

When he used the art of spiritual transformation to explore other people's spiritual worlds, the picture that appeared in front of him was definitely not like this.

There will always be some memory left.

But... in this empty spiritual world, does this guy have nothing in his mind?

How could there be such a strange creature?

"Isn't it possible that his memory is not here, but is placed on other 'objects'..."

Although it is a bit incredible, this seems to be the only answer.

Even animals without intelligence have their own spiritual world, and their spiritual world is not blank.

Therefore, Shiraishi can conclude that the memory leading to the origin of this white creature is sealed elsewhere.

Shiraishi was about to leave when a huge scarlet eye suddenly appeared in the empty spiritual world.

A powerful chakra that Shiraishi had never felt before rushed towards his face.

Cold, dark.

I seem to have become a flat boat in the tsunami, in danger of capsizing at any time.

"Sharingan...how is that possible!?"

Shiraishi was shocked at first.

These huge scarlet pupils, as well as the symbolic three black magatama, are obviously an enlarged version of the Sharingan.

The dark and curse-filled pupil power was stronger than the oppressive feeling brought to him by Liuli.

——Outside, Bai Jue suddenly roared loudly, his face twisted and ferocious, and his eyeballs were bursting with bloodshot eyes, as if they might explode at any time.

Bai Shi's illusory spirit body quickly detached from this Bai Zetsu's body and returned to his own body.

When he returned to his body, his face was already covered with cold sweat. He looked at Bai Jue who was roaring crazily there and stood there with a pale face without saying a word.

Finally, the roar stopped abruptly. Bai Jue kept his mouth open as much as possible and sat motionless on the stone chair. His eyeballs were turned upward as much as possible. He was already dead.

"What's wrong?"

Liuli didn't know what Baishi had gone through just now, and with a caring tone in her tone, she helped him to the side and sat down.

After sitting down, Shiraishi's fingers on the armrest were trembling slightly, looking like he was in shock.

After a long time, his voice became hoarse, and he struggled to say a word:

"Sharingan..."

"Sharingan?"

"The Sharingan eye power is more powerful than yours...what a monster..."

Having said this, Shiraishi slowly closed his eyes, as if he had not recovered from the previous shock.

Hearing Bai Shi say these key information, Liuli's brows knitted together.

"You mean, you encountered the Sharingan's genjutsu in this guy's spiritual world?"

"Yes, the opponent's Sharingan illusion is very strong. At least I have never seen such a terrifying Sharingan..."

Shiraishi opened his eyes again, glanced at Liuli, nodded and said.

His words naturally included Liuli.

The other party's use of Sharingan is much better than Ruri.

"I know the strength of those people very well. I can't say that my eye power is the strongest among Uchiha today, but there are definitely no more than two pairs of Sharingan that can rival me."

"But the fact is that the person who set up the Sharingan illusion in this guy's spiritual world has eye power far superior to yours."

Shiraishi doesn't want to hurt Liuli's self-confidence, but this is the fact.

After hearing Shiraishi's repeated affirmation of this, Liuli knew that she was making trouble unreasonably, and calmed down to think.

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't guess who else in the Uchiha clan today has the power of Sharingan Eyes that can surpass hers.

"It seems that I guessed wrong from the beginning. This level of protection measures not only involves wood escape and tailed beasts, but also involves the Sharingan. The appearance of this guy probably has nothing to do with the village's senior officials... Behind the scenes The Lord sent someone else."

Shiraishi exhaled, his eyes full of solemnity.

Be more careful in your actions in the future.

The Kingdom of Rain will be temporarily designated as a restricted area to avoid contact with Akatsuki's people again.

He didn't want to be targeted by an unknown enemy because of something like this.

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"Madara-sama, White Zetsu who was exploring the Uchiha clan has disappeared."

In the huge dark cave, a Bai Jue emerged from the ground and immediately reported to the old man sitting on the wooden chair.

"I know that the illusion I set in his mind was triggered, and he was obviously caught."

The old man's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Won't our intelligence be leaked?"

Bai Jue was a little worried.

"No, the moment the illusion is triggered, another suicide spell will be chained. That Bai Jue is already dead."

The old man said calmly.

"As expected of Madara-sama, it's just a pity for that White Zetsu."

Bai Jue smiled, not feeling sad at all about the death of that Bai Jue.

Because the meaning of their existence is to serve as a tool for their masters to make profits.

"Take the people back from Konoha. I didn't expect that after I left, such an outstanding ninja would appear in the clan. We can't act rashly."

The old man's face was full of regret.

"Do you want to give up monitoring Uchiha like this?"

"It's not giving up. Wait until the limelight has passed, and then give Bai Zetsu a try. Or wait until the Ninja World War starts again, it will be a good time."

After all, there are already people in his clan who can detect the traces of White Zetsu. No matter what method is used, it means that he cannot easily get all the information about the current Uchiha clan and carefully select the spokesperson who suits his wishes. '.

Seeing that the old man was in a bad mood, Bai Jue also wisely got into the soil and disappeared in front of the old man.