Escape From Konoha

The country of the pond, a port city.

This is the political and cultural center of Ikenokuni, where the noble group of Ikenokuni headed by the daimyo lived.

Because it is the capital of the country, and it is a port city, the business travelers coming and going have injected a lot of commercial vitality here. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most prosperous city not only in the country of the pond, but also among the surrounding small countries. .

In the hot spring hotel, Tianzang took the three of Naruto through this port city, planning to stay in the hotel for one night, and take a dip in the well-known hot spring in the country of the pool at night. leaf.

Even though the ninja has a strong willpower, he will inevitably feel that such days are a bit boring. He needs to enjoy himself in time and add some spices to his life.

"Speaking of which, Captain Yamato, what is going on in this country? It was obviously not like this when I passed by here before."

In a lounge near the courtyard, a group of people gathered here after putting away their salutes.

Naruto spoke first, asking out the doubts in his heart.

Obviously he was still brooding about the battle he had encountered in the wild forest before.

Seeing so many people die in front of him, and no one who died, let out a miserable cry, makes people feel distressed, and makes Naruto feel an indescribable boredom in his heart.

Sakura's expression is also a little gloomy. As a medical ninja, her compassion is not inferior to Naruto's. Those samurai should belong to the great masters of the Ikeno country, and they are the armed groups that protect the country, just like Konoha is to the fire. The meaning of the country is the same.

But now they died one by one in front of him, and the samurai who did not die were also taken away, and they were taken to nowhere, and they were extremely disappointed.

Regarding Naruto's question, Tianzang shook his head like he was in the forest before, and said, "No, I don't know what's going on. The soldiers who attacked the samurai of the Daimyo's Mansion in the Ikeno Kingdom don't know what happened either."

Then, he glanced at Naruto and Sakura, and continued: "However, these matters are not our business. As Konoha's ninjas, if we rashly intervene in other countries' battles, it will bring great harm to the village." negative impact."

Now is not the period of the Ninja World War. The village has very strict restrictions on ninjas who go out to perform tasks. They cannot act cheaply like they did during the war.

Although there are also ninja villages that act domineeringly, whether in wartime or peacetime, such as Yunyin, but in comparison, Konoha is relatively a relatively well-behaved ninja village.

If the reputation of Konoha Village is damaged because of this kind of thing, the seventh class will definitely get angry, and trouble will continue after that.

"But…"

"Naruto, we are ninjas, not philanthropists. It is our duty to take people's money and eliminate disasters from others. Don't meddle in things other than missions. Especially in the previous battle, it seems to involve It will be even more troublesome to intervene casually in the changes of the high-level power of Chi Zhiguo."

Tianzang said to Naruto seriously.

Kindness is not a defect of a ninja, on the contrary, it is a very good character, but a ninja must know when to give his kindness and when to restrain his kindness.

It means giving one's own kindness, which may eventually result in extremely huge evil results instead of good results.

"If you want to help others, but end up putting yourself in it, it's really bad. In this foreign country, it's better for us to keep a low profile."

Zuo Jing also said with a smile.

As a member of Root, he has long been used to fighting. Maybe the previous battles were too cruel in the eyes of Naruto and Sakura... But it is indeed a real thing in the ninja world.

Perhaps, the truth of the matter is more cruel and violent than they imagined.

Every minute and every second in this world is indispensable for the struggle between human beings.

The conflicts I encountered by chance in the forest before were just the tip of the iceberg in this ninja world.

"Got it, I don't need you, Zuoi, to explain it specifically, hmph!"

Naruto turned his head and snorted softly, as if he was a little impatient with Zuo Jing's words.

Always preaching to himself as if he had seen the world, but he couldn't refute a sentence, which made Naruto extremely depressed.

Naturally, he knew that ninjas were not philanthropists, but he couldn't bear to see so many lives dying before his eyes.

Zuo Jing smiled slightly, he was already familiar with Naruto's nature, he only thought that the other party was pretending to be relaxed.

Just as Naruto couldn't understand his reality, so he couldn't understand the kindness in Naruto's heart.

In this ninja world, he never thought that kindness and love were needed, but pure violence and cold-blooded fighting.

The color in his inner world is so monotonous and indifferent.

This may be the reason for the ambiguity they have at present.

But this kind of different life, I actually don't hate it. Zuo Jing asked himself in his heart.

But warm tones are too extravagant for him now...

"Then, it's time for free activities. In short, we'll talk about soaking in the hot springs in the evening. You can spend the afternoon at your own discretion."

Tianzang stood up from the floor and smiled at the three Narutos.

In short, carrying out the task will also put huge physical and psychological pressure on the ninja, so he decided to let the three of Naruto relax here at this time.

Because the protection power of Anbu Anbu has been strengthened, even if there is an emergency, his side can catch up with support.

In addition, Naruto is not the same as he was half a year ago. Even if a ninja of the upper ninja level wants to attack Naruto, under the protection of Anbu, it is impossible to do so.

"You too, Zuo Jing, it's hard to come out, so let's relax too."

Walked up to Zuo Jing and knelt down, patted him on the shoulder, left the words 'Naruto, please temporarily' in his ear, and disappeared from the room.

Zuo Jing stared at the direction where Tianzang left, thoughtfully.

Are you going to do something?

It seems that the captain is quite concerned about the affairs in the forest on the surface, and he is not as indifferent as he appears on the surface. Zuo Jing thought to himself.

"If it's just me and Sakura..."

On the other side, Naruto began to think about it.

Zuo Jing turned his head again and said with a smile: "That's really embarrassing, it seems that this time I will disturb your date."

If it is in Konoha, the vigilance can be relaxed, but not outside Konoha Village, strict precautions must be taken, and Naruto will be inseparable.

"Zuo Jing, don't listen to Naruto's nonsense, dating or something, I'm not interested at all."

Sakura refused without hesitation.

However, the capital of Ikenokuni is also a well-known prosperous city in the ninja world. Due to the prosperity of commerce, the variety and quality of goods are not inferior to those of Konoha, and even more complete in variety. She indeed has a great shopping interest in her heart.

The three of them summed up for a while, then left the hot spring hotel and walked to the street.

Next, I plan to spend half a day playing in this port city.

"I didn't expect there to be a ninja shop here. It looks like a complete range. I just don't know the price?"

The first thing I entered was a ninja shop. The owner of the ninja shop was a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle. He was sitting at the door of the shop, shining in the sun, looking drowsy.

There was only one young female clerk in charge of the store, and when she saw the three of Naruto coming in, she showed them a friendly and cordial smile, very friendly.

"Anyway, it's also a port city where sea and land merchants gather. In this city, it's normal to open a ninja shop."

Sakura didn't think so.

Ikenokuni is a country with a large number of ports and a well-developed hot spring industry. Passing businessmen and ninjas passing by on missions can't help but stay here to enjoy the scenery of this country.

In this kind of city, it is really normal to have a large number of ninja shops.

Naruto had already picked up the ninja tools on the shelf of the shop and began to think about them, and Zuo Jing also couldn't help but walked to the shelf where the ninja knives were placed, carefully staring at the excellent ninja knives on the shelf.

Although the size of the store is small, the ninja tools in the store are all high-quality goods, and even many ninja tools are made of precious chakra metal, which has a very strong chakra transmission property. This kind of ninja equipment has a very obvious effect on the increase of ninjas in actual combat.

Ordinary metals are very inefficient in conducting chakra, which also weakens the attachment effect of chakra, resulting in a great reduction in power.

Therefore, ninja tools made of Chakra metal are definitely in short supply and are favored by many ninjas.

Compared with Naruto's random look, Zuoi's posture of choosing ninja swords is more like a professional connoisseur, who can quickly judge the pros and cons of a ninja tool, and his eyes are also very serious, which makes people look I know that I have learned similar tasting knowledge, and I am not just showing off to outsiders.

"Zuoi, have you chosen the ninja knife?"

Sakura came to Zuo Jing and asked softly.

Zuo Jing turned his head and glanced at Sakura, then turned his gaze back to the two light ninja knives of similar standard in his hands.

"No, I'm considering which kind of ninja sword is better. This ninja sword is the standard ninja sword for military ninjas in the country of ghosts, and here is a ninja sword made by a capable blacksmith in the country of iron. The quality of the blade , including being able to conduct chakra, it seems that the difference is not too much."

Zuo Jing frowned in embarrassment.

Thanks to its incomparable industrial capabilities, the kingdom of ghosts has been improving the quality of ninja tools every year.

The Iron Country benefited from its own country's accumulation, especially in the aspect of smelting weapons, which is unique in the ninja world.

After all, the samurai culture in this country is extremely prosperous, and the requirements for the quality of the blade itself are also stricter.

It can be said that the cold weapon ninjas in the international arms market are basically ninjas produced by these two countries.

The ninja tools independently forged by other countries are slightly inferior in comparison.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be enough to buy them all?"

Sakura suggested.

"No, if I buy them all, I won't have any money left to buy painting tools."

Compared with the requirements for ninja tools, Zuo Jing's requirements for painting tools are also not lower than those for ninja tools, and he is even more picky. This makes the purchase of painting tools a large expenditure in his daily expenses.

Moreover, ninja swords forged from Chakra metal are extremely expensive in themselves, and they cannot be compared with ninja tools such as kunai and shuriken.

"That's it."

Sakura nodded without saying anything.

On the other side, seeing Sakura who was quietly talking with Zuoi, Naruto's eyes suddenly burst into flames of jealousy.

Just when he was about to step forward and interrupt their communication, a figure suddenly rushed in from outside, grabbed Naruto's shoulders, and shouted happily:

"You are Konoha's ninja! Great, you are finally here, Daimyo-sama has been waiting for you for a long time!"

This sudden scene made Naruto stunned in place.

"Hey, wait, grandpa, who are you? You shouldn't be mistaken, right?"

The man in front of him who ran over and grabbed his shoulder was about fifty years old, his hair was starting to gray, and his face looked happy, as if he was crying with joy.

But Naruto was sure that he didn't know the old man in front of him, and he was confused for a moment.

"I'm not mistaken, I'm looking for your ninja from Konoha! Come with me quickly to meet the daimyo-sama!"

With that said, the old man was about to pull Naruto out of the ninja shop.

"etc!"

Sakura and Zuoi came over and stopped the old man from making any further moves.

Sakura looked at the old man warily and said, "We are indeed Konoha's ninjas, but who are you and why did you come to us?"

Seeing Sakura and Zuoi, the old man also knew that his actions were too disrespectful, so he let go of Naruto, coughed, and replied seriously: "I am a retainer serving Lord Daimyo of Ikeno Country, and now Lord Daimyo has Important matter, I urgently need to see you Konoha ninjas, please follow me."

"My lord?"

Sakura and Zuoi looked at each other, and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

I don't understand what's going on at all, why it suddenly involves the daimyo of Ikenokuni.

The drowsy shop owner at the door of the ninja shop heard the conversation of several people, opened his eyes slightly, and then closed his eyes as if nothing happened, and continued to take a nap on the old chair.

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Daming House.

Ikenokuni Daimyo is a man in his thirties with a rather rich figure. Wearing gorgeous clothes on his body, he gives people a bloated feeling.

On both sides of his body, there is a beautiful young girl with a charming expression, her eyes are charming, and she is serving this daimyo with a very obedient attitude.

Seeing this scene, Naruto and Sakura looked a little unnatural.

I always feel that the current scene gives them a sense of inappropriateness, and it is a bit explosive.

The impression of Ikenokuni Daimyo directly dropped by three points.

Only Zuo Jing seemed to be used to this, the expression on his face didn't change at all.

"You Konoha ninjas are finally here, and now I have an important task for you to do. That is to help me quickly suppress all the rebellious people in the country!"

Ikenokuni Daimyo ate the fruit sent by the maid, and while holding a folding fan, he gave orders to the three Naruto as a superior.

Although Konoha Village is powerful, as an employer, Ikenokuni Daimyo has no awe of the ninjas in Konoha Village, and commands them just like he usually gives orders to his subordinate samurai.

"Well, Your Excellency Daming... Did you make a mistake? We haven't received any missions about the country of the pond, and we're just passing through the country of the pond and will return to the village soon."

Although Ikenokuni Daimyo's attitude is a bit harsh, but considering that this is the lord of a country, it is easy to leave a bad impression on the other party if he speaks maliciously, so Sakura had to try to keep her tone calm and at the same time use His eyes signaled to Zuo Jing, asking him to hold down Naruto, and don't let Naruto come up to make trouble.

"Are you kidding me? The power of attorney was clearly sent to your Konoha Village three days ago, and now you are telling me this, are you trying to tarnish Hokage's reputation?"

Daimyo Ikenokuni frowned, pushed away the maids serving him on both sides, and glanced at Sakura with some displeasure, thinking that the other party was playing with him.

"We didn't mean that, but we really didn't receive the mission about Ikenokuni... I think the Konoha ninja who took on the mission entrusted by His Excellency Daimyo should be someone else, not our team."

Sakura patiently explained.

This kind of erroneous situation has happened occasionally.

For example, when a ninja completes a mission and returns to the village, he passes through a certain country and meets a client who happens to entrust Konoha Ninja to do something. In the end, he mistakenly thinks that the team that is rushing back to Konoha is the ninja who took their mission. squad.

The current situation is similar. The Konoha ninja who received the task of Ikenokuni is not their seventh squad, but another unit.

In this case, generally speaking, just ignore it.

But not right now, although the rules are right, but if you really follow the rules and leave directly, it is very likely that the name of Chi Zhiguo will be hated.

As the monarch of a country, it can be said that he has the power of life and death in a country. Explaining it in person will appear more sincere.

After all, depending on the identity of the client, occasionally it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons, and it cannot be generalized.

Rules are dead, and problems encountered in reality often require flexibility to be effectively solved.

Ikenokuni Daimyo's brows gradually relaxed at Sakura's meaning, and seemed to be a little uncertain.

"Aren't you really the Konoha ninjas who came to help me?"

"Yes, our team is on the way back to Konoha, just passing by here. The Konoha ninja who received the daimyo mission should be on the way."

Sakura couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that Ikenokuni Daimyo had finally listened to her words.

Ikenokuni Daimyo looked at the retainer standing next to him, it was this person who led the three of Naruto over, he gave him a hard look, as if he was blaming him for finding the wrong person.

The old retainer lowered his head in embarrassment, not daring to look at Ikenokuni Daimyo, and also realized his mistake.

The Naruto trio were not the Konoha ninjas I was looking for.

At this moment, a warrior came in from outside the hall.

Walk to the center of the main hall, and kneel down to the list of Chi Zhiguo.

"Master Daimyo, a Konoha ninja named Yamato is asking to see you outside."

"Yamato?"

Ikenokuni daimyo glanced at the three Narutos.

"He is the leader of our team."

Sakura replied.

Daimyo Ikenokuni tapped his head lightly with a folding fan, as if he was thinking about something seriously.

"Bring him in."

"yes."

The samurai leads.

After a while, the warrior led Tianzang into the hall.

Seeing that the three Narutos were all fine, Tianzang nodded slightly at them, then his eyes fell on Daimyo Ikenokuni, and he stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, Daimyo."

"Are you Konoha's Jonin?"

Ikenokuni Daimyo didn't care about Tenzo's salute, but asked this question.

"Yes."

Tianzang responded neither humble nor overbearing.

The well-informed Tenzo naturally understands what is going on in the current situation. It is nothing more than that the retainers of Ikenokuni Daimyo found the wrong person, and mistakenly took the seventh class as the Konoha ninja who received the task. And the Konoha ninja they were really looking for was still on their way and hadn't arrived in the country of Chi.

"Do you understand the current situation?"

"I can guess a little bit. So please forgive me, the Konoha team I want to accept the mission will arrive soon."

The implication is that their seventh team will not get involved in the task of Chi Zhiguo.

Firstly, this does not conform to the rules and disrupts the task system, and secondly, it will cause some disagreements among colleagues.

For Tianzang, such troubles should naturally be thrown away as soon as possible.

"But the current situation is critical, and the castle may encounter some unexpected situations at any time..." Daimyo Ikenokuni seemed hesitant, "It's better than this, I will pay you double the remuneration of Konoha, which can be regarded as a temporary contract. Your team, too Get involved in this mission."

Provide double remuneration, that is to say, the remuneration assigned to the original team has not been reduced. In this way, disagreements among colleagues are avoided.

After all, this so-called disagreement, in most cases, is based on the unreasonable distribution of remuneration, and major problems have arisen.

For most Konoha ninjas, the task is to support their families, and they don't want to detract from any task rewards that belong to them.

"Your Excellency, this is really..."

"Needless to say, Yamato Jonin. Regarding the current situation, I will personally write to your Hokage-sama to explain, and the rewards belonging to you Konoha will not be less. In this way, you will have no worries. , You can also get the friendship of the country of the pool."

Ikenokuni Daimyo saw Tenzo's refusal, and blurted out first, blocking Tenzo's words, and talked about the friendship between Konoha and Ikenokuni by the way.

If you don't agree, it is likely to affect the diplomacy between the two parties. This responsibility is too heavy for a jonin.

Tianzang smiled helplessly in his heart, what's the matter, if he knew it earlier, he wouldn't come here to soak in any hot springs.

He went out to investigate just now, and got some extremely shocking news from the people of Chizhi Country—that is, a civil war is going on in this country.

The militia organized by the people and the aristocratic group headed by the great masters of the Ikeno country are engaged in extremely intense firepower collisions and openly declare war.

Many places in this country have been occupied by militia organizations, and only a few important cities are still in the hands of the aristocratic group of Chizhi Country. However, according to the trend of the battle, the people generally believe that the aristocrats have a greater chance of losing.

Intuition told him that getting involved in such a thing would mess things up.

But Daimyo Ikenokuni's words had to be carefully considered.

If because of his refusal, the relationship between Ikenokuni and Konoha is not harmonious...it would be a headache to think about it.

"How are you thinking, Yamato Jonin?"

Ikenokuni Daimyo asked.

"In that case, that's fine. However, we will stay here for one night at most, and our team will leave here early tomorrow morning and return to the village to report."

Tianzang considered it again and again, and decided to agree to come down and talk.

But the bottom line is that they can only stay here for one night. No matter what happens the next day, their seventh class will leave here and will not be involved in the disputes in the country of Chi.

"For one night..." Daimyo Ikenokuni frowned thoughtfully, then opened his brows and said, "Okay, one night is one night. Then, please leave the safety of the castle tonight, well, I can finally sleep for a while now." Feel at ease."

Daimyo Ikenokuni considered that three days had passed since he sent the letter of appeal to Konoha. After calculating the time, the Konoha team that actually took over his mission would arrive tomorrow at the latest, just in time to complete the handover of work.

The title of Konoha Jami Ninja still has a very high gold content in the ninja world.

Compared with Jnin in small countries, Jnin in big countries are not only strong in business ability, but also very good in strength.

Although the cost of hiring is a bit high, it is definitely worth the money.

As long as he can protect his own safety, Ikenokuni Daimyo is not stingy with money.

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into the night.

The air in the port city is much colder than during the day.

The castle-style daimyo mansion and every important checkpoint are full of patrolling samurai and government soldiers, armed with katana swords and spears, vigilantly sticking to their posts under the moonlit night.

Located inside the castle is the room prepared by Ikenokuni Daimyo Naruto and his party, not far from the courtyard where Ikenokuni Daimyo is located.

If something unexpected happens, support can also be provided in time.

"I clearly said that I would take a good soak in the hot springs at night, but in the end I have to go out on patrol. That daimyo is really good at calling people..."

Naruto said in a complaining tone.

It's not just him, Xiao Sakura also has some complaints on her face, being forced to accept tasks that are not inferior to her own team's troubles, no matter how you say it, it will affect her mood.

It's just that unlike Naruto, she doesn't express it verbally, but whispers in her heart, cursing the daimyo of the country of the pond.

Unlike them who came out to patrol in the cold at night, the daimyo of Ikenokuni might be hugging his concubine at this time, enjoying the romance in the warm room.

The first impression I saw during the day was that this Ikenokuni daimyo was very good at enjoying himself, and he was fundamentally different from the image of the monarch in his fantasy.

Can such a monarch who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun really manage the country well?

She knows how hard Hokage in her village is working. In order to improve the living standard of the village, it can be said that she spends all her energy staying up late every day. It is precisely because of such an example that Konoha was able to quickly recover from the downturn in the previous year and grow further.

Sakura couldn't understand.

Sure enough, there is a gap between fantasy and reality.

"Stop complaining, it seems that we can only talk about going back to the hot spring."

Tianzang comforted.

"Understood, then, let's start to act."

In order to cheer himself up so that he wouldn't get sleepy at this moment, Naruto patted his cheek hard and was about to act.

Suddenly, a sound of rest resounded loudly in the night sky.

boom!

Something exploded in the dark night sky—a firework of incredible splendor.

Taking this as a signal, countless resting sounds rose into the sky, coming from all directions of the castle, and the loud and clear sounds continued continuously.

I saw that the originally dark and monotonous night sky was instantly dyed with colorful light, and then the gorgeous petals that exploded fell like rain one after another, like a dream.

The lonely and deserted night suddenly had a lively atmosphere.

Seeing this scene, Naruto was stunned.

"Eh? Is there any festival tonight?"

Not only Naruto, but Tianzang, Sakura and Zuoi also frowned, puzzled by this.

They have never heard of any festival celebrations in Chizhi Country tonight.

In order to find out the situation, Tianzang took the lead in jumping onto the tall buildings of the castle, looking at the situation in the distance.

The three Naruto also jumped up and inspected the surroundings.

At this moment, Naruto discovered something, pointing his finger at the sea behind the castle.

"Look, what is that!"

Under the night, the sea area was dyed in pitch black, like a bottomless and terrifying quagmire, producing a frightening atmosphere.

And in that dark field, there was only one light source, and the hideous silhouette of a huge steel monster loomed.

"That is…"

When Yamato saw the giant steel beast looming on the sea, his heart was shocked.

Before he could speak, the steel monster burst into a flash of light, illuminating the sea area.

boom!

The sound of the explosion was deafening~www.wuxiamtl.com~In the widened eyes of the four people, the castle tower located at the highest point of the castle suddenly turned into ruins, a large amount of rubble was scattered, and the flames generated by the explosion surged in the dark night The brutal flames plunged the castle tower into a sea of ​​flames.

All this happened without warning, and people were caught off guard. The castle thousands of meters away from the giant steel beast was bombarded.

"What, what's going on?"

Naruto asked stammeringly, this scene exceeded his imagination.

Tianzang was not in the mood to respond to Naruto, but condescendingly swept towards the outside of the castle, feeling a chill behind him.

The sound of the explosion was covered by the sound of fireworks, and under the light emitted by the fireworks, countless black shadows flickered under the light, flying like lightning, like locusts crossing the border, spreading across the mountain road in the blink of an eye, approaching the daimyo from the castle.

The silent depression and terror reminds people of suffocating death.

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