Escape From Konoha

Black smoke billowed from the plains.

It used to be a peaceful village, but now it's full of potholes and horrific ruins.

Looking at the village that had been wiped out one step ahead of time, Xuan Yuanzhong, headed by Insect Man, stood among the ruins, only to see countless villagers lying on the ground, with no survivors.

Apparently, the village was completely wiped out.

And the speed of death is very fast.

The incomparably violent quasi-attribute chakra still remains in the air, showing the strength of the person who strikes.

This is the village of Sugi, the village where Xuan Yuanzhong's employer is located, has now been destroyed, which somewhat caught the insect man and others by surprise.

And the person who started, even if he didn't deliberately guess, he knew who did it.

Lei Ying was afraid of Xuan Yuanzhong's blasters, and he would definitely not come to trouble them if he was not completely sure.

But Sugi no Mura is different. In the face of the attack of the Fourth Raikage, they have no power to resist. It is reasonable for the Fourth Raikage to vent the humiliation suffered by Xuan Yuanzhong on Sugi no Village. middle.

This is probably the sadness of the weak in the age.

"What's next? Do you want to continue the mission?"

Fire Man asked in a low voice.

It was the first time he had encountered such a troublesome task. Before their task was completed, the employer was killed first.

The corpse of the elder of the cedar village was also in the crowd, with his eyes wide open, and he couldn't rest his eyes.

"The mission has been interrupted. No one pays, and it's a bit of a loss to provoke the fourth generation of Raikage. Otherwise, we won't even be able to get the money back... No, it's already a loss-making business."

After all, the only way Xuan Yuanzhong can deal with Lei Ying is the blaster, but the problem is that although the blaster is powerful, the cost is also very expensive.

Now even if they get back the secret scrolls of Sugi no Village, no one pays them. As for the millions of taels of deposit that Sugi Village placed in the underground black market, it should be regarded as a little interest. After all, they also made Raikage and others suffer so much before, which is worthy of the price of the deposit.

The average bounty hunter would not dare to stroke a tiger's beard.

As for dealing with the fourth-generation Raikage again, Xuan Yuanzhong would not go to the trouble of finding the fourth-generation Raikage for the mere millions of taels of deposit.

After all, their mission is not to protect the village of Sugi, but to retrieve the secret scroll of the village of Sugi. Whether the village of Sugi is destroyed or not has nothing to do with Xuan Yuanzhong.

It's just that the Sugi no Village was destroyed, and no one paid for the completion of the task. This is the problem.

In the final analysis, Sugi no Mura is too weak.

For the weak, life and death can only be ruled by the strong.

For Sugi no Mura, Raikage is a strong man who can determine their life and death.

Therefore, Xuan Yuanzhong's mission cannot be regarded as a failure, but because the employer was killed, the mission process was abnormal. The underground black market will not record a mission failure on Xuan Yuanzhong's mission record.

"so be it."

The other four had no choice but to shrug their shoulders.

Facing the fourth generation of Raikage, it is indeed a lot of pressure.

The main reason is that the speed is too fast. Even if they have cultivated natural energy, they can only barely see the trajectory of Raikage. If they fight a protracted battle, they will definitely lose the battle.

"Anyway, they have paid the deposit, so let's just let them go to the ground. It's not good to expose the corpse in the wilderness. Tu Nan, you are the only one among us who knows how to do ninjutsu. I will leave this to you. Done."

Insect man ordered.

The native man did not object. It was not difficult for him to bury the bodies of hundreds of people. At most, some Chakra was wasted.

"I didn't expect Raikage's revenge to be so decisive. The village of hundreds of people will be destroyed. It seems that the country of Sugi will be in chaos for a while. Unfortunately, the military has no plans to deploy it on the country of Sugi for the time being."

This kind of thing caught Xuan Yuanzhong by surprise, but because of this, he had a deeper understanding of the hegemony of a big country.

The rules are set by the five major countries, but it does not mean that the five major countries really abide by the rules.

I believe that after this matter is dealt with in the future, the daimyo of Sugi no Kuni did not dare to target Raikage, at most there was some incompetent resentment in his heart.

"This is the contest of national strength. The reason why everyone can argue with each other at the negotiating table is because they recognize each other's strength, they will not act rashly, and they will think twice about everything. On the contrary, if they don't even give room for negotiation, they can only It's become a sad subject."

There are too many examples like Sugi no Mura in the ninja world.

The same is true of the Land of Rain in the past.

The big country uses the country of rain as the battlefield, and has no intention of negotiating with the country of rain. Xiao used to run around on the battlefield, no matter how eager to end the war, he still can't shake the determination of the big country. go.

The only face, Sanshoyu Hanzo, was eventually framed by Konoha's Orochimaru and Danzo, and died in the hands of the sand hidden ninja.

As a result, the status of the Land of Rain dropped again and again.

Even if he is as strong as Xiao, now he can only hide in Yuyin Village, under the breath of a big country, forbear until the time is right.

Why was the Kingdom of Ghosts able to be recognized by the Five Shadows at the Five Shadows Conference? Even if the Five Shadows were unwilling, they could not ignore the power of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Even though Sa Yin took the lead in holding the Five Shadows Conference, he still had to make a compromise with the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Even if the country of ghosts occupies a huge share in the western continent now, as long as the bottom line of the two countries of wind and land is not touched, they can only turn a blind eye.

It is because the country of ghosts is strong enough.

They couldn't ignore the power of the kaleidoscope of the Uchiha family.

It is impossible to ignore the forbidden power that can annihilate thousands of sand ninjas in that instant.

Let people know that even if there is no tail beast, the country of ghosts has the power to match or even surpass the tail beast, and can compete with the big country.

With such a deterrent force, even if it is not a big country or Wuying, the big country and the Wuying must also consider the position of the ghost country.

After a while, Tu Nan buried the bodies of hundreds of Sugi no Village villagers and returned to the queue.

"Now that it's over, let's go."

This is the end of the transaction with Shanzhi Village. In the end, he helps Shanzhi Village to collect the corpses, so that their corpses will not be buried in the belly of animals. Insect Nan believes that Xuan Yuanzhong has already done his best, and he owes Shanzhi Village nothing.

◎

In the single room of the barbecue restaurant.

The table is already in a mess, and both meat and vegetables have been wiped out.

Shiraishi patted his belly and let out a sigh of relief. He smiled at Tsunade, "I feel like I haven't had such a good meal in a long time, but I didn't expect that after so many years, Master Tsunade, you are still so young. Said that Tsunade-sensei once combined the secret techniques of Shibone Forest to create his own medical ninjutsu."

"That fellow living gnat really says anything."

Tsunade took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth, and said in an unhappy tone.

She and Baishi are both contractors of the Three Sacred Grounds of the Wet Bone Forest, and they are actually 'same family'. Unfortunately, because of the original defection incident, the two of them parted ways. Even if there is a contract of living gnats as a connection, there is basically no connection.

"After all, Tsunade-sensei has also learned a lot about me from the live scorpion, hasn't it?"

Shiraishi smiled.

For some things, Shiraishi did not restrict the live gnat, so Tsunade still knew some things about Shiraishi.

For example, he has learned the Immortal Technique that does not belong to the Three Holy Lands system, or he has learned the Shibone Forest Immortal Technique that few people have even mastered in the past thousand years.

Even Tsunade, who signed a contract with Shibone Forest in advance, was only ignorant of this kind of magic.

When he realized that he couldn't get through the Immortal Jutsu system of Shigu Forest, he had to combine the Immortal Jutsu materials given by Huo Hao to create his own Mysterious Medical Ninjutsu.

As for the specific power of that esoteric medical ninjutsu, Shiraishi couldn't understand anything.

Because it involves the core secrets of Tsunade, the living scorpion who complies with the contract, without Tsunade's advice, even Shiraishi cannot get any useful information from the living scorpion.

And contract and friendship are not in conflict.

"Although I learned something from the live gnat, I didn't know that you lived in the country of ghosts before the war in the country of wind."

Tsunade glanced at Shiroishi with deep meaning.

Although she knew that the country of ghosts had a strong medical system in the early days, she never linked the country of ghosts and Shiraishi.

Because of Shiraishi's situation, she didn't dare to say that she knew everything, but she still knew most of the situation.

This is where she finds it strange.

When was Shiraishi associated with the land of ghosts?

Shiraishi, who has always lived in Konoha, will go out to perform missions except during the White Fang team. Most of the time, he just stays in Konoha Village, and he has no time to contact the country of ghosts.

What's more, the kingdom of ghosts is the kingdom of witches.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the witches of the land of ghosts to accept the betrayal easily.

As a result, Shiraishi got into the upper management of the country of ghosts, carried out military reforms in the country of ghosts, and incorporated the ninjas of the country of ghosts into the country's system, which was considered to open up a new path.

Compared with the one country, one village system, strictly speaking, the Ninja village and the country are combined based on the integration of interests.

It seems to be the same system as the country of ghosts, but the essence is very different.

"It's not that I can't answer this question. Because when I was in Konoha, I initially selected two countries, and the country of ghosts was only one of them. country."

Because among the neutral countries, only these two countries are the most special.

Needless to say, the particularity of the witches, the ban on the daimyo system, the essence of the witches becoming the daimyo, is not to concentrate power and restrain wealth, because for the witches, although power and money are daily necessities, they are not necessities.

They exist only to suppress monsters for the ninja world.

Even if the kingdom of ghosts perishes one day in the future, the shrine maiden's mission will still be carried out, and the countries will not interfere.

The country of iron is the country of samurai.

Possessing the leading military power under the great power.

These are two countries that Shiraishi was considering very early on.

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi strangely, so this kid didn't leave Konoha on a whim, but premeditated?

This made Tsunade somewhat tasteful. Although the White Fang matter was indeed a high-level loss, it was not enough to just use these as reasons for defecting.

What's more, he still brought members of the Uchiha and Hyuga clan.

This also led to the third ninja war, Konoha not only had to deal with the problems inside the village, but also fought hard against the enemies outside.

Until the rise of Minato, Orochimaru successfully solved the threat to Konoha by Sandyin on the battlefield of the Kingdom of Rain, and the situation of Konoha improved.

Otherwise, Konoha could have let go and let Uchiha and Hinata go to the front line to fight, ending the battle early, so as not to suffer heavy casualties later.

The most irritating thing is that Ayane Hyuga, as a traitor and forbearance, has also reached a high-profile cooperation with the three generations of Iwakage. In the battlefield of the country of grass, Jirai is also miserable, and was once forced to return to the territory of the country of fire. Towns on the border of the Fire Nation also suffered heavy losses.

These are all the bitter fruits brought by Shiraishi's defection, which Konoha bears alone.

It is also conceivable that at that time, the high-level officials were furious at the three of Baishi and wished to kill them quickly.

"Then why did you finally choose the land of ghosts?"

"A long time ago, Liuli's parents, under the arrangement of the Uchiha family, ran a business in the country of ghosts. The name of the Shion Flower Chamber of Commerce, I think Tsunade-sensei also knows that the chairman of the chamber of commerce is Liuli's parents. .And the two of them reached a commercial cooperation with the witches in the country of ghosts very early, which brought economic prosperity to the country of ghosts. Because of this relationship, I went to the country of ghosts to develop."

very real problem.

If it weren't for the relationship of the Uchiha clan, it would not be so simple to gain the trust of the witch of the land of ghosts.

The same is true in the country of iron.

After defecting, the start will certainly be very difficult.

But with the Uchiha clan, things are completely different.

The most basic survival and safety problems were solved at once, and the next thing, no matter how difficult it was, was easier than starting.

Tsunade's eyes twitched, a little surprised.

Not only Shiraishi, but the Uchiha family also had the idea of ​​breaking away from Konoha.

After all, someone in the Uchiha clan has created such a huge business guild in the country of ghosts, but Konoha doesn't know anything about it.

Rather than saying that Konoha's intelligence system is poor, it is better to say that the Uchiha family has long had the idea of ​​setting up another mountain.

It's just this kind of thing, she can't judge.

Even if the Uchiha family made such a choice, it makes sense to think about it carefully.

It was fine when her second grandfather Chishou Tobirama managed Konoha, but in the hands of her teacher Sarutobi Hizan, the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha family gradually deteriorated due to the severe rejection of the Uchiha clan by Danzo and the root. stand up.

In the past, Danzo even dispatched root ninjas to assassinate Uchiha Ruri, causing Shiraishi and Hyuga Ayane to be involved together at the time and almost died under the root's conspiracy.

It can be seen that Danzo rejects the Uchiha family.

In view of this, it is not surprising that the Uchiha family has rebelled against Konoha in the past.

"Then, this time the Uchiha clan exterminates..."

What did Tsunade think of? After all, this Uchiha clan genocide incident is really weird.

Uchiha Itachi, she has only heard of it, but she has never seen him.

But she understands that the power of the Uchiha clan cannot be shaken by a Uchiha Itachi.

Even if she awakened the Kaleidoscope Shaker.

So, there must be a big problem here.

If this is behind the game between the country of ghosts and the high-level Konoha...

Wait, that's not right either.

If it is really the country of ghosts leading something behind the scenes, it will definitely not let the Uchiha family exterminate the family. After that, Konoha will not always be calm, and will definitely fall into complicated civil strife.

If the Uchiha clan is backed by Shiraishi and other ghost country ninjas, after the Uchiha annihilation, Konoha will definitely fall into an internal war. It will not end hastily.

Tsunade glanced at Shiraishi with inquiring eyes.

She couldn't help thinking about these questions.

Because this is about the root of Konoha.

Uchiha and Chiju joined forces to create Konoha.

When the Uchiha clan encountered clan annihilation, it was equivalent to someone cutting off one of Konoha's arms, causing Konoha's strength to plummet.

"I was also shocked to hear that Uchiha killed the clan, because when Liuli left with some Uchiha clan and me, she has always cut off contact with the Uchiha clan. So, what happened inside Uchiha later, my side do not know either."

Shiraishi sighed.

This is really regrettable.

Mainly because the original Uchiha Quartet, offending Liuli was too cruel.

Let Liuli completely disappointed with Konoha's Uchiha, cut off all ties, and seek development in the country of ghosts.

After that, Ruri was also very determined not to have any dealings with Konoha Uchiha.

But that kind of love that blood is thicker than water can't be changed.

Otherwise, Liuli would not do her best to arrange the orphans of Konoha Uchiha to survive in the country of ghosts.

Tsunade fell silent, and she believed what Shiraishi said.

Because before and after the Uchiha genocide incident, if Shiraishi really led the way behind the scenes, such a tragic incident would not happen to the Uchiha family.

If Shiraishi and the country of ghosts hadn't led the way, everything would have made sense.

As for who is really leading behind the scenes, Tsunade already has suspicions in his heart.

Shimura Danzo.

Only he is most likely.

The teacher Sarutobi Hizan is already old and will not be so decisive. He will only delay the solution until things break out.

Mito Menyan and Kusanagi Koharu have always been in the background. They are afraid and afraid of Uchiha's power, so they won't express their opinions easily.

Only Shimura Danzo is the only one who can really do this ruthlessly and has the ability to do so.

In the third ninja war, this guy joined with Orochimaru and betrayed Hanzo without hesitation, causing Hanzo to die at the hands of Sand Ninja, which shows his cold-heartedness.

In this way, Uchiha Itachi may just be a chess piece arranged by Danzo.

I am afraid that even if he defected to Konoha, Uchiha Itachi is likely to have a connection with Danzo.

As for whether her teacher Sarutobi Hizan knew the truth about Uchiha Itachi, Tsunade was not sure.

"Then, what happened to the Hinata clan? As far as I know, your relationship with Ayane Hinata should not be enough for her to risk her death and defect to the village with you."

Tsunade was puzzled.

Forget the Uchiha clan, why did the Hyuga clan, who are deeply trusted by high-level officials, defect to Konoha.

This has always puzzled Tsunade.

"Tsunade-sensei, do you know how strong a person's desire for freedom is for a person who was once free, but was eventually deprived of his freedom, and how far the split family hated the clan?"

Shiraishi asked this question back.

"That's why she and you left Konoha?"

"Of course not. Although it seems a little strange to you, Ayane became mine shortly after being cast in the caged bird curse. It was also at that time that she knew my intention to leave Konoha."

puff!

Tsunade, who was drinking tea, spit it out.

Mute also widened his eyes and looked at Shiraishi in disbelief.

Tsunade coughed violently, pointed at Shiraishi tremblingly, and was speechless for a while.

Soon after planting the caged bird spell, are you planning to leave Konoha?

How old were Shiraishi and Hyuga Ayane at that time?

six years old?

Planning to defect to Konoha at the age of six?

Tsunade wanted to yell at Shiraishi, but found that Shiraishi's calm and calm face, which didn't look like a lie, regained his composure.

But could not calm down.

Because she had no idea why Shiraishi, who was only six years old, had the idea of ​​defecting to Konoha.

If Shiraishi is said to be a spy nurtured by other Shinobi villages since childhood, it can be said to be excusable.

But the problem is not.

The rise of Shiraishi in the country of ghosts also verifies this. He is not a spy sent to Konoha by any village, he is a native Konoha ninja.

"Why do you think this way? Konoha should treat you well. Or, because Danzo has assassinated you in the past... Wait, that's not right, Danzo assassinated you, that's when you graduated from ninja school. , what happened after joining the Sakumo team."

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi like a freak.

She originally thought that she knew a lot about Shiraishi, but now she realized that she knew very little about this student.

Shiraishi didn't answer, but instead asked, "Tsunate-sensei thinks the current country of ghosts is better than the country of fire?"

Tsunade heard Shiraishi's question, and at first thought that Shiraishi was showing off.

Because of the rise of the country of ghosts, it only took more than ten years to reach the five major countries in terms of military power. Even the land of wind had to compromise with the land of ghosts.

I have to say that in the past, this was something Tsunade didn't dare to think about.

Even the Sanjiao Yu Hanzo, who gave her the name of Sannin back then, failed to transform the country of rain. On the contrary, because of Hanzo's power, the big country became more afraid of the country of rain, and the country of rain could not live in peace.

Hanzo, on the other hand, has no strength to resist.

The five major countries cannot defeat Hanzo, but they can target the country of rain to contain Hanzo's footsteps.

It is also a power.

It's a power that even Hanzo can't go against.

And the country of ghosts has fulfilled the dream that Hanzo could not fulfill.

Tsunade can predict that the country of ghosts will become the sixth largest country, but sooner or later.

Being invited to join the Five Shadows Conference, the shadows of the five major countries have recognized the power of ninjas in the country of ghosts, and can no longer treat the country of ghosts as a small country.

Otherwise, the Kingdom of Wind will not lose face at the Five Shadows Conference, and will continue to give in and compromise, but will immediately launch a counterattack against the Kingdom of Ghosts, destroying the Kingdom of Ghosts in one fell swoop.

So, this is not Shiraishi showing off, just stating an objective fact.

A fact that makes great countries a headache.

"What do you want to say?"

"As far as people's livelihood is concerned, what do you think is missing from the comparison between a great country and a country of ghosts?"

This sentence is very strange.

For a long time, the ninja world has been respected by the five kingdoms.

The comparisons are also all about what is missing compared to small countries and big countries.

Now countries do not recognize the country of ghosts as the sixth largest country, but Shiraishi said that the most powerful country of fire, compared with the country of ghosts, lacks something, which makes Tsunade feel very strange.

It feels like the country of fire is being despised.

Even Konoha, who relied on the village of fire to survive, was despised.

This kind of contempt is not a contempt of strength, but a deeper level of contempt.

"People's livelihood..."

Tsunade recalled what he had seen and heard in the land of ghosts in the past.

Even if she doesn't like the tough style of the country of ghosts, she has to admit that the country of ghosts has opened up a lot of the rest of the countries in terms of the living standard of the people.

Roads extend in all directions, and every town has important facilities such as hospitals, schools, and security departments.

Domestic bandits were cleared.

There is no way for bounty hunters in the underground black market to run wild in the land of ghosts.

The tax in the country of Oni is the lowest in the entire Ninja country.

Even during the reign of Maitreya, the previous generation of witches, taxes were also not high.

While civilians in various countries are still struggling for survival, civilians in the land of ghosts have begun to not worry about survival and send their children to school to learn all kinds of life knowledge.

And many commoners in the land of fire just repeatedly cultivate the land every year, repeatedly handing over most of the food to the nobles and daimyo.

After the harvest is complete, you can leave a little extra grain.

The harvest is not good, and I can only live a tight life within a year.

In the event of war, the people on the border of the Fire Nation will also migrate, and will not return until the war is over.

In such a comparison, Tsunade felt that the civilians in the country of fire were really shabby enough.

The most important thing is that every town in the country of ghosts has completed such a sound system, not limited to some large cities.

This problem ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Tsunade noticed it very early.

But there is no way around it.

Because if you want to make the country of ghosts like this, the money you need is an astronomical amount.

First of all, civilians cannot afford the money, and Ninja Village needs to develop military forces, and it is impossible to invest money in the development of people's livelihood throughout the country.

That can only be taken from the purses of daimyo and nobles, as well as those of the great merchants.

"You told me this, what did you express?"

Tsunade was a little irritable, she didn't know what Shiraishi was planning to say to her.

"Is the system of one country, one village really correct? What did the first Hokage establish when this system was established to this ninja world?"

Shiraishi still didn't give a positive answer, but kept his eyes fixed on Tsunade, pierced her sharply, and asked this very sharp question.