Escape From Konoha

The next day, I came to the Hokage Building as usual, and Tianzang gave a written report on the mountain.

Although the disappearance was blocked by the upper levels, there is no impermeable wall in the world. What Anbu and the garrison can do is to buy as much time as possible to resolve the matter smoothly and give the people in the village a perfect explanation.

After all, so many people are missing, enough to make people panic in the village.

"Is there still no result?"

Tsunade didn't open Tianzang's report, but asked directly.

"It's like this, things are a bit difficult to handle. Although I have caught some important information, it is too scattered. If I want to link all this information together and find out the flaws, I am afraid it will take a little time to prepare."

Tian Zang scratched his head and smiled helplessly.

Although the disappearance has left a lot of information, in Tianzang's view, the information is not only scattered, but also illogical.

"How to say?"

Tsunade seemed to be interested in Tenzo's words.

Before the Minister of Anbu was determined, Tianzang was the second-in-command of Anbu besides her.

Whether it is qualifications, ability, or the strength of ninjas, Tianzang is not lacking.

In terms of the above-mentioned qualities of ninja, it is regarded as a very good kind of ninja.

Tianzang restrained his smile, pondered a little, and quickly organized the language, and said: "To be honest, when the martial law in the village has reached this level, I feel very strange that so many people suddenly disappear. Especially when it involves To, civilians other than ninjas. And the missing civilians happen to be family members of ninjas, which is even more strange."

Tsunade nodded, she understood all of these things, and motioned Tianzang to continue.

"Judging from the traces at the scene, some of the missing persons fought in their homes, while others did not fight or disappeared suddenly, and no witnesses were found. Not only that, but there were no traces of rummaging at home. There was also no loss of property, neither for the search for something in the missing person's home nor for the money."

"Do you think it's a vendetta? The missing people have already been destroyed?"

"No, it can't be so arbitrary. These people usually don't communicate well, and according to my investigation, they have never had a huge quarrel with anyone. It's impossible for people from other villages to sneak in to take revenge, and it's even more nonsense."

Tianzang said.

Tsunade also calmed down and tapped the table with his fingers rhythmically, making a beeping sound.

As Tianzang said, the investigation process of the disappearance is very strange, the information collected is also very scattered, and it is impossible to piece together a complete clue.

"Other than that, the only thing they have in common is that they have a special liking for Haruno Yakiniku. I asked the owner of the barbecue shop, Haruno, who is Sakura's father, Haruno Zhao... The first missing Dotan Chunin is a Vegetarian, but occasionally eats at the kebab and gives the appearance of waiting.”

Tianzang said this information.

"Wait someone?"

"Yes, wait. The owner of Haruno also thought that Don Tanaka's behavior was strange, so he wrote it down."

"..."

Vegetarian, kebab restaurant, et al.

Tsunade narrowed his eyes.

Tsunade pulled out the drawer, took out Dotan Zhongren's materials, and read it again.

Tianzang did not disturb Tsunade's movements, and stood quietly in front of him and waited.

"How? Did you find anything?"

A moment later, after Tsunade put down Dotanaka Shinobu's information, Tenzo asked.

Tsunade shook his head.

The information of this Don Tanaka Shinobi is too ordinary.

Just like most Konoha Chunin, An An's work is serene, and there is usually no outrageous behavior.

In addition to being a vegetarian, but acting as if waiting for others in the barbecue restaurant.

"Apart from the above, is there anything else to add?"

"Yes, I think some of the information collected before is false, and it is the wrong information that people behind the scenes deliberately use to mislead us."

Tianzang said such a sentence, his eyes sharpened.

Similar situations have often occurred in past missions.

For example, the client deliberately concealed real information and used false information to mislead the ninjas on the mission, causing the actions of the ninjas to completely deviate from the original mission goal.

If it is the same this time, then what the people behind the scenes want is to use these true and false information to mislead their investigations, bring their thinking into a strange misunderstanding, and get farther and farther from the truth. .

"So the formation of doubts?"

This possibility proposed by Tianzang was something that Tsunade had ignored before.

"For now, I think that's the most likely."

Unfortunately, although he understood this, Tianzang was unable to judge which part of the collected information was true and which part was false, and deliberately misled Anbu's investigation direction.

Then, Tianzang raised three fingers and said: "The general direction of Anbu's investigation is, who is the attacker? Why did they attack these people? Where did the missing people go? If there is a misleading direction, then, a certain direction of investigation , or all the directions of the investigation, all wrong. From the beginning, these are things that people behind the scenes have made up for us.”

And investigating a thing that does not exist in essence, a hundred years of investigation will not yield any results.

"So, where are you going to start next?"

Tsunade continued as he said.

"As long as it is the people who are related to this incident, collect all their information, and then eliminate them one by one, and integrate them into a complete clue. In that way, the investigation will be much easier."

Tianzang answered.

Tsunade also knew that this was the best way, so he nodded.

"Give you five days, this matter must have a result."

"Yes!"

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Although Tsunade gave five days of investigation time, Tianzang did not dare to be careless.

Anbu was dispatched immediately to collect all the information about the people involved in the disappearance. No matter it was neighbors, passers-by, or even a passing dog, none of them could be missed.

And this kind of work cannot be completed in a day or two.

That said, the review is only about three days away.

"It's troublesome enough."

Tianzang looked at the busy Anbu subordinates, and sighed in melancholy.

There is so much to deal with right now.

Most importantly, the battle situation on the front line is unclear, and it is not known how the parties intend to negotiate.

However, no matter how they negotiate, other than the country of ghosts, the rest of the big countries are not in a good position.

Although the scale is grand, the duration of this war is extremely short, and it will end in less than a month. In this way, will it still be defined as the Fourth Ninja World War?

While thinking wildly, Tianzang walked towards Anbu's data room.

After leaving Anbu's workplace, it was already dark outside.

Before I knew it, another day passed.

I was so busy that I even forgot the time to eat.

Eating alone was boring, and Tianzang thought of Naruto and the others. Speaking of which, he hadn't contacted the seventh class for a while.

Just now, I can squeeze out a little time to take care of the subordinates of the seventh class.

As for the execution of the mission, I am afraid that the war will be over before it can start smoothly.

"I remember this direction..."

Tianzang moved towards the northeast position of Konoha Village, where Naruto was practicing in the exercise field.

It took ten minutes to come to the exercise field.

In addition to Naruto, Tianzang also saw Sakura and Sakai.

"Young, good evening, everyone. Well, it turns out that you are all here, which just saves me the effort of searching."

Zuojing, who was accompanying Naruto in the actual battle, heard the sound, tilted his head, swept to Tianzang who appeared in the field, stopped the attack, and put down the scroll and brush.

"Captain Yamato?"

Naruto and Sakura looked at the person in surprise, but they didn't expect the other person to appear at this time.

"It's me. You are really hardworking, and you are still cultivating at this time."

Looking at the dirty dust on Naruto's body, Tianzang knew what kind of cultivation the other party had done here.

"No, we'll be over soon."

Sakai squinted and smiled.

"Really? It's just about dinner time, how about a big meal together, I'll treat you."

Tianzang continued to smile.

"Really? So I'm going to be starving."

Hearing Tianzang say this, Naruto's face showed joy, and he didn't know he was embarrassed at all.

"Well, because I haven't seen you for a while, I just have time now, so I think it's time to get in touch."

Tianzang nodded.

Sakura's face was a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, Captain Yamato, I have something to do here."

"matter?"

Tianzang turned his head and looked at Sakura, not understanding what happened to the other party.

"Yeah, I don't know what happened recently. A waiter in the barbecue shop at home took a leave of absence. Now I have to go home to help at night... Now it's almost time."

Sakura sighed and answered helplessly.

"That's it, that's a pity, then this time it's just the three of us."

Since Sakura has something to do, Tianzang is not good at forcing it, and it is a pity.

Watching Sakura leave in the dark, Tianzo looked at Naruto and Sakai.

Zuo Jing's face was stunned at this time, and he didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about the next big meal.

But Naruto was all excited about what to eat next.

This made Tianzang sigh with emotion. Naruto is really an optimist. It seems that he has completely come out of the destruction of Miaomu Mountain, and he does not need special comfort.

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Time is racing against the clock.

After having a big meal with Naruto and Sakai and learning about their recent lives, Tianzang once again focused his attention on the investigation of the disappearance.

Seeing that the five days given by Tsunade, almost half had passed, Tianzang's mood couldn't help but become irritable.

The information collected by Anbu is not only huge, but also very messy. It involves thousands of people's information. Anyone who has been in contact with these missing persons in the past or recently needs to collect their information, and no one is leaked.

Although the answers to know the truth are hidden in these, but looking at the mountains of documents in front of them, the sky is hidden for a while.

However, even if he had a headache, Tianzang had to look through them one by one, extract important information, and connect the clues.

This is by no means an easy task.

For the next two days, he may have to soak in Anbu's data room.

I didn't read through it at a glance, and some just read it word by word, for fear of missing something important.

The rest of the Anbu staff were also flipping through the pages. In the reference room, there was only the sound of flipping books.

The sky darkened again, and a new night came again.

The Anbu people in the reference room are still working hard.

Chun Ye Zhao, Chun Ye bud blowing.

Tianzang turned to the information of the Chunye couple. Those missing ninjas were keen to come to the Chunye BBQ restaurant to eat barbecue. As the couple who opened the store, they were naturally under investigation.

The history of the Haruno family's fortune is more interesting. As a ninja, Haruno Zhao does not have any outstanding talents. After being introduced by someone, he came to work in a barbecue restaurant. Due to his excellent work attitude, he was entrusted with an important task by the owner of the barbecue restaurant and became an executive of the barbecue restaurant.

Then the boss went to other places to develop, and the barbecue restaurant was handed over to Haruno Zhao. As the business became more and more prosperous, Chunye Zhao accumulated a lot of money, bought the barbecue restaurant and officially changed it to Chunye barbecue restaurant.

From a mediocre chunin, he opened a shop and had a good reputation in the village. Tianzang also felt that this person was not a ninja, and it was better to do business.

As for Haruno Meabuki, there are also points worth mentioning... Due to the congenital poor health, when the child was born, he also encountered a dystocia, so the medical ninja in charge of the birth was only able to save the next one.

Fortunately, a highly skilled medical ninja happened to pass by at that time, and not only saved Haruno Meabuki, but also Sakura, and finally the mother and child were safe.

And the passing medical ninja... Tianzang also saw a familiar name - Masumi Asami!

"It turns out that Vice President Asami, do you still have such a relationship with the Haruno family?"

Tianzang grunted.

"Have you found anything, Deputy Minister?"

Anbu, who was reviewing, heard Tianzang's gurgling sound, raised his head and asked.

"No, nothing, I'm just talking to myself."

Tianzang shook his head.

It's just a very ordinary medical incident, and there is nothing worth exploring.

Just when Tianzang was going to look through the other person's information, the door of the information room was suddenly pushed open, and an Anbu appeared at the door. Before Tianzang could ask questions, he shouted in a hurry:

"It's not good, the first group of the third division lost contact, and it is suspected that something happened!"

Tianzang was stunned.

"The first group of the third division, I remember their task is..."

——Spy on Masumi Asami!

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"Sorry, you just slept here for a while, and what happened after that has nothing to do with you."

In the dark corner, four Anbu ninjas fell on the floor or in the corner of the wall.

Masumi Asami held an empty syringe in his hand, threw it aside, and rolled on the ground.

The medicine has been injected into the bodies of the four Anbu, and the next four will fall into a deep sleep for twelve hours, unable to wake up.

"Qian, Vice President Qianmei...you...are you really..."

After an Anbu was injected with the medicine, he did not fall asleep immediately, but raised his upper body with difficulty, and the eyes under the mask stared at an unbelievable light.

They obeyed Hokage's orders to monitor each other, but they only suspected the possibility that the other party was an insider. As long as they did not make abnormal actions, they could basically survive this cleaning operation safely.

However, Masumi Asami suddenly attacked them, which undoubtedly shows the fact that there is a problem with the other party.

The possibility of being an insider increases rapidly.

"Yeah, I'm almost tired of playing the game of the Will of Fire like a family. It's really hard for you to monitor these days."

Asami Masumi only slightly raised his lips and showed a smile with no emotional warmth to the question of this Anbu.

Then, with the **** of his right hand, he pushed the thick-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, reflecting a cold arc of light.

After speaking, the whole person crossed Anbu's body and walked towards the depths of the darkness, until the white coat on his body merged with the darkness and disappeared.

And this Anbu also insisted to the limit, drowsiness struck, his eyes closed, his head fell heavily, and he came into contact with the icy ground.

When his consciousness was dying, he seemed to hear the loud screams of his companions not far away.

Support troops? With this thought in mind, Anbu fell into a coma.

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"Really, the store is too busy. And why didn't my mother come over at this time? Did she oversleep at home?"

Sakura, who was busy with the rest of the staff in the store, kept wiping the hot sweat on her forehead, and complained by the way, feeling that working in the store was more tiring than practicing alone.

"Boss, is this place okay? Hurry up!"

Over there, there were shouts of guests, and it seemed that they couldn't wait.

"Coming soon." Responding to the other side, Haruno Zhao looked at Xiao Ying with pleading eyes, and smiled: "Please, it's table number nine, don't make a mistake."

"understood."

Sakura put the prepared ingredients and sent them to table number nine.

After returning, I only heard Haruno Zhao continue: "Speaking of which, Sakura, I forgot to tell you something. Just come over now when you are free."

"What's the matter, Dad."

Although Sakura wondered what her father Haruno Zhao was going to tell her next, she still followed Haruno Zhao's footsteps very obediently and walked to a secluded and unmanned corner.

Sakura stood still here, looking at Haruno Zhao suspiciously, wanting to know what the other party wanted to say to her.

Haruno Zhao turned around, with the same smile as usual on his face.

It's just that Sakura felt that there was something different in her father Haruno Zhao's smile at this moment.

But what exactly, Sakura was still at a loss.

"It can be said here, Dad, there are still things to do outside."

"That one is not busy, I just thought, our father and daughter have not had a heart-to-heart conversation for a long time."

Haruno Zhao waved his hand and smiled.

"You're not going to talk to me at a time like this, Dad?"

Sakura was speechless.

"How can I say it, there is such a possibility."

Haruno Zhao did not deny it.

"You're so weird, Dad. If you have anything, just say it."

"Then I said that your mother had an accident when she gave birth to you. If it wasn't for the help of a passing medical ninja, you probably wouldn't have been born into this world."

Haruno Zhao suddenly brought up this topic.

"Uh...is that the case?"

It was the first time Sakura heard about it, and her parents had never told her about it before.

"And that medical ninja, you know it too. His name is Masumi Asami."

"Vice President Asami?"

Sakura was surprised.

She is no stranger to this name.

After all, it is Konoha's leading medical ninja, and her master Tsunade has repeatedly praised the other party's excellent medical ninjutsu.

Nowadays, many young medical ninjas are aiming for this vice president.

She did not expect that her family had such a fate with each other.

"Yeah, the situation was critical at the time, and there was no time to tell... Fortunately, your mother and son were safe in the end, but because of this, I agreed to a deal from the other party at that time."

Haruno Zhao smiled bitterly.

"Deal? What deal?"

Sakura blinked, and her intuition told her that the content of this transaction was not simple.

Haruno Zhao took a step forward and suddenly embraced Sakura in his arms.

"dad?"

Sakura opened her eyes innocently, not understanding what her father was doing by hugging her at this time.

I just heard the voice in my ear:

"The content of that transaction was—"

A burst of cold was injected into the abdomen.

Sakura looked down and saw that a syringe was stabbed into her abdominal body, and the liquid medicine inside was also injected.

Sakura stared at Shuangtong and looked at her father Haruno Zhao in disbelief, her eyes filled with confusion and confusion.

"Dad...Dad...you..."

Before she could say the whole sentence, Sakura only felt the darkness in front of her eyes, her body fell weakly in Haruno Zhao's arms, she closed her eyes, and let out an even breathing sound.

Haruno Zhao helped Sakura out of the corner.

"Boss, Sakura is..."

The passing staff looked at Sakura in surprise.

Haruno Zhao said in distress: "Maybe she is too tired. She has been busy recently, and she suddenly fainted just now, which also startled me. Next, I will take her home. I'll ask you for the time being, I will soon. return."

"Oh, okay, just leave it to us here."

The staff nodded in agreement.

Haruno Zhao helped Sakura leave the barbecue shop and set off in the direction of Haruno's house.

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"Natural energy...Natural energy...Concentration...Peace of mind...Empty everything...Can't think about anything..."

Sitting alone in the forest at night, Naruto murmured the key to guiding natural energy, folded his hands, sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and sensed the natural energy in the woods.

Soon, Naruto entered a state of 'concentration', and the thinking in his brain gradually emptied.

The forest at night is extraordinarily quiet, and this environment is conducive to Naruto guiding natural energy.

Recently, Naruto also likes to practice natural energy-related exercises at night.

As long as you have mastered the natural energy, the next step is to integrate the immortal chakra, and finally control the immortal mode and completely integrate the immortal technique into your own ninjutsu.

Just when he entered the meditation to guide the natural energy, he noticed something, released from the state of meditation, opened his eyes, and swept towards a dark place in the forest.

"who?"

Naruto stood up and looked vigilantly at the dark part of the forest, his eyes fixed on him.

Footsteps After all, a white figure walked out of the darkness.

It is a woman wearing thick-rimmed glasses and a white coat, which is very conspicuous in the dark.

"You are……"

Naruto felt that the person in front of him was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

However, seeing the Konoha ninja forehead guard on the opponent, his vigilance was slightly reduced.

"Hello, are you Naruto Vortex?"

Someone asked.

"Ah? Yes, I'm Naruto Naruto, what's the matter?"

Although he was not an acquaintance, Naruto's attitude was considered kind in the face of the fact that the other party was a Konoha ninja.

"My name is Masumi Asami. Here's the thing. A girl named Haruno Sakura asked me to send you a letter. The other party seems to be looking for you in a hurry."

Saying that, Masumi Asami took out a letter with the signature of "Haruno Sakura" and walked towards Naruto.

"Sakura? Did something happen to her?"

Usually if something happens, just come and find him directly.

But trusting someone to bring the letter is likely to be in trouble.

Naruto thought so, and stepped forward.

At the moment of receiving the letter.

A voice suddenly sounded in my ear——

--Be careful!

This sound did not come from outside, as if it came from within his body.

Naruto's body froze, his palms in the air.

Masumi Asami also paused, and then a cold light flashed in his eyes, and the hand holding the letter suddenly separated the air and waved it towards Naruto's chest.

Naruto was startled, his body quickly retreated, and he saw the palm of his hand swept across his chest with a millimeter gap, making his heart beat to his throat.

There was a slit in the clothes on the chest, and a trace of blood seeped out from the gap in the clothes.

The letter split in half fell from the air and landed on the ground.

Masumi Asami looked at Naruto in surprise, but did not expect the other party to escape his attack.

He has already reduced his murderous aura to the level of 'nothing', so he shouldn't be noticed by the other party.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you attacking me?"

Naruto, who had retreated to a safe area, took a breath and pointed at Masumi Asami, showing dissatisfaction.

Anyone who encounters a person who sneaks up on him will not be in a good mood.

"Me? I just want to borrow the nine-tailed chakra in your body to use it. Don't worry, I will pay you back soon after I use it up."

I saw that on her right hand, a blue light like flowing water bloomed, forming the physical state of the blade - the chakra scalpel.

Asami Masumi had a warm smile on the corner of his mouth, and slowly approached Naruto.

This woman is strong! Naruto stared at the other person's figure without blinking, fearing that if he blinked his eyes, the other person's figure would suddenly disappear from his eyes.

Feeling the cold and steady aura on the other side gave him the feeling that it was much more dangerous than facing ordinary jounin.

"That's really unfortunate, I won't lend the Chakra of this stinky fox!"

Naruto's skin laughing meat does not smile.

Although I don't know what the other party's purpose is to ask for the nine-tailed chakra, but I understand that she can't let her purpose succeed.

"It's not your decision!"

Disappeared from Naruto's eyes.

Naruto immediately took out the kunai from the ninja bag, turned around and waved.

Ding!

An unusually crisp metallic sound resounded in the forest.

Obviously only the fleshy palm is attached to the chakra, but the chakra scalpel is as hard as steel, and even the Kunai attached to the upper-wind attribute chakra cannot break through and hurt the opponent's finger.

Naruto looked at each other's Chakra scalpel in surprise, which was too hard.

In the other party's chakra, he also felt a very familiar energy.

Seeing Naruto blocking his instant attack, Masumi Asami's smile grew even stronger.

Her chakra scalpel could cut even hard steel with one stroke, but Naruto was able to stop it with the wind attribute chakra, which surprised her.

"Having the ability to fight directly with Shangnin so quickly, and also mastering the natural energy... That guy didn't put you in the key observation target, it was a major mistake. For a guy like you who has grown abnormally, you should get rid of it as soon as possible. That's right. But it's none of my business."

"That rascal?"

Naruto's face froze.

Asami Masumi did not answer, but increased the strength in his hand.

Just listening to the sound of Kaka, the Kunai with the wind attribute chakra, there are cracks visible to the naked eye.

Naruto Tong Kong shrank, jumping back without thinking, intending to keep a safe distance from the opponent.

Seeing Naruto jumping back, Masumi Asami stepped forward with a light and quick movement, catching up with Naruto in the blink of an eye, waving the chakra scalpel in his hand, and mercilessly slashed towards Naruto's chest.

"Woodun·Wood Ingot Wall!"

A curved wooden wall formed in front of Naruto, obscuring Masumi Asami's vision.

The icy chakra scalpel~www.readwn.com~ draws a beautiful arc ahead.

boom!

The wooden wall shattered in response, and a large number of hard pieces of wood scattered around. Naruto's figure disappeared from behind the wooden wall, and retreated to the back five or six meters, looking at her with a heart.

Asami Masumi stopped, his eyes swept around, dozens of Anbu scattered around at no time, and surrounded the place.

The leader is Tianzang.

At this moment, he stared at Masumi Asami with a serious face, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

"Captain Yamato?"

Naruto was surprised.

"Naruto, are you alright?"

Tianzang looked at Naruto, and his body subconsciously approached him, so that he could protect Naruto at any time.

Judging from Masumi Asami's current actions, the other party intends to be detrimental to Naruto.

"Don't worry, Captain Yamato, I'm fine here. However, I don't understand why the other party attacked me? I don't know her at all."

Naruto looked puzzled, not understanding what the other party's motive was for attacking him.

"I would also like to know what the so-called motive is. Can you tell me about it, Masumi?"

A sudden voice came from another direction.

A figure slowly emerged from the shadows, stood still not far from Masumi Asami, and looked at her with complex eyes.

It was Tsunade.

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