Escape From Konoha - v2 Chapter 22

The country of pools, the port city.

This is the political and cultural center of Ikenokuni, where the noble group of Ikenokuni, led by great masters, resides.

Since it is the capital of the country and a port city, the business trips 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 Chi, but also among the surrounding small countries. .

In the hot spring hotel, Tianzang took Naruto and the three to pass through this port city. He planned to stay in the hotel for one night, and by the way, take a dip in the famous hot spring in the country of ponds in the evening, and then set off from here early the next morning and return to the woods. leaf.

Even though the ninja’s willpower is strong, he will inevitably feel that such days are a bit boring, and he needs to enjoy it in time and add some condiments to his life.

“Speaking of which, Captain Yamato, what the **** is going on in this country? It wasn’t like this when I passed by here before.”

In a lounge near the yard, a group of people gathered here after placing their salutes.

Naruto spoke first and asked the doubts in his heart.

Obviously, he was still haunted by the battle he encountered in the wild forest before.

Seeing so many people die in front of him, but no one who died, made a mournful cry, which made people feel heartbroken, and made Naruto feel an indescribable annoyance in his heart.

Sakura’s expression is also a little gloomy. As a medical ninja, her compassion is not inferior to that of Naruto. Those samurai should belong to the great masters of the country of Chi no. The meaning of the country is the same.

But now they are dying in front of him one by one. The warriors who didn’t die were also taken away. I don’t know where they were taken, and I felt extremely lost in my heart.

In response to Naruto’s question, Tianzang shook his head like he was in the forest before and said, “No, I don’t know the inside story. Those soldiers who attacked the warriors of the Daming Mansion in the Kingdom of Chi don’t know what happened.”

Then, he glanced at Naruto and Sakura, and continued: “However, these things are not our responsibility. As Konoha’s ninjas, if we rashly intervene in the battles of other countries, it will bring great harm to the village. negative impact.”

Now is not during the Ninja World War, the village has very strict restrictions on ninjas who go out to perform tasks, and they cannot act cheaply as they did during the war.

Although there are also ninja villages that act domineering in times of war or peace, such as Yunyin, but in contrast, 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 into trouble, and the trouble will continue after that.

“But……”

“Naruto, we are ninjas, not philanthropists. It is our duty to take people’s money and eliminate disasters. For things other than tasks, don’t meddle in your own business. Especially the previous battle, it seems to be involved. Changes in the high-level power of Chi Zhiguo, if you casually intervene, it will be even more troublesome.”

Tianzang said to Naruto seriously.

Kindness is not a flaw of ninjas, on the contrary, it is a very good character, but ninjas must understand when they can give their kindness and when to restrain their kindness.

It means paying one’s own kindness, and the final result may be extremely huge evil results, rather than good ones.

“It’s really bad if you want to help people, but you end up putting yourself in. In such a foreign country, it’s better for us to keep a low profile.”

Zuo Jing also said with a smile.

As a member of Gen, he has long been accustomed to such things as fighting. Perhaps the previous battles, in the eyes of Naruto and Sakura, were a bit too cruel… 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 of this world is indispensable to the struggle between human beings.

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

“Understood, you don’t need to explain it, Zuo Jing, hum!”

Naruto turned his head and snorted softly, as if he was a little impatient with Zuoi’s words.

He always preached to himself like he had seen the world, but he couldn’t refute a sentence, which made Naruto extremely depressed.

He naturally knew that ninjas were not philanthropists, but he was a little unbearable to see so many lives being lost in front of his eyes all of a sudden.

Zuojing smiled slightly. He was already familiar with Naruto’s nature, and 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, and some were just pure violence and cold-blooded battles.

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

This may be their current ambiguity.

But this kind of life, I don’t really hate it. Zuo Jing asked himself in his heart.

But the warm tones are too extravagant for him now…

“Then, the next time is free time. In short, let’s talk about the hot springs at night. In the afternoon, you will be at your own discretion.”

Tianzang stood up from the floor and smiled at the three of Naruto.

In short, performing 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 of the enhanced protection of Anbu, even if there is an emergency, his side can catch up with support.

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

“You too, Zuo Jing, come out after a long time and relax.”

He walked to Zuo Jing and squatted down, patted him on the shoulder, left a sentence in his ear “Naruto will leave you for the time being”, and disappeared from the room.

Zuojing stared at the direction where Tianzang left, thoughtfully.

Are you going to do something?

It seems that the captain seems to be quite concerned about the things in the forest, not as indifferent as he seems. Zuojing thought in his heart.

“It would be nice if it was 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: “I’m so sorry, it seems that I’m going to disturb your date this time.”

If it is in Konoha, the vigilance can be appropriately relaxed, but not outside Konoha Village, you must strictly take precautions and follow Naruto inseparably.

“Zai Jing, don’t listen to Naruto’s nonsense. I’m not interested in dating or anything.”

Sakura refused without hesitation.

However, the capital of the country of Chi is also a well-known prosperous city in the ninja world. Due to the prosperity of commerce, the variety and quality of commodities are not inferior to those of Konoha, and even more complete in terms of variety, she did have 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 that there is also a ninja shop here. It looks like a complete variety. I just don’t know what the price is?”

The first person to enter 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, looking drowsy under the sun.

There was only a young female clerk in the store to look after them. Seeing the three of Naruto come in, she showed them a friendly and kind smile, which was very friendly.

“Anyway, it is also a port city that gathers sea and land merchants. In this city, it is normal to open a ninja shop.”

Sakura disagreed.

The country of the pool is a country with a large number of ports, and the hot spring industry is developed. The merchants who pass by, and the ninjas who pass by to perform tasks can’t help but stop here and enjoy the scenery of this country.

In such a city, it is normal to have a large number of ninja shops.

Naruto had already started to pick up the ninja tools on the shelf of the store and began to ponder. Zuojing also couldn’t help walking to the shelf where the ninja knives were placed, and carefully stared at the fine ninja knives on the shelf.

Although the area of ​​the store is not large, the ninja tools in the store are all high-quality products, and there are even many ninja tools, which are made of precious chakra metal and have a strong chakra property. This kind of ninja tool has a very obvious effect on the increase of ninjas in actual combat.

For ordinary metals, the efficiency of conducting chakra is very low, which also weakens the adhesion effect of chakra, resulting in a great reduction in power.

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

Compared with Naruto’s random look, Zuojing chose the posture of the ninja sword, 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 at it. I know that I have learned similar tasting knowledge, and I am not simply pretending to show it to outsiders.

“Zai, have you selected the ninja sword?”

Sakura came to Sakai and asked softly.

Zuojing turned his head and glanced at Sakura, then turned his gaze back and focused on the two light ninja knives of similar standard in his hand.

“No, I’m considering which kind of ninja sword to choose. This ninja sword is the standard ninja sword of the military ninjas in the country of ghosts, and this is a ninja sword made by skilled blacksmiths in the country of iron. The quality of the blade is high. , including the ability to conduct chakra, seems to be too much.”

Sakai frowned in embarrassment.

The country of ghosts benefits from its own powerful industrial capabilities, and the quality of manufacturing ninja tools is improving year by year.

The country of iron benefits from the accumulation of its own country, 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 more stringent.

It can be said that the cold-weapon ninja gears on the international arms market are basically mainly ninja gears produced by these two countries.

The ninja tools forged by other countries are 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 the money left to buy painting tools.”

Compared with the requirements for ninja tools, Zuojing’s requirements for painting tools are also no lower than those for ninja tools, and even more critical, which makes the purchase of painting tools a large expense in his daily expenses.

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

“That’s it.”

Sakura nodded and said nothing.

On the other side, seeing Sakura quietly talking to Sakai, Naruto’s eyes burst into flames of jealousy.

Just as he was about to step forward and interrupt their communication, a figure suddenly rushed in from outside, grabbed Naruto’s shoulders, and shouted with great joy:

“You are the ninja of Konoha! Great, you are finally here, Lord Damo has been waiting for you for a long time!”

This sudden scene made Naruto stunned in place.

“Hey, wait, grandpa, who are you? You can’t recognize the wrong person, right?”

The man who ran over and grabbed his shoulders in front of him was about fifty years old, his hair was beginning to gray, and his face was happy, as if weeping with joy.

But Naruto was sure that he didn’t know the old man in front of him, and he was at a loss for a while.

“I didn’t admit the wrong person, I’m looking for your Konoha ninja! Come over with me to meet Mr. Daimyo!”

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

“and many more!”

Sakura and Sakai came and stopped the old man from making further movements.

Sakura looked at the old man with vigilant eyes and said, “We are indeed Konoha’s ninjas, but who are you and why did you come to us?”

The old man saw Sakura and Zuojing, and knew that his actions were too rude, so he let go of Naruto, coughed, and replied solemnly: “I am a retainer who serves Lord Daming in Chi Zhiguo, and Lord Daming now has Important things, I urgently need to see your Konoha ninjas, please follow me.”

“Your Highness?”

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

I don’t understand at all what’s going on here, how it suddenly got involved with the name of Chi Zhiguo.

The sleepy shop owner at the door of the ninja shop heard a few people talking, opened his eyes slightly, and then closed his eyes, lying on the old chair, and continued to take a nap, as if he was nothing.

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Daming House.

The name of Chi Zhiguo is a man in his thirties with a rather prosperous figure. He wears gorgeous clothes, giving people a bloated feeling.

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

Naruto and Sakura looked a little unnatural when they saw this scene.

I always feel that the picture at the moment gives them a feeling of being out of place, and it is a bit crazy.

The impression of Chi Zhiguo’s name was directly reduced by three points.

Only Zuo Jing seemed to be used to this, and the expression on his face did not change in the slightest.

“You Konoha’s ninjas are finally here. Now I have an important task for you to do. That is to help me quickly suppress all the rebels in the country!”

The daimyo of Chi Zhiguo ate the fruit brought by the maid, and while holding a folding fan, he gave orders to the three of Naruto as a superior.

Although the power of Konoha Village is strong, as an employer, Daimyo of Chizhikuni has no reverence for the ninjas of Konoha Village, just like giving orders to the samurai of his subordinates.

“That, Your Excellency Damyo…Did you make a mistake? We didn’t receive a mission about the country of Chi, and we just passed through the country of Chi, and we will return to the village soon.”

Although the daimyo of Chi Zhiguo’s attitude is a bit bad, considering that this is the lord of a country, if you speak evilly, it is easy to leave a bad impression on the other party, so Xiao Sakura had to try to calm her tone, and at the same time use His eyes signaled to Zuojing, let him hold Naruto, don’t let Naruto come up and make trouble.

“Are you kidding me? The power of attorney was sent to your Konoha Village three days ago. Are you trying to ruin Hokage’s reputation by telling me this?”

The famous Chi Zhiguo frowned, pushed away the maids who served him on both sides, and glanced at Xiao Ying a little displeased, thinking that the other party was playing with him.

“We didn’t mean that, but we really didn’t receive the task of the country of the pool… I think the Konoha ninja who took on the task entrusted by His Excellency Daimyo should be someone else, not our team.”

Sakura explained patiently.

This kind of mishap happens occasionally.

For example, on the way back to the village after completing the mission, the ninja passed through a certain country and encountered a client who happened to entrust the Konoha ninja to do some work. As a result, they mistakenly thought that the team that was rushing back to Konoha was the ninja who took their mission. squad.

The situation is similar now. The Konoha ninjas who took on the mission of the country of the pool were not their seventh squad, but another unit.

In such a case, generally, it can be simply ignored.

But not right now, although the rules are right, but if you really follow the rules and leave directly, you will probably hate the name of Chi Zhiguo.

As the monarch of a country, it can be said that he holds the power of life and death in a country, and explaining it in person makes it more sincere.

After all, with the different identities of the principals, there are occasional trade-offs between the pros and cons, which cannot be generalized.

The rules are dead, and the problems encountered in reality often require flexibility to effectively solve them.

Sakura’s meaning made Chi Zhiguo’s brows gradually relaxed, and he seemed to be a little unsure.

“Aren’t you really the Konoha ninja who came to help me?”

“Yes, our team is on the way back to Konoha, and we just passed by here. Konoha ninjas who accepted the daimyo mission should be on their way there.”

When Xiao Sakura saw that the name of Chi Zhiguo finally heard what she said, she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Chi Zhiguo famously looked at the retainer standing next to him, who was the one who led Naruto and the three of them over, and gave the other party a fierce look, as if blaming the other party for finding the wrong person.

The old retainer bowed his head in embarrassment, not daring to look at Chi Zhiguo Da Ming, and also realized his mistake.

The three Naruto were not the Konoha ninja he was looking for.

Just then, a samurai came in from outside the hall.

Walked to the center of the hall, and knelt down to the front of the Chi Zhiguo roster.

“Lord Daimyo, a Konoha ninja named Yamato is outside begging to be seen.”

“Yamato?”

The famous name of Chi Zhiguo glanced at the three Naruto.

“He is the leader of our team, Jounin.”

Sakura replied.

Chi Zhiguo daimyo tapped his head with a folding fan, as if he was seriously considering something.

“Bring him in.”

“Yes.”

The samurai took orders.

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

Seeing that the three of Naruto were all right, Tianzang nodded lightly to them, then his eyes fell on Chi Zhiguo’s body, and he stepped forward and said, “Your Excellency.”

“Are you Konoha’s Joinin?”

The big name of Chi Zhiguo didn’t care about Tianzang’s salute, but asked this question.

“Yes.”

Tianzang responded neither humble nor arrogant.

The well-informed Tianzang naturally understands what is going on at the moment. It is nothing more than that the retainer of the great name of Chi Zhiguo has found the wrong person and mistakenly regarded the seventh class as the Konoha ninja who took the task. And the Konoha ninja they were really looking for was still on the way and did not reach the country of the pool.

“Do you understand the current situation?”

“I can guess a little. So please forgive me, Your Excellency, I want to take over the task of the Konoha team, which will arrive soon.”

The implication is that the task of Chi Zhiguo, their seventh class will not be involved.

On the one hand, this does not conform to the rules and disrupts the task system, and on the other hand, it will also cause some disagreements among colleagues.

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

“But the current situation is critical, and the castle may encounter some unexpected situations at any time…” Chi Zhiguo looked hesitant, “It’s better than this, I’ll pay you Konoha twice as much as a temporary contract. Your team, Participate in this mission as well.”

Provide double pay, that is, the pay allocated to the original team has not been reduced, so as to avoid disagreements between colleagues.

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 the family Hukou, and they do not want to detract from any task reward that belongs to them.

“Your Excellency, this is really…”

“Needless to say, Yamato Junin. Regarding the current situation, I will personally write to your Hokage-sama to explain that the reward that belongs to you Konoha will not be less. In this way, you will have no worries. , you can also gain the friendship of Chi Zhiguo.”

Seeing Tianzang’s refusal, the name of Chi Zhiguo blurted out, blocking Tianzang’s words, and by the way, he talked about the friendship between Konoha and Chi Zhiguo.

If you don’t agree, it is likely to affect the diplomacy of the two parties. This responsibility is too heavy for a Junin.

Tian Zang smiled bitterly in his heart, what’s the matter? If I knew earlier, I 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 Chi Zhimin – that is, the country is undergoing a civil war.

The militia organized by the people and the aristocratic group headed by the famous masters of the country of Chi are engaged in an extremely fierce fire collision and openly declare war.

Many parts of this country have been occupied by militia organizations, and only a few important cities are left, which are still in the hands of the aristocratic groups in the country of Chi.

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

But the words of the great name of Chi Zhiguo had to be carefully considered.

If because of his refusal, the relationship between Chi Zhiguo and Konoha would be at odds… It would be a headache to think about.

“How are you thinking, Yamato Jounin?”

The great name of Chi Zhiguo asked.

“In that case, that’s fine. However, we will stay here for one night at most, and our team will leave here tomorrow morning and return to the village.”

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

But the bottom line can only stay here for one night, no matter what happens the next day, their seventh shift will leave here and will not be involved in the disputes in the country of the pool.

“One night…” Chi Zhiguo frowned thoughtfully, and then opened his brows and said, “Okay, one night, one night. Then, tonight, the safety of the castle, please, everyone, um, this time I can finally sleep. A sense of peace.”

Taking into account the letter of help he sent to Konoha, the name of Chi Zhiguo, three days have passed. After calculating the time, the Konoha team that really took over his mission will arrive tomorrow at the latest, just in time to complete the handover of the work.

The name of Konoha Jōnin still has a very high gold content in the ninja world.

Compared with the Shangnin of a small country, the Shangnin of a big country is not only stronger in business ability, but also very good in strength.

Although the hiring fee is a bit higher, it is definitely worth the money.

As long as he can protect his own safety, Chi Zhiguo 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 important checkpoints are filled with patrolling samurai and government soldiers, armed with samurai swords and spears, vigilantly sticking to their posts under the moonlit night.

And inside the castle, is the room prepared by the name of the country of Chi no Naruto and his party, not far from the courtyard where the name of the country of the pool is located.

If something goes wrong, support can be provided in a timely manner.

“It was clear that I wanted to take a good bath in the hot springs at night, but I ended up going out on patrol. That daimyo is really good at calling people…”

Naruto said in a complaining tone.

Not only him, but Xiao Sakura also had some complaints on her face. Being forced to take on tasks that would not lose to her own team’s troubles would affect her mood no matter what.

It’s just that unlike Naruto, she doesn’t express it verbally, but whispers in her heart, cursing the name of Chi Zhiguo in a low voice.

Unlike when they came out to patrol in the cold at night, the daimyo of Chi Zhiguo might be holding his concubine at the moment, enjoying the romantic scenery in a warm room.

The first impression I saw from the day was that this famous name of the country of the pool was very entertaining, and it was fundamentally different from the image of the monarch in his fantasy.

Such a monarch who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, can he 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 time staying up late every day. It is precisely because of such an example that Konoha can quickly turn around from the downturn of the previous year and grow further.

Sakura couldn’t understand.

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

“Don’t complain, it seems that I can only go back and talk about the hot springs.”

Tianzang comforted.

“Understood, then, let’s get started.”

In order to cheer himself up, Naruto patted his cheek hard and was about to act.

Suddenly, the sound of a break sounded loudly in the night sky.

boom!

Something exploded in the dark, dark night sky—a fireworks of incomparable splendor.

With this as a signal, countless sounds of Xiu Xiu rose into the sky, from all directions of the castle, and the loud and loud sounds were endless.

I saw that the dark and monotonous night sky was instantly dyed with colorful rays of light, and then the gorgeous petals that burst open fell like rain, like a dream.

The lonely and deserted night suddenly had a lively atmosphere.

Seeing this scene, Naruto’s face was stunned.

“Eh? Is there any holiday celebration tonight?”

Not only Naruto, but Tenzo, Sakura, and Sakai also frowned, puzzled by this.

They have never heard of any festival celebrations in the country of the pool this evening.

In order to find out the situation, Tianzang first jumped to the high buildings of the castle and looked at the situation in the distance.

The three of Naruto also jumped up and looked around.

At this moment, Naruto discovered something and pointed to the sea behind the castle.

“Look, what is that!”

Under the dark night, the sea was dyed pitch black, like a bottomless terrifying quagmire, producing a terrifying aura.

And in that dark realm, there is only one light source, and the hideous outline of a huge steel monster vaguely appears~www.mtlnovel.com~ That is…”

Yamato was shocked when he saw the giant steel beast looming on the sea.

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

boom!

The sound of the explosion was deafening. In the eyes of the four of them, the Tianshou Pavilion, located at the highest point of the castle, turned into a ruin in an instant. A lot of rubble was scattered. The pavilion fell into a sea of ​​fire.

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

“What, what’s going on?”

Naruto stammered and asked, this scene exceeded his imagination.

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

The sound of the explosion was covered up by the sound of fireworks. Under the light from the fireworks, countless black shadows flickered and appeared in the light. from the castle.

The silent depression and terror are reminiscent of suffocating death.

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