Escape From Konoha

Facing Temari's question, the girl in shrine maiden costume did not give an answer to the question, but raised her arm and pointed her finger forward calmly.

The life-conscious water originally wrapped around her body flew out in an instant, forming a thin and long whip in the air, which fell from the air.

A dangerous breath was approaching, Temari quickly gave up the idea of ​​using the wind escape technique, and dodged to the side.

Under the attack of the long whip of water, a straight and dark crack appeared on the ground and the sandstone in the distance, cutting it in half from the middle.

At the edge of the crack, there are traces of water vapor.

Seeing this, Temari didn't even want to turn around and run away, not daring to stay where he was.

The jutsu controlled by this Ninjutsu of the Demon Country is too weird. With her wind escape ninjutsu, it may be difficult to get benefits from her.

But although her idea was good, the miko girl had no intention of letting her go.

As soon as she stepped forward, the girl in the miko uniform disappeared from the spot, her body turned into an afterimage, and she chased after her at a speed that cut through the air.

During the chase, her eyes remained closed, but Temari felt as if the other person's eyes were always open, like thorns on her back.

A scream came from behind, and Temari ducked sideways again.

A section of the rock that she had just stepped on was instantly cut away, turning into a sharp whip of water. Its ability to cut through iron as if it were mud made Temari feel trembling in her heart.

The long whip made of this kind of water flow will result in death or disability as long as the body is hit once.

The chase lasted for about a minute, and Temari realized a terrible fact.

That is, no matter how much she increases her speed, the result is that the distance between her and the girl in the miko uniform is not widened. Instead, as time goes by, the other party gradually catches up with her.

If this continues, sooner or later you will be caught up.

Is there no choice but to fight? Temari held the three-star fan tightly in her hand and knitted her brows together, thinking about whether to stay and fight or continue to evacuate tactically.

However, the miko girl did not intend to give Temari time to think about this problem. The water flow suspended in the air immediately began to twist. The whip-shaped water flow quickly spread out and turned into countless crystal clear water drops floating in the air. in the air.

In these countless crystal clear water drops, there is a cold and cruel murderous aura condensed.

not good! When Temari saw the countless water drops, she anticipated how the miko girl would attack her next.

Suddenly the chakra in her body began to circulate, and then Temari concentrated all the chakra on the three-star fan in her hand, and waved it forward with force.

"Wind Release: Great Scythe Weasel!"

The sound of the storm swept over in an instant, and a large number of air blades shining with white light left shocking traces of wild beast claws on the sand and sandstone in front of them, and rushed towards the girl in the miko uniform.

At the same time, the water droplets suspended in the air were also poured down like heavy rain. Under the adjustment of the spell, the hardness of the water droplets was no weaker than steel. The moment the blade came into contact with the air, there was a continuous sound that would only be made by the collision of metal weapons. Continuously.

There was a loud clashing sound, and violent sparks even appeared in the air, sputtering out continuously in the field.

"Well--"

Temari felt the sudden pain on her right arm and couldn't help but groan.

A drop of water hit her right arm at some point, and a small blood hole appeared on her arm. Through this small blood hole, you could see a drop of water sinking deep into her flesh, making a loud sound. The cold light.

Before Temari could make her next move, the water droplets in the blood hole suddenly vibrated restlessly.

Poof!

Temari's face was blank.

A large amount of blood spurted out from the pores on her arms and flew past her eyes.

"ah!"

Uncontrollable sounds of pain leaked out of his mouth.

pain! The unparalleled pain caused the veins on Temari's forehead to pop. She gritted her teeth and staggered back a few steps. The three-star fan fell off her hand.

Seeing her bloody right arm hanging down limply, swinging like a cripple in the wind, Temari's eyes were immediately filled with a trace of fear.

The storm subsided, and the girl in the miko uniform only had her clothes a little messy, but other than that, she didn't suffer any damage.

She held up the bamboo tube in her hand, and the water droplets were summoned by the bamboo tube, quickly merged together, rushed into the bamboo tube at lightning speed, and disappeared.

The girl in the miko uniform put away the water flow. Temari did not think that the other party was doing it out of kindness. She probably did this to prepare a killer move later, intending to end the battle in one go.

Temari used her left hand that was still mobile to pick up the three-star fan that fell on the ground, unfold it, and inject chakra into it.

Even so, Temari didn't feel safe at all.

But she knew that if she couldn't block this move, there would be only one outcome - death.

The girl in the miko uniform had no expression on her face, as if she was born without the emotions that humans should have. She slowly raised the bamboo tube and bent her arms backwards. From this angle and position, she could use her maximum strength to make the inside of the bamboo tube as hard as The steel water flow is thrown away, killing the enemy in front of you.

Temari's face was covered with cold sweat, and she stared at the bamboo tube in the miko girl's hand without blinking, for fear that if she missed a glance, she would be killed in the next moment, and her death was unknown.

When the atmosphere was at its most tense, the girl waved her arms fiercely, and the bamboo tube moved accordingly. An icy cold light flashed in the dark hole, and terrifying murderous intent rushed out of the bamboo tube, causing Temari's body to freeze in place immediately. , unable to move.

About three seconds passed.

Temari was freed from her stiff state, and when she saw that the miko girl was only halfway through swinging the bamboo tube, she remained still in this posture, causing the sharp slash of the water flow to fail to come as promised.

"It didn't come out... What, what's going on?"

Temari opened his mouth dumbly, completely unaware of what happened just now.

But the miko girl was keenly aware of something. She looked down and saw that her shadow had become darker than usual for some reason, like thick ink, a bottomless darkness.

"Shadow...imitation..."

Intermittent words came from the mouth of the witch girl.

The timbre is transparent and empty, like a cold machine, operating body functions according to established procedures, rigid and rigid.

The miko girl tried her best to control her head and turned it back. From the corner of her eyes, she could see a figure crouching far behind her. It was this person who had used ninjutsu to control her body and let her use the technique. Interrupt.

A guy from Konoha? Although Temari felt upset, he was also relieved to be saved.

Before the Chunin Exam, their instructor, Jonin Maki, did say that they could try to consider cooperating with the genin of Konoha during the exam to eliminate as many genin as possible from the Kingdom of Demons in order to achieve the reputation of the Kingdom of Demons. Effect.

And I believe that Konoha made the same arrangement tacitly. Some individual elite groups must have received such hints more or less from the senior officials of their own villages.

The Chuunin Exams are a microcosm of the war between nations.

Simply put, this is an international 'war' exercise.

Then, as an alliance, Sand Yin and Konoha are naturally partners on the same front when facing the issue of the kingdom of ghosts.

The purpose of this is also to prevent the elite ninjas from the two villages from competing in advance and being eliminated from the exam.

It's just that Temari is conceited about her own strength and doesn't think she'll be in such a bad state that she needs to be rescued by the Konoha ninjas. So now that he was rescued by the Konoha ninja, while he was unhappy, he was also grateful to survive the disaster.

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the sky:

"Ninja Technique: Meat Bullet Chariot!"

I saw a huge round meat ball spinning in the air at an exaggerated speed, and then carrying a terrifying momentum, it fell from the sky and rushed towards the girl in the miko uniform.

The girl in the miko uniform raised her head and looked at the huge rotating meat ball, which was rapidly zooming in her field of vision. She knew that if she was hit by such an attack, even she would fall to the ground due to serious injuries.

The Akido clan's Yang Escape secret technique can cause terrifying destructive power when it directly hits an enemy.

The moment the meat ball was about to land on her body, the girl in the miko uniform opened her eyes without any warning, and a dark light flashed from her eyes.

The next moment, a strange black mist was released from the body, wrapping the miko girl's petite body and forming an airtight black ball.

boom!

The meat ball squeezed the black ball, instantly creating a huge hole in the sand. The sand and stones flew wildly, raising a cloud of sand in the sky.

"W-what?"

Choji, who had transformed into a meat ball, had his eyes widened, looking in disbelief at the huge black ball that was pressed under him. There was not a single mark on it, and it had completely withstood the super destructive attack of his doubled secret technique.

"Chouji, be careful!"

Shikamaru's expression suddenly changed as he used the shadow imitation technique.

Because his shadow imitation technique failed, he had no sense of substance to restrain the enemy at all. Thinking of some possibility, Shikamaru also became restless.

However, by the time he said this, it was already too late.

The eggshell-like black ball made a cracking sound, and a dazzling dark red light shone out from the cracks. It was a cold and dark aura that made Choji swallow his saliva, and his face Showing a frightened expression.

Then, a palm suddenly poked out from the black ball, and hit Choji's body with a violent force. It was like swatting a fly, and effortlessly knocked Choji away.

Choji, who was knocked out, kept rolling on the ground until he hit a huge rock, and was forced to stop rolling and vomited blood from his mouth.

Waves of severe pain came from his chest, making Choci groan in pain. While breathing hard, his eyes were still staring straight ahead.

The red and white clothes were gently swaying in the wind, and his long black hair was also flying in the wind. Shikamaru's expression became slightly silent, and his steps began to retreat subconsciously.

His intuition told him that this miko girl was now more dangerous than before.

However, the miko girl did not pay attention to Shikamaru's vigilant movements, but turned her head and glanced at a certain location.

I saw a large amount of sand condensing in the air, turning into finger-sized sand balls, flying in densely like a heavy rain without any warning.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The hard sandstone was completely destroyed by finger-sized sand balls, and a large number of sandstone fragments were blown everywhere and scattered on the ground.

Countless craters appeared on the sand, like honeycombs.

On the sand that had turned into a honeycomb, the figure of the girl in miko uniform had long since disappeared, leaving only a few traces of dark mist in place, which quickly disappeared in the wind.

"I...Gaara!?"

Temari realized something and turned to the side in surprise. Sure enough, she saw Gaara with an indifferent face, standing there with his hands folded on his chest, his eyes coldly staring at the girl in the miko uniform who had disappeared and was tolerated by herself. The sand was transformed into a honeycomb.

And it seemed that as the enemy fled from his eyes, his expression became even colder.

Beside Gaara, Kankuro, who was dressed in black, also came over. He couldn't help but gloated when he saw Temari's completely disabled right hand.

"I just came out to find some supplies for the night. I didn't expect you to end up like this. If Gaara and I hadn't arrived in time, you would have been in trouble."

When Temari heard Kankuro's words, her good mood at being saved suddenly disappeared, but no matter how unhappy she was, she couldn't find an excuse to refute Kankuro.

Thinking of this, Temari felt even more depressed.

While Temari and Kankuro were communicating, Gaara's eyes turned away again, his eyes swept towards Shikamaru and Choji coldly, and he slowly raised his hand, as if he was planning to take action.

Gaara's actions made Shikamaru and Choji feel like they were facing a powerful enemy, thinking that the other party was going to attack them.

"Wait, Gaara, they-"

Temari's face changed slightly when she saw Gaara's actions, and she wanted to step forward to stop him.

Before Temari could finish speaking, a large amount of sand flowed upward from the sand, rose into the sky, and finally rushed into the huge gourd behind Gaara.

Gaara plugged the gourd and turned around without any hesitation.

"Let's go. Too much time is wasted here."

"Well……"

Temari stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment, and then she realized that she had misunderstood.

Kankuro came over and patted Temari on the shoulder, then turned to look at Shikamaru and said with a smile: "Guys from Konoha, thank you so much this time. As a gift of thanks, please accept this."

With that said, Kankuro took out a scroll from his arms and threw it to Shikamaru without hesitation.

Shikamaru caught the scroll with some surprise. It was a celestial scroll, which was exactly the other half of the scroll they needed.

"Hmph, even if I don't need to be rescued by these guys, I won't have any problem on my own."

Temari said irritably.

"Sister, you are hurt like this, so stop showing off here."

Kankuro glanced at Temari and said helplessly.

Temari took a deep breath and solemnly said to Shikamaru: "I will return this favor to you soon."

Shikamaru scratched his head and said, "Well, it's okay if you don't have to pay it back. After all, you also gave me a thank you gift, right?"

With that said, Shikamaru raised the scroll of heaven in his hand.

"You mean, my life is not as important as a scroll?"

Temari's eyes suddenly became dangerous, staring at Shikamaru unkindly.

"..."

What a troublesome woman. Shikamaru had cold sweat streaming down his face.

This troublesome and carefree character is exactly the same as his mother at home.

Based on his experience with his mother over the years, he intuitively told her that this question could never be answered directly, and silence was the best solution.

Because whether this question is positive or negative, the woman in front of him may chatter endlessly in his ear.

Seeing Shikamaru being a coward, Temari felt even worse, but in the end she didn't say anything, just cut her throat and left after Gaara.

"Don't worry, this guy will lose his temper like this occasionally. You also know that women will always be irritable a few days a month..."

Kankuro smiled.

But Shikamaru couldn't laugh at all, because did this guy reveal some very serious secret?

"Speaking of which, is it really okay to give us the scroll? You know, the scroll is the key to passing the exam."

Shikamaru asked.

Kankuro replied: "It doesn't matter, it was a redundant scroll. Then, goodbye, Konoha guy."

After all, Kankuro also turned and left, not intending to waste time here.

Watching Kankuro and others leave, Shikamaru glanced at the Heaven Scroll in his hand again, thinking that his luck was not bad this time, at least he got the Heaven Scroll that was urgently needed.

In other words, now their team only needs to go to the central control tower of the Demonic Desert and submit the scroll to the person in charge there, and then they can directly pass the second exam and get tickets to participate in the third exam.

"Speaking of which, Choji, are you okay? I saw you vomit blood just now."

Shikamaru remembered something and asked Choji.

Ding Ci shook his head and said: "Don't worry about me, you also know that I have rough skin and thick flesh, just take a rest."

Shikamaru nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He knew that Ding Ci was not a person who liked to be brave, since the other party said it was fine, there was no need to worry too much.

"Then go back quickly. If you go back late, that Ino guy will get angry with her eldest lady again. I don't want to hear her nagging all day long."

Shikamaru said, finding it troublesome.

"Don't worry, Ino is a perception ninja, even if something happens to the two of us, she can protect herself."

Choji said.

The Yamanaka clan is not only good at the technique of turning the heart, but also a ninja clan that is rich in excellent perception ninjas.

As a ninja of the Yamanaka clan, Ino's talent is not weak, and he has also learned the sensory ninjutsu passed down by the Yamanaka clan. Not only can he use his ninjutsu to sense the existence of others, but he can also use ninjutsu to eliminate his own chakra aura and prevent Others perceive their own chakra.

It can be said that as long as Ino does not actively expose her existence, even if there are sensing ninjas among the enemies, it will be difficult for them to detect her existence.

"I hope so. Anyway, now that the scroll is in hand, then we can just go directly to the center of the desert to deliver the report. As for the action of excluding the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts, let the other Konoha teams do it."

Shikamaru was optimistic about this.

He didn't take this matter to heart at first. Although his father did give him hints before the exam that he could appropriately target the genin of the Kingdom of Demons, Shikamaru found this kind of thing very troublesome.

So he decided that if he happened to meet him in the exam, he would take advantage of it. If it really doesn't work, or if you are unlucky and haven't encountered the genin team from the Kingdom of Demons, then there is no need to search for them and waste time.

After all, there are sixteen genin teams in Konoha participating in the second exam. They can just let other teams do such troublesome things. There is no need for them to wade into such muddy waters.

Choji didn't object. Shikamaru was the captain, and he just had to follow Shikamaru's instructions.

"But having said that, let the other teams also pay attention. Tell them that if they encounter a genin from the Kingdom of Demon wearing a miko uniform, they should run away directly and don't have any desire to fight."

Thinking of the girl in miko uniform who had disappeared before, Shikamaru couldn't help but feel a shadow in his heart.

The battle just now seemed too dangerous to Shikamaru. If the guy named Gaara hadn't arrived in time and created a strong fear in the other party, maybe they would have been completely wiped out.

"The one in the miko uniform is not a genin in terms of strength. Her strength is at least a chunin. And the move she performed at the end actually broke free from the shackles of my shadow imitation technique. I hope I won't encounter her next. .”

Shikamaru prayed silently, praying that he would not encounter that miko from the Demon Country with strange abilities.

Because being targeted by such a difficult enemy is an extremely terrifying thing no matter how you think about it.

◎

The sky was dark, the desert was swept by strong winds, and the sky was filled with wind and sand. The visible field of vision was very narrow.

The high temperature environment during the day was like an illusion, disappearing without leaving a trace at this time. The cold air made the candidates who spent the night in the desert shiver involuntarily, making them very uncomfortable with the huge temperature difference between day and night. There are endless complaints about the desert environment.

Inside a ruin, there are ruins and ruins everywhere, and the desolate doomsday scene makes people feel a sense of sadness brewing around them.

The bonfire was burning, and the firelight illuminated the surroundings, but due to the obstruction of the broken wall, the firelight did not shine out, but was restricted to a small environment.

There is a water storage tank in the corner of the broken wall, which contains a large amount of drinkable drinking water.

Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura sat down around the campfire.

"The problem of water and food has been almost solved. Just save a little, enough to cope with the next two days. Starting from tomorrow morning, we will actively hunt other groups and snatch the scrolls from them."

Sasuke makes arrangements.

"I don't think there's any problem with attacking at night. I don't want to move at all in the horrible weather during the day."

Naruto was eating white scorpion meat, which is a specialty food of the desert.

After being processed by Sakura, the medical ninja, it has become very delicious.

Even without condiments, the smell of scorpion meat is enough to whet your appetite.

"No, the desert will be more dangerous at night than during the day. There are countless large creatures like this that are difficult to deal with. Compared with during the day, the risk of traveling at night is too high."

Sasuke pointed at the huge creature not far away.

It was a black scorpion carcass larger than several adults.

The barbs on its tail shone with a cold, dark luster even at night.

The scorpion meat in Naruto's mouth was taken from the other party's body.

In the absence of sufficient food rations, the native organisms in these deserts are the best source of food.

But also note that the identities of prey and hunter may change at any time.

Especially at night when desert creatures come out to look for food. If you are not careful, you may attract a group of such huge creatures.

"Really? Then..."

Naruto bit the scorpion meat and froze in the middle of speaking vague words.

The moonlight above their heads was obscured by something, and a huge shadow instantly covered the three figures.

Something fell from above and landed right on Naruto's head, making his hair and cheeks wet.

"What's this?"

Naruto touched his face, and when he took it off, he saw that his hand was covered with a sticky and smelly liquid, much like saliva.

"Naruto, be careful!"

Sasuke was the first to sense the danger, his face changed drastically, and he and Sakura quickly jumped back.

When Naruto heard this, it was already too late.

The huge shadow fell down as fast as lightning.

There was a boom.

A large number of rocks collapsed, and the ground cracked. The entire ruins shook subversively, rolling up a large amount of sand and gravel and scattering it in all directions.

"Ugh! What's going on!?"

Naruto yelled in a panic, and rolled on the ground in a panic, until he hit a wall, and then stopped the trend of retreating.

Small stones fell from above and hit Naruto's head and body. Naruto didn't pay attention to these trivial matters, but raised his head and looked forward.

In the rolled up dust all over the sky, a huge black shadow loomed in it.

I saw that black shadow gently swinging its body in the sand and dust, the smoke and dust dissipated, revealing its original appearance.

It was a black and brown black and brown boa constrictor tens of meters long, coiling there, slowly shrinking its body.

The huge boa constrictor opened its vertical pupils, which were bigger than a lantern. While sticking out its tongue, it made a continuous hissing sound, which made people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts.