Three days later.
[Fire Country] Northern border, in a sparse pine forest.
Several figures are lurking among the dense leaves, always on guard.
In fact, in order to protect the clan members who fled together, Natsume, as the young clan leader, naturally took countermeasures.
Divide people into parts.
The weak, old, weak, women and children were all arranged into the caravan heading towards [Tian Country] in batches, quietly.
Younger ninjas with slightly stronger physical strength walk through dense forests and rocky areas and other dangerous places. While leaving traces, he also confused and misled the following Konoha pursuers.
He even personally took several jounin to stay behind.
Try to be foolproof.
And here is one of the main roads leading from the [Fire Kingdom] to the [Field Kingdom].
If Konoha's ninjas come after him.
Nine times out of ten, he will pass by this place and be discovered by the Uchiha ninjas staying here.
At this moment, Natsume is lurking here with three capable Uchiha jounin.
Taking the final warning.
"Young Patriarch, how long will we stay here?"
"It will take another hour and a half. I estimate that the last group of tribesmen will be able to cross the border of [Fire Country] and reach [Field Country]."
"By then, even Konoha's ninjas in foreign countries will not be able to take action at will. It will basically be considered safe."
Natsume made a slight calculation and gave an answer.
"Speaking of which, except for a few Konoha miscellaneous fish spying on ninjas, we didn't encounter large-scale ninja pursuits along the way. Originally, I thought Konoha would go crazy and chase us!"
Uchiha sighed and joked with a smile.
At the beginning, most of the radicals in the clan did not choose to defect.
To a large extent, he was afraid of Konoha's pursuit.
After all, no one wants to live in panic all their lives.
"No need to ask, they must have been frightened by the young patriarch's great strength! How dare they pursue him!"
On the side, Uchiha Gin, who was also young, only sixteen years old, and regarded Natsume as his idol, quickly boasted happily.
Have no idea!
Three months ago, when the young patriarch first turned on the kaleidoscope, he was the one who asked him for a sparring test.
That battle directly left a psychological shadow on the genius Uchiha Gin, who had obtained jounin qualifications at the age of sixteen.
Now, in his eyes, there is no more powerful ninja than the young clan leader!
Of course, Natsume didn't indulge in such bragging.
"I guess the backhand I left behind worked."
"This guy Itachi is really reliable!"
"Next. Konoha won't send a large number of ninjas to hunt us down in a short period of time."
"We should be able to get a fairly stable period of development."
"It's just that those who will come after us may be the other clansmen left in Konoha..."
"Ah! Then shouldn't we kill each other?"
"Those stupid Konoha bastards! They are so vicious!"
Uchiha Gin cursed angrily, very angry.
"Don't worry, I have countermeasures, and I won't embarrass everyone when the time comes."
Natsume's eyes flickered and he said solemnly.
Obviously, he already had a countermeasure.
"By the way, Young Patriarch. I also have a question, why should we escape to [Tian Country]!"
"[Tian Country] is a small country, and its strength is far inferior to [Fire Country]. If Konoha uses [Fire Country] to put pressure on [Tian Country] in the future, this small country might sell us out, right?"
"Why not flee to the other four countries?"
Natsume glanced at Uchiha Hiyao beside him.
This guy has a great future! Good question.
So he explained it.
"The complexity of the game between big countries is far beyond the imagination of ordinary ninja villages. Moreover, the five hidden villages are restraining each other and restraining each other. The slightest disturbance may break this balance."
"In order to ensure this balance, and also to prevent other ninja villages from covering up their own rebellious ninjas."
"Konoha rebellious ninjas like us will most likely be rejected by other big countries once they defect to other big countries. It is not impossible for even the more radical Hidden Village to strangle us all and return us to Konoha."
"In that case, it will not only weaken Konoha's reputation, but also make Konoha bear a favor. It's hard for other ninja villages not to be tempted by this thing that kills two birds with one stone."
"What's more, our Uchiha clan is even more different from other ninja clans. Our Sharingan, our blood inheritance limit. In the eyes of any village, it is a treasure, a moving gold mine!"
"Do you think the other four hidden villages would give up such a big fat piece of meat delivered to their door?"
"I see!"
Uchiha Hiyao suddenly understood, and then he roughly understood the pros and cons.
Similarly, the other two people couldn't help but exclaimed with their eyes shining.
Obviously, Natsume's analysis of the great power game amazed them all!
It is really unimaginable that the young patriarch of our family is only ten years old, and he is so far-sighted and resourceful!
Sure enough, if you follow the young patriarch, you will definitely have a bright future!
"But, why not choose a small country farther away from Konoha? This [Tian Country] is too close to Konoha, right?"
"The reason why I chose [Tian Country] is also because..."
"Wait, I'll explain this next time. A guest is coming."
"You go ahead and protect the last batch of clan members leaving the country. I have to talk to this future 'good neighbor' first!"
Natsume's explanation stopped abruptly and he gave instructions to the three people beside him.
The three of them did not hesitate at all, and even followed Natsume's instructions.
After looking at each other.
Then they all quickly stood up and jumped, chasing in the direction where the tribesmen were leaving.
…
The three of them had just left.
next moment.
Behind Natsume, there is a huge tree trunk.
A snake-like figure gradually emerged.
"Orochimaru, the way you appear is still as disgusting as ever!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! Natsume-kun, this is the third time we have met...how can we say it's the same as before?"
The pale-faced Aunt Snake stuck out her demonic long tongue.
While licking his lips, he smiled miserably.
I can't help it, the young body in front of me is too tempting!
Only ten years old, huge chakra! The perfect kaleidoscope blood succession limit!
For Orochimaru, he is truly a unique parasitic vessel!
He spent countless days and nights eager to occupy this young and vigorous body!
It's a pity that I can't beat it...
Natsume glanced at Orochimaru. He couldn't possibly say that he was tired of seeing Aunt Snake's twisted figure in his previous life.
He had to quickly change the subject.
"Just because you're here, it means [Tian Country] has already made arrangements, right?"
"Of course, my men have already picked up your tribe and are leading them to the place you chose."
"And there, the preliminary houses have been built. If you squeeze them together, it will be no problem to accommodate hundreds of people."
Orochimaru slid his body, stretched into a long one, and circled Natsume while responding.
Sometimes, he also marvels.
The gap between people can be so huge!
Two months ago, this ten-year-old Uchiha kid came to him and declared that he would cooperate with him and defect to Konoha.
He thought this kid was crazy!
Unexpectedly, all of this became a reality tonight.
This kid actually managed to escape from Konoha with so many people on his own.
It’s really crazy!
Is this kid really only ten years old? ! !
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