Early May.
The breeze blows slowly, and warm light falls from the sky and shines into the dense forest.
The insect man blocked the sunlight with his hands and squinted his eyes.
Soon, he noticed something strange happening next to him. A man's head emerged from the soil, and then his whole body lifted off the ground. His face turned pale and he was panting.
He looked very tired and had signs of battle on his body.
The insect man looked at him and asked, "What, are you in trouble?"
The other party replied: "Yes, I didn't expect that there are excellent sensory ninjas in Kusagakure Village, and they were almost surrounded."
He is the earth boy in the team and is good at the secret technique of earth escape and lurking. Normal sensory ninjutsu cannot detect his existence, so he has always been an investigator in the bug boy team.
But this time he was going to explore the detention place of the Uzumaki clan remnants in Kusakure Village, but he was noticed by the sentient ninjas of Kusakure Village.
This is the first time this has happened.
"Kusagakure Village is a regular ninja village after all, so it's not surprising that there are some people with special abilities in it. So, have you found out where those Uzumaki clan remnants are in Kusakure Village?"
It has been almost a month since we learned that some of the Uzumaki clan remnants were imprisoned inside Kusagakure Village.
During this month, they have been secretly dispatching personnel to make arrangements within the Country of Grass, such as determining attack and retreat routes, setting traps along the way, and delaying the retreat of the Kusanagi ninjas.
On the other hand, they also dispatched organizational personnel who are good at infiltrating the field and marched into Caoyin Village to determine the layout of Caoyin Village. The most important thing was to confirm where the survivors of the Uzumaki clan were imprisoned.
This is particularly important.
"The approximate location has been determined. But if we continue to investigate further, I feel like I won't be able to come back."
It is indeed a ninja village, and the level and methods are completely different from the wandering ninjas they have dealt with before.
Kusanagi Village alone is already so difficult to chew, enough for them to eat a pot. It is really unimaginable how terrifying the ninja villages of the five major countries will be if they show their true strength.
In the face of this level of military power, ordinary intrigues are useless.
He will be crushed to death by a force of ninjas from the front.
"In other words, they are indeed being held inside Kusakure Village, right?"
Bug Man asked.
"That's right."
"Now that we have determined this, things will be easier to handle. Now the attack and retreat routes have been arranged for nearly a month. As long as the remnants of the Uzumaki clan are brought out from the inside of Caoyakure Village, we are done."
"If only it were that easy."
The native man frowned and looked towards the Caoyin Village in the distance. The outline of the huge building in that village could be vaguely seen.
"So in terms of grand strategy, we can attack the east and the west this time."
"Founding in the east and attacking in the west?"
The native man didn't quite understand what the insect man said.
The insect man took out a map of the Country of Grass from his arms, spread it out on the ground, pointed to a place in the Country of Grass and said: "This is the location of the Grass Hidden Village, and this is our route to attack the Grass Hidden Village. There are three retreat routes, and traps have been laid along the way. If they pursue, they can use traps to intercept them. And the most critical part of the operation is to attack the east and the west... here."
The insect man pointed to a location not far from Caoyin Village, where there was a vague pattern of a castle.
"here it is……"
"Oni Lantern Castle. Various countries entrusted the Kusugakure Village to build a ninja prison for those who committed serious crimes. The small island surrounded by the inland sea is where the Oni Lantern Castle is located. The warden who guards the Oni Lantern City is the jounin of Kusugakure Village. We need to pretend to attack here and send a signal to Kusakuin Village that we are going to attack Ghost City in a big way. In order to ensure that the ninjas who commit crimes in Ghost City are safe, and in order not to be held accountable by various countries, Kusakin Village will definitely send manpower to support this place."
"I see, it is indeed a good way to disperse the troops inside Caoyin Village. When will it be done?"
"Tomorrow night, it will take some time because of the gathering of attack manpower."
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The next day, at nine o'clock in the evening.
On an isolated island in the inland sea not far from Caoyin Village, the shadow of a huge fortress can be vaguely seen in the mist, and that huge fortress is the prison that various countries commissioned from Caoyin Village to build - Ghost Lantern City.
Once ninjas from various countries violate the rules and commit heinous crimes, they will be entrusted and sent here for custody.
It is said that since the establishment of Ghost Lantern City, very few prisoners have been able to escape from it. The chief warden of Ghost Lantern Castle is the jonin of Kusagakure Village. He can use a ninjutsu called "Fire Release Ten Prison" and plant it on criminals. The criminals inside will never be able to leave Ghost Lantern City until the spell is lifted.
This can be said to be the core department that Caoyin Village relies on for its survival. Caoyin Village can have power between various countries, and it is also inseparable from the establishment of Ghost Lantern City.
Otherwise, with his useless character, he would have been trampled to pieces in the war between the five great ninja villages.
In this ninja world, no country can resist the ninja power of the five major countries and will be intimidated by their extremely powerful military fronts.
Therefore, if they attack here, they can successfully attract the attention of Kusakure Village. In order to satisfy the ninja villages of various countries, they will never allow any losses here.
A group of people wearing black coats relied on boats to approach the small island in the inland sea. The Ghost Lantern City was right in front of them.
The movement pattern of the guards here, as well as the shift change time, were all checked in advance, so sneaking in here was very smooth along the way.
Open the map, which shows the floor plan of Ghost Lantern City.
"The criminals' cells are located here, that is, location A. The entrances are B and C. There are two attack routes. Don't fight along the way and try to cause commotion. Arrive at location A, pretend to kill people and silence them, and carry out indiscriminate attacks. , and then retreated from location D, where there are response personnel near the shore."
"yes."
"After you get your things, take action immediately."
The leader took out a wooden box with a large number of detonating symbols neatly stacked inside.
After allocating the detonating symbols, the eight people were automatically divided into two groups and gathered towards the previously designated locations B and C.
In the four-person team that arrived at location B, one of them took out a pocket watch, which showed the time at nine-thirty.
"It's time, attack."
Without any words, everyone took out the prepared kunai. On top of the kunai, there were a series of detonating talismans, as many as five, which were projected towards the high wall in front of them.
The kunai pierced into the stones of the city wall, and the detonating talisman burned. At that moment, the city wall suddenly emitted flashes and roars, and exploded.
At the same time, another explosion was also heard at another location designated as location C.
The next moment, the alarm system inside Ghost Lantern City was activated, and the guards immediately organized and headed towards the location of the accident.
However, the attackers had already crossed the crumbling walls, throwing kunai in all directions.
There are five detonating charms tied to each kunai. The power of the explosion is very terrifying. If it comes into contact with the human body, it will be blown to pieces immediately.
There were continuous explosions everywhere, and there were buildings collapsed due to the explosions all around. The violent dust was set off on the road, which only exacerbated the chaos in Ghost Lantern City.
"Emergency alert, level 2!"
"Emergency alert, level 2!"
"Emergency alert, level 2!"
This announcement was sounded three times in a row, and the person who called it had an anxious look on his face, staring at the exploding building with extremely frightened and angry eyes.
At this moment, two kunai were shot at a huge and pointed building, and exploded with a bang. The building collapsed from the middle and hit the ground. It immediately caused the earth to shake. There were several unlucky guards. The personnel were still trapped underneath.
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"
The attacker was wearing a black coat, made hand seals, and sprayed huge fireballs from his breath.
Rushing from the front were more than a dozen guards from Ghost Light City. When they saw the fireball coming, they immediately dispersed and fired kunai at the attackers.
Amidst the dust kicked up by the explosion, the collision of metal weapons, the collision and bombing of ninjutsu and ninjutsu, the chaos continued.
"Stop them, these people are targeting criminals in the city! Don't let these people succeed!"
The guards who were blown away by the detonating talisman vomited blood and screamed loudly.
However, no matter howling, the attackers will not fight these people. They only need to continue to create chaos to contain the few people here.
And it's very close to where the criminals are being held.
They also have to be distracted from protecting those criminals who have no ability to resist, which undoubtedly makes their work more difficult.
The detonation flash passed by, and the building kept wailing, collapsing with a loud noise, and some people screamed.
The attacker captured the man, and the two groups of personnel successfully arrived at the cell area.
The kunai was connected to the detonating talisman and launched towards the cell buildings everywhere.
In an instant, the cell was completely destroyed and flames were ignited everywhere.
The eight people were wandering around the cell area like headless flies, trying to find a certain prisoner so that the guards could see it.
Let them mistakenly think that they are here to rescue a prisoner.
"Walk!"
Seeing that the time was almost up and there was no point in staying any longer, the eight people retreated while continuing to throw kunai with detonating talismans, like a goddess scattering flowers, bombing the area indiscriminately, causing commotion.
Without hesitation or hesitation, the eight people formed a front and used detonating symbols to clear the way, making it impossible for the flesh-and-blood guards to get close.
They had to put out the fire and treat the injured prisoners. The manpower of Ghost Lantern City was already stretched thin.
When the fire was put out, the prisoners were sent to the infirmary for treatment, and the attackers were pursued, they had already taken a boat away from the island where Ghost Lantern City was located, and he could only stare at the shore. Then, the Ghost Lantern City was left in a mess.
"Next, we just need to see the reaction from Caoyin Village."
On the boat, one of the attackers who had left the Ghost Lantern City area said.
This attack on Ghost Lantern City took no more than ten minutes in total, and the scale of the commotion and destroyed buildings was definitely considerable.
Therefore, there will definitely be big moves in Caoyin Village next.
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As Mushio and others expected, Kusakure Village learned that Ghost Light City was attacked and a large number of buildings collapsed, and they immediately dispatched hundreds of ninjas towards Ghost Light City, because according to speculation, the attackers probably did not If they find a prisoner they want to rescue, there will most likely be a second attack.
These hundreds of ninjas are just the first wave, and there will be more Kusanagi ninjas heading towards Ghost Light City one after another, surrounding the place into a closed iron barrel, making it impossible to start.
"It seems that the plan to attack Ghost City last night was successful. Many Kusagakure ninjas went to Ghost City in the morning to provide support."
The insect man looked at the message delivered by the people below with satisfaction, smiled and said.
"The plan was successful, but the cost was a lot of money."
The native man smiled bitterly. After all, the reason why this operation was successful was because of those detonating talismans.
The detonating talisman is an expensive one-time explosive ninja tool. The power of a single detonating talisman is not weaker than the power of ordinary fire escape. The detonating talisman put in within ten minutes last night... it was not fighting at all, but It's throwing money away.
The buildings inside Ghost Lantern City did suffer heavy losses, but their losses were also high.
"It doesn't matter. Currently, the organization still has a lot of funds at its disposal. Besides, if the money is not enough, isn't there Mr. Liuli?"
Insect Man said this.
"makes sense."
Tu Nan thought of something and agreed.
Thinking about it this way, I don't feel so distressed when those detonating talismans were scattered last night.
One of the elders of the organization is one of the top richest people in the ninja world. To that adult, this is just a drop in the bucket.
"The bait has been thrown out, and the next target is Cao Yin Village."
The insect man stood on the cliff, looking at Caoyin Village in the distance, murmuring to himself.
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Weekend evening.
The dim sunset light shines into the woods.
This is an empty training ground, and only the sound of metal collision can be heard, which is the fierce battle between the short sword and the shadow blade.
Compared with one party who was already fighting with all his strength, both the strength and speed of wielding the knife were maintained at full strength, and there was a serious look in his eyes. The other party was just trying their best to 'play' with him.
Because this is a battle with serious imbalance in strength.
Kakashi held the White Fang dagger and looked at Shiraishi in front of him with a serious expression. He never left the spot. Around him, there were dark shadow blades that materialized from the shadows, surrounding Shiraishi. Slowly rotating around.
It was a realm of shadow that could be called an 'absolute defense' type.
No matter which angle or method you use, it will be blocked without any flaw and then bounce back.
Shiraishi clasped his hands on his chest and stood there with an extremely relaxed posture. Just letting the shadow dancer in the shadow take action, he formed an absolute suppressive force on Kakashi.
But this is natural. With the speed and power of Shadow Dancer's shadow blade, even a Jonin can be strangled to death in an instant if he is not careful.
What's more, who would have thought that there would be such an assassin in his shadow?
Shadow Dancer does not need sleep. As long as the chakra and natural energy are sufficient, he can block Shiraishi's killing move at any time, and even counterattack.
For those who are not familiar with him, each of the traps set by Shiraishi is a one-hit kill.
It is also Shiraishi’s proud work.
Now that Shadow Dancer has practiced the trial sage mode, the speed, power, and hardness of the shadow blade are even more powerful than before.
The shadow blade fighting Kakashi at this moment is just a shadow blade stimulated by chakra.
If Senjutsu Chakra is used to activate the Shadow Blade, the White Fang Dagger will probably be shattered immediately.
But Kakashi was very satisfied with what he could do.
Kakashi is only seven or eight years old now, so he can't be as demanding as an adult.
The golden age when Kakashi grows fastest has not yet arrived.
Even so, Shiraishi was confident that he could become a jounin before he turned twelve.
If he is trained well, his future achievements may be even higher than those of his father, Konoha White Fang.
Kakashi wielded the White Fang dagger, cutting the air with the blade, neatly splitting the leaves that accidentally fell in front of him into two halves. The blade carried an extremely sharp aura and continued to attack Shiraishi.
Not to mention accuracy, White Fang's sword technique is the most realistic, and strength and speed are also among its advantages.
Coupled with the miraculous teleportation technique, Konoha White Fang's reputation was created.
The simpler the trick, the more terrifying it is to apply.
Kakashi's breathing was steady and his eyes were calm.
And this is also the topic Shiraishi gave him.
When he first received training from Shiraishi, he would still feel a little nervous, but after getting familiar with fighting with Shiraishi, this nervousness turned into motivation to keep getting stronger.
What he was thinking about was no longer how long he could hold on to Shiraishi's hand, but how to break through the shadow blade realm and attack Shiraishi himself.
Shiraishi said that even a Jonin who is proficient in Taijutsu would have a hard time keeping up with the speed and power of the Shadow Blade.
This also means that if his White Fang dagger can break through the shadow blade realm, he will have enough strength to fight the Jonin.
These days, the speed and strength of his White Fang Sword Technique have indeed increased a lot.
Under Shiraishi's training, his strength is also growing rapidly, constantly breaking through his own limits and reaching higher realms.
The shadow blade can be long or short, and can be transformed into any shape of weapon. When attacking, pay attention to the changes of these shadow blades. This is also training Kakashi's instant judgment in actual combat, as well as his neurological reaction ability.
For any ninja who is proficient in physical skills and sword skills, neurological reaction ability must be a basic skill that must be cultivated.
According to Shiraishi's knowledge, the ninja with the strongest neural reflexes in the ninja world should be the third generation Raikage of Kumogakure Village.
The ninja with the strongest spear and the strongest shield.
Under the stimulation of the Thunder Chakra Mode, the opponent's neural reaction ability may have reached the inhuman realm.
"That's it for today, Kakashi, you're exhausted now."
About half an hour later, Kakashi's physical strength gradually failed to support him, and he was panting. His standing legs and the arm holding the knife were trembling slightly.
It was obvious that his overall energy and energy had dropped to the point where he was unfit to continue exercising.
Kakashi didn't force himself, he just sat on the ground and started breathing heavily.
"You've been growing very well these days. If you keep going at this rate, you'll soon be ready for the next stage of training in White Fang Sword Technique."
Shiraishi said this.
"But, I still can't touch your body."
Kakashi forced himself a little.
"Don't be impatient about this. A person's body has its limits. For you, now is the stage of laying the foundation, not the time to crave for strong strength. Only when the foundation is solid will your upper limit be raised."
"is that so?"
Kakashi took a look at the White Fang dagger in his hand.
"Moreover, your sword skills have temporarily reached the limit acceptable for your age. If you continue to break through, it is not necessary and your body will not be able to support it. Next, you need to learn the changes in the nature of chakra. Your What are the properties of chakra?”
Shiraishi asked.
"Thunder and earth."
"Dual attributes? And one of them is the lightning escape that has the most piercing nature. Maybe you are more suitable for using swordsmanship than Mr. Sakumo."
Among the escape techniques, Thunder Escape is the fastest type, and it is also the most suitable escape technique to be paired with physical techniques.
"Well, let's ignore Earth Release for the time being. Next, I will teach you the skills to master the changes in the nature of thunder chakra, and perfectly coordinate with your physical skills and sword skills. In this way, you will be able to rise to the level of Jonin. , there is no such thing as a bottleneck. You will be one step closer to your goal."
Having said this, Shiraishi glanced at Kakashi.
Kakashi lowered his head and subconsciously clenched the White Fang dagger in his hand.
"We are indeed one step closer to that 'goal'..."
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After parting with Kakashi, Shiraishi returned to the Uchiha clan.
Then walked towards the underground laboratory.
There is nothing to worry about Kakashi's training for the time being. The most important thing right now is to bring the remnants of the Uzumaki clan imprisoned in Kusakure Village back to the Kingdom of Ghosts.
"It's been a month. It should be out soon..."
Shiraishi muttered to himself as he walked down the stairs.
In the corner of the underground laboratory, there are two large floor-to-ceiling glass cylindrical devices, which are cultivation instruments used to cultivate one's own 'doppelgangers'.
There are two clones created this time.
Because filling the magic system is very troublesome, and it also requires their own physical strength to be able to control powerful magic. Therefore, the creation time of this clone is much longer than the creation cycle of Tu General and Shadow Dancer.
Although General Tu and Shadow Dancer have now reloaded their immortal arts systems and achieved another breakthrough in performance, in terms of their newborn forms, the performance of the two newly born clones is undoubtedly even better.
"It's a pity that I don't know the legendary Yin-Yang Escape that creates all things. Otherwise, it should be completed faster..."
Although when creating the clone, chakra with yin and yang attributes was added, and Yin and Yang were used respectively, Shiraishi understood that this was not the application of Yin and Yang.
Because Yin-Yang Dun and Yang-Dun are separate individuals, Yin-Yang Dun is a complete collective term that can create things invisibly and give vitality and soul.
Precisely because he could not achieve the level of creating all things like Yin Yang Dun, Shiraishi used some cleverness to make up for the shortcomings.
Use natural energy as life energy, and your own soul fragments serve as the clone's soul.
The work of Yin Dun and Yang Dun mainly relies on shaping materials to form vessels that can hold natural energy and fragments of one's own soul.
However, Shiraishi has never heard of anyone in the current ninja world who can use Yin Yang Escape, and it has probably been lost long ago.
Shiraishi still saw a few words about this secret technique from the Uchiha clan's classics.
Not thinking about Yin Yang Escape for the time being, Shiraishi came to the two cultivation devices and looked at the clone creations inside through the glass.
Entities began to protrude from his shadow, as if he felt something, something terrible was about to break out of its shell.
When he was about to form a physical shadow blade, Shiraishi lowered his head and said to the shadow dancer in the shadow: "Don't worry, these are your sister and brother."
After the shadow dancer in the shadow heard it, he stopped and dragged the shadow blade generated by the entity back into the shadow, silently.
Shiraishi felt relieved when he saw Shadow Dancer quiet down.
Turning his head to look at the training device again, the two clones with actual bodies inside had already opened their eyes.
One of the clones feels like a cold machine, running according to an established program.
Invisible fluctuations expanded from the inorganic eyes, and a breeze blew up in the laboratory, blowing the pages on the test bench next to it.
boom.
Both glass installations exploded simultaneously.
The solution filled with natural energy splashed everywhere, making the ground wet.
The moment the glass device exploded, Shiraishi took a few steps back to avoid being splashed by the solution.
He looked ahead.
Two figures jumped out of the broken cultivation device.
One of the figures stands upright on the ground that is wet with solution, but if you look closely, you can see that her feet are not in contact with the ground, but there is a floating distance from the ground, and the whole person is actually floating.
Her long, jet-black hair was flowing down, and her hair was silky and delicate.
On her slender body with perfect proportions, she wears a traditional miko costume with white top and red bottom.
The hands exposed outside the white cuffs are as white as jade and hang down naturally.
With a beautiful face like a work of art, she is about sixteen years old, and looks older than Shadow Dancer.
In her eyes, there were layers of circle-like objects spreading outward.
This is a pair of inorganic pupils with a turquoise outer layer and a dark purple inner layer, which have the power to captivate people.
How should I put it? Although it is breathing, the overall impression is like a lifeless, cold corpse, or a machine without emotions.
On her slender shoulders, clad in snow-white clothing, quietly stood a four-legged cub that looked like a cat, but not a cat, or a beast but not a beast.
This four-legged cub is completely black, with a spiral horn on its head, and blue eyes. On the dark skin, blue electric light flashes, making it impossible to ignore its existence.
It lay quietly on the miko girl's shoulder, forming a complete individual with the miko girl.
Shiraishi first glanced at the four-legged cub on the miko's shoulder, and then his eyes fell on the young miko, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Welcome to your birth, Thunder Maru, and... Tianyu Girl. Although I'm sorry, but there is a mission now, and I hope you two will work hard."
