Chapter 41: Pursuit and Interception (Part 1)

Time came when Uchiha Itachi and Shisui left Fort No. 14.

Each of them carried a Root Ninja and ran wildly in the rainforest. The fierce alarm sounded behind them, like a woman who lost her child crying for help.

"Shisui, where are we going now?"

Itachi's face looked very bad, as if he was thinking about something incomprehensible in his heart.

The Root Ninja codenamed "Shin" on his shoulder had both legs broken at the knees.

And the female ninja codenamed "Chou" was knocked down directly by Shisui with an illusion.

Before Shisui appeared, Uchiha Itachi had already obtained the important document that detailed the poison sac transplantation experiment.

At that time, Chou was not with them. When Shin left the office of Koga, he "accidentally" detonated the detonating tag at the door, and his legs were crushed by the collapsed wall, and then the alarm sounded.

Although Itachi was a little disgusted with Shin for making such a low-level mistake as an Anbu, he was still nervous because it was the first time he encountered such a thing, and he didn't know what to do. Itachi's strength alone was far from enough to save Shin.

"In order not to reveal my identity and information, you have to kill me."

This is what Shin said to Itachi amid the whirring alarms.

"The life of a ninja is meaningless, the key is how he dies.

"For Konoha, for the village, and to prevent war between the two countries, you have to do this."

Itachi, who was still very young, was somewhat moved by this spirit of sacrifice in a situation where he had no time to think more, and his views on the ninjas of the Root organization also changed.

However, just as he was about to satisfy the wish of this admirable predecessor and put a kunai on the other's neck, Shisui appeared and interrupted his next move with a shuriken.

But when Shin saw Shisui, not only did he not feel surprised that he was "saved", but his expression became extremely gloomy.

He pushed Itachi away, took out a detonating talisman and was about to commit suicide, as if he didn't even want to leave his body to the Rain Ninja, but he didn't expect that Shisui used the instant body technique and the ninja sword to cut off his buried legs, and from the explosion The center was pulled out.

The room was ravaged by two explosive talismans, and even the floor collapsed.

After Shisui rescued Shin, he immediately knocked him down with an illusion, and then ran with Itachi all the way, knocking down Chou along the way.

But until now, they have left the fortress, Shisui still has no explanation-

Why did he appear in the Rain Country?

Why did he cast an illusion on the Root Ninja?

Why did the Root Ninja commit suicide when he saw him?

Everything became confusing in an instant.

Itachi urgently needs an answer now.

"I have agreed with Giyuu that we will meet at a hiding place near the Fire Country tomorrow at the latest. We took a short rest there on the way here."

Shisui simply said: "Let's go there now."

"Giyuu is also there?!"

Itachi exclaimed slightly, frowning, "You brought him to the Rain Country?"

"Something big happened in the village. Uchiha Enhuo disappeared, and the clues just point to the Rain Country. We are here to investigate this matter. "

Shisui replied, "I brought Giyuu here just in case. I'll tell you the details when I get back."

At this point, he turned his head while galloping, and the three-magatama Sharingan looked at Itachi.

A comic dialogue box with words on it floated silently in Itachi's sight. It was the Sharingan's illusion.

[I might be under surveillance, I'll talk about it when I get back.]

Itachi was stunned, but did not show it on his face, just nodded slightly.

Shisui also turned his head back with relief.

He had suspected that he was being monitored since he easily found Uchiha Enka's body in the Hidden Rain Village.

If the illusion had not been cracked before, he might have believed that it was the work of the Rain Country.

But think about it carefully, in the Rain Country, even Hanzo was upset by the rebels. How could Koga, a mere jonin, dare to attack the ninja of a big country at this critical juncture?

And even if he did it, why didn't he experiment on Enka in this fortress, inside the Hidden Rain Village? , wouldn't it be easier for Hanzo of the Salamander to find him?

The more Shisui thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He felt that he had encountered a huge conspiracy.

If the other party intended for him to find Yanhuo's body, it would mean that his secret sneaking into the Hidden Rain Village had long been discovered and used, but he knew nothing about the other party.

[Is it a powerful perceptual ninja, or a space-time ninjutsu? ]

He was unsure now, so he had to follow the other party's script-

If he found the body, he would find the "murderer", leave the Rain Country, and quickly return to the village to report and resolve the misunderstanding between the village and the Uchiha.

All more in-depth investigations are best conducted in secret.

At this moment, the alarm bells behind them suddenly disappeared, replaced by a tiger roar that had never been heard before.

"This is..."

The two Uchiha turned their heads at the same time, with strange colors on their faces.

"This fire escape..."

"It's not an Uchiha technique. "

Using the Sharingan to see from a distance, you can tell that the tiger is not a summoned beast, but is made entirely of violently burning chakra.

The fire attribute chakra can maintain the appearance of an animal so lifelike, and at the same time has a high temperature that can melt rocks, which means a very advanced level of fire attribute property change and form change.

At least it is not something that the two of them can do.

"In the end what happened?"

Itachi frowned, things were becoming more and more confusing.

"Never mind, the further away we are from that the better."

Shisui shook his head.

Although the alarm bell is sharp, its spread is small.

On the contrary, although the beast's roar is low, the sound travels much farther.

“Such an obvious technique, even the rain ninjas nearby would notice it.

"We will continue to stay here. Once our identity is exposed, the Kingdom of Rain will certainly not go to war with Konoha, but it is hard to say whether other major powers will make a fuss about this matter.

"My crow has gone to find Yiyong. When he comes back, we will leave the Kingdom of Rain immediately."

Itachi nodded, temporarily suppressing all the doubts in his heart, and followed Shisui as he galloped towards the east of the fortress.

…

at the same time.

Purgatory Anjuro made a few big jumps and climbed all the way up the wall that had been melted and then re-solidified, and finally came to the place where the giant flame tiger disappeared. And behind him, in the four-story fortress originally made of hard stone, there was also a deep and wide patio, which was burned out when the tiger charged all the way up.

The chakra composition of Giyuu is different from that of ordinary chakra ninjas. It is not surprising to have such a terrifying temperature.

"What an incredible feat! Your Excellency Shuizhu!"

In the heavy rain, Purgatory Anjuro, wearing an ordinary yukata, sincerely admired him.

"Even Ghost Dance Tsuji Muzan will be reduced to ashes under this blow!"

This was the outfit he had worn since his resurrection. A messenger crow was poking its head out of the inner lining, its orange eyes curiously looking at the new world.

"Don't call me that..."

Yiyong's voice was weak, and there wasn't much chakra in his body.

After unleashing the "Breath of Fire·Fifth Form·Fire Tiger" with all his strength, he didn't even have the strength to stand. What's more, with the condition of his knees, once he got out of the emergency state before, he wouldn't be able to hold on. Live in your own body.

"Also, can you put me down..."

At this time, Giyuu, who was covered in blood, was being hugged by Anjuro in a princess hug.

A blue chakra tie slipped out from his lowered hand, pulling seven semi-floating bubbles. The children who had narrowly escaped death were sleeping quietly inside, and it seemed that their breathing was still stable. .

This is a modified version of the water prison technique of the Second Hokage, subverting the purpose of the technique itself to imprison others and drown them.

Judging from the use of this technique, it should be used by the Second Hokage when he rescued his own people who were accidentally injured by him from the water.

But no matter what, the current Yiyong looks like a child who was hugged by his brother after being tired from playing in the park, with seven balloons in his hand, full of weirdness.

"How can this work! I can already see your bones!"

Yanzhu righteously rejected Yiyong's request.

"From now on, Mr. Shuizhu, please rest. I will do everything possible to take these children out and find a doctor for you!"

"Just call me by name..."

Yiyong's voice became weaker and weaker, and the slits in his eyes became smaller and smaller.

"Then I'd rather be respectful than obey your orders! Giyu! You can also call me Xing Jurou!"

Giyuu, who was about to fall into darkness, was shouted out again. He knew this was Anjurou's way of keeping him awake, it wasn't the time to fall asleep yet.

"Find a place to place them first. I don't have much chakra left."

"I see!"

Purgatory Anjuro reached out and touched the blue chakra lace, gathered the "balloons" behind him, and then looked at the courtyard of the fortress.

He saw more than twenty fallen rain ninjas in the courtyard. Some had one or two shurikens stuck in their bodies, and some had no wounds at all. Their bodies were still rising and falling slightly. They fainted for unknown reasons. land.

It seems that these are the things that Yiyong said before that triggered the alarm.

"It's such a brutal area, it makes people not happy at all!"

Judging from the route, those people should have climbed over the city wall and left here.

But thanks to those people who knocked down the rain ninjas in the courtyard, otherwise they would be in great trouble now.

Xing Julang's eyes turned to the other side, and finally stopped on the hay shed of the stable. Several black oilcloth carriages were parked there, and they could be driven out as long as they were put on the reins.

"Great! Want it!"

He called out a name, and the raven immediately emerged from the lining of his clothes, fluttering its wings and flying to his shoulder.

With the character of Purgatory Anjuro, he would not worry about why his messenger crow appeared in this place.

On the contrary, he immediately accepted this partner who had fought with him.

"Lord Flame Pillar!"

"Go around and find a way out of here, and come over here looking for some food!"

"clear!"

The messenger crow immediately took off, charged to higher ground, circled in the rain, and disappeared in a dive.

After Anjuro found a suitable place to land, he held the volunteer breath of fire and jumped from the top of the four-story fortress. Seven "balloons" followed him straight down like tails and landed on the ground. After that, the surrounding rain splashed everywhere, staining Anjuro's yukata, but it didn't splash on Giyuu at all.

"It's time to come out!"

Anjuro walked to the side of the carriage, popped all the bubbles with his fingers, and put the children in order of height into the hood covered by the oilcloth. Giyu was placed outside.

At this time, his messenger came back with a long loaf of bread and handed it to Xingjulang's hand.

"Lord Yanzhu! This fortress has only one exit, which is two heavy iron doors. I didn't find the location of the switch!"

"It doesn't matter."

Anjuro clenched his fists, very confident in the strength of his body.

He took a bite of the bread and said, "Yummy!"

He straightened Yiyong's body, "Yiyong! Eat something to stay awake!"

Then he looked at Xin Ya: "Yes, are there any ninjas around the gate?"

"The ninjas inside the fortress have entered the building to search, but there are guards outside."

"Thanks a lot!"

Purgatory Anjuro said as he pulled the horse's reins: "Giyu is left to you, we must not let him sleep!"

"yes!"

…

Outside the fortress.

The two rain ninjas who had previously released Yiyu and the homeless leader into the city had different expressions.

They heard the chaos inside, but no one opened the door for them, and they didn't know what happened.

According to regulations, they could only wait boringly outside the door.

"Well, what's this noise?"

The rain ninja, who was wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a spear, listened carefully, "Is it the sound of horse hooves?"

"Someone should be going out."

"But the person who opened the door upstairs isn't here either..."

While the two were talking, they heard a loud "bang" and saw a huge bulge suddenly appear on the 20-centimeter-thick iron door.

The two stood in front of the door with their weapons in hand, listening worriedly to the second and third impacts, their bodies shaking with the door in sync.

By the fourth time, the right one of the two doors was knocked out like a card thrown by a magician with a flick of his wrist. The air flow kicked up swept away the hats of the two rain ninjas, and then I heard the sound of the iron door slamming to the ground a few meters behind the two of them.

The rain ninjas swallowed their saliva and looked inside the door frame. A strange-looking yellow-haired boy with red hair was gently pressing his shoulders.

Behind him, a black carriage with two horses was parked.

The rain ninja on the left knew that this was an enemy, so he casually took out two shurikens and threw them at them, but Purgatory Anjuro just took a step forward, and the aura overflowed from his body. The shurikens seemed to have been specially avoided. He flew to both sides as if driving, hit the wall and bounced to one side, sliding to the ground weakly.

Before the rain ninja even had time to feel shocked, Purgatory Anjuro appeared in front of the two of them, took the spear in their hands and broke it directly.

"Excuse me!"

Purgatory Anjuro did not mean to continue hurting them, but asked sincerely.

“If I want to leave the country, which direction should I go?”

The two rain ninjas looked at each other and pointed to the guide in unison.

"Oh! Can we find a doctor in that direction?"

"Twenty kilometers south is... the border between the Country of Rain and the Country of Sichuan. When you enter the Country of Sichuan, you can find a doctor after you encounter a town..."

"Thank you very much! Lend me this knife!"

After Anjuro got the answer, he pulled out the saber of one of them, knocked them down and placed them against the wall. Then he immediately got on his horse and pointed towards the south.

"Everyone, sit tight! We're leaving now!"

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