Chapter 209 Refusal

After figuring out the terrain in the Imperial Palace, as well as the whereabouts of the masters and servants, Shikamaru pretended to be hairy, broke some worthless objects such as bowls and cups, and was driven out by the housekeeper.

Continuing to pretend to be a servant and waiting for an opportunity to plot against Kataku Zhongquan and other grass ninja is indeed a tempting idea, but unfortunately, after Akai's team goes to the Grass Country Mansion openly, there must be a perceptual ninja in the team sent by Grass Ninja Village to protect Kataku Zhongquan, and Shikamaru will lurk around Kazutakun at that time, but it will startle the snake.

A relatively remote abandoned and dilapidated house far away from the city is the temporary base of the people of the third detachment of the Konoha Dark Division, and the city can't even find a small inconspicuous hotel, and a few people can only live in this kind of place.

"Urashima, how's it going?" In addition to one of his teammates who also inquired about the situation in the city, Tenzo and a member of the dark tribe codenamed "Dodo" were staying in this temporary base, and after discovering Shikamaru, Tenzo asked about the situation in a deep voice.

"Here's a topographic map." Shikamaru handed the topographical map of the Japanese Mansion Imperial Palace that he had drawn, and said at the same time, "The guard force inside is very ordinary, except for the two Kusa Ninja Village Shinobi, there are only ordinary soldiers. ”

"Didn't raise suspicions, did you?" Tenzo looked down at the topographic map and asked without raising his head.

"No, young men and girls are often recruited in the Imperial Palace." Shikamaru shook his head and said.

Kazutaku Chuquan likes to torture and play with beautiful boys and girls, and it seems that only through this behavior can he feel the joy of being alive again, away from the fear of aging day after day. There are no longer a few children who have been toyed to death by him for a long time, and it is not uncommon for them to commit suicide because they can't bear the humiliation and torture, but there are always people who can't survive to send their children, and there are also children who are stupid or discordant and have been kicked out, so Shikamaru is not suspicious.

Tenzo looked at the map carefully, and after a moment, he tapped his finger at the stable, and then at the servant's residence not far away, and said, "Urashima, you said that there are many servants in this palace who have a tendency to destroy?" ”

“…… Yes. Shikamaru replied with a deep groan as he thought of those eyes full of malice and hatred.

"Our mission this time is not only to capture Kazutakun, but also to kill a few grass ninjas who came to protect him, and the best result is, of course, to wipe out all the grass ninjas." Tianzang said to the two: "However, they have the advantage in numbers, and if we attack hard, even if we are sure of victory, there is no guarantee that there will be no loss of personnel." ”

"They must be separated and used to our advantage to kill them one by one." In order to strengthen his tone, Tianzang waved his right hand and said undoubtedly: "After the ninjas sent by the Grass Ninja Village come to the Imperial Palace, we must attack immediately and not give them time to familiarize themselves with the terrain and environment. ”

"Nine ghosts!" Tenzo suddenly whispered behind Shikamaru, and Shikamaru, who was aware of the movement, turned around and saw that another member of the same detachment as him had returned to the temporary base at some point, he was tall, slightly thin, with short black ear-length hair, and a bobcat mask on his face, and when he heard Tenzo call him, he answered.

"You will be responsible for using illusion to guide a few servants who have been abused by Kazutachu to set fire to the horses, causing chaos, and then come to the south side of the outer perimeter of the palace to pick me and the 'dodo'." Tenzo commanded.

No one in the dark department has obvious shortcomings, forbearance, body, and illusion, are not weak, but there are always people who are good at a certain aspect, codenamed "Nine Ghosts", the man with the mask of a lynx is better at using illusion and fire escape and earth escape ninjutsu, so for a while before, he has always been sent to the city to inquire about the news.

Seeing that the "Nine Ghosts" nodded yes, Tianzo said to the other two: "After the riot happened, I, 'Dodo', and 'Urashima' attacked the place where Zhai Zhongquan was located, and 'Urashima' you left with Zhai Zhongquan as soon as possible, and I and 'Dodo' will help you temporarily hold off the pursuers, understand!" ”

Shikamaru glanced at the 'Dodo' wearing a bird mask and carrying two knives behind him, one of which was a short ninja knife, which was the standard equipment of the members of the dark department, and the other was the Tai Dao prepared by the 'Dodo' himself, with two long black ropes tied to the scabbard, and the other end was tied to his belt. He is good at physical arts and ninjutsu, more precisely, sword art and wind escape ninjutsu, and his frontal combat power is very strong, if he only temporarily drags the pursuers, it is enough to have him and Tianzang, not to mention that there are 'nine ghosts' to answer them halfway.

"'Urashima' will take Kazutakun to the south, and go straight to the dense forest outside the city, where will the people of Akai's team pick you up, and then you will hand over Kazutakun to Akai and them." Tenzo said to Shikamaru, "After Akai's team leaves, you will ambush in the dense forest, and we will lure the enemy over. ”

"There is no room for loss in this battle, so let these hillbillies in Grass Ninja Village see the consequences of angering Konoha Village!" Tianzo said to Shikamaru and the others, even if he was wearing a mask, Shikamaru could imagine the other party's cold expression at this time, and the battle between the ninjas of different ninja villages really had no emotion and room to talk about.

Tenzo's plan is actually very simple, it is nothing more than to separate the grass ninja as much as possible by causing a riot, and then form a chase battle, stretching the formation of the grass ninja village, making it difficult for them to take care of each other, reducing the number advantage of the grass ninja in disguise, and then using the 'nine ghosts' and Shikamaru to respond one by one, raid and solve some of the enemies one by one, and finally lead the battlefield to the dense forest, so as to divide the large number of people.

This is also a plan that can be formulated with absolute confidence in the personal strength of one's own side, and among them, the successful capture of Kazutakun is the most important thing, only by mastering this hostage, Kusashinobu Village must chase Shikamaru, and Tenzo can stretch their formation as he wishes.

After making a plan, Tenzo handed over the topographic map to the 'Nine Ghosts' and asked him to remember the locations of each area, and suddenly remembered something, and asked Shikamaru, "By the way, have you eaten my tree species and Zhai Zhongquan?" ”

"I saw him take it with my own eyes." Shikamaru nodded and replied when he heard this.

After Tianzo's tree species was subdued by Kazutakun, he was able to sense the other party's position, and he was not afraid of being deceived by the grass ninja using the transformation technique or illusion.

The advantage of Shikamaru and other members of the dark tribe is that the Kusa Ninja Village did not know about their arrival, and made all kinds of preparations in advance, making the possible actions of the Kusamaru useless.

It is impossible for the Grass Ninja Village to send a large number of ninjas to be stationed to protect and Otaku Authority, not to mention the normal operation of the Grass Ninja Village and the Grass Country - even if Otaku Nakaquan is important, it will not be more important than the entire country - if they really send a large number of ninjas to come, it will be equivalent to taking the initiative to expand the scale of the struggle, and it is not impossible for it to eventually turn into a war. So this time, the grass ninja village will also send two or three upper ninjas at most, and each will come with a team composed of several middle ninjas.

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The journey of Akai's team was not slow, and not long after Tianzang made a plan, he took Hinata Ningji, Li Luo, and Tiantian to the capital of the Grass Country.

Li Luo and Tian Tian looked depressed, the domestic political situation in the country of grass was corrupt, the two of them saw more dead people along the way than in a lifetime combined, and these people simply had all kinds of deaths, hunger, disease, murder ......, even the capital in front of them, there was an extremely long distance from the prosperity, the aristocratic area in the east of the city and the civilian area in the south of the city were in stark contrast, luxury and chaos, as if two worlds were forcibly connected by the power of the underworld.

Compared to Tenzo and Shikamaru, the Akai team is much more upright, they are the team on the bright side to attract the attention of the country of grass and the village of Kusanonobi, to deliver the letter of Tsunade, so they swagger and unabashedly look for a place to settle in the city.

It's a pity that after looking for a long time, I didn't find a relatively ordinary hotel, this country is so poor, and the merchants who come here to do business will not be commoners, but nobles, and naturally there will be no shortage of money to enjoy.

In desperation, Akai could only sigh and waste a lot of money and go to a high-end hotel to go through the formalities. He knew that although it was set for three days, he was afraid that his group would not be able to stay for such a long time, and this behavior was mainly to let the monitored grass ninja relax his vigilance.

After staying at the hotel, Akai looked for a reason to leave, and after cautiously detecting whether there were any watchers, he sneaked out of the city.

In a small forest outside the city, Tianzang had already been waiting for Akaido, and when he saw him coming, he didn't say much, and after the code, he told him the plan he had made before.

Akai's task is to pick up Shikamaru in the dense forest in the south of the city, and then rush back to Konoha Village with Kazutakun as soon as possible, and leave the rest to the dark department.

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With Tsunade's letter, Akai naturally failed to ask for the daimyo of the country of grass and the power of the house.

Even if the country of grass is a small country, Grass Ninja Village is not taken into account by Konoha Village, but as the head of a country, being asked to hand over his important ministers with a letter, and spreading it will inevitably make people laugh off their big teeth.

Although the Daimyo of the Grass Country was quite polite to Akai that he would punish Kazutaku, he still refused Tsunade's request, and Akai did not insist, and the Daimyo of the Grass Country did not dare to embarrass him, so he left the Daimyo Imperial Palace seemingly untroubled.

After Akai left, the Daimyo of the Grass Country was still uneasy, after all, compared to the Grass Country and the Grass Ninja Village, Konoha Village and the Fire Country were indeed well-deserved behemoths, and Akai's previous attitude was also questionable.

After thinking about it, the daimyo of the country of grass finally decided to repair a letter and ask the village of Kusa Ninja to send someone to protect and house Zhongquan as soon as possible.

Unlike the country of fire's diplomacy, Konoha Village is a ninja village after all, a military institution, there is no need to doubt their ability to act, Ninja Village's style is that words are useless, so they directly start the operation, and the Daimyo of the Grass Country feels that Konoha Village is very likely to send ninjas to hijack and house Zhongquan after receiving the news of his refusal.

It is unlikely that there will be a direct war, and Konoha Village needs the country of grass to keep it as a buffer between him and Iwakuin Village, and it must be used to contain the nearby Takishinobi Village who has always been nostalgic for the glory of the past.

Of course, the Daimyo of the Grass Country didn't know, in fact, Tsunade had already made up his mind to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, and the Grass Country and the Grass Ninja Village were the helpless chickens in her eyes!