In the open woods, there are hardly any human figures.

In the depths of this forest, Naruto was the only one here to exercise in the wind attribute chakra.

Perhaps because of the long cultivation time, a lot of hard work and sweat from his concentration on cultivation appeared on his forehead, and his breathing became shorter than usual, so that his shoulders subconsciously trembled slightly.

At that moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind me.

It's Sasuke and Sakura.

Sasuke was carrying a lunch box in his hand, and it was obvious that the two of them had come to deliver food to Naruto.

"Give."

Walking closer, Sasuke handed the lunch box to Naruto with an indifferent face and asked him to catch it.

"Oh, thank you so much for bothering you every time, Sasuke."

Naruto smiled and took the lunch box that Sasuke handed him, just as his stomach was indeed a little hungry.

Sasuke glanced at Naruto and said, "You're welcome, although we didn't have a good relationship in the past, since we are now a companion in a squad, it's nothing to help with this." Then again, Kakashi asked me to ask you, how is your cultivation progressing? ”

Naruto frowned in distress and replied, "It's still not going well, the condensation of the wind attribute chakra is too difficult, and it is estimated that it will take a while to be able to use it smoothly." ”

As he spoke, he scratched his scalp appropriately, as if he was bothered by this matter.

"In that case......

Halfway through Sasuke's words, he threw a punch and slammed it into Naruto's face.

Naruto was caught off guard, and his nosebleed splattered.

Sasuke had no intention of stopping, turned around and kicked Naruto in the chest, kicking his entire body out and slamming it on the trunk and tumbling down.

"Sasuke!?"

Sakura was directly stunned by the scene in front of her, and didn't know why Sasuke was so cruel to Naruto.

Even if you want to test Naruto's strength, you won't be so cruel to your own people, right?

Naruto, who rolled down from the trunk, rubbed his nose and covered his kicked chest, looking at Sasuke with a puzzled and painful expression.

The lunch box in his hand had already flown out and scattered all over the ground.

"Sasuke, what are you doing all of a sudden?"

In response to Naruto's questioning, Sasuke's eyes were very cold, with a hint of strong fighting intent.

Sakura sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and slowly retreated to Sasuke's side, looking at Naruto's gaze with a rare look of vigilance.

"Naruto, that guy doesn't thank me, and he never says anything frustrating while practicing."

Sasuke stared at the other coldly.

If Naruto's first thank you only made him suspicious.

Next, when he asked Naruto about his cultivation progress, when the other party directly said some frustrating things that didn't match Naruto's usual behavior, he was sure that Naruto in front of him was an impostor.

Because especially in front of him, Naruto would not do this, and would definitely say provocative and combative slogans such as 'wait and see' and 'I will definitely surpass you'.

Being exposed by Sasuke like this, the incomprehension and pain on Naruto's face suddenly disappeared, and turned into a strange hideous color.

"I see, I didn't expect this. He is worthy of being the last descendant of the Konoha Uchiha clan......"

With that, there was a bang, and smoke spread next to Naruto, and a strange young man appeared there.

The nose was slightly red and swollen, apparently from the scar from the punch Sasuke had just hit.

"Who are you? Where did the real Naruto go hidden by you? ”

Sasuke asked.

Instead of answering Sasuke's question, the young man picked up the kunai from his ninja bag and quickly rushed towards Sasuke and Sakura.

Seeing the young man rushing towards him without saying a word, Sasuke's eyes were even colder, and he was not to be outdone, rushing towards the other party, and his hands were sealed.

"Fire Escape: Hao Fireball Technique!"

A scorching huge fireball spewed out from Sasuke's mouth, and the young man in front of him was not low in strength, Sasuke didn't expect to solve the other party with this move, but just hoped to use the fire escape technique to create a huge movement here, attracting Kakashi to come over quickly to support.

With him and Sakura, I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with this young man.

And he was also a little worried about Naruto's situation at the moment.

At the very least, you have to find out who these people are.

Sasuke's flexible reaction was beyond the young man's expectations, and he originally wanted to use melee combat to eliminate Sasuke and Sakura, but Sasuke's use of such a powerful ninjutsu as the Fire Escape Jutsu made the nature of the matter completely different.

Although he was left behind as bait, he didn't want to die at all.

In the face of that Kakashi Hagi, he basically has no way to live.

And the strength shown by Sasuke also means that the other party is not a trouble that can be solved in a short period of time.

This kind of strength is already comparable to that of Zhongnin.

Therefore, at the moment when Sasuke used the fire escape technique, he did not hesitate or hesitate, avoided the fireball, dodged sideways, and in the blink of an eye, jumped towards the depths of the dark woods, and disappeared.

"Damn!"

Sasuke didn't expect the other party to run away so decisively and not entangle with him.

The fireball crashed into the tree, instantly burning the entire tree, and a violent explosion sounded.

Shortly after the young man fled, Kakashi rushed over, and seeing the traces of fire on the field, coupled with the rather chaotic footsteps, it was clear that there had been a battle here.

He looked at Sasuke with an inquiring look in his eyes.

Sasuke didn't hesitate, and quickly and succinctly explained what had just happened.

Kakashi understood and gave the order, "That guy asked me to chase after me, and you guys will go from another line to search for Naruto's traces." According to the time, the guy who kidnapped Naruto is probably not far away. Don't fall in love when you spot an enemy, send a signal in time to let me know. ”

This is best if you are not sure about the number of enemies.

"Is it just the two of us, Kakashi-sensei?"

Sakura was a little apprehensive.

It was clear that Naruto's captors were not ordinary bandits and samurai, but genuine ninjas.

Once it comes to ninjas, it's at least a B-level mission, and it's not a difficult task that they can complete at all.

"I'll ask the people of the Ray Light Regiment to look for it together."

"Thunder Light Regiment?"

"They're mercenaries, as long as they give money, it's not a problem. I don't think they mind making a little extra money at a time like this. Isn't it, Chief Chino? ”

After Kakashi's words landed, a crisp voice rang out:

"Mr. Kakashi seems to know the rules of our bounty hunters, yes, as long as we are paid enough, we Thunderlight Regiment will be happy to serve Konoha."

The petite cute baby-faced girl stood on the tree at some point, looking at several people condescendingly, and she was also attracted by the explosion caused by Sasuke's fire escape technique.

After all, this is not far from the bridge, and as long as the movement is a little louder, it is easy to detect anomalies in the woods.

Sasuke and Sakura looked at Chino, unlike Kakashi, the two of them always maintained a vigilant attitude towards Chino, and even suspected that Naruto's disappearance was due to the actions of the Thunderlight Regiment.

Seeing Sasuke and Sakura's slightly questioning gazes, Chino's cute baby face became angry.

"Do you two think that it was our Thunder Light Regiment who kidnapped that fool? What a faux pas, our Thunder Light Regiment is a mercenary, not a human trafficker! ”

And at present, Konoha and the Thunder Light Group can be regarded as a honeymoon period of cooperation, and with the reputation of the Thunder Light Group in the underground black market, it is impossible to do this kind of stupid thing of smashing their own signboards.

The stronger the team of bounty hunters, the more credibility is valued.

Because of the shattered reputation, no matter how powerful the bounty hunter is, he will be unanimously rejected by all employers and will be disgraced from the underground black market.

It is precisely because it is a lawless place that credibility will be the basis for guaranteeing the premise of all cooperation, not strength.

"I'm sorry, they are also concerned about the chaos, I know the credibility of the Thunder Light Regiment. In this way, how about I invest one million taels on behalf of Konoha this time to entrust your Thunder Light Regiment to help rescue my subordinates? ”

Kakashi said.

Qian Nai didn't think much about it, and nodded: "Yes." ”

Yun Yin's people are attacking the military factory of the Oni Country, and at this time, there is no spare strength to sabotage the work on this side of the bridge.

It looks like the thunderbolt is bound around the construction site of the bridge, but now it's actually free.

Moreover, the remuneration of one million taels is not low.

In a regular ninja village, one million taels is already the standard reward for S-class tasks.

The goal of a bounty of several million, or even tens of millions, is not easy to do in the underground black market.

"So, without further ado, let's get moving."

Kakashi nodded, chasing in the direction the young man had fled.

"You two come with me."

For Chino's order, Sasuke and Sakura had to keep along.

This baby-faced girl is also a shinobi no matter what she says, and with her by her side, the safety factor of searching for Naruto's whereabouts has greatly increased.

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Naruto woke up in a bump.

“？”

Naruto, who woke up, instantly sensed that something was wrong.

He was caught in the arms of a middle-aged man with an unfamiliar appearance, and the man had a narrow scar on his right cheek, which made his appearance even more fierce in the dark environment.

"Woooooooooo Woooooooooooooooo ”

Naruto, who wanted to shout loudly, only then found that his mouth was stuffed, and he could only whine into a small sound.

Out of caution, his hands and feet were now bound with strong hemp rope, making it difficult to move.

Naruto recalled that he was too tired from cultivation before, and when he was about to take a nap in the woods, he heard a slight footstep approaching him, and before he could open his eyes to take a closer look, he passed out directly.

When I woke up, it was like this.

Therefore, no matter how sluggish Naruto was, he knew that he had been kidnapped at this time.

"Wake up, Nine-Tailed Imp?"

The man noticed that Naruto in his arms was struggling, and he tried to make a movement, so he looked down at Naruto as he hurried.

Naruto's eyes widened and he looked at the man incredulously.

This guy ...... Naruto knew that he had a terrifying monster sealed inside him - the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

This matter should only be known to people in their own village.

But he hadn't seen the man who kidnapped him, so it was most likely not from Konoha Village.

"Wake up, if you don't want to suffer from flesh and skin, then be honest. In order to ensure the integrity of the human pillar body, I did not cut off your hands and feet. ”

The man's tone was cold.

Naruto couldn't help but shudder, although he didn't know if the man was scaring him, Naruto did have a trace of fear in his heart.

But because I'm afraid, I give up resisting or something, and I don't have my own style.

If Sasuke had known, he would have been ridiculed by him for this.

However, his hands and feet were tied with ropes and tied in dead knots, and no matter how you looked at it, it was impossible to break free.

Damn, if only there was a sharp weapon that could cut through the rope in your hand. Naruto was distressed in his heart.

But how is this possible?

With his hands tied, he couldn't take out the kunai in his ninja bag at all.

And once the movement is loud, it will arouse the man's vigilance.

No matter how you choose, it seems like a dead end.

Unless you can conjure up a sharp blade in your hand that is not easy to see.

Thinking of this, Naruto suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

...... in hand Sharp...... Incise......

Wind Escape!

Naruto seemed to see a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

Although he was not very proficient in Feng Dun after cultivating during this period of time, the wind attribute chakra that had been initially condensed actually had a strong cutting ability.

With the wind attribute chakra, it is not difficult to cut the hemp rope that binds his hands.

You just need to twist the palm of your hand to bring it closer to the hemp rope, and you can do it, but the movement must be small.

Thinking of this, Naruto raised his head and secretly glanced at the man, and found that the other party's attention was basically on the hurry, and he didn't turn too much attention to himself.

Very good! Naruto, who discovered this, instantly condensed the wind attribute chakra in his palm and began to save himself.

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Billowing black smoke and flames erupted from the factory, and the figures turned into two camps and fought fiercely.

For a while, flames, thunder, water, mudslides, and storms were all presented in the factory, and in just a few rounds, the ground of the factory was basically lifted by both sides of the battle.

A female ninja in her twenties with a dark yellow braided hair dodging the attack of the ninjas of the country of demons, and after using violent means, she opened the black door of the manufacturing plant and rushed in without saying a word.

As soon as I entered the manufacturing plant, I found that in addition to the industrial machines that were still running on their own, the weapon accessories on the transport tracks had long since disappeared, and more than that.

In addition to the self-running machines and the sound of the machines, the factory was empty and empty.

Worst!

When the female ninja saw this scene, she instantly realized that this weapon manufacturing plant was an empty shell, and in addition to some machines, the arms and weapons produced had been transferred one step in advance.

It's a trap!

When she tried to get out, the whole factory suddenly shook restlessly, and terrible cracks appeared in the walls above and around it, and pieces of rubble fell downward.

Boom!

Before there was time to retreat, the huge factory collapsed in an instant, and countless rubbles fell down, burying the female ninja in the ruins.

The ninjas and attackers of the Oni Country who were fighting outside couldn't help but look at the collapsed manufacturing plant when they heard this.

When the attackers saw the multi-storey factory building that the female ninja had just entered, it turned into ruins in an instant and buried it alive in the ground, and their faces immediately changed greatly.

"Yugi-sama!"

The shouting had an effect.

With a bang, the massive entity chakra rose into the sky, and two blue tails like giant pythons opened a large hole in the center of the ruins, rolling up countless dust.

There was an indescribable weight in the air, and both the Ninja of the Oni Country and the Yunyin Ninja who were the one who attacked the party felt that it was difficult to breathe.

Above the dusty ruins, a huge monster figure like a fortress loomed in the smoke and dust, slowly emerging.

It was a huge blue cat.

The body burned with blue patterned flames, and the breath did not know how to converge at all.

Suddenly the sky was overcast, and electric light flickered in the clouds.

The blue cat seemed to have been stimulated by some kind of anger, and its yellow and green heterochromatic pupils were full of awe-inspiring killing intent, and they glared viciously at a certain location.

In that position, Ichihime pressed the hilt of the Kusanagi sword with his palm, and with his body, he lightly blocked the astonishing momentum of the tailed beast's attack, and stood there casually and smiled softly, as if he did not regard the terrifying chakra blue cat in front of him as a strong opponent.

Although she didn't say it out of her mouth, the female ninja who controlled the huge blue cat and the two tails thought so.

Not only was she teased, she was forced out of the true body of the tailed beast in her body early, but she was also treated with such contempt, she felt unprecedented humiliation in Yunyin, who had always been feared!

Kill her! Once the thought came to mind, there was no way to get it out of her mind.

Humiliation can only be washed away with blood!

"Stay away!"

The blue cat spoke in a female voice again, addressed to the Cloud Hidden Ninjas.

According to the original plan, it was supposed to break into the data room in the military factory as quickly as possible, loot the weapon manufacturing drawings there, and then evacuate the factory as quickly as possible to avoid being entangled by the people of the Oni Country.

But now it seems that this idea was too naïve.

"Yes!"

Hearing the order, the Yunyin ninja did not dare to stay, the trump card of their operation, the two tailed people and the two Yugi people, had completely liberated the power of the tailed beast in their bodies, and in this case, it was easy to be affected by the power of the tailed beast.

So, immediately give up entanglement with the ninjas of the Oni Country and withdraw from the territory of the factory.

However, when they were leaving, the ninjas of the Oni Country responded to the call and chased after them, not intending to let them go so easily.

The order given to them by Yiji is to annihilate all the enemy troops, and not let go of one!

"Get out of here!"

Seeing that the ninja of the country of demons wanted to pursue the retreating companions, Yukito immediately controlled the two-tailed cat to lift it up again, and ran on the ground, rolling up a violent hurricane, with a murderous atmosphere.

Seeing this, Yihime's figure shook in place, suddenly appeared in the air in front of the cat, took a light breath, bent his arm, and then punched directly into the forehead of the blue cat.

Rumble!

The air exploded.

The cat's body, which was as huge as a fortress, fell to the ground mercilessly after being punched by Ichihime, and rolled out.

The body hit the water tower of the factory, and the water gushed down, wetting the cat's body again.

The long hair on the back of his head flew, and Kazuhime stood in place, gently flicking his fist and hitting the flying cat's arm.

"It's really rough skin and thick meat, it seems that the direct hand-to-hand combat with the tailed beast is still a little bit worse."

There was blood on her fist, the blood that flowed from her own flesh and skin.

The Tailed Beast's defenses were stronger than she could have imagined.

He had never had the experience of fighting directly with tailed beasts in the past, and because of this, Kazuhime had long wondered if he could fight hand-to-hand with tailed beasts with his powerful body that could accommodate tailed beast-level chakras.

Now it seems that she is still a cut short.

If she continues to fight the tailed beast in this way, it won't take a few rounds for this arm of hers to be scrapped.

It's hard to imagine that the Thunder Shadow of Cloud Hidden can use its own body to compete with the Tailed Beast.

Is it because of the lack of Thunder Dun Armor? Kazuhime pondered this possibility.

No, Yun Yin's Thunder Escape Chakra Mode is actually not too advanced ninjutsu.

The cultivation difficulty is B-level.

The rest of the ninja villages, including the Oni Country military, have also studied the Thunder Escape Chakra model, and without exception, they all show that the cultivation threshold of this ninjutsu is not high.

It's people, not arts, that are powerful.

It can only be said that the Thunder Escape Chakra mode is very suitable for the Thunder Shadow of Yunyin.

In addition, Thunder Shadow also seems to have a family inheritance, which may also involve some unknown secret ninjutsu.

"You yellow-haired girl!"

The cat stood still, trembled, swept away the water trails on its body, and then bared its teeth and grinned, and its gaze and face became extremely fierce.

Although Kazuhime's fist only made her feel a little pain, Rao was like this, and Yugito still felt a sense of shame.

Using the power of the tailed beast, he was beaten back by a little girl with a meat fist.

This is the first time in addition to his own thunder shadow.

At Yugito's anger, Kazuhime smiled unconcernedly.

"Originally, the battlefield here was reserved for the group of guys in Konoha. However, it would be nice to switch to a tailed beast now. How much will your Thunder Shadow pay to redeem you then? ”

After speaking, Ichihime put the back of his hand to his mouth and licked the blood flowing from the back of his hand with his tongue, and his eyes faintly revealed a bright red bewitching light.

"Die!"

The cat let out another earth-shattering roar, and its sharp claws tore at the other's body.

Ichihime stepped on it, his body leaped out, and he quickly drew the saber at his waist.

The tip of the sword rested against the palm of the cat's paw.

Two powerful chakras erupted from Kazuhime and Cat again, both with an unrivaled momentum, rushing into each other.

Yugito, who controlled the cat's body again, saw this, and without hesitation, his mouth opened wide and a huge fireball with a diameter of more than several meters was spewed.

There was a boom and an explosion.

Flames scattered.

A large blackened crater appeared in the ground, steaming hot.

Kazuhime jumped backwards from the dust, and the sparks left on her clothes quickly dissipated.

"Can't even the sharpness of the Kusanagi sword pierce that layer of skin?"

Yiji snorted, and glanced at the saber in his hand with some disgust.

Looking at the huge cat that attacked again, Ichihime didn't move at all.

Just as the huge cat's claws were about to touch her body, a pitch-black shadow, like lightning, passed in front of the cat's eyes.

The cat's eyes exploded violently.

The thunder was intense.

The cat let out another scream of great pain, and staggered backwards.

The pitch-black shadow saw the cat retreat again, and it flickered directly, and landed firmly on Yiji's shoulder.

It was a four-legged pitch-black cub with a single horn on its head that shimmered blue lightning.

"Good job, Thunder Pill, I thought you were lazy again."

Kazuhime said to the four-legged unicorn beast standing on his shoulder.

"Miss, I can still be relied on at a critical moment. However, this big guy in front of him is not easy to deal with. ”

Thunder Pill looked at the huge body of the two tails, and the chakra that overflowed from it made the air here very solemn.

"Don't talk nonsense, use thunder."

As she spoke, Kazuhime took out a scroll from her ninja bag and spread it out.

The scroll immediately floated in front of Kazuhime's body, and a large number of black spells were engraved on it, and in the center of the spell, the word 'instrument' was written.

Kazuhime's hands were sealed, and a large number of materialized chakras emerged from his body, like a soft stream of water enveloping the spread scroll.

"Understood!"

Thunder Pill did not hesitate, and the thunder light bloomed all over his body, instantly creating a huge thunder and lightning field around Yihime.

"This little trick—"

The pain in the eyes slowly disappeared, and the cat spoke again.

However, this time the words were not finished, and they were interrupted by the sound of a sigh breaking through the air.

The kunai that carried dense electric light was shot out at an astonishing speed in the scroll that could not be spread out.

The cat stretched out its paws again, intending to sweep the kunai away.

Rumble!

Different from ordinary kunai, these kunai carrying electric light, after touching the cat's claws, immediately produced the effect of cannonball explosion, and the power was good, which made the cat's body shake again.

Before it could react, more kunai carrying electric light followed.

Kunai, who carried electric light, exploded in the cat's nose and jaw, his face was slightly distorted, and he was forced to raise his head unwillingly.

And the kunai in the scroll seemed to be endless, with lightning, and from the scroll like a blue laser, with a light like a meteor, it flashed in the air, and finally fell on the cat like an endless drizzle.

The piercing screech made the cat's head snarl sound very painful.