Like a swift wind, it swoops down from the sky.

Yamazaki Hisashi, who patrols the sky, finds the headless body of Aya who has had his head blown off with a sniper rifle.

The area above the neck is basically impossible to look at, the trees and the ground are also splashed with a large amount of bright red, and the corpse still holds a blue trident sword tightly in its hand.

"This is it."

Yamazaki Hisashi used the flying ninja behind him to fly into the air, advancing along the horizontal line, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed a distance of more than ten meters, reaching out and grabbing this headless corpse.

Then the flying ninja behind him began to spray white rising gas, and under the action of strong thrust, the body quickly rose into the sky.

That's when —

"Wood Escape: The Art of the Great Forest!"

Long snake-like wooden vines struck from the dark depths of the woods and wrapped around Yamazaki Hisashi's body.

Yamazaki was startled, and without hesitation, a silver metal ball fell off from his left hand and flew out.

The metal ball collided with the wooden vines, and with a bang, it erupted into a violent impact of flames, covering the wooden vines that had attacked him in a wave of fire and burning to ashes.

The firelight exploded, illuminating the woods as bright as day, and soon dimmed again.

Yamazaki didn't dare to stop when he saw this scene, and his body, driven by the flying ninja, quickly rose into the air, and flew away with the corpse towards the west.

Not long after Yamazaki Kutoshi left, Amazo and Sakura rushed over, and Amazo looked at Yamazaki Hisaku who had already flown into the air, squinted his eyes, and didn't know what he was thinking.

"I remember that he was a shinobi of the country of ghosts, and his name seemed to be Yamazaki Hisa. Could it be that it was ...... who captured Naruto?"

Sakura recognized the identity of Yamazaki Hisashi at this time, and she had seen this person in the Oni Country when she took the Zhongnin Exam.

He is good at ninja handling, and he uses his speed advantage to get close to the enemy, and he attacks his opponent with explosives, and he is a difficult ninja.

"No, it's not the ninjas of the Oni no Kuni who kidnapped Naruto. It's the Four Celestial Elephant People of the Craftsman Ninja Village. ”

Sakai came out of the shadows at this time, and after watching all this, he shook his head and vetoed Sakura's point of view.

"The Four Celestial Elephants?"

"The corpse that was taken away was one of the members of the Four Celestial Elephants. In the intelligence network of the root, there is information on these four people. The person who attacked Naruto and took him away should be the Four Celestial Elephants. ”

Sakai explained.

"Then let's hurry up and ask for someone in the craftsman village."

Sakura was about to make a move, but Tenzo stopped her and said, "It's useless to go there to find it, the Four Celestial Elephant People are outliers from the Artisan Ninja Village, although they are not traitors, but their relationship with the Artisan Ninja Village is very poor." Because the Artisan Ninja Village has always belonged to the international neutral Ninja Village, but the Four Celestial Elephant People are a rare radical element in the Artisan Ninja Village...... Sakai, do you know what their purpose was for taking Naruto? ”

Tenzo turned his head to look at Sakai.

Sakai thought for a moment and replied, "It should be for the powerful power in Naruto's body that doesn't belong to him yet." According to the information gathered by the roots, the Four Celestial Elephants have been searching for a huge amount of chakra energy in the ninja world to accomplish something unknown. ”

Hearing this, Tianzang's face couldn't help but sink.

The purpose is really Naruto's tailed beast.

"Captain, the task of requesting support will be handed over to you, and I must complete the task assigned by Lord Tuanzang."

After Sakai finished speaking, the figure quickly ran out and launched a search operation.

"Wait, Sakai, don't-"

Sakura tries to stop Sakai, but Sakai turns a deaf ear to this and continues to run out. For him, protecting Naruto is the most important thing right now

The rest, it's secondary.

"That guy really ......"

For Sakai's arbitrary attitude, Tianzang is also a little helpless.

However, this is also a style peculiar to the roots.

For them, it's all about getting things done.

"Sakura-chan, I'm ......"

"Hey, what is this?"

Sakura's eyes suddenly lit up and she took two steps forward.

At her feet, something familiar to her.

She picked it up and looked at it closely, only to find that it was a palm-sized drawing book.

"Hmm, this seems to be Sakai's thing."

Tenzo walked over and looked at it, and realized that this picture book had been seen on Sakai's body before.

"Did you accidentally fall from the battle with the enemy just now?"

Sakura thought about it, and this was the only possibility.

"It should be so, this sketchbook, and I'll give it to him later. The most important thing now is to find Naruto. ”

Tenzo didn't delve into the matter of this picture book, but sealed it with both hands.

"Wood Escape, Wood Clone Technique!"

From the shoulder position of the body, a large number of trees suddenly appeared, and finally condensed into the appearance of Tenzo.

"It's ......"

Looking at the two Tenzo in front of her, who were difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake, Sakura was surprised.

"This is a wooden clone technique that is more difficult to distinguish between true and false than the shadow clone, and in terms of mobility, it is also more extensive than the shadow clone. Next, he will go to the nearest Konoha ninja to ask for support. Sakura-chan, you act with me. I'm worried that Sakai alone is not left

Come the four Celestial Elephant Elephant opponents. ”

Being able to take Naruto away silently, Tenzo thinks that this so-called Four Celestial Elephant Man should have some strength.

With Sakai's strength alone, if you want to deal with them, I'm afraid that there will be more than one luck.

"Yes!"

Sakura nodded.

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"Hasn't the kid come back yet?"

In the dark night forest, three figures sped quickly, heading towards the northwest.

The tall and thin man at the head couldn't help frowning when he saw that the short-haired young man who had led away the pursuers had not yet returned, revealing a dissatisfied expression.

"Maybe it's fun. But with that ninja in place, no matter how many ninjas in Konoha come, they will eventually be tortured and killed. ”

The woman standing on the right said in a confident tone.

At the same time, she also clenched the double swords in her hands, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly, hooking a cruel smile.

"Hopefully, I always felt that it wasn't going to be that simple. Konoha ninja is still very difficult. ”

The stout man to the left of the tall and thin man turned his head and spoke.

He wears a white armor with a tiger's head on it, and holds a longstick weapon in his hand, and at the top of one side of the stick, a meteor hammer is attached.

On his left shoulder, he was also carrying an unconscious man, and this unconscious man was none other than Naruto.

Perhaps because the stout man was in such a hurry that the running was very bumpy, Naruto quickly woke up from his coma.

Well?

Naruto, who woke up from his coma, suddenly thought of something, and began to struggle violently on the shoulders of the strong man, trying to break free from the strong man's control in this way.

"Oops, are you awake, little brother? Water Tiger, the medicine you gave him can't be a fake, right? ”

The woman to the right of the tall and thin man said with a smile when she saw Naruto wake up so quickly.

"Peacock, don't talk nonsense here, I've used all the medicine." The stout man Water Tiger glanced at Naruto who was struggling on his shoulder, and also showed a puzzled look: "It's really strange, with so many doses of sleeping pills, he should lie down for a day and a night." ”

"Hmph, it's because of the power of the human pillar. It doesn't matter, soon, this power of his will be used by us. ”

The tall, thin man glanced at Naruto with a sneer.

"It's not a way to go on like this, let's control his chakra first."

The water tiger felt that Naruto's struggle was getting stronger and stronger, and even with a special rope, it might not be safe.

Thinking of this, the water tiger began to instill chakra into the tiger-shaped armor on his chest, and in an instant, a powerful suction force was generated on the armor, acting on Naruto's body, pulling out the chakra in his body with force.

Naruto was completely flustered at this moment, he felt that the chakra in his body was getting less and less, and the armor on the water tiger's body was like a bottomless pit, devouring the chakra in his body all the time.

Gradually, Naruto's strength weakened, and his whole body collapsed on the water tiger's shoulders, losing the ability to resist.

"Haha, it's really full of chakra, it feels even more enjoyable than the chakra that devours the upper ninja."

The water tiger felt a steady stream of chakras flowing from Naruto to him, and burst out laughing heartily for a while.

"Let's go, pick things up. Before dawn, get to your destination. ”

The tall and thin man began to give orders.

The speed of the trio increased rapidly, leaving behind a series of afterimages on the road that were difficult to see.

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At three o'clock in the morning, it was still dark.

Led by a tall and thin man, the team ran at high speed for six or seven hours in a row.

The boundaries of the land of grass.

Break away from the forest and come to a canyon.

The high rocks on both sides extend a straight river channel, which looks dark in the night, and only the river at the bottom shines, and the water is clear.

With the help of the rocks on both sides of the river, you can continue to leap forward, and each leap can cross a distance of more than ten meters.

At this moment, he suddenly sensed something, and the tall and thin man suddenly stopped on a huge rock outcropping out of the water.

Seeing the tall and thin man stop, the peacock next to him and the water tiger with Naruto also stopped and looked at the tall and thin man.

The tall and thin man did not speak, but swept his sharp gaze to another rock on the other side of the river, and without hesitation, he aimed the black blade in his hand at the rock and swung it hard.

White light swept out, smashing the massive rock on the other side of the river like a beam of flame.

After the rock was shattered, a figure jumped out from behind the rock and landed on the water, staring at the tall and thin man with a blank face.

It was Sai who came up from behind.

"Woo!"

Seeing the familiar figure, Naruto struggled on the water tiger's shoulder again, wanting to say something, but because his mouth was gagged with a cloth, he could only make a whimpering sound.

"This kid doesn't seem to be an ordinary ghost, he can eliminate so many traps and signal misleading on the road, and find this place directly."

The tall and thin man looked at Sakai seriously, and faintly felt that he couldn't underestimate this thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy too much, otherwise he would definitely suffer a big loss.

He left traps along the way

And all kinds of traces of misleading judgment, by no means ordinary shinobi can be unraveled, even the experienced middle ninja can not do this.

"Then let's get rid of him quickly."

The peacock who picked up the double sword in his hand became excited.

"Of course."

The tall and thin man also picked up the black blade in his hand and prepared to fight.

"Look at me, Peacock Whirlwind!"

The peacock swung the dual swords in his hand vigorously, and under the stimulation of the dual sword abilities, a powerful storm was generated in an instant, rolling a large amount of gravel and water, forming a tornado current, raging towards the front.

Sakai only felt a strong suction, which made his body start to move forward unstoppably, and he was slightly startled, and retreated backwards, out of the range of the storm's attack.

The next moment, he picked up the brush in his hand and quickly drew on the spread scroll.

A giant eagle rushed out of the scroll, and Sakai did not hesitate, stepped on the back of the giant eagle and flew into the sky.

"Cut!"

The peacock looked at Sakai, who flew into the sky with a giant eagle, and was upset and unpleasant.

Although she is a long-range attack ninja, Sakai, who flies into the sky, is beyond the range she can attack.

"Next ......"

Sai looked at the crowd below, knowing that it was safe enough, so he continued to paint on the spread scroll, creating more creatures to suppress enemies from the air.

Suddenly, a bright light burst out from below, interrupting his movements.

Sakai subconsciously glanced at it.

I saw that the tip of the black sword in the tall and thin man's hand released a strong white light, illuminating the entire night into day.

Sakai felt a stinging pain in his eyes, and the movements in his hands were so stunned that he didn't have time to paint.

"Die!"

The tall and thin man saw that Sakai's vision was blocked by himself, and unceremoniously waved the black sword in his hand.

A fiery beam of light was released from the tip of the sword, spraying into the air.

Sakai, who was hit by the impact of the beam, and the giant eagle at his feet, turned into pitch-black ink and spilled down from the sky.

"Doppelganger!?"

Seeing this, the tall and thin man's face suddenly changed in shock.

"Not good, Water Tiger—"

As if he understood something, he turned to the water tiger.

The water tiger, which was still in shock, also came back to his senses and looked back.

Naruto on his shoulder was gone.

"Ahh

After that, he was greeted by a silver sword light.

Cutting off his left arm from his shoulder, the blood that spurted out was extremely brutal on the water, the rocks, and the rock wall on one side.

Seeing that he had only cut off one of the enemy's arms with this sword, and that he had rushed out of the river, and that his body was covered in water, he couldn't help frowning, and he was very dissatisfied with this result.

"Water Tiger! Damn, you little imp! Peacock whirlwind! ”

Seeing the posture of the water tiger seriously injured and broken arms, the only woman among the three, the peacock, was suddenly enraged and frantically waved the double swords in her hands.

The wind howled, and several tornado streams were generated, and because a large amount of sediment and water were mixed in, the tornado streams were directly dyed black, which matched the darkness of the night, and surrounded Sakai and Naruto and besieged them.

Naruto, who untied the ropes, took down the cloth plug, and regained his freedom, also entered a state of readiness for the first time.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

After Naruto finished casting the shadow clone, only one shadow clone appeared next to him.

But at this time, he couldn't care about this, and the shadow clone who had just appeared quickly discerned the situation, and began to rotate Naruto's right hand with his own hands, helping him condense Chakra.

Just as the chakra ball was about to be completed, there was a bang, and the shadow clone exploded.

Naruto's face turned pale.

Chakra is insufficient.

Along the way, he was sucked a large number of chakras by the water tiger, and his own chakra basically bottomed out, and this chakra was not enough to cast a spiral pill.

Now, the attack is coming.

Rumble!

Several jet-black tornadoes merged together, and suddenly centered on Naruto and Sakai, detonating in an instant.

Black rain poured down from the sky.

The water of the river began to surge restlessly, lapping against the rock walls on both sides, splashing white foaming waves.

It didn't stop for a while.

On a large rock near the rock wall, Naruto and Sakai fell there.

"Ahem, Sakai, you're okay......"

Naruto struggled to get up from the ground, but the moment he turned his head to look at the past, his voice stopped abruptly.

I saw Sakai lying there with bruises all over his body, his clothes cut by the sharp stones that rolled up in the water, and the flesh and blood of his whole body were cut apart along with it.

Lying on the cold rock, breathing in pain, breathing incomparably weak.

"Ah, aren't you dead yet? As far as the imp is concerned, he is also a great guy. ”

Peacock looked at Sakai, who had not yet died under the attack, and raised his eyebrows.

"Hey, Peacock, do you want to kill the human pillar force as well? If it weren't for this little ghost protecting the human pillar force, you might have killed the human pillar force just now. ”

The tall and thin man looked at him reproachfully

Peacock.

"I'm sorry, but I'm a little too angry to see the water tiger being seriously injured. However, it is not so easy for people to die, and their lives are hard. ”

The peacock exonerated himself with a heavy hand.

"I'll let you go this time, don't be so nonsense next time."

The tall, thin man snorted and turned to look at Naruto.

"Hey, little ghost, come with us. If you don't, kill your companion immediately. If you come with us, he may still have a chance to live. ”

"Damn, who the hell are you?"

Naruto's eyes showed a fierce red light, and subconsciously, the beard on his face began to turn black and thick, which was a sign of some kind of abnormality.

"Huh? Something is wrong, hurry up and get rid of him! ”

The tall and thin man noticed something, noticed some abnormal changes in Naruto's body, and wanted to strike first.

"Let me suck his chakra!"

The water tiger, who had lost an arm, had already bandaged the wound on his shoulder, endured the severe pain, and walked towards Naruto step by step.

"Wood Escape: Thorn Killing Technique!"

The sudden sound made the water tiger startled.

By the time he reacted, his body had been bound up by a thick wooden vine.

"Mu Dun? That's not the legendary ...... of the original Hokage."

The water tiger looked up, and a figure was standing above the rock wall, staring at him with a sealed gesture.

"Whew...... Finally caught up. However, this team spirit is really sparse......"

Noticing Sakai, who was seriously injured trying to rescue Naruto, Tenzo sighed helplessly.

Although he understands the concept of the supremacy of the root mission, Naruto's life is more important to Sakai, but ...... Such a reckless one-man action is only a sacrifice in vain in the end.

"Captain Yamato!"

Naruto looked up in surprise.

Then, thinking of something, he anxiously shouted, "By the way, where is Sakura, Sakai he-"

"Don't worry, Sakura is behind, come over right away."

Tianzang's eyes swept sharply towards the three water tigers, and there was a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

It seems that they should be extra careful with these strange ninja tools in their hands. He said secretly in his heart.

"Is it Shangnin who is here this time? It's not an ordinary Shangnin, you can actually use the legendary Mu Dun, are you a ...... of the Thousand Hands Clan?"

The water tiger snorted lightly, and with the chakra on the wooden vines, absorbed by the tiger-shaped armor on his chest, it was becoming less and less, and its binding force became like a piece of paper. As a result, the water tiger shook hard, and the wooden vines wrapped around his body directly shattered into a large number of wood chips and flew around.

"It's a pity, I guessed wrong, I was just the lucky one who accidentally got some of the divine power of the first adult...... Still, you're pretty good in that armor. ”

Tianzang looked at the water tiger who easily broke free from his wooden ninjutsu, and he didn't laugh at it.

"Of course. This is the ancestor of our craftsman ninja village, the god's ninja tool that has been created after a lot of hard work. As long as we have this, and then use the huge chakra of human pillar power, even the current six great powers will sooner or later submit to our feet. ”

The Water Tiger has an aggressive attitude, and has an almost arrogant confidence in the armor on his body that can absorb chakra.

"Really?"

While communicating with the water tiger, Tenzo is looking for the flaws in these ninja tools.

Judging from the previous temptation, the strength of the water tiger is basically reflected in the strange ninja gear.

And its own strength, it can be said that it is ordinary to wash, stronger than the average middle ninja, but the strength is limited.

I'm afraid the rest of the people are in a similar situation.

Do you want to retreat first and wait for reinforcements to annihilate in one go, or ...... Tenzo's mind kept calculating.

If it was just him, he wouldn't mind having worked with three people, and he had full confidence in solving the three.

But fighting under the premise of protecting both Naruto and Sakai is, to be honest, a bit risky.

……

"Did you confront the guys in Konoha again? It's really good luck that even the time spent fixing the 'target' in the past has been directly saved. ”

Lying on top of the rock face, less than half a meter from the edge of the cliff, below is the rushing river, and the sound of the water can be heard clearly.

When you open your eyes, you can see everything and the terrain within a radius of 2,000 meters.

And here, is the best place to snipe your prey.

"Let's get rid of this big guy first. I remember that he could use his armor to absorb Chakra's t, thus reducing the enemy's ninjutsu power to zero......"

Aya drew her gaze closer to the direction of the sniper target, as if it were close in front of her.

This is the power of the ability to see from afar in the white eye, which can be like a magnifying glass, clearly showing the figure of the enemy in a distant place.

This function of the white eye is more convenient than the scope that comes with the sniper rifle.

"Unfortunately, my bullets don't contain chakra."

After saying that, Cai pulled the trigger.

The shoulders that seemed to be thin could barely see any vibration just now.

The bullets were already flying.