Chapter 701 Reaction

"What the **** is going on here...?"

In the center of the hollowed out forest, a huge pothole with a diameter of hundreds of meters came into view roughly and directly.

The potholes extend downward in an orderly manner, and there is no grass in it, and it is barren. Such a scene is difficult to describe accurately in words.

Jiraiya was squatting on the edge of the pothole at this time, just grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, and before he could hold it tightly, the sand in his hand had already turned into powder and was blown away into the distance.

Even the small pieces mixed into it are the same at any time, turning into powder with a light touch. Seeing this, Jiraiya's expression couldn't help becoming solemn.

Although it is a bit unbelievable, this abnormal and layered pothole is obviously not formed naturally, let alone carefully excavated artificially, but caused by ninja ninjutsu.

Moreover, within a single blow, hundreds of meters of ground were sunk.

"Is it Tailed Beast Jade..."

No, Jiraiya quickly denied this guess.

The earth after being blasted by the Tailed Beast Jade, he had seen that kind of tragedy with his own eyes, and it was not like this.

However, if ninjutsu can be used to destroy the earth into such a state, its power may not be inferior to that of the Tailed Beast Jade.

"This kind of ninjutsu... who actually performed it?"

Why did a ninja with such power appear in the forest country adjacent to the fire country?

Jiraiya stood up from the ground, patted the dust on the clothes in front of him, brushed off the dust, and showed a pensive look.

He didn't believe that a ninja with such abilities would just wander around Lin Zhiguo before leaving.

Even using such a huge range of ninjutsu, there must be a purpose.

In his decades of memory, it can be said that there are almost no ninjas who can expand the power of ninjutsu to such a scale.

Except Chiba Shiraishi from the Ghost Country, in his memory, there is no second such ninja.

However, this was obviously not caused by Chiba Shiraishi.

The ninjutsu that the opponent once demonstrated in the Land of Winds to wipe out a thousand ninjas with one blow, the scale of the explosion and the resulting terrain are much worse than this.

In other words, it was caused by a ninja who didn't exist in his memory.

Thinking of this, Zilai no longer hesitated, and jumped to the bottom of the pothole.

The desertification of the land here is more serious. Even after a long time, there is still a sharp and icy breath lingering here, piercing the bones.

"Master Ziraiya."

Following a respectful voice, four figures landed instantly and appeared in front of Jiraiya.

The leader is a Konoha Anbe ninja wearing a beige windbreaker, serving as the captain of the team, followed by three Konoha Anbe, who all wear masks and carry a standard ninja sword behind them.

Judging from their travel-stained posture, it seems that they have just arrived here not long ago.

"It's you, can you tell me what happened here?"

Jiraiya continued to patrol around, looking for traces that could identify the caster.

Even a trace of it will play a key role in his verification.

"No, we are not particularly clear. We have just arrived here not long ago, and the information we know is limited. The things that have been verified so far are only sure that this should be caused by some kind of powerful ninjutsu. But who caused it needs further investigation."

The Kingdom of Forest is adjacent to the Kingdom of Fire. It is a landlocked country, and it is also a small country living between big countries. Although the relationship with the Nation of Fire and Konoha has not been harmonious in recent years, and the ninja armed group Banjna in the country is even more radical, this country is also one of the gates of the Nation of Fire.

This kind of thing is happening in the Kingdom of Forest. As the military representative of the Kingdom of Fire, Konoha naturally wants to conduct a thorough investigation here.

Ninjas with such abilities are definitely not ordinary people in the ninja world. If the other party can do such a thing regardless of status in the forest country, then it cannot be ruled out that the other party will do the same thing in the fire country.

Preventing problems before they happen, the purpose of their Anbu's existence is to protect Konoha and Hokage, and eliminate possible threats as soon as possible.

From this point of view, their thinking patterns and roots are not different in terms of external aspects. However, they will not resort to unscrupulous means to launch radical actions before investigating the truth of the matter.

"From the results of my observation, it should not be the person from the Ghost Kingdom... Moreover, that person's identity at this time is the Minister of Military Affairs of the Ghost Kingdom. Under normal circumstances, a person of his status cannot rashly leave the Ghost Kingdom. In this way, it will be very troublesome to investigate."

Jilai also expressed his guess.

"We also have the same idea here, so for further investigation, we collected a part of the soil containing the caster's chakra and prepared to take it back for testing. As long as we know the characteristics of chakra and compare it with the ninjas in the intelligence system, we will be able to investigate the identity of the caster soon."

The captain of the dark army took out a sealed transparent bag, which stored a small amount of sand.

This sealed bag can preserve chakra for a long time, and will not cause the chakra in the sand to disappear over time.

"However, ordinary chakra is volatile and does not last too long, but this chakra is rooted in the destroyed soil, and some parts remain and have not disappeared. To be honest, the power of the caster is terrifying. It's like being destroyed by a tailed beast jade..."

The captain of the dark army was speechless, and there was inevitably worry in his tone.

"besides"

The captain of the dark army paused, but did not continue speaking.

"Besides, what else?"

I also became curious when I came here.

"We asked the residents of the town closest to here. They said that there was a sudden lightning and thunder in the forest last night, and it rained heavily. Then a huge 'ball' appeared in the sky, blocking the moon. I think this information is somewhat important."

"thunderstorm...ball..."

Zilai also carefully pondered these words, but the result was nothing.

Based on these words alone, there is no way to determine what happened here.

Besides, the 'ball' covers the moon, isn't that a bit too exaggerated?

"It's a little weird."

The dark army leader continued.

He glanced around and said in a low voice: "Generally speaking, with such a huge pothole, the lost soil will not disappear out of thin air, but in the nearby forest, except for the collapsed trees, we did not see a large amount of sand accumulated. This is not in line with common sense. I doubt that those town residents saw the 'ball' blocking the moon last night, could it be..."

Jiraiya suddenly fell silent.

Some shudder.

So, a group of people left the pothole and continued to check around.

Not long after, a forest passage extending to the northern part of the forest country was discovered, and traces of battle remained everywhere along the way.

Some places are still muddy, having not recovered from last night's torrential rain.

But it does not affect the investigation of the Anbu ninjas.

The scorched marks on the trees are the best evidence.

Anbe, who followed Jiraiya, collected some of the charred bark, brought it back to Konoha, and handed it over to professionals for testing.

About an hour later, they arrived at the northern border of Lin Zhiguo.

The tall wall was completely broken, revealing the ruined building inside.

The Anbu, like a group of hounds smelling flesh, bared their fangs and took action.

They stepped into the ruins inside the wall. Not surprisingly, this is the core position of the battle.

Without any explanation, he condensed his chakra with his hands, pushed away the blocked rocks in front of him, and explored ahead.

Finally, as the last rock was pushed away, what appeared in front of everyone was a built-in wall that was mostly damaged.

In front of the wall layer, there is a stone chair with a missing corner, and on the wall layer, there is a conspicuous mark printed on it that makes people unable to look away after a glance.

Tuan fan.

"Uchiha..."

Jilai also narrowed his eyes, muttering about the source of the round fan logo.

This is the family crest of the Uchiha clan.

"I have heard that in the past, the Uchiha clan, although the main body was in Konoha, still established some secret strongholds outside to communicate with the clan members who went out, or to rest. I guess this is one of the secret strongholds they established."

The captain of the dark army said so.

"Continue to search. The traces of the battle here are very new. It should have happened last night. There will definitely be something left around."

Following Jiraiya's order, the Anbu people nodded one after another, and scattered around to start investigating.

I have never been idle since I came here. After knowing that this is a secret stronghold of Uchiha, the bad feeling in my heart is getting stronger and stronger.

He jumped onto a boulder on the top of the ruins, looking straight ahead, as if there was something that attracted him there.

I saw a black flame falling on a gap in the wall, burning quietly.

Yuyin.

On the platform of the high tower, the sound of rain pattered.

A tall figure stood in the rain curtain, as if ignoring the chill brought by the rain, just looked up at the gray sky, surrounded by a sad atmosphere that no one should enter.

It wasn't until footsteps sounded behind him that he withdrew his gaze from the sky and turned to look at the person coming.

"Ghost, the meeting is about to begin."

It was Xiao Nan who came. After she finished speaking, she turned and left.

Stepping on the footsteps, the voice gradually faded away, as if it was just coming to announce this order.

Kisame scratched his head in distress, and muttered: "Really, you can't let me take a break. Itachi died. As a companion, I have to mourn at least."

But looking at Xiao Nan's appearance, it seems that he is not ready to give him time to mourn the death of his companion.

Kisame had no choice but to shrug his shoulders, walked under the eaves, shook the rainwater from his hair, and dried the moisture on it.

Fortunately, the outer coat is waterproof, so there is no need to replace it with another one.

Follow Xiaonan to the meeting room of Yuyin Tower.

The same as the original configuration, a huge round table, and ten stone seats around the round table.

Every meeting, as long as the magic lamp body technique is not used for remote audio-visual conferences, it is basically a real person's 'friendship' here.

When he came here, he found that there were already two people sitting in his own seat, they were a mixture of Heijue and Baijue, and Beiliuhu who came from afar.

Other than that, there is only myself and Xiao Nan.

A total of four people.

The atmosphere in the conference room, to be honest, was a little too deserted.

The people sitting in the seats seemed to be a little silent, not knowing where to start.

Kisame really wanted to tell a bad joke to liven up the atmosphere, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

At this time, I still tell bad jokes, and I feel that I will be targeted collectively.

Now is not the time to joke, but the end of the rope.

Before half of the tailed beasts were captured, half of the core members died or were caught due to various accidents.

"By the way, aren't the leader and Ah Fei here?"

Kisame felt that the atmosphere in the room was a bit uncomfortable, so he took the initiative to stir up the topic.

"The leader has important matters to deal with. Ah Fei is currently recovering from his injuries and cannot attend this meeting."

Heijue said in a hoarse voice.

"That is to say, this meeting, there are only four of us... No, did five of us participate?"

Kisame started counting with his wrench.

If you separate Hei Jue and Bai Jue to calculate, it is true that five people participated in this meeting.

"As far as the facts are concerned, that's true." Heijue continued to speak in a low tone: "Also, Guixie, you and Beiliuhu are staying in Yuyin Village for the time being, and there is no need for you to go out."

"Um?"

Kisame raised her eyebrows, a little surprised by this decision.

"There are too many eyeliners of the ghost country outside, and it is not 100% safe to work in a team of two, let alone acting alone, it will only become a living target for the ghost country to hunt, and continue to reduce our vitality."

Kisame and Beiliuhu are both extremely valuable combat power of the organization. If there is any accident between the two of them, then the organization will really have no one to use.

"I don't care, as long as you don't disturb my experiment."

Beliuhu stated his decision very simply.

Kisame also nodded, agreed, and agreed to stay in Yuyin for the time being and not to go out for activities.

"Then, next, let's officially start the meeting..."

Seeing Beilihu and Kisame agree to stay, Heijue's voice sounded again in the meeting room.

Konoha.

Looking at the information gathered by the Anbu who went out, Tsunade frowned tightly, biting her fingers subconsciously. Judging from her posture, she should be quite distressed about the content of the information, so that her thoughts were chaotic.

"How about it, Lu Jiu, after reading this information, what do you think?"

Tsunade asked Shikahisa, who had finished watching the intelligence documents with him, for his suggestions and opinions.

The forest in the northern part of the forest country is suspected to have been bombarded by some kind of powerful ninjutsu, and a huge pit with a range of several hundred meters appeared.

In addition, on the border of the northern forest, a building suspected to be a secret Uchiha stronghold was discovered.

The building, also damaged by the battle, has been reduced to ruins.

In addition to the text description, the intelligence document also comes with a stack of photos recording the battlefield. Even if you haven't been there to observe in person, you can have a very detailed understanding of the battlefield.

"Exaggerated."

Looking at the huge pothole in the photo, Lu Jiu rubbed his eyebrows and gave such an evaluation.

Potholes hundreds of meters in size, Shikamaru is very suspicious, is this really something that ninjas can do?

Anyway, this is too exaggerated.

But the facts are in front of you, this is indeed caused by ninjas with ninjutsu.

There are ninjas who can achieve this level, and there are no ninjas in the ninja world. It's just that such a well-defined pothole does not fit any one in the Konoha intelligence system.

and

Looking at the huge pothole in the photo, Lu Jiu frowned again, feeling troubled.

"What's wrong?"

"No, I think this pothole is a bit strange, Hokage-sama."

"strangeness?"

Tsunade picked up the palm of the teacup and paused slightly.

Lu Jiu put down the photo, pointed to the pothole above and said: "Here, although some of the trees on the edge of the pothole have fallen, most of them are still intact and undamaged. I think that the impact that can cause a pothole should be enough to blow away everything on the edge of the pothole... But in the end, these trees are still intact and rooted on the edge of the pothole, and the damaged area is very limited. It feels like... It's not like a top-down or inside-out impact. The land was 'lifted' away from the bottom up..."

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jiu pointed to the eyewitness testimony of some small towns in the intelligence, and mentioned the 'ball' that blocks the moon.

"The dark part of the investigation speculates that the 'ball' that blocks the moon is made of rocks and soil that disappeared from the pothole. I think this guess makes some sense. Otherwise, I can't explain why the forest on the edge was not crushed by the impact, but the loss was very small. Someone sucked the land away and formed a 'ball' in the sky."

Tsunade nodded slightly, agreeing with Lu Jiu's guess.

"By the way, I heard that Hokage-sama is very strong. I would like to ask, Hokage-sama, can you lift such a large piece of land at once?"

Lu Jiu asked interestedly.

After Tsunade heard it, the corners of his mouth twitched, his face darkened: "I can't do it."

Although her strength is great, it has not surpassed the common sense of ninjas.

She doesn't know how heavy the accumulated rocks and soil are in such a huge pothole, but it is definitely not something that humans can use brute force to lift away at once.

Even if she uses strange power, she can't do it.

Moreover, it is even more impossible to pull such a large piece of land out of the ground so neatly.

"This pothole, and the Uchiha stronghold, let the Anbu follow up and investigate secretly for the time being. The most important thing right now is the next Chunin exam. There is such a big thing in Lin Zhiguo. I am a little worried whether this year's Chunin exam will go smoothly..."

Tsunade's worries are not unreasonable.

The incident in Lin Zhiguo this time was too sudden and happened without warning.

If this unknown ninja came to the Land of Fire to do this, Tsunade would feel dizzy just thinking about it.

After all, the Kingdom of Lin is so close to the Kingdom of Fire, and this must be guarded against. We must find out the identity of the caster as soon as possible. At that time, whether it is prevention or other means, there will be no rush.

Shikajiu really wanted to say that this year's Chunin exam should be cancelled... But, it has already reached this point, and it is too late to regret it.

Let's not talk about it, the ninjas of all villages are ready, and some ninja villages have dispatched ninjas in advance to prepare for the exam in Konoha Village. The sudden cancellation of the Chunin exam at this time is too difficult.

Neither Hokage nor the rest of the top management will agree.

But first, the encirclement and suppression of Orochimaru failed, and the nearby forest in the northern forest of Linzhi Country was attacked by unknown ninjas, who seemed to be related to the Uchiha clan... All kinds of accidents happened, so Shikajiu had to be careful.

"If Hokage-sama is worried, then increase the number of patrols in the Land of Fire to ensure that candidates from each village can reach Konoha safely."

Lu Jiu felt that this was the only thing he could handle right now.

In short, to finish this Chunin exam smoothly, there must be no accidents in the middle.

After resting on the bed for an unknown amount of time, Sasuke felt that he was finally able to get out of bed.

Although the moment I got out of bed, I still felt the pain in the bones in my body, but fortunately I was able to walk freely.

Chakra's overdraft situation is more serious than I imagined.

But the main injury was caused by Itachi Susano's slash.

That level of slashing power, even if it's just the aftermath that radiates out, can easily shatter the bones of the human body.

Fortunately, his body is much stronger than that of ordinary ninjas, otherwise it would not be as easy as lying on a hospital bed for two days.

My eyes are a little stinging, probably due to the awakening of the Kaleidoscope Sharingan. I still feel uncomfortable using this power.

Thinking of this, Sasuke laughed at himself.

He kept saying that he didn't bother to gain power in this way, but in the end, he still gained the power beyond Sharingan in the same way as Itachi.

In other words, he is also longing for such a will in his heart.

Otherwise, as long as he doesn't have such thoughts in his heart and such strong emotional fluctuations, there is no way for Sharingan to evolve on its own.

Sharingan is the eye that reflects the soul.

Walking out of bed, Sasuke didn't take off the bandages on his body, and put on the brand new clothes that had been placed here. Just as he was about to walk to the door, a figure appeared at the door.

"Hey, little Sasuke, it's been a long time. Judging by your appearance, you should have recovered."

Appearing at the door was a baby-faced girl who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, or even younger.

The other party was wearing clothes with 'Thunder Pattern' printed on it, with his hands on his hips, and he had a majestic little adult temperament.

But in Sasuke's view, the opponent's height and body shape are the same as a few years ago, and there is no growth.

"You are... Chino, the leader of the Lightning Squad."

Sasuke recalled the identity and name of this baby-faced girl.

Leader of the underground black market Lei Guang Group.

Because of being employed by the Land of Waves Agricultural and Industrial Group, the ninjas of the Thunder Light Group have always been active in the Land of Waves to eliminate unknown armed forces that covet this land.

Although the Lei Guang Group has few members, everyone is very powerful.

The baby-faced girl Chino who can lead this group of elite ninjas is definitely not a simple person.

As far as Sasuke knows, she possesses an extremely terrifying blood-successor limit.

But...as the leader of the Lightning Squad, why did she appear here?

Where he is now, could it be the stronghold of the Lei Guang Group in the Kingdom of Waves?

In other words, this is the Land of Waves sandwiched between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water?

Taking a deep breath, Sasuke felt that he had discovered a shocking secret.

Lei Guang Tuan, who appears to be in the underground black market, but actually serves in the army of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

is one of the secret forces of the Ghost Kingdom military, the same as the Thorn Group. In the name of mercenaries, they secretly replaced the army of the Kingdom of Ghosts, and controlled the Kingdom of Waves behind the scenes.

This country of fire... the largest sea portal!

Moreover, Sasuke felt that if he remembered correctly, the Land of Waves had a secrossing bridge directly leading to the land of the Land of Fire, which made the two countries unimpeded and business exchanges were very convenient.

Similarly, offense will become very convenient.

(end of this chapter)