Chapter 704 Departure

Waves of waves rushed towards the shore tirelessly, crashing against the reefs and rocky mountains, splashing foamy waves, and then disappeared without a trace.

Sasuke stood on the edge of the cliff, quietly looking at the seascape in front of him. The midday sun was not strong, but it made the originally cool sea breeze mixed with some warmth, making Sasuke's body warm up.

The bangs hanging down both sides of his cheeks danced with the wind, covering his black and white eyes from time to time.

On the turbulent and distant sea, Sasuke could vaguely see that there was a bridge that could be called a supernatural workmanship, spanning the sea and connecting to the horizon.

That was the secrossing bridge that Team 7 once protected with the Lei Guang Group in the Kingdom of Waves.

This bridge, since the moment it was built, meant that the navigation between the Land of Waves and the Land of Fire was no longer a problem.

Whether it is cultural exchanges or business exchanges, the people of the two countries have become very convenient.

Looking at the bridge, Sasuke lost his mind for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.

I don't know how long it has passed, until the sound of footsteps behind him, Sasuke withdrew his gaze from looking at the sea view, and from the corner of his eye, he could see several figures walking behind him.

The leader is Qian Nao, the leader of the Lei Guang Group.

A 'girl' with a baby face.

The rest of the people, judging from their extraordinary aura, should not be the peripheral and logistics members of the Lei Guang Group, but the core members. They stood ten meters away and divided this place into a restricted area, preventing idlers from entering it by mistake.

"Little Sasuke, it seems that your injuries have all recovered."

Chino's voice always sounds majestic.

Maybe it has something to do with her short stature.

I always feel that speaking in a childish voice does not meet the standards of an adult, nor can it deter the members under my command.

After all, she is a real adult after all.

"I've troubled you for the past few days, and it's almost time for me to leave here."

Sasuke refocused his eyes on the secrossing bridge over the sea, staring closely.

Soon, he will cross the bridge and reach Konoha as quickly as possible, completing the final step in his revenge plan.

"It's very sad."

Chino fiddled with her blown hair, and spoke softly.

Maybe Chino's tone was wrong, Sasuke subconsciously turned his gaze to her.

She looked more melancholy than before.

"Although little Sasuke has been suppressing these days to avoid being noticed by outsiders, I can feel that feeling of being helpless."

Chino's lavender eyes became deep and dark.

"Speaking of it, my fate is a bit similar to that of little Sasuke. The difference is that the Blood Pond clan I came from was exterminated before I was sensible. So, I can probably understand little Sasuke's feelings."

"The pool of blood?"

Sasuke groaned slightly.

He heard that this family had conflicts with his Uchiha clan during the Warring States Period.

The Xuezhichi clan who used to be a relative of the daimyo of the land of thunder, a woman in the clan was once the concubine of the daimyo of the land of thunder, but in the end she died because of murdering the daimyo's wife of the land of thunder, and eventually implicated the entire blood of the blood pond clan.

At that time, it was the Uchiha clan who were hired by the main wife of the daimyo of the land of thunder to deal with the Blood Pond clan.

Later, the whole family was exiled. After that, the records about the Blood Pool family were cut off directly.

When news about this family appeared again, it was that this family was attacked by unknown persons and the whole family died.

Judging from the information from Orochimaru, this family has been extinct for at least twenty years.

That is to say, Chino is likely to be the last holder of the Blood Pond Blood Successor Boundary.

"The power of Xueji Boundary is easy to be coveted by outsiders. At first, I was in the black market, and was used as a slave to flow among various big businessmen, and fought with different ninjas in the arena. In the end, I was valued by the Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Ghosts, bought it secretly, and was absorbed into the military."

"I didn't expect you to have such a tortuous life."

Sasuke sighed with emotion.

Although it was an understatement, Sasuke could understand the danger in it.

Black market merchants are not kind.

In their hands, Chino must have suffered all kinds of hardships to survive the difficult environment.

"Well, these are things in the past, and I'm not very willing to talk about these bad things. Compared with the things on my side, the Uchiha clan you belong to seems to have a more complicated relationship with Konoha."

Let's not talk about the intelligence system of the Kingdom of Ghosts. As the Kingdom of Waves adjacent to the Kingdom of Fire, Lei Guangtuan has worked here for many years and knows far more than outsiders.

Some things can be guessed slowly from fragmentary information, and the truth can be slowly spelled out.

Although Konoha's statement to the outside world is that the elimination of the Uchiha clan was done by Uchiha Itachi himself.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is impossible.

Even though the Uchiha clan was traumatized during the third Ninja War and their strength was reduced, they are still a giant in the ninja world, with many masters in the clan.

Plus it is still located in Konoha Village, if you want to solve a huge family silently, besides Uchiha Itachi, there must be a helping hand.

As for who this helping hand is, there is a high probability that they are insiders of Konoha, and they are in a high position, so that they can cooperate with the inside and outside to accomplish the impossible thing of exterminating the clan overnight.

Sasuke was slightly silent, his reaction had already acquiesced in the correctness of Chino's words.

Obtaining Itachi's memory, with the help of Itachi's perspective, he understood clearly before and after the extermination of the Konoha Uchiha clan without any mistakes.

"So, don't die. Also, be careful, I don't want to hear the news that you died in Konoha one day, little Sasuke."

Qiano smiled slightly, turned around and led the ninjas of the Lei Guang Group away from the cliff.

Sasuke, who stayed behind, watched Chino and the others leave.

It wasn't until they could no longer see their backs that they turned their gazes and glanced in one direction.

konoha.

"It's almost time to start..."

The eve of the joint Chunin exam.

The last regular meeting is underway.

It was already dark outside, and the person presiding over the meeting was an experienced Shinobi Konoha.

Shikamaru, one of the main examiners, and Temari from Sand Hidden, all meet here to participate in the meeting.

Tomorrow is the start time of the first exam of the Joint Chunin Exam. According to statistics, the number of participants in this Joint Chunin Exam has reached 220 people.

Compared to four years ago, although the number of people has decreased, but with so many ninjas gathered together, it will still be very lively.

"But... let Naruto take the Chunin exam, are you Konoha serious?"

After the meeting ended, Temari did not leave first, but scanned an extremely familiar name and a familiar face in the photo behind the name on the candidate list, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Shikamaru put his hands behind his head, leaned back against the seat and smiled, "There's nothing to make a fuss about, after all, Naruto is a real ninja. Isn't it?"

"Please give us a bunch of ninjas like this."

Temari couldn't help complaining.

Although she knew what Shikamaru said was true, she still felt that it was a bit outrageous for Naruto to take part in such a play-by-play exam.

Is Konoha planning to wipe out all the other candidates?

If the opponent is serious, he can definitely do this in the second exam.

By then, there will probably be no need for a third exam.

A ninja who can defeat the red sand scorpion is too bullying to take this kind of test.

For a ninja of his strength, the battle of the Chunin Exam is no different from playing house.

"Don't worry, what you worry about will not happen."

Shikamaru knew what Temari was worried about.

"Yeah?"

Temari is a little unbelievable.

"In fact, we have already communicated with Naruto in advance, so that he can mainly overcome the first exam. The second and third exams are not within the scope of review. In other words, as long as he passes both the results and the process performance in the first written exam, even if he abstains from the subsequent exams, it will not affect him becoming a Chunin."

Shikamaru explained.

Chunin is a test of the overall quality of a ninja, not just a simple judgment of a ninja's strength.

Therefore, this time Konoha Chartered Naruto does not need to take the second and third exams seriously, and only needs to overcome the first exam.

Because if Naruto is made to be serious in the second and third exams, uncontrollable accidents are likely to occur, and it will also block the promotion path of the rest of the ninja.

"I see."

Temari breathed a sigh of relief.

In this case, it is a relief.

For this joint Zhongnin exam, Sha Yin dispatched many elites from the lower ninja, just to show the current strength of Sand Yin Village. She didn't want these ninjas to be kicked out before they showed it.

"Okay, the meeting is over, and it's time for us to leave. Tomorrow, we have to get up early to deal with so many candidates at once, so we can't rest well."

Shikamaru stretched and stood up from the seat.

"Hmph, I don't have to worry at all, but you look decadent. I am very worried that it will be transmitted to the candidates who take the exam tomorrow. As a Chunin, at least I have to set an example."

Temari smiled teasingly.

"Uh... this kind of thing, let's talk about it later. I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."

Shikamaru hastily dropped this sentence and fled in embarrassment.

Sure enough, he was still not good at dealing with women.

"He really is a troublesome guy."

Don't know what to think of, Temari looked at Shikamaru's back, twitched the corner of his mouth, and the smile on his face grew even wider.

Shikamaru, who left the meeting room, did not go home directly, but wandered around Konoha's commercial street.

Perhaps because of the fact that during the Chunin exam period, there were many foreign nationals, this already prosperous commercial street became more atmospheric, as if some important celebration was being held.

Everyone had a happy smile on their faces, and they were doing their own things seriously. The exhausted Shikamaru couldn't help but be infected by such a smile, and the pressure that had accumulated on his body suddenly dissipated.

This is all he has to protect.

Never allow anyone to destroy.

Sasuke... Shikamaru murmured this familiar yet unfamiliar name in his heart.

Just as he was about to walk forward, a figure that didn't fit in the crowd interspersed, turned around and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Shikamaru's heart trembled slightly.

Sighed immediately, instead of scratching his head like usual, he tried to remain calm, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and followed the instructions given by the figure.

The destination is a well-established meatball shop.

Because the storefront is relatively dilapidated, the business is not very good. In a commercial street with so many people, there are no more than ten guests present.

Came to a secluded corner of the store and sat down, just enough to be isolated from the rest of the customers.

But when Shikamaru glanced at these guests, he realized something was wrong.

While eating meatballs, they used the peripheral vision from the corner of their eyes to inadvertently monitor the entire shop, not letting go of any corner.

And they were in a position that just surrounded that secluded seat intentionally or unintentionally.

Obviously, the identities of these guests are in doubt.

Be really careful. Shikamaru said this in his heart, and sat down on the opposite seat in a secluded corner.

"My name is Leopard, and I'm Sai's boss."

Has black hair, a slightly slender face, average appearance, and very young, about twenty years old.

The moment Shikamaru sat down, the young man opposite introduced himself just like that.

Shikamaru nodded, indicating that he understood.

Seeing that Shikamaru didn't speak first, the young man who called himself 'Leopard' didn't care, but asked himself while eating the meatball:

"Before explaining the mission, I would like to ask, when do you think Uchiha Sasuke will choose to attack Konoha?"

Rather than asking, it was more like testing Shikamaru's ability.

"Tomorrow, there was a problem with the security of the patrolling troops a few days ago. Obviously, it was intentional, not an accidental emergency. If it were me, I would also use the opportunity of the Chunin exam to launch a surprise attack."

Shikamaru said calmly.

He wasn't 100% sure, he just put himself in the situation and thought about it, and gave the most likely answer.

Sasuke is a very patient person, but when he encounters something that has to be done, his patience may not be sufficient.

Especially when he has gained great strength and the ability to take revenge, his heart will no longer be as calm as before, but turbulent, and he can't wait for a moment.

"As Danzo-sama said, you have a good mind and are good at analysis. No need to guess, Uchiha Sasuke will definitely come to attack tomorrow. I think you know the news of Lin Zhiguo. There was a battle at the Uchiha stronghold there... The black flame that appeared in the field was caused by Uchiha Itachi's kaleidoscope writing wheel eye pupil technique, and it was called Amaterasu. At the focus of the line of sight, an inextinguishable flame burned and burned the enemy to death...In the ninja world, only Uchiha Itachi have this ability."

Leopard gave this extremely critical information.

As Uchiha Itachi's superior authority, Genbu knows most of its abilities very well.

Especially the pair of pupils technique, which is one of the top secrets of the root.

"I see, have their brothers met?"

Shikamaru's voice lowered.

"Ah, and it seems that their brothers are not very happy with each other. Of course, the most terrifying thing is not this matter. The most terrifying thing is that after defeating Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Sasuke may have awakened a new power. And this new power, we currently know nothing about it."

Leopard said so solemnly.

Sharingan is the eye of spiritual reflection, and the awakened pupil technique will also awaken different pupil techniques according to the holder's mental journey.

And the power of every kind of pupil technique is terrifying, and absolutely no one can resist it.

"Sounds like it's going to be an uphill battle."

Shikamaru looked at Maruko in front of him, but didn't move.

"The power of Sharingan is so troublesome. In short, all success or failure depends on tomorrow. Another point is that we have to defend against the country of ghosts. Therefore, the power given to you will not be too much, otherwise there is no way to prevent ninjas from the country of ghosts. If you can't do anything, it doesn't matter if you just retreat."

Leopard has already spoken on the premise that Shikamaru failed.

No matter how good the resourcefulness is, in the face of the absolute difference in strength, these cleverness are only small cleverness, and have little impact on the outcome.

Even if Shikamaru's strength is not weaker than that of Jonin, the opponent is very likely to be a Kaleidoscope Sharingan. Even adding a Jonin is really risky.

Saying that, Leopard took out a document from his pocket and placed it in front of Shikamaru.

"This is the operative assigned to you by Lord Danzo. Their identity information, including their abilities and characteristics, are all written on it. Then, I wish you good luck, goodbye."

Leopard gestured, and his figure disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The customers in the shop also disappeared into light smoke, leaving only Shikamaru sitting quietly in the meatball shop.

"Captain, is it really okay to leave things to such a brat?"

The root members who followed, and the masked leopard, galloped in the deserted alleyway.

Leopard, who was leading the team in front, said calmly: "You should know about this kind of thing. It would be best if it succeeds. If it doesn't work, we will take action to deal with Uchiha Sasuke. The Konoha here is not decided by the people of the country of ghosts. Not surprisingly, there will be an extra pair of spare kaleidoscope Sharingans in the hands of Master Danzo tomorrow."

The tone is full of confidence.

It is also trust in Danzo.

The rest of the members nodded.

Right at this moment, Leopard suddenly let out an 'ah'.

"Uh, what's the matter, Captain?"

Hearing the leopard's unknown cry, the members of the root team felt tense, thinking that something had happened.

"No, that..." Leopard covered his masked face with one hand, and said awkwardly, "I seem to have forgotten to pay just now."

The root members who followed looked at each other and became speechless.

Leopard sighed helplessly.

"Forget it, after tomorrow's matter is settled, return the meal money to him."

July 10th, the day of the joint Chunin exam.

Seven o'clock in the morning.

In a Konoha apartment, Hongdou woke up from a nightmare.

Maybe the content of the dream was too horrifying, which caused her to sit up directly from the bed, sweating profusely on her face and body, as if she had done a strenuous exercise and wet her pajamas.

As one of Konoha's special jonin, he shouldn't be frightened to this extent by a nightmare, but recalling what was in the dream, Anko still couldn't help shivering.

"Really, even though that **** Orochimaru is dead, I still can't get rid of his influence. Is it because of the curse seal?"

Hongdou subconsciously touched the curse mark on the back of her neck and smiled wryly.

A month ago, she heard the news of Orochimaru's death. On the one hand, she felt sad for the death of her former teacher. On the other hand, she was also very grateful that she finally got rid of Orochimaru's control and no longer had to worry about the curse seal.

Maybe because of Orochimaru's death, the curse mark on her body has been very stable recently, without any signs of runaway.

Except for some dreams about Orochimaru, there are no other abnormalities.

This may be because I 'missed' the other party too much in the past.

Every time, I can dream that I am standing in the boundless darkness, and the sarcoma surging from the ground, seems to be the belly of some carnivorous creature, slowly squeezing towards her.

And every time he turned his head, he could see Orochimaru standing abruptly behind him, smiling at himself with an unknown meaning.

The content of the dreamland ends here every time.

"Maybe I should go to the hospital to get some calming medicine..."

Red Dou shook his head.

It's impossible to go on like this. You must get rid of this dream as soon as possible and let your energy and spirit recover, otherwise you won't even be able to do the task well.

Picked off the quilt, got out of bed, and was about to take off her wet pajamas when something suddenly fell on her shoulders, which made her startled.

"who!?"

She is Konoha's special Jnin, whose strength far surpasses that of Jnin. Even Jnin cannot approach her silently.

She turned her head and looked, her body froze.

The bright red light reflected in her eyes.

For a moment, drowsiness hit, without the slightest rebellion, the body was weak and fell by the window, and passed out.

The person who hypnotized him was wearing a black hooded windbreaker and a mask with a black pattern on his face, exposing a pair of bright red eyes.

Sharingan.

He looked at Hongdou who had been hypnotized by his illusion, and stretched out his hand to grab Hongdou's neck.

Uncovered the pajamas there further, then took out a spell from his pocket, and pasted it on the spell mark on Hongdou's neck.

A snake-shaped mental shock rushed into his brain, roaring wildly at him, full of struggle and panic.

"snort!"

In the bright red right eye, the three hook jades are immediately connected, forming a kaleidoscope of sharing eyes with more complicated patterns.

The snake-shaped spiritual energy disappeared from his brain without a trace, leaving no residue.

Orochimaru in its heyday, I am not afraid, let alone now it is just a residual mental shock?

Such a mental attack may be effective against ordinary ninjas, but in front of his Sharingan, such a mental attack is simply out of reach.

Removed the charm on Hongdou's neck, only to see that the skin of Hongdou's neck was pure white, and the black lines of the curse mark disappeared.

"In this way, the curse seals that were scattered outside were recovered smoothly."

As he spoke, he cast his eyes out of the window, and his bright red eyes were full of deepness.

"Next, it depends on how much this junior can do..."

The air twisted, and the air in the room became quiet, leaving only Hongdou's sleeping figure peacefully.

(end of this chapter)