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Chapter 584 I shadow you and regret it
The land of earth.

Near Iwagakure Village.

"Finally home."

A tired-looking Iwagakure ninja looked at the city surrounded by high mountains, and a hint of relief appeared on his face.

After experiencing such a crisis, he was already content to be able to survive.

"Alas, it's really embarrassing this time. We lost so miserably." An Iwagakure ninja couldn't help but lament.

A ninja force of 2,000 people was reduced to only 300 people. Among the wars in recent years, this was probably the worst-hit group.

Faced with their hometown within reach, most of the Iwagakure ninja forces have very complicated emotions.

Even the Jinchūriki, Lao Zi, is the same.

"I hope they can send some reliable commanders next time." Lao Zi sighed in his heart.

Lao Zi is usually very withdrawn and has few friends. He doesn't know most of the deceased Iwagakure, and for those he does know he basically just knows their names.

However, those more than 1,600 Iwagakure ninjas who had passed away were, after all, fellow villagers who were born and raised in the same village as him. It was impossible for him not to feel anything.

The ninjas guarding the gate of the Iwagakure Village seemed to have been notified in advance. They did not show any surprise at the approaching Iwagakure ninja troops and let them pass after a quick inspection.

Generally, after the ninja troops return to the village, they will report to the ninja commander or other important management, and the remaining ninjas will be disbanded directly.

This time, many jonin who held important positions, including the commander, were almost all dead, and the few who were left were not in high enough positions and had little experience.

Seeing that they were confused and couldn't come up with anything to discuss, Lao Zi directly helped Han walk towards the Iwagakure Ninja Hospital.

Although the two of them are the strongest fighters in the Iwagakure Ninja Force, their positions are not high and they are just pure thugs.

Lao Zi thought that since it was none of their business, they might as well take Han to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

After all, Han was seriously injured and it was his fault.

It is true that his Tailed Beast Ball was meant to help Han, but it is also true that it blew Han up.

Someone noticed that Lao Zi had left the team and opened his mouth to call him back, but when he thought of the scene of Lao Zi's Tailed Beast Ball swallowing up the Iwagakure and Konoha ninjas at the same time, he closed his mouth again.

When Lao Zi was halfway there, suddenly several ANBU dressed as Iwagakure ninjas stopped him.

Lao Zi frowned slightly and asked, "What do you want? Han is injured and I have to take him to the hospital."

"You don't need to worry about Han's affairs. Our people will ensure that he gets the best treatment as soon as possible." The leading Anbu said calmly.

Then the two ANBU behind him walked towards Han.

Although Lao Zi was a little unhappy, he did not stop it in order not to delay the treatment.

Then Lao Zi turned around and prepared to go home, and the Iwagakure Anbu also disappeared on the road.

After walking for a distance, the voice of Siwei sounded in Lao Zi's mind.

"They're following you."

Lao Zi frowned even more, he was a little confused.

Shouldn't the Anbu be very busy during wartime? They have to conduct espionage activities in various countries to obtain intelligence, and also have to prevent spies from other ninja villages from stealing intelligence. Why would they waste manpower to track him?

This way he can use the fully tailed beast-transformed Jinchūriki at will without him going berserk for unknown reasons.

Lao Zi returned home, cleaned the house and rested for a while. At noon, he went out to buy groceries and cook.

After finishing the meal, Lao Zi asked the Four-Tailed Ones, "Are they still there?"

"Still there." Four-Tail replied.

Lao Zi, who was washing dishes, felt increasingly unhappy.

Even though they lost the battle, what does that have to do with him?

He has been fighting with all his strength. If it weren't for him, the two thousand ninja troops might not be reduced to only three hundred, but might be reduced to a hundred or a few dozen, or even completely wiped out.

When it was almost time to go to bed at night, Lao Zi asked again.

"That group of people left, but new ones came." Siwei said truthfully.

Lao Zi can't hold it anymore, so he has to be monitored in shifts around the clock.

Lao Zi suppressed the anger in his heart and fell asleep.

Although he was in a bad mood, it was too late now and if he made any noise it would affect others.

The next day.

After washing up, Lao Zi made himself breakfast. When he learned that someone was watching him, he directly asked Siwei for his location.

"It's underground to the west of your house." Four-Tailed replied.

If the Anbu didn't use the Earth Style Ninjutsu to sneak underground, the Four-Tails might not have known about it. It is a tailed beast with the power of lava in its chakra and is extremely sensitive to the energy of the earth.

Lao Zi walked towards the place where Siwei mentioned with a stern face and said coldly: "Don't hide, I know you are here."

At this time, a breeze blew, bringing up some sand and dust, but the ground in front of Lao Zi was still empty.

"Molten Escape: Burning River Rock Technique!"

Lao Zi condensed the molten chakra and quickly formed seals, and his aura exploded.

"What do you want to do!" Seeing this, two Iwagakure Anbu quickly appeared to stop them.

Lao Zi really killed quite a few Iwagakure ninjas on the battlefield this time, so they didn't dare to bet whether Lao Zi would really use lava escape attack.

"I should be the one asking you this question. Why have you been monitoring me all the time?" Lao Zi said bluntly.

"Are you ANBU so idle? Can't you put more effort into intelligence? If there hadn't been a problem with the intelligence, the frontline troops wouldn't have been beaten so badly."

"This is not something you should worry about. Someone will naturally be responsible for the intelligence, and we are here to protect you." The Iwagakure Anbu emphasized.

The mission they received was surveillance, but this obviously could not be stated openly.

"Protect? Protect me, the perfect Jinchūriki, in the Iwagakure Village?" Lao Zi was so angry that he laughed.

If his strength still needs to be protected in the Iwagakure Village, then Iwagakure is really finished.

The Anbu remained silent, staring at Lao Zi silently.

Looking at the silent Anbu, Lao Zi felt annoyed. It was impossible for him to really kill the ninja from the same village for no reason.

"Oonoki, what are you thinking about..." Lao Zi thought for a while, and finally looked at the tallest rock building in the Iwagakure Village.

The ANBU were under the direct command of the Tsuchikage, so this must have been an order from Ōnoki.

Lao Zi was a man of action. He ignored the Anbu and walked straight towards the Tsuchikage Building.

He wanted to find Ōnoki and ask him why he was wasting his energy like this and why he was spying on him.

At first, the Anbu members didn't know what Lao Zi was trying to do, but as they got closer and closer to the Tsuchikage Building, they gradually guessed what Lao Zi was thinking.

One of them went to report the situation, and the other tried to stop Lao Zi.

"Lord Tsuchikage is busy with official duties. You can't disturb him casually." said the Iwagakure Anbu.

"He has time to ask you to monitor me, but no time to talk to me in person?" Lao Zi ignored the Iwagakure Anbu and continued walking.

The Iwagakure Anbu tried to grab Lao Zi, but Lao Zi pushed them away with great force.

Then Lao Zi quickly walked into the Tsuchikage building and went straight to the Tsuchikage's office. He did not stop no matter what ninja he met on the way.

boom!
Lao Zi pushed open the door of the Tsuchikage's office and stared at Ōnoki who was sitting in the office chair.

"Tsuchikage-sama, I'm sorry," the ANBU apologized, lowering his head.

They couldn't really fight inside the Tsuchikage Building, so they could only compete with strength, but Lao Zi had the support of the Four Tails, so they couldn't stop him at all.

"It's okay, go out." Oonoki said calmly with no emotion on his face.

The Anbu nodded and quickly walked out of the Tsuchikage's office, closing the door behind him.

When the others left, Ohnoki's expression changed instantly, and he looked at Lao Zi with a serious face.

"Old Zi, what do you want to do? Attacking the Anbu and breaking into the Tsuchikage's office, these crimes are enough to put you in jail for ten years!" Oonoki said in a deep voice, with a terrifying aura bursting out of his body.

If an ordinary Iwagakure jonin was here, he would probably be shaking uncontrollably under Ōnoki's might.

After all, this is the third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, one of the top ninja villages in the ninja world, and he is also the man who led Iwagakure to become strong.

But the person standing in front of Ōnoki was the Jinchūriki Lao Shi, and he was the perfect Jinchūriki Lao Shi after communicating with the Four-Tails.

Old Zi looked at Ohnoki without changing his expression and asked:
"I was also wondering what you were planning on doing. You asked the Anbu to monitor me and protect me as soon as I returned to the village. Do the Anbu have that much free time?"

"This is the result of a collective discussion among the top leaders of Iwagakure. It's useless for you to be dissatisfied." Ohnoki said bluntly. After all, the people have been discovered, and Lao Zi is not stupid. How could he not know whether it is protection or surveillance?

"The top management collectively." Lao Zi clenched his fists and his eyelids twitched.

He fought hard at the front line, but when he came back he was still distrusted like this.

"This is already the best result. What do you think you did on the battlefield? That is one of the most taboos that cannot be violated!" Oonoki emphasized.

"Some people even proposed to replace the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. If I hadn't strongly opposed it, you would not be facing as simple as the surveillance of two Anbu."

Someone did mention the issue of replacing the Jinchūriki during the high-level meeting, but it was not as exaggerated as Ōnoki said.

Ohnoki mainly wanted to use this opportunity to warn Lao Zi and make him change his personality.

Lao Zi was stunned. He didn't expect that the top management would have such an idea.

For a Jinchūriki, replacing a Jinchūriki means that the previous Jinchūriki must die.

After the tailed beast is sealed in the body of the Jinchūriki, their lives are connected with the tailed beast. If the Jinchūriki dies, the tailed beast dies. If the tailed beast is extracted, the Jinchūriki will also die.

"Whether it was completely transforming into a tailed beast among the crowd or using the Tailed Beast Ball to break out, those were all orders given by Iwaku," Lao Zi explained.

He was not that crazy. If Yanku had not used self-destruction to stimulate Lao Zi, he might not have followed Yanku's orders.

"There is no such content in the information passed back." Ohnoki shook his head and replied.

Lao Zi was stunned again.

He thought of one thing. The battlefield was so chaotic at that time that not many Iwagakure could hear Iwakuni's orders.

In addition, with the killing god Mu Yue nearby, the possibility of survival is very slim.

"At that time, I was injured by Hanyu Muyue's water jutsu. After seeing this, Commander Iwakuni asked me to use the complete tailed beast transformation to cooperate with him and the Iwagakure blasting unit to attack..." Lao Zi explained, trying to recall the details of the time.

Although he somewhat admired Yanku's final self-explosion, Lao Zi didn't want to take the blame for Yanku.

As a Jinchūriki, he already suffered from all kinds of strange looks. If he was also accused of killing his companions, it would be really difficult for him to stay in Iwagakure.

"Is there anyone who can testify for you?" Oonoki asked after listening.

"How do you prove that this was Iwaku's order, and not that you were affected by the tailed beast's chakra and became violent."

Lao Zi opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

He didn't even know if anyone who knew about it survived.

"I will send ninjas to help you investigate. If everything is ok, please leave. I still have work to do." Ohnoki started to drive people away.

In fact, Oonoki already believed what Lao Zi said.

Because Lao Zi is a proud and stubborn person, such a person would not lie and evade responsibility.

However, if no one testifies for Lao Zi, Ohnoki will still maintain the status quo.

First of all, he cannot overturn the results of the high-level meeting just because of his own feelings. This would be too arbitrary.

Secondly, he wanted to make Lao Zi suffer a little loss so that he would become more mellow.

The Jinchūriki is the strongest weapon of the ninja village. A weapon should have the awareness of a weapon. Ohnoki is very satisfied with a Jinchūriki like Han who completes his tasks silently without saying a word.

Lao Zi had nothing to say. He walked out of the Tsuchikage office and the Tsuchikage building as Oonoki said.

While walking down the street of Iwagakure Village, Lao Zi noticed that the looks of the surrounding residents and ninjas were particularly frightened.

Even in a busy commercial street, wherever he passes, there will be an empty space.

Lao Zi walked towards home with an expressionless face. He could faintly hear some words like "monster" and "cruel" behind him.

As a Jinchūriki, Lao Zi had actually suffered this kind of treatment a long time ago.

He didn't know why he felt so bad when he encountered this situation again today. Was it because he was treated as a war criminal even though he led the team to break through? Or was it because he didn't sleep well yesterday and was particularly sensitive today?
Lao Zi didn’t know, but he only knew one thing: he felt very uncomfortable.

In the following week, Lao Zi rarely went out and stayed at home.

When he felt that Ōnoki should have completed his investigation, he went to the Tsuchikage Building again.

This time the situation was not as tense as the last one, as Lao Zi applied in advance.

"I sent people to question all the ninjas of the Grass Land Army except you, and everyone said that they had never heard of similar orders. Do you have anything else to say?" Ohnoki didn't waste time and stated the result directly.

Lao Zi looked at Ohnoki silently without saying anything.

What else could he say? Should he blame those ninjas who heard the order for their deaths? Or should he personally go and ask those ninjas who broke through one by one?

"From now on, you just need to be honest, follow orders carefully, complete your mission, and learn from Han. Everything will be fine." Oonoki said soothingly.

During the war, it was impossible for Iwagakure to suddenly replace the Jinchūriki, as that would be equivalent to cutting off one's own arm.

It is not an easy task for a Jinchūriki to control the power of a tailed beast.

"Remove the surveillance on me." Lao Zi said expressionlessly.

After listening to Oonoki's words, he finally understood what the top leaders wanted to do. Killing his companions was just an excuse, and the top leaders just wanted to warn him.

If it were in the past, Lao Zi would have just endured it and it would have passed.

After all, this is the village where he was born and raised, and he must repay the kindness of the Iwagakure Village in raising him.

But this time Lao Zi really couldn't bear it anymore. He was acting according to Yan Ku's orders, but the higher-ups were still dissatisfied and wanted him to be more obedient.

Lao Zi felt that he had done his best for Iwagakure. If the Four-Tails had not helped him this time, he would have died on the battlefield.

He has already paid for Iwagakure's life, and his current life was given by the Four-Tails.

Ohnoki frowned slightly, wondering why he couldn't understand anything people said.

"If you behave well in the future, no one will interfere with your life. I am the Tsuchikage." Oonoki reminded.

As the Tsuchikage, he possesses enormous power, and whether or not to monitor is simply a matter of a word from him.

"If you don't cancel your surveillance of me, you will definitely regret it later."

After saying that, Lao Zi turned around and walked towards the office door, ready to leave the Tsuchikage office.

The higher-ups wanted him to become a task-keeping machine that only obeyed orders, but Lao Zi did not live up to their expectations.

If Ōnoki still sent ANBU to monitor him, Lao Shi would not kill the ANBU, but he would leave the Iwagakure Village directly.

He couldn't kill innocent Iwagakure ninjas, so he just went somewhere else to avoid being bothered.

boom!
The door to the Tsuchikage's office was slammed shut.

Ōnoki's face darkened. After being the Tsuchikage for so many years, Lao Shi was the first person who didn't give him face.

Just a human jinchūriki.

"Withdraw the Anbu currently in charge of monitoring him and let the squad leader do it himself!" Oonoki called the Anbu and gave the order.

As the Kage of a village, where is the authority of the Tsuchikage if he is really threatened by Lao Zi?

Therefore, he not only had to continue monitoring Lao Zi, but also had to send more people to monitor him and let the elite Anbu monitor him.

"Report to me immediately if Lao Zi makes any unusual movements."

Ohnoki used to think that Lao Shi was just following Iwaku's orders, but now Lao Shi's behavior makes him think that it might be the influence of the tailed beast's chakra. His temper is too explosive.

On the other side, Lao Zi sighed as he walked out of the Tsuchikage Building.

Although just now he was thinking about leaving Iwagakure if there were still Anbu surveillance.

But Iwagakure is his home after all, and Lao Zi becomes confused at the thought of leaving Iwagakure.

Where will he go after leaving Iwagakure? What will he do after leaving Iwagakure?
Don't think about it, don't be anxious. When Lao Zi thought about it, he found that his life was particularly empty. He couldn't think of what he could do after leaving Yanyin.

"Since we don't know where to go, why not just go everywhere?" Lao Zi came up with the idea of ​​traveling around the ninja world.

Normally he went abroad to carry out missions, and he didn't take the time to experience in detail how life in other countries was different from that in the Land of Earth.

"In this case, the first stop can be the Rain Country. I can meet the ninja master Sosuke who has thousands of disciples and see what a country that has been shrouded in rain for a long time looks like." Lao Zi thought to himself.

The major deeds that Sosuke did are well-known throughout the ninja world, and Lao Zi has also heard many legends about Sosuke.

There are very few people that Lao Zi can admire, but if Sosuke is exactly the same as the legend, then Sosuke can be considered one of them.

"Don't think too much about it. Maybe, Oonoki will respect my decision to abolish the Anbu."

Lao Zi realized that he was thinking too much, so he shook his head and returned home.

For him, the best choice is of course to stay in the Iwagakure Village. After all, if he goes out, it will not be easy to come back.

(End of this chapter)