Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 210 Lan Gang

(Today is off..., and then..., there is no more, I have been too busy all morning...=.=!)

Kusanagi Village, who received the letter from the Daimyo of the Country of Grass, acted very quickly, and immediately sent a team of ten people consisting of three high-level ninjas, six middle-level ninjas, and one low-level ninja to the capital of the country of grasses.

There was no bad news from the people who were spying on Akai, and the Konoha ninjas hadn't made any big moves. Before the arrival of the ninjas sent by Kusanagi Village, it was calm and there were no twists and turns, but this atmosphere made Kusanagi Kunitaka felt uneasy, and the leader of this operation, Joshin of Kusanagi Village, Nobuyoshi Okamura, felt the same way.

He looked at the old man who seemed to have half of his body buried in the ground, and Zhai Zhongquan was obviously good at taking care of himself, but this was no match for the power of time, aging was inevitable, maybe this was why he liked such young and immature boys and girls .

Okamura Keiyoshi recalled some of the situations he saw briefly when he first entered the Hezhai Palace, and doubts abounded in his heart. Although He Zhaizhongquan, who received the news, had strengthened the guarding force, soldiers formed by ordinary people are very difficult for ninjas. It's just not enough to watch.

As a ninja, a Jōnin, Okamura Keiyoshi is more aware of the strength and efficiency of Konoha Ninja than He Takakwon and Kusanagi Daimyo, the legendary ninja who has never fallen into decline in previous wars. , known for his excellent talents and unique ninjas, it's just that Konoha Ninja, known as the "Blue Beast", who came to dignify this time, really wants to do something, and it's not with these soldiers from the Imperial Palace. Two Chunin can stop it.

So what is he waiting for! ?

Okamura Keiyoshi thought with a slight headache. He is known for his stability, so the leader of Kusanagi Village sent him out to participate in this mission. It is precisely because of this that he is so afraid of Konoha Village, or in other words, Tolerance All military organizations, large and small, in the world are not afraid of Muye Village.

His eyes fell on He Zhai Zhongquan, with a trace of disgust and annoyance, especially after he noticed the other party's gaze, this emotion deepened a lot.

The long and narrow eyes made Kazuya Nakakwon's expression a little vulture, his thin body and pointed chin made him look like an old fox, and he didn't even notice that Okamura was right at this time. In his annoyance, he only set his eyes on the person behind the other party.

The bright red long hair is like a handful of flames, dancing with the movements of the owner, like an elf with full of vitality, and the fair skin seems to be able to reflect a faint halo under the light of the candlelight in the house Come on, the red-rimmed glasses on the face made the girl's immature face show a steady and intellectual beauty, and the short hot pants exposed her slender legs.

Well-trained training did not wear away Kaorin's charm, on the contrary, because of her special physique, she has a good figure and a temperament that is different from ordinary girls. It was enough to make He Zhai Zhongquan restless. <The girl with vitality is also the only ninja sent by Kusanagi Village, Xianglin.

He Zhaizhongquan, who is gradually decaying, can only feel the pleasure of manipulating life by torturing these young and immature children and listening to them moan and cry in front of him, and barely dispel the fear of aging in his heart .

"My lord, the situation is unclear now. I think it's better for you to leave your house and hide." Okamura Keiyoshi suppressed his unhappiness, and said to He Zhaizhongquan in a deep voice.

"Leave?" He Zhai Zhongquan seemed to have come to his senses when he heard the words, frowned and said, "If it would be useful to leave, I would have left long ago."

He waved his hand and continued: "Under the current situation, it is impossible for Muye Village to take the risk of going to war. The strength of the country, my name and I will write another letter, and the matter will be over."

Do you think that Konoha Ninja is made of paper? ?

Another Kusin Murakami Shinobi, who was sitting opposite Okamura Keiyoshi, Saito Qing could not help cursing after hearing the seemingly well-founded analysis of He Zhai Zhongquan.

With the development of the war, coupled with the formation of nobles in various countries, the previous ninja wars rarely affected ordinary people and nobles. It was mainly between ninjas and ninjas. Did the daimyos and nobles of the country of grass have any direct contact with Konoha Village? The strength, coupled with a series of major events that happened in Konoha Village not long ago, made Kazuya Zhongquan arrogantly think that the Kingdom of Grass might not have the power to compete with Konoha Village, and the daimyo and nobles of the Country of Fire did not. Will let Konoha village abuse a noble again and again.

It's a pity that things are so simple?

Konoha Village, which had just been invaded and had a Hokage who died in battle in the village, must show a tough attitude to communicate with the outside world. Now the actions against the Country of Grass are obviously to scare chickens and monkeys and deter all countries. He has been around for many years, but he was also a generation of strong men back then. Since he dared to issue such orders, he obviously had absolute certainty.

Wait, kill chickens to scare monkeys! ?

Saito lightly thought of this and suddenly looked up, just in time to meet the eyes of Okamura Nobuyoshi who was opposite, the two of them seemed to understand something.

"It's on fire!"

At this moment, a shrill cry suddenly came from outside the room, and correspondingly, there were constant and detailed shouts and noises.

Everyone in the room was startled, a grass ninja chuenin closest to the door had quickly stood up, opened the door, grabbed a servant who was running around, and asked sharply, "What's going on?"

"It's on fire, the horse is on fire!" The young boy looked at the ferocious Kusanagi who didn't dare to struggle and defy, and stammered and said incoherently: "They are all crazy, the fire is so big, so big! There are people Random killing!"

The servant's voice was not low, and everyone in the room could hear it. He Zhai Zhongquan turned pale when he heard the words, and hurriedly said to Okamura Keiyoshi: "The horseman has a lot of hay, and there are flammable materials beside it, so the fire cannot be allowed to spread. Get up! Otherwise most of the city will burn!"

He is smart enough to know that the power of ninjas is enough to easily put out such fires, not to mention worrying about his family members and the property of the imperial palace, but only talking about how to deal with the city, because he is afraid that these grass ninjas will not agree to his proposal, after all, it directly belongs to the daimyo Although Ninja Village can maintain respect for him, there is no need to think about making Kusanagi obey him.

Okamura Keiyoshi froze in his heart, and frowned fiercely, but he couldn't refuse He Zhai Zhongquan, and said, "Light, take Zuomen, Sankotaro and Pingye to put out the fire, be careful of the enemy's ambush!"

"Understood!" Saito responded quickly when he heard the words, showing a well-trained style. He and Okamura Keiyoshi are both excellent jounin in the village, and another jnin companion who came with him and was promoted by virtue of his seniority It can't be said in the same way, it can be seen that Kusanagi Village attaches great importance to Konoha Village.

After receiving the order, Saito light got up quickly, greeted the three Chunin who had been named by Okamura before, and led them out of the room quickly.

"Others stay on guard!" Okamura Keiyoshi said sharply after seeing Saito Qing and others left the room, and he stood up first, ordered two Chunin guards to be beside Saito Qing, and then ordered: " Xianglin, check if there are ninjas around!"

Kusanagi Village’s style is not as gentle as Konoha Village’s. As a ninja, Kaorin dare not delay or object in the slightest. After hearing Okamura’s words, he quickly closed his seal and closed his eyes. Chakra is like a radar , with her as the center of gravity, it slowly radiates and spreads around.

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The actions of the nine ghosts are very smooth. The boys and girls who have been abused and tortured by Zhai Zhongquan for many years are full of resentment. Almost every day, some people commit suicide or flee because they cannot bear it, but there are always some people who have to be silent because of survival or family members. Bear with it, they are far more pitiful than the so-called "Renjuriki", so their hearts are full of dark and destructive thoughts.

Just a little guidance from low-level illusions is enough to make the resentment in the hearts of these poor children explode, just like throwing a match into a powder keg. The long-term depression and torture are enough to turn them into the craziest demons.

They first set fire to the stable's haystack, and then went around killing people with all kinds of forks, knives, rakes and other weapons they found, causing great chaos in the palace. Seeing this tragedy, even the resolute Kuki , couldn't help sighing, and then turned and left.

Of course, he would not leave so easily. The timing of the disaster was too good to be true. It is doubtful. Kusanagi will definitely send a certain number of people to fight the fire to avoid being ambushed. I just hope that with this, I can separate some Kuo Ninja from Ya Zhongquan's side, but as an excellent ninja from Anbu, how could the Nine Ghosts make Kuo Ninja follow his heart so easily?

Making traps is the basic skill of a ninja, how could Kuki who has enough time forget this skill?

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Because of the fire, there were quite a few servants running around calling for help in the palace, and there were quite a few servants who took advantage of the fire to rob. During this period, the soldiers who maintained order were crying and shouting to kill the looters, which made the whole palace seem extremely noisy.

Ordinary people also have chakra, or basic energy, which somewhat adds some trouble to Xianglin's exploration. Fortunately, compared to well-trained ninjas, ordinary people's chakra is not enough, it is like torches and The difference between the bonfire, she will not be confused, and carefully investigate the surroundings.

After Xianglin's investigation, she naturally found something abnormal. The three Konoha Anbe, Tenzo, Tori, and "Urashima" who had been waiting for a long time, had already been dispatched and rushed straight to the room where Kazuya Nakakwon was staying. All of this could not be concealed Live in Hongphos.

"There are enemies coming!" Xiang Lin's reminder came to an abrupt end, not only because of the thick and long wooden pillars like spirit snakes that suddenly sprang out of the room and the shining knife light that broke through the door, but also because she felt To that familiar chakra.

So familiar and kind, but more determined than ever, that chakra that Xianglin can't forget!

Xianglin quickly opened her eyes, and her pupils like autumn water looked straight at the roof. Almost at the moment when she looked up, the Kusanagi people who were on guard against the dodo breaking in, and the roof of the room where Kazuya Nakwon was staying suddenly Breaking open, two figures fell quickly along with the rubble and debris, one of them rushed straight to He Zhaizhongquan, and the other went straight to Okamura Keiyoshi.

It was Shikamaru who fell from the roof and rushed straight to Okamura Keiyoshi.

Counting the two Kusanagi village zhongren who used to protect Hezhai Zhongquan, there are now a total of [-] Kusanagi in Hezhai Imperial Palace, including three high-level ninjas, eight middle-level ninjas, and one low-level ninja, even if they have left Saito light and three chunin, at this time there are still two high nin, five chunin and one low nin in the house, in terms of numbers, it is enough to crush Shikamaru, Tenzo and Dodo Three man commando.

It's a pity that calculating the strength of a ninja has never been so simple.

Combat experience, consciousness, reaction ability, and combat effectiveness are all important parts, not to mention that Kusanagi still has He Zhaizhongquan to protect.

This situation, coupled with the narrow environment in the house, made it impossible to perform many offensive ninjutsu. For dangerous enemies such as Shikamaru, Tianzang, and Dodo, there would never be time for the opponent to seal in hand-to-hand combat. .

Fighting with physical skills and cold weapons is the mainstream of this battle.

Swish!

A Kusanagi chuunin next to Nakatsu Takato reacted quickly, and when he noticed Shikamaru rushing towards him, he quickly raised the kunai in his hand and stabbed him.

Shikamaru, who was hiding behind the mask, showed a sneer. Due to the length of the tachi and the sword, it is difficult to get out of the sheath behind the back, but the short ninja sword is different. With the advantage of falling and the power of drawing the sword, the condescending Shikamaru pulls out the ninja sword. The sharp blade shone coldly under the light of the fire, and slashed straight at the Kusanagi.

In other words, no matter how short this ninja sword is, it is much longer than Kunai. Although the Kusanagi is one step ahead of Kunai, Shikamaru is sure that his ninja sword can hit the opponent's vitals earlier.

That Kusanagi obviously understood this, and changed his attack route to block the sharpness of Shikamaru's ninja sword.

when!

The sound of crisp metal collisions came to Shikamaru's ears, but he didn't panic when his attack failed. He didn't stop after the ninja sword was framed, and directly slashed at Kusanagi holding Kunai's right hand, as if this Everything had already been planned in his mind.

boom!

That Kusanagi saw that his right hand was about to suffer the fate of having his fingers cut off, so he naturally raised his attention, but Shikamaru, who had already fallen, suddenly bent his right knee and hit his temple hard, making him dizzy and involuntary Shikamaru fell to the side, and Shikamaru dexterously held the ninja knife against the ground. During the landing process, he cut off his throat neatly. The blood was continuously sprayed under the pressure of the trachea, and Kusanagi himself struggled, sending out a burst of shock. There was a creepy "hoo hoo" sound.

The magpie rises and the harrier falls.

It was just the short moment when Shikamaru fell from the roof to the ground, and he killed a Kusanagi chuunin. This is of course due to Shikamaru's superb skills, and it also proves that the quality of the ninjas in Kusanagi Village is obviously not as good as that of Konoha Village ninja.

At this time, another Kusanagi delivered Kunai to Shikamaru's back.

Shikamaru turned around quickly, without holding onto the right hand of Ninja Sword, a layer of light blue light like a flame beating suddenly appeared on the left hand, and it directly touched the Kunai that Kusanagi was handing over.

Random style. Lan Gang!

That Kusanagi only felt that the Kunai that touched Shikamaru's left hand was firmly attracted like a magnet, and he couldn't break free for a while, which made him tremble, but Shikamaru didn't wait for him to make another move, and had already pulled it along with the trend With his left hand, Kusanagi who was caught off guard couldn't help but lose his center of gravity and staggered towards Shikamaru.

Swish!

The distance between the two was already close, and this Kusanagi didn't even have time to adjust the center of gravity. Shikamaru had already bent his right arm to support his chest, and the ninja sword he was holding backwards was just slightly exposed at the elbow. The rushing Kusanagi's chest pierced his chest like a bamboo, and cut through his heart.

The so-called "random style" is Shikamaru's various skills formed by manipulating chakra. "Shocking palm" is to disrupt the enemy's attack through the vibration and rotation of chakra. The usage of "treading water" is like a suction cup that tightly absorbs the enemy's attacks and even weapons, creating powerful conditions for Shikamaru.

The next step is "Sanken", which is actually referring to the skills of Chakra's scalpel, but Shikamaru's ambitions are even greater. His "black magic" with divine energy as the main body is following the "Muji technique" In other words, Shikamaru, who has reached the current state, has begun to try and practice his own path.

Spiritual energy is his greatest strength. The spiritual energy and physical energy in Chakra are like the relationship between a commander and a soldier. The combination of the two is considered an army.In other words, physical energy is responsible for the most primitive and essential "power", while spiritual energy is responsible for "command".

This is why "explosive seeds" in the original work is only the patent of Uzumaki Naruto, and others must take medicine or open the Eight Gates to "explode seeds".

Because no matter how angry and tough the "commander" is, he will not be able to expand the "army", and no matter how much the mental fluctuations are, it will not help the direct increase of chakra.

But correspondingly, a smart and flexible "commander" can make the "army" command like an arm. Take the medical ninjutsu that requires chakra control talent as an example. It is often easier for female ninjas with delicate thoughts to learn this skill. Skills, and Chiba Gen, who Shikamaru knows, is also delicate in mind, patient and focused (Note 1), this kind of natural divine energy, but to train and improve this ability the day after tomorrow, what is needed is the tempering of the spirit.

Shikamaru has never given up on honing his mind, day after day of hard training, and experiencing his mind by adhering to the "rules" he has constantly formulated, which is exactly what he is doing.

Putting these aside for the time being, Shikamaru killed two chunin in Kusanagi Village almost in a breath, and in an instant, there was nothing around Zhai Zhongquan.

Okamura Nobuyoshi has already been pinned down by Tianzang, and the weird Mu Dun even intercepted a Chunin, and the Tori who was blocking the gate by himself brandished a sword in his hand, and attacked the remaining Jōnin and two Chunin , for a while, except for Xianglin who seemed a little dazed, no one could stop Shikamaru.

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Note 1: In the original Shippuden, there is a very interesting plot, the Tiandiqiao incident, Sai approached Orochimaru and Yakushidou. He was looking for a corpse, and Orochimaru asked him in a daze whether he had type A blood.

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