Naruto Shadow Mage

"because."

"I like!"

Outside the Sand Ninja Village, he was walking cross-country in the wind at a speed that was like a ghost.

At the rear of the off-road trail, long black shadows were trailing. Some of those shadows used shadow manipulation techniques to control the sand iron puppets in the Sand Ninja Village. The other part turned into the form of the hand of shadow, tightly holding on to Fenfu, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, allowing Cross Country to escape from the sand with Fenfu and others alone. Ninja Village.

When escaping from Sand Ninja Village, the situation was similar to what I imagined when I went off-road.

Suna Ninja Village, which has never been invaded by foreign enemies, behaves like the Konoha Village in the original plot, and the situation is very chaotic. Taking advantage of the chaos, it was very easy for Cross Country to block a Yashamaru's perception. Immediately, Cross Country took Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro with them and quietly arrived at the Sand Ninja Village. Ninja Medical.

There, even though Chiyo and Ebizo arranged a lot of ANBU, there were also some ANBU sent by the Fourth Kazekage. However, under the constraints of the secret technique of Shadow Escape, each ANBU could only watch the cross-country take away their blessings. As for the ANBU of the Sand Ninja Village who saw the true face of the cross-country, the result they would face would undoubtedly be death. After all, if the Red Sand Scorpion really returns to attack the Sand Ninja Village, it would be impossible for anyone to believe it without a few dead Sand Ninja Village ninjas, right?

However, when he saw the Anbu of Suna Ninja Village dying, there was anger hidden in Fenfu's eyes.

Even though Fenfu was involved in formulating the plan, he never thought about the death of the ninjas in Sand Ninja Village. He only hoped that Cross Country could take the blame for him. Who would have thought that Cross Country would never be able to take the blame for Fenfu, so he successfully passed the "blame" to the Red Sand Scorpion, hoping that the Red Sand Scorpion and the "Akatsuki" organization would bear the wrath of the Sand Ninja Village.

Nowadays, the people who were taken away from Suna Ninja Village by Off-Road were not just Fenfu and Gaara. It had already created a little rift between Fenfu and Off-Road.

That is a crisis of trust.

 The older you get and the more you face death, the more paranoid you become about what you value.

 In a paranoid situation, a person is often unable to think calmly, and this is the case with Fenfu now.

 So, after hearing Cross Country's answer, Fenfu just took a deep breath and didn't say much. But secretly, Fenfu was already preparing to contact Chiyo, Ebizo and others and tell them where he was going to hide. Obviously, Fenfu is afraid. When Cross Country really helps Gaara become a Shukaku jinchūriki, Cross Country will take the young Gaara, Fenfu, and Temari back to Konoha Village and bring them to Konoha Village. Brainwash and train to become a ninja of Konoha Village.

 On the other side, in the Sand Ninja Village.

As the iron sand puppets were shattered and collapsed, the frowning Chiyo came to Ebizo and the Fourth Kazekage's side in a blink of an eye, and said: "It's strange, these puppets basically have no combat power, at most they can only In the battle with chuunin-level ninjas, is it really the puppet master who came to attack our Suna Ninja Village? Or is someone deliberately diverting our thoughts to the puppet master? "

“Sister, if you are not a puppet master, how can you control that number of puppets?”

After listening to Chiyo's words, Ebizo hesitated for a moment and said: "Sister, you can only control about ten puppets at most, right? If the number is larger, the puppets under your control will inevitably be insufficient in strength. Moreover, , In my opinion, the real purpose of these puppets is not to attack Sand Ninja Village. Do you remember what happened before? Fenfu's poisoning seems to be somewhat related to this incident, so..."

 “Fengying, what do you think?”

 “What do I think? Humph!”

Knowing that Ebizo was doubting himself, the Fourth Kazekage smiled coldly and said: "These are not puppets, but they are made by someone using secret techniques. They are just like puppets. The technique of sand and iron, I believe everyone is familiar with it." Not unfamiliar? The Third Kazekage, who is known as the strongest Kazekage in history, is the only ninja who can use the Sand Iron Technique. Therefore, I feel that this incident must be related to the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, I'm afraid."

“Someone took advantage of the Third Kazekage to attack our Sand Ninja Village!”

"However, Mr. Ebizou, what you just said makes some sense. I feel that we should go and see the situation of Mr. Fenfu. The village was in such chaos just now. If someone attacks Mr. Fenfu, things will be really bad. It’s not good!”

 “Okay, let’s go!”

As soon as the Fourth Kazekage finished speaking, under the leadership of Chiyo, the three Kage-level experts from Suna Ninja Village went to the Ninja Hospital.

And when they returned to the ninja hospital, what did Chiyo and the other three shadow-level experts discover?

All the Anbu guarding the outside of the Ninja Hospital were poisoned and died without any wounds on their bodies. This undoubtedly further proved to the three of them that the people who came to attack Suna Ninja Village were people who were proficient in puppetry.

 After all, every puppet master is an expert in using poison!

Furthermore, coupled with the suspicion that it was the secret technique of the Third Kazekage's Sand Iron Jutsu, Chiyo, Ebizo, and the Fourth Kazekage's targets were immediately locked on the Red Sand Scorpion.

Thinking about the defection of the Red Sand Scorpion and the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, Chiyo and Ebizo were silent. The Fourth Kazekage was secretly laughing at Chiyo. Ebizo had a good grandson and thought silently. :

 “Is it Orochimaru?”

“It must be Orochimaru, he actually had a backup plan and didn’t tell me!”

"Hmph, but that's fine. Now that the finger is pointed at Scorpion, it must be impossible for Chiyo and Ebizo to protect him anymore? In a few days, I will secretly contact Orochimaru to inquire about the whereabouts of Shukaku Jinchuuriki. ”

“The Shukaku Jinchuuriki at that time should already be.”

 “It’s Gaara!”

Huttered to himself, the Fourth Kazekage waited silently, and sure enough, Yashamaru's figure soon appeared in front of them.

 Then, when I heard that Gaara and the others were all missing during the cross-country trip, the Fourth Kazekage seemed confident and didn't think too much. However, when the Fourth Kazekage formally contacted Orochimaru three days later, he suddenly learned that Cross Country and others were not in Orochimaru's hands. The crisis of trust between the Fourth Kazekage and Orochimaru broke out in an instant. !

“Damn it, you said it wasn’t you who stole the blessing, Shadow Mage and the others, who can believe it?”

“I have seen how powerful the Shadow Mage is!”

"Who else can steal the Shadow Mage quietly but you people from the Leaf Village? Orochimaru, do you really think I'm an idiot?"

 “Calm down, calm down now!”

 “Orochimaru must want more benefits, just give it to him!”

“As long as Gaara can become a Jinchuuriki, the entire Sand Ninja Village will be mine in the future, so what does a little benefit mean?”

After roaring angrily a few times, the Fourth Kazekage calmed down and was clearly ready to negotiate with Orochimaru.

pity.

Even if the Fourth Kazekage used the entire Sand Ninja Village to trade with Orochimaru, Orochimaru would not be able to trade with him.

 Because another three days have passed, Xuanxu, Fenfu and others have arrived at the desert oasis where he originally lived in seclusion. Moreover, under the frightened eyes of Temari and Kankuro, the cross-country at this time suddenly walked from Fenfu's side to Gaara's side, and tightly imprisoned Gaara with the black shadow under his feet. He said with a slight smile:

 "Gaara, don't be afraid."

 “It only hurts for a moment, and it will be fine soon!”