Chapter 195: Xuan Yuanzhong
Chapter 195 Xuan Yuanzhong
In the raining forest, the rain was pouring down, covering up the hustle and bustle, only the sound of torrential rain echoed in my ears, and the chill brought by the rain.
Jiraiya was alone, speeding on the muddy road.
In order to collect information faster, they separated from Kakashi's dark team. During the operation, they contacted each other at the agreed place every two hours to exchange information.
However, after staying in the Land of Rain for more than a day, Zilai didn't notice anything unusual.
According to the information provided by Water Gate, there is a large-scale human trafficking organization at the junction of the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire, which takes advantage of the collapse of the Land of Rain after the war to conduct illegal human trafficking.
Among them, there is a clue that faintly points to Yuyin Village.
After searching for nothing for a day, Zilai had the thought of asking Kanzang, the new leader of Yuyin Village.
If someone from Yuyin Village was involved in the case, then, as the current leader of Yuyin, Kanzang would know something.
Or, Kanzang himself controls all this behind the scenes.
I don’t know much about prospecting, so the above are just my own guesses and cannot be used as evidence. Everything needs to be verified carefully.
Moreover, he went to Yuyin not entirely for the task assigned by Minato, he also wanted to go there to find traces of Nagato and others.
Regarding the three disciples who have disappeared, Jiraiya is also very worried about their safety.
Whether Nagato and the three are alive or dead, as a teacher, you must confirm it yourself.
When the forest was about to end, an involuntary chill made Jiraiya stop his progress suddenly.
Jilai also narrowed his eyes slightly, no longer running fast, but approached quietly by walking instead.
Silently came to a big tree, the rain dripped down his hair and cheeks, using leaves and weeds to cover his body, his eyes secretly looked at an open space not far away.
I saw five people wearing black hooded coats standing in the rain, and thirteen dead bodies fell at their feet.
These fallen corpses are all ninja identities. Nine of them are wearing Ukakushi ninja uniforms and Ukakushi forehead protectors, while the other four corpses are wearing Konoha Anbe uniforms and strange masks with thick colors on their faces.
is a ninja at the root! Immediately, Zilai also slightly widened his eyes.
Ninja Konoha and Anbe have the same uniform, but the mask style is very different.
The masks on Anbu's face are limited to animal masks, and the colors tend to be soft and light. The masks worn by root ninjas are solemn and solemn, with rich colors, not limited to animal masks.
Although Jiraiya does not often deal with root people, as one of the few jounin in Konoha who can participate in important meetings, he naturally has his own method of identifying root ninjas.
Why does the root ninja appear here? And who killed the root ninja? Zilai was also full of doubts in his heart.
Although they don’t like things about the roots, these root ninjas are also part of Konoha.
Being killed here, Jiraiya was also a little annoyed.
But knowing that anger is useless at the moment, these five mysterious people wearing black hooded coats, each of them has a very strong aura, at least they are all ninja-level existences, so they can't act emotionally now.
I also trust my own judgment and intuition about the situation.
Fighting, there is absolutely no way to subdue them all in the first time.
Need to wait for the enemy to relax before attacking by surprise, and take it down in one fell swoop.
"Ah, the guy at the root is still as difficult as ever. But fortunately, it's gone."
On the clearing, five mysterious people wearing black hooded coats, one of them expressed emotion.
The other person squatted down and picked up a sealed scroll from the muddy ground.
The texture of the scroll is very good. Even though it was soaked in mud before, after picking it up, there is no stain and it is very clean. This also means that the things recorded in the scroll are very important.
"Destroy the corpse, don't leave a handle."
"good."
Pile up more than a dozen corpses into one piece, and one person made seals with both hands, and quickly spewed hot stream from his mouth, burning more than a dozen corpses on the spot without leaving any traces.
"Let's go. In this way, the task will be successfully completed."
The person holding the scroll said, preparing to leave.
The rest of the people have no objection.
Seeing that the five people were preparing to evacuate after cleaning the battlefield, Zilai also knew that there was no longer any delay.
Now is the time when they are most relaxed, and it is not clear whether there are other people behind them. If they meet with other people, it will be more difficult to solve the matter at that time.
Without hesitation, Jiraiya rushed over like lightning, clenched his fists, and punched one person from behind.
There is no feeling of hitting the flesh.
The fist pierced through the back, and the body of the person who was attacked by Jiraiya suddenly turned into a scorching flame.
Got it!
The other four people surrounded him, took out Kunai and waved it at Zilaiye mercilessly.
Jiraiya's chakra surged rapidly, his arms were free from the shackles of the flames, and he dodged backwards in embarrassment.
Pfft!
Dodged three of the kunai, but in the end the chest was cut open by a kunai, and blood sprayed out.
Zilai also gasped for breath with lingering fear, clutching his bleeding chest wound, whether it was sweat or rain dripping on his face.
If I moved a little slower just now, I'm afraid I would have directly explained where it was just now.
These people's movements are also quite sharp and straightforward, without sloppiness, almost in one go.
"I thought it was some little mouse peeping from the sidelines, but it turned out to be Jiraiya-sama, one of Konoha Sannin. I wonder why you are here?"
The man in black holding the scroll smiled at Jiraiya very relaxedly.
The face is hidden under the shadow of the hood, and the appearance cannot be seen clearly.
But judging from the thick tone, it is an adult male.
"Nothing, just out for a walk. But it's a little unfair."
Zilai also laughed jokingly, not paying any attention to the very serious situation for him right now.
"What?"
"Because only you know me, and I don't know you, doesn't it seem very unfair?"
Jilai also stared at the five unknown people in front of him.
"It's true that nobles forget things too much. We should have fought against you Konoha when we were on the battlefield of the country of grass. But to Jiraiya-sama, one of the three ninjas, we are indeed inconspicuous little characters. It is normal that we cannot hear our voices."
The person holding the scroll and speaking lifted the hood on his head, revealing a male face, the same as Jirai, with a head of white and messy hair.
The other four also lifted the hats covering their faces. They were not very familiar faces, but they were not unfamiliar.
Ji Laiya saw the faces of the five people, after a brief identification, he let out a deep breath, and his eyes became more cautious.
"So it turned out to be the famous Xuan Yuanzhong. You are regular celebrities in the underground black market of ninja world."
Xuan Yuanzhong is a bounty hunter group that has risen rapidly in the underground black market in recent years. They are engaged in various employment activities, especially in close cooperation with Yanyin Village.
They are called "ninjas hunting ninjas" by those who do things. Everyone has a special secret technique. I don't know where it came from, but the ability is strange. It belongs to a special school of ninjutsu that must die at sight.
Since debuting as a bounty hunter, the completion rate of the mission is as high as 95%, almost never missed.
More than two years ago, when Konoha and Iwagakure fought in the Grass Country, Xuan Yuanzhong was hired by Iwagakure more than once to attack Konoha’s supply point, causing great losses to Konoha at that time.
Naturally, Jiraiya does not have a good impression of this kind of ninja mercenary group that is engaged in various sabotage activities in various parts of the ninja world.
A group of ruthless executioners who only know **** and have no morals in their hearts.
"Since you are here, does it mean that you plan to do something bad again?"
"Take people's money and eliminate disasters with others. This is the capital we can be proud of in the underground black market."
The worm man smiled.
"It seems that there is no way to negotiate peacefully."
Zilai also said regretfully.
"Don't talk so righteously, the ninjas of your five great nations are originally killer groups raised by daimyo, and there is no essential difference from us. If there is, then you are stronger, so you are the party of justice."
Hearing the ruthless words of the worm man, Jiraiya was about to refute, when a person on the opposite side had already started to seal:
"Water Escape · Water Dragon Bullet!"
A water dragon more than ten meters long rose from the ground and charged towards Jiraiya's position.
Jiraiya continued to back away, and his hands also knotted together.
"Earth Dungeon·Yellow Spring Swamp!"
The five worm men immediately became unsteady, and the surrounding land instantly turned into a bottomless swamp, intending to swallow the bodies of the five people into it.
"If you surrender now, there is still time—"
Before Zilai could finish his sentence, one of the five people, the earth man, pressed his palm on the flat surface of the swamp, and the palm transmitted chakra.
The swamp immediately turned into flat land and disappeared.
Jiraiya also looked serious.
Infused with chakra, re-altered his ninjutsu characteristics.
This ability is too weird.
"Let's talk when we wake up from the dream. Even if it is Sannin, alone, it is impossible for the five of us to unite as an opponent."
Although the worm man's words were arrogant, Zilai did not refute them.
Facing the five-person alliance, he did feel a pressure.
If you are a little careless, I am afraid that you will overturn here, and you need to fight hard.
While dodging the attacks of Fire Dun and Water Dun, he must also pay attention to the soil spears protruding from his feet from time to time. Zilai also found that the cooperation of these people was really good, and he was not given a chance to breathe and fight back.
"Fire Escape · Flame Bullet!"
After finally finding a gap, Jiraiya spit out a blazing fireball from his mouth and rushed towards the enemy.
The earth man did not show any weakness and erected an earth wall from the front to intercept the fireball.
This was also within Jiraiya's expectation, he quickly escaped from the sniping range of Water Dungeon and Fire Dungeon with the Blinking Technique, and began to seal.
Zong Nan recognized that it was the seal sequence of the psychic technique, and the other party planned to psychic out a huge toad to join the battle.
If that kind of thing is summoned, it will be a bit troublesome to fight.
However, it is already within my attack range. The worm man thought so in his heart.
Jiraiya, who was forming seals, suddenly felt his eyes sting.
Centered on Zong Man, the surrounding gray and rainy scene was immediately rendered with bright bright colors, and hoarse noises appeared. The images of rain and forest disappeared from the eyes, and Zilai also felt a very cold feeling, flowing into the body through the eyes.
Wait until the field of view returns to normal and the rain scene appears again, nothing changes.
Illusion? Blindfolded? Jiraiya was even more puzzled about the strange and incomparably strong light ninjutsu.
But the current situation does not allow him to think more. To fight these five people, he must summon the toad from Mount Miaomu to reverse the disadvantage as soon as possible. If the delay continues, the five of them will run away.
"Psychic of..."
Jiraiya's ninjutsu was halfway through, before his palms were pressed to the ground, his body stiffened immediately.
I saw a huge worm-shaped lump appearing on his chest, tearing the clothes on his chest, which was very scary.
Jilai can also feel that the chakra in his body is being absorbed by this strange worm-shaped lump.
The worm-shaped mass seems to be a huge worm with strong vitality. It feeds on chakra in Jiraiya's body and rapidly increases in size.
What's this?
When did it enter the body?
Ji Laiya's face was no longer calm and composed, and panic appeared in his eyes.
Suddenly remembered the ninjutsu that the worm man had performed similar to blinding eyes, creating strong light to block vision and making noise.
And at that time, a cold thing entered the eyes, and then rushed into the body.
If there is something in my body, there is a high probability that it happened at that time.
Damn it, what kind of ninjutsu is this lump? Jiraiya also had no idea what the opponent's ninjutsu principle was.
But Jiraiya can also guess one thing, that is, once Chakra is used, the worm-shaped lump on the chest will continue to grow, and when it reaches the critical point, most of the enemies will be eliminated in the form of an explosion.
Jilai also showed a wry smile on his face, this time he really fell.
Even Sannin, it is impossible to fight without the Chakra system.
With no way to use Chakra, how can it be possible to deal with five high-level ninjas?
"It seems that Mr. Laiya already understands the consequences of using Chakra."
The worm man walked over leisurely, and smiled at Zilai.
Under the premise that the opponent cannot use Chakra, it does not constitute any threat at all.
Even if you use psychic techniques, when you summon the psychic beast, it will be the moment when Jiraiya will explode and die.
Ji Lai also understood this, so he stopped performing psychic techniques.
Because of psychic techniques, a lot of chakra is consumed, and that powerful chakra will become the nutrient of the blaster, blasting Jiraiya's body into pieces.
"I didn't expect you to have such a despicable ninjutsu."
Zilai forced a smile too.
"How can it be said to be despicable? This ninjutsu requires a long time to prepare, and it is not so easy to be recruited. Moreover, the weakness of this ninjutsu is too obvious. If you have seen it once, you will not be recruited again next time."
The worm man sighed.
Ji Lai also saw that the strength of these five people is there, but the hard power is not as strong as imagined and cannot be dealt with.
The tricky thing about them lies in the mysterious and unpredictable secret art of seeing and dying.
Once you are recruited, there is basically no way out.
Jirai also understands this point, the opponent's mass secret technique uses vision to make the enemy hit.
As long as you close your eyes when ninjutsu is being performed, you can ignore the threat of this ninjutsu.
Jiraiya, who knows this important secret, also knows what will happen to him next.
"Then, farewell, one of the three ninjas, Jiraiya-sama. After all, you know the secret of my ninjutsu, so you can't let you leave alive. Moreover, your corpse should be able to sell for a lot of money."
Insect Man picked up Kunai from his ninja bag, and waved it at his neck without any hesitation in his unwilling eyes.
Brilliant lightning flashed, and the broken Kunai only drew a shallow **** mouth on Jiraiya's neck.
The worm man's face was dull, and he didn't seem to react.
The faces of the four local men changed, and they wanted to step forward to help.
"Don't move around, or I will kill him."
A cold voice came through the icy air, making the four men stop.
Kakashi, wearing an Anbu costume and an animal mask, appeared behind Zong Man with a white tooth dagger in his hand, and put it on his neck, threatening the other four members of the Xuanyuan group.
Three other Anbu also appeared beside Jiraiya, guarding Jiraiya tightly, and looked at the four local men vigilantly.
"I was careless. I didn't expect Konoha Anbe to be wandering around. Moreover, he was able to walk around behind me silently. He is really a textbook assassin. Isn't that right, Hatake Kakashi? The second generation Konoha Shirato."
The worm man's voice was helpless.
Kakashi didn't say a word, but clenched Shirato more tightly.
"It seems that our side is better."
Zilai also smiled happily and wiped the sweat off his face.
If Kakashi came one step later, he would really explain it here.
Among these five people, except for Zong Nan, the strength of the other four is not very strong, but the cooperation between the evasion techniques is very troublesome.
Even the worm man with the most terrifying ability, as long as he knows the characteristics of ninjutsu, his threat will be greatly reduced.
The outcome has been decided.
"snort."
The worm man snorted stiffly.
When the four men saw that the man was subdued, hesitation appeared on their faces, and then they looked at each other, as if they had made a decision tacitly.
After glaring at Konoha and the others, he disappeared from the spot with the instant body technique.
The four people left so simply, Jiraiya and others did not relax their faces, because the leader of Xuan Yuanzhong was in their hands, and the four people who disappeared would never let them go so easily.
I'm afraid it won't be too safe on the way back.
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In the cave.
Zilai also lay flat on the dry grass, his face twisted and in pain, it was difficult to open his eyes, and his breathing became short of breath, as if he might die at any moment.
Kakashi and the others on the side knew that Jiraiya was also enduring some unbearable pain for ordinary people.
On Jiraiya's chest was a huge worm-shaped lump, which was ferocious and terrifying, and it made one's scalp tingle.
None of them expected that the legendary Sannin would end up in such a miserable end at the hands of a group of bounty hunters.
It also proves from the side that Xuan Yuanzhong is definitely not an ordinary bounty hunter.
The worm man was leaning against the wall of the cave with his hands and feet tied, seeming to be sneering.
"It's useless, even if it's Sannin, if you fall into my ninjutsu, you can only wait for death obediently."
Kakashi ignored him, and took out a scroll from Insect Man's ninja bag.
Afterwards, Kakashi handed the scroll to another Anbu.
"Give this scroll to Hokage-sama for confirmation."
Kakashi implied that he would not leave with them.
These three Anbu are all new-generation ninjas, they belong to Minato's confidantes, and they are different from the three generations of Anbu, so they can be trusted.
"Captain, won't you leave with us?"
that Anbu asked.
Kakashi looked at Jiraiya, who was almost unconscious in pain, and said: "No, I will take the leader of the Xuanyuan group and lead away the pursuers. Jiraiya-sama is seriously injured now, and he must go back for emergency treatment, otherwise his life will be in danger. Please."
Facing Kakashi's solemn entrustment, the three Anbu subordinates were deeply infected.
Xuan Yuanzhong is not a person with simple strength. In order to rescue the leader, it will inevitably hinder their return. If there is a delay, Zilai will die suddenly on the way.
Therefore, in their view, Kakashi is determined to die, seeking a way out for them as subordinates, and Jiraiya, one of the Sannin.
Originally, they were still unconvinced about the young Kakashi as the captain, but now they are convinced.
Jiraiya, who was in pain and speechless, couldn't help but feel guilty towards Kakashi.
Unexpectedly, as a Sannin, I would become a burden one day and need to be rescued by young people in the village.
He could only pray in his heart that Kakashi was safe.
"Understood, Captain. We will desperately deliver this scroll to Hokage-sama, and Jiraiya-sama will safely send it back to the village for treatment as quickly as possible."
Hearing their promises, Kakashi nodded, and left the cave with the worm man bound by the rope on his back.
The three Anbu didn't rest, and carefully carried Jiraiya behind their backs, and rushed back towards the Land of Fire.
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It was raining in the sky, and it was still at the border of the Land of Rain, Kakashi came to a tree hole with Insect Man on his back.
Inside, there were four people sitting there, lighting a bonfire and lighting the tree hole.
It was Tu Nan and the four of them.
Seeing Kakashi coming in with Worm Man on his back, Fire Man took a bite of the freshly roasted chicken leg and greeted them:
"The two of you are finally here. We are almost ready for dinner here, and you two are missing."
Kakashi used Kunai to cut the rope on the man's body, allowing him to regain his freedom.
The worm man stretched his muscles and bones, touched the stiff back of his neck and said, "Really, you kid doesn't know how to tie it more comfortably, my hands and feet are almost numb."
Kakashi took his share of grilled chicken unceremoniously. He didn't eat for most of the day, and he was indeed a little hungry.
Halfway through eating, Kakashi asked, "Speaking of which, why are you in the Land of Rain?"
Insect man replied: "The task issued by the leader, let us intercept root and Ukakushi, the important criminal evidence of human trafficking, and then hand it over to the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato in an anonymous form, which makes the contradictions of Konoha's high-level leaders fierce, and there is no way to take care of other things."
"Then it doesn't matter if you let it go? Your blaster ability will be exposed."
Kakashi frowned.
Blasters are the biggest killer among the Xuanyuan people. Even Wukage, under unfamiliar circumstances, will be killed by blasters.
Leaking such an important ability to Konoha will inevitably cause huge losses.
Bugman smiled and said: "That was the false information that was deliberately induced by Jiraiya. Blasters are not as simple as you think, and it is even more difficult to prevent them. At that time, Konoha will hold the information that he thinks is correct, but he doesn't know that it is a deadly trap that I set up."
"That's right. And the blaster used by the boss is an old product from the past. Immediately, the military will send a new blaster, which is more difficult to guard against and stronger. We can defeat Jiraiya once, and the result will be the same the second time. There will be no change."
The native man said confidently.
"Since you think this is okay, then do as you say."
Kakashi didn't ask too much. The Xuanyuan people were originally a secret force of the Oni Land's military. The only people who knew the true secret of the blasters were themselves and those three people.
"Although the mission process was a bit tortuous and a bit beyond the original plan, but in terms of the result, it is still good. I was still worrying about how to use the criminal evidence to achieve the best effect, so that Konoha's high-level dogs can bite the dog. Now I have Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, as a guarantee, and everything will come naturally."
Insect Man turned his gaze to Kakashi, showing a meaningful smile:
"Congratulations in advance, Kakashi. Save Jiraiya, the Sannin, and your future road in Konoha will be smooth. I wish you a smooth journey in Konoha."
"Thank you for your good words."
After Kakashi ate the grilled chicken and filled his stomach, he walked out of the tree hole.
"By the way, don't forget to get some injuries on your body, and people will be suspicious if you go back clean."
The worm man reminded me from behind.
Kakashi nodded wordlessly, and disappeared outside the tree hole.
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