Konoha: Sage Body

"It's Shukaku, it's that monster coming."

In the Sunagakure base camp, a certain jōnin exclaimed with a terrified face.

He had once seen this monster when he was still a young genin, and had personally seen many seniors who were invincible existences in his eyes back then being killed by this monster like bugs, so everything about this monster was still fresh in his mind.

When he heard Shukaku's voice again, the despair and powerlessness that he felt when he faced this monster immediately came to his mind, and a strong fear immediately surged to his heart, making him lose the courage to fight with it in an instant.

For a moment, the thought of surviving began to grow rapidly in his mind, and then he decisively abandoned his companions and subconsciously ran in the direction of Sunagakure.

There is no chance of victory, the only way to escape back to Sunagakure is to have a chance of survival.

This is the only thought in this jōnin's heart.

Not only this Sunagakure jōnin has this kind of thought, many other jōnin who are no longer young have this kind of thought, that is to say, those young chunin and lower jōnin who have not personally experienced how terrible Shukaku is are the only ones who have the courage to go out and fight with Shukaku.

People's hearts are scattered, then the team will not be easy to lead.

Because of the death of Ebizo of the hawk faction, Sayun, the moderate faction, has now become the frontline commander in the Sunagakure military camp, he saw a large number of ninjas fleeing without listening to the order, he was almost furious, but no matter how much he shouted in anger, he brought a group of backbone forces to block, the effect is still minimal.

"Damn Ebizo, not dying sooner or later, but dying in battle, and losing one tail, and as a result letting me clean up this mess, why am I so unlucky."

Seeing that the situation had gotten completely out of control, Sayun said with a look of despair.

As the commander-in-chief of the front line, he first failed to manage those extreme hawk faction elements in the army, allowing the enemy to take advantage of the situation, inciting them to launch an attack on Konoha, causing a big disaster, and now he has lost the front line occupation, even if he goes back alive, he will definitely be reprimanded to the end.

The thought of his hard-earned power that he had earned for most of his life turning into nothing overnight, Sayun felt dizzy and his heart was hard to the core.

"Patriarch, please don't say anything, Shukaku is coming soon, as long as we live, with the family's position in Sunagakure, you can definitely rise again."

A member of Sayun's inner circle hurriedly persuaded him when he saw Sayun in this state of near collapse at this moment.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel ashamed and cold in his heart that this leader of the moderate faction had actually behaved so poorly at the critical moment.

"Escape? Where can we escape to, we're already surrounded, we can't escape by fleeing."

Sayun sniffed, still despairing.

Although his personal strength was not as powerful as Ebizo, he was a rare perception-type ninja, and his perception ability was excellent.

It was because of this that he was able to quickly discover the group of Uchiha ninja led by Chizuru after they broke into the military camp.

Unfortunately, because Sandaime Kazekage was in a hurry to go to Land of Rain to take advantage of the situation, he took advantage of the period of peace talks between Sunagakure and konoha and drew many of the elite hawk faction ninjas in the army to go to Land of Rain, and the small number of strong men remaining in the army could not stop a group of Uchiha ninjas who were like wolves and tigers.

Eventually, it led to a group of martial arts ninja being taken away by Chizuru and other Uchiha ninjas using illusion control.

Now, relying on his excellent perception, he was able to clearly discover that a large amount of Shukaku's chakra existed in the sandstorm that enveloped Sunagakure's main camp, and that a large amount of chakra reactions existed outside the salon rolls that formed the sandstorm.

If he guessed correctly, the people outside the sand roll were all konoha ninja, and these people were waiting for them to break out of the sand roll formed by Shukaku and then wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Moreover, there were multiple or more jōnin level chakra reactions in all directions, so it was clear that the konoha ninja had come prepared, and must have already laid a dragnet outside in order to eliminate them.

" Patriarch, you are the commander-in-chief, now is not the time to say these demoralizing words, the power of the sandstorm is getting stronger and stronger, if we don't break out now, we won't have a chance, are we just going to stay here and wait for death?"

Hearing that Sayun still did not intend to escape, his heart was anxious and he continued to persuade.

Sayun was silent, the power of the sandstorm was getting stronger, could he not be unaware of it, but it also proved that the hope of escaping was getting smaller and smaller.

He personally of course did not want to die, since the hope of escape was very small, it would be better not to choose to escape, the chances of staying alive were greater.

He was Sunagakure, the leader of the moderate faction of Sunagakure, and had a lot of value to utilize, he didn't think he would be killed if he chose to surrender.

That's right, after realizing that his chances of escape were slim, his first thought was to give up resistance and use surrender to live.

To Sunagakure, this was not something unacceptable, although it was a bit humiliating, it was better than risking great danger like the other Sunagakure ninja to break out of the sandstorm, only to be sliced to pieces by the large number of dense air blades hidden in the sandstorm before he could even break out, and then being buried by the yellow sand.

The sandstorm created by Shukaku is not so easy to break out, except for ninja who can use Earth Release, other ninja running on the ground, as soon as they are exposed in the sandstorm, they will immediately be attacked by countless wind blades formed by Wind Release Chakra in the sandstorm.

The ordinary chunin and lower jōnin are not capable of surviving this kind of horrible sandstorm for long, only the jōnin who have a lot of means are able to break out of the sandstorm.

But the sandstorm is only the first line of defense, there are still many konoha ninja waiting outside, the chances of escaping are really slim.

Instead of fighting for that tiny chance of escape, he felt that surrendering would have a better chance of surviving.

On the other hand, outside the sand roll, Shukaku's body that was more than twenty meters high was happily running on the sand, like a dog that had been locked up for a long time was happily playing outside.

But the huge noise it made in the eyes of a kind of Konoha elite ninja nearby was a hysterical frenzy, destroying things everywhere and venting its dissatisfaction.

But even though most of its energy was spent on spreading joy, it still used Wind Release Chakra combined with its unique ability to manipulate sand to create a huge sand roll to encircle Sunagakure's base camp, not giving the Sand ninja inside the slightest chance to escape.

"Chizuru, is Kirito alright, this big raccoon is getting more and more aggressive, wouldn't it really be out of control?"

Outside the sandstorm, standing on a huge sand dune, Nawaki looked at Shizuru, who was not far away from him, and asked Chizuru, who was beside him, with some concern.

At these words, many of the nearby Konoha ninja pricked up their ears to listen, casting their eyes on Chizuru, Kirito's most trusted partner.

The question Nawaki asked was exactly what all of them were worrying about in their hearts.

They were well aware that Kirito was very powerful, but a creature beyond reason like a tailed beast could not be overestimated, and they had heard that Shukaku had been released on Kirito's own initiative, saying that it was his condition for Shukaku to go all out against Sunagakure.

And Shukaku is making more and more noise, looking as if he's out of control.

If it wasn't for Shukaku not attacking them in a hostile manner, they all pretty much thought that Kirito had lost control of Shukaku.

At this moment, Chizuru's body was wrapped in extra blood-stained bandages, her face was very pale, and her entire breath was a bit wilted.

Obviously, this time, Chizuru infiltrated the Sunagakure base camp to carry out a mission did not go very well, breaking out into a fierce battle, and sustaining very serious injuries during the battle.

In fact, only five of the thirteen Uchiha ninja on this mission had returned alive.

Uchiha Feng also folded in this operation, he was unlucky, by three Sunagakure on the siege, even if open curse mark, temporarily raise the combat power to the level of supraninja, but still not able to come back alive, and finally launched a kind of suicidal Fire Release ninjutsu to pull a Sunagakure ninja with the same death, the corpse did not exist.

War is so cruel, the strength is not strong enough, once the luck is worse, was surrounded by a large number of enemies of the same level, that is a death.

"Instead of worrying about him, you might as well worry about yourself, with a sickly look, instead of staying in the barracks and resting, you have to run here to join in the fun as a burden."

Chizuru, hearing Nawaki's words, deliberately raised his voice and said.

"I'm not the one who's a burden, wait and see, I'll kill a ninja who breaks out of a sandstorm later to show you."

When Nawaki was said so by Chizuru, he immediately exploded like a cat whose tail had been guessed and said.

After saying that, he huffed and ran away, his eyes dead set on the direction of the sandstorm.

Not long after, he managed to spot a Sunagakure jōnin puppeteer breaking out of the sandstorm with the help of the Mechanical Light Shield Block mechanism on the puppet.

Without waiting for the other konoha ninja to make a move, he decisively utilized the Eight Gates of Death Technique, opening four gates in a single breath, instantly bursting out with a terrifying speed that exceeded that of an elite jōnin, and then killing the enemy on the spot with the konoha Taijutsu - Konoha Dragon God.

After easily killing one of the enemy jōnin, Nawaki instantly looked at Chizuru in triumph, yelling, "I'm not a liability."

Seeing this, Chizuru just snorted coldly before looking towards Shukuru, who was still in a 'frenzy' in the distance, with a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

"Tsunade's brother has grown up as well, Minato, you'll have to step up your game."

On a certain dune outside the sandstorm, Orochimaru witnessed Nawaki combining the Eight Gates of Death and the Konaha Dragon God to easily kill a Sunagakure jōnin puppeteer, and followed up without half a hint of loss of strength, and immediately spat out a small half of his tongue and licked his lips, slightly squinting his eyes, and said.

Eight Gates of Death Technique, he had studied this forbidden body art, but unfortunately his body was not suitable for practicing this body art, and he personally did not have the time to practice for a long period of time on this body art that required a lot of time to polish his body.

But that didn't stop him from being clear about the power of this body art.

Once a ninja who practiced this forbidden body art could open the four gates, he would have the strength of a jōnin in a short period of time, and the strength that could be raised would be even greater if the practitioner's physique was excellent.

However, this kind of physical technique that allows one to gain tremendous strength in a short period of time also has serious side effects. Once the time is over, one may suffer from instant weakness at the very least, or die on the spot at the worst.

And Nawaki is only 11 years old can open four gates, and after finishing with a relaxed look, it can be seen that his talent in the cultivation of Eight Gates of Death Technique in this aspect is very high, and its mixed Senju clan and Uzumaki clan bloodline of the physique is very suitable for the cultivation of this forbidden body art.

At this moment, Orochimaru saw from Nawaki that a body art ninja beyond the Kage level was slowly rising like the rising sun, with amazing potential.

"The bloodline of the Senju clan and Uzumaki clan is indeed blessed with a unique talent."

Orochimaru looked at Nawaki's silly not-so-smart appearance and sighed in his heart.

Minato at this moment also feel a little emotional about Nawaki's strength, he did not expect Nawaki's strength recently had such a big breakthrough again, only a few days have passed since he saw him, and this strength is actually upgraded so much, it is really a little unimaginable.

He had competed with Nawaki in the fighting arena only the other day, relying on the terrifying speed of the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had beaten Nawaki.

But now well, Nawaki was wary of his Flying Thunder God Technique, with the strength that Nawaki was now displaying, he guessed that it would be hard to beat Nawaki again, the amount of chakra in the other party's body was no joke, and it gave him a feeling that it was at least two or three times more than that of Orochimaru-sensei.

"Orochimaru-sensei, please don't worry, I will definitely work twice as hard on my training to not let you down."

Minato responded with a serious face.

He was now desperately trying to catch up with Kirito, he had thought that he should be the closest to Kirito among his peers, but now it seemed that there were a lot of people catching up behind him, and some of them were already quite close to him, which gave him a strong sense of urgency now.

"You don't need to put too much pressure on yourself, your current growth rate has already satisfied me, as long as you train step by step, your Flying Thunder God Technique will definitely become famous in the Shinobi world in the future."

Orochimaru insighted into Minato's inner anxiety and persuaded.

His words were sincere, mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique Minato's future achievements were destined to be extraordinary, and in his opinion, even if Nawaki opened the Death Gate in the future, it was impossible to be a match for Minato.

Minato in the future, as long as the physical quality and chakra amount is not enough to solve the problem, relying on the Flying Thunder God art style can be unrivaled in the world.

Moreover, Minato's outstanding talent is not only in the cultivation of Flying Thunder God Technique, the other Ninjutsu are very outstanding, not as good as the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique that he taught, using it even more outstanding than him.

In his eyes, Minato was the second most talented ninja he had ever seen after Kirito.

And who can say what will happen in the future, Kirito is now showing his talent at a young age, and in the future, his achievements may not be higher than Minato.

"I understand, Orochimaru-sensei, I will not get carried away and fight for a moment, I will live well, after all, I am going to be Hokage in the future, I can't die so soon."

Minato received Orochimaru's encouragement and said with a smile.

Although his teacher's behavior was a bit odd, and his style was also a bit good and evil, but his teaching to him was really nothing to write off, and he was genuinely treating him as a protégé to be nurtured, and even the precious Summoning Scroll of Ryūchi Cave had been given to him.

In this regard, he must not fail Orochimaru sensei's expectations, and in the future do his best to help Orochimaru sensei become the fourth Hokage, and then become the fifth Hokage himself.

"This child's talent is indeed outstanding, but like me, he lacks an outstanding bloodline, and he resists my body modification techniques, in the future, if he wants to break through the physical quality and chakra amount of a normal person, I'm afraid that it will be very difficult, so I must think of a way to do so."

Orochimaru looked at the smile on Minato's face, and then at Nawaki who was still yelling in triumph, and suddenly felt a bit upset.

...

As time went on and fewer and fewer ninja were able to break out of the sandstorm, the big picture seemed to be set.

Shukaku was still spilling his joy, but as he was doing so, Kirito's voice suddenly rang in his head, "It's almost time, let's do it, it won't take too long for Sunagakure's people to come here for support."

"What's the rush, I haven't had enough fun yet."

Shukaku replied, disgruntled.

"Don't force me to lock you back up right now, your little thoughts don't work, even if you come out for another time, there's no way you can break the seal in my body, you've been in my body's for a while as well, you should know very well that your chakra can't erode my seal."

Kirito saw Shukaku did not agree, he reminded faintly.

This Shukaku may seem to be careless, sloppy, and a bit naive, but in reality, it was a devious spirit, and it had been secretly eroding the seals in his body ever since it came out.

Not to mention, this Shukaku is worthy of being a tailed beast that also masters the sealing art, chakra manipulation is very outstanding, ordinary ninja may not really see that it is secretly destroying the seal.

But how could Kirito not notice Shukaku's small action, just that he did not care, because Shukaku's chakra is in essence only ordinary chakra, and Sage Chakra is not comparable at all, it is not possible to break the seal that he used Sage Chakra to lay.

At least while he was alive, it was a task that Shukaku could not possibly accomplish.

"Hmph, stinking human, don't get cocky, this master will break your sealing technique sooner or later."

Seeing that his little action was discovered, Shukaku was a bit annoyed and made even more noise outside.

However, he didn't continue to be capricious after all, and after a minute or so, it finally stopped spreading its joy and slowly approached the Sunagakure's main camp that was covered by a sandstorm, and then casually waved his hand, the sandstorm began to rapidly disappear, revealing the Sunagakure's main camp inside that was nearly buried in yellow sand.

Then, Shukaku shouted, "Come out all of you, little bugs inside, you have one minute, if you don't come out again, I will personally take you out of the sand."

The voice was deafening, and when Sunagakure and the others hidden in the sand-covered Sunagakure base camp heard the voice, they were shaken and hesitated to come out of their own accord now.

At this moment, the Sunagakure who still remained in the Sunagakure base camp were basically all brainy, and none of them wanted to die.

Soon, some Suna-Nin came out from the sand, then looked at the mountainous Shukaku with a face of fear, raising their hands high to show that they surrendered and were harmless.

Shukaku looked at these cowering Suna-Nin, and there was a familiar figure among them, his huge golden eyes instantly showed intense killing intent, and ignoring what Kirito had told him, he slapped Suna-Nin in the face.

When he was first captured by Sunagakure, this human had spied on it many times and tortured his good friend Bunpuku.

This Suna-Nin deserved to die!

Shukaku made a sudden move, and Kirito couldn't stop it for a moment, seeing that Sayun was about to be slapped to death by Shukaku, a wave of black iron sand suddenly and furiously gushed out from the ground, forming a huge fist of iron sand that clashed with Shukaku's hand.