Chapter 23 Confrontation
Carefully avoiding the detection of the Rain Ninja, Danzo and his companions successfully crossed the border and set foot on the land of the Fire Country.
Accompanied by a sound of breaking air, several Konoha ninjas holding kunai surrounded them.
"Don't be nervous, we're on our own."
Danzo hastily revealed his identity.
"I'm Danzo Shimura, I just returned from the battlefield in the Kingdom of Wind. Who is your captain?"
A ninja wearing a jonin vest heard this, took a few steps forward and came in front of Danzo.
After carefully verifying each other's identity information and confirming that it was correct, the Konoha ninjas in front of them lifted their combat readiness.
Then, from the other party's narration, Danzo learned that Kushina was abducted and Hiruzen ordered the border to be blocked.
Danzo immediately realized that it was the Hidden Cloud Clan that had taken action.
"The rest of you go back to the village first. Jiao and I will go search."
In order to avoid revealing Kakuzu's identity, Danzo called him Kakuzu all the way.
There are two routes to choose from from the Fire Kingdom to the Thunder Kingdom.
One is a land route, which requires crossing the Kingdom of Tang; the other is a sea route, which requires passing through the destroyed Kingdom of Whirlpool.
According to the memory of the previous life, the other party chose to travel by land.
Therefore, Danzo took Kakuzu and headed straight to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water.
......
"found it!"
Minato keenly discovered the hair left by Kushina and successfully led a large force to catch up with the Cloud Ninja.
"Look, I'm going to teach these guys a lesson..."
Seeing that he had caught up with the opponent, Yong was ready to show off his skills, but was stopped by Rizu.
"You idiot, we need to make a plan before we act!"
"Ah? There are only three people on the opposite side. If we attack together, we will definitely win."
Yong, who was inexplicably scolded, looked at his young patriarch with some grievance.
【What a tactless fellow. 】
Rizu helplessly held his forehead.
Although Kushina herself didn't realize it, as classmates and playmates, most people had already noticed Minato's feelings for Kushina.
Minato wished his eyes could grow on that person's body.
This is such a great opportunity to be a hero and save the beauty, we can't let Yong, this young and foolish man, ruin it.
"Minato, we'll hold the Kumo ninja back for a while, you go and rescue Kushina."
Patting Minato's shoulder, Fugaku whispered in Minato's ear.
"In exchange, when the time comes, Mikoto..."
Minato naturally understood the other party's implication and quietly made an "OK" gesture to Fugaku.
After receiving Minato's reply, Fugaku nodded with relief, and then began to arrange an action plan.
"Soft fist technique!"
Shouting the name of the move loudly, Yong used a soft fist to hit the last Cloud Ninja. With a scream, Yong successfully hit the opponent.
"what?"
Hearing the fighting sounds behind them, the remaining two Cloud Ninjas ignored Kushina and subconsciously dodged to the side.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique x2!"
Fugaku and Shinichi attacked another Cloud Ninja from the left and right.
The last Cloud Ninja was the worst off. As soon as he landed, he found that his body could not move at all.
"Shadow Binding, success."
Shikaku crouched on the ground, using his shadow to control the other person's movements.
Then, there was the ninjutsu siege of Ryoma, Yahiko, Konan, Haiyi, and Choza.
Minato flew over and picked up Kushina, moving away from the battlefield.
......
Danzo, who was searching along the border of the Land of Hot Springs, soon encountered a large group of Cloud Ninjas responsible for their support.
"Wind Escape·Vacuum Wave."
Before the Kumo Ninja could react, Danzo's attack reached them.
"Luvate Release: Humo Wall."
A one-eyed Cloud Ninja Jonin was quick-witted and spit out an elastic diaphragm wall to block the vacuum wave attack.
"Who am I thinking? Isn't this the Raikage's right-hand man?"
Through Lava Release, Danzo immediately recognized the identity of the one-eyed ninja in front of him.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Master Danzo."
Stopping his men who wanted to move forward, Dodai looked at Danzo in front of him warily.
"We are just passing by here. Why did you take the initiative to attack us?"
Although he didn't know why Danzo appeared here, Dodai knew that doing things secretly and fighting openly were two completely different concepts.
If his men were unable to keep the Hokage in front of them as his assistant, the consequences would be disastrous if Konoha held them accountable.
"Interesting, are you starting to mess around?"
Danzo also stopped what he was doing and looked at Dodai with a half-smile.
"As a Kumo Ninja, you have stepped into the land of the Fire Country. As a Konoha Ninja, of course I can attack you."
"This is a complete misunderstanding. We were only invited by the Kingdom of Tang to clear out the bandits, but we got lost and entered your country by mistake. We will leave now."
At this time, the Konoha patrol team who heard the fighting also rushed over.
"Lord Danzo!"
The leading ninja immediately recognized Danzo, and then he saw the Cloud Ninjas led by Dodai.
It’s over.
The Chunin leading the team felt dizzy.
So many Cloud Ninjas had sneaked into the area he was in charge of, and they had even been seen by the Hokage's assistant. He was afraid that the Chunin he had worked so hard to get promoted to would be demoted.
"Send the signal flare and call for help."
Danzo had no intention of holding the guy in front of him accountable for the time being. He just wanted to know whether the enemy had succeeded.
However, judging from the way the group of people on Dodai were hesitant and unwilling to leave, it seemed that Minato should have successfully rescued Kushina.
The Chunin obediently sounded the signal flare to call for backup, and soon all the nearby patrol teams rushed over.
Looking at Dodai whose expression was becoming increasingly grim, Danzo began to wonder whether to keep these guys here forever.
I’m just afraid that this guy Ohnoki will get an advantage.
Right now, Kumogakure and Iwagakure are in conflict.
Taking action against them would help Ōnoki weaken the power of Kumogakure.
It would be better to let them go back and continue to disgust Ohnoki.
The two sides just faced each other quietly in the night.
What broke the silence was a yellow flare from behind.
Along with the flare appeared a group of masked Anbu ninjas.
"Is it Lord Danzo?"
The Anbu who were originally wondering why so many people gathered here immediately came to the other side after seeing Danzo's figure.
"How is the situation in the rear?"
Danzo asked what he was most concerned about at the moment.
"The intruder has been subdued and Kushina has been rescued, but..."
The Anbu whispered in Danzo's ear, "It's just that the intruder has committed suicide by taking poison."
Danzo was not surprised that the Cloud Ninja committed suicide by taking poison. No one who dared to carry out such a mission was afraid of death.
Now there is no reason to attack this group of Cloud Ninjas.
Dusting himself off, Danzo knew that there was little point in him staying here.
"In that case, I will go back to the village first. I'll leave this place to you. Make sure you keep a close eye on these guys who are prone to getting lost."
Giving Dodai a warning look, Danzo turned and left with Kakuzu.