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It's not like Yoshino hasn't seen captured prisoners before, but very few of them survived in the end.
Even Konoha, which is known for its kindness, would not show a good face to the captured enemies.
The two sides fought, and relatives and friends of both sides were killed and injured. Almost everyone carried a blood feud, so the abuse of prisoners was a hatred that even the top leaders could not prohibit.
Unless the top brass is determined to protect them and keep them separate from the soldiers, they can avoid suffering.
"Don't worry, Sister Mikoto is the wife of the head of the Uchiha clan and an important strategic figure. Even if she is captured by the enemy, she will not be treated too harshly."
Naruto patted Yoshino's back to comfort her.
Then he once again looked at where he was now, an empty cabin.
Three bedrooms and one living room, with all doors and windows.
Most importantly, there is not a single nail in the house; the entire house is made entirely of wood.
"There is a 99% chance that it is caused by ninjutsu."
The selector had previously indicated that Mikoto was locked in a small wooden cabin, so Naruto created hundreds of clones to search for the cabin in all directions.
Then, the shadow clones in the northwest would happen to see such a wooden house every time they walked a certain distance.
It looks like it was copied and pasted, both the style and the internal structure are exactly the same.
Naruto walked over to the door and scraped his nails against the wooden door.
"Yoshino, has Sister Mikoto ever offended Gen, or has the Uchiha had any disagreements with Gen in recent days?"
The wife of the head of the Nara clan is qualified to know the existence of the root.
When Yoshino heard Naruto ask this, he immediately reacted: "Menma, do you suspect that Gen did this?"
After Naruto told Yoshino about his discovery of Wood Release, he shook his head again: "Not necessarily, it's just possible."
After all, Yamato, who is in the Root, is not the only one who can use Wood Release. It’s just that when Naruto saw the Wood Release house, he thought of him first.
The joke of "the first generation used Wood Release to conquer the world, while Yamato used Wood Release to build his own family" is deeply rooted in people's minds.
"Menma." Yoshino called out.
"Ok?"
"The roots you mentioned might actually be possible."
"Tell me carefully."
Guessing that Mikoto might have been captured by the villagers, Yoshino relaxed a little and thought carefully about the conflict between the Uchiha family and the Root.
"When I was at home, I overheard the discussion between the Ino, Shika and Chou families. The three families wanted to support Big Brother, while the leader of the Root, Danzo Shimura, wanted to support Orochimaru."
After declaring herself Naruto's woman, Yoshino no longer considers herself Mrs. Nara, and now when discussing Ino-Shika-Chou, she always says "they" instead of "us".
Also, Naruto had not denied that Minato was related to him before, and now he was being addressed as "big brother" by Yoshino.
Naruto glanced at her, fearing that she would not be able to accept the sudden downgrading of her generation, so he did not correct her.
Yoshino continued, "The Uchiha clan has always been in a state of uncertainty, and has always been the object of competition between the two sides."
"But since the Third War, as my eldest brother has repeatedly made contributions, the Uchiha clan has begun to favor him."
"So I think that maybe because of this issue, Root and Orochimaru want to force the Uchiha to take sides by holding Mikoto hostage."
Arrest other people and force them to take sides.
Naruto didn't believe that this kind of thing, which would only push people completely to the opposite side, would happen somewhere else.
But in Konoha, it is really possible.
This old idiot Danzo has done more than one or two stupid things, and he might really do something as stupid as this.
However, the traces of the wooden house have always been heading northwest.
So Naruto is more inclined to believe that there is someone else, after all, there are a few people in the northwest who can use Wood Release.
"Yoshino, have you heard of Uchiha Obito?" Naruto suddenly thought of a question.
"Brother Shui's apprentice." Yoshino said, "He died in battle two months ago. What happened?"
Ok?
Tuzi has only been dead for two months?
Naruto asked again, "Where's Nohara Rin?"
Yoshino felt unhappy when she heard him asking about another woman, but when she saw the thoughtful expression on the other person's face, she cursed herself for being a brainless jealous person.
What time is it? You are still daydreaming.
"When I left the village, Nohara Lin and her companion Hatake Kakashi had just returned to the village. As for what happened after that, I don't know since we weren't that familiar with each other."
"okay, I get it."
Naruto is worried.
Tuzi had just been taken away and Lin was not dead.
It probably wasn't Obito's doing, and it's unlikely to be age spots that are about to be buried. Only Black Zetsu has that slight possibility.
Now the biggest probability points back to old dog Danzo.
But what the hell, why is he taking people to the northwest?
Do you want to send Mikoto to Iwagakure?
You have to have cerebral palsy to do that.
Walking out of the wooden house, Naruto received a memory from the shadow clone in his mind, and found a newly built wooden house about four kilometers away.
This time we had a great harvest. Not only did we see the wooden house, but we also saw a red shadow.
"Jinno, follow me!"
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northwest.
"Wood Release: The Four-Pillar Family's Technique!"
A ninja wearing a one-eyed mask pushed a woman who was tied up with ropes and had her eyes and mouth sealed into the wooden house.
Then he leaned against the corner, found a bandage in his pocket, pulled up his left sleeve with his right hand, took off his mask, and used his hands and mouth to bandage his bloody arm.
"I almost didn't get away."
The tone was mixed with relief.
He gently moved his slender arms, put on the mask again, slowly walked to the bound woman, squatted down, and took out a plate of incense in front of her.
The woman seemed to be aware of something and she twisted her body desperately and screamed, but unfortunately she was tied up too tightly and everything turned into sobs.
The one-eyed masked ninja chuckled and said, "Don't struggle. Your family owes me this. Please atone for your sins."
After she finished speaking, she turned around, opened the door, walked out, and saw the fiery figure.
A fat, plump fox with nine tails.
At this moment, the fox's face was as gloomy as iron, and he was staring at her intently.
Looking at her dress and her one-eyed Mangekyō Sharingan, Uzumaki China felt only hatred and anger.
"You can't escape!"
boom!
The beast's body suddenly grew larger, and its furious roar seemed to break through the sky.
It immediately awakened the birds and animals around the canyon.
They seemed to have encountered some great terror. They screamed and scattered in all directions, fearing that they would be buried here in the next moment.
The fiery red body of the beast continued to grow larger and its color was also changing.
Slowly from red to gold, from a nine-tailed fox crawling on four legs to a giant armored fox on two legs and wearing a golden cloak.
"You made Naruto an orphan for more than ten years. Today is your day to pay."
The seventy-meter-tall giant armor moved slightly, causing the earth to tremble, as if an earthquake was approaching.
"Damn Uchiha Obito, how on earth did he provoke the little fox."
"Why is the little fox so angry when he sees him!"
Uchiha Izumi, who was wearing a mask, finally lost his composure. Although he suffered a loss in the previous fight with the little fox, he was still able to escape with the help of his eye technique.
But now the little fox has become so majestic, much bigger than her Susanoo.
"Naruto-kun, where on earth did you pick her up from? What kind of monster is she?"
Izumi has already had the urge to confront the little fox, but she is afraid that the little fox will stop her from dealing a blow to Uchiha Mikoto.
Finally, Quan gritted his teeth, raised his hand and hooked his finger at the golden Gundam that looked like a god.
"Come with me!"
After saying that, Quan turned around and fled to the north without looking back.
"You can use the pupil technique once more. Just use it to escape farther away. Then you can take off the mask and explain to the little fox."
"Delay her for another ten minutes. By the time she rushes back, Naruto-kun will probably have found this place."
"Since Naruto-kun likes married women, he won't blame me for acting on my own initiative."
It’s all the little fox’s fault. If she hadn’t come, he wouldn’t have to be exposed and could have simply put the blame on Uchiha Obito.
"That's enough. Stop running around and prepare to die!"
Uzumaki Chiname's voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth, with an overwhelming pressure.
With a wave of his hand, the mountains in front of him shattered and the ground cracked.
Quan's heart skipped a beat, his eyes were filled with horror, and he almost lost his mind. He hurriedly shouted, "Uga no Mi!"
During the five seconds when Uga's Defense was activated, she did not die, and all the numerical values of her body increased several times, and her escape speed also increased several times.
"Forget it, why don't you just stop running and take off the mask right now."