Naruto Scourge

In the white rain curtain, there was a person standing at some point, through the hazy rain curtain, a deep red was faintly visible.

Even if it rained heavily, Ye Zi could still feel the gaze cast on him.

"Ah…"

He gave a low sneer, and was instantly submerged in the sound of the rain.

Strong wind, thunder, heavy rain, this storm that has been brewing for a day is not accidental, nor is it hasty. When that person was here and what he was thinking at this moment, he didn't want to know.

Clusters of raindrops pressed against his body, Ye Zi strode out, and within a few breaths, he could clearly see the person standing in the rain and watching him.

He didn't stop, and didn't look at the girl, and passed her by against the heavy rain and thunder.

Jiu Xingna ignored the rain that flowed down her eyes from her hairline, and tried her best to stare at Ye Zi's dark eyes, but when that figure strode past her, she could only see the deep darkness and the indifference. shine.

The moment they passed by, she could clearly feel the faintly repulsive aura that usually looms large in the icy rain, and it instantly made her bones shiver and seep to the edge of her heart.

He seemed to tell her in this way: stop.

She bit her lip, her eyelids drooped slightly, hiding the sadness that just emerged.

The doubts that arose after that night would always come to mind from time to time.

what happened?How did he become so suddenly?It has become so inexplicable, and even more incomprehensible in the rain at this moment.

After getting along for more than a year, I thought I knew enough, but in the end I found out that he might not be him.

Suddenly, Jiu Xingna turned around, looked through the rain curtain, opened his mouth slightly, but suddenly felt like a thorn in his throat, wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything, he could only silently watch the figure disappear into the rain curtain among.

The opened eyes finally couldn't resist the raging rain, and the eyes were blurred.

It seems that the person who always brings the northern starry night to knock on the door is fake, as fragile as a bubble.

"Instead of this, why did you come to save me?" The deep voice was instantly swallowed by the sound of wind and rain.

The look of sitting on the tree trunk with his head down, covered in blood has long been deeply engraved in Kukina's mind, and maybe it can't be erased in the future.

She stood alone in the rain, with her arms around her shoulders, even though the heavy rain helped to cover it up, she tried her best not to let the tears fall.

She just didn't understand, how Ye Zi became like this.

When I first came to Konoha, everything was strange.

Strange people, unfamiliar surroundings.

Not only that, but also maliciousness without reason.

So she also began to deliberately ignore everything around her, gradually resisting everything.

Until, there are people who are important.

However, this very precious existence to her seemed to be lost inexplicably, but she didn't know the reason.

rumbling...

There was a lot of wind and rain.

The sound of rain filled my ears.

The raindrops that kept falling on the top of her head suddenly broke, and an umbrella that was still strong in such a rain covered the heavy rain for her.

Kukunai raised her head in a daze, only saw the umbrella, her heart suddenly felt hot, and she suddenly turned her head to look at the person holding the umbrella, and what caught her eyes was the gentle face that she once hated so much.

not him.

Minato silently held the umbrella, just watching Kukuna with concern.

"No one has told you, are you so gentle and like a woman?" Jiu Xingna whispered, the big umbrella that blocked the rain finally blocked the coldness that was slowly eroding the heart.

Amidst the sound of the heavy rain, Mizumon actually heard the low voice in his ears, he could only smile softly and said nothing.

At this time, he was looking at Jiu Xingna, and also thinking about Ye Zi.

He was also puzzled, just as puzzled as Bei Xingye and Jiu Xingna.

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After the end of the Second Ninja World War, the small-scale disputes showed no sign of stopping. Among the five major countries, there were countless small countries and blood families in the vassals. They were weak and unable to shake the big countries, but they could set their sights on equally weak existences.

Nibbling, plundering, or pure desire.

No matter what the reason is, the disputes between small countries have never stopped. They seem to be transformed into creatures in nature, and the fittest still exist.

However, the big country and Ninja Village, which have begun to pay attention to health and rest, sit back and watch the collision between small countries, and do not interfere on the surface, but secretly allow Ninja Village to accept tasks from it to obtain profits. Konoha is no exception, and the difficulty is relatively high. Most of the missions are taken from small countries, and there are many missions to assassinate the leader of a country.

Naruto Office.

The Third Hokage slowly tapped a piece of paper on the table with his index finger, and looked up at the team in front of him while pondering. He was led by his proud protégé Orochimaru. Tasks with a difficulty close to S level still have great risks. He is not worried about Orochimaru, but worried about the juniors who have grown a lot.

When a thousand things are waiting to be done, new blood is crucial.

There are many good-looking people in this generation, headed by Ye Zi, Minato, and Kukina. These are Konoha's precious talents. Although Konoha urgently needs to accept tasks to make a profit, the preservation of talents must also be considered.

After thinking for a long time, the Third Hokage decided not to let the Orochimaru team accept this task. After all, there are two geniuses in this team, and one of them is Kyuubi Jinchuriki.

"Oshemaru, this task is not suitable for your team." Third Hokage said slowly.

A trace of sarcasm flashed in the depths of Orochimaru's eyes, and he said coldly: "Ye Zi is good at assassination, Jiu Xingna has excellent perception ability, Bei Xingye's ears can catch wind and shadows, plus I lead the team, what is not suitable?"

The Third Hokage suddenly became dumb, looking at Orochimaru with a cold expression, rubbing his forehead with helplessness.

Orochimaru knows that the third generation of Hokage tends to focus on talents. Compared with the profit of a task, the preservation of talents is the most important thing. Execution, so can such an existence be called a talent?

To die is to fail.

Life is value.

"Third Hokage, I'm afraid you still underestimated them." Orochimaru sneered.

The Third Hokage glanced at Ye Zi and the others, then looked at Orochimaru, and said seriously, "Oshewan, are you serious?"

"Of course." Orochimaru said immediately.

"Well…"

Sandai Hokage pondered for a moment, stopped his tapping index finger suddenly, and his eyes gradually became serious. He stared at Orochimaru, and said in a deep voice: "I agree with you to accept this task."

He didn't say what he said later, because he knew that Orochimaru would understand.

The corner of Dashewan's mouth curled slightly, and after receiving the relevant task description, he led Ye Zi and the others out of the office.

Third Hokage watched Orochimaru and the others leave with a low sigh.

Will the man who has had no students survive since leading the team be serious this time?

Risks are always accompanied by benefits. If a ninja wants to grow rapidly, war is the fastest shortcut, and the risk of death is also the highest.

"Don't let me down..."

The Third Hokage whispered, during this period of time, the difficulty of the tasks received by the Orochimaru team has gradually increased. He also noticed that in the dark, he seemed to have noticed that the cold-tempered Orochimaru seemed to have some expectations in his heart, and that expectation ...Probably the child who resembled Orochimaru when he was a child.

"Will he be the second Orochimaru?"

The Third Hokage shook his head slightly, thinking of another genius, Namikaze Minato...

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Ye Zi and the others had no objection to Orochimaru accepting extremely difficult tasks, because Orochimaru had already passed their spirits with them before.

Perhaps out of trust in Orochimaru's strength, even Bei Xingye didn't have the slightest fear of this mission.

In fact, during the many missions, Bei Xingye himself did not realize that he was no longer the former self.

"The task is to assassinate the ruler of the Kingdom of Ashes. We will talk about related matters on the way, and we will start preparing to go now."

Orochimaru looked at the three of them and said coldly.

Hearing this, Ye Zi immediately turned and walked towards the direction of the residence. On the other hand, Jiu Xingna and Bei Xingye did the same. They knew in advance that they would receive a more difficult mission, but they didn't know that it was an assassination mission to another country.

As a qualified ninja, geographical knowledge is one of the conditions that must be mastered.

The Kingdom of Gray is located in the gap between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Earth. It is said that the gap is actually compared to the plate of the map. The area is not very small, and there are many small countries in that area.

This time, the mission was issued by the Kingdom of Grass, which is opposed to the Kingdom of Gray. Since the Kingdom of Grass has been suppressed by the Kingdom of Gray, its disadvantages have become more and more obvious in many battles. When it was in a precarious situation, the Kingdom of Grass was exhausted. The remaining funds went to Muye Village to issue missions, hoping to win the war by assassinating the leader of the Ash Country.

Generally speaking, the assassination of the country's lord is not enough to win the war. However, for the current Kingdom of Gray, if the country's leader is successfully assassinated, it is indeed very likely that the Kingdom of Grass will win, because the country of Gray The king is a great character.

After getting ready for the journey, the Orochimaru team walked out of the gate of Konoha Village.

Along the way, Orochimaru narrated in detail the brief information provided by the publisher. Among them, the more useful information was that there were many ninjas under the command of the Kingdom of Gray, and the Lord of the Kingdom of Gray himself had considerable strength.

This information alone can show the difficulty of this mission.

The Kingdom of Grass is located between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Earth. It is a territory that is not included in the five major kingdoms. Adjacent to it is the Kingdom of Gray. The two countries are adjacent to each other. There has been no struggle since the founding of the country. After a break, due to the impact of the Second Ninja World War, the national power of both countries has been greatly weakened.

It doesn't feel good to be caught between big countries. If you want to break through this shackle, you can only annex and grow, and strive to have the power to compete with the five big countries one day.

The Second Ninja War brought disaster, but also opportunity.

When a big country has no spare power, it is the best time for a small country to annex and grow stronger.

After a dull long-distance raid, the Orochimaru team arrived at the Grass Country warning area surrounded by many plants in the evening.

A ninja wearing a forehead guard appeared from the afterglow at dusk, and shouted at Orochimaru and others who stopped: "Stop!"

Orochimaru looked at the ninja, and said coldly: "We are Konoha's ninjas, and this time we are entrusted by your country, this is a token."

After finishing speaking, Orochimaru took out a scroll and did not throw it at the ninja rashly, but threw it on the ground not far in front of the ninja. With a strange gesture, he waved the thorny cane in his hand, and swiftly rolled the scroll back into his hand.

Holding the scroll, the ninja slowly took two or three steps back, then opened the scroll, and after confirming that it was correct after a while, he put away the scroll, and the hostility and vigilance in his eyes weakened quite a bit.

"It's been a long time, Konoha's ninja."

After gesturing to his companion in the dark, the ninja forced a smile and said politely, "Please follow me."

Orochimaru nodded slightly, and followed behind the ninja. Seeing this, the three of Ye Zi relaxed a little, and followed behind Orochimaru obediently.

The afterglow of dusk quickly dissipated between the sky and the earth, and the night fell slowly.

Orochimaru walked in the forest, his eyes flicked across the darkness from time to time, he could easily spot the ninja hiding in the darkness.

"There are quite a few... Has the ninja system of the country of grass been perfected to this extent? But even so, it is still suppressed by the country of gray. It seems that the ninja system of the small country is growing rapidly." Orochimaru's eyes flashed with thought shine.

It wasn't until Yinyue Xuankong that Orochimaru's team came to the Country of Grass, and was welcomed by the Country of Grass, which was neither warm nor cold. However, despite the war, the Country of Grass still properly arranged food and accommodation for Ye Zi and the others. .

"Phew, it's the first time I feel that lying on the bed is a happy thing." After a full meal, Bei Xingye lay on the bed carelessly, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Kukona sat on the bed near the corner, complaining that the Country of Grass arranged them in one room, but as a ninja, this is not difficult to accept.

"Rest early, maybe tomorrow morning we will go to the Land of Ashes." Kuko Nai patted the dust on the pillow.

"Yeah." Bei Xingye got up from the bed, looked at Ye Zi who was standing silently by the window, and said, "Ye Zi, what are you looking at?"

Hearing this, Ye Zi turned his head slightly to look at Bei Xingye, and said flatly, "It's nothing."

Hearing Ye Zi's indifferent tone, Bei Xingye sighed inwardly, and said with a smile, "Then go to rest early, this mission is the most difficult one in our team's history, and we need to get enough energy first."

Jiu Xingna stopped patting the pillow abruptly, stared at the pillow in silence, but watched Ye Zi from the corner of her eye.

Ye Zi turned his head, looked at the large unknown plants in the night outside the window, and said calmly, "I'm not tired, you guys rest first, I'll go for a walk."

After speaking, he walked directly to the door.

Bei Xingye watched Ye Zi open the door and walk out, then looked at Jiu Xingna with a depressed expression.

"Let's rest." Jiu Xunai continued to pat the pillow as if nothing had happened, as if she wanted to pat all the dust off the pillow.

Bei Xingye sighed, lying obediently on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

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The country of grass coexists with plants, and insects keep singing at night, and you can smell a strong fragrance as soon as you go out.

Since the Kingdom of Grass received them in, it didn't say that they couldn't walk freely at night, so Ye Zi was not polite, and walked around before Orochimaru came back.

Suddenly, a sound of breaking through the air sounded from the side of the ear.

Ye Zi's expression remained the same, he turned his head to the side, and saw a black shadow brushing past his neck and falling to the sandy ground. Looking at it through the light, it was a green spike, which seemed to be made of an unknown Hidden weapons made of plants, shaped like thousands of books.

Ye Zi was not angry when he was attacked inexplicably, and turned around to look at the roof of a house that was entwined with vines.

"Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?" On the roof, an exceptionally good-looking young woman stared at Ye Zi below, with a puzzled and vigilant tone, but in the darkness, there was something in those eyes. A hint of secret cunning flashed across.

Ye Zi didn't see the cunning in the woman's eyes, she just thought the other party had misunderstood, so she politely explained: "I'm Konoha Ninja."

He thought it would be enough to explain it this way, but the woman took out another green book and said in a serious tone: "How do I know if you are real or fake?"

At this moment, Ye Zi finally understood that the other party seemed to be deliberately finding fault.

His eyes gradually cooled down, Ye Zi looked at the opponent's posture with a strong desire to attack, he didn't draw his sword, but just looked at the woman on the roof coldly.

"I can understand that the first sneak attack was a misunderstanding. If you attack again, even if this is your territory, I will not be polite!"

"whee."

Under the bright moonlight, facing Ye Zi's stern voice, the girl was unmoved. While laughing, her eyes were filled with a strong fighting spirit, and her attacking posture was more obvious.

This move was noticed by Ye Zi, the palm of his right hand was already climbing towards the dagger hanging at his waist, ready to fight back at any time, if this was not in the country of grass, it was impossible for him to fight back when the opponent chose to attack, but Take the initiative directly.

Ye Zi raised his head and stared at the girl intently, with murderous intent brewing in his dark eyes, once someone threatened him, he would ignore other factors, all he had to do was eradicate the danger.

"I wanted to see how powerful the ninjas of the big country are."

The girl took out a few dark green senbons from the special ninja bag, which shone with a little luster in the moonlight.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, Konoha's ninja, this thorn is poisonous!"

As soon as the clear and sweet voice fell, the girl standing on the roof suddenly turned into many flying fireflies, slowly floating in midair.

"And I...was toxic too."

Shocked when the girl suddenly turned into a swarm of fireflies, a low, cold voice rang in his ears, and the girl quietly appeared behind him at some point, Ye Zi's expression changed slightly, the hand on the handle of the knife moved instantly, and then In an instant, a light white hand lightly pressed on his palm, but it was like a thousand-thousand-ton force, making it impossible for his hand to penetrate an inch.

"This girl..."

Surprise appeared in Ye Zi's eyes, and his left hand quickly formed a seal.

"You lost, Konoha's ninja."

Accompanied by crisp laughter and triumphant words, the girl seemed to be leaning on Ye Zi's shoulder, holding down his knife-drawing hand with one hand, and holding a green thousand book against his neck with the other hand, her pink lips were light. Touched his ear lightly.

Ye Zi's face was expressionless, and just when the seal was about to be formed, an angry reprimand came.

"Yan Ye, stop!"

A middle-aged man with the same hair color as Yan Ye strode over with a look of anger.

At this time, Ye Zi suddenly stopped the movement of sealing, and looked at the person silently.

"Thank you for saving you, innocent man." He thought silently, even though the girl behind her was soft and tender, and even though the girl had no killing intent towards him, once he regained the initiative, he would not be relentless.

"Oh."

Yan Ye pouted, let go of his hands obediently, and took a few steps back.

The middle-aged man glared at her, then glanced apologetically at the expressionless Ye Zi, and said, "Sorry, the little girl is rather naughty, please believe that this is not an act of instruction."

Ye Zi nodded, and said indifferently, "Can I leave?"

"Of course, this is Your Excellency's freedom." The middle-aged man smiled slightly.

Ye Zi heard this and walked away. At this moment, the girl behind him asked, "Hey, Konoha's ninja, what's your name?"

Ye Zi stopped, paused for a while, and said coldly, "Ye Zi." After finishing speaking, he didn't stop.

Yan Ye looked at Ye Zi's back, and said with a smile: "My lady's name is Fangjian Yanye, remember, this is the name of defeating you, and I remember you too, you are the first big country ninja that this lady defeated! "

"Is it a rumor..."

Ye Zi ignored Yan Ye's seemingly naive clamor. In fact, this person's strength might not be weaker than Kukina's. If he wasn't so naive, maybe he would really capsize in the gutter.

After Ye Zi left, the middle-aged man slapped Yan Ye's head without warning, and the latter dodged nimbly and dodged the palm.

The middle-aged man saw that the palm was in vain, he withdrew his palm in embarrassment, and shouted: "Do you want to die?"

Yan Ye rolled his eyes, curled his lips and said, "Have you ever spoken to your own daughter like this?"

The middle-aged man was suddenly at a loss for words, and there was nothing he could do with Yan Ye.

Yan Ye giggled, stretched his waist, yawned, and lazily said: "Father, Konoha's ninjas seem to be nothing special, right? I said hello beforehand, but that kid was still taken by me. With one move, if I wanted to, I could easily kill him just now."

The middle-aged man patted his forehead and said as if you were older than others. He looked at the direction Ye Zi left, and said in a deep voice, "Don't underestimate the people in the world. If I don't come out and stop you from that person just now, If not, I don’t know what kind of ninjutsu the seal he formed is.”

"Seal?"

Yan Ye was startled, then rolled his eyes at his father, and said, "I've got him under control, how can he make a seal, father, you're scaring me again."

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and said seriously after a while: "Maybe I have short-sightedness in forming a mudra with one hand, at least among the people I have fought with, no one has ever formed a mudra with one hand."

Seeing that the old man was serious, the smile on Yan Ye's face slowly subsided, he tilted his head slightly, thinking about the possibility of forming a seal with one hand, but after thinking about it for a while, as if he had come to his senses, he suddenly yelled: : "Isn't that not counting just now?"

"What doesn't count?" The middle-aged man didn't realize what Yan Ye said.

"The fight just now." Yan Ye's cheeks puffed up, like an angry puffer fish, "No, I have to go find him again."

When the middle-aged man heard the words, he slapped Yan Ye on the head decisively.

Yan Ye leaned back and easily dodged the palm, causing the latter to withdraw his hand in embarrassment.

Glancing contemptuously at Dad, Yan Ye lazily said, "Dad, don't be so childish next time."

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At the same time, after delivering the information, Orochimaru returned to the residence arranged by the Country of Grass.

On the way back, he didn't choose the shortest path, but chose a path that was neither too far nor too short between deliberate and unintentional.

Along the way, he has been observing many strange plants planted in the country of grass.

Some of these plants have obvious traces of human management, and some of them are allowed to grow. Obviously, these plants that have been artificially managed must have their functions, such as poisonous...

Compared with biological poisons, some plant poisons may not be worse than biological poisons, and Orochimaru itself is relatively good at using snake venoms, but there is a poison master like Tsunade in the team, so he didn't put too much energy on it. On the topic of poison, however, this did not prevent him from being interested in poison, or in other words, he was more interested in the functions of these plants.

"if it is possible…"

Intense interest flashed across Orochimaru's eyes. At this moment, he began to be interested in these small countries that he had never paid much attention to. Being able to survive in the cracks between big countries must be extraordinary.