Dancer of Konoha

"No, there are a large number of enemies approaching from behind, and they are moving very fast."

Parker, who was running at high speed, suddenly stopped, his tone full of solemnity.

"Then let's go quickly. It would be bad if we are caught up!"

Haruno Sakura urged anxiously.

However, even Uzumaki Naruto felt something was wrong and turned his questioning eyes to Nara Shikamaru.

"It's useless. Since we stopped, it's clear that we will be immediately surrounded even if we continue running."

The quick-thinking Nara Shikamaru sighed.

"It looks like someone is going to be left as bait..."

"No, no one can stay. Let's just lie down and fight them!"

Uzumaki Naruto swept the roots behind everyone. Even if they were strangers, they were still friends in the village. Those who were left as bait would definitely have a narrow escape from death. He knew this truth all too well.

"impossible......"

Parker took a deep breath and said solemnly.

"If you can enter the hinterland of Konoha, these sound ninjas may all be chuunin, and maybe even jounin."

"Jounin!!!"

Together as jonins, Haruno Sakura's first thought was of Kakashi Hatake and Zabuza Momochi.

To them at this time, jounin was simply a despairing existence.

However, no one can give away other words that lack bait.

"In that case, leave it to..."

"Everyone, if you want to delay, leave it to us."

Just when Uzumaki Naruto was about to stay by himself, a calm voice suddenly sounded from the crowd at the root, interrupting Uzumaki Naruto's words.

"you......"

The other people couldn't help but shrink their pupils. The person who heard the voice was obviously about the same age as himself. Didn't he know that this was a death mission?

"Although our strength is low, it shouldn't be a problem to hold off the enemy."

"Is this the root?"

Parker, who has been following Kakashi Hatake since then, is no stranger to roots. He can be called the garbage in Konoha's mouse hole, but with this generous attitude of dying, he always feels that there is something wrong somewhere.

"Hey, there are probably Jonin behind the pursuers, do you know what this means!"

Nara Shikamaru stared at the root in front of him with suspicion. The word root was simply taboo among the Nara clan. Just like the three words Uchiha, it meant big trouble.

He had to wonder if these roots had some other purpose.

"of course I know."

A slightly childish figure emerged from the twenty root ninjas. Behind the evil ghost mask were calm eyes.

"But brother Nobu, although our strength is low, the pure land is on the left and the roots are on the right. We will make those who invade Konoha understand that they are not even as good as Konoha's garbage."

Hearing these decisive words, the hearts of everyone could not help but beat violently. What kind of organization is this, so calm in the face of death?

"Naruto, let's go..."

Nara Shikamaru lowered his head and said with an unclear expression.

"I'll stay too, so our chances of survival will be higher."

"Shikamaru!"

"Hurry! Time is running out! If you still want to save Sasuke."

Ignoring everyone's confused exclamations, Nara Shikamaru was ashamed of his suspicion just now. He was used to being smart but wanted to be a fool for the first time.

"Don't worry, I won't lose to anyone when it comes to escaping."

"Please! You must survive! Everyone!"

Uzumaki Naruto knew that this moment was not the time to be entangled, so he could only endure the pain in his heart, gritted his teeth and turned around to leave.

He knew that if Imakamaru and these roots died here, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life, even if this was the fate of ninjas.

"Roots, your names..."

Seeing Naruto Uzumaki leave quickly, Nara Shikamaru asked seriously. He didn't want to die without knowing the names of his comrades.

Genbu, who had been talking to Nara Shikamaru and others before, stroked his mask and said softly.

"We usually just use code names. My name is Matsuri, and you can also call me Saai..."

"My name is Heron..."

"Just call me Falcon."

"My name is Badger, do you really plan to stay?"

"Call me Que. Actually, you don't need to stay. You are different from us."

Shaking his head slightly, Nara Shikamaru said firmly without any hesitation.

"I am honored to be your companion!"

The weak sunlight shines through the branches in the dense forest, and the cold wind blows gently from the treetops, blowing up a few fallen leaves, bringing with it a sense of desolation.

Dozens of black shadows quickly shuttled through the forest, and a leading sound ninja stared contemptuously at the footsteps not far away, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"No matter how hard I try to erase the traces, it's obvious to me, huh..."

"set off!"

"Hi!"

With the solid foundation of tracking skills of everyone in Genbu, and under the deliberate guidance of Nara Shikamaru, the Sound Ninja pursuers behind them were walking towards their ambush circle step by step.

"The pace is starting to get messy, it's around here..."

The leading sound ninja saw the messy traces in front of him, glanced around gloomily, and raised the corners of his mouth gloomily.

"You can't run away."

However, the moment he stood up, his whole body suddenly stiffened. His eyes quickly glanced around, and he suddenly found that there were several Oto-nin beside him who were unable to move, and the shadows under his feet suddenly became darker.

"Konoha's shadow binding technique?!"

"Damn! There's an ambush..."

Before he finished speaking, a dense rain of shurikens shot out from the dense treetops in an instant!

Except for the sound nin who was not controlled, the twelve sound ninja who were controlled by Nara Shikamaru fell into a pool of blood one after another, without any breath.

"Hey, uncle, are you an antique from twenty years ago? Now it's time to call it shadow imitation."

"kill him!"

"Heart has other ambush!"

Seeing a pineapple-headed ghost standing unscrupulously and taunting not far away, a group of sound ninjas who were nearly killed suddenly became furious and were about to attack him.

However, a reminder made these sound ninjas calm down again and observe their surroundings carefully.

"really......"

"Don't worry about this ghost yet! Find the others!"

Under the sunlight, several transparent steel wires in front of Nara Shikamaru flashed a cold light.

The sound ninja who discovered the trap immediately searched around Nara Shikamaru vigilantly, and two more people cautiously surrounded Nara Shikamaru.

"whispering sound......"

Nara Shikamaru, who was exhausted of chakra, frowned secretly. He suddenly remembered what Yanyan said to him. Even though he had hundreds of plans, due to his limited strength, he could only use those one or two.

But now it seems that the last plan has failed.

"Shikamaru's plan failed...what should I do..."

Badger looked at Heron quietly. Heron was the only Chuunin in their twenty-man team, and he was also the instructor who taught everyone the secret language.

"No, Shikamaru has done a good job. There are thirty sound ninjas, but now there are only eighteen left."

Heron slowly took out the kunai from his waist and said in a calm tone:

"One life for one is enough. In the end, there will be one person left to go back and report the news, and one person to collect the bodies for everyone."

"Badger, Sparrow, you protect Shikamaru, what do the others do? I don't think I need to do that."

"The pure land is on the left, the roots are on the right!"

All the roots slowly looked at each other, the farewell meaning in their eyes was self-evident.

"Disperse!"

However, at this moment, the two sound ninjas surrounding Nara Shikamaru had avoided all traps and walked up to him with grinning faces.

"Run out of chakra? Then hit the road, damn bastard!"

As he spoke, the kunai with the black light flickered towards the throat of Nara Shikamaru, who was clenching his teeth.