He lives in Hokage and controls the ninja world by cultivating immortality.

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A gust of wind howled by, and the grass trembled slightly, adding a sense of solemnity to the surroundings. At the same time, it seemed to mean that the war in the sky would eventually burn to this land.

A group of ninjas on the ground, armed with kunai senbon and other ninja tools, carefully patrolled the mountain forest.

These ninjas wear red turbans, not ninja vests, but gray and red combat uniforms. The red turbans are inlaid with their ninja forehead protectors. The symbol in the center of the forehead protectors is made up of two mountains. .

These people are all ninjas from Iwagakure.

The number of people is about 20, which is the size of a small team.

Most of them are middle genin. On the battlefield, troops of this size are usually used to spy on the enemy's situation.

They only need to understand the general situation of the battlefield ahead and provide movement guarantee for the troops in the rear. This is their mission.

Even if he really encountered a heavy ambush from his opponent, the loss of more than 20 genin was not unacceptable to Iwagakure, who was one of the five hidden villages.

One of the leading chunin in the team waved his hand, and the surrounding team members immediately bent their knees and squatted on the ground. With a slight push of their legs, they disappeared in a flash.

About 10 minutes later, all the Iwa ninja returned to their original place and reported to the leading chuunin.

"Captain, we conducted a careful search in the dense forest to the west and found no trace of anyone."

"The same goes for the south side we explored."

"There are some traces of burnt charcoal on the east side. Someone should have lit a fire here, but judging from the degree of softening of the charcoal, it may have been four or five days old."

"On the north side, apart from traces of being burned by fire and washed by water, nothing else was found."

Listening to the report from his subordinates, the leading chuunin touched his chin, and his frowning eyebrows formed the shape of a river.

"It's strange. A fire broke out here just a few hours ago, and it was quite large. Why is there no trace of human habitation now? Is it really an accident?"

The leading chuunin was puzzled. Even if the ninjas in this dense forest noticed their arrival and escaped first, there should be some trace of escape anyway.

Why did his team search for so long and couldn't find any trace at all?

He couldn't figure out why, but the leading chuunin no longer hesitated.

"Go back and report what happened here to the headquarters. I just said that this dense forest is very suspicious, but no traces of ninjas were found. If we need to investigate again, please send more powerful investigating ninjas."

Iwagakure Chuunin waved his hand and led his team to evacuate collectively.

The dense forest without ninja fell into silence again.

There was only the sound of the wind blowing through the grass and sparse trees.

After sinking for two and ten minutes, after confirming that those Iwa ninjas were indeed gone, they landed on the barrel-thick trunk of a towering ancient tree.

First, a transparent light curtain flashed, and a human-like pattern appeared.

Li Ke moved his arms and got out of the trees. He looked at the direction where the Iwa Ninja troops left and shook his head.

"It seems that my wood escape is quite perfect. At least people at the chuunin level can't find any clues."

The Wood Release of Five Elements Taoism shows the vigorous vitality and one's affinity towards trees, allowing one to blend into the trees.

This move reminded Li Ke of Black Zetsu, the biggest conspirator in the Naruto world.

Doesn't Hei Zetsu's ability also allow him to freely travel between the ground and trees? Hei Zetsu often does this.

If one day he suddenly met him while hiding in the trees, Li Ke would feel embarrassed just thinking about that scene.

But Li Ke soon put this senseless thought behind him.

He could clearly hear the words of those Iwa ninjas just now as they melted into the trees.

The elemental fire extinguishing and the elemental water dragon bomb caused too much noise, and finally alerted the Iwa Ninja troops on the other side of the mountain.

In order to prevent unnecessary accidents, this mountain forest must have been focused on by those rock ninjas.

Li Ke didn't know how many rock ninjas were stationed nearby, but there was a high probability that they would send people back to explore again.

The most important point is that Li Ke is really not in the mood to duel with these rock ninjas now.

The ninjutsu in the notebook has not been completely learned, and the ability of the five elements of Taoism also needs to be continued to be strengthened.

Before he became completely stronger, Li Ke said that he did not want to get involved in these things at all, and his mission was to practice well.

I have to find a quiet place again.

Li Ke stretched his muscles and bones, and the bones all over his body crackled.

Looking into the distance, he wanted to find a quiet place to practice, but now in the midst of war, where could there be a quiet place?

Perhaps the village is the safest.

Li Ke thought of the Cloud Hidden Village where he was born. There were three generations of Raikage in front, General Ai, Kirabi, and Two-Tailed Yukito. These big guys were holding on. No matter how hard the flames of war were, they wouldn't be able to burn there. .

Just do it as he thinks of it. Following the route remembered in his mind, Li Ke puts his hands back and uses the standard ninja running posture. He runs out as quickly as an arrow is drawn from the bowstring, shuttling between the mountains and forests, like a cheetah. Traveling through the woods.

Because the direction is Cloud Hidden Village, it is in the opposite direction to the battlefield.

After an hour of frantic running, the road ahead was originally smooth, but when passing a corner, Li Ke didn't expect to bump into a group of people.

Looking at the six people in front of him, Li Ke quickly stopped and met an unidentified person unexpectedly again. However, this time Li Ke did not panic too much, but calmly observed the other person before he got close.

This lack of panic comes from his own increased strength, but also from Li Ke's thinking.

He was running in the direction of Kumogakure Village, and the people he encountered should most likely be Kumogakure's ninjas.

Just by taking a glance, you can clearly see that these people are wearing single shoulder armor and their clothes are black and white. This kind of combat uniform is exactly the same as what Li Ke wears.

The forehead protection logo on the forehead looks like the word "work" in artistic font, and there is a circular pattern like a cloud next to it.

Seeing this, Li Ke felt relieved. No matter what, the other party was still Yunyin's person, so he wouldn't kill himself, a member of his own village.

Oh, right.

Maybe we should pay attention to a question. Li Ke's current identity is also a genin of Kumogakure. Why is he not on the battlefield now, but running in the opposite direction of the battlefield? Could it be that he wants to escape from the battlefield.

If this crime is proven true, he will definitely be cut to pieces in Yunyin Village. This is a problem that must be avoided...

Li Ke's mind turned quickly and he already had a countermeasure in mind.

Although as a ninja, you should not run away from the battlefield, but then again, we are in a period of war, and all rules and regulations and order are completely chaotic.

You can find any reason to say that you got separated from the troops, or that you were chased by the enemy during the mission, so you ran here. These things can be fooled easily.

Li Ke was already confident in his heart. Seeing that the other six people had arrived in front of him, Li Ke opened his mouth to speak, but a voice came from the other side.

"You are... Li Ke? Why are you here?"