From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 220 Sorry, I have a reason why I can't leave

"Enemy attack——!"

Almost at the moment when the alarm sounded, Jue and Nagato felt the crisp sound of swords being drawn from all directions, and the dense footsteps were like drumbeats on their hearts, incredibly fast.

Not only were there secret sentries lurking in various places in the Hokage Building, but even the barrier itself, which had been operating at low power for a long time, began to change.

The originally transparent and invisible barrier circle changed color the moment Jue stepped into the gate. In the sight of the two, it turned into a circle of light blue film, surrounding the entire Hokage Building in the center.

At the same time, Black Zetsu was also keenly aware that his black and white body was actually stained with a layer of luster like a raincoat under the interference of this tangible barrier. Even if he was in the shadow, he could not hide at all, like a little player with a red name in the game.

"What is this?!"

Without time to think, Hei Zetsu's body suddenly dived and immediately disappeared under the ground.

Just when he was about to escape outside, he saw two teams of Anbu ninjas running towards him with swords in hand. They completely covered the empty space at the entrance of the Hokage Building in an arc shape and rapidly contracted like a net.

As a last resort, he had to turn around and immediately rushed towards the inner part of the Hokage Building.

However, even so, the pursuers followed one after another.

It's just that the newly built Hokage Building covers a large enough area and the Mayfly Technique is flexible enough, which allows Black Zetsu to constantly shuttle between the shadows.

However, he suddenly discovered that the fluorescent outer coat on his body was not only enough to mark his position, but also served as a guide to some extent for the perceptive ninjas.

"over there!"

With just a shout, three or four Anbu ninjas followed him closely.

Asuma Sarutobi was wearing a mask on his head and an Anbu uniform. He followed the figure wrapped in "chakra fluorescence" with a pair of sharp eyes through the mask, and his steps were getting faster and faster.

Unlike other classmates who were still enjoying the Genin games, he, as the son of the previous Hokage, had a reason to become stronger. As early as right after graduating from the Ninja Academy, he was transferred from the squad to the Anbu team directly under the Hokage by the Fourth Hokage, and began to perform tasks as an Anbu member, becoming the shadow protecting this village.

Although he may not be as good as Kakashi and others in terms of hard power, but as a ninja, he is far beyond the reach of those students of the same age.

Perhaps it was because he was too young when his biological father, Sarutobi Hiruzen, became a vegetable and did not form a complete impression of him. He was only left with the impression that 'he was a responsible Hokage who fought against the enemy to this point'. He was also constantly moving towards the image of the 'father' and 'Hokage' in his mind.

Therefore, at this point in time, Asuma's behavior is almost completely opposite to that in the original work.

In the words of the Fourth Hokage, this is a child with the thinking of a Hokage.

"Wind Style: Shave!"

The chakra fireworks that suddenly burst out under his feet supported Asuma Sarutobi's figure like a propeller, allowing his thin body to catch up with the shadow wrapped in fluorescent light at an incredibly fast speed.

Several shurikens shot out at high speed were like continuous lines drawn in the air, bending and nailing towards Black Zetsu's path.

However, the ability of Old Silver Coin, who had been lurking in the ninja world for a thousand years, to escape was beyond the imagination of this little guy.

With just three or four sweeps, the shadow passed through the dense web of shurikens.

Just when a mocking smile inadvertently appeared on Black Zetsu's face, he saw in his peripheral vision that the boy behind him suddenly raised a strange "L"-shaped device from his waist.

"Secret Technique: Eight Seal Shots!"

“Bang bang bang bang bang—!”

A deafening roar sounded in Black Zetsu's ears, and a raging flame from the nozzle of the device lit up the dark corridor in the Hokage Building. Bullets with fine seal patterns etched on the copper surface hit Black Zetsu's forward path at supersonic speeds that could not be captured by the naked eye.

He subconsciously avoided them one by one as he did before.

Even when he realized that this hidden weapon, which made such a loud noise, was only this powerful, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when those bullets fell to the ground.

However, on the ground, walls and ceiling planes centered on the point where the bullet landed, there was a large area of ​​deep seal marks spread out like ink. Even the surrounding space seemed to be disturbed, causing Black Zetsu to feel a clear obstruction.

'What is this? ! '

In just a moment of pause, Asuma Sarutobi threw away the empty gun in his hand.

He didn't care about the pain in his wrist caused by the violent recoil, and with a cold expression he completed the seal at a faster speed.

"Fire Escape·Ashes Burning!"

The sudden gust of wind carried with it a large amount of chakra-made ash, completely sweeping across the entire corridor, surging all around like fog and filling the vision of everyone present.

The next moment, accompanied by the sudden ignition of fire, the large cloud of dust suddenly exploded.

The entire corridor was surging and rolling like waves. The scorching heat caused the walls and floors to shatter and gushed forward.

"Kill it!"

The hot air blew back on the young man's mature face, but Asuma didn't feel anything strange. Instead, his face was full of excitement.

However, the captain of the perception ninja team who had always been following him showed a puzzled expression after his hands fell to the ground.

"wrong."

"There are no bodies."

Asuma Sarutobi next to him was stunned.

The Anbu team leader did not care about his mood at all, and shouted to the team members around him:
"Everyone! Expand the search area!"

"That guy must still be inside the building's barrier. I'll dig him out even if I dig deep into the ground."

"Yes!"

The team members around responded one after another.

Only Asuma Sarutobi had a slightly gloomy expression on his face.

A move that should have been fatal, but because it spread over such a large area, it provided him with an opportunity to escape?

I'm sorry to cause trouble to everyone again.

The young man followed the other team members, but couldn't help sighing in his heart.

My dear father.

How far is the distance between you and me?
Just as he was sighing in his heart, the captain in front of him suddenly became alert and shouted, "Chakra fluorescence reaction found! He went to the fourth floor!"

"Chase!"

Upon hearing the order, Asuma Sarutobi quickly calmed down and followed closely behind the team at a rapid pace.

It was not until the sound of footsteps overhead gradually faded away that Jue, who was hiding underground, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"What was that just now?"

Nagato, who was hiding inside Zetsu, asked with a frown.

He had never seen such a tracking method in his life.

If it weren't for the fact that this guy Zetsu had a pretty good brain and took advantage of the cover of the Fire Release Ninjutsu just now to easily transfer the outermost skin away in the form of White Zetsu, I'm afraid they would not have been able to escape.

Even a monster like Jue is so laborious, if I were to do it myself...
Nagato tried to put himself into Zetsu's perspective.

No matter how I thought about it, I felt that this infiltration would inevitably turn into a forced entry.

"Who knows? It must have been that monster Sahara Kiri who did it." Black Zetsu muttered to himself.

"Hey, kid."

"It's not too late for us to leave now." Hearing him say that, Nagato's expression changed again, and he said firmly: "Since we have been exposed now, why not just go and pick up Konan!"

"If Sawara Kiri is really here, he should have come out as early as when we broke into the Hokage Building!"

"Since we don't have it now, how can we let go of this opportunity?"

Although Black Zetsu scoffed at his words in his heart and had no intention of explaining how difficult it was to bring another person to break through the Konoha blockade, the fact that he easily shook off the pursuers in the Hokage Building made him involuntarily have some suicidal thoughts.

Just in case, he just said just in case.

Sawara Kiri, maybe not as omnipotent as he imagined?
Black Zetsu himself actually wanted to give it a try.

Supported by this idea, the two of them, wrapped in the Mayfly Technique, slowly avoided the encirclement of everyone in the entire building, and kept moving along the shadows, heading towards the direction guided by the chakra given by Nagato, and gradually came to a room on the top floor of the Hokage Building.

Looking out through Black Zetsu's body, Nagato just happened to see an office with the lights still on.

This dim light seemed to ignite the hope in his heart at this moment, causing Nagato's heartbeat to speed up a little.

His intuition told him that Xiaonan was here now.

However, Black Zetsu seemed to have discovered something and became inexplicably alert.

Something's not quite right.

There's so much noise down there, why is this floor so quiet?

But they have already come here. If Black Zetsu suddenly turned around and left, Nagato's wooden clone would probably go crazy on the spot.

Therefore, even though he knew something was wrong, Black Zetsu still followed the shadows and sneaked into the still-lit office as he did in the past.

The two of them just entered the room.

A tall and slender woman with short dark blue hair, wearing only a dark tight dress and black stockings that perfectly outlined her figure, was standing quietly in front of the desk. She was looking at the data summary in her hand while writing and drawing on a piece of paper with a pen, as if she was recording something, with a slightly frowned brow, as if she was completely unaware of the sounds of fighting coming from downstairs, and was completely focused.

There was no one else guarding the room except herself.

Looking at Konan's current appearance, Nagato was stunned at first, and then felt a little puzzled, and even had a strong sense of alienation and strangeness.

The three of them have known each other for so many years since childhood, but Nagato found that it seemed like the first time he saw Konan dressed so maturely and even somewhat charmingly. Most of the time, she wrapped herself up tightly, not to mention wearing black stockings that could only be seen in red-light districts.

But immediately afterwards, a trace of sadness welled up in his heart.

Xiaonan must have suffered a lot during this period of time as she was forced to dress like this even in the office.

They were late.

With this apologetic feeling, Nagato suddenly separated from Black Zetsu's body and emerged from under the floor.

".Konan?"

The moment he heard the unfamiliar voice, Xiaonan, who had just been concentrating on the report form in his hand, suddenly gripped the pen in his hand and blocked it behind him like a dagger.

But the next moment, when she saw Nagato's figure reflected in her sight, she was stunned. Her whole body seemed to be petrified and she stood there in a daze.

Then, as if she suddenly realized something, she immediately grabbed the loose collar with one hand and pressed down her skirt with the other hand. She looked away unnaturally, and even her voice was vaguely flustered:
"Nagato? Why are you here?!"

Nagato naturally interpreted that panic-stricken behavior as the fear and cowardice after encountering unspeakable things. They had seen too many female ninjas like this who thought they had no way to return to the village.

The sadness in Nagato's heart grew stronger, but he had to lower his tone as much as possible and said gently:
"Xiao Nan, it's okay now."

"Come with us."

"Let's go back to the village."

However, the moment he heard these words, Nagato saw that Konan's face, which had just been full of panic, suddenly revealed an expression that made him somewhat confused.

Xiaonan first paused, then grabbed the documents in his hand, and finally glanced out the window behind him, pursing his lips.

useless.

Everything that had happened since she entered Konoha had been making her realize this reality.

Even until now, Konan couldn't confirm whether the Nagato in front of her was a real person, or whether that bastard Sawara Kiri had once again set a trap for her using "Mirror Flower and Water Moon" to tease her, or to make her change into another set of strange clothes.

She had already experienced similar tricks three or four times in just one week.

Nagato came to save her twice, Yahiko came once, and even Uchiha Hikaru, that crazy woman who never took her seriously, came to save her once.

To the point that Xiaonan even felt a little numb at this moment.

What's more, even if it is true, how far can they escape?
Xiao Nan still remembers the "crystal ball" that could see the past and the future that she saw in Sawara Kiri's hand when she was first imprisoned.

Besides.

She has not yet learned Sawara Kiri's method of governing the village.

If everything remains the same as before, how long will it take to realize my dream?

After trying to get people to use other means to achieve the peace they wanted, Xiaonan discovered the hard way that he could no longer continue to live in a muddle-headed manner as before.

She couldn't stand it and gave up on herself.

With all these thoughts intertwined, Konan's brain gradually calmed down quickly from the overheating of seeing Nagato again.

All this, I'm afraid, is just another 'game' of Sawara Kiri?

Konan stood there, staring quietly in the direction of Nagato with the same indifferent look she usually gave to Sawara Kiri, and slowly exhaled.

That chilling gaze made Nagato realize for the first time that the distance between him and her had suddenly become so far.

"Xonan?"

Nagato asked in confusion.

The next moment, Xiaonan said in a cold voice:

"Sorry, Nagato."

"I have reasons why I can't leave."

In an instant, Nagato froze in place, staring at Konan, who was dressed in a sexy OL outfit, in a daze for a long time.

Overwhelmed.

How did things turn out like this?
What exactly happened to Xiaonan during this period of time?

"Xiao Nan!"

Just as he was about to continue speaking, he heard the sound of brisk footsteps.

Sawara Kiri slowly stepped out from behind Konan. Under Nagato's shocked gaze, he naturally put his arms around the girl's waist and said in a gentle tone:
"Na."

“She said so.”

Xiaonan's body only paused for a moment, and then he naturally held her in his arms, which seemed even natural.

Nagato looked at this scene, his feet frozen in place, even his arms trembling uncontrollably, he clenched his teeth tightly, took a deep breath, and the voice that seemed to be squeezed out from the deepest part of his throat was filled with unprecedented anger:
"Sahara! Kiri——!!"

"I am going to kill you!"

(End of this chapter)