Naruto: Nara's skill set is incredibly sneaky.

Chapter 92 Reunion with Minato

The Third Shinobi World War, which had only been quiet for a few days, was reignited.

Iwagakure launched a surprise attack on the border of the Land of Fire.

After a successful initial strike, they did not rush to attack, but instead proceeded steadily and cautiously.

Meanwhile, news of the disappearance of the Nara deer has resurfaced.

At first, no one believed it.

But this time, the news was witnessed by the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure and personally guaranteed by him.

At the same time, the Third Raikage also acknowledged the news, and the Hidden Cloud Village once again went into battle.

However, both of them were evasive and did not say anything about Uchiha Madara.

The three figures disappeared and then reappeared.

The Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage are both unharmed.

Only the Third Mizukage died.

And the Nara deer went missing again.

It's hard not to overthink things.

Some say this was a trick by Konoha, who wanted to kill several Kage from different ninja villages together, but failed and ended up losing more than they gained, with Nara Shikatoki disappearing instead.

Some say that Onoki and the Third Raikage teamed up to kill the Third Mizukage.

No matter what!

The entire ninja world is in chaos again.

On Konoha's side, the border situation, which had eased slightly, has once again become precarious.

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a headache coming on.

Last time, Nara Shika at least told his family that he was going to train.

This time, like Minato Namikaze, he disappeared suddenly.

At this moment, Nara Shika is in a forest.

After trying, all the space-time ninjutsu failed, but it must be said that the natural energy here is very abundant!

Whoosh!

A figure flashed by in the distance.

Lu Shi was startled and quickly followed.

If there are people here, as long as we can communicate, we will definitely be able to figure out what this place is!

As soon as the deer approached, the figure turned its head.

Upon seeing the deer, the figure became extremely excited, exclaiming, "Deer! I knew you'd come!"

"Holy crap! There's a savage! And a golden-haired one at that!" Lu Shi couldn't help but throw a punch when he saw the savage opposite him with his arms outstretched.

The savage dodged with a swift movement, shouting, "Nara Shikatoki! Why did you hit me?!"

"Damn it! Is this some kind of illusion world? Even the savages know my name!" Lu Shi muttered to himself.

"A savage?! Me!" The savage tossed his hair back. "I am Minato Namikaze!"

Lu was taken aback.

He carefully examined the person in front of him.

He had long blond hair and a beard, and his clothes were filthy, but you could definitely tell it was Minato Namikaze.

"Holy crap, the Watergate!"

Lu Shi breathed a sigh of relief. "What are you doing here? Do you know where you are?"

"Um?

Minato Namikaze looked puzzled.

"You don't know? You don't know how you found me?"

"I didn't look for anyone!" Lu Shi answered truthfully. "I was tricked and then teleported here."

"The same to you?!"

Minato Namikaze exclaimed, "Is it something black?"

"No, it was Madara Uchiha who tricked me with his life," Shikatoki replied truthfully.

Minato Namikaze thought for a moment, "Is it Madara Uchiha, who was on par with Hashirama Senju?"

"right!"

"Are you just bragging? Madara Uchiha risked his life to trick you? Why don't you just say the Third Shinobi World War was about to begin?!" Minato Namikaze was completely unconvinced.

Although he had never seen Hashirama Senju make a move.

But he had heard the legend of Hashirama Senju.

Shikatoki looked at him strangely, then gave him a thumbs up. "Master, you're a genius! How did you know the Third Shinobi World War had started?!"

"Really? Don't scare me!"

Why would I lie to you!

"So how is Konoha now?" Minato asked with some concern.

Shika thought for a moment before deciding what to say, "When I was back, Konoha was probably in a relatively comfortable place. But now that I've been sent to this godforsaken place, I guess things aren't going to be easy for Konoha from now on."

"I'm sorry for making you worry about my sudden disappearance." Minato sighed. "If I were here, perhaps Konoha's situation would be better."

"Zero is worried, no, Kushina is quite worried," Shikatoki said casually with a smile.

Minato's face darkened. "Don't you have a heart?! Your best friend has suddenly disappeared, aren't you worried at all?"

"What do you mean, 'I'm worried about you'? Your Flying Thunder God Technique is like a ghost, what do I have to worry about? Besides, I'm confident in your abilities."

Shika's words left Minato speechless.

"Thank you for your approval, but how is Kushina doing now?"

"It's not bad. Tsunade and I both gave her psychological counseling, and Mikoto Uchiha was there with her too."

"That's good."

When the deer encountered someone it knew, it stopped rushing and found a rock to sit on.

"You arrived here before me, and in all this time, have you tried going outside?"

"I can't use any space-time ninjutsu here, including summoning techniques and flying thunder god techniques. I've been making marks along the way, trying to get out, but for some reason this forest is so big that I can't get out at all. I haven't even encountered the marks I made before."

Minato recounted all the attempts he had made during this period.

Lu Shi frowned slightly.

Given Minato's speed, it's impossible for him to have taken so long to walk out of a forest, yet he's certain he hasn't taken the same route twice, which is quite interesting.

"Since things have come to this, let's find something to eat first!"

Lu Shi looked around and quickly spotted a wild rabbit. He used his kunai to shoot out and pinned the rabbit to a tree.

They then skillfully started a fire to grill the food.

"Aren't you worried at all about the deer?"

"What's the use of panicking? Madara Uchiha brought me here; there's no way I can escape so easily." Shikatoki summoned shadow warriors one by one. "Besides, I have connections."

The shadow warriors quickly departed, heading in different directions.

"Let the shadows search, while we observe from here; that's the best approach."

Upon hearing this, Minato stopped arguing and sat down next to Shikatoki, saying, "Give me a bite, rabbit."

"No! Help yourself to the food!"

Don't be stingy!

Inside the battlefield of Sunagakure Village.

Tsunade frowned deeply. "Disappeared?! And both Onoki and the Third Raikage confirmed it at the same time!"

"Sister, don't worry. With Lu Shi's strength, even if he goes missing, he won't be in any danger. But here's some urgent intelligence."

Nawaki handed a scroll to Tsunade.

Tsunade opened the scroll.

"Have we found the Third Kazekage?"

"The intelligence only mentions 'suspected,' without any explicit statement!" Nawaki reminded him.

"Has it been investigated?"

"I've checked, and Sunagakure has indeed become quiet and very organized recently. They've also become extremely guarded about the location of their camp, and there's basically no news coming out! So my thought is that the Third Kazekage might really have been found."

Rope Tree carefully recounted the findings of his investigation.

"I think this might be a trap," Shikaku said.

That's right, the battlefield in Sunagakure is relatively safer, so Shikaku was sent here to serve as an advisor.

Tsunade and Nawaki looked at Shikaku. "What do you mean by that?"

"If the Third Kazekage had returned, there would be no need for such secrecy. Judging from the disappearances of the Tsuchikage, Raikage, and Mizukage, they clearly went to the same place, and the Kazekage was nowhere to be found there."

"Therefore, I reasonably suspect that the Kazekage's disappearance is unrelated to the Tsuchikage and the others. If they are unrelated, why reveal this information at this critical juncture?"

"There are only two possibilities: either they want to make other ninja villages hesitant to act, or they want to lure a key person!"

Shikaku looked at Tsunade as he spoke.

After his thoughts were cleared up, Nawaki was still puzzled. "Targeting my sister? Why? The Sand Village battlefield is relatively stable, why would they take such a risky move!"

Shikaku smiled. "In the short term, it's for Shikatoki! Once Shikatoki arrives at the Sand Village battlefield, who in the entire Sand Village can stop that bizarre Shadow Imitation Technique? No one! So, if we want to restrain Shikatoki, we have to capture someone he cares about."

At this point, the reason why it's Tsunade becomes self-evident.

"Furthermore, as long as Tsunade is captured, Sunagakure will have the means to escape unscathed." Shikaku's gaze was profound; one could only say that he was a member of the Nara clan, having discerned Sunagakure's intentions in such a short time.

"Then let's not go! Let them perform!" Rope Tree said indifferently.

"No! I'm not going!"

Tsunade spoke up.

"This is a perfect opportunity to crush Sunagakure! And I don't have time to waste here any longer!"